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'It was one of the most perfect days, only just warm enough, an ever so slight breeze I could see in the hairs on my arm and in the flutter of the flags across each end of the pool but couldn't feel. It must have been the exact temperature of my blood.' On a cloudless afternoon, a man dives into a crowded swimming pool and disappears. Is it murder, a staged disappearance or alien abduction? The Shallow End – a steady freestyle commentary on sex, celebrity and suntanning. ...
| Автор | Ashley Sievwright |
Death is Simon's business. And now the ageing vermin exterminator is preparing to die. But he still has one last job down on the coast and he needs a driver. Bernard is twenty-one. He can drive and he's never seen the sea. He can't pass up the chance to chauffeur for Simon, whatever his mother may say. As the unlikely pair set off on their journey, Bernard soon finds that Simon's definition of vermin is broader than he'd expected…Veering from the hilarious to the...
| Автор | Pascal Garnier |
“No. Never saw it coming. Jake’s a nice guy. Normal, you know? The man coached my son’s little league, for gods-sake! I don’t understand any of this.” “I’ve known Anne for years. Not once did I ever think she could do something like this. Ever.” “You’re nuts. Mike would give the shirt off his back if you needed it. They got the wrong person. He didn’t kill all those people. This is crazy. Now, get out of my yard.” You’ve seen the headlines…watched a reporter questioning stunned...
| Автор | Celeste Prater |
The 5 Years After series continues with its unforgettable imagery, smart storyline and moments that scare the hell out of you.<br><br>– Newly promoted Captain Maggie Hunter commands her first combat mission in Canada. <br><br>-Believing that Maggie is dead. Brett journeys through the American Northwest as a first hand witness to the end of all things. <br><br>– Molly follows General Beuragard's invasion force into Kentucky where she comes face to face...
| Автор | Richard Correll |
Back from the dead, this heiress wants answers…But will she find love?When CEO Ward Benally finds a beautiful brunette in his office, he assumes she’s a corporate spy. But Brea Steele is the long-lost daughter of the company’s founder, desperate to uncover the truth about her mother’s death.Ward will help, and keep her close—as his pretend love interest. Yet as their fake romance turns real, will the truth shatter their fragile alliance?
| Автор | Catherine Mann |
A jilted bride, a best man… And a journey that will change their lives!With her dream wedding in tatters, Dawn Featherington resolves to track down her errant groom and demand answers. But not trusting her intentions, billionaire best man Cooper Edwards refuses to let her go alone. But with each passing mile, Cooper begins to realise they could be on the road to happy-ever-after!
| Автор | Sophie Pembroke |
Married for the baby…Brianna’s marries Italian tycoon, Marco Dirici for their baby’s sake. But when he can’t give her love, she runs to New York with her son. Then Marco arrives, determined to reclaim his family!
| Автор | Nina Singh |
The Death Wish by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, the author whom Raymond Chandler named "the top suspense writer of them all."<br><br>Everyone thought Bob and Rosalind Whitestone were happily married. But to Bob, a struggling artist, life with Rosalind was torment, for she had artfully destroyed his faith in himself. Then Elsa appeared, with her beauty and he impassioned eagerness, and suddenly Bob knew he needed to be free. With her arrival, life also takes a new turn...
| Автор | Elisabeth Sanxay Holding |
Erle Stanley Gardner – The Case of the Backward Mule (1946), a Terry Clane mystery.<br><br>Note: this edition is very slightly bowdlerized, but the character of the story remains as it was in 1946.<br><br>Killer or not – she had it coming! <br>Terry Clane and Cynthia Renton went to the warehouse that night because of an urgent call from Edward Harold. They found a man lying on the floor, a bullet through his head.<br>The police were already looking...
| Автор | Erle Stanley Gardner |
The Dead Can Tell, an Inspector McKee mystery<br><br>"The letters forming the name 'Sara Hazard' and the word 'murdered' were written large caps."<br><br>The death of Sara Hazard, a Manhattan socialite, was first deemed an accidental drowning. This patch-work letter claimed otherwise and is sufficiently convincing to bring Inspector McKee on to the case.<br><br>"All kinds of amorous accords and...
| Автор | Helen Inc. Reilly |
Bachelor father!Specialist Elliot Mathieson is known for being able to charm women with just a smile! But it looks as if he's going to have to say goodbye to his bachelor lifestyle for good, now that he's discovered he's a father.Elliot begs nurse Jane Halden to help him look after his little girl. And she can't refuse him, though perhaps she should. Because, unknown to Elliot, his good friend Jane has been in love with him for years!
| Автор | Maggie Kingsley |
The country star’s biggest risk…When his best friend vows to become a single mum, Tommy Talbot is torn. Country music’s baddest bachelor wants to help Sophie Cardinale—as long as commitment isn’t in the cards. But crossing the line from friends to lovers is a dangerous game…
| Автор | Sheri WhiteFeather |
This boss is about to get a lot more than he bargained for!CEO Warren Garinger knows better than to act on his fantasies about his gorgeous employee Tilda Barrett, but when she needs a green card marriage, he volunteers to say, ‘I do.’ Once he’s her husband, keeping his distance is no longer an option!
| Автор | Kat Cantrell |
She can’t remember the last five years…Chuck Mikkelson knows Shana doesn’t remember him…or that she wanted a divorce. But now she’s back in his home, and he vows to save their union at all costs. Will their rekindled passion be enough to convince her to stay when her memory returns?
| Автор | Catherine Mann |
Name Your Poison by Helen Reilly, an Inspector McKee Mystery<br><br>As McKee follows the trail of a very ambitious poisoner, he finds the next victim on her way from a Connecticut mansion…stuffed in a trunk. <br><br>"Svelte story…The gentle Scot, McKee, gets at the truth after many consequences. [Reilly's] smooth, romantic manner always pleases."—Kirkus Reviews<br>"The best Inspector McKee mystery yet! Highly emotional,...
| Автор | Helen Inc. Reilly |
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by George Meredith<br><br>CONTENTS:<br><br>The Shaving of Shagpat<br><br>The Ordeal of Richard Feverel<br><br>Sandra Belloni<br><br>Rhoda Fleming<br><br>Evan Harrington<br><br>Vittoria<br><br>The Adventures of Harry Richmond<br><br>Beauchamp's Career<br><br>The Egoist<br><br>The Tragic...
| Автор | George Meredith |
Two-Thirds of a Ghost, a Dr. Basil Willing Mystery, by Helen McCloy<br><br>"One of the most enjoyable whodunits of this or any season. Reason: Its gorgeous satire on the book publishing business and the people in it or on the fringes."—Columbus Dispatch<br><br>Amos Cottle was a valuable property—a first-rate novelist who produced four best sellers in four years. He had to be protected. From himself (he was an ex-alcoholic). And from...
| Автор | Helen Inc. McCloy |
"You should marry again" Beatrice sympathized with Gijs van der Eekerk. A widower with a small child and a busy medical career needed someone to make sure his domestic life ran smoothly.What she hadn't counted on was his decision to offer her the position. As his wife, she would have a comfortable lifestyle and everything that money could buy. But what was that, if Gijs couldn't offer her love?
| Автор | Betty Neels |
A wait in need of his care…that was obviously how dynamic consultant Sir James Marlow saw Deborah. Otherwise why would he bother to keep rescuing her? Deborah knew it couldn't be because of her looks – she had carrot-colored hair and no figure to speak of. That was the only explanation she could come up with – unless he wanted something else from her altogether?
| Автор | Betty Neels |
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Edward Bulwer Lytton<br><br>Alice, or The Mysteries<br>Athens: Its Rise and Fall<br>Calderon The Courtier<br>The Caxtons<br>The Coming Race<br>Devereux<br>The Disowned<br>Ernest Maltravers<br>Eugene Aram<br>Falkland<br>The Fallen Star<br>Godolphin<br>Harold, The Last Of The Saxon Kings<br>Haunted and the Haunters<br>Kenelm...
| Автор | Edward Bulwer Lytton |
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by W. Somerset Maugham<br><br>The Explorer<br><br>The Hero<br><br>The Land of Promise<br><br>The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia<br><br>Liza of Lambeth<br><br>The Magician<br><br>Moon and Sixpence<br><br>Of Human Bondage<br><br>Orientations<br><br>The Trembling of a Leaf
| Автор | W. Somerset Maugham |
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by George Gissing:<br><br>Born in Exile<br>By the Ionian Sea<br>The Crown of Life<br>Demos<br>The Emancipated<br>Eve's Ransom<br>The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories<br>In the Year of Jubilee<br>A Life's Morning<br>The Nether World<br>New Grub Street<br>The Odd Women<br>Our Friend the Charlatan<br>The Paying Guest<br>The Private...
| Автор | George Gissing |
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by William Makepeace Thackeray:<br><br>The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan<br>Barry Lyndon<br>The Bedford-Row Conspiracy<br>The Book of Snobs<br>Burlesques<br>Catherine: A Story<br>The Christmas Books<br>The Fatal Boots<br>The Fitz-Boodle Papers<br>Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo<br>George Cruikshank<br>The History of Henry Esmond,...
| Автор | William Makepeace Thackeray |
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Jeffrey Farnol:<br><br>The Amateur Gentleman<br>Beltane The Smith<br>Black Bartlemy's Treasure<br>The Broad Highway<br>The Definite Object<br>The Geste of Duke Jocelyn<br>Great Britain at War<br>The Honourable Mr. Tawnish<br>Martin Conisby's Vengeance<br>The Money Moon<br>My Lady Caprice<br>Peregrine's Progress
| Автор | Jeffrey Farnol |