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Three powerful Norman lords and a Saxon thegn watch their steeds race by the forest of Woodstock, each lusting for a win. But the first horse past the post has an empty saddle and the rider is lying in a copse with a knife in his back. More than one man has a motivation - but who was the murderer

As the summer of 1322 brings sun to the Devonshire countryside, two playmates uncover the body of a young girl. As news spreads the name on everyone's lips is Aline, who went missing 6 years ago. Baldwin Frunshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock are summoned to the scene to investigate.

(, New edition)

(, New edition)

Peter Wilson has got enough on his plate worrying about the mathematics of giant locust swarms and the horrifying truth behind the Biblical plagues. But when a bomb goes off at a scientific conference he's attending, he is reluctantly drawn into a conspiracy.

For fans of Adriana Trigiani, author Lynn York brings to life the nosy, supportive, gossipy community of Swan's Knob, North Carolina, backdrop to a delicious and touching love story

Falling in love is never easy. Sadie Nelson ought to know - she's got two men to choose from and neither one is hassle-free. Gill McGann, a Hollywood producer, has flown her to sun-soaked LA in order to win her heart. Then there's actor Tavis, who makes her feel happy and comfortable.

Set in Salford in the tough years before and during World War II, widowed Joshua Clark has been training his daughter Suzannah to take over his tailoring business, as his own failing sight now hinders his work.

Rebecca Norman is condemned to die, and as she awaits her execution, she fashions two tallow dolls. A century later, one of the dolls falls into the hands of Cathy Slater, and Cathy begins to change. Only one person can help her - an old woman who has waited with dread for the evil to resurface.

Ken Buchanan was one of the greatest boxers Britain ever produced, regularly packing out Madison Square Gardens. But, like so many boxers, things began to go wrong when he started to lose - the debts began to mount and his personal life fell apart. This is his story.

Both a coming-of-age adventure of time spent in search of the romantic Russia the author had dreamed about and a tale of eye-opening amazement as she discovers and gets caught up in the new, anarchic Russia emerging from its Soviet constraints. At its heart is the story of caviar.

(Hardback)

No-one is better placed than Jude Morgan - the author of the acclaimed PASSION - to tell the story of the Bronte sisters, with all the haunting darkness and brilliance that marked their achievement.

(Hardback)

The first brilliant novel in acclaimed author Paul Doherty's new series set around the mysterious order of the Templars. The series will describe in evocative details the glorious pageant surrounding the Templars and the brutality and bravery of those serving in the Great Crusades in Palestine between 1095 and the fall of Acre in 1292.

In 206BC, the first emperor of China, Shi Huang-te, decreed that after his death his body should be clothed in jade, cast adrift in a lake of mercury within a pyramid, and protected by an eternal army. In 1974, the first of 7000 life-size terracotta warriors were discovered, but why were they there

In 206BC, the first emperor of China, Shi Huang-te, decreed that after his death his body should be clothed in jade, cast adrift in a lake of mercury within a pyramid, and protected by an eternal army. In 1974, the first of 7000 life-size terracotta warriors were discovered, but why were they there

Tessa O'Leary was her brothers' lifeline to survival when her mother died. The privations of war are just another battle to be fought. Elizabeth Harrison has had a comfortable life. But the pressures of her mother are a different hardship, when war comes it offers her a chance for freedom.

Diane Seed presents a range of Italian dishes that use rice, from family meals and dishes for entertaining to snacks made from left-overs. The author offers complete advice on choosing, buying and cooking rice in the Italian style.

A story of two different cultures and a woman caught between them.

(, Export/Airside ed)

A story of two different cultures and a woman caught between them.

1322: When a prominent money-lender is found murdered a month before Lord Hugh de Courtenay's tournament, Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock find themselves on the trail of a sinister killer.

(, New edition)

These two linked novellas, "The Train now Departing" and "When 'The Mousetrap' Closes", both explore emotional isolation and identity within human relationships.

On their way to a great feast, Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock pass by a clearing in the woods where they find the murdered corpse of Sir Gilbert. The situation is confounded when a decapitated body is found. Baldwin and Simon find themselves caught up in a baffling investigation.

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This text chronicles the story of Sir Roy Calne, the foremost pioneer of liver transplantation in Britain and the first to use drugs to control the body's natural process of rejection. Calne also discusses the moral dilemmas and ethical questions which the advancement of science makes more complex.

After her mother dies, Rice, an awkward teenager, is sent to live at the Water's Edge, a ramshackle Bournemouth hotel. There she meets Beatrice, an old school friend of her mother's, and her daughter, Esther. Rice gradually falls for the world of the hotel and she also begins to fall for Esther.

A fascinating tale of medieval murder, treachery, intrigue and betrayal set in Canterbury around Christmas 1303 featuring medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett