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A beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in shelf. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life.

Called in to evaluate an actress accused - along with her boyfriend - of staging her own abduction, psychologist Alex Delaware is indifferent when the case seems to go nowhere. But then the girl is murdered, and a script takes a unexpected turn, Dylan Meserve, the victim's boyfriend, has also disappeared. Is Dylan a killer, or another victim?

The 'best crime writer in the world' (GQ) delivers a blistering tale about a cynical defence attorney whose one remaining spark of integrity may cost him his life.

Dick Contino, a 50s accordion player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

A follow-up to The Eyre Affair .

This sequel concerns Bridget Jones, a single, girl-about-town on an optimistic but doomed quest for self-improvement. If she could just get down to 8st 7lb, stop smoking and develop inner poise, all would be resolved.

American democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which is why so many other nations are eager for it to be imposed on them. But just what exactly is it? Jon Stewart and his fellow patriots from the Emmy-winning The Daily Show finally deliver the answer. They offer their insights into a unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes,

Dr Kay Scarpetta, female investigator, returns in this novel.

Inspired by the Buddhist tradition of the 108-day retreat, a Tibetan Buddhist nun offers instruction and meditations for achieving compassion and awareness in everyday living.

Part of Wallpaper City Guides that suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, and also what the tourist passionate about design might want to see. This title features various areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centres, and the popular shops to buy items unique to that city.

In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family and a German dentist lived in a 'secret annexe'. All that time, Anne kept a diary. This dairy is the record of tension and struggle, adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak.

Mr and Mrs Bennet live with their five daughters at Longbourn in Hertfordshire. Jane, the eldest, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich bachelor who takes a house nearby with his two sisters and friend Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daughter, Elizabeth.