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Despite cammie’s best intentions to be a normal student, danger seems to follow her … and this time the stakes for cammie’s heart – and her beloved school – are even higher.

Morganville is such a nice place to live… and die. if you don’t mind that sort of thing. when claire danvers learnt that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving student would do: she applied for a transfer and stocked up on garlic. the transfer is no longer an option, but that garlic may come in handy. now claire has pledged herself to amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. the protection her contract secures does little to reassure her friends. all of a sudden, people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from claire’s past, and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home.

The unconventional hamish macbeth finds that his own impetuousness places him at the center of a murder investigation. death accompanies a tattooed stranger to a tiny highland town… everyone in lochdubh knows about the macho man – a mean bully claiming to be a professional wrestler and part-time explorer. his insults at the pub have caused brawls, while his furtive sneaking around arouses suspicion he is romancing some of the local wives. and when he challenges hamish macbeth to a public bout, it triggers an epidemic of betting. everyone expects hamish to take a pounding, but no one anticipates a murder instead. and amid all the excitement it’s up to level-headed hamish to track down the heartless killer of the brutal macho man . . . praise for m c beaton: ‘the books are a delight: clever, intricate, sardonic and amazingly true to the real highlands’ kerry greenwood ‘it’s always a special treat to return to lochdubh’ new york times

Stabbed and stuffed in a closet… when police constable hamish macbeth receives the news that there has been a murder at arrat house, home of the relentless practical joker arthur trent, he doesn’t race to the scene of the crime. after all, last time he was called to investigate a death at the isolated scottish manor, the ‘victim’ turned out to be trent’s manservant covered in fake blood. thus prepared for another prank, hamish arrives to find that trent has been most decidedly murdered and for suspects there is a houseful of greedy relatives, all of whom are more than interested in the contents of the will rather than the crime at hand. and when the chief inspector arrives on the scene and his former flame, priscilla halburton-smythe, gets involved as well, hamish quite clearly has his hands full.

_______________ ‘in the vein of agatha christie herself. startling’ – irish times ‘magical in every way … one of the best novels i’ve ever read’ – fearne cotton ‘as much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery … an impressive debut’ – the times _______________ an observer, i and new york times book of the year _______________ during the first year of university, a group of friends discover the cost of an extraordinary life in this captivating debut about obsession, rivalry and coming of age jess walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. but when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, east anglian skies, her world flares with colour. drawn into a tightly-knit group of rule breakers – led by their maverick teacher, lorna clay – jess begins to experiment with a new version of herself. but the dynamic between the friends begins to darken as they share secrets, lovers and finally a tragedy. soon jess is thrown up against the question she fears most: what is the true cost of an extraordinary life? _______________ ‘hypnotic . . . an uncommonly clever whodunnit’ new york times book review ‘deftly plotted with vivid, compelling characters’ jojo moyes ‘one of the standout books of the summer’ stylist

In the wake of a woman’s horrifying discovery of human remains along a scenic tidal estuary, the members of a once-inseparable clique from a second-rate boarding school near the english channel reflect on their participation in a dangerous game of deception that contributed to the death of a teacher.