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В Эдинбурге найдено мёртвое тело. Оно лежит между двумя свечами, его руки и ноги раскинуты в разные стороны, подобно кресту, а на стене рядом с ним нарисована пятиконечная звезда • Все считают, что речь о банальнейшей передозировке. Но Джон Ребус готов заглянуть за фасад Эдинбурга, знакомый туристам, и бросить вызов таящимся за ним лжи, безразличию, вероломству и грязи • Лишь ему есть дело до этой смерти, которая в его глазах всё больше походит на убийство. До этой смерти и до манящей опасности, которую Ребус словно чувствует на вкус, опасности, находящей отклик в самых тёмных уголках его души… • Детективный триллер «Кошки-мышки» – вторая книга ставшего бестселлером цикла Иэна Рэнкина «Инспектор Ребус» , начавшегося с романа «Крестики-нолики» • По мотивам цикла был снят сериал «Ребус: Висячий сад»

На коллегу Джона Ребуса совершено жестокое нападение. Теперь инспектору предстоит раскрыть запутанное дело, связанное с пожаром в отеле, неопознанным телом и давно забытой ночью. Ночью, прошедшей под знаком ужаса и смерти • Опасные призраки прошлого следуют за Ребусом по пятам. Секреты, зашифрованные в записной книжке его коллеги, тоже не дают инспектору жить спокойно. Похоже, только он сможет решить эту необычайно сложную головоломку • Но есть те, кто не заинтересован в том, чтобы кто-то раскрыл эту тайну. Да и хочет ли того сам Ребус? • Детективный триллер «Чёрная книга» – пятая книга ставшего бестселлером цикла Иэна Рэнкина «Инспектор Ребус», начавшегося с романа «Крестики-нолики» • По мотивам цикла был снят сериал «Ребус: Висячий сад» • Книга на английском языке

Эдинбург вот-вот станет резиденцией парламента Шотландии – первого за триста лет. Политическая обстановка в регионе накаляется. Причём здесь инспектор Джон Ребус? Притом, что именно на него возложили посреднические обязанности, ведь парламентарии разместились в Куинсберри-хаусе – аккурат посреди подотчётной ему зоны. И прошлое у этого величественного здания на редкость тёмное • По легенде, какой-то безумец зажарил там на вертеле молодого человека. И в наши дни камин, в котором юноша предположительно погиб, был найден… вместе с жертвой куда как менее давнего убийства. Несколько дней спустя в садах снаружи обнаруживают ещё один труп • Теперь Ребусу точно придётся докопаться до правды. Даже если для этого ему придётся столкнуться с одним из главных преступных авторитетов Эдинбурга

The tenth Inspector Rebus novel from bestseller Ian Rankin • Stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, Inspector John Rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. When the social workers claim he is there for legitimate educational reasons, Rebus is faced with a dilemma - should he be outed to protect local kids or given a chance to start anew? • As the locals begin a hate campaign, Rebus gets a call from the past: the son of a friend has gone missing and no one else will make time to ask the right questions • And then a fragment of Scotland's criminal history is repatriated at the end of a life sentence for murder. Once more Rebus' cup of trouble runneth over and the ghosts of past misdeeds return to haunt Edinburgh's streets

Август. Фестивальный сезон набирает обороты… • …но под историческим центром Эдинбурга нашли труп со следами пыток. Следами, из-за которых Джон Ребус подозревает, что за убийством стоят какие-то фанатики. С таких станется устроить теракт в городе, полном туристов • А когда оказывается, что жертва – сын преступного авторитета, Ребус понимает, что улицы Эдинбурга вот-вот затопит волна насилия… • Детективный триллер «Плоть и кровь» – шестая книга ставшего бестселлером цикла Иэна Рэнкина «Инспектор Ребус», начавшегося с романа «Крестики-нолики» • По мотивам цикла был снят сериал «Ребус: Висячий сад» • Книга на английском языке • It is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing • A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the city's ancient subterranean streets and marks on the corpse cause Rebus to suspect the involvement of sectarian activists

She was very tired • She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws • The sunset licked her face • The snow covered her like a blanket • Fox wakes, and begins to walk. She crosses ice and snow, over mountains and across frozen oceans, encountering bears and birds beneath the endless daylight of an Arctic summer, navigating a world that is vast, wild and wondrous • Meanwhile, Leila embarks on a journey of her own - finding her way to the mother who left her. On a breathtaking journey across the sea, Leila rediscovers herself and the mother she thought she'd lost, with help from a determined little fox • Based on the true story of an Arctic fox who walked from Norway to Canada in seventy-six days, a distance of two thousand miles, this compelling, emotional and beautifully illustrated story is the perfect gift for 9+ readers

Harriet Swift thinks she has the perfect life - a satisfying career, her own flat and a new boyfriend who respects her need for her own space. But then her only sister is killed in a car crash and Harriet is forced to give up her well ordered life and to help look after her orphaned niece and nephew. Moving back to her childhood home in Maple Drive, and sacrificing so much, doesn't come easy and before long Harriet discovers things about her family she never believed possible • Meanwhile, the shabbiest house in Maple Drive has a new occupant. Will Hart also thinks he has the perfect life. Having swapped his successful career as a lawyer for that of an antiques dealer, he believes in living for the moment and is entirely happy with his lot. Then from nowhere tragedy strikes and he faces the biggest challenge of his life

From bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave and acclaimed illustrator Tom de Freston comes an extraordinary story about family, friendship and hope. Illustrated throughout in black, white and yellow, this stunning book is perfect for 9+ fans of David Almond, Sally Gardner and Frances Hardinge • A remote island. A stormy summer. And an adventure as big as the Great Greenland shark • My name is Julia • This is the story of the summer I spent living in a lighthouse • The summer I almost lost my mum, and found a shark older than trees • Don't worry though, that doesn't spoil the ending • Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer - her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark

Ellen has been living on her own in a picturesque if damp cottage in Cheshire since her husband abandoned her to go and live with another woman in Provence. Having married once for love, she is now determined that the second time around it will be for money. Close at hand is Duncan, her not unattractive and enticingly single, divorce lawyer • But then two new people enter her life: Jo-Jo, a homeless girl several months pregnant; and Matthew, an artist who paints murals in country houses and who, on his first meeting with Ellen, openly criticises her for being mercenary and devious. But, as hostility gives way to friendship, Ellen realises that she has wavered off course from her original plan and she has to remind herself very strongly indeed that Duncan is the man for her

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey • Albert loves football. But he hates the Garden of Doom next door. He's always kicking his footballs into it, and he can't go and get them back - Mr Creaky lives next door, and Albert is terrified of him • But when he kicks his friend Errol's ball into the Garden of Doom, Albert knows that he has to be brave. Could there be more to Mr Creaky than meets the eye? Could he be a jewel thief? A wizard? A secret agent? • Albert doesn't know... but he's about to find out!

1944. It is spring, late morning, when Flora's life changes for ever. She is standing on a platform in the Swiss mountains, watching as a cattle train draws near. From within the wooden trucks she can hear human voices - groaning, pleading and desperate • Horrified, she begins to run alongside the train, frantically trying to help. But as the train picks up speed, a filthy bundle of rags is thrust through the slats and into her arms - 'Take him. His name is Simon.' • Flora stands on the platform, a baby boy cradled against her. And although everything looks exactly as it had done moments before, nothing will ever be the same again

How far would you go for love: a white lie, a small deceit, full-scale fraud • When Charlotte Briggs' husband Ed is sent down for fraud, she cannot find it in her heart to forgive him for what he has done. Ostracised from their social circle, she flees to the wilds of Exmoor to nurse her broken heart. But despite the slower pace of life, she soon finds that she is not the only person whose life is in turmoil • There's Sebastian, enfant terrible of the British art scene, desperately trying to find his muse amongst the empty bottles. Then Fitch, who married the high-spirited Hayley thinking he would find wedded bliss, but instead has found marital hell. And finally Penny, local GP and recent divorcee, who is determined not to hurtle into middle age embittered and lonely