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(0)Emilia Fox
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English
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25th August 1957. The island of Spinalonga closes its leper colony. And a moment of violence has devastating consequences. When time stops dead for Maria Petrakis and her sister, Anna, two families splinter apart and, for the people of Plaka, the closure of Spinalonga is forever coloured with tragedy. In the aftermath, the question of how to resume life looms large. Stigma and scandal need to be confronted and somehow, for those impacted, a future...
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English
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All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. In the 1930s, Grant McAllister, a mathematics professor turned author, worked them out, hiding their secrets in a book of crime stories. Then Grant disappeared. Thirty years later, ambitious editor Julia Hart arrives on a secluded island. She intends to republish these mysteries and she?s finally tracked Grant down. But there?s something curious about his seven murderous tales. The stories? secrets...
5) Maestra
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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Set in the exotic palaces and yachts of Europe's seriously wealthy, 'Maestra' is a shockingly original thriller. With a heroine as wickedly perceptive as Amy Dunne and as dangerous as Lisbeth Salander, this marks the beginning of a razor-sharp and meteoric sequence of novels.
6) Domina
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Bolinda/Bonnier audio
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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She thought her troubles were over ... they're only just getting started. Judith Rashleigh has made it. Living a life of luxury amidst the splendour of Venice, she's just starting to grow comfortable. Which is when her past catches up with her. Someone knows what Judith's done. Facing blackmail, Judith can only save herself by finding a priceless picture - unfortunately one she's convinced doesn't exist. And she isn't the only one seeking it. This...
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ABC Audio
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Katie Piper is 24 and well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. She has the world at her feet - but then she meets Daniel Lynch on Facebook. After an horrific rape and acid attack, her mind, body and spirit are snatched away. This is the inspiring story of her fight to get them back.
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Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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The Bloody Chamber is a titillating series of dark, sensual and fantastical stories, inspired by well-known fairy tales and folklore. Dissatisfied with the unrealistic portrayal of women in these legendary fables, Carter turns them on their head, introducing subversively dark, sensual and Gothic narratives. Breathing new and unexpected life into favourite childhood characters such as Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard and Beauty and the Beast, Carter shocks,...
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Clipper Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Selfie-sticks with demonic powers. Cold calls from the dead. And that creeping suspicion, as you sit there with your flat white, that none of this is real. John Lanchester's first book of shorter fictions, 'Reality, and Other Stories' is a gathering of deliciously chilling entertainments, to be read as the evenings draw in and the days are haunted by all the ghastly schlock, uncanny technologies and absurd horrors of modern life.
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HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this Summer? . . . Worry no more with this compilation of twelve of the best-loved picture book stories. One hour of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys - keeping at bay the dreaded question, ARE WE THERE YET? Featuring some of the biggest names in children?s stories - David Walliams, Oliver Jeffers, Judith Kerr and Emma Chichester Clark - this collection has...