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Madeleine Severn is a tutor at the Garrettway School of Languages, she has a young outlook on life and is proud of her looks. Eighteen-year-old student Paul Grigson idolises Madeleine and during a date of his own he sees Madeleine with the married Bernard Hopkins. When Bernard arranges to meet Madeleine...

In this collection of ten short stories, each with a surprising twist, Simon Brett covers all seven of the deadly sins, with supremely entertaining results. In THE MAN WHO GOT THE DIRT, two Angry Young Men have become Angry Old Men - and one of them is angry enough to kill. In POLITICAL CORRECTIONS,...

Soul searching was an unfamiliar exercise to Bill Stratton, and he found it intriguing as well as painful. He hadn't had much occasion for it in his life, given that he was fairly shallow, but then, on the verge of his sixtieth birthday, his wife told him she was leaving him for another man. He'd...

This true crime story about an art heist on the French Riviera and the sting operation mounted by the legendary head of the FBI's Art Crime Unit, Robert Wittman, gives the reader a rare glimpse inside the world of art theft as the story jumps from France to Florida to Barcelona. You couldn't make it up.

‘At last, a book that tells you exactly where to stick your apostrophe ... funny and useful, the perfect stocking filler.’ David Marsh, Guardian Apostrophes are a pain. The rules about how to use them are complicated, and have evolved haphazardly. Originally written as advice by a copywriter...

Une série Drug Thriller dans les quartiers de Brooklyn. Courtney Burden a tout : un riche et beau mari, Jeb ; deux magnifiques enfants, Cameron et Sawyer ; un métier créatif et une brownstone de trois étages à Brooklyn, New York, là où tout le monde veut vivre. Alors pourquoi chine t-elle...

Bei seinem letzten Einsatz ist der forensische Anthropologe David Hunter nur knapp dem Tod entronnen. Von einer vollständigen Genesung ist er weit entfernt. Ihn quält die Frage, ob er seinem Beruf noch gewachsen ist. Zunächst sagt David alle neuen Aufträge ab, dennoch kommt er nicht zur Ruhe....

Asche zu Asche, Staub zu Staub, Leben zu Tod Asche ist alles, was von ihr übrig geblieben ist. Fast alles. Als der Rechtsmediziner David Hunter die Überreste der Frau in einem verfallenen Cottage auf der schottischen Insel Runa zum ersten Mal erblickt, weiß er sofort: Dieser Tod war kein Unfall....

Ein Kind, das schweigt. Ein Geheimnis, das tötet. Als seine Frau unvermutet stirbt, ist Ben am Boden zerstört. Allein Jacob, Sarahs autistischer Sohn, spendet ihm Trost. Doch während Ben die gemeinsame Wohnung aufräumt, macht er eine ungeheuerliche Entdeckung: Jacob war gar nicht Sarahs leibliches...

We are the hunted. Unknown forces are determined to stop our relentless destruction of the earth. We are like a cancer but refuse to change. Scientists want to exploit a new green energy source but will it really be our saviour? A reluctant priest must gain the help of a ruthless investigative journalist...

The Far Away is a story of desperate searches for second chances as a young man recalls a difficult time in his past when he struggled to deal with a brother's problems, a woman he thought he loved and the decisions made. The need to escape, the pull to return, drifting around the country, the violence...

*The premise: That if 5 authors start with the same sentence, they will all write vastly different stories. The results: A series! After the success of The First Sentence, we upped the degree of difficulty. These romantic novellas run the gamut of genres but all are inspired by the same SECOND sentence. * Catch...

“Funny, thoughtful, informative, and wise” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), this scientific foray into the animal kingdom examines how the world’s creatures—weird, wonderful, and everything in between—are inextricably linked. Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine....

With today’s modern technology—LEDs, servomotors, motion sensors, speakers, and more—artwork can incorporate elements of light, sound, and motion for dramatic effects. Author and educator Simon Quellen Field has developed a primer for creative individuals looking for new ways to express themselves...