At the beginning of SMOKE SCREEN, the tobacco industry is facing a multi-billion dollar lawsuit which could bankrupt the industry. But the industry decides to fight back, and decides to use Trevor to do it. And Trevor may or may not have his own agenda, which may or may not include the woman he loves […]
In Germany a Jew and a gentile fall in love during the turbulent time of Nazi indoctrination, while in Palestine an Arab and a Jewish kibbutz worker are drawn together, but know there is no future for them. All converge on Palestine after the war to continue the struggle for happiness.
A second volume of stories by authors such as A.S. Byatt, Richmal Crompton, Daphne du Maurier, Ruth Rendell, Jean Rhys, Edith Wharton, and Muriel Spark. The editors other anthologies include “The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories”.
I hate it when my mother brags about me and my sister. “Deenies the beauty and Helens the brain.” Mrs Fenner has very fixed ambitions for her daughters. Deenie is thirteen years old and gorgeous. Her mother wants her to be a model – but Deenies not so sure. So when shes diagnosed with scoliosis […]
A highly imaginative girl, Sally constantly makes up stories – stories in which she is always the star of her own lavish film spectaculars. But, when her close-knit family is separated because of her brothers illness, even Sallys daydreams are not enough to comfort her. With her beloved father left behind in New Jersey, a […]
When San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy gets a call saying his wife never picked the kids up from school, he??s worried. Frannie??s a great mother. Turns out there??s a good explanation: she??s in jail. Unbeknownst to her husband, Frannie has just appeared before a grand jury–and refused to share a crucial piece of information about […]
Present in this omnibus edition, are four unabridged novels of Baker Streets most famous resident -Sherlock Holmes and his confidant and aide, Dr. Watson. The saga of their adventures begin right from the time they are first introduced to each other by a certain “Young Stamford” to share rooms in Baker Street, where Watson chronicled […]
Follow up to BIRDS OF PREY and continuing the saga of the Courteney family. Set at the start of the 18th century in England, East Africa and Arabia. Following the lives of the three sons of Hal Courteney, who are drawn inexorably to Africa. The adventure and excitement take place on the ocean but gradually […]
A terrifying new standalone psycholgical thriller from the bestselling author of ??Retribution?? and ??The Cutting Room?? Special Agent Bobby Dees knows what grief feels like. He understands the pain of losing a child. And hell do whatever he can to prevent it from happening again. The phone call that comes on a Sunday morning will […]
Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big […]
Joanie Brewers children mean the world to her. Shed do anything to make sure theyre fed and clothed – even if it means going on the game – and she lives in constant fear that one of them will be taken from her. Eighteen-year-old Jon Jon is knee-deep in crime, and Jeanette, only fourteen, knows […]
At last —another brilliant, original and moving novel from the author of THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE. Julia and Valentina Poole are normal American teenagers – normal, at least, for identical mirror twins who have no interest in college or jobs or possibly anything outside their cozy suburban home. But everything changes when they receive notice […]
Publicly burned in China for its sensual nature and irreverent style, this novel is the semi-autobiographical story of Coco, a caf?? waitress, who is full of enthusiasm and impatience for life. She meets a young man, Tian Tian, for whom she feels tenderness and love, but he is reclusive, impotent and an increasing user of […]
Jane Austens novels have become part of the fabric of English life, and have reached new audiences through recent dramatizations on screen and stage. This book, which draws o her letters, describes Janes life in the vicarage at Steventon and later at Bath and Chawton, her relationships with family and friends-especially her beloved sister, Cassandra, […]