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In postwar London and Paris, the search for a missing husband puts Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals....
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Discover the thrilling children's debut novel from Alexander Armstrong. A modern classic for children aged 9-12, bursting with ancient magic, secret societies and fearsome foes! For fans of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials, Skandar, Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. Signed by the author.
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A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging. On the edge of a forest: a man hanging from every branch. A church steeple: beneath the weathercock, a human body dangling from each arm of the cross. Below another sketch were written four lines from Francois Villon's 'Ballade of the Hanged Men'. On a trip to Brussels, Maigret unwittingly causes a man's suicide, but his own remorse is overshadowed by the discovery of the sordid events that drove the desperate man to shoot himself.
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Following a scandal in the Duke's court, roguish officer Lally Duchene is dismissed to a new post at a small monastery and asylum deep in the forests of the Rheingau. Disregarding the local superstitions about the dangers of ghosts and nixies in the woods and vineyards, his days slip by in a haze of daydreams. But there is something stirring in this woodland idyll. Among the patients is a woman possessing an overpowering, otherworldly aura, and the vestiges of a sinister paganism leer from beneath the holy facades. As the wine harvest approaches and figures from Lally's past find themselves drawn to the monastery, the forces of nature awaken and the countryside erupts in an intoxicating carnage of ancient rites.
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Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in 'The Postscript Murders', are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy case such as murder to come the agency's way. Natalka is now living with dreamer, Benedict. But her Ukrainian mother Valentyna has joined them from her war-torn country and three's a crowd. To add to Natalka's irritation, Benedict and her mother get on brilliantly. Then a murder case turns up. Local writer, Melody Chambers, is found dead and her family are convinced it is murder. Edwin, a big fan of the obit pages, thinks there's a link to the writer of Melody's obituary who pre-deceased his subject. The trail leads Benedict and Edwin to a slightly sinister writers' retreat. When another writer is found dead, Edwin thinks that the clue lies in the words.
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The return of the Western in this poignant love story and riveting on the road adventure.
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The compelling biography of the beautiful, talented Garman sisters and the glittering, romantic era in which they lived.
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From the No.1 bestselling author of�The Last Protector�and�The Ashes of London�comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett during the time of King Charles II.
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'A superbly plotted historical drama? highly recommended!' The Wishing Shelf
?One woman must sacrifice everything to uncover the truth in this enthralling historical novel, inspired by the true World War Two campaign Radio Aspidistra?
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When she was nine years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every item of clothing and old Christmas cards with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took all her memories - Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday.
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This is the reimagined true story of Helena, a 17th century Dutch maid, desperate to educate herself and use her mind, in an era where women were kept firmly in their place.
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Apparently all Hollywood would have gone down on its knees to be photographed by Leslie Searle. So why should he suddenly disappear? Is it murder, or merely some elaborate practical joke? This is a case requiring Inspector Grant's ingenuity.
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Chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint. After the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this brutal - and why.
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Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital's inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear that everyone on the unit is in grave danger. Amy's worst nightmare was spending the night on Ward D. And now she might never escape.
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Chilling killings terrorize a town and bring together two detectives to face the hardest tasks of their lives. Jack Ludlum, who relies on his brawn to get things done, is now paired with his archenemy, Jill Jarred, a brilliant investigator with keen intuition. As they delve into the secret world of incels and white supremacists, and conflict between local authorities and the FBI rages, a media frenzy further complicates the mission. Is there a serial killer on the loose? Or something entirely different? Will their clashing personalities be their undoing, or can they unite to stop the killer before they kill each other?
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