Murder never felt so good When Lauren Stillwell sees her husband with another woman her perfect world is destroyed. His betrayal turns her into a woman lusting for revenge. It was supposed to be a way to even the score. But Laurens one night stand takes a shocking turn & she witnesses an unbelievable crime. Shes left torn between uncovering the truth & her fear that the truth may be unbearable. But either choice could cost her everything
- even her life. From the man the Sunday Telegraph called the master of the suspense genre comes his steamiest scariest novel since the No. 1 bestseller Honeymoon. The Quickie is a story of desires secrets & consequences that will have your heart pounding till the final page.
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Millions of us care for animals. Mans relationship with them is varied & complex. The work of vets reflects this & covers an enormous number of species. Quicklook at Vets provides a fascinating insight into how vets do their work & the astonishing way in which this is developing. All main aspects are covered from small family pets to farm animals & (sometimes very valuable) horses. Find out what vets & veterinary nurses have to do to qualify. Get under the skin of a working practice. See what it does & how it is organised. What treatments are available? Are they affordable & justified? What is the future of this fast evolving profession which is so vital to our connection with the animal world? ...

In the latest sizzling Victorian novel from the compelling world of the mysterious Arcane Society a paranormal killer pushes an unlikely duos powers & passions to the limit. Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body with a bloody knife in her hand & no memory of the evenings events. Dark energy emanating from the mirrors lining the room overpowers her senses. With no apparent way in or out shes rescued by a man shes met only once before but wont soon forget. Owen Sweetwater inherited his familys talent for hunting the psychical monsters that prey on Londons women & children & his investigation into the deaths of two glass-readers has led him here. The high-society types of the exclusive Arcane Society would consider her an illusionist a charlatan even a criminal but Owen knows better. Virginias powers are real
- & they just might be the key to his investigation.
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Final volume in the powerful new fantasy adventure from Stan Nicholls the British author of the internationally acclaimed Orcs series. Desperate to find a cure for the curse of immortality & the episodes of berserk fury & debilitating visions that plague him Reeth Caldason has traded his fighting skills for the promise of access to powerful ancient magic. But the Resistance group he reluctantly joined as part of the bargain is in disarray since their plans to found an island utopia free from tyranny were betrayed by one of their own. Now Reeth is trapped on the Diamond Isle fending off the pirates that plague the surrounding waters. Despite his romantic entanglement with one of the freedom fighters Serrah & the responsibility he feels towards Kutch a young magicians apprentice he is determined to set off on the search for his cure. But as his visions grow stranger Serrah & Kutch begin to understand his true nature & the great power it represents. Back on the mainland Reeths arch-enemy Devlor Bastorran remains intent on destroying him. Overshadowing everything is the threat of Zerreiss the conquering barbarian warlord who uses an enigmatic ability to sweep all before him. The spectre of war looms. ...

From the author of the internationally accalaimed Orcs series comes a powerful new epic fantasy to rival the work of Raymond E. Feist & David Gemmell. Cursed with immortality & episodes of uncontrollable berserk fury Reeth Caldason is desperate to find a cure for his magical affliction. His search has brought him to the island state of Bhealfa ruled by a despot & trapped between two powerful rival empires. Here after decades of carefully avoiding all personal attachments he finds himself entangled with a Resistance movement intent on founding a utopia free from tyranny. The paladin clans a fearsome order of mercenary knights who provide government security are determined to crush the growing rebellion. Devlor Bastorran the cruel & possibly mad heir apparent to the clan leadership is plotting a grotesque revenge against Caldason having been bested by him in a humiliating & very public swordfight. But Caldason has other problems to contend with. The rebels have decided on the location of their new state -- a remote isl&. Before it can be occupied a large quantity of gold must be delivered to its legal owner. Caldason is the natural choice to head this sensitive mission -- but he soon discovers that a powerful new enemy covets both the gold & the island threatening to destroy the whole fragile venture before its even underway. ...

A brand new edition the twelfth of the essential reference book for all crossword addicts. The words are arranged within seven mini-dictionaries in word lengths of two to eight-letters revealing the answers to a tricky clue at a glance. This unique format combined with the dictionary's updated reference sections including prime ministers & presidents the zodiac & the Bible the Classical world astronomy geography & more guides the reader straight to the information needed to complete the puzzle. The first ever crossword was published in 1913 & Colonel Hill's first crossword dictionary was published in 1920. It has been in print for over seventy years & is still an indispensable addition to the puzzle-solver's shelf. ...

Did you know that: there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh? What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is oldest team in the Britain & Ireland league? (founded 1163) All this information & much more could be yours once you have read this book: this is all you could ever need to know about the history the rules
- & the breaking of the rules
- of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch.

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Quiet" by Susan Cain will change how you think about introverts forever. A " Sunday Times" & " New York Times" Bestseller. Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name & don't underst&. It defines who our friends & lovers are which careers we choose & whether we blush when we're embarrassed. That fact is whether we're an introvert or an extrovert. The introvert/extrovert divide is the most fundamental dimension of personality. & at least a third of us are on the introverted side. Some of the world's most talented people are introverts. Without them we wouldn't have the Apple computer the theory of relativity & Van Gogh's sunflowers. Yet extroverts have taken over. Shyness sensitivity & seriousness are often seen as being negative. Introverts feel reproached for being the way they are. In " Quiet" Susan Cain shows how the brain chemistry of introverts & extroverts differs & how society misunderstands & undervalues introverts. She gives introverts the tools to better understand themselves & take full advantage of their strengths. Passionately argued superbly researched & filled with real stories " Quiet" will permanently change how we see introverts
- & how you see yourself. "I can't get Quiet out of my head. It is an important book
- so persuasive & timely & heartfelt it should inevitably effect change in schools & offices". (Jon Ronson " The Guardian"). " Susan Cain's " Quiet" has sparked a quiet revolution. In our booming culture hers is a still small voice that punches above its weight. Perhaps rather than sitting back & asking people to speak up managers & company leaders might lean forward & listen". (Megan Walsh " The Times"). " Quiet is a very timely book & Cain's central thesis is fresh & important. Maybe the extrovert ideal is no longer as powerful as it was; perhaps it is time we all stopped to listen to the still small voice of calm". (Daisy Goodwin " The Sunday Times"). Susan Cain is the owner of The Negotiation Company a firm that trains people in negotiation & communication skills. Her clients include Merrill Lynch Standard & Poor University of Chicago Business School & many of the US' most powerful law firms. She previously practiced corporate law for seven years with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. She lives in New York with her husband & two sons."

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH. Into the intrigue & violence of Indo-China comes Pyle a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious Third Force. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed his friend Fowler a cynical foreign correspondent finds it hard to stand aside & watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics or for love? ...

Joseph Vaughans life has been dogged by tragedy. Growing up in the 1950s he was at the centre of series of killings of young girls in his small rural community. The girls were taken assaulted & left horribly mutilated. Barely a teenager himself Joseph becomes determined to try to protect his community & classmates from the predations of the killer. Despite banding together with his friends as The Guardians he was powerless to prevent more murders
- & no one was ever caught. Only after a full ten years did the nightmare end when the one of his neighbours is found hanging from a rope with articles from the dead girls around him. Thankfully the killings finally ceased. But the past wont stay buried
- for it seems that the real murderer still lives & is killing again. & the secret of his identity lies in Josephs own history...

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