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A fatally ill woman is suffocated in her hospital bed. Her last visitor, Madeleine Reed, is accused of the crime. There are no witnesses. Madeleine cannot recall committing the murder and has no motive.

Liam is breezing through life. Not even a national lockdown can phase him and why would it? He can simply sit it out; watch the world go by from the safety of his apartment balcony. It's a good plan and it would have worked too had it not been for the bearded homeless guy hanging out on the park bench below.

1957. Blackleigh is an elite public school for boys in Yorkshire where prejudice and seething hatreds are never far below the surface. Violence erupts against any Junior who the Seniors deem unfit. As the pressure mounts, ambitions grow, friendships become closer and scheming increases. As for Jonathan, the year is only beginning...

Joined by something which can inflict change on an unimaginable scale, the creatures of the Field must put aside their differences to avoid losing everything.

This fictional family saga is infused with a rollercoaster of events that follow a true to life historical trajectory that eventually becomes increasingly surreal. The catalogue of variously horrendous incidents has a resonance with the extravagant machinations, denial and irony conjured by Voltaire in his work Candide.

Sound and Fury explores war-time memorabilia, tape-recorded conversations, photographs and letters, to uncover amazing stories about his three closest families during the war.

Maggie Greville lived in obscurity, until her father William McEwan changed everything. He was self-made man, controller, and philanthropist, who staged the rise of Maggie A to Maggie G.

Nestled between the rolling green hills of Northamptonshire is a patch of ancient English native and non-native woodland that has its own story to tell.

2019, Hampshire. Private Detective Daniel Appleman is out walking his dog, hears an explosion and sees his house burst into flames. There can be no doubt - there is someone who will stop at nothing to kill his family.

This book is about the dangers of storytelling. When writer Pat Quinn decides to document the violent history of the gangs in his city, he intends to disguise it as fiction.

In an age of revolution, revolt and reinvention, Leon Odling is reduced to stoking coal in a fiery hellhole. His troubles are doubled when he encounters the Governors enchanting, wilful daughter. Drawn into a sinister world of lost boys and subversive science, neither could have known how high a price must be paid. By them both. Exploring the darker side of the Steampunk genre, this is an atmospheric tale set in the 1850s.

When Perdu is abandoned by the side of the road as a kitten, it's just the beginning of his problems. He might need help, but humans can mean only one thing... danger! Perdu soon finds himself in a new place... a homestead in the Northern Irish countryside, which could become the home he's always dreamed of.

Lily is only four when she realises her family is headed for disaster. A cat-and-mouse game of escape and entrapment ensues, testing Lily's resilience, resourcefulness and family loyalty. Jack, an emotionally scarred war veteran, enlists the help of his mother to turn his children against the fragile Lauren, who he has successfully driven away.

As the time passed, the fog cleared; the landscape with the green countryside meeting the grey sea and the houses arranged in a colourful order were now visible. It felt as if a curtain was raised, revealing a window to perpetuity... At least that was how it used to make him feel, but now, only emptiness...

Surrounded by death, newly transitioned London Underground worker Raagavi Saranthan cannot understand why all those around her are being violently murdered. Especially as it is those who have caused Raagavi misery who seem to be the victims of the mysterious Cheerleader. Enter Rachel Cortes, a DCI who seems to follow no laws, nor answer to anyone. Can Cortes get to the bottom of the case or is the supportive Cheerleader creating a better world? Inspired by the authors experiences on their path to gender discovery. Explores the realms of mental illness and the dangers of stereotyping. Highlights problems experienced by the LGBTQ

This book offers a refreshing approach to self-help, with easily digestible insights into the power of creative thinking. Underpinned by the author's creative background and her 27 years' experience as a business coach, the book can be enjoyed from start to finish, or dipped in and out of - one topic at a time.

Summer 2008 sees former Royal Marine John Pierce lured from running convoys in Iraq to a lucrative contract in the steamy jungles of French West Africa. He soon discovers this new theatre is even more dangerous than the war zone he left behind.

The Inside Story sweeps away the many myths that have surrounded the intriguing figure of Malcolm Arnold. It offers arresting new facts about his life, fresh insights into his music and much food for thought about the care of the mentally ill and its legal aspects.

Tessa is nine-years-old when a humiliating experience forever alters her naive perception of the society in which she lives. Nathan is twelve-years-old, dark haired and inscrutable. To Tessa, he is a dead-pan, distant ghost flitting into view and then dissolving in a blink... but an odd conversation with him changes it all.

In affluent post Edwardian Melbourne, the lives of two sisters are irrevocably altered as the secrets and misdemeanours of their parents' generation have a devastating impact on theirs.

Using a century of journals written by Susan's father Percy, and her grandfather, this book chronicles the everyday lives of her extraordinary, extended family, as told from her father's viewpoint, covering the war years and observing the changing society.

Pursuing a dream instilled by early David Attenborough television adventures, a young man from the industrial northwest of England is advised at school to become a veterinary surgeon as a first step towards a career working with wild animals in Africa.

Some strangers are dangerous, some embody kindness. Joanna can survive only by learning who is who, and which is which, before it is too late.

It's the late postgenomic era and the loss of habitable landmass has led to severe limits on human birth. In the drive for species perfection, fewer and fewer can breed, and the long-simmering tension between the reproductive 'haves' and 'have nots' is coming to the boil.

This is a story of adventure, romance and cultural history. It's a story of travel to many parts of the world; performances for TV, in iconic sports arenas, private performances in Presidential palaces and for Royalty across several continents.

This story tells of the timeless challenges brought about by immigration, settlement, and belonging; of lives challenged by terrible circumstances, where often the power of love can be the only strengthening shield.

We used to get standing ovations. Now we get ovations for standing. The last place in which that great lady of the theatre Elspeth Quest wishes to spend her final years is Dustingford Hall, rest-home for retired actors and entertainers.

Mary's own story is here revealed and given value in its own right, not merely as 'the wife of ...' or 'the mother of ...'. This remarkable woman deserves her own place in history.

As if managing your career was ever easy, the post-Covid era of remote working in a destabilised global economy has made it a daunting challenge. Moreover, the political and business leaders don't know how the 'new normal' will pan out.