A place of pilgrimage, retreat, and spiritual renewal, St. Sylvan's-at-Rest is, in its own way, a small paradise. And, as Deacon Theodora Braithwaite quickly discerns, this motley, irritable party of pilgrims is in urgent need of spiritual balm. But scarcely have they arrived when the calm is shattered by an act of symbolic violence -- which soon goes beyond the symbolic.

Every Deadly Sin

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

D.M. Greenwood

Mystery

Headline Book Publishing, Limited

Twelve-year-old Tammy Franklin has learned too much about death, too quickly. Two years ago she lost her mother to a long, lingering illness and now the body of the woman her father married in an attempt to replace his wife has been found on a railway embankment close to the Franklin farm. This time the death is murder.As Superintendent Markby, one of the first on the scene, well knows, Tammy now stands to have her father taken from her, for Hugh Franklin is suspect number one in the mind of the inspector to whom Markby has delegated the case. But, despite his need to distance himself from the murder, Markby begins to realise that the truth is destined to be far more complex than he ever envisaged ...

Beneath These Stones

GRANGER, Ann

The first biography of Catherine Cookson to be written with her co-operation. Dudgeon tells the story of the ninety year old authoress through the heroines of her books - all of whom reflect some part of her personality, and particularly her harsh early life in Newcastle.

The girl from Leam Lane: the life and writing of Catherine Cookson

Dudgeon, P.

Sal Kilkenny, single mother and private eye, has two very frightened clients on her hands.  One, divorcee Debbie Gosforth, is the victim of a deranged stalker; the other, teenager Luke Wallace, is afraid he might be a murderer.  Both are likeable, vulnerable but frustratingly unreliable - Debbie through blind fear, Luke because he simply cannot remember the night when, off his head on Ecstasy and alcohol, he is alleged to have stabbed his best friend, Ahktar Khan, to death.  But as Sal sets about finding the identity of the stalker who's making Debbie's life a living hell, the IRA bomb the Arndale Centre and a summer of terror begins...

Dead Wrong

STAINCLIFFE, CATH

Thrillers & Suspense

The Midnight Tour

Literature & Fiction

Richard. Laymon

Genre Fiction

In this puzzling Victorian whodunnit master chef Auguste Didier issuspected of the murder of the steward Greeves and is forced to turn detective to prove his innocence. Greeves had not been the most popular figure below stairs, and Auguste uncovers a multitudeof motives amongst the staff, whilst finding time to concoct the most delectable dishes for the noble family upstairs. The family and guests find the murder most amusing - until one of them is killed.

Murder in Pugs Parlour

MYERS, Amy

Badger's Drift is a tranquil English village, home to Miss Emily Simpson, a kindly, well-liked spinster. When she is murdered, Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is asked to investigate. He soon uncovers an unexpectedly seamy side to the village - including old rivalries, old loves and new scandals.

The Killings at Badger's Drift

GRAHAM, Caroline

When Victoria Pryde opens her racing paper and reads that a horse called Mr Pryde is dead, she hopes that it's just a sick joke. But she has a nasty feeling that there might be more to the announcement than meets the eye. For her husband Edward has been missing for two weeks - and with good reason: he's run up massive gambling debts and his chief creditor, an unscrupulous bookie, has been leaning on him very heavily. Then comes the discovery of his burnt-out Jaguar, with the charred remains of a body in the boot, a body which the police identify as Edward's..

Declared Dead (Import)

Francome, John

Ties Of Blood

SLOVO, Gillian

Contemporary

As a racehorse, Moondancer had been a champion; but as a stallion he was a total failure. So when he is found dead in his box at the Drumgarrick stud one morning, his owners feel more relieved than sorry, and promptly make a massive five million pound insurance claim. But then Drumgarrick's owner disappears and his son Fergus is left facing financial ruin...and a corpse. A brilliant amateur jockey, Fergus has a vested interest in seeing the claim is met in full. But Jack Hendred, the insurance investigator, is sure that it is fraudulent, and is determined to prove it...

Blood Stock

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