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Indigo Slam by Robert Crais.

 

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Life in the California sun suits Elvis Cole, until the day a fifteen year old girl and her two younger siblings walk into his office. Then everything changes.

Three years ago, a Seattle family ran for their lives in a hail of bullets.

Hired by three kids to find their missing father, Elvis now must pick up the cold pieces of a drama that began that night.

What he finds is a sordid tale of high crimes and illicit drugs. As clues to a man’s secret life emerge from the shadows, Elvis knows he’s not just up against ruthless mobsters and some very angry Feds.

He’s facing a storm of desperation and conspiracy, bearing down on three children whose only crime was their survival.

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In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride.

 

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The new Logan McRae novel from the # 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD and A SONG FOR THE DYING.

 

Sergeant Logan McRae is in trouble…

 

His missing-persons investigation has just turned up a body in the woods, naked, hands tied behind its back, and a bin bag duct taped over its head.

The Major Investigation Team charges up from Aberdeen, under the beady eye of Logan’s ex boss Detective Chief Inspector Steel.

And, as usual, she wants him to do her job for her.

 

But it’s not going to be easy: a new Superintendent is on her way up from the Serious Organised Crime Task Force, hell bent on making Logan’s life miserable; Professional Standards are gunning for Steel and Wee Hamish Mowat, head of Aberdeen’s criminal underbelly, is dying, leaving rival gangs from all over the UK eying his territory.

 

There’s a war brewing and Logan’s trapped right in the middle, whether he likes it or not.

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Runaway by Peter May.

 

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In 1965, five teenage friends fled Glasgow for London to pursue their dream of musical stardom.

Yet before year's end three returned, and returned damaged. In 2015, a brutal murder forces those three men, now in their sixties, to journey back to London and finally confront the dark truth they have run from for five decades.

 

Runaway is a crime novel covering fifty years of friendships solidified and severed, dreams shared and shattered and passions lit and extinguished; set against the backdrop of two unique and contrasting cities at two unique and contrasting periods of recent history.

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The Murder Road by Stephen Booth.

 

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For the tiny Peak District hamlet of Shawhead, there's only one road in and one road out.

Its residents are accustomed to being cut off from the world by snow or floods.

But when a lorry delivering animal feed is found jammed in the narrow lane, with no sign of the driver except for a blood stained cab, it's the beginning of something much more sinister.

 

Detective Inspector Ben Cooper must attempt to unravel the history of Secrets, lies and loyalties that will lead to the truth behind the missing lorry driver.

But the residents of Shawhead are not used to having strangers in their midst and, while getting to grips with staff changes in E Division, Ben's way forward is far from clear.

Will he turn to Detective Sergeant Diane Fry, now working in Special Operations at Nottingham's Major Crimes Unit, for help when the case takes a dramatic turn?

 

A truly outstanding mystery that's packed with foreboding Peak District atmosphere, The Murder Road is a suspense filled read that reaches a stunningly clever conclusion.

 

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Wing Leader (Fighter Pilots) by J.E. Johnson.
Forward by Group Captain Douglas Bader.
 
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The thrilling story of the top scoring Allied fighter pilot of World War II 'Johnnie' Johnson, who served with Fighter Command squadrons throughout the war, scoring his 38th and final victory in September 1944. 
From the moment the author joins his first operational Spitfire squadron in August 1940, the reader is taken on an epic journey through the great aerial fighter actions of the war including the Battle of Britain, sweeps across the Channel and over France, Dieppe and Normandy; and finally, operations across the Rhine and into Germany itself.

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Dodger (Dodger #1) by James Benmore

 

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London, 1850's.

 

After five years in an Australian penal colony, the Artful Dodger returns to London in search of a hidden fortune. Unaware of the fate that befell Twist, Fagin and Sikes, Dodger revisits the criminal underworld of Dickensian London to seek out his old comrades, any of whom might possess the key to the treasure.

 

He finds the city a changed place from his youth: with law and order upheld by a new police force, Fagin gone to the gallows, his old gang scattered and danger around every corner.

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Tribune of Rome (Vespasian #1) by Robert Fabbri.

 

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26 AD: Sixteen year old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, his sights set on finding a patron and following his brother into the army.

But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The aging emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard.

Sejanus is ruler of the Empire in all but name, but many fear that isn't enough for him.

Sejanus' spies are everywhere, careless words at a dinner party can be as dangerous as a barbarian arrow.

Vespasian is totally out of his depth, making dangerous enemies (and even more dangerous friends, like the young Caligula), and soon finds himself ensnared in a conspiracy against Tiberius.

With the situation in Rome deteriorating, Vespasian flees the city to take up his position as tribune in an unfashionable legion on the Balkan frontier.

But even here there is no escaping the politics of Rome. Unblooded and inexperienced, he must lead his men in savage battle with hostile mountain tribes, dangerous enough without renegade Praetorians and Imperial agents trying to kill him too. Somehow, he must survive long enough to uncover the identity of the traitors behind the growing revolt..

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Cambodia: Report From a Stricken Land by Henry Kamm.

 

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Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning, Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia.

Kamm's invaluable document, a factual and personal account of its troubled history gives the Western reader the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.

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Zig Zag: The Incredible Wartime Exploits Of Double Agent Eddie Chapman by Nicholas Booth

 

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Eddie Chapman was a womaniser, blackmailer and safecracker.

He was also a great hero, the most successful double agent of the Second World War.

Chapman became the only British national ever to be awarded an Iron Cross for his work for the Reich.

This book tells the story of Eddie Chapman's extraordinary exploits.

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The 5 Greatest Warriors by Matthew Reilly.

 

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IT BEGAN WITH SIX STONES . . .

From the deserts of Israel to the tsunami lashed coasts of Japan, from the steppes of Mongolia to the most mysterious island on Earth, this is what we have come to expect from Matthew Reilly: stupendous action, white knuckle suspense, heroes to cheer for, and an adventure beyond imagination. Strap yourself in and hold on tight as he unleashes his biggest and fastest adventure yet, The 5 Greatest Warriors.

 

When we last left Jack West Jr., he was plummeting into a fathomless abyss and his quest to save the world from impending Armageddon appeared doomed.

 

But all hope is not lost.

 

After an astonishing escape, Jack regroups with his trusty team.

Racing to rebuild the final pieces of the fabled “Machine,” they discover an ancient inscription containing a rhyme about five mysterious unnamed warriors, great historical figures whose knowledge will be vital to unlocking the Secrets of the Machine and its long-lost “pillars.”

But the ancients have hidden their Secrets well, and with each pillar bestowing an incredible power upon its holder, their pursuit has attracted the attention of other forces from around the world, some who want to rule it and others who want to see it destroyed.

 

With enemies coming at him from every side and the countdown to doomsday rapidly approaching, Jack and his team had better move fast.

Because they are about to find out what the end of the world looks like . . .

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Send Them to Hell: The Brutal Horrors of Bangkok's Nightmare Jails, by Sebastian Williams.

 

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Send Them to Hell is a horrifying, authentic chronicle of life as lived by foreign inmates over the past two decades in Bangkok’s notorious prison system.

Murder, human rights abuse, drugs, prisoner and child sex slavery, blackmail, extortion, extreme violence, medical maltreatment, and unjustifiable death penalties feature as everyday occurrences in the living hells that are Bangkwang and Klong Prem jails.

Sebastian Williams' blistering exposé graphically reveals this shocking reality through the eyes of a long term inmate who has endured first hand the unimaginable, inhuman nightmare that constitutes the Thai penal system.

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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

 

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A preeminent scientist and the world's most prominent atheist asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.

 

With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers.

He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence.

The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly.

It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.

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The Rabbi and the Hit Man: A True Tale of Murder, Passion, and Shattered Faith by Arthur J. Magida.

 

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A fascinating true crime narrative about the first rabbi ever accused of murder and what the case says about the role of clergy in America.

 

On the evening of November 1, 1994, Rabbi Fred Neulander returned home to find his wife, Carol, facedown on the living room floor, blood everywhere.

He called for help, but it was too late.

Two trials and eight years later, the founder of the largest reform synagogue in southern New Jersey became the first rabbi ever convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

 

In a gripping examination of the misuses of the pulpit and the self delusions of power, Arthur J. Magida paints a devastating portrait of a manipulative man who used his position of trust in the temple to attract several mistresses and to befriend a lonely recovering alcoholic, whom he convinced to kill his wife "for the good of Israel."

 

The Rabbi and the Hit Man straddles the juncture of faith and trust, and confronts issues of sex, narcissism, arrogance, and adultery.

It is the definitive account of a charismatic clergyman who paid the ultimate price for ignoring his own words of wisdom: "We live at any moment with our total past ... What we do will stay with us forever."

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Hidden Killers (Tennison #2) by Lynda La Plante

 

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A prostitute dressed in a blue rabbit fur coat walks through the darkness of Hackney Fields, seemingly alone.

But someone is waiting for her . . .

A woman is found dead in her bath, a small child crying in the room next door . . .

Is it accidental death or the perfect murder?

When WPC Jane Tennison is promoted to the role of Detective Constable in London’s Bow Street CID, she is immediately conflicted.

While her far more experienced colleagues move on swiftly from one criminal case to another, Jane is often left with doubts about their findings.

Becoming inextricably embroiled in a multiple rape case, Jane must put her life at risk in the search for answers.

Will she toe the CID line, or endanger her position by seeking the truth . . .?

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Para Handy by Neil Munro.

 

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Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News nearly a hundred years ago.

The master mariner and his crew, Dougie the mate, Macphail the engineer, Sunny Jim and the Tar, all play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow.

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Silent Witness by Richard North Patterson.

 

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1967, Lake City, Ohio. Tony Lord and Sam Robb, both in their teens, are best friends and athletic rivals.

Twenty eight years later, Tony is a successful San francisco attorney; sam is an assistant principal at Lake City High School.

Sam has never left home, and Tony has never returned since the trauma that changed his life: the brutal murder of his first love, Alison, of which he was wrongly accused and which turned everyone, even Sam, against him.

Now Sam is a suspect.

One of his female students has been murdered.

Tony, reluctantly but inevitably, comes back to defend him, at once, Tony is plunged into the unfinished business of his past. In the merciless arena of a murder trial, he must confront not only his fear that Sam is a murderer but also the buried truths that obscure the real meaning of Alison's death.

Powerful in its portrayal of the complexities of male friendship, of the darkest recesses of love, and of the many ways in which the past stakes its claim upon the present,

Silent Witness is that rare suspense novel which is far more the kind of story we have come to expect from Richard North Patterson.

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RONNIE CORBETT'S SMALL MAN'S GUIDE.

 

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Fun reading with Ronnie...

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The Ultimatum (The Guardian #1) by Karen Robards.

 

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Thief.

Manipulator.

Con artist.

Call it what you will, Bianca St. Ives is the best in the business.

 

Growing up, Bianca St. Ives knew she was different from all her friends.

Instead of playing hopscotch or combing her dolls' hair, she studied martial arts with sensei masters and dismantled explosives with special-ops retirees.

Her father prepared her well to carry on the family business. Now a striking beauty with fierce skills, the prodigy has surpassed the master.

 

She's known as the Guardian. Running a multinational firm with her father, she makes a living swindling con men out of money they stole, and she's damn good at it.

She does things on her own terms. But her latest gig had a little hiccup, if you count two hundred million dollars and top secret government documents going missing as little.

Her father also died on the mission.

The thing is, the US government doesn't believe he's really dead.

They'll stop at nothing to capture Richard St. Ives, a high value target and someone who has been on most wanted lists all over the world for over two decades, and they mean to use Bianca as bait.

With only a fellow criminal for backup and her life on the line, it's up to Bianca to uncover the terrifying truth behind what really happened, and set it right, before it's too late.

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I heard you paint houses by Charles Brandt.

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I heard you paint houses' are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank 'the Irishman' Sheeran. 
To paint a house is to kill a man. 
The paint is the blood that splatters on the wall and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the Mob, and for his friend Hoffa.
Sheeran learned to kill in the US Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat during World War 2. 
After returning home he became a hustler and a hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that he was named as one of only two non Italians on a list of the twenty-six most wanted Mob figures.
When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he refused, he would have been killed himself.
Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes brand new information on other famous murders, and provides rare insight into an infamous chapter in US and Mafia history. 
This is a page turner that is destined to become a true-crime classic.

 

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Dirty Game (Annie Carter #1) by Jessie Keane.

 

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Adultery, murder and dangerous love collide in Jessie Keane’s gritty debut thriller set in the London’s East End.

Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Lynda La Plante.

 

For longer than she cares to remember Annie Bailey has lived in the shadow of her older sister Ruthie.

Now Ruthie has her hands on Max Carter, the much feared head of the Carter family and a top class villain.

 

Seducing Max wasn't a problem, but the guilt, shame and anger of rejection afterwards was.

 

Thrown onto the streets Annie finds herself living with Celia, a wayward aunt with a shocking secret.

As the months pass Annie's resourceful nature sees her mature and carve out a life for herself, albeit not legal.

But if you play with fire, you can expect to get burned and her lavish new lifestyle and connections may be about to come crashing down around her.

 

Annie has unwittingly placed herself between two rival gangs and upset too many people, and these kind of people don't forget.

But as everyone knows, Annie Bailey is no ordinary woman.

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Firesong by Joseph Hone.

 

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New Year's Day, 1906.

A family celebrates, skating on the ice of a vast lake, far north in Russia.

Cousins of the Romanov Tsars, this is the Rumovsky family Prince Pyotr, his wife Princess Sofia, their son Ivan and twins Yelena and Alexander, and their young Irish governess, Miss Harriet.

With them is the patriarch of the family, old Prince Mikhail, a strange, towering figure, a man from another century, with his fabulous Boyars' court at the castle, a Tamburlaine of the snows...Behind the Rumovsky family and their mediaeval island castle lie 300 years of autocratic but peaceful rule. Ahead of them, the old Prince expects the same for his descendants.

It is not to be.

Firesong is the story of the Rumovskies, their lives, deaths and hazardous escapes in the nightmarish new Russia that soon engulfs them: a land stricken by famine, pestilence, war and death.

A story both intimate and epic, reminiscent of Dr Zhivago, this is a dramatic saga of men and women who fight for their destiny, in love and peace, against all the odds of war and dissolution.

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Sahara by Clive Cussler.

 

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A classic Dirk Pitt novel, where the adventurer is drawn to a secret in the burning African desert, which could destroy all life in the world’s seas.

 

A CREEPING RED TIDE OF DEATH.

 

Deep in the African desert, Dirk Pitt discovers that a top secret scientific installation is leaking a lethal chemical into the rivers, threatening to kill thousands of people and to destroy all life in the world’s seas.

 

To warn the world of the catastrophe, Pitt must escape capture and death at the hands of a ruthless West African dictator and French industrialist, and undertake a long, perilous journey across the merciless Sahara…

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The Heart of a Leader by Kenneth H. Blanchard.

 

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INFLUENCE IS AN ART

And it shows millions of people have improved their leadership style and "people skills" after reading Ken Blanchard's book The One-Minute Manager.

Now, Blanchard helps us discover the art of influence through the greatest life and leadership lessons he's learned in his rich career as an educator and business leader.

The Heart of a Leader offers Blanchard's insight and wisdom on choosing values, aiming for excellence, maintaining integrity, finding the courage to change, helping others reach their potential, and more.

With The Heart of a Leader you'll master key attitudes and actions to impact the lives of those around you, Influence is an art and it begins with the heart of a leader.

It's time to let your heart soar.

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Tainted Lives by Mandasue Heller.

 

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Sarah Mullen is a beautiful child who, at seven years old, is put into care by her drug-addicted mother.

Trying to live with the rejection is bad enough, but no one could have prepared her for the pain that was yet to come. Harry Shaw is the boy that everyone bullies, the kid whose own mother locked him in a cupboard so she wouldn't have to look at his face, and then left him there.

When he meets Sarah for the first time, a friendship is instantly forged.

And out of a Desire to be loved an alliance is born.

Then into their lives comes Vinnie Walker, a good looking and calculating thirteen year old who will change both their lives forever.

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Russ Paley's Ultimate Guide to Network Marketing: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Wealth by Russell Paley.

 

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Russell Paley has already trained thousands of men and women to be successful in network marketing.

The methods he presents have worked for Russell and all his students who've applied them.

What you'll learn is a highly evolved plan which, if you follow it, is guaranteed to help you down the road to wealth.

No matter which networking company you are associated with, Russ Paley's Ultimate Guide to Network Marketing will teach you how to succeed.

You'll learn all the Secrets to:

 

- Picking the right networking company for you.

- Getting people off to a quick start.

- Creating massive duplication in your business

- Prospecting painlessly and effectively.

- Building excitement in an audience.

- Keeping morale high in your own downline.

- Maximizing both current and future income.

- Saving significantly on taxes.