London, 1914. The declaration of war with Germany has made the capital a dark, uncertain place, rife with fear and suspicion. As the pressure on young men to enlist grows stronger, Pastor Cardew holds a rally at his church. Unfortunately, it ends in humiliation for Felix Simpkins when he receives a dreaded white feather – the ultimate sign of cowardice. Meanwhile, DI Silas Quinn returns to New Scotland Yard after his recent sick leave to find the Special Crimes Department has been closed and his team absorbed into CID. But when a body is discovered in Wormwood Scrubs the day after Cardew's rally, a white feather placed in its mouth, Quinn finds himself unable to take a back seat in the investigation. Was the murderer really a foreign spy . . . or someone closer to home? Views: 216
Over 900,000 copies sold in the series!When kids step into the Imagination Station, they experience an unforgettable journey filled with action-packed adventure and excitement. Each book whisks readers away on the adventure with cousins Patrick and Beth to embark on a new journey around the world and back in time.In Rescue on the River, the third book in a three-part story arc focusing on Civil War America, cousins Patrick and Beth attend Abraham Lincoln's inauguration and discover that their friend's brother Kitch is a slave in South Carolina. The cousins search for Kitch as they travel down the Combahee River with Harriet Tubman. They help with the secret mission of the Second South Carolina Volunteers, an African American unit. Will they be able to find and rescue Kitch? Views: 216
Sherlock Holmes remains the most famous of all fictional detectives. But he was not the only solver of crimes to patrol the gaslit streets of late Victorian and Edwardian London. The years between 1890 and 1914 were the heyday of the English (and American) story magazines and their pages were filled with platoons of private detectives, police officers and eccentric criminologists.These were the Rivals of Sherlock Holmes and this second anthology of stories edited by Nick Rennison, author of Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography, highlights fifteen of them:Mr Booth created by Herbert KeenMax Carrados created by Ernest BramahFlorence Cusack created by LT Meade and Robert EustaceJohn Dollar, 'The Crime Doctor' created by EW HornungDick Donovan created by JE Preston MuddockHorace Dorrington created by Arthur MorrisonMartin Hewitt created by Arthur... Views: 216
A female pirate, a noble Highlander, dangerous secrets and the deadly passion that surrounds them...Anne Sinclair was not a normal lass. Raised by her uncle, the notorious captain Neil Gow-Sinclair and having spent all her life amongst his crew, she was one of his fiercest warriors and was fighting desperately for his approval. But when her mission is to capture and guard an unknown man, Anne will find herself torn between her heart and her duty.Thorvald's world turns upside down when he is abducted during a raid of his village. Without knowing why he becomes a prisoner of the pirate who terrifies Orkney Isles. But captivity is much more interesting than he would have imagined when the beautiful woman who put him in chains proposes to run away with him. Unfortunately for Thorvald and Anne, Neil Gow-Sinclair is not the only one in pursuit of them.Now they must become allies to survive, discover the mystery behind Thorvald's abduction and explore their fateful attraction.She was wild as the sea, he was steady as the earth... Views: 216
He showed her that even in the darkest of nights, the stars will still shine...Refusing to marry a complete stranger, Hope Trousdale flees to Nevada after responding to a Mail-Order Bride ad. Hoping to meet her best friend there, what she finds shocks her to the core: the latter has mysteriously gone missing.While investigating a series of troubling missing girl cases, sheriff Owen Rundel meets the latest victim's best friend. From the moment he sees her, he knows he has to protect those eyes no matter what.But while searching together for the missing girl, Owen’s worst fear becomes real: Hope suddenly goes missing as well…With a dangerous criminal of unknown motives lurking in the shadows, Owen must quickly find Hope before it’s too late, but also save the town from its worst nightmare. Views: 216
Skye, the American daughter of Primmy Tremayne, has always been fascinated by the family's romantic and turbulent history, and the old Cornish clay works around St Austell. Taking a year's sabbatical from her magazine work, she travels to Cornwall, eager to meet the older generation, and especially her grandmother, Morwen. On board ship, she finds herself strongly attracted to college lecturer Philip Norwood, despite his entanglement to another woman. Drawn into the world of her new relatives, and of Killigrew Clay, Skye begins to piece the past together. All this is halted at the breakout of the Great War. New fears for the future burst into clarity, when Philip, along with half of the clay workforce, enlist.A moving tale of love and war, Primmy's Daughter is a beautiful and absorbing saga, ideal for fans of Lesley Pearse, Lyn Andrews and Rosie Goodwin Views: 216
A parent's worst fear is realised when seven-year-old Libby Hallforth goes missing at a funfair. There are no witnesses, no leads, no trace. Her mother says she only took her eye off her for a second and her father has a quick temper. What might have been happening behind closed doors?Months later, after the trail for Libby has gone cold, DI Jake Porter and DS Nick Styles find human remains, but that's just the tip of a gruesome iceberg.Everyone is a suspect, nobody can be trusted, including the Hallforth family. The chances of getting justice for Libby are fading fast, along with Porter's chances of stopping a killer before they strike again.'Scragg has produced another excellent gritty and edgy thriller. If you like Mark Billingham or Mari Hannah's books, you should meet DI Jake Porter and DS Nick Styles, a partnership that fizzes with intelligence and bleak humour ... Relentlessly gripping' Peterborough Telegraph Views: 216
