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0008128634 
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Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. A cry for help will tear a family apart?Another gripping and dramatic family drama from the nation?s favourite storytellerBella can?t wait to be married to her fiancée Sidney, and dreams of the day she will walk up the aisle to be given away by her widowed father, with her bookish sister Alice as her bridesmaid.Their lives are disturbed when they receive a letter from their fourteen-year-old cousin Millie. Taken in by her austere aunt and uncle when her parents were killed in an accident, Millie says she is being badly treated and pleads to be rescued.When the two sisters take a trip to find out the truth, things take a troubling turn. Millie is brought home to live with them, her only possessions her ill-fitting clothes and a tatty suitcase.But soon they are questioning this act of kindness. Does their teenaged cousin just need some love and kindness? Or is she a troublemaker, with only mischief and malice on her mind??. Adult.
0008381364 
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Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. A pirate of infamy and one of the most storied and scandalous captains to sail the seven seas.Amina al-Sirafi has survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.But when she?s offered a job no bandit could refuse, she jumps at the chance for one final adventure with her old crew that will make her a legend and offers a fortune that will secure her and her family?s future forever.Yet the deeper Amina dives the higher the stakes. For there?s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savour just a bit more power?and the price might be your very soul. Adult.
0008470901 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. An all-new collection of spring-themed mysteries from the master of the genre. The days are growing warmer and the nights are growing shorter... It's the perfect time to relax in the garden with this spring-themed collection from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Blossoming flowers and countryside strolls may sound innocent enough, but not when there's murder in the air. Beware of secluded cottages, stolen treasure and fatal revenge schemes. This compendium of short stories, some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, is an essential omnibus for Christie fans and the perfect gift for mystery lovers. INCLUDES THE STORIES: The Market Basing Mystery The Case of the Missing Lady The Herb of Death How Does Your Garden Grow? Swan Song Miss Marple Tells a Story Have You Got Everything You Want? The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan Ingots of Gold The Soul of the Croupier The Girl in the Train Greenshaw's Folly. Adult.
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0008501254 
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Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. An absolute delight to read' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People 'A compelling hurricane of a book' Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION A major debut, blazing with style and heart, that follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew. You want a home. You want to win back your girlfriend's admiration. You want to prove that your father bet on the wrong son. 1979. Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But they soon learn that the welcome in America will be far from warm. Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society which regards him with suspicion and confusion, greeting him with the puzzled question 'What are you?' Their eldest son Delano's longing for a better future for his own children is equaled only by his recklessness in trying to secure it. As both brothers navigate the obstacles literal in their path - an unreliable father, r Adult.
0008528799 
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Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies-everything in between is speculation. After the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh, and Minh begin a perilous journey to Hong Kong with the promise that their parents and younger siblings will soon follow. But when tragedy strikes, the three children are left orphaned, and sixteen-year-old Anh becomes the caretaker for her two younger brothers overnight. In the years that follow, Anh and her brothers resettle in the UK and confront their new identities as refugees, first in overcrowded camps and resettlement centers and then, later, in a modernizing London plagued by social inequality and raging anti-immigrant sentiment. Anh works in a clothing factory to pay their bills. Minh loiters about with fellow unemployed high school dropouts. Thanh, the youngest, plays soccer with his British friends after class. As they mature, each sibling reckons with survivor?s guilt, unmoored by their parents? absence. Wi Adult.
0008533490 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Avon
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. They're locked up for your safety. Now, you're locked in with them. Dr Connie Woolwine has five days to catch a killer. On a locked ward in the world's highest-security prison hospital, a scream shatters the night. The next morning, a nurse's body is found and her daughter has been taken. A ransom must be paid, and the clock is ticking. Forensic profiler Dr Connie Woolwine is renowned for her ability to get inside the mind of a murderer. Now, she must go deep undercover among the most deranged and dangerous men on earth and use her unique skills to find the girl - before it's too late. But as the walls close in around her, can Connie get the killer before The Institution gets her? A claustrophobic, haunting crime thriller that will keep you up at night, perfect for those who couldn't put down The Sanatorium and Amy McCulloch's Breathless. Adult.
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0008543801 
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Year: 2022.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Publisher: Bolinda/HarperCollins UK
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eAudiobook. Fiction. Duration: 12:26:36. Welcome to No.12 rue des Amants, a beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. Where nothing goes unseen and everyone has a story to unlock. The watchful concierge. The scorned lover. The prying journalist. The naĂŻve student. The unwanted guest. There was a murder here last night. A mystery lies behind the door of apartment three. Who holds the key?. Adult.
0008561435 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. ?Even funnier, even more romantic than McKenzie?s wonderful last? Karen Joy Fowler Penny Rush has problems. Freshly divorced from her mobile knife-sharpener husband, she has returned home to Santa Barbara to deal with her grandfather, who is being moved into a retirement home by his cruel second wife. Her grandmother, meanwhile, has been found in possession of a sinister sounding weapon called ?the scintilltor? and something even worse in her woodshed. Penny?s parents have been missing in the Australian outback for many years now, and so Penny must deal with this spiralling family crisis alone. Enter The Dog of The North. The Dog of the North is a borrowed van, replete with yellow gingham curtains, wood panelling, a futon, a pinata, clunky brakes and difficult steering. It is also Penny?s getaway car from a failed marriage, a family in crisis and an uncertain future. This darkly, dryly comic novel follows Penny as she sets out in The Dog to find a way through the curveballs life has Adult.
0008610266 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Publisher: Bolinda/HarperCollins UK
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eAudiobook. Fiction. Duration: 05:25:47. Nine intriguing tales. One unequalled storyteller. An unknown wounded man in a church. A fatal riding accident. A corpse and a tape measure. Whether in St Mary Mead or further afield, there is always much wickedness lurking below the surface, should, like Jane Marple, you have the eyes to see it. Published posthumously, this collection of tales, seven of them featuring Agatha Christie?s much loved Miss Marple, is a treasure trove for fans of crime and thriller. Adult.
0008620504 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: HQ
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. Forgetting is terrifying. Remembering is worse?Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They've been in love since the age of fourteen. But as of this morning? they are complete strangers. Their first kiss, their first fight, the moment they fell in love? every memory has vanished.Now Charlie and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why. But the more they learn about the couple they used to be? the more they question why they were ever together to begin with.Forgetting is terrifying, but remembering may be worse.The Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us joins forces with the New York Times bestselling author of The Wives for a gripping, twisty, romantic mystery unlike any other. Adult.
0008931046 
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Year: 2022.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. Sensual, Spicy, and Scandalous Romances from Mills & Boon The Italian's Bride Worth Billions - Lynne Graham An ?I Do? to save them! Gianni must restore his reputation, when the rumour mill threatens his position as CEO. Asking childhood friend Josephine to be his convenient bride is his first task?and pretending their married life doesn?t feel deliciously real is his second! Rules of Their Royal Wedding Night - Michelle Smart The night after their convenient vows?After marrying solely for convenience and to produce an heir, crown prince Amadeo doesn?t expect to find such passion on his wedding night. He senses there?s more to shy Elsbeth than she reveals, but duty-bound Amadeo cannot allow emotion to distract him?can he? The Cost of Cinderella's Confession - Julia James Her scandalous claim!To free her cousin from an unwanted marriage, Ariana must confess?one night with the groom, Luca, left her pregnant! She knows the lie will incur the billionaire?s wrath. But going toe-to-toe with Adult.
0008931887 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. Things are warming up with Mills & Boon! The Baby the Desert King Must Claim By Lynne Graham Is she ready to be his Queen? When chef Claire is introduced to her elusive employer she gets the shock of her life! Because the royal Claire has been working for is Raif?father to the baby she?s just discovered she?s carrying! Bound by the Italian's ''I Do'' By Michelle Smart She?ll meet her enemy at the altar! Billionaire Gianni destroyed Issy?s family legacy. Now it?s time for payback-she'll take down his company! Then Gianni calls Issy's bluff with an outrageous marriage proposal. And Issy must make one last move?by saying yes! His Innocent for One Spanish Night By Carol Marinelli Their surrender to temptation! Alej?s desire for photographer Emily is held at bay solely by his belief that she?s too innocent for someone so cynical. And then one passionate encounter becomes irresistible! The trouble is, now Alej knows exactly how electric they are together? Returning for His Ruthless Revenge Adult.
0063276763 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. Mia Thermopolis knows just what to do in a crisis: Rule. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of Meg Cabot, the Princess?s royal biographer. As reported in media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, The Mary Sue, Refinery 29, Bustle, and more, from March until June of 2020, sixteen entries of the princess?s diary were leaked onto Ms. Cabot?s blog, to the delight of over a million fans. In these entries, titled The Coronavirus Princess Diaries, the princess recorded her most heartfelt emotions while dealing with her husband?s quarantine after exposure to the virus; her personal (and political) battles while imposing health restrictions on her small European nation; life during lockdown (even in as idyllic a location as a palace on the Riviera); and of course, dealing with her demanding royal family, especially her grandmother. Since then, readers have been clamoring for more chapters of Mia?s coronavirus diary Young adult.
0141387785 
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Year: 2017.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. George Kranky created his own Marvellous Medicine to deal with his grizzly old grunion of a Grandma. You definitely can't do that at home (so don't even try!), but here's some amazing science that you can do! From concocting home-made slime to creating your own volcano, these fun experiments are all easily done, following simple step-by-step instructions and using everyday household objects. Inspired by Roald Dahl's terrific tale, this is the book for budding young scientists everywhere!. Children.
0241541913 
eBook
Year: 2022.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eAudiobook. Fiction. Duration: 01:21:00. Brought to you by Penguin. This immersive audiobook is bursting with phizzwhizzing sound effects, dynamic sound design, and original music composed by Rusty Bradshaw. George Kranky's grandma is a grouch. She's always mean to George (and not much nicer to his parents either). She just LOVES being mean and miserable! Once when George is put in charge of giving Grandma her medicine, he wonders if he could come up with his own remedy to try and help her become less of a grump. So, using some rather unusual ingredients, George creates his magic medicine*. But will it stop his grandma from being so horrible . . . or will it blow the top of her head off?! *WARNING: Do NOT try to make George's Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It's likely to be dangerous. Listen to George's Marvellous Medicine and other fantastical Roald Dahl audiobooks, including: James and the Giant Peach, read by James Acaster. Matilda, read by Kate Winslet. The BFG, read by David Walliams. The Twits, read by Richar Children.
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0230739164 
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Year: 2015.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. Amid the tragic unfolding mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne?er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline: to shed his debts, disappear and reinvent himself in another country. Six years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman?s body in a storm drain in Brighton leads Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton. ?A real page-turner and the cliffhanging conclusion left me eagerly awaiting DS Grace?s next outing? Daily Express ?Tense, beautifully paced and excellent on police atmosphere and procedure? The Times. Adult.
0230741142 
eBook
Year: 2015.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. The body of a missing teenager is dredged from the seabed off the Sussex coast, missing vital organs. Soon after, a further two more bodies are found . . . Caitlin Beckett, a fifteen-year-old in Brighton will die if she does not receive an urgent transplant. When the health system threatens to let her down her mother takes drastic action and goes to an online broker in black-market organs. The broker can provide what she wants, but it will come at a price. As Superintendent Roy Grace investigates the recovered bodies, he unearths the trail of a gang of child traffickers operating from Eastern Europe. Soon Grace and his team will find themselves in a race against time to save the life of a young street kid, while a desperate mother will stop at nothing to save her daughter?s life . . . Adult.
0241396999 
eBook
Year: 2022.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. In Big Shot, book 16 of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom persuades him to give it one more go and makes Greg reluctantly agree to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a MESS, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot? See the Wimpy Kid World in a whole new way with the help of Greg Heffley's best friend in the instant Children.
0241632811 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: DK Children
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Non fiction. As an ally you use your power - no matter how big or small - to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In this collection of true stories, 7 critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors get real about being an ally, needing an ally, and showing up for friends and strangers. These authors share their truths. They invite you to think about your own experiences and choices and how to be a better ally. There are no easy answers, but this book helps you ask better questions. Because we're all in this together. And we all need allies. Children.
0241998085 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Penguin
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Non fiction. How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama believes that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. In The Light We Carry, the former First Lady shares her practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. A mother, daughter, spouse and friend, she shares fresh stories, her insightful reflections on change and the earned wisdom that helps her continue to "become." With her trademark humour, candour, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. The Light We Carry will inspire readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladne Adult.
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0571373593 
eBook
Year: 2023.
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Downloadable eBook. Fiction. **AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW** THE UN-PUT-DOWNABLE SEQUEL TO THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE KIND WORTH KILLING Praise for Peter Swanson: 'Fiendish good fun.' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'Swanson's your man . murderous fun.' Financial Times 'A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache.' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'A master of psychological chills and thrills, transforming what appears to be "cosy domestic" into something infinitely more dangerous and deadly.' Guardian TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S FATAL 'Do you remember me?' she asked, after stepping into my office. When private detective and former teacher Henry Kimball is hired to investigate an ex-pupil's cheating husband, he senses all is not quite what it seems, and before he knows it he's gotten far too close to the other woman. As the case gets ever stranger, he turns to the only person he can trust, Lily Kintner, someone with dark secrets of her own... With its ingenious clockwork-like plot, and twists aplenty, The Kind Worth Saving Adult.