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Young and athletic, London cycle courier Astrid Bell is bad luck - for other people. First Astrid's neighbour Peggy Farrell accidentally knocks her off her bike - and not long after is found bludgeoned to death in an alley. Then a few days later, Astrid is asked to pick up a package from a...

A rollicking fairy-tale adventure from the makers of The Adventures of Alfie Onion, The Cherry Pie Princess andTom & Tallulah and the Witches' Feast. Princess Persephone Stephanie Tiffany Jane (“Pom” for short) HATES being a princess. Her parents have no time for her – especially her dad...

What to Do When Someone Dies is another ingenious thriller from the best-loved, bestselling author, Nicci French Ellie Faulkner's world has been destroyed. Her husband Greg died in a car crash - and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone - a woman Ellie's never...

The clock is ticking - and the search hasn't even begun . . . Nina Landry has given up city life for the isolated community of Sandling Island, lying off the bleak east coast of England. At night the wind howls. Sometimes they are cut off by the incoming tide. For Nina though it is home. It is...

International wine consultant Sarah McKee comes home from an extended business trip to discover her elderly friend Landon Harris has died unexpectedly. Heart attack? Sarah doesn't buy it. Something had been troubling Landon. He had called her numerous times when she was in Europe and sent a letter, asking her to undertake a search for him. And now he's dead. Sarah suspects foul play. But when she starts asking questions, Landon's son, Jean-Paul, warns her to quit interfering, Landon's loyal assistant is fired, and an inquest reveals the chilling truth.

Trust me or Leave me picks up right where Love me or Leave me left off, with Stevie shutting everyone out and burying her emotions deep. Until Tripp shows up on her doorstep. His unexpected return cracks the walls she's built, stirring feelings stronger-and scarier-than she's ready for. With Tripp, vulnerability comes at a cost she's not sure she can afford.

One night in Vegas. One drunken vow. One surprise husband. I don't drink. I don't date. And I definitely don't wake up married. Ronan Black—A.K.A the stranger in my bed—is everything I don't need. He's a morally bankrupt charm offensive with trouble written all over his chiseled face. I'm...

Horus hat gegen den Imperator aufbegehrt und die ihm treuen Legionen von Abweichlern gesäubert, aber die grausige Tat bleibt nicht lange geheim. Im Namen des Imperators schicken Rogal Dorn und Malcador der Sigillite die größte Streitmacht aus Legionären und Primarchen, die die Galaxis je gesehen hat, um Horus' Rebellion den Todesstoß zu versetzen, noch bevor sie überhaupt beginnt. Die Loyalisten trachten nach Vergeltung, doch sie ahnen nicht, wie tief der Verrat wirklich reicht, und statt ein Massaker zu verüben, werden sie ihm zum Opfer fallen.

A gripping, coming-of-age tale with youthful heroism, wisdom and fortitude on the Arabian Peninsula, somewhat in the style of One Thousand And One Nights (aka Arabian Nights). - Summary by Paul Welford

Piracy embodies the romance of the sea at its highest expression. It is a sad but inevitable commentary on our civilization, that, so far as the sea is concerned, it has developed from its infancy down to a century or so ago, under one phase or another of piracy. If men were savages on land they were doubly so at sea, and all the years of maritime adventure--years that added to the map of the world till there was little left to discover--could not wholly eradicate the piratical germ. It went out gradually with the settlement and ordering of the far-flung British colonies. Great Britain, ...

When a corpse is found floating in the River Thames the police can at least be sure that identifying the victim will be straightforward. Around the dead man's wrist is a hospital band. On it are the words Dr F. Klein. But psychotherapist Frieda Klein is very much alive. And, after evidence...

Frieda Klein reluctantly faces a case that penetrates to her very core. Saturday Requiem is classic Nicci French - a dark, gripping and sophisticated masterclass in psychological suspense in which nothing is quite what it seems . . . Thirteen years ago eighteen year old Hannah Docherty was...

Ein perfider Mörder, hilflose Opfer und eine überforderte Polizei: Geniale Spannung von den Spiegel-Bestseller-Autoren Nicci French: Es ist heiß in diesem Sommer in London, ungewöhnlich heiß, und die Stadt heizt sich täglich mehr auf. Der Jahrhundertsommer, am Anfang freudig begrüßt, wird langsam zur Qual. Nur einer genießt die Hitze: Er beobachtet die Körper der Frauen.

From international bestselling master of suspense Nicci French comes a race-against-time in which whip-smart female detective Maud O’Connor has one week to unravel a murder case police concluded prematurely—and expose the secrets buried in a quiet village. Some secrets won’t stay locked...

Speak French like crazy in no time! Improve your grammar and vocabulary with conversations, common phrases, and short stories even in your car.

Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then his property, and finally his freedom to the schemes of a greedy neighbor. Outlawed from Iceland, Rolf travels abroad, meeting with shipwreck, enslavement, Viking berserkers, and many other dangers and adventures. All the while, Rolf searches for a way to prove his father was killed unjustly and win back his own property and freedom. Even more difficult, Rolf must end the cycle of enmity, vengeance, and pride that hangs like a curse over his family. - Summary by Erin Schellhase

Nach ihrer Scheidung will Anwältin Naomi Winters nur eins: dem Weihnachtschaos entkommen. Kurzerhand folgt sie der Einladung ihrer besten Freundin Mia in die verschneiten Schweizer Alpen, wo das frisch renovierte Le Petit Château auf seine Eröffnung wartet. Zwischen Tannenduft und glitzernden Lichterketten will Naomi endlich zur Ruhe kommen – bis sie dort auf Gabriel, Mias Bruder, trifft. Er war einst ihre große, unerfüllte Liebe – und der Mann, der ihr das Herz gebrochen hat.

Als sich der Große Riss am Nachthimmel über Terra öffnet und Dämonen auf der Geburtswelt der Menschheit wandeln, kehrt der Primarch Roboute Guilliman zurück und verkündet den Anbruch eines neuen, finsteren Zeitalters. Während der Sturm aufzieht, brechen Cypher und eine Gruppe von Gefallenen aus dem sichersten Gefängnis des Imperiums aus. Ungehindert bewegen sie sich durch den Imperialen Palast und werden von den Kriegern der Dark Angels, den Streitkräften des Adeptus Custodes und imperialen Assassinen gejagt.

Catholic truths about the saints and their role that they can play in recovery. By learning from the lives and existences of the saints, we can live a virtual life that points towards personal sainthood in heaven.

Join Margaret, a little girl who really wants to learn how to properly cook and bake everything from seafood to cake, as she sets out to make all the recipes she can find from her family, friends and the rest of the world around her. A fun and informative cookbook with a light narrative! - Summary by Mary Kay