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21) New river blues
Author
Series
Sarah Burke Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Severn House Digital
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Tucson Police detective Sarah Burke is called in to investigate a horrific double murder in a high-dollar neighbourhood, and the tragic destiny of a rich and troubled family unfolds . . . Meanwhile, Sarahs household bulges at the seams, as her niece, her mother and her boyfriend all search for accommodation in her small spaces and crowded schedule, and her sister, as usual, does nothing to make things easier . . .
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon Modern
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Conan Ryder storms into gym instructor Sienna?s life, interrupting her workout and raising her heart-rate through the roof! He demands his little niece comes with him to visit his sick mother, but Sienna won?t release her child into the hands of her estranged in-laws alone. With trepidation she re-enters the lion?s den?The luxurious home in the South of France is a gilded prison under Conan?s accusing gaze. Blaming Sienna for his late brother?s demise,...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Alice is an 18-year-old student and aspiring novelist with green spiky hair, a child of the modern age who recoils at the idea of reading Jane Austen. In a sequence of letters reminiscent of Jane Austen's to her own niece, 'aunt' Fay examines the rewards of such study. Not only is her correspondence a revealing tribute to a great writer - it is also an original and rewarding exploration of the craft of fiction itself.
24) The Maidens
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike. Particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated when one of The Maidens, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered. Mariana, who was...
25) Disobey
Author
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
Martina Cole watch out! This is a hard-hitting thriller that you won?t forget in a hurry ?Bad things are going down in Soho. Someone?s going to have to pay the price?Alfie Jenkins breaks a lot of rules. When he sets up an illegal casino in Soho there?s bad will all round and soon Alfie and those closest to him become embroiled in an all-out war with a dangerous gang.Unfortunately this gang is a deadly enemy to have. When Alfie?s teenage niece Chloe...
26) Dark tide
Author
Series
The Justice Agency volume 5
Publisher
Mills & Boon Love Inspired Suspense
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Mission: Protect Baby. Gina Evans knows her brother was murdered-even if the police won?t believe her. After catching a quick glimpse of the evidence her brother had gathered, the same criminals are after her and her baby niece. And Gina?s only hope is the man she left behind. Despite the painful memories, private investigator Derrick Justice won?t fail Gina and her baby. Yet now, the woman he never stopped loving and the baby he?s come to adore are...
27) Sins of omission
Author
Publisher
Zebra
Pub. Date
2010
Description
When Reuben Tarz meets Marchioness Michelene Fonsard, known as Madame Mickey, he is a wounded American soldier desperate to escape the hell of the French trenches. Madame Mickey offers another option--for Reuben and his best friend, Daniel Bishop, to live at her lavish chateau, where she will help them heal in body and soul. Madame Mickey's sophistication captivates the ambitious Reuben, and their affair is as tender as it is sensual. Then Mickey's...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2012
Description
But one night is not enough for Marcus. Only after he asks Della for more does she explain she has no plans to stay with him. And the infamous bachelor finds himself with the tables turned ? the one woman he wants has no intention of being caught in this billionaire?s embrace.The Tycoon?s Temporary BabyTo keep custody of her baby niece, Wendy Leland needs a husband ? fast. But when Jonathon Bagdon, her very sexy, successful boss, offers himself, she?s...
29) Mistletoe malice
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
A dysfunctional 1950s family reunites for the Christmas holiday from hell in this savagely witty rediscovered festive classic for fans of Barbara Pym, Stella Gibbons, Jean Rhys . She had her hand on the strings; the puppets could frolic awhile. The fire is on, sherry poured, presents wrapped, and claws are being sharpened. In a seaside cottage perched on a cliff, one family reunites for Christmas. While snow falls, a tyrannical widowed matriarch presides...
30) Clownfish
Author
Pub. Date
2018
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Description
?What?s it like, Dad - being a fish?? Grief takes many forms, and manifests itself in strange ways. Sometimes very strange indeed. When, on an ordinary morning, Dak's father suddenly dies of a heart attack, Dak's mother falls apart. Desperate to escape the atmosphere at home, Dak finds himself going to his dad's favourite place - the local aquarium. And there, to his amazement, is Dad, who it seems is alive and well as a clownfish! With his mum so...
31) The silver pigs
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
One fine day, AD 70, Sosia Camillina quite literally runs into Marcus Didius Falco on the steps of the Forum. It seems Sosia is on the run from a couple of street toughs, and after a quick and dirty rescue, PI Falco wants to know why. Falco finds out that Sosia, the niece of a highly placed senator, holds the secret to a stockpile of silver pigs, ingots intended for no good use. Hoping for future favours from Sosia's powerful uncle, Falco embarks...
Author
Publisher
Robinson
Pub. Date
2014
Description
When the Nazis seize Austria in March 1938, Verity Browne - the New Gazette's correspondent in Vienna - is one of the first to be deported as a well-known anti-Fascist. Before she leaves she is able to arrange for a young Jew, George Dreiser, to escape to England, but where he expects to find safety, he finds danger and sudden death. Lord Edward Corinth also finds death where it is least expected, in the grounds of Lord Mountbatten's country house,...
33) The bone bed
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 20
Formats
Description
A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures,...
34) Vagabonds
Author
Series
Emma Grady Trilogy volume 3
Formats
Description
1885 - ex-convict Emma Grady has returned to her hometown of Blackburn and been reunited with her lover Marlow. Now married, with a beautiful home, loving husband and wonderful son, she is still haunted by the past, unable to forget the cruelty of her uncle Caleb Crowther, who ignored her desperate pleas to save her and her tragic first-born. A feared local justice, Crowther curses his niece?s return and sets out to destroy her anew, whilst also hounding...
Author
Series
Puffin Island volume 1
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Windswept, isolated and ruggedly beautiful, Puffin Island is a haven for day-trippers and daydreamers alike. But this charming community has a way of bringing people together in the most unexpected ways? It's been a summer of firsts for Emily Donovan. From becoming a stand-in mom to her niece Lizzie to arriving on Puffin Island, her life has become virtually unrecognizable. Between desperately safeguarding Lizzie and her overwhelming fear of the ocean-which...
Author
Series
J.T. Ellington volume 5
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
St Pauls, Bristol, 1980. Joseph Tremaine Ellington, now 57 years old, has long abandoned his former career as an enquiry agent for the safety of teaching. But his old life draws him back. One of the very few lights from Ellington?s dark and violent past has flickered out. His fianc�e Ruth Castle is dead - leaving him again heartbroken and alone to bring up his 15-year-old niece, Chloe. Ellington?s days are long and lonely, his nights tormented by...
37) The invitation
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Sometimes the ties that bind are the most dangerous of all ... Paris, 1899. Emma Lacasse has been estranged from her older sister for nearly 20 years, since Caroline married a wealthy American and left France. So when Emma receives a request from Caroline to meet her, she is intrigued. Caroline invites Emma to visit her in New York, on one condition: Emma must tutor her shy, young niece, Isadora, and help her prepare for her society debut. Caroline...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
Join Winnie and Wilbur on their wild and wacky adventures from going back to the time of the dinosaurs and saving school children from slavery in ancient Egypt; to organising a treasure hunt for a pirate and rustling up some batburgers in the kitchen, - this collection will keeping young listeners entertained for hours! This collection features the following stories: Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie's After School Club Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Naughty...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 17
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Description
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 City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same broadcast,...
Author
Series
Cavendon Hall volume 4
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
The secrets of an aristocratic dynasty are about to be revealed? The year is 1949 and the Second World War has exacted a terrible price on Britain. The great Yorkshire estate of Cavendon Hall is facing bankruptcy. Its two families, the aristocratic Inghams and their retainers the Swanns, are at odds for the first time in living memory over the course that must be taken to save it. In London, a city still scarred by bombsites, the Earl?s niece, Alicia...
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