Will your past always catch up with you? ... Tessa Dannall is excited and happy when her daughter, Nia, arrives at their family's tropical beach resort to get married. Tessa is also trying to forget the last time she went to a wedding on this beach and how that day changed her life for ever. But as the big day draws near, Tessa realises she must face the deadly ghosts from her past - or they may ruin her daughter's future. "Terrifically addictive" Good Housekeeping "Beautifully written" Closer "Koomson just gets better and better" Woman and Home ... |
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Sometimes divorce can be deadly. ... Kate wants a clean break from her husband Jack. They can still be friends. She just doesn't want to stay married to him. But Jack doesn't want a friend. He wants a wife. He wants Kate. And he will do anything to keep her. Jack remembers his wedding vow: "Till death do us part". He always keeps a promise. ... |
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Sometime the people we meet change our lives for ever. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... It's an exciting day for Timothy Flowers. It's the third of November, and it's Friday, and it's his twenty-first birthday. When Timothy walks to his usual street corner to see his favorite special bus, he meets Charlie. Charlie is a builder who is desperate for Timothy's help because Timothy is very tall, six feet six inches. Timothy has never had a job before - or no work that he's kept for more than a day. But when Timothy and Charlie have to collect money from a local ... |
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A young woman finds her way in a world at war. ... On 3rd September 1939, Amy Browning decided to start writing a diary. It was a momentous day for so many reasons. It was Amy's 18th birthday; her sister had just given birth to a baby boy; and on the radio it was announced that Great Britain was now at war with Germany. For a while, life didn't change very much for Amy. Living with her family in Opal Street, Liverpool, Amy and her friend both got jobs at a factory, and spent their free time looking round the shops, or watching the ships being loaded at the docks. But as the months went by, things began to change. ... |
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Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
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Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Queenie. How do you find the one in a million? ... Sapphire is the hot-headed leader of the Red Roses in an area where gang loyalty is all that matters. But after a tragic event, Sapphire vows to leave her old life, friends and her gang behind. Life without the Red Roses and the violence that always followed them is certainly quieter. When she meets a boy called Apollo on her way to Notting Hill Carnival, she forms an instant bond with him. She thinks he could be the one. Until she discovers he’s a member of rival gang, the Gold Teeth. Will she ever escape her past with the ... |
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The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... She gave you everything. But what does she want in return? When Lizzie’s daughter Meg is given a life-saving heart transplant, Lizzie feels hugely grateful to the nameless donor. Then she receives a letter from the donor’s mother, Karen, asking to meet, and it seems like the least she can do. But as soon as Karen is welcomed into their lives, Lizzie feels something isn’t right. And before long, she can’t help but worry that by inviting Karen in, she might have put Meg in danger... ... |
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Джо Демарко е ветеран в решаването на проблемите на своя шеф Джон Махоуни, конгресмен с почти неограничена власт, но и много тайни. Затова и последната му задача - да помогне на прокуратурата да получи осъдителна присъда за убийство, извършено в един бар в Ню Йорк - изглежда като детска игра. Петима свидетели са видели млад мъж да застрелва друг млад мъж в заведението и делото би трябвало да приключи бързо. Още повече когато жертвата най-изненадващо се оказва син на Джон Махоуни, който настоява за справедливост. Неочаквано процесът рязко се забавя. Свидетелите започват да изчезват или да променят показанията си. Върху ... |
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Представете си, че сте прекарали първите 10 години от своя живот без родители, живеейки под стълбите в дома на семейство, което ви мрази. И на единайстия си рожден ден откривате, че сте истински магьосник! Точно това се случва с Хари Потър в този пленяващ забавен роман. Хари Потър не знае нищо за "Хогуортс" до момента, в който множество мистериозни писма започват да се изсипват в дома на семейство Дърсли на улица "Привит Драйв". Адресирани до него, надписани със зелено мастило върху жълтеникав пергамент и запечатани с лилав печат, те бързо будят подозрението на противните леля и чичо на момчето и са ... |
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Историята на момиче, което се учи как да живее от момче, което иска да умре. Теодор Финч е запленен от идеята за смъртта. Всеки ден той обмисля различни начини, по които може да умре. Но и всеки ден търси и намира нещо, заради което да живее. Вайълет Мърки живее за бъдещето и брои дните до завършването, когато ще избяга от малкия град в Индиана и от мъката, която я задушава, след като внезапно загубва сестра си. Срещата на Финч и Вайълет, шест етажа над земята, се оказва съдбоносна и за двамата. И когато тази странна двойка обединява усилията си в училищен проект за забележителностите в родния им щат, младите хора ... |
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50 th anniversary edition. Over 30 million copies sold worldwide. ... "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of ... |
