Fiction - English

THE BLOODHOUNDS
The Bloodhounds of Bath is a society that meets in a crypt to discuss crime novels. To their latest recruit they are simply a gaggle of dotty misfits, until one of them reveals that he is in possession of one of the world’s most valuable stamps, recently stolen from the Postal Museum. Then theft is overtaken by murder when the corpse of one of the Bloodhounds is found in a locked houseboat, with the only key in the possession of a man with a perfect alibi.
DIAMOND DUST
With another court case over and a local villain banged up for a few years, Detective Inspector Peter Diamond is keen to get his teeth into another case. So when a call comes in that a woman’s body has been found in one of Bath’s parks he gets himself to the scene in record time, where he is able to identify the victim as his wife and to establish the fact she’s been shot. Mad with grief, Diamond eventually concedes he cannot be an unbiased member of the investigation. Keeping himself away from the team becomes all the harder when he suddenly finds himself under suspicion, and when his colleagues find no case against him but appear unwilling to follow up any of his suggestions – did Steph’s previous husband have an alibi – Diamond decides that a little independent action is called for.

By a freak chance John Kelly, once a reporter, always a maverick, becomes embroiled in the mystery surrounding a series of disturbing deaths at a tough Dartmoor army training camp. Several young men and women stationed at the bleakly remote Hangridge have died suddenly and tragically, mostly from gunshot wounds that the army claim have been self-inflicted.

The Fetevis Palace outside Budapest is derelict. Abandoned after the Russians rid Hungary of the Nazi invaders, but now the communist regime has vanished the original family are able to reclaim their estate. But who are the heirs? The last Count Kascinsky is dead, broken by years of imprisonment. His brother had fled to America in 1945 where he had capitalised on the family’s steel interests and left a multi-billion dollar fortune to his son, Zoltan. Zoltan is certain his is the only legitimate claim to the once magnificent palace and the site where he witnessed the burial of the family treasure.

Through the interconnected lives of three generations of women in a small town in rural Virginia, this poignant, memorable novel reveals the layers of tradition and responsibility, commitment and passion these women share.

An absorbing story of family life in its infinite variety, Alexander Raife’s novel explores the complex bonds between parent and child by asking, what happens when you love your child but don’t always like them?

Three novels in one volume, by bestselling author Erica James featuring “A Breath Of Fresh Air”, “Time For A Change”, and “Airs and Graces”

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Meet Jake and Carolyn Brighton, in all respects a typical couple in small-town America. No one would ever think that they occupy the top two slots on the FBI’s most-wanted list. Fourteen years ago their last name was Donovan, and according to their accusers, they slaughtered sixteen of their friends and touched off an eco-disaster of unprecedented proportions. The Feds want them. Badly. So badly that the FBI’s chief will stop at nothing to bring them to justice. When a freak false arrest rousts the Donovans from their hiding place, the chase is on.

What does a pretty Afrikaans wife in the 1950s do when the walls start closing in? When her husband is an embittered Ben Schoeman-supporter who struggles with an asthma pump, and her father sees communists and Catholics behind every bush.

From the author of ‘Derailed’.
Paul Breidbart is the actuary; he and his wife, Joanna, want nothing more than to have a child. They have been trying to conceive for years, without success. When they open their hearts to the possibility of adoption they find that the quickest way to be matched with a child is to travel to Colombia. Travel — and life — in Colombia is fraught with danger, yet everything happens on schedule. They receive a baby girl who is perfect in every way. The adoption proceeds without any problem. That is, until the Breidbarts leave their new infant daughter alone for a few hours with their new nanny.

“J” is for Jaffe: Wendell Jaffe, dead these past five years. Or so it seemed until his former insurance agent spotted him in the bar of a dusty little resort halfway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz.