Sean Barrett
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A year after her husband's death, young widow and art collector Diana Porteous listlessly roams the beach near her home. Her friend and agent Saul takes action, introducing her to his stylish, anarchic sister, Sarah, to pep her up. They plan that Di should rediscover her talents as a thief, as well as art expert, to recover stolen paintings - and b
4) Watching you
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Marnie Logan often feels she is being watched. It's nothing she can put her finger on - a whisper of breath on her neck, a shadow in the corner of her eye - and now her life is frozen. Her husband, Daniel, has been missing for more than a year. Depressed and desperate, she seeks the help of psychologist Joe O'Loughlin. Then she discovers a book pac
5) The wreckage
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Set in the turbulent aftermath of the global financial crisis, this book pits Vincent Ruiz against powerful agents who will stop at nothing to bury secrets. Originally published: 2011
6) Gold digger
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His warmth, his glorious warmth, was fading by the minute. In an old schoolhouse by the sea, full of precious paintings, Thomas Porteous is dying. His much younger wife Di holds him and mourns. She knows that soon, despite her being his inheritor, Thomas's relatives will descend on the collection that was the passion of their lives. Originally publ
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Jan Fabel volume 6
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As the flood waters recede after a massive storm hits Hamburg, a headless torso is found washed up. Jan Fabel of the Murder Commission's investigations lead him to a secretive environmental Doomsday cult called Pharos, the brainchild of a reclusive, crippled billionaire, Dominik Korn. Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 2011
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The tale of three brothers - and of their rivalry that creates the great temple. One summer's day, a dying stranger carrying historical novel. Bernard Cornwell recreates the world of primitive Britain and solves the mysteries of who built Stonehenge, how and why. Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 1999
12) Harlequin
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The Grail quest volume 1
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In the 14th century, two popes, each supported by different political empires, struggle for supremacy. But one side hears of a great secret which might win the battle for them. So they hire a mercenary.
14) Gallows thief
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'Gallows Thief' is the new novel from Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe series. Hawke is, as yet, undaunted by the sleazy streets, dank jails or the looming scaffold, and uncorrupted by politicians, sneering gentlemen or frightening bruisers.
15) Elegy for April
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Quirke volume 3
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1950s Ireland. As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman is found to have vanished. When Phoebe Griffin, still haunted by the horrors of her past, is unable to discover news of her friend - Quirke, fresh from drying out in an institution, responds to his daughter's request for help. Originally published: London: Mantle, 2010
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2014
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Will Flemyng was a spy who turned to politics and is rising to the top in the 1970s. But when a bizarre death, on one hot summer day in London, starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of his government, he's drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political forces and the power
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The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using the most up-to-date scholarship and res