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B.E. Ellis

Set in Los Angeles, in the recent past. The birthplace and graveyard of American myths and dreams, the city harbours a group of people trapped between the beauty of their surroundings and their own moral...

Jackdaws

The French Resistance attacks a Nazi communication centre pivotal to the German defence of the Channel coast, but the chateau is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. The mission needs to be completed, so...

James Herriots Dog Stories (B)

A new collection of James Herriot`s favourite short stories about his four-legged friends. The tales feature dogs like Tricki Woo, the little Pekinese suffering from "flop-butt" and Gyp the sheepdog who only barked...

Jewel That Was Ours

Key to Rebecca

He is known to the Germans as ‘Sphinx’, to others as Alex Wolff, a European businessman. He arrives suddenly in Cairo from out of the desert, armed with a radio set, a lethal blade and a copy of Daphne du Maurier’s...

Last Man Standing

Seconds. That`s all it took for Web London to lose everything: his friends, his team, his reputation. Point man of the FBI`s super-elite Hostage Rescue Team, Web roared into a blind alley towards a drug leader`s lair,...

Last Legion Ned

The story opens on the day that the Western Roman Empire collapses finally in 470AD, as the Last Emperor of Rome is encamped protected by the Nova Invicta Legion. All is lost in the space of a few minutes as a horde...

Last Seen Wearing

C Dexter

Lie Down with Lions

Jane, a brave and sensual Englishwoman, is caught in a deadly romantic triangle between rival spies Ellis and Jean-Pierre. Love, hatred and deception sweep them from terrorist conspiracies in Paris to full-tilt...

Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst

It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby - whom Nick...

Looking Good Dead

Tom Bryce did what any decent person would do. But within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next him, and attempting to return it to its owner, he is the sole witness to a vicious...

Love, etc

In "Talking It Over" Gillian and Stuart were married until Oliver - witty, feckless Oliver - stole Gillian away. In "Love, etc" Julian Barnes revisits the three of them, using the same intimate technique of allowing...

Lovely Bones

Sebold

This is Susie Salmon, speaking to us from heaven. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets. There are councellors to help newcomers to adjust, and friends to room with. Everything...

Lucky

In a memoir hailed for its searing candour and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus....

M Grafton,S D Is For Deadbeat

Magical Stories for 5 Year Olds

This work is a rich and varied selection of marvellously magical stories by some of the very best writers for children. It is perfect for reading alone or reading aloud - and for dipping into time and time again. It...

Matter of Honour

He should never have opened the envelope. Adam Scott listens to the reading of his father`s will, aware that the results can only be pitiful. The Colonel, after all, had nothing to leave - except a letter he had never...

Mediator 1: Love You to Death

Mediator 2: High Stakes

Suze`s new life in California is pretty cool. There are the pool parties, the new friends, and the fact that the hottest ghost in history happens to live in her bedroom. But when a screaming spirit appears at the end...

Mediator 3: Mean Spirits

It’s a hot Californian summer and Suze’s best friend, Gina, is visiting from New York. Bliss! All Suze wants to do is check out the cute guys down at the beach. Unfortunately, being a mediator makes hanging out like...

Modigliani Scandal

In the modern art world of intrigue and competition, rumours had long flourished about the existence of a lost masterpiece by Modigliani. Now, with the prize for uncovering the work higher than ever, a chase begins...

Molly Moon`s Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure

Molly is living in Briersville Park with her mother, Lucy Logan, after the revelations following their adventures in Hollywood. But Molly and her dog Petula are mysteriously abducted and whisked back in time to...

Monsoon

After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage - a death or glory mission in the name of Empire and the Crown. "Monsoon" is Wilbur Smith`s...

Mountain of Adventure & Ship of Adventure

In "The Mountain of Adventure", Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack and Kiki the parot become tangled up in the mystery of a rumbling mountain, and a mad genius who plans to rule the world. A quiet cruise among the Greek...

Newton Letters

J. Banville

A historian, about to complete a book on Isaac Newton, rents a cottage in Ireland. His intention is to put the finishing touches to his manuscript. However, as the summer wears on, he becomes obsessed by his writing....