Author : Jack Slater
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008223580
‘There are lots of twists and turns in this book and it has the makings of a great series’ – Annette (Netgalley) A missing child. A dead body. A killer on the loose.
Author : Jack Slater
Publisher : HQ Digital
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 2024-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008742904
'There are lots of twists and turns in this book and it has the makings of a great series' - Annette (Netgalley) A missing child. A dead body. A killer on the loose.
Author : Chris Lynch
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0545861632
"All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus Reviews for the World War II series Discover the secret missions behind America's greatest conflicts.Danny Manion has been fighting his entire life. Sometimes with his fists. Sometimes with his words. But when his actions finally land him in real trouble, he can't fight the judge who offers him a choice: jail... or the army.Turns out there's a perfect place for him in the US military: the Studies and Observation Group (SOG), an elite volunteer-only task force comprised of US Air Force Commandos, Army Green Berets, Navy SEALS, and even a CIA agent or two. With the SOG's focus on covert action and psychological warfare, Danny is guaranteed an unusual tour of duty, and a hugely dangerous one. Fortunately, the very same qualities that got him in trouble at home make him a natural-born commando in a secret war. Even if almost nobody knows he's there.National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch begins a new, explosive fiction series based on the real-life, top-secret history of US black ops.
Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 29,97 MB
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0771076312
By Canada's premier, bestselling crime fiction writer, the twenty-first book in the much-loved Inspector Banks series, now a television series on PBS, for readers of Ian Rankin and Michael Connelly. A disgraced college lecturer is found murdered with £5,000 in his pocket on a disused railway line near his home. Since being dismissed from his job for sexual misconduct four years previously, he has been living a poverty-stricken and hermit-like existence in this isolated spot. There are many suspects, mostly at the college where he used to teach, but Banks, much to the chagrin of Detective Chief Superintendent Gervaise, soon becomes fixated on Lady Veronica Chalmers, who appears to have links with the victim going back to the early '70s at the University of Essex, then a hotbed of political activism. When Banks suspects that Lady Chalmers is not telling him the whole truth and pushes his inquiries a bit too far, he is brought on the carpet and warned to lay off. He must continue to conduct his investigation surreptitiously, under the radar, with the help of new DC Geraldine Masterson, while DI Annie Cabbot and DS Winsome Jackman continue to rattle skeletons at Eastvale College. When the breakthroughs come, they are not the ones that Banks and his team expected, and everything turns in a different direction, and moves into higher gear.
Author : Lauren Tarshis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 10,96 MB
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338317407
It was a battle that would change the course of World War II... New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis commemorates the Normandy landings in this pulse-pounding story of the largest seaborne invasion in history. Eleven-year-old Paul’s French village has been under Nazi control for years. His Jewish best friend has disappeared. Food is scarce. And there doesn’t seem to be anything Paul can do to make things better. Then Paul finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home. The soldier says the Allies have a plan to crush the Nazis once and for all. But the soldier needs Paul’s help. This is Paul’s chance to make a difference. Soon he finds himself in the midst of the largest invasion in history. Can he do his part to turn horror into hope? New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tells the story of the battle that became the foundation for the Allied victory in World War II. Includes a section of nonfiction backmatter with more facts about the real-life event.
Author : Nancy E. Turner
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 40,25 MB
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250036585
One of Book Riot's top 100 Must-Read Books of American Historical Fiction! Nancy Turner burst onto the literary scene with her hugely popular novels These Is My Words, Sarah's Quilt, and The Star Garden. Now, Turner has written the novel she was born to write, this exciting and heartfelt story of a woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution. The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England grow, Resolute is torn between following the rules and breaking free. Resolute's talent at the loom places her at the center of an incredible web of secrecy that helped drive the American Revolution. Heart-wrenching, brilliantly written, and packed to the brim with adventure, My Name is Resolute is destined to be an instant classic.
Author : Judith Flanders
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1782393781
The idea that 'home' is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to think about it. But, as Judith Flanders shows in this revealing book, 'home' is a relatively new concept. When in 1900 Dorothy assured the citizens of Oz that 'There is no place like home', she was expressing a view that was a culmination of 300 years of economic, physical and emotional change. In The Making of Home, Flanders traces the evolution of the house across northern Europe and America from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century, and paints a striking picture of how the homes we know today differ from homes through history. The transformation of houses into homes, she argues, was not a private matter, but an essential ingredient in the rise of capitalism and the birth of the Industrial Revolution. Without 'home', the modern world as we know it would not exist, and as Flanders charts the development of ordinary household objects - from cutlery, chairs and curtains, to fitted kitchens, plumbing and windows - she also peels back the myths that surround some of our most basic assumptions, including our entire notion of what it is that makes a family. As full of fascinating detail as her previous bestsellers, The Making of Home is also a book teeming with original and provocative ideas.
Author : Andrea Japp
Publisher : Gallic Books
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1910477192
Andrea Japp uses her remarkable knowledge of French history to tell an intricate and spellbinding story of a battle between church and state. 'An excellent read' Historical Novels Review 1304. The Church and the French Crown are locked in a power struggle. In the Normandy countryside, monks on a secret mission are brutally murdered and a poisoner is at large at Clairets Abbey. Young noblewoman Agnès de Souarcy fights to retain her independence but must face the Inquisition, unaware that she is the focus of an ancient quest.
Author : Jack Slater
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,90 MB
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008227004
Looking for more from DS Peter Gayle? Then don’t miss this chilling new police procedural! A dead body. A mysterious murder. A serial killer on the loose.
Author : Jenny O'Brien
Publisher : HQ Digital
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008457051
'Absolutely brilliant. The most twisted story I've ever read.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars A MISSING GIRL. A RACE AGAINST TIME. Ten-year-old Elodie Fry vanishes overnight, along with a rucksack filled with her meagre belongings. Detective Gaby Darin and her team are fighting the clock to reunite Elodie with her distraught mother - but was Elodie kidnapped or did she run? Later that day, a local undertaker uncovers a nasty surprise: the remains of an unidentified second adult among a late pensioner's ashes. Torn between the two investigations, Gaby decides the gruesome discovery at the crematorium must wait - the team are desperate to find Elodie before they lose her trail. But as she follows the evidence, Gaby realises the two cases have a sinister connection... and there's a killer on the loose. Can Gaby find the missing girl alive... or is she already too late? Full of twists and turns, this gripping thriller will keep you hooked to the end. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, LJ Ross and D.S. Butler. Readers LOVE Lost Souls! 'Absolutely brilliant... A great story line and characters that are easy to relate to. Highly recommended.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars 'I think this is the best in the series so far. I read it in a couple of hours! Bring on the next one.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars 'I love reading this series, it gets better with every book. It is a great story which had me gripped from the start.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars 'Lost Souls has exceeded my expectations. I already want to read a new case of this fascinating series.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars 'This book had intrigue, suspense, action, drama, heartache and heartbreak. It was a real who done it!' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars 'With great characterisation and a beautiful Welsh setting, this is a winner.' Woman's Weekly
