British House

You are cordially invited to a murder… Judith Spears was expecting a quiet retirement. Instead, she’s investigating a killing at a country estate. When a loud-mouthed media celebrity is accused of murder, he insists he’s been framed—and for reasons Judith would rather keep to herself, she’s inclined to believe him. So she agrees to help. As Judith begins to dig, it quickly becomes clear that nothing about the case is straightforward. Secrets lurk behind polite smiles. Alibis don’t quite hold. And someone is determined to keep the truth buried. Unfortunately for them— Judith ...

Great Value! 12 Book Box Set at a very special price of 99c, limited time only. Grab all 12 haunted house complete stories for one low price! DOWNLOAD FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED If you love scary stories, things that go bump in the night, ghostly encounters, strange, unexplained noises and visits from the grave, you'll love Haunted House Evil. Something evil resides in all of these places, and it never plans to leave. The set includes: The Haunting of Hilltop Mansion The Haunting of Maple Mansion The Haunting of Thomas House The Haunting of Whitfield Mansion The Haunting of Owensboro ...

The House on Thornhallow Moor (Book One of the Between Heartbeats Series) On the wind-swept cliffs overlooking Blackwater Hollow stands Thornhallow Moor—a house bound by secrets older than the sea. When Clara Wren returns to the neglected Victorian estate of her childhood, she expects memories, perhaps even closure. But the house has waited patiently for her arrival, harboring more than just dust and echoes of the past. Whispers drift through empty rooms, footprints glisten with seawater, and in the shadows stands Silas Vale—a ship’s captain lost to a storm over a century ago. Bound ...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE Lucy Sheppard hadn't been back to the small town of Woodforge Valley in a long time, but it still didn't seem long enough since she'd set foot inside the black hole of terror that had once been her childhood home. The family run care home had closed its doors some time ago and her mother had spent her final months fading away inside the manor house walls. The large building and sprawling grounds have seen better days, a once proud beacon on the local map now lies in tatters as...

For once, a novel that isn’t about the heroine getting the guy. It’s about getting rid of the guy, and in the process, finding herself. Helen is nearly forty, and has, for far too long, had an affair with Matthew, a high-powered, much older, attractive, married man who was once, of course...

Great British Houses: The Anglophile’s Guide to Britain’s Stately Homes is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to some of the most magnificent and historically significant houses in Britain. This book takes you on a journey through the grandest and most elegant homes, castles, and manors in Britain, and provides you with a wealth of information about their history, culture, and architectural significance. In this book, you can explore the grandeur of houses like Highclere Castle, the setting for the popular TV series Downton Abbey, or the stunning Blenheim Palace, which was the ...

Great Value! 13 Book Haunted House Ghost Tales Box Set Grab all 13 complete haunted house stories for one low price. Get your scare on with haunting stories you may not want to read alone. The stories are full of terrifying encounters, noises that go bump in the night, ghosts that want to destroy, and evil that is so dark and sinister it will never go away. Each spooky place has a past so gruesome, you must be out of your mind to want to live there. The 13 Book Box Set includes: The Haunting of Langdon House The Haunting of Mercer House The Haunting of Camp Lakewood The Haunting of Bella ...

Jemima Jago has moved back home to the enchanting Isles of Scilly. Ready for a fresh start in a quaint coastal village, she can be found in the stacks of Cornwall’s oldest library by day and stargazing in the cove at night. Jem finds the slower pace of life suits her perfectly, until she stumbles across a very curious crime.....

This book presents a comprehensive history of the existential war waged between the Anglo-Dutch imperial system and what became known as the American System of political economy ever since the creation of the predatory British and Dutch East India Companies. On that basis, the book presents a counterintuitive solution to the crisis confronting humanity today, arguing that only a combination of the Four Powers, the USA, Russia, China and India, has the power to finally dismantle the Anglo-Dutch imperial system as it emerged from the British and Dutch East India Companies. The book documents ...

The definitive portrait of Kate Middleton, the beloved and private Princess of Wales, tracing her stunning rise from working-class roots to queen-in-waiting, from #1 New York Times bestselling royal biographer Christopher Andersen. Kate is one of the most photographed, most talked about, most...

The house sees everything. And so does he. When architect Lena Marsh and her husband Tom buy Cliffside — a stunning glass house perched on the Cornish cliffs — it feels like a dream come true. Designed by the brilliant Julian Voss, who tragically fell to his death six months ago, the house is a masterpiece of light, space, and glass. The auction price was suspiciously low. But Lena doesn’t ask questions. She’s too busy falling in love with the views. Then she finds the cameras. Hidden in the walls, embedded in the mirrors, wired into every room. Julian wasn’t just an architect —...

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INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A rollicking history of England’s kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and excessive beheadings by award-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell “Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell...

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1952. In a very upmarket London brothel, two people - a patron and a prostitute - are found dead. The establishment is frequented by some of the most influential figures in the country - MPs, senior civil servants, military officers, businessmen, members of the peerage, etc. Some thirty years earlier, an attempt to close the place down had ended in ignominious failure. Whether this is a double murder or a murder and suicide is unclear. But whichever it might be, the deaths have occurred in a place with very sensitive connections (and a history which has become a legend in the Metropolitan ...

*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden* *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* ***WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022*** 'A gripping thriller' Ian Rankin **** Slough House - the crumbling office building to...

A naked man spreadeagled on a bare floor. Pagan symbols. Human sacrifice in suburban London. 'I thought they used virgins,' Sergeant Wendy Gladstone says. She's seen plenty in her career, but this is a first—middle-class affluence meeting ancient ritual murder. 'He might have been,' DI Larry Hill replies flippantly. He's seen worse, but even he's unsettled. When Detective Chief Inspector Isaac Cook arrives at the suburban house, he takes one look at the body and walks outside. 'It's a murder, that's all we need to know,' he tells his team. But this killing has roots that go deeper than ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Book of the Year in The Times and Financial Times ‘This isn’t a book; it’s a case for revolution’ CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES ‘A damning cannonball of truth through the York ramparts’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Surely has a claim to the title of book of the...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post HuffPost The Seattle Times Lit Hub...

The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. “A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural spaces, operating on timescales both intimate and geological. I...