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Money to burn Money to burn Elizabeth Cadell No wonder the three old aunts were decidedly odd. There had been no money to launch them into Society so they had lived at Trystings all these years, never travelling, never meeting people. For what … OL104225W
Regency Runaway Regency Runaway Gillian Kaye Amanda Welford loves and respects her father, but dislikes her stepmother. The pair have arranged for Amanda to marry the elderly Mr. Jocelyn Broome. In exchange for Amanda's hand, Mr. Broome is to s… OL109646W
Mistress at a Price Mistress at a Price Sara Craven Another wedding, another hat...and more hours spent with a fixed smile plastered on her face. Until Cat meets Liam Hargreaves. The millionaire offers her one explosive, passionate encounter and Cat d… OL11327642W
Chasing Vermeer Chasing Vermeer Blue Balliett When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. OL123801W
Just take my heart Just take my heart Mary Higgins Clark After famous actress Natalie Raines is found in her home, dying from a gunshot wound, police immediately suspect her theatrical agent and jealous soon-to-be-ex-husband, Gregg Aldrich. But no charges … OL12998W
A chieftain finds love A chieftain finds love Barbara Cartland After two years as a celebrated soprano in London, Isa McNaver was home at last, among the hills and rocky coast of her beloved Scotland. All was peace... until Isa learned of a treacherous plot to u… OL134922W
A serpent of Satan A serpent of Satan Barbara Cartland The Earl of Rochester thought that the room had suddenly been lit with a thousand candles as Ophelia's eyes met his. With a little murmur she moved towards him and hid her face against his shoulde… OL137129W
The mysterious maid-servant The mysterious maid-servant Barbara Cartland The Mysterious Maid-Servant by Barbara Cartland Giselda had nowhere to turn. Without the money for the operation her young brother might die. Her wealthy employer, the Earl of Lyndhurst, might … OL137233W
The siege The siege Stephen White Stephen White—author of over a dozen New York Times bestsellers— returns with a relentlessly propelled, thriller that will remind readers of his acclaimed Kill Me. Stephen White’s Alan Gregory novels… OL14847921W
Walter's purple heart Walter's purple heart Catherine Ryan Hyde "Michael Steeb is an aimless twenty-one-year-old pot farmer living a day-to-day existence in an unfinished farmhouse in central California in the 1980s. He has no real plans or interests - until the … OL14927672W
Who Dares Win Who Dares Win Chris Ryan,Ryan, Chris,Chris Ryan Two brothers. One mission. And a whole world of trouble… Sam and Jacob Redman. Two brothers, SAS through and through. They fight alongside each other; they watch each other's backs. They are ruthless… OL14990378W
Notwithstanding Notwithstanding Louis de Bernières A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers.A Frenchman once pointed out to Louis de Bernieres that Britain was the most exotic country in Europe, addin… OL15171508W
Beneath the Sun Beneath the Sun Claire Lorrimer It was a routine flight bound for Africa but the passengers were destined never to arrive. Hijacked at gunpoint, the pilot is forced to land in the desert where, in the blistering heat and with remot… OL15393557W
Split Second Split Second Catherine Coulter A serial killer is on the loose, and it's up to FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock to bring him down. They soon discover that the killer has blood ties to the infamous and now long-dead mons… OL16141968W
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. When Elsa's grandmother dies and le… OL17295076W
The Shepherd's Crown The Shepherd's Crown Terry Pratchett The final Discworld novel. OL17321009W
A delicate truth A delicate truth John le Carré Gibraltar, 2008. A counter-terrorist operation codenamed Wildlife is mounted on the British crown colony to abduct a high-value jihadist arms buyer. So delicate is the operation that even the Foreign… OL19969242W
Lost among the living Lost among the living Simone St. James "England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex's wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie F… OL20027513W
Look to the Lady; or, The Gyrth Chalice Mystery Look to the Lady; or, The Gyrth Chalice Mystery Margery Allingham The Gyrth family had guarded the Gyrth Chalice for hundreds of years. It was held by them for the British Crown. Its antiquity, its beauty, the legends that were connected with it, all combined to ma… OL2004230W
The dry The dry Jane Harper "Federal Agent Aaron Falk hasn't been back to the place where he grew up in twenty years. Not since he and his father were run out of town. Even when Falk gets word that his childhood best friend, Lu… OL20052676W
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