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The woman on the bed had died in the fire. Pamela Vale, aged 34. She had been beautiful, and had been heavily insured. Her husband showed little grief. Her children seemed terrified. Insurance investigator Jack Wade is sure he knows what happened. All he has to do is to gather the evidence to prove it. And Wade is the best there is: fires talk to him, tell him exactly what happened, and how. But not everyone shares Wade's belief that the woman was murdered. California Fire and Life is ready to pay out Nicky Vale's claim on his wife's accidental death and the destruction of their house. As Wade fights the decision, as he gathers more evidence, he begins to uncover a world of corruption where nothing is quite what it seems, a world where it's not fire that talks, but money

The follow-up autobiography to one of Britain’s best loved actors and national treasures • In his first book David Jason told us about himself from his early years training as an electrician through to making it as one of Britain's greatest actors • This autumn, in a follow up autobiography, he tells us about the many other lives he has lived – his characters. From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost, he takes us behind the scenes and under the skins of some of the best loved acts of his career • And in the process he reflects on how those characters changed his life too. The result told with his characteristic charm and wit is both funny and poignant, honest and heart warming

Sometimes hope is all you need • Liverpool, 1917: When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with the British Navy, he never expects to fall in love. But the moment he glimpses Stella Bennett standing on the quayside, all thoughts of returning to his homeland vanish • Determined to be together, the young couple defy Stella’s parents’ wishes. But their plans to marry are soon derailed by the arrival of baby Ginny. Her crop of fiery red hair plants a seed of doubt in her father’s mind and it’s not long before their world begins to fall apart. As Michael returns to Ireland, Stella dies unexpectedly, leaving Ginny to be brought up in the slums at the mercy of her grandmother • Will she escape the shackles of her new life and find a way back to her father?

Иногда ты не можешь убежать от прошлого • Когда Джулия понимает, что испытывает больше привязанности к лабрадору, чем к своему настоящему жениху Оскару, Джулия решает изменить свою жизнь. Она увольняется с работы, бросает Оскара и начинает новую карьеру в качестве повара на паре узкоколейных судов • Наконец-то почувствовав, что она держит голову над водой, Джулия приходит в ужас, когда ее прошлое возвращается, чтобы преследовать ее • Оскар настойчив, ее мать - кошмар для свахи, и в довершение всего на сцене появляется ее враг детства, загадочный Фергус Гриндли • Книга на английском языке • Julia's learning some lessons in love. A wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match

Sweeping historical drama from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author • A keepsake collection of Lord John Grey's shorter adventures and a spectacular addition to any Gabaldon fan's library, Lord John and the Hand of the Devils brings these three unique novellas together for the first time • Lord John and the Hellfire Club marks the first appearance of Lord John outside the Outlander novels (and chronologically precedes the novel Lord John and the Private Matter). A young diplomat is killed in the street as he begs Lord John for help. Witnessing the murder, Grey vows to avenge the young man, as the trail leads to the notorious Hellfire Club and the dark caves beneath Medmenham Abbey • In Lord John and the Succubus, Grey's assignment as liaison to a Hanoverian regiment in Germany finds him caught between two threats: the advancing French and Austrian army, and the menace of a mysterious 'night-hag,' who spreads fear and death among the troops

November, 1941: The War in the Pacific • Lieutenant Ralph Trewin, D.S.C., arrives at Singapore as second-in-command of the shallow-draught gunboat, H.M.S. Porcupine • To Trewin, still shocked from wounds received during the evacuation of Crete, the gunboat and her five elderly consorts seem to symbolise the ignorance and blind optimism he finds in Singapore. And the captain of the Porcupine is as unwilling as the rest to take heed of Trewin's alarm, for to him the gunboat represents his last chance • The following month, the Japanese invade Malaya. In three months, Singapore, the impregnable fortress, knows the humiliation of surrender • Through the misery and despair of this bloody campaign, Trewin and his captain are forced to draw on each other's beliefs and weaknesses, and together they weld the little gunboat into a symbol of bravery and pride

The ancient sports of murder and myth • Stunned by a dramatic appeal from his otherwise cool mother-in-law, Falco cannot resist. His brother-in-law has been diverted from his route to Athens University by a man whose newly married daughter disappeared, with her husband, while visiting the Olympic Games as part of an extended wedding trip. Suspecting a classic cover-up, Aulus enrols Falco's help in solving the case. And of course his mother-in-law hopes to hurry her son along to university by passing the case over to Falco • Joining the rest of the married couple's tour group on the remains of their Grand Tour, Falco and Helena seize the opportunity to interview the owner/manager of 'Seven Sights Travel', as well as the other guests • Seemingly not getting very far, they can at least make the most of the splendid sights; but finally, on reaching Delphi, Falco and Helena unravel the mystery of the bride and groom

The year is 1757. On a bright June day, Lord John Grey emerges from his club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty's Army, Grey has just witnessed something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: the Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms, who might well have been a traitor • Obliged to pursue two inquiries at once, Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every level of society - and threatens all he holds dear. From the bawdy-houses of London's night world to the drawing rooms of the nobility, from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas of the East India Company, Lord John follows the elusive trail of the woman in green who may hold the key to everything - or to nothing at all

February 1943: As the balance of the war slowly shifts in Britain's favour, Lieutenant-Commander Steven Marshall brings his battle-scarred submarine into home port • Captain and crew are exhausted after fourteen months' continuous service, but for most there can be no thought of leave. If the enemy collapse in North Africa is to be exploited, every experienced man will be needed. Marshall must return to the Mediterranean, but this time to a very different kind of war • For his new command is secret and extremely hazardous - a captured German U-boat

They lied to protect their country. He told the truth to save it. A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of FATHERLAND. January 1895. On a freezing morning in the heart of Paris, an army officer, Georges Picquart, witnesses a convicted spy, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of twenty thousand spectators baying "Death to the Jew!" • The officer is rewarded with promotion: Picquart is made the French army's youngest colonel and put in command of "the Statistical Section" - the shadowy intelligence unit that tracked down Dreyfus. The spy, meanwhile, is given a punishment of medieval cruelty: Dreyfus is shipped off to a lifetime of solitary confinement on Devil's Island - unable to speak to anyone, not even his guards, his case seems closed forever

"Лорд Джон и Братство клинка" - первая книга из серии "Лорд Джон Грей" Дианы Гэблдон, действие которой происходит в том же мире, что и в ее романах "Чужестранка" • На дворе 1758 год, и Европа охвачена смятением - Семилетняя война набирает обороты, а Лондон полон обмана. Загадочный лорд Джон Грей, дворянин и высокопоставленный офицер армии Его Величества, преследует тайную любовную связь и смертельно опасную семейную тайну • В поисках истины Грей сталкивается с опасностями и запретными страстями - от казарм и плац-парадов до кровавых полей сражений в Пруссии. Но именно в каменистых долинах Озерного края он находит человека, у которого, возможно, есть ключ к его поискам: загадочного заключенного-якобита Джейми Фрейзера • Книга на английском языке

"В своих снах я видел, как город падает в море. Я слышал крики тысяч людей. Я видел пламя, которое затмевало небесные светильники. И весь мир был потрясен..." • Лестат де Лионкур больше не одинок • Странный, потусторонний дух появился вновь, завладев его телом и душой. Всевидящий, всезнающий, его голос шепчет ему на ухо, рассказывая гипнотическую историю об Атлантиде, великой морской державе древних времен • Принц Лестат соблазнен силой этого древнего духа, но прав ли он, доверяя ей? Почему Лестат, лидер вампиров, был выбран в качестве его телесного носителя? • А как же Атлантида, таинственный рай на земле? Почему вампиры должны считаться столько тысячелетий спустя с ужасающей силой этого нестареющего, всемогущего духа Аталантайи? • Лестату предстоит узнать правду