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Nancy may have died but her fractured family still turn to her for guidance. When ex-daughter-in-law and single mum Nina, takes her two boys camping in France, her plan is to 'find herself.'

Following 'Officer's Prey', this is the second in the highly acclaimed series of thrillers featuring the dashing Captain Quentin Margont. In 1809, the forces of Napoleon's Grande Armee are in Austria. For young Lieutenant Lukas Relmyer, it is hard to return to the place where he and fellow orphan Franz, were kidnapped four years previously. Franz was brutally murdered and Lukas has vowed to ...

Something's gone seriously wrong in Istanbul - a killer is on the loose, and transvestites are being murdered, the modus operandi becoming increasingly bizarre with each death. Our protagonist - fellow transvestite, nightclub owner and glamour puss extraordinaire downs her lipstick and ups the ante in the search for the religious nut.

Snipers in the hills overlook half the intersections in Sarajevo. In the streets below, people go about their daily lives, trying to second guess when and where the next bullet will strike. One man, a cellist, defies this game of 'Sarajevo Roulette' for 22 consecutive days, and he becomes a sitting target as he plays in the street.

An accomplished debut from Rose Heiney, this is clever, touching, and disturbingly funny. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt their life teetering on the edge: it will take you from laughter to tears and back again - via the dark places of the soul where fear and insecurity lurk.

Maggie seems to be going up in the world. Compared to living with her large and impoverished East London family and watching her mother being worn down by life and childbearing, working as a maid is a big improvement. When she meets and begins 'walking out' with a handsome police officer, it seems like a whole new horizon has opened up for her.

A book involving poodle-farming, the Frihedhag sisters, wilful consumerism, an unwanted but undaunted sidekick, one too many rodents and the 24-hour Iditamush sled race, starring a sausage dog.

'Thirteen' tells the story of a nocturnal taxi driver's journey into a twilight world in which it becomes increasingly unclear what is real or who can be trusted. An edge of your seat, unsettling ride!

Explains the basics of astronomy from coordinate systems to naming conventions. This book includes the solar system, explores the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and its moons, Saturn and its rings and beyond. It explores all 88 constellations of the night sky, charting their mythology and history as well as investigating the latest scientific discoveries.

DNA evidence not only solves crimes - if you know how to read it, it can also reveal the history of life on earth. This book guides the reader on a tour of the DNA record left by three billion years of evolution to see how the fittest were made. It features immortal genes, fossil genes, and genes that bear the scars of past battles with diseases.

Presents informative biographical portraits of 50 names in the history of human thought. This book contains chapters charting the personal life and intellectual breakthroughs of one philosopher and, focuses on a straightforward explanation of their grand idea.

A guide to digital photography, covering topics such as the basics, including choosing a camera and equipment, setting up, taking shots and camera care. It also provides tips for taking photographs, with ideas for various genre: portraits, holidays, weddings, children, flora and fauna, and abstracts.

Parker put down the body and answered the phone. And from that moment on he had two jobs to do. One was to rob a remote Montana lodge where a dot-com billionaire hid stolen art treasures in his basement. The other was to find out why a hit man had come to Parker's home - and who had sent him.

In a prehistoric underwater cavern off the coast of Marseilles are the first human engravings known to man. Among them is a crude drawing of a three-fingered hand, which has long puzzled archaeologists. Is it a hunting signal? A mystic sign invoking the spirits? Or is it, as many believe, evidence of ritual amputation in a Shamanistic world?

A collection of short stories. It presents tales of games you'll wish you were part of... and games that you'd go to the ends of the Earth to avoid being dealt into.

Jesse Stone is an ex LA cop who has taken the job of police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts. His drinking, his damaged relationship with his wife, define him as much as his supreme skill at policing his patch. When Crow, an Apache hitman, turns up in Jesse Stone's office, he is intrigued and very much on his guard.

Dr Siri Paiboun, 73 but still as sturdy as a jungle boar, is summoned to the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the new communist government hid in caves, waiting to assume power. On the eve of a major celebration of their glorious new regime, an arm is found protruding from a concrete walk.

A collection of stories about people who make choices that seem inevitable, whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. This book takes readers into the marriages, minor disasters and moments of revelation in an uneasy America.

Sometimes the worst nightmares happen in broad daylight! An utterly gripping novel for fans of Peter James and Mark Billingham, from a rising star in the crime genre.

Prepare yourself for a serial killer who will get inside your head. Literally.