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"The first thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series. Welcome to North Falls-a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night...
The Pickwick Papers is one of Dickens's earliest works. It consists of the series of events occurring in the ''Pickwick Club,'' founded by Samuel Pickwick. He, along with his three companions, goes through comical and ludicrous adventures leading to a...
"After a vicious winter in Cheyenne, Wyoming, claims the lives of their loved ones, Charlotte Aldrich and Micah Hamilton are trying to bring their ranches-and their hearts-back to life. But as love grows, the secrets they're keeping may pull them apart...
"From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat. Pico Iyer has made more than 100 retreats over the past three decades to a small Benedictine hermitage, high above the...
"Vivienne and Patrick Fisher have done an excellent job raising their three daughters, Alex, Nancy, and Eva. They're well-adjusted with impressive careers, caring partners, exciting hobbies, and sweet children. But when Patrick inadvertently reveals that he...
"How to Menopause answers all the questions you didn't know to ask, and brings you into a conversation with millions of other women. Together, we can embrace a stronger, sexier self at every stage of midlife - from perimenopause through menopause and into our...
"With a newborn and two children, Molly Murphy Sullivan is tackling motherhood. Her husband, Daniel, is off to work in Washington as Easter break begins in New York. Her dear friend and writer, Ryan O'Hara, is shooting a movie, one of the first to involve a...
"At just twelve years old, he killed his first man on the Great Plains, giving birth to a legend. From the Indian Wars to the Civil War, John Miller's name became synonymous with death. As a gun for hire, he played both sides of the law, riding with outlaws...
"Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime. To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover...
"Ryan and Lillian Bright are deeply in love, recently married, and now parents to a baby girl, Georgette. But Lillian has a son she hasn't told Ryan about, and Ryan has an alcohol addiction he hasn't told Lillian about, so Georgette comes of age watching their...
"Honor seems to have everything: she adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband, Tom, even if he works one hundred hours a week. Yet Honor's longing for another baby threatens to eclipse all of it--until a shocking...
"Morocco, 1928. Marie-Madeleine Méric is a woman of many skills, but dabbling in intelligence work to assist the French government helps her recognize who she is at heart: an adventurer. Paris 1936. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, Marie-Madeleine is...
"Tasha and her older sister Alice, may look alike, but they couldn't be more different. Tasha's married with two children and still lives in their hometown near Bristol. Alice is a high-flying scientistwho travels the world with her equally successful husband....
"Ten years ago, they joined the CIA. Six years ago, he left the game. Five years ago, they fell in love. One year ago, she ran out into the cold with absolutely no intention of ever coming back. And two minutes ago, they woke up, bloody and bruised and...
"Long ago and faraway (and somewhere south of France), lies the kingdom of Esquaveta. There, Princess Tullia is in nearly as much peril as her struggling kingdom. Esquaveta desperately needs to forge an alliance with Oxatania, and to that end, Tullia's father...
In a race against time and nature, there's only one man you want on your side. In northern California a small town teeters on the brink of disaster as flood waters bear down on it. Colter Shaw, however, is on an even more urgent rescue mission - a family swept...
Canada, 1898. The Gold Rush is on in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon. Fortunes are made as quickly as they're lost, and Dawson City has become a lawless settlement. In its midst, three women are trying to find their place on the edge of civilisation....
Summer 1988. Rock star drummer Jonny King comes to the rescue of stranded army training sergeant Sian Wynn-Williams, although not with a white charger. From rainy London to the lush Welsh hills, they share, laugh, and squabble. But can they solve the problem...
Candice was badly injured in a car crash as a child, and doesn't remember much about the person she was before it. But secrets from the past are catching up with her family, and she has to flee to a place which holds all the answers...--Publisher’s...
Ruby has met her Mr Right - a Moroccan merchant who is taking her back to his country to be married. Despite her family's doubts, Ruby can't wait to be his wife. But on the long voyage, doubts of her own begin to creep in - and the handsome ship's captain only...
It's 1968 and it's cold when Felicity arrives in London to stay with her mother, improve her English, do a secretarial course - and meet a suitable man. She is already missing her home in Provence. But it's only for a year she tells herself - and then she can...
Occupied Norway, 1944. While the war rages on, Anni is surviving as best she can, contributing to the resistance whenever possible and standing firm without her sailor husband Lars, who she hasn't heard from in three years. Her daughter Ingrid is the bright...
Bologna, 1575. Elena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in the workshop of a master tailor, despite the profession being officially barred to her as a woman. But then a powerful man from her past crosses her path and threatens everything she has worked for....
Detective Jack Warr is haunted by the gruesome legacy of serial killer Rodney Middleton and reeling from a series of events that has left him deep in depression. Refusing the Met-offered counselling service, Jack instead finds solace through renewing a...
In a sheltered basin, high up in Colorado's remote Rocky Mountains, two field collectors discover an awesome array of dinosaur bones. Knowing that two competing and irreconcilably hostile palaeontologists will pay big money for knowledge of such a find, the...
Hunter Lane Chandler returns to Rattlesnake Valley with fresh game to sell to the townsfolk, only to discover the place is seemingly empty. In the sheriff's office, he finds the veteran lawman has been killed. Then he discovers the slaughtered body of the...
At the age of twenty-two Hal Chesterton's world is turned on its head. He could never have guessed a blocked watercourse would herald such a disastrous change to his life. His pa's lucky coin, a gold half eagle, responsible for a stroke of good luck, now bears...
The distinguished industrialist, the fair girl and the aggressive young man - although Superintendent Macdonald tried to avoid studying his fellow passengers, he simply couldn't help it. For him, it was difficult to adjust to being on holiday. He turned away...
Tracey Wren's first encounter with Alfredo Lazerro does not go well! But she is forced to work closely with him and his formidable grandmother, the Contessa Carlotta, when supermodel Violet Jute and her son Douglas descend on the Castello della Torre at short...
In June 1880, the reign of Australia's most famous bushrangers, the Kelly Gang, ended - guns blazing - in a fiery siege at the Glenrowan Inn. Ned Kelly survived, only to be hanged four months later. In this reimagining of Australia's most notorious bushranger,...
Lane Holland's crime-solving career ended the day he went to prison. With his parole hearing approaching, he faces the grim reality that an ex-con can never work as a private eye. Yet one unsolved case continues to haunt him: the disappearance of Matilda...
Pompous, vain and a self-professed charmer, George Brewster moves from one unfulfilling journalism job to the next, one empty relationship to another, his faithful wife and daughter ever the afterthought. THE WELL DRESSED EXPLORER is the story of a man of his...
Hampstead County Police Department is embroiled in scandal after corruption at the top of the force was exposed. Though cleared of involvement, Detective Sergeant Casey Wray is nonetheless sidelined, put on active duty instead of taking over command as she'd...
Robin Edmund Blake is halfway through his life. Born in 1986 as Halley's Comet crossed our skies, he is destined to go out with it when it returns in 2061. Until then he can't die. He has proof. And until then, he can account for every day and every pound and...
Just after undertaker Sam Foster receives a letter telling him to have three fresh graves dug, a mysterious man in black arrives in War Smoke with revenge in his heart. Jonas Ward has travelled all the way from the eastern seaboard to fulfil the dying wishes...
As the daughter of a London crime boss, PC Philomena McCarthy walks a thin blue line keeping the two sides of her complicated life apart.On patrol one night she discovers a child in pyjamas, wandering alone. Taking Daisy home, Phil uncovers the aftermath of a...
Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn't come home last night, so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow's resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had hired the MARLOW...
Bustling with rich detail, historical vignettes and surprising wares, this is the story of Britain's best-loved but ever-changing public spaces. What makes a high street? It's certainly not just about the shopping; these thoroughfares are often the beating...
Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the Vallee de Follet. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that's the way he likes it. Until scandal erupts in the nearby town of Saint-Sauver when its famous restaurant is downgraded from three...
Nestled among the cobblestone streets of Compiegne, there existed a bakery unlike any other. Rumours were whispered through the town that its pastries offered a taste of magic, chasing away the darkest of sorrows. Just one bite of a croissant might bring luck,...
He's a rogue. She's a liar. Together, they're scandalous... Mira Marleigh hides behind a pen name to write scandalous stories about the lords and ladies of society at the court of Queen Charlotte. Her world is turned upside down when an outrageous circular she...
As Europe edges closer to war, Bella's world is focused on avoiding a future like her mother's. She doesn't want to go to secretarial school to become another proper young lady; standing by prettily waiting to be chosen as a wife by her employer or another...
Liverpool, 1864. When Jemima Jenkins's beloved Pa passes away, leaving her orphaned, she is cruelly thrown out of her lodgings and dismissed from her cherished job as a schoolmistress.Offered a temporary home with her best friend Betty, Jemima is determined to...
Lincolnshire, 1854. After much reflection, Caroline Lawson has accepted Max Cavendish's marriage proposal. Yet their peaceful life on the farm is soon threatened by a series of mishaps and the strange deaths of livestock. As pressure mounts for Max to make the...
Kent, 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking, cleaning, and caring for her five younger siblings after her elder sister Nell's marriage. She longs to escape, but it seems like an impossible dream.That...
Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried mother, it could have been very different, and she is happy. But when new maid, Susie, arrives at the Beach Hotel, it isn't long before sparks fly. Susie begins...
Scotland, 1944. Fearless Seffy was hoping for a transfer to England to be near Callum, the Canadian soldier she has given her heart to. Instead she is instructed to train a new group of lumberjills. Will their unhelpful attitude finally be a match for Seffy's...
When Zaynab shows up at her estranged husband's door, clutching divorce papers, she doesn't expect their goodbye to result in one final dazzling night of passion. But the bigger shock? She's pregnant! Determined to support Zaynab, Ara offers a convenient...
Heather LaCrae awakens handcuffed to her hospital bed, stunned to find herself on the hook for murder. With no memory of the crime, she must rely on local attorney Nick Monroe. Defending Heather becomes a life-and-death battle when a shooter targets the bayou...
Somebody wants Ian Seabrook to know that he's not welcome in Eagle Mountain. Is it because they oppose his plan to build a high-end tourist attraction, or is it because he and Bethany Ames have uncovered a murder scene? Ian tries to keep the feisty search and...
Socorro Security founder Ivy Bardot has dedicated the last two years to taking down a cartel where her former FBI partner, Carson Lang, was an undercover operative. Now the syndicate is coming for members of her team. Despite having her trusted K-9, Ivy also...
When armed officers burst through the door, Hannah Miller has to prove that her flower shop isn't a front for a high-tech bootleg operation. Cybercrime special agent Simon Taylor believes the local business owner is more valuable as an ally. The intrepid...
Even with peace on the horizon, Met WAAF Jenny Hazleton is as busy as ever. Her keen weather forecasting allows the pilots to continue their missions, including food drops to starving allies and the repatriation of prisoners of war. Navigating many of these...
A Soldiers to Heirs story: When Lieutenant Hartley returns home it's to become - reluctantly, he might add - the new Duke of Fenniston. If he's to thrive in the ton, he must call on the help of widow Claire Hambledon, sister of the previous Duchess, to guide...
Part of The Redford Dukedom. Committed bachelor Lord Wesley Wadsworth came to America for one reason: to introduce his thoroughbred horses to New York racing circles. He's not looking for a partnership - business or otherwise - until he encounters Manhattan...
Part of The Wallflower Academy. Adventurous, free-spirited Sylvia Bryant has no intention of entering the London marriage mart - she plans to return to Antigua and the mother she was forced to leave. But first that means breaking free from her prison of a...
After her home and livelihood are demolished by developers, Fae agrees to house and dog-sit for her wealthy stepsister in Bondi Beach. She's a fish out of water in this glamorous setting, and her guard is up when she encounters gorgeous neighbour Rick and his...
An accident on the racing track has left Max injured and unable to drive, so chauffeur Tommie is hired as his live-in driver. Working for the infamous playboy should be easy, but being just across the hall from Max is anything but Whilst Tommie knows their...
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Maude Braithwaite is pregnant. But for the free-spirited groundskeeper her independence is more alluring than any man. Even billionaire Dominic Lancaster, the boss whose addictive touch led to a lust-fuelled, life-altering night. So when he demands she move...
When a raging storm strands Kelly Butler in the remote Tuscan castello of arrogant billionaire Romano Castelliari, it's a nightmare. Each and every glare from her best friend's brother and the subject of her youthful infatuation makes taunting desire lick at...
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Tormented by her parents' disastrous relationship, innocent Clemmie Leith has vowed not to marry. So waking from an accident with no memory, yet wearing Joaquin Perez's billion-dollar ring, she's astounded. As far as Clemmie is aware, they've never...
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Alceu Vaccaro should never have touched Dioni Adrianakis. It's not just that he lost control and rid his best friend's sister of her innocence. He broke his vow to ensure his despicable bloodline ended with him. Because Dioni is secretly pregnant with his heir...
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Vet Ellie has arrived in Yoxburgh with no job, no home and a sick dog. Finding herself on the doorstep of gorgeous local vet Hugo, she begs him to save her adorable Lola. He goes one better, offering Ellie a role at his practice and a room above his own!...
Evie Milagre's last name might mean 'miracle', but the pulmonologist no longer believes in them. Not since her ex-husband cheated on her. Yet Evie's laser focus on work - and only work! - starts to waver when she's tasked with organising her hospital's annual...
Returning home from a winter night shift, all single mum and midwife Zara can think about is sleep. Only to be confronted by a naked stranger in her cottage! She immediately jumps to the wrong conclusion, before realising the hunky Australian is her new...
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"Brent Walker is returning home to Concord, a quaint town in central Georgia nestled close to the Savannah River. Ten years ago, after the sudden death of his wife, Brent closed his law practice, said goodbye to his parents, and moved three hundred miles away...
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"For anyone who has dreamed of living in the country ... Rebecca Hayter was a high-profile yachting journalist based in Auckland when she followed a whim to buy a lifestyle block on the beach at Golden Bay at the top of the South Island - but she didn't know...
"Walking from Bluff, at the bottom edge of the South Island, to Cape Reinga, at the top of the North Island, award-winning journalist Naomi Arnold goes in search of New Zealand. Along her multi-month journey, she speaks to people from all walks of life and...
"A razor-sharp, mind-bendingly clever whodunnit from award-winning playwright and actor, Toby Schmitz. Everyone is in peril. Everyone is a suspect. It's 1925 and the Empress of Australia is making her regular Atlantic crossing, New York-bound, with a full...
"When nineteen-year-old farmgirl Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette, she sees it as her ticket out of a life too small for her. The paper's owner, Valdene Bullark, seeing something of the girl she once was in young Adelaide, puts...
"The forgotten, unique and fascinating story of Australia's first and only duchess, from the bestselling author of Sheila and Enid. When an unassuming young Melbourne woman bumped into a handsome naval lieutenant in a Colombo hotel swimming pool in 1926 she...
"Two years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Miss Caroline Bingley is staying at her brother's country estate within an easy ride of Mr and Mrs Darcy's home, Pemberley, and wondering if there's more to life than playing cribbage and paying calls on...
"Lottie Fairchild has two loves: history and, well, history. She's fascinated by the legends of love and curses handed down through her family. Owner of a little antique shop in small country town Banalla, Lottie is on the committee that is about to launch a...
"Alfie's mum, Emilia, has been lying to him forever. It's only been the two of them in Ireland, but when Emilia's appendix explodes, she drops a bombshell: they have a family back in Australia, and she and Alfie are going to meet them. When Penny Bains opens...
"Lyrebirds are brilliant mimics, so if they mimic a woman screaming in terror and begging for her life, they have witnessed a crime. But how does a young, hung over PHD student and a wet behind the ears new detective, convince anyone that a native bird can be...
"Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright has been thrown into the deep end of the outpatient clinic at Menzies Hospital. Her patients' health issues range from OCD to ice addiction, childhood abuse to the mental impact of ageing, and from bad parenting to...
"This stunning sequel to The Bookseller at the End of the World continues Ruth Shaw's story with more heartwarming tales from a woman who has lived a brave and fascinating life. The Bookseller at the End of the World described the first part of Ruth Shaw's...
"Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is the owner of busy undertaking firm Crowe Funerals. Life and business are good until Tatty notices how many women are dying after illicit abortions and after a terrible tragedy close to home, she vows to...
"A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a...
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"Nick Radcliffe is a man of substance and good taste. He has a smile that could melt the coldest heart and a knack for putting others at ease. He's just what Nina Swann needed in her life after her husband's unexpected death. But to Nina's adult daughter, Ash,...
"This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily--her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring...
"Lately, Julia Pritzker is beginning to think she's cursed. She's lost her adoptive parents, then her husband is murdered. When she realizes that her horoscope essentially foretold his death, she begins to spiral. She fears her fate is written in the stars,...
"In seven days Jet Mason will be dead. Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she's still waiting for her life to begin. I'll do it later, she always says. She has time. Until Halloween night, when...
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