The three brothers planned the importation of cocaine with great care. If the plan worked out they would become the biggest drug importers in the United Kingdom, able to inflate prices of the drug to whatever level they wanted. They would make millions! Standing in their way is Detective Constable John Ridge. He has just returned to duties within the same Intelligence Unit after a three year absence and is finding that his day-to-day Intelligence gathering work style is hampered by his two immediate supervisors who seem determined to get rid of him. When one of the brothers offers Ridge the chance of recovering a lorry load of cocaine as it enters the Port of Dover, he gladly accepts the offer, not realising the price he will have to pay. Everything goes horribly wrong, when Ridge is suspended from duty and his granddaughter, Sasha, is kidnapped by the gang. Sasha later escapes from the gang and is found wandering in Essex by local police officers who take her to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Ridge meets up with her there and during a conversation with Sasha discovers the full extent of the brothers' plan. With the original police and Customs plan now in tatters, Ridge tries desperately to recover momentum and get the job back on track.

A vibrant and dramatic novel, Elusive Liberty takes the reader from the splendour of the Great Paris Exhibition of 1867 to the Pyramids of Egypt, from the Siege of Paris to the lavish Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Above it all towers the statue with mystery at its heart, the statue that will transcend its origins to become the most recognised symbol in the world.

New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads Mary Kay Andrews delivers her next blockbuster, Hello Summer. It's a new season... Conley Hawkins left her family's small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position in Washington, D.C. Or so she thinks. For small town scandals... When the new job goes up in smoke, Conley finds herself right back where she started, working for her sister, who is trying to keep The Silver Bay Beacon afloat--and she doesn't exactly have warm feelings for Conley. Soon she is given the unenviable task of overseeing the local gossip column, "Hello, Summer." And big-time secrets. Then Conley witnesses an accident that ends in the death of a local congressman--a beloved war hero with a shady past. The more she digs into the story, the more dangerous it gets. As an old heartbreaker causes trouble and a new flame ignites, it soon looks like their sleepy beach town is the most scandalous hotspot of the summer.

Eating the Cheshire Cat lures us into a world of perfectly planned parties and steep social ladders, where traditional rites of passage take unpredictable and horrifying turns as three girls and their overbearing mothers collide. In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, beauty is as beauty does, with axes and knives and killer smiles.

Sarina Summers and her mother will stop at nothing to have it all. Nicole Hicks harbors a fierce obsession with Sarina, which repeatedly undermines Mrs. Hicks's ambitious goals. Bitty Jack Carlson, a nice girl from the wrong side of the tracks, is caught in the crossfire but struggles to succeed outside the confines of this outrageous yet eerily familiar Southern community. It's survival of the fittest. Which girl will come out on top?

Covering everything from summer camp to the University of Alabama's Homecoming game, this fast-paced and unforgettable novel will keep readers guessing until the bitter end.

Mai toata lumea scrie despre lucruri frumoase. Noii alchimisti, cautatorii in stele precum si profetii New Age iti spun cu multa jovialitate ce trebuie sa faci ca sa depasesti hotarat banalitatea cotidianului. Multi le citesc ca pe o duioasa poezie, la care viseaza o vreme, ca apoi sa vibreze tot mai surd la ea, iar in cele din urma o uita cu totul. Altii ii confera insa statutul de ultim adevar si incearca sa-si constranga viata in tiparele cu care acesta ii imbie. Toata lumea vorbeste cu dezinvoltura despre lucruri minunate, mai ales cele de pe taramurile Nestiutului. Cartea aceasta este in primul rand o marturisire despre cei care se lupta cu orice chip sa se rupa de ei insisi si a caror viata se transforma intr-un cosmar in calatoria autoimpusa catre lumile de dincolo, pururea fericite. Despre toti cei care se balbaie naclait sau din contra, disperat, la usa Spiritului, eternii orbi la Dumnezeire.

Amor uprooted herself from the good life in the business capital of India to the fashion capital of the world, to find marital bliss. This was a leap into the unknown which was exciting for her adventurous self. But it was actually a disaster just waiting to happen. The same hands that caressed her for hours also went straight for her jugular not once but twice. Her estranged husband spoilt her rotten in the eclectic revolving restaurant in the mountains of Switzerland. Soon after he and his family poisoned her food which left her brain dead and helpless. They had champagne wishes and a beer budget. She was healed gradually but completely by a man who lives close to the Egyptian Pyramids. Those who you cannot kill, you can only make them stronger - This passionate tale of an indecent proposal and a heartfelt disposal will keep you fascinated, wondering what will happen next in a story of intrigue. Her constantly threatened existence was a living nightmare but somewhere down the line her husband fell madly in love with her. Was he sending her mixed signals? Was she oblivious to the treacherous path ahead? She had absolutely no idea what was in store for her a few continents away.

As the summer season gets into full swing at Duntisbourne Hall, it looks as if love is in the air again for Max Black but life is getting complicated. His daughter, Charlotte, has decided to spend the summer with her father and the arrival of Hector Schofield, an author on a mission to find Lord Rochester's famous monkey, threatens Max's future happiness. When a momentous discovery at the Hall propels Hector from confidante to suitor, Max thinks things couldn't get much worse until a mindless prank by one of the students puts him, his daughter and his colleagues in danger of losing everything they hold dear.

Kate MacManus is fleeing from her ex-husband, a convicted child killer. Intent on revenge for betraying him to the police, he seeks her out in her hideaway in Scotland where she is living with her schoolchum Annie. A strange man has moved into the area. Handsome but unfathomable - Kate is smitten. Who is he? What is he? How can she escape from the murderous intent of her ex? Strange happenings along the lochs of Scotland add to the turmoil in Kate's mind as she battles with doubts and fear.

Soos papierblomme in die wind, so het haar lewe verwaai. Sal sy dit regkry om die flentertjies weer op te tel? Daar is net een uitweg… Janine was klein toe haar ouers dood is en sy die deur tussen haar en Jesus toegemaak het. Net sy het dit geweet. Sy wou groot wees en wegkom van die klein dorpie waar almal mekaar ken. Haar kans kom toe Greg Walker die Engelsklas oorneem. Met drome in haar oë is sy Londen toe waar sy groter hartseer leer ken, maar ook die grootste  ontdekking van haar lewe maak. 

The bombing of an American Embassy in Africa pulls Special Agent Jack Randall out of his current doghouse status with the FBI and sends him on the trail of one of the worlds most wanted terrorist. While sifting through the debris, his team discovers a mysterious shipment of medications. Medications they soon discover that are valuable enough to kill for. Jack is forced to embark on two missions, catching the terrorist responsible for the bombing and discovering the source of the medications. The trail leads him from the deserts of Africa, to the Centers for Disease Control, and on to the higher offices of the United States Government. As the team uncovers the true nature and purpose of the medications, Jack is faced with a decades old plot involving secret treaties, biological warfare, and deadly plagues.

A teenage girl is kidnapped in Mexico City as a young boy in Afghanistan is wounded by artillery fire. A plane crashes in Florida while a man waits for a new heart in Maryland. A senator's daughter survives a car accident while a captured drug runner makes a deal with the DEA. Soon all of their fates converge into a twisted web of deceit driven by greed, desperation and hope. As Jack Randall of the FBI and his friend Lenny Hill of Interpol work to untangle the web, they soon discover that evil exist everywhere, and its deeds can be forced on anyone.

Since the end of the war with Japan in 1945, an almost continuous search has taken place on many of the islands captured by the Japanese for the legendary hoard of gold looted during the capture of Malaya, Singapore and the Philippine Islands. The intention of the Japanese had been to send the gold, silver and precious stones to Japan to assist in financing the war, but American submarine activity in the Sea of Japan prevented this. Our story covers the present-day search and the rewards that favour those who seek The Tiger's Hoard.

This is the first book in a series of magical adventures with Hannah and her pony. When an unexpected visitor appears in the woods just beside the meadow on the farm where Hannah lives with Brandy, he asks for help , and all things change. Hannah and Brandy embark on a magical adventure where new friends come in all shapes and sizes, and their challenges are just beginning. Can they complete their quest to save the kingdom from destruction and defeat the Dragon King?

Because at Christmas there's no place like home ...

In 1942 a small child watches the swirling vapour trails of Spitfires and Messerschmitts battling in the summer skies as he stands in the fields outside his Hertfordshire village and thinks how far away from his world that conflict is. Thirty-four years later a man is woken from sleep in an affluent suburb of Auckland hearing the whooshing rush of air as a bomb goes off and blasts through the front of his family house. Even before the dust has cleared the man is reaching for a weapon and planning the demise of the person who arranged the bombing. How has the child from the peaceful English village become the target of a key figure in the Antipodean criminal underworld? Join adventurer, sailor, raconteur, con man, businessman and story teller Len Russell as he recounts the trials and tribulations of a life at sea and on land, at peace and at war, in times of poverty and great wealth, through hilarity and sadness as he makes his way from an English childhood through a life in New Zealand and Australia and finally back home to England.

When Don Stevens is asked at short notice to stage a pre-season summer show at the Golden Sands Theatre, Great Yarmouth in 1969 he pulls together variety acts he has worked with before, with one exception - the leading lady, June Ashby. Making up the company are 'Man of Magic' Mystic Brian, comedian Ted Ricer, the Jenny Benjamin Dancers, the Maurice Beeney Orchestra and fresh from Opportunity Knocks, the Dean Sisters, a mind-blowing balancing act. Lots of interest is aroused by the return of June Ashby to the stage. The locals are intrigued about why a West End leading lady should play an end-of-the-pier show after being absent from the theatre for five years. Will this be a new beginning for the once-loved star, or will her world come tumbling down - ? Has Don Stevens bitten off more than he can chew by going "twice nightly"? Will Maud Bennett at the box office ever finish her knitting? What secret is cleaner Lilly Brockett hiding? And will Freda and Muriel ever agree on what to give their paying guests? Intrigue, mystery and comedy abound; this is a story that will appeal to all those who love variety entertainment and have experienced a holiday in a British seaside resort.

"Beautifully complex and deftly drawn...In Every Mirror She's Black is a sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood."—Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies An arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world. Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people. Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.S. to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation's largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco involving a racially tone-deaf campaign. A killer at work but a failure in love, Kemi's move is a last-ditch effort to reclaim her social life. A chance meeting with Jonny in business class en route to the U.S. propels former model-turned-flight-attendant Brittany-Rae Johnson into a life of wealth, luxury, and privilege—a life she's not sure she wants—as the object of his unhealthy obsession. And Somali refugee Muna Saheed, who lost her entire family, finds a job cleaning the toilets at Jonny's office as she works to establish her residency in Sweden and, more importantly, seeks connection and a place she can call home. Told through the perspectives of each of the three women, In Every Mirror She's Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that touches on important social issues of racism, classism, fetishization, and tokenism, and what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society. Lola Akinmade Åkerström is an African-American (Nigerian-American) award-winning author, speaker, and photographer based in Sweden. This is her first novel. Praise for In Every Mirror She's Black: "In Every Mirror She's Black is a wise and complicated exploration of the lives of three Black women in America and Sweden. Lola Akinmade Åkerström offers a sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers. A book that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page."—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six "In Every Mirror She's Black highlights the struggles of three women fighting to assimilate into a society that ignores their worth. These characters will pull at your heartstrings. Lola writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman's plight. In Every Mirror She's Black will stay with readers for a long time."—Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of bestselling novels Here Comes the Sun and Patsy "In Every Mirror She's Black is an absolute must-read. From its relatable and three-dimensional characters, to its delving into racism and tokenism, to its unique and sometimes heartbreaking examination of the lives of Black women in a Nordic setting, this novel delivers an emotional punch. Kemi, Brittany, and Muna's lives come alive on the page. If you're looking for a novel that will stay with you even days after you've read the last page, then make sure you grab a copy of Lola Akinmade Åkerström's In Every Mirror She's Black. This is a very different and unpredictable portrayal of Black women's search for love and self, and it's pure magic."—Kim Golden, USA Today bestselling author

Structure is Character. Characters are what they do. Story events impact the characters and the characters impact events. Actions and reactions create revelation and insight, opening the door to a meaningful emotional experience for the audience. Story is what elevates a film, a novel, a play, or teleplay, transforming a good work into a great one. Movie-making in particular is a collaborative endeavour - requiring great skill and talent by the entire cast, crew and creative team - but the screenwriter is the only original artist on a film. Everyone else - the actors, directors, cameramen, production designers, editors, special effects wizards and so on - are interpretive artists, trying to bring alive the world, the events and the characters that the writer has invented and created. Robert McKee's STORY is a comprehensive and superbly organized exploration of all elements, from the basics to advanced concepts. It is a practical course, presenting new perspectives on the craft of storytelling, not just for the screenwriter but for the novelist, playwright, journalist and non-fiction writers of all types.

It seems that anyone, with some assistance from TV chefs, can whip up a meal worthy of serving at the classiest highbrow "a la carte" restaurants. Wrong! Somewhere between TV "celebrity chefs" and "Come Dine With Me" lays a void for the ordinary person. Not So Perfect Cooking fills that void. The focus is on good wholesome meals for the working family, using fresh vegetables from the garden or allotment. The recipes are easy to follow with your own variations being encouraged. But that's not all! Alongside the recipes is a new kitchen experience, the "ABC" game, which focuses on fun in the kitchen. There are prepared examples and recommendations on new topics to play along with the family whilst waiting for the meals to be cooked.

A middle aged, middle-class couple are spending a holiday in Cornwall. The husband wakes on the beach after lunch to find his wife has disappeared. It is totally out of character and, for a while, he is puzzled but not too worried. This is the beginning of twenty-three days of torment and fear for him as he involves the police and tries to discover exactly what has happened to his staid, school mistress wife. It is also the beginning of twenty-three days for his wife, Jannah, as she flings her cap over a windmill and goes off to an uncertain future. Often, in later life, we all wonder about rekindling an old liaison, about opportunities missed, wrong roads taken and maybe reminisce about what would, or could, have been if we had done things differently. How has that special person fared? What are they doing now? Are they happy and content? Given the opportunity of a reunion, what would most of us do? Read on and see what Jannah did...