In one of the most acclaimed & strange novels of recent years Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary Engl&. Narrated by Kathy now 31 Never Let Me Go" hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School & with the fate that has always awaited her & her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love friendship & memory " Never Let Me Go" is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life." ...

It starts with a trip to a local amusement park. David Harwood is hoping a carefree day will help dispel his wife Jan's recent depression that has led to frightening thoughts of suicide. Instead a day of fun with their son Ethan turns into a nightmare. When Jan disappears from the park David's worst fears seem to have come true. But when he goes to the police to report her missing the facts start to indicate something very different. The park's records show that only two tickets were purchased & CCTV shows no evidence that Jan ever entered the park at all. Suddenly David's story starts to look suspicious
- & the police to wonder if Jan's already dead murdered by her husb&. To prove his innocence & keep his son from being taken away from him David is going to have to dig deep into the past & come face to face with a terrible childhood tragedy
- but by doing that he could risk destroying everything precious to him...

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Never Look Back" is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. One good deed takes her into another world... Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha a ministers daughter. Welcomed into Tabithas family Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime. She leaves behind Londons slums & enters the darkest corners of New York. & she travels across the plains to the Wild West where San Francisco is in the grip of the gold rush. Streetwise & strong-willed Matilda forges a new life for herself & Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell
- a man to whom she is deeply attracted. Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation. Can Matilda & those she loves brave separation & carry on never looking back? Lesley Pearse is the author of bestsellers " Gypsy" & " Remember Me". " Never Look Back" is a historical novel of love & survival at the time of the American Civil War. Fans of Susan Lewis will love the way Lesley Pearse weaves her plots & characters together. Praise for Lesley Pearse: " With characters it is impossible not to care about.. .this is storytelling at its very best". (" Daily Mail"). " Lose yourself in this epic saga". (" Bella"). " An emotional & moving epic you wont forget in a hurry". (" Womans Weekly"). With her gripping & moving storylines best-selling author Lesley Pearse has captured the imaginations of millions in the UK & abroad. Her other titles " The Promise" "A Lesser Evil" " Till We Meet Again" " Secrets" " Charlie " Father Unknown" " Gypsy" " Trust Me" " Faith" " Never Look Back" " Remember Me" & " Hope" are also available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."
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THE FIRST PATRICK MELROSE NOVEL. At his mother's family house in the south of France Patrick Melrose has the run of a magical garden. Bravely imaginative & self-sufficient five-year-old Patrick encounters the volatile lives of adults with care. His father David rules with considered cruelty & Eleanor his mother has retreated into drink. They are expecting guests for dinner. But this afternoon is unlike the chain of summer days before & the shocking events that precede the guests' arrival tear Patrick's world in two. This title was originally published along with Bad News & Some Hope as part of a 3-book package also called Some Hope. ...

Here is the ultimate quiz book on Cardiff City. Informative & fun this is the perfect companion for those long car journeys to Preston or wet Welsh nights down the local. An ideal gift for Bluebirds" fans of all ages here's the chance to interact with the long & eventful history of the club from formation & name changes to new stadia & Craig Bellamy. From cryptic to convivial get your Cardiff thinking caps on
- it's quiz time."
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Keisha Ceylon is a psychic. At least that's what it says on her business card. What Keisha actually does for a living is she watches the news for stories about people who have gone missing. She gives it a few days then makes her move
- telling the distraught family that she's had a vision about their missing loved one & may just have a clue to where they could be found. Which she'd be happy to reveal
- for a modest fee of course. Keisha's latest mark is a man who's wife disappeared a week ago. She's seen him on TV pleading for his wife to come home or for whoever took her to let her go
- & right away she can see dollar signs too. But when she pays Wendell Garfield a visit to give him the good news things don't go exactly according to plan. At first he's sceptical hostile even. But once she starts telling him about her visions visions that might just explain why his wife of twenty-one years had been missing for four straight nights she can tell she's got him hooked. The trouble is unbeknownst to her Keisha's 'vision' is uncomfortably close to the truth. & advertising it may be the last thing she wants to do... Never Saw it Coming is based on the novella Clouded Vision which was published as part of the Quick Reads programme in 2011.


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Twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia Willy Jane Maitland was finally tracking his last moves. She recognised the dangers but her search for the truth about that fateful flight was the only thing that mattered. Closing in on the events of that night Willy realises that she is investigating secrets that people would kill to protect. & without knowing who to trust the truth can be far from clear cut... ...

Sometimes hopes & dreams don't go according to plan
- sometimes real life gets in the way. On a mild May evening a group of friends
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The little princess wants everything now or else
- shell cry! But what happens when she wants her very own dragon? Its time for
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In different corners of the world four high-profile figures are assassinated in less than a week. Nobody links the deaths but one thing is certain: each of them has been stalked sought out & killed with care & preparation. Then a sinister connection is established: a single blood-tipped rose is sent to each funeral & an unremarkable female agent is murdered in Switzerl&. When MI5 come to MI6 to ask for help M brings in his best. At first a weekend abroad seems tempting to James Bond: especially when he's paired with Flicka von Grusse a gorgeous Swiss intelligence officer. But this is a perilous assignment that starts with the mysterious actor David Dragonpol & leads them to Athens Milan & on to Euro Disney.. .and an explosive climax. ...