Annie Sancerre's French husband was killed in the First World War, before their son Davie was born. Her motherly instincts tell her that at 10 years of age, Davie would benefit from having a father. But is this enough reason to...
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Author:CRANE, TeresaSummary: - Author:Moore, BrianSummary:
This book portrays the relationship between Eileen Hughes, the quiet young shop assistant from Ulster and her wealthy employers, tracing the pattern of passion and suspense that surrounds them on their trip to London.
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Author:Sir Salman RushdieSummary:By the author of M?idnight's children.' Two men miraculously survive an explosion in a hijacked jumbo jet, only to discover they have been chosen as protagonists in the eternal battle between God and the Devil.
- Author:Ruth RendellSummary:
The first young woman murdered has a bite mark on her neck, prompting the media to dub her killer "The Rottweiler." But soon it becomes clear that the Rottweiler is a serial garroter.
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Author:Naipaul, V. S.Summary:The Mimic Men is a moving novel that evokes a colonial man's experience in the postcolonial world. Naipaul is the author of 13 works of fiction and has won many prizes including the Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Author:Fein, LouiseSummary:
"The Hidden Child is a heart-wrenching depiction of a golden couple in the 1920s.... Shocking, emotive, and compelling, but ultimately a story of hope. I loved it." - Deborah Carr, USA Today bestselling author of The Poppy Field. In...
- Author:HOWATCH, SusanSummary:
Gavin is desperate to escape from his world of prostitution, pornography and violence, but as his involvement with Carta and St. Benet's deepens, the dangers that encircle him escalate until his life itself is on the line.
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Author:PARKER, Una-MarySummary:Mr and Mrs Henry Granville are preparing to launch their daughters on to the London social scene with an extravagant coming-out ball. The sister's deep jealousy of one another leads to fights between the two, a number of scandals...
- Author:FALCONER, ColinSummary:
When a woman is found strangled on a torture rack in the basement of her fashionable Highgate home, DI Madeleine Fox's squad are called in to investigate the murder.
- Author:LEATHER, StephenSummary:
In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at the Metropolitan Police's training centre at Hendon. Assist.Comm. Peter Latham announces plans that he wants them to join a team of undercover detectives...
- Author:BINGHAM, CharlotteSummary:
When Trilby meets Lewis, the all-powerful proprietor of a newspaper group, she is drawn to his handsome, older and sophisticated personality. From the outset, Lewis is determined to acquire not only Trilby's cartoon strip but her...
- Author:RICHLER, MordecaiSummary:
St. Urbain’s Horseman is a complex, moving, and wonderfully comic evocation of a generation consumed with guilt – guilt at not joining every battle, at not healing every wound. Thirty-seven-year-old Jake Hersh is a...
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Author:PERRY, AnneSummary:Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Secret Service in Queen Victoria's vast empire. He is to investigate the shooting at Eden Lodge of an ex-army officer and promising young diplomat.
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Author:HOROWITZ, AnthonySummary:Teenage super spy Alex Rider is reeling from the discovery that his father was an assassin for the criminal organization, Scorpia. Determined to find out more he travels to Italy where he manages to infiltrate the gang. Soon he becomes...
- Author:Oh, TemiSummary:
A reimagining of the Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, for fans of Becky Chambers and William Gibson by Alex Award–winning author Temi Oh. Using the myth of Eurydice as a structure, this riveting science fiction novel is set in a...
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Author:WINSPEAR, JacquelineSummary:Lady Rowan Compton first met Maisie when, at thirteen, she went into service as a maid at her ladyship's Belgravia mansion. A suffragette, Lady Rowan took the remarkably smart youngster under her wing and became her patron. She...
- Author:Krentz, Jayne AnneSummary:
Restreinte financièrement et célibataire, Venetia Milton croyait que son passage à Arcane House, un lieu isolé et délabré, serait l’opportunité rêvée de devenir l’artisane de son propre bonheur. Elle y était pour photographier une...
- Author:BROOKNER, AnitaSummary:
Eighteen year old Maud is invited to spend the summer in her aunt's large country house where she meets two men, one beautiful and ruthless, the other a quiet dreamer, both of whom will profoundly affect her life.
- Author:Pearson, AllisonSummary:
For every woman trying to strike that impossible balance between work and home-and pretending that she has-and for every woman who has wanted to hurl the acquaintance who coos admiringly, "Honestly, I just don't know how you...
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Author:Craig, AmandaSummary:Five people connected by murder. All are immigrants living in London. Dispossessed, bewildered and suffering from culture shock they are also linked to a criminal underworld which services modern middle- class life. This is a detective...
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