Two 19th century stage illusionists the aristocratic Rupert Angier & the working-class Alfred Borden engage in a bitter & deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. Working in the gaslight-&-velvet world of Victorian music halls they prowl edgily in the background of each others shadowy life driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy & insatiable curiosity. At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. The secret of the magic is simple & the reader is in on it almost from the start but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. Both have something more to hide than the mere workings of a trick. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Preston Remembered is a fascinating collection of articles written by author & Lancashire Evening Post historian Keith Johnson. Take a nostalgic journey into Prestons colourful past recalling the events that transformed this historic cotton town into a university city. Take a peep at the days of cotton mills factories public houses & endless rows of terraced homes that shaped the lives of many. Return to the traditions of Whitsuntide Easter Wakes Weeks & Christmas that continued from generation to generation. Recall the churches & chapels the streets parks & of course the people who lived & worked in Preston. Richly illustrated with over 50 pictures this nostalgic volume will appeal to everyone who knows this part of Lancashire. ...

In A Presumption of Death Jill Paton Walsh tells how World War II changed the lives of Peter Harriet & their growing family. The story opens in 1940. Harriet Vane
- now Lady Peter Wimsey
- has taken her children to safety in the country. But the war has followed them: glamorous RAF pilots & even more glamorous l&-girls scandalise the villagers; the blackout makes the night-time lanes as sinister as the back alleys of London. Then the village's first air raid practise ends with a very real body on the ground
- not a war casualty but a case of plain old-fashioned murder. & even before the second body is found Lord Peter Wimsey & his brilliant wife are on their way to finding the killer.


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What happens when a young woman is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation having merely been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Lacey Farrell a rising star on the Manhattan real estate scene is witness to a murder
- & to the final words of the victim. The dying woman is convinced her attacker was after her dead daughters journal which Lacey gives to the police but not before making a copy for herself. Its an impulse that later proves nearly fatal. Placed in the witness protection programme & sent to live in Minneapolis Lacey must assume a fake identity at least until the killer can be brought to trial. There she meets Tom Lynch a radio talk-show host whom she tentatively begins to date
- until the strain of her deception makes her break it off. Then she discovers the killer has traced her whereabouts. Armed with nothing more than her own courage & clues from the journal Lacey heads back to New York determined to uncover who is behind the deaths of the two women...before she is the next casualty.

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Tally has finally become Pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect her clothes are cool her boyfriend is totally gorgeous & she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted. But beneath all the fun
- the non-stop parties the high-tech luxury the total freedom
- is the nagging sense that something is very wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's Ugly past arrives. Reading it Tally remembers what's wrong with Pretty life & the fun stops cold. Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows & fighting for her life...

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Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman. He has cult status & commands a respect that few even in the violent world he moves in can equal. To him violence is simply an accepted part of his profession. He doesn't exaggerate it he can't excuse it & he refuses to apologize for it. His name may mean nothing to you
- he's no actor no showman no wannabe celebrity. He does however live by a merciless code & though he may not have cloven hooves & a tail if he goes after someone all hell comes with him.
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Meet The Clique the five girls who rule Octavian Country Day School.. . Theres Massie with her glossy bob & laser-whitened smile uncontested leader of the Clique. Dylan second in command spends her time sucking up to Massie. Alicia as sneaky as she is beautiful wants to be leader of the group one day
- & she just might. Then theres Kristen smart hardworking who doesnt suffer fools gladly. & Claire in by the skin of her teeth is the newest member of The Clique
- but has swapping her h&-me-down clothes for Chanel No. 19 really solved all her problems? Apparently not. When the girls at pack up their warmest cashmere coats for a trip to Lake Placid they discover that bears arent the only scary things in the woods. The Briarwood boys are staying in a cabin way to close for comfort
- & its up to Massies Underground Clinic for Kissing (MUCK) to save immaculately-made-up face.. .


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When Emine Aksu the flamboyant wife of an Istanbul style guru suddenly goes missing Inspector Cetin Ikmens investigation leads him deep into her strange & colourful past. Emine was a hippie when she was younger who wholeheartedly enjoyed the liberated lifestyle that swept across Istanbul in the sixties. Her husband suspects that she was visiting an old friend at the time of her disappearance. Meanwhile Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is called to a terrifying scene at the art deco Kamondo Stairs in the old banking district of Karakoy. The skeleton of a woman has been discovered in one of the large plant containers. Could these two bizarre incidents be linked? ...

Aria Emily Spencer Hanna & Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together thinking no-one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of the group it is Alison & the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her. One night during a sleepover Alison goes missing. Her body is never found. The girls mourn her death but move apart after time assuming their secrets have disappeared with Alison too. Three years later & Aria is having an affair with her teacher; Emily is questioning her sexuality; Hanna is a thief; & Spencer is flirting with her sister's fiance. They all think their secrets are safe until they starting receiving messages from the mysterious A
- who knows exactly what they are all up to & is threatening to spill the beans.. .
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