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One cold November night, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, fifteen-year-old Richard Jahnke Jr., ROTC leader and former Boy Scout, waited for his parents to return from celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the night they met. When his father got out of the car, the boy blasted him through the heart with a twelve-gauge pump-action shotgun. Richard's seventeen-year-old sister, Deborah, was sitting on the living room couch with a high-powered rifle - just in case her brother missed.

The murder of a young girl found barefoot in a country park and the re-emergence of shoes from the victims of a serial killer from over 40 years ago. A coincidence or a connection? Will Blake is determined to find out, but as he unearths the past, questions are raised about the original investigations, and it becomes clear that The Wirral has a killer on the loose, once again.

Successful journalist Erin Kelly has electrified readers and critics alike with her debut novel The Poison Tree. In this scintillating work, Karen and her daughter Alice have established a safe, happy life free from the madness of Karen’s past. But when Karen’s former lover Rex is released from prison, her old associations intrude upon the present - and threaten everything she holds dear.

She’d waited years for this moment…for him. You can always go home…but what will you find when you do. Jonathan Hansen is about to find out. For years they’ve hidden a huge secret…an island that was home to their small town, the families and friends who lived there, and the secrets they've kept for generations. But danger might be right beyond the water’s edge. Together, two guarded hearts are willing to face the impending threat and the danger it poses to the tranquility of their home. Ainslin O’Cleary wasn’t the type to over-react but she was beginning to feel a little ...

The year is 1831. As England emerges from the post war depression, the country is changing, and the birth pains of the Reform Act bring it to the brink of revolution. The violent times breed violent acts, both outside and inside the Morland family. Sophie's life is shattered by a hideous crime. Rosamund learns that achieving her dreams brings as much pain as pleasure. Heloise, mourning her beloved James, let’s control of Morland Place fall into chaos. And amongst them all stalks the deadly, invisible threat of cholera.

It is the sweltering summer of 1997 when strait-laced, straight-A student Karen meets Biba - a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress.She is drawn to her new friend’s carefree world of constant parties, and quickly abandons her old life to move into the crumbling Highgate mansion Biba shares with her brother Rex and a stream of lodgers. For a while, life is one long summer of love. But summer must end. And by the end of theirs, two people would be dead...

At the end of his life, William Blake (1757-1827) gave up hope of being widely understood, but the twentieth century brought to his work a new and intense interest and acclaim.

Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. When Briseis’ aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined - it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world.

Dive into a passionate narrative that explores the complexities of love through the eyes of Suraj Mukhi, who embodies self-effacing devotion to her husband, Nagendra. Experience the innocent yet profound affection of Kunda Nandani for Nagendra, and the tumultuous lust of Debendra for Kunda Nandani. As Nagendras unwavering love for Suraj Mukhi becomes clouded by his infatuation with Kunda Nandani, their intertwined fates reveal the poignant struggles of the heart. (Summary by Vineymala)

Footsteps in the Poison Ivy Patch is mostly a collection of political and satirical commentary, with a few gallant attempts at genteel observations. The highlight, though, is a picturesque critique on the United States, taking, past, present, and current issues and exposing the deceit and follies that have repeated themselves, starting from the founding of the United States to the current day.

Life has gotten a little boring for Elmer Gilhooley. He hates his job as a process server and he’s so bad at it that he gets fired and rehired monthly when his employers are chronically unable to find a replacement. For a hobby, Elmer has taken to poaching wolves to annoy the local game warden, but so far the response isn’t what he’d hoped for. It looks as if Elmer may never have any fun again until a chance to resume his old job as a bounty hunter comes along.

Dawn, a woman unfulfilled and living her life vicariously through her sister, has found a way to come to terms with her lot, investing all her energy into maintaining the close family ties - strong bonds that are complex and not how they appear to others. When faced with the shock of betrayal, threatening to derail all she holds precious, Dawn commits an unspeakable act - one that goes undetected but, later, comes back to haunt her. A tragic accident brings an unexpected turn in her life and, in its aftermath, an opportunity for Dawn to realise her dreams. But fate has other things in store...

Mary Wester, who grew up near Wichita, Kansas, raises all kinds of sunflowers, tall and dwarf, yellow and red, and some the color of cherry chocolate. When Mary’s daughter develops migraine headaches, the family trades red sunflower seeds for plants that may help with health and healing. Explore what Mary receives and why people are growing what they grow and share. Interspersed are recipes for teas, tinctures, herbal medicines, aromatherapy, soaps, salves, and growing tips, as well as stories from the point of view of Red, the sunflower who grew all the red sunflower seeds, Mary sends ...

Olivia Sanders, a young actress with a passion for detective novels, is hired by Lady Frances Calloway to find out who killed her aunt Mary, a 70-year-old woman who was apparently loved by everyone. The woman died two weeks earlier, during afternoon tea, poisoned with a powerful dose of arsenic, but Inspector Burton of Scotland Yard is still in the dark. Olivia must conduct an investigation alongside the police and travel from London to Blackwood, a village a few miles from the capital. She is accompanied by her best friend Violet, a hairdresser who has improvised as her assistant. The plan...

'A bold, beautiful, sexy, full-throttle thriller: immaculately constructed and rich with detail, it is a gorgeous, creepy Gothic story for our times' NICCI FRENCH 'The queen of psychological gothic reigns' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'Literary crime novel is justified here' SUNDAY TIMES 'Mysteries galore...