The Brightonomicon Robert Rankin Orion Books

Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus's team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer, are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide? His old colleagues called themselves 'the Saints', and swore a bond on something called 'the Shadow Bible'. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer, especially with a referendum on Scottish independence just around the corner • Who are the saints and who are the sinners? And can the one ever become the other?

When a close colleague is brutally attacked, Inspector John Rebus is drawn into a case involving a hotel fire, an unidentified body, and a long forgotten night of terror and murder • Pursued by dangerous ghosts and tormented by the coded secrets of his colleague's notebook, Rebus must piece together the most complex and confusing of jigsaws • But not everyone wants the puzzle solved - perhaps not even Rebus himself

Dear Reader is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of your life, packed with recommendations from one reader to another • For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up she was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in secret long after lights out. When tragedy struck, books kept her afloat. Eventually they lit the way to a new path, first as a bookseller and then as a writer. No matter what the future holds, reading will always help • From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love

Признание в любви к чтению и силе печатного слова от автора бестселлера Sunday Times • В детстве Кэти Ренценбринк было не оторвать от книг до поздней ночи. Когда в её жизнь пришла беда, именно чтение помогло ей не потерять себя. И найти своё призвание - сначала в книготорговле, а затем в писательстве. Что бы ни случилось, книги никогда не подведут • Это трогательный, смешной и светлый рассказ о том, как чтение может изменить жизнь человека, дополненный рекомендациями для других книголюбов • Книга на английском языке • From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, Cathy Rentzenbrink's Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories • Growing up, Cathy Rentzenbrink was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in secret long after lights out

События исторического романа Вальтера Скотта разворачиваются во время похода первых крестоносцев, совпавшего со временем правления византийского императора Алексея Комненуса. Необдуманный поступок графа Роберта накануне Крестового Похода навлекает на него множество бедствий, заставив вступить на путь мщения и подвигов. Что окажется важнее - оскорбленное достоинство или спасение любви? Ярко воссозданные нравы и атмосфера того далекого времени и захватывающий сюжет не оставят равнодушным ни одного поклонника героического Средневековья • Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Emilia has just returned to her idyllic Cotswold hometown to rescue the family business. Nightingale Books is a dream come true for book-lovers, but the best stories aren't just within the pages of the books she sells - Emilia's customers have their own tales to tell • There's the lady of the manor who is hiding a secret close to her heart; the single dad looking for books to share with his son but who isn't quite what he seems; and the desperately shy chef trying to find the courage to talk to her crush • And as for Emilia's story, can she keep the promise she made to her father and save Nightingale Books?

A brilliantly quirky picture book from Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child. Starring the fabulously feisty Clarice Bean! • Mum and Dad are going away on Important Business, so Uncle Ted comes to stay. Before long there’s a guinea pig on the loose, Grandad’s gone missing and her little brother is stuck in the railings like a giant squeaking tomato! Luckily Uncle Ted’s around. He’ll come to the rescue . . . won’t he? • The second picture book in the award-winning, bestselling Clarice Bean series! • Packed with quirky details and humour, this is perfect for children who are ready to start making the transition from younger picture books to independent reading

The first novel in Rankin's brilliant new Malcolm Fox series • Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'the Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints' • Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship • In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks

The eleventh Inspector Rebus novel from bestseller Ian Rankin • Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in 300 years. As political passions run high, DI John Rebus is charged with liaison, thanks to the new parliament being resident in Queensbury House, bang in the middle of his patch. But Queensbury House has its own, dark past • Legend has it that a young man was roasted there on a spit by a madman. When the fireplace where the youth died is uncovered another more recent murder victim is found. Days later, in the gardens outside, there is another body and Rebus is under pressure to find answers • As the case proceeds, the Inspector finds himself face to face with one of Edinburgh's most notorious criminals

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

The second Inspector Rebus novel from bestseller Ian Rankin • A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above • Just another dead addict - until John Rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurks behind the facade of the Edinburgh familiar to tourists • Only Rebus seems to care about a death which looks more like a murder every day, about a seductive danger he can almost taste, appealing to the darkest corners of his mind

The thirteenth Inspector Rebus novel from bestselling author Ian Rankin • Rebus is off the case - literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at a colleague. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - in other words, he's in the Last Chance Saloon • Rebus is assigned to an old, unsolved case, but there are those in his team who have their own secrets - and they'll stop at nothing to protect them • Rebus is also asked to act as a go-between for gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty. And as newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke works the case of the murdered art dealer, she is brought closer to Cafferty than she could ever have anticipated