The genteel façade of London's Hampstead is shattered by a series of terrifying murders, and the ensuing police hunt is threatened by internal politics, and a burgeoning love triangle within the investigative team. Pressurised by senior officers desperate for a result a new initiative is clearly needed, but what? Intellectual analysis and police procedure vie with the gut instinct of 'copper's nose', and help appears to offer itself from a very unlikely source – a famous fictional detective. A psychological profile of the murderer allows the police to narrow down their search, but will Scotland Yard lose patience with the team before they can crack the case? Praised by fellow authors and readers alike, this is a truly original crime story, speaking to a contemporary audience yet harking back to the Golden Age of detective fiction. Intelligent, quirky and mannered, it has been described as 'a love letter to the detective novel'. Above it all hovers... Views: 23
Anna wrestles with a big secret at Isabel's super-fun sleepover in the seventh book of this "fast-paced, fun, and funny" (Megan McDonald, bestselling author of the Judy Moody series) illustrated chapter book series about the joys and challenges of elementary school friendships.Anna and her friends love having sleepovers. So, when Isabel invites Anna and Sadie to spend the night at her house for the first time Anna can't wait! Between pranking Isabel's older sisters, make-your-own pizzas, and truth or dare this is going to be the best night ever. But when one of Isabel's older sisters' dares results in Anna breaking a really special vase, everything stops being all fun and games. Isabel's sisters convince the girls they can hide it from their parents, but after her friends fall asleep, Anna lies on the floor in her sleeping bag, wide awake. At night, with the lights out and everyone else sleeping, Isabel's house seems different. Unfamiliar.... Views: 23
With this collection, first published in 1975, Heaney located a myth which allowed him to articulate a vision of Ireland--its people, history, and landscape--and which gave his poems direction, cohesion, and cumulative power. In North, the Irish experience is refracted through images drawn from different parts of the Northern European experience, and the idea of the north allows the poet to contemplate the violence on his home ground in relation to memories of the Scandinavian and English invasions which have marked Irish history so indelibly. Views: 23
Five years ago, a prison sentence took away Jamie and Lucy’s happy ever after. Today they’ll start getting it back. Views: 23
Elizabeth Beaumont comes home to restore her reputation and ends up doing her best to avoid the handsome new sheriff in town. Garrett Wilson doesn’t need the distraction of a spit-fire woman - he’s got real fires to worry about. When she presses for his darkest secret, he considers running again from his painful past. Or he can stay and fight for the town that needs him and the woman he loves. Views: 23
In this heartfelt memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss--the death of her daughter, Paula. Recalling the past thirteen years from the daily letters the author and her mother, who lives in Chile, wrote to each other, Allende bares her soul in a book that is as exuberant and full of life as its creator. She recounts the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her that becomes a new kind of family.Throughout, Allende shares her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, infidelity, addiction, and memory. Here, too, are the amazing stories behind Allende's books, the superstitions that guide her writing process, and her adventurous travels. Ultimately, The Sum of Our Days offers a unique tour of this gifted writer's inner world and of the relationships that have become essential to her life and her work.Narrated with warmth,... Views: 23
A captain in King Arthur's army, Rhun ap Maelgwn is devoted to the cause of driving the barbarian hordes back into the sea. His life takes a wrenching twist when he meets a Saxon princess he rescued years before and discovers the lovely flaxen-haired maid is the niece of Arthur's deadliest enemy. Can their deep bond survive war and treachery and lead to a love that can heal a land in turmoil? Views: 23
NEW YORK'S FINESTWhat was a nice-guy cop to do when his motorcycle was hijacked by a blond bombshell fleeing a church in a wedding gown? Rescue her, of course. Particularly when the reluctant bride was none other than gum-cracking, down-home Dixie Davis, all-American sexpot! RUNAWAY BRIDEThanks to Patrick Flynn, Dixie had escaped marrying a notorious gangster. Straitlaced Yankees weren't usually her type, but Dixie had a powerful hankerin' for her impromptu bodyguard. And sooner or later, Flynn was bound to take notice of the body he was guarding! CAN THESE OPPOSITES ATTRACT? Views: 23
