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84 Charing Cross Road[Link]Helene Hanff's true story of her 20 year correspondence with London bookseller, Frank Doel, is a charming and bittersweet tale of two people united by a love of books. From her apartment in New York, Helene sends Frank her 'wishlist' of first editions and24/07/2009
A cure for all diseases[Link]The highly anticipated return of Dalziel and Pascoe, the hugely popular police duo and stars of the long-running BBC TV series, in a new psychological thriller02/06/2009
A hopeless romantic[Link]Summary: Laura Foster is a hopeless romantic. Her friends know it, her parents know it - even she acknowledges it. What's wrong with seeing the world through rose-tinted spectacles, even if she is about to turn 30 and aware it's the one thing that consist20/02/2009
Alentejo Blue[Link]'Alentejo Blue' is the story of the picturesque village of Mamarrosa told through the lives of those who live there and those who are passing through - children and old men, expatriates of all ages, tourists and locals02/08/2010
American wife[Link]An absorbing, richly entertaining novel of one woman's life married to the world's most powerful man03/12/2009
Angels and demons[Link]Summary: Robert Langdon is called upon to identify a mysterious symbol seared onto a dead man's chest. It belongs to the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood with a vendetta against the Catholic Church12/02/2008
Animals in war[Link]04/02/2008
Arlington Park[Link]Summary: Juliet is enraged at the victory of men over women in family life. Amanda is warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework. Solly is confronting her own buried femininity in the person of her Italian lodger. Maisie despairs at the inevit24/01/2008
Ash and bone[Link]The unsettled, unhappy Detective Inspector Elder has been once again persuaded out of retirement. A cold, cold case has a devastating present day impact with sinister applications for the crime squad itself. Elder's investigation takes place against the b24/07/2009
A thousand days in Venice[Link]Summary: One day Marlena de Blasi fell in love with a stranger, moved from America to Venice and fell in love with the city. Both a story of adjustment and a description of Venetian manners, her account is adorned with recipes21/04/2009
A walk to remember[Link]Set in North Carolina in the late 1950s, this novel is a deeply moving story of two people discovering love for the first time and the changes this inevitably has on their lives27/07/2009
Bad blood[Link]Wealthy businessman Brendan Quillan has been charged with hiring an assassin to kill his wife - but the evidence is flimsy, and the defendant has one of the best lawyers on his side. But things change when an explosion in a Manhattan tunnel kills Brendan'02/08/2010
Bare bones[Link]Summary: It's a summer of record-breaking heat in Charlotte, North Carolina and Dr Temperance Brennan is looking forward to her first vacation in years. But she's just out the door when the bones start appearing. Tempe must find the answers by teasing sec12/12/2008
Between the assassinations[Link]In this book, Aravind Adiga brings to life a chorus of distinctive Indian voices, all inhabitants in the fictional town of Kittur02/08/2010
Blood Work[Link]06/10/2008
Boost your confidence[Link]23/11/2009
Break no bones[Link]Summary: It's the second-to-last day of archaeological field school - the students are working on a site of prehistoric graves on Dewees, a barrier island north of Charleston, South Carolina, when a much more recent burial is uncovered04/12/2009
Brick Lane[Link]In this tale of two Muslim sisters Monica Ali explores how they live out their own personal tragedies. One lives in a tower block in London's East End whilst the other lives in a Bangladeshi village02/08/2010
Can you keep a secret?[Link]Emma is a nervous flyer and she can't help but tell the man next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to notice - all her innermost secrets. At least, she thought he was a stranger03/08/2010
Chinese (Cantonese): the short course./[Link]Summary: Presents a programme for beginners to learn Cantonese in eight lessons, without the use of reading materials07/02/2008
Chronicles[Link]The curiously entitled 'Tarantula', which Dylan wrote at the age of 23, was not a real autobiography. This book covers his life in his own words for the first time ever. It is sure to appeal to his fans as well as those who love rock music in general24/07/2009
Cranford[Link]In this comedy of early Victorian life, Elizabeth Gaskell explores the effects of Victorian commerce & imperial expansion on the survival of customs from earlier times06/10/2009
Crowner royal[Link]London, 1196. At the command of Richard the Lionheart, Sir John de Wolfe has left his beloved West Country for the Palace of Westminster, where he has been appointed Coroner of the Verge. But with the king overseas, Sir John is dismayed to discover that t03/12/2009
Daughters of fire[Link]This novel from the best-selling author of 'Hiding From The Light' and 'Whispers in the Sand' switches between Roman Britain and the present day, where history dramatically impacts on the lives of three women29/12/2009
Deadline[Link]Andrea Devane's 14-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash. Trying desperately to remain calm, she realises that her husband is also missing. Can he be involved in her daughter's abduction?29/12/2009
Death's jest-book[Link]Summary: In T.L. Beddoes' play Death's Jest-Book, the dead won't lie still in the grave and the living often wish they could. And Reginald Hill's novel is much the same - except perhaps for a few more jests20/02/2009
Decline and fall[Link]Sent down in outrageous circumstances, Paul Pennyfeather is the new schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals & fools. Sports day arrives, & as the farce unfolds & the young run riot, no one is safe01/06/2010
Dune[Link]This epic tale is set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. When Duke Atreides and his family take up court there they fall into a trap set by his rival20/04/2009
East of the sun[Link]Three very different women prepare for a journey. Each has her own reason for leaving the shores of the land they know - but their cargo of hopes and secrets can do little to prepare them for a new world ahead25/06/2009
EpiphanyIn this second novel from the author of the highly acclaimed Semana Santa, times change, but people cannot escape the moral choices of the past. Evoking music and the hidden world of quantum science, Epiphany is a thriller of our times[Link]
Fashion Babylon[Link]Summary: What is fashion? Who decides what's in and what's out? Why is it green one year and blue the next? And why is one little black dress worth three thousand pounds and another thirty quid? Following in the glamorous footsteps of Hotel Babylon and Ai08/02/2008
Feeling low[Link]23/11/2009
Firefight[Link]Former SAS Captain Will Jackson is a man with nothing to lose. A veteran of the most dangerous missions the Regiment could throw at him, his life was torn apart the day a terrorist attack killed his family. Now he leads a life of grief-stricken obscurity,25/06/2009
Fire in the East[Link]A.D. 255. The Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority challenged along every border. The most lethal threat lurks far to the east in Persia, where the forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. One man is sent to marshall t02/06/2009
Flawless[Link]Set in the world of international diamond-dealing, this novel follows the fortunes of Scarlett as she is plunged into a world of ruthless mine owners, shady diamond dealers and the stunningly beautiful women for whom they all compete. Everyone seems prepa01/12/2009
Four stories[Link]The classic account of the lady who lived on Bennett's drive joins his three bestselling novellas in a paperback compendium06/10/2009
Gardens of delight[Link]04/02/2008
Getting rid of Matthew[Link]What do you do when your secret lover finally decides to leave his wife & move into your flat - just when you've been thinking that you don't want him anymore? Getting rid of Matthew isn't as easy as it seems, but along the way Helen forges an unlikely fr24/07/2009
Ghost train to the Eastern Star[Link]Starting off on the Eurostar from London, Paul Theroux sets out on a railway journey through the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, and eventually reaching India and Asia03/08/2010
Good wives[Link]'Good Wives' carries on from 'Little Women' as the sisters, now young adults, find that life is not free of trouble and that a tragedy will change each of their lives in an unexpected way28/05/2010
Greek[Link]Summary: Presents a programme for beginners to learn Greek in eight lessons, without the use of reading materials07/02/2008
Green eye[Link]A suspense thriller from the author of 'Thorn', this novel explores the fear and paranoia of jealousy. Cambridge student Danny Thorn has a number of worries, at the top of the list being the fact that a rapist is on the loose28/05/2010
Gypsy boy[Link]A classic tale of triumph over adversity, this is the story of one boy's struggle to escape from a secret world. Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. Here he describes the vibrant and loyal culture he grew up in, and also the violence and grief whic03/08/2010
Heart and soul[Link]Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi & Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their 20s, Adi is always fighting against something: while Linda moves from one relationship to the next01/12/2009
Hope[Link]04/02/2008
Howards End[Link]04/09/2008
How to lose friends & alienate people[Link]Toby Young's account of his career suicide is a lesson for all ambitious British media types expecting New York to open its doors to them. Along the way are anecdotes about top celebrities and an insight into the world of Vanity Fair and Vogue25/06/2009
I believe in yesterday[Link]'I Believe in Yesterday' is an odyssey through 2000 years of filth and fury, where men were men, the nights were black, the world was your outside toilet and everything tasted faintly of leeks04/12/2009
Imperium[Link]Summary: Of all the great figures of the Roman era, none was more fascinating than Marcus Cicero. Written by the author of 'Pompeii', this book tells the story of Cicero's rise to power, from radical young lawyer to first citizen of Rome21/04/2009
Inside the kingdom[Link]In 'Inside The Kingdom', Robert Lacey tells the complex story of what's been happening within Saudi Arabia while the West wasn't looking03/08/2010
In the dark streets shining[Link]05/02/2008
I predict a riot[Link]Die-hard copper Superintendent James 'Marsh' Mallow, of the Belfast CID, is nearing the end of his career, but he's not handing in his badge until he's nailed notorious politician and racketeer Pink Harrison. Problem is, take Pink Harrison down, and troub24/07/2009
Italian[Link]Summary: Presents a programme for beginners to learn Italian in eight lessons, without the use of reading materials07/02/2008
Journey to the south[Link]Summary: From the author of 'Extra Virgin' & 'Ripe for the Picking' comes the final part of Annie Hawes' adventures in Italy. All she knows of distant Calabria is that it's a wild, unruly place, poverty-stricken & Mafia-ridden21/04/2009
Long lost[Link]Myron hasn't heard from Terese Collins in years. Not since their affair ended with no explanation. There had been no contact since, so her call catches him off guard. She's in Paris, she says, in trouble, and only Myron can help18/01/2010
Lord John and the private matter[Link]On a bright June day in 1757, Lord John Grey emerges from his club, his mind in turmoil. Having just witnessed something shocking, his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: the Crown appoi24/07/2009
Love and devotion/[Link]04/02/2008
Love and Dr. Devon[Link]24/01/2008
Love lies[Link]Fern is glaring 30 in the face and is fed-up. A chance meeting with Scottie Taylor, the UK's sexiest pop star, and it's love at first sight. When he proposes in front of a sell-out crowd at Wembley Stadium, there's only one answer! Before you know it, Fer03/08/2010
Marley & me[Link]John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow fur ball of a puppy. This is the heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic24/07/2009
Meet me under the ombu tree[Link]Summary: Spoilt and wilful Sofia Solanas grows up on a magnificent ranch in the middle of the Argentine pampas, loved by all around her. All, that is, except her Irish mother, Anna, who punishes her daughter for her own sense of alienation and inadequacy07/02/2008
Memoirs of a not so dutiful daughter[Link]After she began her memoir, Jenni Murray's life took a downward turn. Her mother and father died within six months of each other, and she found that she had breast cancer. This is a diary of that terrible year and an honest and confessional memoir of a un02/06/2009
Moll Flanders[Link]Abandoned at birth and threatened with a life in service, Defoe's young rebel sets her heart on independence. One fatal seduction and five husbands later, she resorts to a life of self-supporting crime06/10/2009
Monday mourning[Link]Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan finds the skeletons of three young women in the basement of a pizza parlour. Homicide detective Luc Claudel believes the bones are historic. But Tempe has her doubts and sets out to prove that this is definitely a cas04/12/2009
Mystery man[Link]Call him the man with no name, call him what you like, many do, but he is the owner of No Alibis, a mystery bookshop in Belfast. When a detective agency next door goes bust, the agency's clients start calling into his shop asking him to solve their cases02/08/2010
Not dead enough[Link]Summary: One night Brian Bishop murdered his wife, he was 60 miles away, asleep in bed at the time. That's the way it looks to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who is called in to investigate the murder. Grace comes to the conclusion that Bishop has per03/12/2009
Notes on a scandal[Link]When Sheba arrives Barbara senses that she will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. Sure enough Sheba starts an affair with a pupil and is caught. When all the dust settles and Sheba's life falls apart, Barbara is there for her even i24/07/2009
On a wing and a prayer[Link]The stories presented here are first-hand accounts of bravery and adventure from the individuals who embraced the exciting - and dangerous - new world of flying at the start of the First World War25/06/2009
On beauty[Link]When Howard Belsey's oldest son Jerome falls for Victoria, the stunning daughter of the right-wing Monty Kipps, both families find themselves thrown together, enacting a cultural and personal war against each other27/07/2009
Orpheus rising[Link]10 years ago Michael Ryan was the author of a runaway bestseller, Space Coast, but its publication coincided with his wife's murder in a bank raid. Now he has returned to the scene of the crime to exorcise the ghosts of the past and try to write his secon24/07/2009
Painted highway[Link]Summary: They are as different as two sisters can be. Headstrong, Ally loves working on her family's narrowboat. Betsy, calculating & beautiful, wants only to become a lady. When Dr Tom Hartley enters the sister's lives both are attracted to him21/04/2009
Platinum[Link]Peaches Gold, LA's most influential madam and still gorgeous; Frankie Willis, 20-something blonde yacht stewardess; and English socialite Lady Emma Harvey, in her prime at nearly 50. The hooker, the maid and the lady. They have every reason to distrust ea25/06/2009
Polish[Link]Summary: Presents a programme for beginners to learn Polish in eight lessons, without the use of reading materials07/02/2008
Portuguese (Brazilian)[Link]Summary: Presents a programme for beginners to learn Portuguese in eight lessons, without the use of reading materials07/02/2008
Promise me[Link]Summary: It is 2.17 am and the phone rings on Myron Bolitar's nightstand. At the other end of the line is Aimee Biel - a frightened teenager who has called the one adult who has promised to help her if she ever got into trouble12/12/2008
Purely relaxation[Link]15/11/2008
Quiver[Link]Teenager Luke McCall accidentally kills his stepfather in a hunting accident, setting in motion a series of events that culminates in a dramatic confrontation with a gang of killers. For Luke's mother, Kate, events bring her into contact with her first lo03/12/2009
Reading in bed[Link]Opening at the Hay Festival, and ending with the prospect of a spring wedding, this novel is a lively story of tangled relationships and the sustaining powers of good books, loyal friends and conversation24/07/2009
Relieve anxiety[Link]15/11/2008
Romeo and Juliet[Link]04/09/2008
Rural bliss[Link]Summary: Fed up with her job of 14 years, Fran Holdaway hands in her notice & retreats to her pretty country cottage to write 'the novel'. Unfortunately this major lifestyle change coincides with her husband's announcement that he is leaving her21/04/2009
Russian[Link]Summary: Presents a programme for beginners to learn Russian in eight lessons, without the use of reading materials07/02/2008
Sashenka[Link]In the best-selling tradition of 'Dr Zhivago' and 'The Island', this is an epic story of revolution, passion and betrayal - and one woman whose extraordinary secret lies uncovered for half a century24/07/2009
Send a gunboat[Link]Summary: HMS Wagtail is a river gunboat, seemingly at the end of her useful life. Commander Justin Rolfe is also at the end of his useful naval life. But when the island of Santu is threatened, Commander Rolfe and the Wagtail are ordered to the island21/04/2009
Sight unseen[Link]In the summer of 1981, a PhD student witnesses the abduction of a two-year-old girl. In 2004, retired Chief Inspector George Sharp receives a letter reproaching him for botching the original investigation, which leads him to track down the witness and enl24/07/2009
Singing to the dead[Link]Two seven year-old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Then, with police resources stretched to breaking point, a simple house fire turns into a full-scale murder hunt. As his squad struggles to work on both cases, DI Colin Anderson learn04/12/2009
Snoop[Link]For ten years Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves and how we form impressions of others. Packed with original research and fascinating stories, 'Snoop' is a captivating guidebook to our not-so-secret lives01/06/2010
Songs of the humpback whale[Link]This novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment. The author uses five voices to tell a complex tale of love, friendship and a Faulknerian family history29/12/2009
Stories we could tell[Link]Tony Parsons writes about his rock and roll years in a touching novel about friendship and growing up. He is also the author of 'Man and Boy', 'One For My Baby', 'Man and Wife' and 'The Family Way'24/07/2009
Stress relief[Link]15/11/2008
Sunset express[Link]Elvis Cole is embroiled in a controversial, high-profile murder case. A wealthy restaurateur is accused of murdering his wife, and his hot-shot defence lawyer hires Cole to find proof that the detective on the case, fooled around with the evidence06/10/2009
Tell it to the skies[Link]Summary: The city of Venice has been Lydia's home for many years. It's a place she loves and where she's found a sense of peace and fulfillment. Then one day she glimpses a young man's face in the crowd that threatens to change all that. He's a heart-stop03/12/2009
Thai[Link]Summary: Presents a programme for beginners to learn Thai in ten lessons, without the use of reading materials07/02/2008
The Accident Man[Link]Samuel Carver is a good guy who makes bad things happen to bad people. Called to do a hit at short notice, he believes the target to be a Pakistani terrorist. The job is to organise a car crash in a Paris underpass, but Carver is being set up06/10/2009
The admiral's daughter[Link]1803. Tensions are escalating between England & Napoleon's France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance, rescue missions & spies on the continent, French privateer ships are lurking in English waters poised to stike at British trade01/12/2009
The affair[Link]Would you risk everything for love? Bestselling children's book writer Angelica is flattered at the attention of Jack, the owner of a vineyard in South Africa, whom she meets at a party. With his easy charm, Jack makes her feel good about herself - surely03/08/2010
The big over easy[Link]Humpty Dumpty, well-known nursery favourite, large egg, ex-convict and former millionaire philanthropist is found shattered beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Following the careful reconstructuring of his shell, DI Jack Spratt and his Sergeant Mary24/07/2009
The black sun[Link]A year has passed since Tom Kirk, the world's greatest art thief, decided to put his criminal past behind him and embark on a new career on the right side of the law. Then three major thefts occur and suddenly Tom is confronted with a deadly mystery and a27/07/2009
The blood detective[Link]Genealogist Nigel Barnes is brought into a police search for a serial killer who is scratching a serial number on his victims and dismembering each of them in a unique way. The murders echo a series of killings more than 100 years ago and Nigel must trace27/07/2009
The burning girl[Link]X marks the spot - and when that spot is a corpse's naked back and the X is carved in blood, DI Tom Thorne is in no doubt that the dead man is the latest victim of a particularly vicious contract killer24/07/2009
The cloud maker[Link]In the furthest reaches of the Himalayas lies a treasure so rich that for decades men have laid down their lives trying to protect it from the outside world. Especially from the secret police. There it might have stayed, hidden forever, but for two ambiti03/08/2010
The collaborator[Link]One call will change her life, and will start a war. She is an Italian accountancy student in London, and her boyfriend Eddie teaches at a language school. But the prime reason Immacolata Borelli came to Britain was to look after her gangster brother, wan03/08/2010
The Earth hums in B flat[Link]When a neighbour mysteriously vanishes, young Gwenni Morgan resolves to uncover the secret of his disappearance and return him to his children. She truthfully records what she sees and hears, but are her deductions correct? What will be the consequences -03/08/2010
The enchanted April[Link]A discreet advertisement in The Times lures four very different women away from the dismal British weather to San Salvatore, a castle high above a bay on the sunny Italian Riviera. There, the Mediterranean spirit stirs the souls of Mrs Arbuthnot, Mrs Wilk01/12/2009
The end of Mr. Y[Link]Summary: Ariel Manto has a fascination with a 19th century scientist by the name of Thomas Lumas. His rarest work, 'The End of Mr. Y', was written before his disappearance, and the same fate seems to have befallen all the book's few readers ever since. Wh20/02/2009
The finer points of sausage dogs[Link]Is there anything funny about German professors? This novel features the endless mishaps of the inimitable German professor, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld24/07/2009
The girl who kicked the hornets' nest[Link]Salander is plotting her revenge against the man who tried to kill her and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in intensive care and is set to face03/08/2010
The God delusion[Link]This audiobook adopts a scientific approach and applies it to the questions of religion, religious faith and the existence of God. Many issues are discussed: such as morality, where it becomes extra-religious; and the fact that in some countries religion24/07/2009
The hanged man's song[Link]Kidd's friend Bobby the hacker has disappeared from cyberspace. When he goes around to Bobby's place, Kidd sees his dead body on the floor and realises that his laptop is missing. Kidd knows that the laptop was full of incriminating evidence, but why woul03/08/2010
The heart of the matter[Link]Scobie, a police officer in a West African colony, is a good and honest man. But when he falls in love, he is forced into a betrayal of everything that he has ever believed in, and his struggle to maintain the happiness of two women destroys him06/10/2009
The host[Link]The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, an invader, has been given Melanie's body but the former tenant is refusing to relinquish possession of her mind04/12/2009
The innocent[Link]Matt landed himself four years in jail after accidentally killing someone. But the break in the road seems to have made him a stronger person, and he becomes a lawyer and marries. However, when he receives a threatening message, Matt realises he can't tru29/12/2009
The island[Link]Summary: On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexis decides to visit24/01/2008
The lemon table[Link]In this collection of stories it is permissible - indeed obligatory - to talk about death at the 'lemon table', and each of Julian Barnes' characters is facing death, but each in a very different way06/10/2009
The lessons[Link]'The Lessons' is a spellbinding novel about shattered hopes, destructive love and dark family secrets from the author of 'Disobedience'02/08/2010
The lighthouse[Link]Combe Island, off the Cornish coast, offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace is violated when one of the visitors is bizarrely murdered01/06/2010
The matchmaker of Pe´rigord[Link]Amour-sur-Belle is a village so ugly that even the English refuse to live there. The barber, Guillaume Ladoucette, is forced to give up his business as the age of his customers means many have gone bald. So he decides to set up as a matchmaker06/10/2009
The night of the Mi'raj[Link]Summary: Among the well-to-do families of Jeddah, Palestinian-born desert guide Nayir is an outsider. But when Nouf ash-Shrawi, the 16-year-old daughter of a wealthy Saudi dynasty, disappears just before her arranged marriage, Nayir is the man the Shrawi24/07/2009
The olive farm[Link]05/02/2008
The pelican brief[Link]21/04/2009
The quest[Link]Summary: 'The Quest' is an epic adventure set in ancient Egypt. Following on from 'River God', 'The Seventh Scroll' and 'Warlock', this novel continues the story of the Warlock, Taita, wise in the lore of the ancient gods and a master of magic and the sup03/08/2010
The rapture[Link]In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is a personal one: to rebuild her career as a psychologist after a shattering car accident. But when she is assigned Bethany Krall, one of the most dangerous teenag03/08/2010
The real heroes of Telemark[Link]In 1943 four men parachuted onto a Norwegian glacier, equipped with only basic equipment. Their mission was to prevent the Nazi regime from building an atomic bomb. Ray Mears tells the true story of this campaign, showing how these men's ability to surviv24/07/2009
The right attitude to rain[Link]In this third book in 'The Sunday Philosophy Club' series, Isabel's niece Cat is still worshipped by the young musician Jamie, but Cat has a new and unsuitable love interest. Meanwhile, Isabel's Texan cousins have arrived in Edinburgh and are provoking a24/07/2009
The sleeping doll[Link]Summary: Eight years ago, Daniel Pell slaughtered a family for no apparent reason. Now, Pell has escaped from prison and Kathryn Dance, the famed interrogator and kinesic analyst and her team, must find out where he is and why he's staying near the prison02/08/2010
The storm[Link]Vince Cable, one of the most universally respected parliamentarians on the current world economic crisis, explains how we got here and where we're going03/08/2010
The story of India[Link]Michael Wood sets out to trace the roots of India's present in the riches of her past. His journey provides vivid portraits of India's regions and cultures, and new insights into figures such as Nehru, Gandhi, and Buddha16/11/2009
The stranger house[Link]Summary: For years, the Stranger House has stood in the village of Illthwaite, offering refuge to travellers. People like Sam, a brilliant young mathematician, who believes that anything that can't be explained by maths isn't worth explaining. And Miguel,01/02/2008
The tenth circle[Link]Summary: When Daniel Stone was a child, he was the only white boy in a native Eskimo village where his mother taught, and he was teased mercilessly because he was different. He fought back - stealing, drinking, robbing and cheating his way out of the Alas07/02/2008
The two minute rule[Link]When an aged ex-con gets out of jail, freedom doesn't taste sweet. His son is gunned down. When the hit is exposed as a revenge killing, & the question of police corruption is raised, it is a father's last duty to clear his son's name06/10/2009
The unknown soldier[Link]Hidden in the empty vastness of the world's greatest desert - the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia - a tiny caravan of fugitives and camels moves painfully slowly towards its goal. In extreme heat and exposed to cruelly vicious storms, it is a place where on27/07/2009
The water's lovely[Link]Nine years on from her stepfather's death, Ismay & her sister, Heather, still live in the same house in Clapham. It has been divided into two self-contained flats. Their mother lives upstairs with her sister, Pamela06/10/2009
The wedding officer[Link]'The Wedding Officer' is a sumptuous tale of food to heal the deepest wounds, of the hungers of war and the bittersweet nature of love24/07/2009
Typhoon[Link]In the dying days of British rule in Hong Kong, an elderly man emerges from the sea demanding to see the Governor. He has, he says, information which threatens not just the territory's future, but that of China's stability itself. Information which, it so02/03/2009
Under enemy colours[Link]As the streets of Paris are overrun with revolutionary fervour, England prepares for the inevitable war with France. Along the south coast, the Royal Navy readies its fleet & its most capable officers. Lieutenant Charles Hayden, who has a French mother, i02/06/2009
Unforgotten[Link]After five years, Hugh Gwynne's most difficult case has come to court. His client is claiming damages for post-traumatic stress after he witnessed the death of his daughter in an horrific accident. But then, one night, Hugh's own life changes forever01/12/2009
We are family[Link]For 50 years, the tragic consequences of a teenage romance combined with a disastrous flood have estranged Rachel from her older brother Bill. As the succeeding generation of their family begins to live and love, the past and future intertwine with devast24/07/2009
When will there be good news?[Link]In Devon, six-year-old Joanna witnesses a crime. 30 years later the man convicted of the crime gets out of prison. In Edinburgh, 16-year-old Reggie works for a doctor. But Dr Hunter goes missing & Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried06/10/2009
Wicked prey[Link]Having spent the past two years in hiding following a daring and successful heist, a big-time robber is back in Minneapolis. Meanwhile, Lucas Davenport has problems of his own, targeted by a psychopathic pimp who blames him for the fact he's in a wheelcha03/12/2009
Young wives' tales[Link]Lucy stole Rose's 'happily ever after' because she wanted Rose's husband, Peter. But as Peter's interest diminishes and Lucy's domestic responsibilities increase, Lucy wonders if the 'happily ever after' is all a big con24/07/2009

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