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A smart and funny novel about love, life and a second shot at
freedom for rebellious women of a certain age. Eliza is angry. Very
angry, and very, very hot. Late for work and dodging traffic,
Eliza's still reeling from the latest row with her husband Paddy.
Twenty-something years ago their eyes met over the class divide in
oh-so-cool Britpop London, but these days their eyes only meet to
bicker over the three-seat sofa. Paddy seems content filling his
downtime with canal boats and cricket, but Eliza craves the freedom
and excitement of her youth. Being fifty feels far too close to
pensionable, their three teenage children are growing up fast, and
even the dog has upped and died. Something is going to have to
change - menopause be damned! Woman of a Certain Rage is a smart
and funny novel for all the women who won't be told it's too late
to shake things up, and Eliza is a heroine many will recognise. She
may sweat a lot and need a wee all the time, but she has something
to prove.
An imaginative novel [with] a suspenseful challenge and a vivid
backstage world of intrigue and romance ... Original and rich'
Sunday Times Book of the Week. From I, Coriander to Invisible in a
Bright Light, Sally Gardner's first middle grade novel in 14 years
soars with the imagination of a master story-teller. A
pitch-perfect story about a crystal chandelier that splinters into
a thousand pieces, a girl abandoned as a baby on the steps of an
opera house and a dangerous game called the Reckoning. It is 1870:
opening night at the Royal Opera House in a freezing city by the
sea, where a huge, crystal chandelier in the shape of a galleon
sparkles magically with the light of 750 candles. Celeste, a
theatre rat, wakes up in a costume basket from what she hopes is a
bad dream, to find that everyone at the theatre where she works
thinks she is someone else. When the chandelier falls, she is
haunted by a strange girl who claims to know Celeste's past and why
she must risk playing a game called the Reckoning to try to save
the people she loves. 'This is a classic Gardner modern fairy tale,
full of fabulous locations and mesmerising characters. lt's a
complicated, layered history tale ... but do not underestimate this
age group's intelligence and focus; young book lovers will be as
delighted as they are challenged' Big Issue, Books of the Year
2019.
An imaginative novel [with] a suspenseful challenge and a vivid
backstage world of intrigue and romance ... Original and rich'
Sunday Times Book of the Week. From I, Coriander to Invisible in a
Bright Light, Sally Gardner's first middle grade novel in 14 years
soars with the imagination of a master story-teller. A
pitch-perfect story about a crystal chandelier that splinters into
a thousand pieces, a girl abandoned as a baby on the steps of an
opera house and a dangerous game called the Reckoning. It is 1870:
opening night at the Royal Opera House in a freezing city by the
sea, where a huge, crystal chandelier in the shape of a galleon
sparkles magically with the light of 750 candles. Celeste, a
theatre rat, wakes up in a costume basket from what she hopes is a
bad dream, to find that everyone at the theatre where she works
thinks she is someone else. When the chandelier falls, she is
haunted by a strange girl who claims to know Celeste's past and why
she must risk playing a game called the Reckoning to try to save
the people she loves. 'This is a classic Gardner modern fairy tale,
full of fabulous locations and mesmerising characters. lt's a
complicated, layered history tale ... but do not underestimate this
age group's intelligence and focus; young book lovers will be as
delighted as they are challenged' Big Issue, Books of the Year
2019.
Detective Inspector Jane Tennison was beginning to feel she'd made
a big mistake. Having requested a transfer to a station nearer her
home, she's now wondering if any serious crimes are ever committed
in Bromley. Especially since the first case she's assigned to
involves nothing more dramatic than an altercation between
neighbours over a disputed property boundary. Jane's new boss wants
her to wrap up the enquiry as quickly as possible, but something in
the apparently trivial case doesn't add up. Why was Martin Boon so
adamant that David Caplan shouldn't install a new set of gates when
they wouldn't encroach on his own property? Against her boss's
orders, Jane decides to dig deeper, and soon uncovers a trove of
dark secrets in sleepy Clarendon Court involving a tragic death and
a forbidden love affair. As Tennison hunts for the missing piece of
evidence that will identify a vicious killer, she knows that this
case will either make her career - or break it.
Helena Lanark is an elderly woman, living in a luxurious care home.
The heiress of an immense family fortune, she keeps the secret to
the horror which once occurred within the Lanark family house. Jane
Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal
death of a young girl, her decomposed starved body discovered in an
old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark's now derelict
house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until
another body is found, hidden in the walls of the shelter. As the
investigation and search for answers intensifies, Jane travels to
Australia. There she discovers the dark secret, that the Lanark
family has kept hidden for decades. A secret, that not only
threatens to bring down a family dynasty, but also places Jane
Tennison in mortal danger . . . This is an MP3-CD audio edition.
Detective Jane Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling
murder case of her career to date. A coffin is dug up by builders
in the grounds of an historic convent - inside is the body of a
young nun. In a city as old as London, the discovery is hardly
surprising. But when scratch marks are found on the inside of the
coffin lid, Detective Jane Tennison believes she has unearthed a
mystery far darker than any she's investigated before. However, not
everyone agrees. Tennison's superiors dismiss it as an historic
cold case, and the Church seems desperate to conceal the facts from
the investigation. It's clear that someone is hiding the truth, and
perhaps even the killer. Tennison must pray she can find both -
before they are buried forever . . .
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