An American general is captured in the Middle East by terrorists who threaten to behead him. But moments before he is rendered unconscious the general notices that his captors speak American English. What's going on? Gunnery-Sergeant Kyle Swanson is vacationing in the Mediterranean when he receives orders to mount a top-secret mission to rescue the general. But as the Marines prepare to land in the desert they fall victim to a terrible accident. Swanson the only survivor then discovers they were flying into a deliberate ambush. But how could the enemy have details of a mission known only to a few top US government officials? Swanson takes off alone to locate the captured general & realizes he is fighting a particularly ruthless enemy: American mercenaries working for a very high-level group within the White House whose hidden goal is total control of the US military. The fate of the captured general & that of the nation now rest solely in Swanson's hands. ' Stunning action excellent tradecraft insider politics & the ring of truth. Just about perfect'
- Lee Child.
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Evil has been eradicated. The City has been established. & citizens may only enter after having the 'evil' part of their brain removed. They are labelled on the System according to how 'good' they are. If they show signs of the evil emerging they are labelled a K.. . But no one knows quite what that means. Only that they disappear never to be seen again.. . ...

DI Jack Pearce is investigating a series of burglaries & brutal attacks on young women which has broken out in Cornwall. Once again his on-off girlfriend Rose Trevelyan finds herself at the heart of the investigation. With her intimate knowledge of the private lives of those connected to the case Rose must work hard not to jump to conclusions about the innocence of those she knows. As the crimes become more serious both newcomers to the area & familiar faces become suspects. But who should Rose
- & Jack
- believe?

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In picture-perfect Rosewood Pennsylvania pictures often lie-and so do Rosewood's four prettiest girls. Hanna's on a mission to corrupt Rosewood's youth starting with a very attractive sophomore. Aria's snooping into her boyfriend's past. Spencer's stealing-from her family. & pure little Emily's abstaining from abstinence. The girls should be careful though. They thought they were safe when Ali's killer was arrested & A's true identity was finally revealed. But now there's a new A in town turning up the heat. & this time Rosewood is going to burn. ...

It is the third summer of the war June 1863 & Robert Lee's Confederate Army slips across the Potomac to draw out the Union Army. Lee's army is 70 000 strong & has won nearly every battle it has fought. The Union Army is 80 000 strong & accustomed to defeat & retreat. Thus begins the Battle of Gettysburg the four most bloody & courageous days of America's history. Two armies fight for two goals
- one for freedom the other for a way of life.
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' Okay okay. So stick my head in a holly bush'. Tuffy knows what he likes. & he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes. So what's a cat to do? A few scratches here just happen to shred a painting. A nudge there somehow slips a vase off a shelf. Dad hope a horribly lumpy clay pot will be next but Tuffy's having none of it. The killer cat will go his own sweet way. ...

The Killer Cat is back for Christmas! A much-loved classic by Anne Fine. So go on ask me. Dear dear Tuffy. Why was your Christmas so horrible? Well. I couldnt climb the tree. I couldnt touch the dangly decorations. & Ellie made me part of her sing-along Christmas performance. Horrible horrible horrible! But I showed them. I was Tuffy the Acting Cat superstar. How was I supposed to know things would get so.. .messy? Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed & prize-winning books for children & adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Childrens Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Childrens Fiction Award & the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Childrens Book of the Year; & Bills New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Childrens Laureate in 2001 & was awarded an OBE in 2003. ...

Okay okay. So spank my furry little bum. I held a party. It was my birthday. How was I supposed to know it wouldn't be the only party around town on that dark & dreary Halloween night? So things ended up in a bit of a mess. (Well more than a mess really. It was a complete disaster.) But it was not my fault so don't blame me. ...

Love & lust are among the most powerful of emotions but when a joint thirst for violence is thrown into the mix it creates the ultimate lethal cocktail. Killer Couples explores the deadly dynamic that exists within the relationships of men & women whose romantic obsession leads them to commit acts of bloody devastation. Looking at case histories from around the world
- some well known others whose shocking truth is revealed for the first time
- it asks what kind of love proves itself by brutality against innocents what warped ties of loyalty bind a lover to a mate who murders & how the balance of power between a couple can become so twisted that other people become irrelevant & worse disposable. The seemingly normal can all too frequently hide a macabre depravity for terror torture & death. If they hadn't met these people might have continued through their lives in unremarkable obsurity. In all their horrific detail discover how their flaws & fantasies fused to create a monster that fed on the sadistic extermination of their victims. The couples in this book could be your neighbours even your friends. They're ordinary people with an extraordinary secret
- murder.


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The deaths of four British soldiers two of them ex SAS appear at first to be accidental. In fact they have been targeted by a group of hired assassins known as the Clinic. This group of contract killers is systematically tracking down elite servicemen & killing them one by one... Desperate to stop the murders a group of four men the Feather Men are recruited to hunt down the Clinic & avenge the soldiers deaths. But will they get to them in time & whats driving the Clinics own brutal form of justice? Ranulph Fiennes himself a former SAS officer uses his unique knowledge to craft this amazing thriller now a major film featuring Robert De Niro Jason Statham & Clive Owen. Previously published as The Feather Men. The film KILLER ELITE is released in the UK on the 23rd September 2011. ...