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Metal sculptor Bay Butler spent six years in a Texas prison for a crime she did not commit–until the efforts of a powerful client get her conviction overturned. Suddenly Bay is free, but she is still plagued with questions.Why was she imprisoned based on circumstantial evidence? And what really happened the night her business partner was found brutally murdered in their studio?Her quest for the tr…
Written in the 1990s by American author Steven Gould, Jumper tells the story of Davy Rice as he escapes his tortured childhood to explore the world via teleportation and find his long lost mother.At seventeen the world is at your feet… especially if you can teleport.David Rice barely remembers his mother. She left his alcoholic father when Davy was very young. She left Davy too, and since then all…
From one of Britain’s best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling.Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootles…
Every family has its secrets… As the first anniversary of her marriage to Vice President Nick Cappuano approaches, Lieutenant Sam Holland is dreaming of Bora Bora—sun, sand and a desperately needed break from the DC grind. But real life has a way of intervening, and Sam soon finds herself taking on one of the most perplexing cases of her career.Government worker Josh Hamilton begs Sam to investiga…
‘One of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelists’ Marcel Berlins, The TimesA friendship renewed; a marriage going sour; Harry Bentick heads for the Lake District not knowing if he’s going in search of something or running away.Then two girls are found murdered in the high fells, and suddenly there’s no doubt about it.He’s running.Set in his native Cumberland, this was Reginald Hill’s …
A welcome reissue of this wartime classic from the author of Birdy.During WW II, a dying American soldier, William Wiley, and his German captor, Wilhelm Klug, are miraculously rescued by a fox endowed with extraordinary powers, Franky Furbo.For William, the experience is indisputably true but when he discovers later that neither his wife nor children believe in Franky, he endures a crisis of faith…
Inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this tantalizing sequel to Megan Shepherd's gothic suspense novel, The Madman's Daughter, explores the hidden natures of those we love and how far we'll go to save them from themselves.To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it.Back in London after her trip to Dr. Moreau's horrific island, Juliet is rebuilding the life she once knew a…
A classic crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre.The murder of old Mr Fransham while washing his hands in his niece’s cloakroom was one of the most astounding problems that ever confronted Scotland Yard. Not only was there a policeman in the house at the time, but there was an ugly wound in the victim’s forehead and nothing in the locked room that could have inflicte…
WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS READERS CHOICE AWARD 2016In Lindö, on the Swedish coast, a man has been found brutally murdered in his own home.The victim, Hans Juhlén, had no shortage of enemies. But the case stalls when a child’s handprint is found inches from where the dead man fell.Hans Juhlén had no children.Public prosecutor Jana Berzelius has perfected the art of maintaining a professional distanc…
Swedish public prosecutor Jana Berzelius is back in the twisted second instalment of Emelie Schepp’s award-winning series, perfect for fans of Jo Nesbø and Stieg Larsson.When a girl overdoses smuggling drugs across the Swedish border, the trail points to the one man Jana Berzelius most wants to destroy.Notorious criminal Danillo Pena knows the truth about Jana’s old identity – and, as one of Swede…
How do you find a missing actress in a city where everyone’s playing a role?A mystery, a love-story and a darkly beguiling tale of secrets and reinvention set in 1960s London.Soho. 1965, When an American actress disappears from the Galaxy Theatre, her young dresser, Anna Treadway is determined to find out what happened to her.Anna's search will lead her through a London she barely knew existed: a …
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Tommy and Tuppence Beresford wait anxiously for a letter from Russia that may contain information of international importance, surreptitiously hidden beneath the stamp. The letter is anticipated by more than just the Beresford’s, and they must fight to keep the information from getting into the wrong hands…
Dark, edgy and unbearably tense, this extraordinarily accomplished first novel is both a love story and a gripping psychological thriller of immense power.Debbie Sykes is a young college lecturer whose ordered life is about to be changed forever. One stormy winter’s night, waiting for the late train home, Debbie is acutely aware of being alone – the woman who usually shares her evening vigil is no…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.While staying at the Laurels with the Kingston Bruce family, Mrs Hamilton Betts discovers that her valuable pink pearl is missing. Presumed to have been stolen by another houseguest, the concerned host contacts the Beresford’s for help.