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Blood on snow volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
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Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living - terminally - it's hard to get close to anyone. Now he's finally met the women of his dreams. But there are two problems: she's his boss's wife and Olav has just been hired to kill her.
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Romy is all set to join her boyfriend and his family in France for Christmas, though truth be told she isn't looking forward to it very much. And then she meets Felix - and her plans for the big day suddenly become a lot more interesting. This volume also includes 'Candlelight at Christmas' and 'The Christmas Fairy'.
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2018
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On the one hand, if Essie hadn't written that letter - the one that only her best friend was meant to see - then she'd still be living like an actual proper grown-up, tucked up with Paul in his picture-perfect cottage, maybe even planning their wedding. On the other hand (if her true feelings hadn't accidentally taken the Internet by storm, that is) she never would have met Zillah and Conor - not to mention Lucas. And she'd never have found out just...
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2017
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Flora is forced to move back to the tiny island of Mure from the bright lights of London. It's tough: even the beautiful landscapes and bright blue sea can't lift her spirits - she's too busy looking after her dad and her feckless brothers. Then she chances upon her mum's collection of recipes and begins to cook her way through it. As she she reconnects with her family, and the place she was born, might she also find herself?
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Pub. Date
2015
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When a woman is hit by a car and knocked unconscious, passer-by Libby feels a sense of responsibility towards her. Libby was the one who called the ambulance, after all. When the woman comes round, she's suffered complete temporary memory loss, and can't remember who she is, where she's come from and why she's in Longhampton. Libby feels sorry for the scared woman, who doesn't seem to have any worried friends or family coming to claim her, and offers...
7) The shout
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Pub. Date
2018
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Vicky Lewis is a force to be reckoned with: not yet 30 and already crew manager in the London Fire Brigade, she's destined for great things. But when she enters a burning building to save a man's life and leaves it with catastrophic injuries, all that changes. She's shunted over to the Fire Investigation Unit, where she's forced to team up with cantankerous veteran Des Farmer, aka the Grouch. When Vicky stumbles across the Grouch's off-the-books investigation...
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Pub. Date
2015
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Joe Coughlin is untouchable. Once one of America's most feared and prominent gangsters, he now moves effortlessly between the social elite, politicians, police and the mob. He has everything he could possibly want; money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity. But in a town that runs on corruption, vengeance and greed, success can't protect Joe from the dark truth of his past - and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid...
9) Motive
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Alex Delaware volume 30
Pub. Date
2015
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Alex Delaware returns in a thrilling new case, featuring one of the most devious murderers ever conceived by New York Times No.1 bestseller Jonathan Kellerman.
10) Light touch
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Spider Shepherd volume 14
Pub. Date
2017
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'Light Touch' sees Shepherd forced to get close to an undercover cop who may have gone over to the dark side, it's Shepherd's job to find out if she really has switched sides. But when Shepherd's girlfriend Katra discovers their texts it almost blows the case. While Shepherd does damage control he also has to protect a Muslim MI5 agent who is being hunted by a vengeful Matt 'Last Man' Standing. With danger coming from all sides, can Shepherd help...
11) First response
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Pub. Date
2016
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London is under siege. Nine men in suicide vests primed to explode hold hostages in nine different locations around the city, and are ready to die for their cause. Their mission: to force the government to release jihadist prisoners from Belmarsh Prison. Their deadline: 6pm today. But the bombers are cleanskins, terrorists with no obvious link to any group, and who do not appear on any anti-terror watch list. What has brought them together on this...
12) Hearts of stone
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2015.
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In the early 1930s schoolboys Peter Dorner and Andreas Papandraki became friends while Peter's father worked on an archaeological dig on the Greek island of Lefkas. Years later, at the height of the Second World War, they are fated to meet again. Now, though, Peter is an intelligence officer in the German army, brought in to help suppress the partisans, while Andreas is the leader of the local resistance movement. Peter's knowledge of the island and...
13) You said forever
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Pub. Date
2017
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Surrounded by family, friends and a stunning vineyard overlooking the ocean, it would be difficult for anyone to believe that she has a troubled past. However, haunted by the theft of a young girl, Charlotte begins to realise the enormity of what she did all those years ago, and soon finds herself having to make the most harrowing decision any woman would ever have to face.
14) Damaged
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DI Kate Burrows Trilogy volume 4
Pub. Date
2017
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When the bodies of missing schoolgirls start turning up, former DCI Kate Burrows is dragged out of retirement. A new Grantley serial killer is in town and DCI Annie Carr turns to Kate for help. She welcomes the distraction from her home life with former gangster Patrick Kelly, whose long lost son has turned up out of the blue, bringing trouble with him. It soon becomes clear the killer is on their doorstep and as the body count grows, Kate and Annie...
15) One under
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A middle-aged man jumps under a tube train at Shepherd's Bush station, and a teenage girl is killed in a hit-and-run, in a country lane puzzlingly far from her home on the White City Estate: two unrelated incidents which occupy DCI Bill Slider and his team during a slack period. At least it's a change of speed after the grind of domestics, burglaries, and community liaison. But links to a cold case create doubts as to whether they are indeed unrelated....
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Kinsey Millhone volume 25
Pub. Date
2017
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Sue Grafton is back with the twenty-fifth book in her 'Alphabet' series, as Kinsey Millhone discovers what 'Y' is for.
17) Game over
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Bob Skinner volume 27
Pub. Date
2017
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When supermodel Annette Bordeaux is found battered and strangled in her Edinburgh flat, former Chief Constable Bob Skinner's old team instantly have a global case on their hands. The victim's husband, world-renowned footballer and recent Merrytown FC signing, is quickly discounted as a suspect. But there are others in the club with less watertight alibis.
18) Slow burn
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The fight against terrorism never ends, and Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is in the front line of Britain's defence against the extremists. When an ISIS bombmaker arrives at Heathrow Airport asking for asylum in exchange for revealing details of his paymasters, Shepherd is given the case. The bombmaker specialises in drone strikes, and homegrown jihadists that he has trained are already back in the UK, planning their attacks. But before he'll agree to talk,...
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Inspector Banks volume 24
Pub. Date
2017
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A shocking mass murder occurs at a wedding in a small Dales church and a huge manhunt follows. Eventually, the shooter is run to ground and things take their inevitable course. But Banks is plagued with doubts as to exactly what happened outside the church that day, and why. Struggling with the death of his first serious girlfriend and the return of profiler Jenny Fuller into his life, Banks feels the need to dig deeper into the murders, and as he...
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From Russia to Jamaica to South America, husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo are plunged into a dark and disturbing mystery. Adventurers Sam and Remi Fargo soon learn that a long-lost fortune may be back in play, but those responsible are behind a series of unspeakable crimes. As the Fargos follow the trail across Europe, Northern Africa, and South America, they know only one thing, this adventure will be greater than anything...