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2) I Follow You
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Obsession takes over the mind of a physician in this thriller by the #1 international bestselling author of the Roy Grace series.
Marcus Valentine seemingly has it all: He's a smart, charming, and successful doctor with a wife, three kids, and a job he loves. But something, or rather someone, is missing . . .
One morning, driving to work, he almost runs down a female jogger crossing the road. Marcus cannot take his eyes off her. She is identical...
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As the Viking hordes invade, one man stands strong.
It was foolish to fight those heathen pirates, the Vikings. Prudent statesman paid them off – but they never stayed away for long.
King Alfred was different. He alone stood his ground and fought the marauders again and again. But he was never meant to be king. With two older brothers, Alfred was first sent to Rome for confirmation by the Pope himself, to be educated for a life of diplomacy....
4) Revelation
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A secret buried in the Arctic Ice... a secret that could destroy the world.
1944: Near the Canadian border, a group of scientists gather for a clandestine meeting. The atom bomb project has run into problems, and the only sane option is to abandon it. But one scientist, the brilliant Lev Petrosian, has other ideas. Ideas too terrifying to share with his colleagues.
Decades later, British scientist Dr Fred Findhorn lands on an unstable Arctic iceberg...
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This flaming historical adventure, book seven in the Matthew Quinton Journals, is perfect for fans of C. S. Forester
London is burning, but who set the fire? In the weeks leading up to the Great Fire of 1666, Matthew Quinton, master of the H.M.S. Sceptre, is sent into the heart of London, seething with foreign plots and political paranoia, on a dangerous mission: to stop a terrorist ring from destroying the capital.
Quinton is the only man that...
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Joe Hunter has been Marked for Death in his most explosive outing to date. It should be a routine job. Joe Hunter and his associates are hired to provide security for an elite event in Miami. Wear a tux, stay professional, job done. But things go wrong. Hunter is drawn into what appears to be a domestic altercation. When he crosses the mysterious Mikhail however, he soon finds something altogether more sinister…Before long this chance encounter...
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Secret missions on the cold North Seas…
Winter, 1666. England is again at war with the Dutch, and Matthew Quinton is once more called to serve his King.
On a mission to the Swedish court, he must secure crucial support in the war against Sweden's old enemy, the Dutch Republic. He is accompanied by the mysterious Lord Conisborough, who, unbeknownst to Quinton, has a secret mission involving the notorious regicide John Bale, the man who signed...
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Manchester's Bowie Boys confront a dark secret
Fifteen years ago Jake Powell was hustling on the fringes of Manchester's gay Village: running wild with a crowd of rentboys, purse-snatchers and disco trash; sleeping with anyone and everything. Now he's the boss of a smart West End casino. But, inside, he's living a life fogged by regret.
When Detective Inspector Davey Green takes a sudden and unexpected interest in his past, Jake is forced to confront...
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In this emotional novel, a woman hoping to make amends for her past returns home to learn no one wants her there-and her mother no longer remembers her.
How far would you go to make amends?
When Emma fled her home at Foxglove Farm, she'd let down and hurt those who cared for her most. But now, two years later, she's ready to face up to her past; she's ready to go back.
But Emma's unannounced return causes more problems than she could have...
10) Jello Salad
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A dangerously moreish mix of Tarantino violence and Almodóvar camp
They're opening a new restaurant in Soho tonight. Susan Ball's the owner, and she's funding the joint with the money she ripped off from her gangster husband, Frank 'Ballistic' Ball.
Hogie's the cook. He's from Manchester and his long blond locks have made him a natural TV chef. The trouble is, he's also a screaming pervert.
Cheb's the Maitre D. He's just back from Goa and he might...
11) From the Shadows
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He watches. He waits. He kills.
24-year-old Mary Kendricks is a vivacious young teacher living in the quiet Northern town of Highford, her beauty turning heads wherever she goes. But when she catches the eye of Robert Carter, initial flattery quickly turns dangerous. Wherever she goes, Carter is not far behind and Mary soon becomes stifled by his attention, telling friends of her fears that he's getting too close.
And then Mary's body is discovered,...
12) Shut Eye
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"Classy and able thriller, with crunchy London backgrounds . . . An agile and ingenious plot . . . (The) forecast for the series is excellent." -Literary Review
A married airline pilot lies dead in his London flat-a shattered champagne bottle left protruding from his abdomen.
Film footage shows Teddy leaving Heathrow with an unidentified man. What secrets is he hiding?
Ex-cop turned private investigator Billy Rucker joins the case on the...
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A lawyer and his investigator must uncover a secret worth killing for after a reporter is murdered in this tense legal thriller.
By day, the park rings with the sound of children's excited laughter. But in the early hours of the morning, the isolated playground is cloaked in shadows-the perfect hiding place to conceal a brutal murder.
When London journalist, Mark Roberts, is found battered to death, the police quickly arrest petty thief, Nick...
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It changed her life. But can she remember everything?
On a cold evening Zeb, a single mum in her thirties, is found wandering aimlessly on a remote road. She is dazed, confused and bloodied.
She doesn't know where she is, or how she got there. She has travelled far from home and someone has attacked her.
Memory loss means she can trust no-one, and with her assailant unidentified, Zeb is desperate to be reunited with her son Matty, and to ensure...
15) The Clothiers
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Thieves, mansions and murders… no one can be trusted in this classic historical mystery
The tangled threads of family conspiracy and dark intentions will not let John Mellamphy rest. Seeking help from Henry Bellringer, a relation of a school friend, he instead finds himself in a nest of thieves.
Reading his mother's journal, with tantalising details of his parentage, his grandfather's murder and his deadly legacy, John finally discovers a terrible...
16) Carthage
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The final, devastating instalment in Ross Leckie's extraordinary trilogy.
After 300 years of acrimony and two bitter wars, the great Mediterranean powers of Rome and Carthage are readying their blades once more.
Like their fathers before them, Hanno Barca and Scipio Minor, the sons of the legendary generals Hannibal and Scipio Africanus, must face off to decide the future of an empire.
When the ashes settle, once this final, fateful clash has ended......
17) Scipio
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The thrilling story of the greatest general in Roman history.
In the name of Rome, Scipio Africanus conquered the hard-won empires of Carthage and of Alexander the Great.
Now beset in his old age by the menacing political movements of Cato, Scipio details the epic story of his life, from the earliest days of his education, to the great battles he won in service to his home.
Yet all the strands of his remarkable tale are anchored, flowing from and...
18) Perfect People
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A couple desperate to have a child consider one unsettling option in this thriller by the #1 international bestselling author of the Roy Grace series.
After the tragic loss of their young son to a rare genetic disorder, John and Naomi discover they both carry a rogue gene. Having another child by conventional means is too much risk to bear.
When they find geneticist Dr Leo Dettore it seems like the answer to their prayers. Every aspect of the...
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The second instalment of The William Kite Naval Adventures, full of battle and intrigue.
The Seven Years War is over, and William Kite is now a successful ship-owner in Liverpool, happily married and gradually taking over the running of the business. But tranquility can only last so long.
When deception and tragedy strike, the devastated Kite goes back to sea. Far from recovering his fortune, Kite becomes enmeshed in the beginnings of the American...
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In wartime Egypt, can a British submarine commander trust his Italian lover?
1941: The teeming city of Alexandria is almost under siege by the Afrika Korps. A vortex of ancient loves and murderous intrigues, Alexandria is the Royal Navy's major Eastern Mediterranean base. But Italian frogmen and their so-called 'human torpedoes' are posing a lethal threat to British warships.
Hardly the time or place for a British submarine commander to fall in...
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