Looking back, Nick Leary couldn’t say exactly what kept him awake that night. It might’ve been the oppresive heat, or the distant rumble of thunder. He’d had a lot on his mind; perhaps he’d been thinking about the ‘respectable’ Essex business that he ran, or about his two young sons sleeping in the room next door. Or it was simply the sound of his beautiful wife’s steady breathing beside him…

Format:  Large Softcover

Pages:  439

This book is in a good condition.

Fans of Karin Slaughter, Mark Billingham and Harlan Coben will enjoy this book.

A by-pass is planned in Kingsmarkham – that will destroy its peace and the natural habitat forever. Dora Wexford joins the protest movement, but Wexford must be more circumspect. Trouble is expected.

A notorious paedophile is released back into the community. The residents if the Muriel Campden Estate are up in arms, and even prepared to take the law into their own hands…
Chief Inspector Wexford is not only concerned very personally with the effects of violence and prejudice, but is involved with a new programme to help victims of domestic violence. And his daughter, Sylvia, has come to work nearby in a refuge for battered women. Her marriage is also in difficulties, although her husband has never raised a hand to her. They are merely incompatible.

Alan Duff’s groundbreaking first novel is one of the most talked-about books ever published in New Zealand and now the basis of a major New Zealand film.
This hard hitting story is a frank and uncompromising portrayal of Maoris in New Zealand society.

Whenever a parent is hurt and disappointed by a child, there is need for forgiveness. Although there are no pat answers for difficult situations, forgiveness is an important key that releases God’s power and healing.

Heartwarming classic holiday novellas from two leading ladies of romantic fiction.
In Kay Hooper’s Holiday Spirit, a matchmaking grandmother and three Christmas ghosts arrange a sensuous reunion for a headstrong noblewoman and her seductive former fiance.
And in Surrender, Lisa Kleypas has a beautiful, aristocratic Bostonian discover the true meaning of giving when se falls tenderly and passionately in love with a troubled stranger, her husband

A SICILIAN MARRAIGE by Michelle Reid – Sicilian billionaire Rafael Moteleone is determined to salvage his marriage. Nina doesn’t want a Christmas reconciliation, but Rafael is very persuasive.
THE ITALIAN’S BLACKMAILED BRIDE by Jane Porter – Emily Pelosi has been trying to get her revenge on sexy Italian millionaire Tristano Ferre for five years. But now the tables have turned and Tristano is not letting Emily go until he gets all that he’s owed.
THE SULTAN’S SEDUCTION by Susan Stephens – Lizzie Palmer is forced to spend Christmas with Ruthless billionaire Kemal Volkan. Even though Lizzie has never experienced passion like this, she’s determined to escape. But Kemal has other plans for Lizzie.

Readers who like their romances hot, hotter, and hottest will be happy to go off-road with the sexy bad boys in this anthology, who know just how to penetrate the defenses of even the most determined woman. Headhunter Jane Duvall gets much more than she bargained for in Shannon McKenna’s “Meltdown,” as she goes undercover to meet sexy hotel CEO Mac MacNamara. He knows she’s lying, but his tour of the hotel’s private suite is going to drive them both crazy. In “Exposed,” by Donna Kauffman, it’s Delilah Hudson, a woman intent on being alone, who is pursued by professional photographer Austin Morgan on a train stranded in a blizzard. Finally, in “Pure Ginger,” PR woman Ginger Cameron disguises herself in orthopedic shoes and sedate suits in order to get her life back under control, but not if Cal Beaumann has anything to say about it. Ginger Curwen

Bessie Alexander knew she was a disgrace. How could she allow thoughts of Gregory Seymour to intrude upon her prayers? But prayer time was the only peace she got and Gregory was the one bright light on her horizon.
Bessie’s daughter, Daisy, kept as far away from her mother as she could, preferring to spend her time with her friend Jennifer and Jennifer’s grandmother, Sophie McPherson. And Jennifer has good reason to stay away from her own mother too. They’d never been close and Adrina’s latest boyfriend was worse than all the rest.
When family tensions spill over into violence, Jennifer runs away to London to begin a new life. But eventually the past reclaims its hold on Jennifer and binds her to Bessie in a way neither of them could have foreseen.

THE SHADOW PLAYER
Adult novel. A car with a man’s bloated body is retrieved from the Liffey’s dark waters – and Norah Hopkins is drawn into the murky underworld of Dublin’s criminal life.
IN SECRET SIN
Adult novel. Suddenly widowed, Bridget Baldacci heads for Seattle, to meet her dead husband’s family. What she finds puts more than her life in danger.