It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York Citys Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic & unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr who has vanished & is presumed dead. Moments later during the same broadcast she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatric patient of Benton Wesleys. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she & Benton live she finds a suspicious package
- possibly a bomb
- waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpettas life finds her embroiled in a deadly plot that

Includes:: a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime & the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom Lucy seems to have shared a secret past...



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CAUGHT IN A MIDNIGHT TRYST! Can a reclusive & distrustful lord scarred by betrayal & raised without love learn to trust a pampered society beauty who seems to have the whole world at her elegantly shod feet? When Alexander Forthin Earl of Calvercombe clashes with Persephone Seaborne it seems not... But a series of mysterious disappearances links their two families forcing the embittered soldier & the toast of St James into an unlikely alliance
- one that starts the gossips' tongues wagging... Especially after they are caught in a secret midnight tryst!
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Your battle wounds are scars upon my heart wrote Vera Brittain in a poem to her beloved brother four days before he died in June 1918. The rediscovery of TESTAMENT OF YOUTH has reminded a new generation of the bitter sufferings of women as well as men in the terrible madness of the First World War. This the first anthology of women war poets for over sixty years will come as a surprise to many. It shows for example that women were writing protest poetry before Wilfred Owen & Siegfried Sassoon & that the view of the women at home ignorant & idealistic was quite false. Many of these poems come out of direct experiences of nursing the victims of trench warfare or the pain of lovers brothers sons lost. Poets include: Nancy Cunard Rose Macaulay Charlotte Mew Alice Meynell Edith Nesbit Edith Sitwell Marie Stopes Katharine Tynan. Here as elsewhere the poetry is in the pity
- a moving record of womens experience of war.
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Here comes another great title in the popular & successful Cozy" series. It presents 30 achievable projects suitable for knitters of all ages & abilities designed by the readers of " Knitting" magazine. Colourful scarves are easy & fast to knit & make great presents for friends & family. When the winter months are drawing in a huge soft scarf is ideal to snuggle into. But they don't all have to be chunky cables & thick yarn why not have a go at creating your own thin & slinky evening scarf or a light & lazy one for when summer breezes in. This new title is packed with colourful designs that are easy & fast to knit & detailed instructions explaining everything you need to know. Colourful scarves make fantastic gifts for friends & family & are an ideal way to use up odds & ends of yarn. This collection of fun & fabulous scarves will make you want to reach for your needles & get stitching right away. These original designs were created by the readers of popular " Knitting" magazine. Their great eye for design colour & their nifty skills with needles & hooks explain the brilliantly imaginative variety of scarves in this collection." ...

Dom Joly sets off round the world again but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone
- he's monster hunting. Ever
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The destructive hydrogues continue their war against humans & the fiery entities the faeros
- a struggle that kills planets & extinguishes
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2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders was posted to Singapore in 1937 with their families. When the Japanese invaded Malaya in December 1941 the Battalion fought bravely until the surrender of Singapore on 14 February 1942. Those who were not killed became POWs. Of the 1000 men involved initially over 400 had died by their liberation in summer 1945. Despite the diverse background of the members of the Battalion all were bound by close regimental spirit. As POWs all suffered hard labour starvation brutality & tropical diseases. Rank was no protection from death. After initial incarceration in Singapore the Gordons were dispersed to work on the famous Thai-Burma railway in the mines of Taiwan & Japan & on other slave labour projects. Conditions defy modern comprehension. Others died trapped in hell-ships torpedoed by allied submarines. The author has researched the plight of these extraordinary men so many of whom never saw their native Scotland again. Despite the grim conditions he captures the strong collective regimental spirit & the humour & cooperation that saved so many who would have otherwise have perished
- as many did. This is an inspiring tale of courage & survival against appalling odds.
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Alex knows theres a way that she & Callum can be together. Catherine holds the key to unlocking the secret but shes disappeared. Olivia has answers too but theyre hidden deep inside her troubled mind & wont be found. It seems impossible but Alex cant give up. The question is how much will she risk to be with the one she loves? Could it be everything? ...

At the behest of his soon-to-be wife Adrian Tomine set out to create a wedding favor for their guests that would be funnier & more personal than the typical chocolate bars & picture frames. What started out as a simple illustrated card soon grew into a full-fledged comic book: a collection of short strips chronicling the often absurd process of getting married. A loose cartoony departure from Tomines previous work Scenes from an Impending Marriage" is a sweet-natured laugh out-loud skewering of the modern marriage process including hiring a DJ location scouting trips to the salon suit fittings dance lessons registering for gifts & managing familial demands. The most personal & autobiographical work of Tomines career " Scenes from an Impending Marriage" is a charming delightful document of the little moments leading up to the big day. Praise for Adrian Tomine: " Tomine is trust me superb". (Sam Leith " Daily Telegraph"). " Near perfection.. . Tomine is a superb graphic novelist". (" Daily Telegraph"). " Visually stunning.. .absolutely essential". (" Independent on Sunday"). " Rendered with uncluttered beauty the dialogue is so convincing that you can almost hear the characters speak & it is alight with truth". (Neel Mukherjee " The Times")." ...

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) made her fictional debut when Scenes of Clerical Life" appeared in " Blackwoods Magazine" in 1857. These stories contain Eliots earliest studies of what became enduring themes in her great novels: the impact of religious controversy & social change in provincial life & the power of love to transform the lives of individual men & women. " Adam Bede" was soon to appear & bring George Eliot fame & fortune. In the meantime the " Scenes" won acclaim from a discerning readership including Charles Dickens: I hope you will excuse my writing to you to express my admiration... The exquisite truth & delicacy both of the humour & the pathos of those stories I have never seen the like of." ...