Mariah is furious to learn that she won't spend Christmas with her married granddaughter. Grandmama is being packed off to a house in the Romney Marshes. There will be nothing to do. Has a crime been committed Grandmama is surprised to find herself turning detective - another profession she deplores - and proving extremely good at it.

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This collection brings together Simon Hoggart's two seasonal bestsellers, The Cat That Could Open The Fridge and The Hamster That Loved Puccini, into one paperback volume, the perfect antidote for anyone suffering from an excess of Christmas cheer.

In a chocolate-box Cotswolds village, a marriage is at breaking point when a surprising connection is made, in this unmissable Christmas story from the Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Swan.

The Christmas Secret is a gripping story filled with tension from Karen Swan, author of Christmas Under the Stars.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Town comes another heartwarming, inspirational story for the holidays.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Hope series comes another heartwarming, inspirational story for the holidays.

Part detective story, part disaster movie, part romance, The Christmas Train is a brilliant, heart-warming holiday tale from bestselling author David Baldacci.

Henry Rathbone arrives to spend Christmas at the Dreghorn family manor house near Ullswater. He is greeted by the news that the master of the house, Judah Dreghorn has slipped while crossing a stream in the grounds of the estate in the middle of the night, and drowned.

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Tells the story of jazz music and its personalities. This title presents the developments in the world of jazz, from the rise of modern big bands and the renaissance of the piano trio to the popular appeal of Jamie Cullum and HBO's television series Treme, set in New Orleans.

Scary responsibilities, marriage, mortgage, pregnancy ... fighting monsters, form a spine-tingling tale of suburbia's dark side

The Council of Seven, rulers of Chung Kuo, find themselves confronted by dealdy enemies. This is the second in the "Chung Kuo" series. The author has also written "Trillion Year Spree" with Brian Aldiss and which won a Hugo Award.

Complete and up-to-date information on the world's nations, with details on geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, the military, and transnational issues and comprehensive, country-by-country statistical information.

(, 2020-2021 ed.)

The cigar has always had a strong image and a pervasive culture, and with The Cigar Companion you can learn all about it.

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A tie-in edition of this genre-busting thriller, from one of Britain's foremost fantasy writers, published to coincide with the broadcast of the BBC Two adaptation.

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A thrilling and important debut about the Arab Spring - and a generation that tried to change the world - from an exciting and talented new voice.

There's a killer on the loose. He kills the lost girls. And he always kills in threes.

A hilarious fantasy adventure set in modern day London.

From the Languedoc to Paris and Amsterdam Kate Mosse's new novel sees the Joubert family caught up in the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre and a frightening sequence of events thereafter...

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An unmissable journey into the past, present and future of urban life.

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Strummer, Jones, Simonon & Headon. In their own words. For the first time. In paperback.

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Set in the Welsh Borders in 1980, this title charts an unlikely friendship between two neighbours: Robin, the seven year old son of English hippie sheep farmers, and Andrew, a child so neglected by his impoverished parents that he is left almost mute, seeking solace among the farm dogs.

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Controversially denied the Russian Booker Prize - the Jury President branded it as a kind of 'computer virus designed to destroy the cultural memory' - the book became a huge cult success in Russia.

The Clay Machine-Gun is a nightmarish fantasy about identity, crime and Russian history.