Matt Smith was an aspiring youth footballer before a back injury in 2003 forced him to reconsider. He left his hometown of Northampton to study drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He turned professional in his third year as the result of an outstanding performance in the National Youth Theatre production of The Master and Margarita. Smith's first television role came in 2006, as Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptation of Phillip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke. His first major role in television followed a year later, playing Danny in the BBC series Party Animals. 2007 also saw him début in the West End, starring in Fresh Kills, the stage adaptation of Swimming with Sharks, alongside Christian Slater. Smith followed this with a critically acclaimed performance as Henry in That Face. But Smith’s biggest break was being cast as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC hit television series Doctor Who, first appearing in part two of The End of Time... Views: 10
Courtney McKellen just got engaged to the man she thought she wanted to spend her life with, but then she comes face-to-face with Beckett Ryland, the guy who broke her heart three years earlier, and she isn’t so sure she made the right decision. When old feelings start to surface, she knows she’s in trouble. But can she trust Beckett enough to give him her heart when he broke it once before? Views: 10
A Jeeves and Wooster novelThe beefy 'Stilton' Cheesewright has drawn Bertie Wooster as red-hot favourite in the Drones club annual darts tournament -- which is lucky for Bertie because otherwise Stilton would have beaten him to a pulp and buttered the lawn with him. Stilton does not like men who he thinks are trifling with his fiancée's affections.Meanwhile Bertie has committed a more heinous offence by growing a moustache, and Jeeves strongly disapproves -- which is unfortunate, because Jeeves's feudal spirit is desperately needed. Bertie's Aunt Dahlia is trying to sell her magazine Milady's Boudoir to the Trotter Empire and still keep her amazing chef Anatole out of Lady Trotter's clutches. And Bertie? Bertie simply has to try to keep his moustache and survive to the end of the novel. Views: 10
What is death? Darcy Lott asks her Zen teacher, Garson-roshi.While scouting a location site on the Golden Gate Bridge, stunt double Darcy Lott sees a woman about to jump. The woman fights, but Darcy manages to pull her back. Before disappearing, the woman tells Darcy that by Thanksgiving she’ll be dead. Darcy has four days to find her and keep her from killing herself, but she has no idea who she is.Darcy tracks her to a dodgy San Francisco neighborhood, where she uncovers more perplexing facts. The woman ran a copy shop operating as a front for “the cockroach,” the shady police boss of the neighborhood, lived in a cheap apartment above a bagpipe player, and spent very little money except on an expensive racing bike the week before.Meanwhile, there are problems with the movie production. One of the producers, Macomber Dale, gets their permit revoked, causing them to redo an entire set-up, and then drives the stunt car off the Berkeley pier.The search leads Darcy to the last place a woman would ever bike to: the Top of the Mark on Nob Hill, to a swank charity reception at City Hall and finally to a place more terrifying than the cold Pacific.ReviewPraise for Susan Dunlap:“White-knuckle plot and bare-knuckled action scenes.”–The New York Times Book Review"As long as writers like Dunlap continue to play with the form, genre fans need not lament the mystery's demise."–The San Francisco Chronicle“Dunlap knows the West Coast, knows how to create memorable characters, knows how to build suspense, and her technical expertise is extraordinary.”–Chicago Tribune“Susan Dunlap is one of the best!”–The San Diego Union TribuneAbout the AuthorSusan Dunlap is the author of a collection of short stories and twenty-three novels, including the other Darcy Lott mysteries, Civil Twilight, Hungry Ghosts, A Single Eye and Power Slide. She has won Anthony and Macavity awards and has been president of Sisters in Crime. She and her husband live near San Francisco. Views: 10
Homecomings is the sixth in the Strangers and Brothers series and sequel to Time of Hope. This complete story in its own right follows Lewis Eliot's life through World War II. After his first wife's death his work at the Ministry assumes a larger role. It is not until his second marriage that Eliot is able to commit himself emotionally. Views: 10
As an undercover agent for the FBI. Leon Brown takes the lead in the biggest drug case in US history, only to come to the horrifying realisation he has been fed a lie and his government has it's own devastating agenda. What should be the most rewarding assignment of his career becomes a time of self-realisation as lies, half-truths and heavily guarded secrets from his past are inexplicably linked with a conspiracy that could have devastating consequences for us all.The Desert Lion's True Colours - a trilogy, is our first introduction to Leon Brown as he returns to the streets of downtown Miami as the heir to his recently deceased father's empire. Views: 10
When Aurora is thrust into a world torn apart by war, she realizes she is the magically gifted child everyone is searching for. Haunted by the guilt of her sister's accidental death and terrified of being found out, she swears never to use her powers. But all that changes when her best friend is mistaken as the wizard and kidnapped. Views: 10
