When PI Sam Falconer is asked to investigate the disappearance of a talented young rower from Oxford University, she hopes it will take her mind off her creeping feeling of being watched. Harry was a stunning athlete, but just as trials for the Boat Race were beginning he literally vanished into the snow. Sam discovers that beneath the apparent camaraderie of the world of rowing, there's a simmering current of jealousy and resentment. Then a body surfaces in the water - and it's not Harry's.

Cutting Blades

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Victoria Blake

Thrillers & Suspense

Magna Large Print Books

Sam Falconer is pretty good at taking care of herself. Four times world judo champion, she now runs the Gentle Way investigation agency in London. But when her brother Mark asks her to return to Oxford to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, Sam finds herself confronting a past she hoped she'd left behind. Oxford is full of ghosts and Sam has never quite recovered from finding the body of a murdered 4-year-old girl there. To this day, she has no idea what led her to the scene and she dreads being back in the city. As Sam begins to investigate the woman's disappearance, she finds the trail leads back to the university. But the closed academic world is unwilling to share its secrets with a stranger. Soon it becomes clear that someone is determined to frighten her off the case, and then, out of the blue, Sam receives a letter from a man who's been dead for twenty-eight years - her father...Intricately woven and ingeniously plotted, Victoria Blake's debut novel marks her as an exciting new voice in British crime-writing.

Bloodless Shadow

The year hasn't got off to the best of starts for PI Sam Falconer. London is frozen in a January blizzard, and everywhere she goes, Sam has the creeping feeling of being watched. When she's asked to investigate the disappearance of a talented young rower from Oxford University, she hopes it will take her mind off her increasing paranoia. Harry was a stunning athlete, one of the most naturally gifted rowers the Oxford coach had ever seen. Then, just as the trials for the Boat Race were beginning, Harry literally vanished into the snow. Following the treacherous, icy waters of the Thames from Putney to Oxford, Sam begins to pick at the seams of the ruthlessly competitive world of rowing. Beneath the apparent camaraderie, there's a simmering current of jealousy and resentment. Harry haunts her - an elusive figure just beyond reach. Then a body surfaces in the water - and it's not Harry's. In discovering the truth about his disappearance, Sam must open a Pandora's Box of secrets, with deadly consequences...CUTTING BLADES is the second novel to feature Sam Falconer, one of the most fascinating private investigators in contemporary crime fiction.

Mystery

Orion Publishing

Oxford, May Morning. The city rejoices in the spring, but life at St Barnabas's College has become increasingly sinister of late, and now events have taken a deadly turn. PI Sam Falconer is perfectly placed to investigate. After all, she grew up in Oxford and her brother Mark teaches at St Barnabas's. When Mark vanishes, and Sam's mother receives a card announcing a funeral mass for him, Sam fears her family's brutal history has come back to haunt them. For the Falconers, the sins of the father are all too real...

Skin and Blister

orion#

Jumping The Cracks

<p>For private investigator Sam Falconer, Oxford seems to be a place of sin and secrets. And now she's come back home to set up a branch of her detective agency, she's about to turn up even more trouble, which all seems to lead back to a strange museum and its grisly collection of shrunken heads and demonic masks.</p>

Jumping the Cracks

For private investigator Sam Falconer, Oxford seems to be a place of sin and secrets. And now she's come back home to set up a branch of her detective agency, she's about to turn up even more trouble, which all seems to lead back to a strange museum and its grisly collection of shrunken heads and demonic masks.

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Orion Books

<p>Written by Steve Weiner (The Will Eisner Companion) and Jason Hall (Beware the Creeper, Trigger, Detective Comics) and densely illustrated with classic images from the comics as well as a handful of new drawings from Mignola, this volume offers thorough documentation of the Hellboy universe, compiling the many complex pieces that make up the life of the World's Greatest Paranormal Investigator into an easily understandable format. From Abe Sapien to the secret origin of the world, this complete compendium is every hardcore Hellboy fan's key to the mind of Mike Mignola, and the ultimate introduction for anyone looking to begin their journey in the weird and wondrous world he has created.</p>

The Hellboy Companion

Stephen Weiner

Jason Hall

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dark Horse

Titian's Boatman

Black and White Publishing

Nell is a heartwarming story of life in the early 1900s in America's largest privately owned home, the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. Beautiful illustrations by Virginia Palmer bring to life the main character, Lilly Staton. Lilly and her parents travel to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to receive treatment for Lilly, who has tuberculosis, a dreadful disease of the era. Cornelia Vanderbilt, the only child of George and Edith Vanderbilt, befriends Lilly. The Vanderbilts were one of the wealthiest families in America during the Gilded Industrial age.The two friends are soon joined by Ellen Jorith, an African-American child, also recovering from tuberculosis. Amid wonderful, physical descriptions of the Biltmore House, My Days with Nell portrays the Vanderbilts as compassionate, caring people and faithful friends.My Days with Nell captivates the imagination of children, transporting them to another time. It inspires the reader to do as George Vanderbilt did: "Leave a Legacy" of blessings for others.

My Days with Nell

Grateful Steps Foundation

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Cutting Blades

Bloodless Shadow

Cutting Blades

Skin and Blister

Jumping the Cracks

Jumping the Cracks

Jumping The Cracks

The Hellboy Companion

Titian's Boatman

My Days with Nell