Orion Amy's Diary Maureen Lee

Pretty Amy Curran was just eighteen years old when she met Barney Patterson, the love of her life, on Southport Pier in 1939. Their romantic, passionate marriage was made in heaven - but with the outbreak of war, Barney volunteered to fight, and the couple were separated for five long years. When he returned to Liverpool after VE Day, he wasn't the same person - and neither was Amy • How could things have become so twisted that one day Amy would kill the husband she once so adored? And what happened to their little girl, Pearl, just five years old at the time? • In 1971 Amy is released from prison - although her freedom will change the lives of others, not least that of her daughter. But Pearl has her own demons to exorcise in her quest for happiness

Мисс Рид описывает жителей Фейракра со свойственной лишь ей точностью, чувством юмора и острой наблюдательностью • Читатели книги познакомятся с такими персонажами, как диктатор Эми, серьезный учитель младших классов, старый друг по колледжу мистер Моун (которого деревня рассматривает в качестве возможного мужа для мисс Рид, не желающей этого) • И все это затмевает грандиозное деревенское представление, в котором Фейракр так резко и болезненно разделен • Книга "Village Diary" в подарок — это удивительно острая социальная история, полная оригинальных персонажей, увлекательных событий и тонкого юмора • Книга на английском языке • In her first book Village School Miss Read gave a picture of the small but detailed world of a typical primary school in a remote country area, a world peopled by the children themselves, Miss Clare the venerable infants teacher, glum Mrs Pringle the cleaner, the vicar and other inhabitants of Fairacre

Two families - and their secrets . . . A superb Liverpool saga from bestselling author Maureen Lee • In Liverpool, on a stormy September night in 1920, two women from very different backgrounds give birth to daughters in the same house. Enemies at first, they later become friends when separate troubles unite them. But friendship between their daughters, Cara and Sybil, is a different matter • Nineteen years later, at the beginning of the Second World War, Cara and Sybil find themselves thrown together when they enlist and are both stationed in Malta. It is a time of live-changing repercussions for them both while, back home in Liverpool, the bombs rain down on a defiant city

Two years of war have taken a terrible toll on Pearl Street, Liverpool. German bombs have reduced some houses to rubble and most of the inhabitants have lost friends and family. While sisters Eileen and Sheila share the anxious burden of absent husbands, the conflict for others brings excitement and freedom. Kitty Quigley, stuck at home for years with an invalid father, is forced to register for war work and is delighted to become an auxiliary nurse. And Jessica Fleming, struggling to earn a living, finds herself and her friend Rita increasingly drawn to the glamour and excitement of the Yanks • Maureen Lee once again confirms her talent as a wonderful storyteller, weaving together the lives of a Liverpool community in the Second World War

Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she's the most important person in the whole world • She is • Anthony Carter doesn't think he could ever be in a worse place than Death Row • He's wrong • FBI agent Brad Wolgast thinks something beyond imagination is coming • It is

Orion Toys Паркинг Полицейский участок Набор «Отделение полиции» изготовлен из высококачественного пластика, имеет привлекательный внешний вид, удобен для игры малышей. Привлекательные расцветки, экологически-чистые материалы, возможность самостоятельно проектировать полицейский участок – все эти характеристики делают набор популярным и привлекательным, пользующимся большим спросом. Играть набором «Полицейский участок» можно как самостоятельно, так и в компании с друзьями-однолетками. Все элементы набора тщательно обработаны, не имеют острых углов и шершавых поверхностей, ввиду чего комплект совершенно безопасен для ребенка

Orion Toys Паркинг Пожарная Часть Игровой набор «Пожарная часть» изготовлен из экологически чистых и безопасных материалов, имеет большой эксплуатационный период. Краска на отдельных элементах не выцветает и не осыпается, сами конструкцию не ломаются и не крошатся. Все это делает игру ребенка с набором безопасной и не вредной. Набор рассчитан на детей дошкольного возраста, помогает развивать логическое мышление и производить последовательные действия. Хорошо влияет на мелкую моторику пальцев, помогает координировать и развивать действия. В состав конструктора входят пластмассовые детали с которых можно собрать станцию пожарной охраны с дорогой. Дорога состоит из разных секций, которые имеют соединительные замки. К дороге можно присоединить площадку для вертолёта, 2 арки с плакатом и ограничителем высоты

Escape to Mallorca with four old friends for a reunion that will change everything • One perfect villa, four old friends, and a holiday that will change everything • Amy, Linda, Kate and Jane were best friends at school. Now, years later, they have grown apart. When Amy discovers her husband has been stealing from her successful interiors business, and with a milestone birthday looming, she decides it is the time to reach out to her old friends once again • So, she decides to invite the other three to her beautiful villa in Mallorca for a reunion weekend. As the four friends gather, secrets are unearthed, old scores settled and new friendships forged. Will this holiday bring them together or tear them apart? And will each of them grasp their second chance for happiness...?

Personal tragedy has left Dave Robicheaux close to the edge. Battling against his old addiction to alcohol and haunted nightly by vivid dreams and visitations, Dave finds his only tranquillity at home with his young ward Alafair. But even this fragile peace is shattered by the arrival of Dixie Lee Pugh who brings with him a brutal trail of murder and violence • Robicheaux reluctantly agrees to help out his old friend but becomes more involved than he bargained for when he finds himself suspect Number One in the series of bloody killings. Forced to leave his home, Robicheaux's precarious existence reaches breaking point when Alafair's life is threatened

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws • Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honour her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain sight • Aaron's only ally is state police officer Ruby Spotted Horse, a no-nonsense woman who harbours some powerful secrets in her cellar. Despite the air of mystery surrounding her, Ruby is the only one Aaron can trust

A buried secret… • Present day: Anna is focused on growing her new gardening business and renovating her late grandmother’s house. But when she discovers a box hidden in a wall cavity, containing water colours of exotic plants, an old diary and a handful of seeds, she finds herself thrust into a centuries-old mystery. One that will send her halfway across the world to Kew Gardens and then onto Cornwall in search of the truth • A lady adventurer… • 1886: Elizabeth Trebithick is determined to fulfil her father’s dying wish and continue his life’s work as an adventurer and plant-hunter. So when she embarks on a perilous journey to discover a rare and miraculous flower, she will discover that the ultimate betrayal can be found even across the seas… • Two women, separated by centuries

The Devil Has Come to Edinburgh • An ill-fated grave-robbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. When a patient in Edinburgh's lunatic asylum is murdered, the same sign is daubed in blood on the walls - the mark of the devil • The prime suspect: inmate Amy McGray, notorious for killing her parents years before. Her brother, Detective 'Nine-Nails' McGray, must prove her innocence - with the help of an old friend • Inspector Ian Frey insists he is retired. But when called upon, he reluctantly agrees to their final case • As twists follow bombshells, leading to secrets that have been waiting in the shadows all along, all will be revealed • This rollicking Victorian sensationalist melodrama is the epic conclusion to the marvellous Frey & McGray mysteries