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0061240850/ran- Marian Keyes	Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes. Bestselling author Marian Keyes is back with another heartwarming story of the Walsh sisters. This novel is delightful and filled with humor and love!
0091794951/ran- Engleby - Sebastian Faulks	Engleby - Sebastian Faulks. Mike Engleby says things that others dare not think. He rises without trace in Thatcher's England and scorches through the blandscape of New Labour. In the course of his brief, incandescent career, he and the reader encounter may famous people.Sebastian's Faulks new novel can be read as a lament for a generation and the country it failed. And beneath this highly disturbing surface lies an unfolding mystery of gripping narrative power.
0091796253/ran- The Ghost - Robert Harris	The Ghost - Robert Harris. Adam Lang has been Britain's longest serving - and most controversial - prime minister. And now that's left office, he's accepted one of history's largest cash advances to compose a tell-all memoir of his life and years of power. He hires a professional ghost writer to finish the book. However, the ghost writer discovers many more secrets than Lang intends to reveal, secrets with the power to kill. A gripping and genuinely thrilling read!
0091920604/ran- Not in the Flesh - Ruth Rendell	Not in the Flesh - Ruth Rendell. Searching for truffles in a wood, a man and his dog unearth something less savoury - a human hand. The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple shroud. Then, not far away another body is deiscovered. The detection skills of Wexford are tested to the limit....
009946496/ran- Dance of Death - John Case	Dance of Death - John Case. Jack Wilson has just been released from a Federal Correctional Institution. Now that's a free man, he is hell-bent on a 'return to Paradise'. By which he means the destruction of Western civilization. Wilson is a brilliant mathematician obsessed with the secret notebooks of Nicola Tesla. Tesla, a turn-of-the- century genius, claimed that he had discovered a weapon of unparalleded destruction. In our time Jack Wilson sets the diabolical scheme in motion....
0099489848/ran- Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris	Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front with a chain around his neck. Hannibal's uncle finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful wife, Lady Murasaki. She helps Hannibal to heal and with her help Hannibal becomes the youngest person ever to be admitted to medical school in France. But Hannibal's demons haunt and torment him. When he's old enough, he visits them in return....
0099498596/ran- Circle of Friends - Maeve Binchy	Circle of Friends - Maeve Binchy. Big, generous-hearted Benny and the elfin Eve Malone have been best friends growing up in sleepy Knockglen. Their one thought is to get to Dublin, to university and do freedom.... On their first day at University College, Dublin, the inseparable pair are thrown together with fellow students Nan Mahon, beautiful but selfish, and handsome Jack Foley. But trouble is brewing for Benny and Eve's new circle of friends, and before long, they find passion, tragedy - and the independence they yearned for.
0099512793/ran- On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan	On Chesil Beach. It is June 1962. In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room. Neither is entirely able to supress their anxieties about the wedding night to come.... On Chesil Beach is another masterwok from Ian McEwan - a story about how the entire course of a life can be changed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
0385609493/ran- The Lollipop Shoes - Joannne Harris	The Lollipop Shoes - Joannne Harris. Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Aniie, live peacefully above their little chocolate shop. Then into their lives blows Zozie de L'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes, and everything begins to change... But this new friendship is not what it seems. Ruthless, devious and seductive, Zozie has plans of her own - plans that will shake their world to pieces!
0434014621/Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs	Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs. The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthroplogist Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check. Coroner Jean Bradette is being evasive, insisting the bones are ancient and of no interest. But it simply doesn't add up. The nagging in her subconscious won't let up. Could there be a serial killer at work? Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But she couldn't have predicted where this case would lead her, or the horrors it would eventually uncover....
0552151823/ran- H.R.H - Danielle Steel	H.R.H - Danielle Steel. Princess Christianna leaves university to travel to East Africa as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Determined to make a difference, she plunges into the dusty world of a relief camp and is anxious to keep her identity a secret. Dr Parker Williams, who shares her dedication to healing has no idea who she really is - but as violence approaches and invades the camp, and the pressures of her royal life beckon her home, her struggle for freedom takes an extraordinary turn that will change her life forever.
0552155047/ran- The Afghan - Frederick Forsyth	The Afgan - Fredrick Forsyth. When British and American intelligence agencies catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack.The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year old prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25 year veteran of war zones around the world, raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave of disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has done before - pass of a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs.
0552156175/random- Riders - Jilly Cooper	Riders - Jilly Cooper. Riders offers an intoxicating blend of skulduggery, swooning romance, sexual adventure and hilarious high jinks! Riders, the first and steamiest in the series, takes the lid off international showjumping, a sport where the brave horses are almost human, but the humans behave like animals.
0552772739/ran- Shopaholic and Sister	Shopaholic and Sister - Sophie Kinsella. Becky Bloomwood thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big happy affair. But it's not quite as she had hoped. It all started with one teeniest little purchase followed by the tinest little fib. Now, she's on a strict budget and no job. Feeling rather blue, she receives the news that she in fact has a long-lost sister! Becky has never been more excited in her life, that is until she meets her - and gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Sureley Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't...... hate shopping?
0552773115/ran- Second Honeymoon - Joanna Trollope	Second Honeymoon - Joanna Trollope. Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother, Edie, an actress, is distraught. His father, Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather hoping to get his wife back. His brother, Matthew, is struggling in a relationship in which he achieves and earns less than his girlfirend. And his sister, Rosa, is wrestling with debt and the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style.
0553818805/ran- The White Marriage	The White Marriage - Charlotte Bingham. Shortly after meeting Gray for the second time at a local ball, Sunny is invited out by his close friend, the beautiful socialite, Leandra Fortescue, who tells her over lunch that Gray wants to marry her if she accepts certain conditions. Sunny does accept, even as Arietta is leaving Rushington to work in London. Sunny soons joins her and it is there that she can find the sort of contentment that has eluded sophisticates such as Gray and Leandra. Here, too she meets Hart and, despite being engaged to Gray, falls in love with him.
0593057007/ran- Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child	Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child. You DO NOT MESS with the Special Investigators! The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reachers life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush, he now needs to carry photo ID to get around. Yet he is still as close to untraceable as a human being in America can get.So when a member of his old Army unit mamages to get a message to him, he knows it has to be deadly serious. The Special Investigators always watch each other's backs. Now Reacher must put the old unit back together. Someone has killed one of them, and he can't let go.
0593057783/ran- The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen	The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen. Julia is digging in her garden when she uncovers a human skull belonging to a woman which, according to medical examiner Maura Isles, is over a century old. Julia, with Maura's help, works to uncover a century-old secret that proves more shocking than she can imagine.
0712680519/ran- The Touch - Colleen McCullough	The Touch - Colleen McCullough. Spanning nearly 50 years, The Touch tells the story of Alexander Kinross, who flees from poverty in Scotland to make his fortune in the Australian and American gold fields. In the process he meets the woman he loves but can never marry - and marries a woman who he can never love.This latest novel is a stunning story of love and passion set against the harsh and brutal world of emerging modern Australia.
1844132013/ran- Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade	Lod John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon. Against the vivid and violent backdrop of war-torn Europe, Lord John Grey pursues a deadly family secret and a clandestine love affair.... Lord John's struggle to find the truth leads him through danger and passion, ever deeper, towards the answer to the question at the centre of his soul: what is more important to a man? Love, loyalty or family name?
1844135470/ran- Strike Back - Chris Ryan	Strike Back - Chris Ryan. Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero and a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crises in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the Strike Back is about to begin.
61 Hours - Lee Child/ran	Sixty One (61) Hours - Lee Child Winter in South Dakota. Blowing snow, icy roads, a tired driver. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a gathering storm. There's a small town twenty miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. There's a ruthless man who controls everything from the warmth of Mexico. Jack Reacher hitched a ride in the back of the bus. A life without baggage has many advantages. And crucial disadvantages too, when it means facing the arctic cold without a coat. But he's equipped for the rest of his task. He doesn't want to put the world to rights. He just doesn't like people who put it to wrongs.
9780091795153/ran- A Week in December	A week in December - Sebastian Faulks. Structured like a thriller. A Week in Decmeber takes place over the course of a single week at the end of 2008. Set in London, it brings together a cast of characters whose lives apparently run on parallel lines but - as gradually becomes clear - are intrically related. Highly recommended!
9780091801304/ran- Lustrum by Robert Harris	Lustrum - Robert Harris. Robert Harris's Lustrum is a page-turning thriller that pitches the reader into the power struggles of the Roman Repulblic, at one of its tumultuous moments. Meticulously researched and brilliantly written!
9780091925857/ran- Portobello	Portobello. The Portobello area of West London has a rich personality - vibrant, noisey, with graffiti that approaches art. There is nothing safe about Portobello. Eugene Wren inherited an art gallery from his father near an arcade that now sells, cashmere, handmade soaps and children's clothes. He has decided to move to a more upmarket site in Kensington. Eugene is fifty, with prematurely white hair. He has an addicitive personality and is to secretive for his own good.On a shopping trip one day, Eugene, comes across an evelope containing money. Instead of reporting the find to the police, he wrote a note and stuck it up on a lamp post near his house. This note would link the lives of a number of very different people - each with their obsessions, problems and dreams and despairs.
9780091931490/ran- The Monster in the Box	The Monster in the Box. Ruth Rendell takes us back in time, not only to resolve a series of crimes, but to show Wexford as a young man, meeting Dora, his future wife, and developing into the unique instinctive yet methodical detective that he becomes.
9780099481768/ran- The Appeal	The Appeal. In a crowded courtroom in Mississipi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply. The company appeals to the Mississipi Supreme Court and what follows is a web of intrique, corruption and politics. The Appeal is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrique, a story that will leave readers unable to think about the electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.
9780099519256/ran- Firefight byChris Ryan	Firefight - Chris Ryan.enjoy the latest novel from Chris Ryan. It's everything you'd expect!An excellent read!
9780434014668/ran- Devil Bones	Devil Bones. When a careless plumber accidentally knocks through a wall, he is horrified by what he uncovers. Called to the scene is forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan. What awaits her is a ritualistic display: slain chickens, a goat and a skull with lower jaw missing. Age, race and sex indicators confirm the skull as that of a young, black female. Then another body is discovered. Could there be a connection?
9780434014699/ran- 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs	206 Bones - Kathy Reichs. When Dr Temperance Brennan is called to Chicago to answers questions on an old cold case involving the death of a lonely but wealthy woman, the last thing she expects is to have her professional assesment questioned by a lawyer who barely knows his X from X ( arse from elbow). A great new thriller form Kathy Reichs!
9780552154734/ran- Amazing Grace	Amazing Grace. On a warm May night in San Francisco, a celebrity crowd gathers for a charity auction. Just minutes before midnight, the room begins to sway, glass shatters, and as the light go out, people begin to scream. In the earthquake's aftermath, the lives of four strangers will converge. And as the city staggers back to life, a chain reaction will touch each of the survivors as they find the amazing grace of new beginnings.
9780552774123/ran- Friday Nights	Friday Nights - Joanna Troloppe. They were six female friends, different in age and circumstances, but with one common need: the warmth ans support of their Friday nights. It was a time to share secrets and fears, triumphs and tragedies and, above all, to feel safe in the company of women friends. But things never stay the same forever, especially when a man is introduced into the mix.
9780552774123/ran- Friday Nights	Friday Nights. Friday nights, the best night of the week, the night they all looked forward to more than they cared to admit - talking, laughing and crying together. They were six different female friends, different in age and circumstances, but with one common need: the warmth and support of their Friday nights. But things never stay the same forever, especially when a man is introduced into the mix.
9780552775045/ran- The Evil Seed	The Evil Seed. Something inside me remembers and will not forget.... When Alice Farrell is drawn to Grantchester churchyard and reads the strange inscription on Rosemary Virginia Ashley's gravestone, she feels oddly disturbed. And when former boyfriend Joe returns to Cambridge with his new girlfirend Ginny, Alice is repelled by the etheral, lavender-eyed beauty - and is certain of her evil....
9780553819519/ran- The Enchanted	The Enchanted. Joint ownership of a small chestnut colt from western Ireland brings together a group of very different people. When Kathleen finds a mare in foal, despite the fact that she and her husband can barely afford to feed her they take her in. Tegically the mare dies, leaving an orphan which they name The Enchanted. And astonishing things start to happen to all those around the little horse.
9780553819809/ran- The Land of Summer	The Land of Summer - Charlotte Bingham. A delight romance novel about an an American heiress who meets Julius at a crowded ball, and who asks her to marry him. Soon she's on her way to England, where upon arrival she arrives at a strange house filled with eccentric servants. As her unhappines deepens to the point where she cannot see a future for herself and her husband-to-be, Julius past along with the history of the house make themselves plain to her.
9780593055625/ran- Brute Force	Brute Force - andy McNab. Days after his car erupts into a ball of fire, Nick Stone narrowly cheats death a second time when a gunman opens fire on him from the back of a motorcycle. Who wants him dead, and why? Stone's only chance of survival is to carry the fight to his attackers. Nick Stone's eleventh adventure is McNab at his explosive best.
9780593056776/ran- A Good Woman	A Good Woman. Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege in New York. But all changed in 1912 when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her family and her privileged world forever. Annabelle pours herself into volunteer work, nursing the poor, igniting a passion for medicine that would take her to war-ravaged France. There, in the heart of the First World War, she finds her true calling....
9780593056806/ran- Matters of the Heart	Matters of the Heart. Enjoy a great summer read with the latest novel from Danielle Steel. It can't get better than that!
9780593057032/ran- Nothing to Lose	Nothing to Lose. Two small towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Jack Reacher can't find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four redneck deputies who want to run him out of town. Unfortenedly they're picking on the wrong man.....
9780593057049/ran- Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child	Gone Tomorrow. Suicide bombers are easy to spot! Riding the subway in New York at two o' clock in the morning, Reacher knows the giveaway signs to look for. So begins the new heartstopping new thriller starring Jack Reacher.
9780593057803/ran- Keeping the Dead	Keeping the Dead. She's Pilgrim's Hospital most unusual patient - a mummy. While being X-Rayed with the media present Dr Maura Isles discovers in fact a bulltt. Maura declares this is a possible homicide case and calls in Jane Rizzoli. Jane and Maura discover that the mummy has only recently been killed, and may have been held captive for some time before her death. It soon becomes clear that a sadistic killer has been hunting women for decades - and that his next victim is much closer than anyone thinks.
9780593060353/ran- Love, Honour & Betray	Love, Honour & Betray. When Lucy's husband of eighteen years runs of on her, she'll do anything to win him back. Including: climbing out of her daughter's bedroom window at one in the morning wearing her daughter's mini skirt. Teenage daughter Tally blames Mum for the break up "Because you've let yourself go". In Lucy's quest to win back her husband she learns to be a surf lifesaver, loses weight and gets a job. She also falls in lust, finding herself torn between an older man and a much younger man. But it's not until Lucy makes the Freudian discovery that her toy boy is also dating her daughter - and that he's being paid to do so her her conniving ex as ammunition for a custody battle, that she finally learns to stand on het own two stilettos.
9781846052576/ran- Cross Country	Cross Country. Alex Cross is drawn into a bitter personal battle against corruption, conspiracy and savage violence in a chase that takes him through a vast and uncompromising landscape. A great thriller from bestselling author James Patterson.
9th Judgement - James Patterson/ran	9th Judgment - James Patterson. A disturbed killer targets San Francisco's most innocent and vulnerable. Sarah Wells is a normal, suburban woman. She has a husband, a job as an English teacher at the local high-school, but she also has a secret . she is an expert jewel thief. While her rich victims throw parties, Sarah breaks into their homes and steals from right under their very noses. One night however, things go badly wrong and Casey Dowling, the wife of famous actor Marcus Dowling, is killed. Detective Lindsey Boxer is handed the case, but the identity of the elusive jewel thief is a mystery to everyone. Reporter Cindy Thomas has been following this story from the start and helps Lindsey in her investigation. However, no one is more determined to bring Casey's killer to justice than Yuki Castellano, who knew Casey from law school. While this investigation gets underway, another murder occurs. This time there are two victims, a mother and her baby boy, shot in broad daylight in a parking lot. Lindsey instantly becomes involved in this horrifying case and, with the help of medical examiner Claire Washburn, tries to establish the motive behind this sickening attack. The victims were shot at point blank range, nothing was stolen, the mother wasn't involved in anything bad. As more mothers are shot along with their babies, it becomes clear that a serial killer is on the rampage. But what could drive a person to murder mothers and their children in cold blood?
A Question of Belief - Donna Leon/ran	A Question of Belief. As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti prepares to escape the city and spend time with his family in the mountains. However, the weather is the last thing on Ispettore Vianello's mind; it seems his aunt has become obsessed with horoscopes and has been withdrawing large amounts of money from the family business. Not knowing what to do, he consults Brunetti and asks permission to unofficially trail her, which leads to the flat of Stefano Gorini. But who is this man? And why is Vianello's aunt giving him large amounts of money? A few days later, Brunetti receives a visit from a friend who works at the Commune. It seems that discrepancies have been occurring at the Tribunale involving Judge Luisa Coltellini and Araldo Fontana, an usher with a flawless track record. While having coffee with friends Signorina Elettra soon discovers that Fontana is living in a luxurious apartment on the Misericordia. But how can an usher afford such an expensive apartment, and what is his involvement with Judge Coltellini? Brunetti asks Signorina Elettra to investigate further but the computer system at the courthouse is down, and so Brunetti leaves with his family for their holiday. When news reaches Brunetti that the usher from the Tribunale has been murdered, in a violent attack in the courtyard of his home, he returns early to investigate. It soon becomes clear that Araldo Fontana was a good man, so why would someone want him dead? And, does Judge Coltellini have anything to do with it?
About Face - Donna Leon/ran	About Face - Donna Leon. At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He's charmed - perhaps too charmed, suggests his wife Paola - by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider investigation into Mafia takeovers of businesses in the region, Guarino wants information about the owner of a trucking company who was found murdered in his office. He believes the man's death is connected to the illegal transportation of refuse - and more sinister material - in his company's trucks. No stranger to mutual suspicion and competition between rival Italian police departments, Brunetti is nevertheless puzzled by the younger man's paranoid behaviour. Eventually Guarino agrees to email a photo of his suspect, but by the time the photograph arrives, he himself is dead. Was he killed because he got too close?
Big Girl - Danielle Steel/ran	Big Girl - Danielle Steel. Victoria -a chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes and ordinary looks - has always felt out of place in her family. When her younger sister Gracie is born,their parents make no secret of the fact that she is the perfect one. While they can eat as much as they like and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch every mouthful, as well as endure her father's belittling comments about her appearance and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods offer only temporary comfort. The one thing she knows is that she has to get as far away from home as possible and, after college in Chicago she moves to New York City. There, Victoria finds joy and excitement as a high school teacher while waging war on her weight among the sleek and slinky at Manhattan's fitness clubs. Her lifeline to her family is through Gracie - though they can't be more different in looks, style, or social lives, the two sisters love each other unconditionally. Victoria knows that she has been a disappointment to her parents all her life, and no matter what she does, she can never win their approval. A chance encounter, an act of stunning betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point in the lives of Victoria and Gracie. Behind Victoria is all the hurt, neglect, and loss she has tried to forget.- ahead is a new life ofsisterhood, confidence and fulfillment.
Family Ties - Danielle Steel/ran	Family Ties - Danielle Steel. Annie Ferguson was one of Manhattan's brightest young architects. Talented, beautiful, already a success, she had a world of choices - until a single phone call altered her course forever. Overnight, she became mother to her sister's three orphaned children, keeping a promise she'd never regret making. In the years to come, she would raise Liz, Ted, and Katie while putting together one of the city's top architectural firms. It wasn't the life she'd planned, but one that rewarded her tenfold for every sacrifice she'd had to make. Now, at forty-two, as independent as ever, with a satisfying career and a fulfilling family life, Annie has reconciled herself to being single. With the kids young adults and confronting major challenges of their own, she is navigating a parent's difficult passage between lending them a hand and letting them go. The eldest, twenty-seven-year-old Lizzie, a rising star in the international fashion world, has landed a high-powered job at Vogue and fallen in love with the one man she's ever allowed close enough to hurt her. Ted, at twenty-four a serious and hardworking law student, is captivated by a woman much older, much more experienced, and who may be leading him much further than he wants to go. While the youngest, twenty-one-year-old Katie - impulsive, artistic, rebellious - is about to make a choice that will lead her to an encounter with a culture whose expectations of a woman's role are far different than anything she imagined. But, perhaps, most surprising, is the accident that leads Annie to a man who will tempt her to reconsider her belief that it isn't too late to fall in love, after all.
Ford County - John Grisham	Ford County - John Grisham. Master thriller writer and worldwide No.1 bestseller John Grisham takes you into the heart of America's Deep South with a collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County: a place of harsh beauty where broken dreams and final wishes converge. A mercy mission that is hilariously sidetracked by human weakness; a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea; a small town divorce attorney who suddenly hits pay dirt; a man that sets out to break a casino to revenge a broken heart; a kidnapped lawyer who is confronted with one of his previous cases at gun point; a conman who preys on the rich and elderly; the boy dying of AIDS who finds mercy across the tracks in downturn Clanton: the sum total of human life is brilliantly captured in Grisham's unique evocation of lives lived and lost in Mississippi. Frequently moving, often hilarious, and always entertaining, Ford County brims with the same page-turning quality and irresistible narrative of his previous bestsellers, and is proof once more why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.
Girl Missing - Tess Gerritsen/ran	Girl Missing - Tess Gerritsen. THE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY. She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Cat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a notebook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. THE NEXT BODY IS A WARNING. When a second victim is discovered, Cat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the city streets: a shadowy madman without mercy or apparent motive. The police are sceptical. The mayor won't listen. And Cat's chief suspect is one of the city's most prominent citizens. THE FINAL BODY . . . MIGHT BE HERS. With the death toll rising, Cat races to expose a deadly conspiracy and the brutal killer at its heart - a killer who will stalk her from the dangerous streets of the inner city to the corridors of power. Because he's closer than she ever dreamt. And every move she makes could be her very last.
Lost Innocence - Susan Lewis/ran	Lost Innocense - Susan Lewis. Sometimes the truth can be harder to bear than a lie... When Alicia Carlyle returns to the home of her childhood after the tragic death of her husband, she is hoping to put the past behind her. But first she must come face to face with the woman who nearly destroyed her marriage and tore her family in two - her sister-in-law, Sabrina. Their enmity runs deep, but Alicia is determined to make a fresh start for herself and her two children, Nathan and Darcy, and to heal her fractured relationship with her beloved brother. However, just when it looks as if they might have a chance at a brighter future, Sabrina's fifteen-year-old daughter, Annabelle, accuses seventeen-year-old Nathan of a crime he insists he didn't commit. And once more the two families are locked in a battle that is fraught with mistrust, betrayal and lies - a battle that threatens to destroy them all.
Private - James Patterson/ran	Private - James Patterson. Jack Morgan is a war hero. Returning home from Afghanistan after being wounded, Jack is called into California State Prison to visit his father, Tom, who is serving a life sentence for extortion and murder. Before being incarcerated, Tom ran a private investigation firm called 'Private'. Tom wants Jack to re-start the company, to make it great again, and gives him access to a $15 million dollar account in the Cayman Islands to do it with. Five years later and Jack has set up offices spanning the globe. Private's services are much sort after and Jack has clients ranging from movie stars to politicians. Jack is keen to keep the business legal and not fall into the same traps as his father. But when the mob come calling, they are not easy to refuse. On a rare night off accompanying a client to the Golden Globe awards, Jack receives a phone call from school friend Abbie Cushman. Abbie's wife has been murdered and he desperately needs Jack's help. The murder is brutal and there is no apparent motive.
Some Lie and Some Die - Ruth Rendell/ran	Wexford: Some Lie And Some Die - Ruth Rendell. When the body of a brutally beaten girl is found in a quarry during a hedonistic hippy festival at Sundays near Kingsmarkham, Wexford is first on the scene. The victim's face has been pulped by the back-end of a bottle, but who, in this atmosphere of peace and love, could be capable of such violence? The body is that of local girl turned stripper Dawn Stonor, but it is the unlikely link between this ill-fated girl and the mysterious folk-singer Zeno Vedast that pique Wexford's interest. Through a web of lies and deceit Wexford uncovers a history of love and hate that began years earlier, and he realises that never has he witnessed a murder of such desperate passion.
The Choice - Susan Lewis/ran	The Choice - Susan Lewis. Sometimes the nightmare can last forever... Nikki Grant has her whole life ahead of her when she discovers she's pregnant. But she welcomes the news with joy - the baby will be a wonderful addition to the happy household she shares with the love her life, Spencer James, and three close friends. Nikki's parents have a very different view of what the baby is going to mean to their daughter's future. Deeply disapproving of Spencer and the friends Nikki has chosen, their frustrations reach breaking point when Nikki refuses to be controlled by them any more. After she storms out, a rift opens up between them that breaks their hearts, but they are all too proud to back down. Baby Zac arrives and is perfect in every way. And with Spencer's career taking off they are ready to make the big move to London. Then suddenly events start to rush them down a very different road and nothing could have prepared them for where they find themselves. It is a frightening and alien place with Zac at the centre of it and Nikki desperately trying to hold onto her baby, her life, her dreams. And as they become evermore embroiled in a world they cannot escape, the love between Nikki and her son is put to the kind of test no parent should ever have to face.
The Murder of King Tut - Lee Patterson	The Murder of King Tut. Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3,000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall. But what if his fate was actually much more sinister? Now, in The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson and Martin Dugard chronicle their epic quest to find out what happened to the boy-king. The result is a true crime tale of intrigue, betrayal, and usurpation that presents a compelling case that King Tut's death was anything but natural.
The Other Family - Joanna Trollope/ran	The Other Family - Joanna Trollope. Richie had been a celebrated musician, wealthy, popular, and adored by Chrissie and their three daughters. But when he dies, without warning, Chrissie has to deal not only with her grief but with the knowledge that her beloved Richie had another family, one which he had deserted many years before but which now needs to be involved. And their involvement extends not only to the immediate aftermath of a sudden death, but to the longer-term and much more difficult issue - who will inherit his legacy? Chrissie and her girls, comfortably off in London, or Margaret, the deserted wife, living in the North East with Richie's only son?
Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella/ran	Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella. Lara has always had an over-active imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's great aunt Sadie - in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl - has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can't rest without. Lara's got enough problems of her own. Her startup company is floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, and she's just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous, she dresses in beautiful vintage frocks and their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing and romantic. Could Sadie's ghost be the answer to Lara's problems and can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other?
Worst Case - James Patterson/ran	Worst Case - James Patterson. Children of New York's elite are being abducted and held hostage. But the criminal doesn't crave money - he only wants to test these privileged kids to see if they know the price others pay for their luxurious lifestyles. A wrong answer has fatal consequences. To Detective Michael Bennett, it is clear that these murders are only the beginning. Their killer has insanely grand ambitions - and the entire city is about to be brought to its knees. With all of New York in chaos, Bennett teams up with FBI agent Emily Parker and the two set out to capture the mastermind before he sets in motion his ultimate plan - a deadly lesson for the entire world.