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Roderick Alleyn is back in this unique crime novel begun by Ngaio Marsh during the Second World War and now completed by Stella Duffy. It's business as usual for Mr Glossop as he does his regular round delivering wages to government buildings scattered across New Zealand's lonely Canterbury plains. But when his car breaks down, he is stranded for the night at the isolated Mount Seager Hospital, with the telephone lines down, a storm on its way and the nearby river about to burst its banks....

Liz Carlyle has been transferred to Counter-Espionage, along with her research sidekick Peggy Kingsolving. Although the department has downsized since the end of the Cold War, there are still spies: including Russian spies who now keep an eye on the international financial community as well as the wealthy, influential Russian "oligarchs" in London. Liz is assigned to stop a Russian government plot to "silence" one of these oligarchs.

Every baseball player knows to keep his eye on the ball and swing for the fences. Each base counts, but a home run is the goal. No one wants to strike out. This is true both on and off the field. Ellie had been my best friend since we were born, and we had a plan - get out of the tiny Alabama town we'd grown up in and go to college...together. But even life's best-laid plans could throw a powerful curveball. Rather than attend classes, I was now the starting pitcher for a Major League team.

England, 1666; the year all the prophecies said the world would end. For Chloe Hervaux, marriage to wild, unpredictable Alex Deveril offers escape from a home she hates. For Alex, waking up with an epic hangover, the discovery that he has acquired a bride is an unwelcome shock. But while the marriage remains in name only, other forces are gathering. England is at war with the Dutch, and Prince Rupert suspects that sabotage is at work in the fleet. Instructed to find and stop the traitor, Alex enters a dark, secret labyrinth of intrigue.

Strong of will and slender of ankle, 20-year-old orphan Flora Poste is blessed with every virtue save that of being able to earn her own living. Casting around for suitable relatives with whom she can make her home, Flora alights on the mysterious Starkadders and, ignoring the horrified shrieks of her friends, heads down to darkest Sussex.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, and in this study guide we analyse the key meanings and subtleties within the play. We discuss the main protagonists, the key themes and the context and break down the core scenes so that you have all the necessary facts and arguments at your disposal. Written by Catherine Hartley and Stella Vassiliou, both of whom have master's degrees in English literature from Cambridge and Oxford Universities respectively.

Following a gruelling operation in Paris, Liz Carlyle’s bosses post her to MI5’s counter-espionage desk, but they haven’t counted on the fallout from Putin’s incursions into the Ukraine. Liz needs to track down a Russian spy who has entered the UK before he completes his fatal mission. Meanwhile, the intelligence services are in the spotlight. In response to the debate raging around privacy and security, they hire Jasminder Kapoor, a controversial civil rights lawyer, to explain the issues to the public.

When a man walks into a police station confessing to a series of gruesome murders, lead detective Devizes Marsh doesn't believe he's telling the truth, until he reveals his true identity. As part of his sick game, the killer gives Marsh 48 hours to save the last victim, a prostitute with whom the wayward detective has become romantically involved. Marsh battles against time to try and save the girl from an almost certain fate, while his public and private lives, and his integrity as a police officer, come under severe scrutiny. 

Olivia Rickard would kill to keep everything just the way it is. Changing the status quo has always been disastrous for Olivia, and now everything is changing at once.... What Olivia needs is a distraction, and she’s found one in stumbling upon Yvette Dunn dead in her coffee food truck - drowned in a vat of fresh coffee. Olivia starts out as an unlucky bystander to the crime, but she’s forced to dig in deeper when it looks like her sister could be involved in Yvette’s death.

Ethan - He’s going to pay for what he’s done to me. No matter what it takes, I'm going to find him, and I'm going to destroy him. Jo - I'm not even a person any more, I'm a number, a statistic. Why would anyone do something like that to me? I just want this to end. I want to be normal again. In the shadows of a broken life, what does it take to find love? This standalone novella explores themes of rape, murder, suicide, violence, revenge, and love.

He was supposed to be my first and only one-night stand. He was definitely never supposed to become my boss. I had always been the good girl - the workaholic with every second of her life mapped out to a tee. Then I got trapped in an elevator with Julian Hoult. He was...irresistible. Sophisticated sex in a crisp white shirt. His voice alone dropped me straight to my knees. What was I supposed to do? Well...I can tell you what I was definitely not supposed to do. I was not supposed to run into him ever again. I was definitely not supposed to accept his dirty little job offer.

Jess has fallen for yet another loser, but this one is hiding a secret that puts her and her son in a huge amount of danger. He's a killer from across the state line, with a string of grizzly murders behind him, of young and pretty prostitutes. Jack, a sexy private detective with a checkered past, is on the hunt to bring him back, and save Jess from a similar fate. Can he capture the devil himself, and resist falling in love with the damsel?

Sebastian Audley has spent years setting every city in Europe by the ears and keeping the scandal-sheets in profit. Word that he is finally returning to London becomes the hottest topic of the Season and casts numerous young ladies - many of whom have never seen him - into a fever of anticipation. Cassandra Delahaye is not one of them. In her opinion, love affairs and duels, coupled with a reputation for never refusing even the most death-defying wager, suggest that Mr. Audley is short of a brain cell or two.

MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle learns from one of her agents that suspicious meetings have been taking place at an Islamic bookshop. She feels instinctively that a terrorist cell is at work and when she reports this to Charles Wetherby, the Director of Counter Terrorism, a surveillance operation is immediately put into place. An attack seems imminent.

While trying to shut the door on the mess of her relationship, Olivia accidentally opens the door to a murder investigation. Olivia’s friend, the owner of a boutique dog food brand, has been killed at her warehouse - bludgeoned with a side of beef. Olivia tries to run off her emotions but only stumbles upon the main murder suspect acting suspicious. She sees this as a sign. If she can’t solve her romantic problems, she can solve the murder of her good friend.

Mind-boggling, heart-rending and darkly comic, this is the full story for the first time, from the writer of the Guardian column "Mid-Life Ex-Wife". When her husband fell in love with someone else, Stella Grey thought she'd be unhappy for the rest of her life. But then she realised that she needed to take her future in her own hands. She needed to meet someone wonderful and find a heartfix for heartbreak. So she joined online dating sites and embarked on a mission.

Nel corso dei secoli, le droghe hanno avuto un ruolo nella vita di molti popoli, integrandosi nelle differenti culture in modo controllato e, per questo, accettato socialmente. Nelle società moderne, invece, questo equilibrio è venuto meno: l'esplosione del mercato di massa, alimentato dalle grandi organizzazioni criminali, ne ha amplificato la diffusione, trasformandone l'uso in un problema per i singoli e per la collettività. Ma quali dimensioni ha questo fenomeno in Italia, e chi sono i tossicodipendenti?

Perché alcuni bambini intelligenti come gli altri non riescono a leggere? Perché un atto che per quasi tutti semplice e automatico può divenire per qualcuno così complicato se non addirittura impossibile? Come distinguere i sintomi di un vero e proprio disturbo della lettura dalla fisiologica difficoltà dell'imparare? La dislessia è una sindrome clinica che ostacola il normale processo di interpretazione dei segni grafici, e che affligge, se pur in diversa misura, circa il 3% della popolazione italiana.

Den velskrevne romanserie Drømmeverden inviterer læserne med ind i en forførisk verden, hvis aura afføder ekstraordinære sensuelle bekendtskaber. Oplev kærlighedshistorier med enestående erotisk magi, der strækker sig fra det vidunderlige Bretagne, syndige Venedig, flippede Wien, det på alle måder charmerende Alsace og helt til det ophidsende Washington. "Florence havde næsten glemt, hvor smukt der var i Alsace. Med lysende øjne så den unge kvinde med det lange lyse hår ud over det underfulde landskab med de blide grønne bakker og de frodige vinmarker, som lå langs med landevejen.

Den velskrevne romanserie Drømmeverden inviterer læserne med ind i en forførisk verden, hvis aura afføder ekstraordinære sensuelle bekendtskaber. Oplev kærlighedshistorier med enestående erotisk magi, der strækker sig fra det vidunderlige Bretagne, syndige Venedig, flippede Wien, det på alle måder charmerende Alsace og helt til det ophidsende Washington. "Viviane trak vejret dybt og slukkede tv’et. Kærlighedsfilmen, der havde fortryllet hende i to timer, var slut. Desværre! Hun havde fordybet sig i handlingen, lidt med heltinden og glædet sig over hendes lykke til sidst.