As the clock ticks toward a young man's execution, a discredited British intelligence agent sees an opportunity to redeem himself.
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Author: Herron, MickSummary: -
Author: McKinty, AdrianSummary:In this electrifying noir thriller, a young Irish ex-cop travels half a world away to investigate the murder of a beautiful girl he once loved. But plagued by a heroin habit, things don't go as...
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Author: Boyle, MarkSummary:Mark Boyle explores the hard-won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging, and fishing.
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic overcomes his bad karma and discovers in the mansion's winecellar the source of the magic that...
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in...
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives....
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:After two centuries of feuding the powers of the two families of magicians in mythical Caprona are too weak to stop an incipient war, but the younger members of the families find a way.
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:When a teacher at an English boarding school finds a note on his desk accusing someone in the class of being a witch, magical things begin to happen and an Inquisitor is summoned.
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Author: Clement-Davies, DavidSummary:Relying on true courage and true love, as well as some surprising connections to the Arthurian legends, a young Welsh teenager named Rhodri embarks on a quest to remove an ancient curse from Great...
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Author: Jones, Diana WynneSummary:Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomancie Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers of the Coven Street witches.
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Author: McDermid, Val.Summary:
Dr. Tony Hill must make sense of the perplexing death of a soccer star--but the footballer's demise is only a prelude to greater violence.
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Author: McDermid, Val.Summary:
Psychologist Tony Hill and Detective Carol Jordan's investigation of a teenage girl's murder leads them to an Internet predator.
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Author: McDermid, Val.Summary:
Clinical psychologist Tony Hill and detective Carol Jordan struggle to recapture celebrity sociopath Jacko Vance, who has broken out of prison with the intention of exacting violent revenge.
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Author: Herron, MickSummary:
Set in the same fictional London as his CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Slough House series, Mick Herron now introduces Tom Bettany, an ex-spook with a violent past and only one thing to live for:...
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Author: Lewis, TedSummary:
In London, George Fowler heads a lucrative criminal syndicate that specializes in the production and distribution of 'blue films'- nasty illegal pornography. Fowler is king, with a beautiful girl...