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Rogue Lawyer
‘the best thriller writer alive’ – ken follett i’m not a typical lawyer. i don’t maintain a pretty office filled with mahogany and leather. i don’t belong to a big firm, prestigious or otherwise. i don’t do good works through the bar association. i’m a lone gunman, a rogue who fights bad systems and hates injustice . . . sebastian rudd takes the cases no one else wants to take: the drug-addled punk accused of murdering two little girls; a crime lord on death row; a homeowner who shot at a swat team. rudd believes that every person accused of a crime is entitled to a fair trial – even if he has to cheat to get one. he antagonises people from both sides of the law: his last office was firebombed, either by drug dealers or cops. he doesn’t know or care which. but things are about to get even more complicated for sebastian. arch swanger is the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of 21-year-old jiliana kemp, the daughter of the assistant chief of police. when swanger asks sebastian to represent him, he lets sebastian in on a terrible secret . . . one that will threaten everything sebastian holds dear. gritty, witty, and impossible to put down, rogue lawyer is the master of the legal thriller at his very best.
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From Dead To Worse
After hurricane katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit in new orleans, sookie stackhouse faces danger, death, and, once again, betrayal by someone she loves.
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City Of Lost Souls
“jace is now a servant of evil, bound for all eternity to sebastian. only a small band of shadow hunters believe he can be saved. to do this they must defy the clave. and they must act without clary. for clary is playing a dangerous game utterly alone. the price of losing is not her own life, but jace’s soul. clary is willing to do anything for jace, but can she still trust him? or is he truly lost? what price is too high to pay, even for love?”–cover page [4].
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The Knife Of Never Letting Go
Imagine you can hear everything the town of men say about you. and they can hear everything you think. imagine you don’t fit into their plans. todd hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. but his town has been keeping secrets from him. secrets that are going to force him to run.
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The Maze Runner
Sixteen-year-old thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape
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The Scorch Trials
Vol.3: the trials are over. but something has happened that no one at wickedhas foreseen: thomas has remembered more than they think. andthe truth is more dangerous than anyone could have imagined … [payot. ch]
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The Perfect Lie
For lucy riddick, venice has always been the dream destination. a dream inspired by the pretty picture pinned to her mother’s kitchen wall. to lucy, venice seems the ideal place to lose herself. and now she needs to do just that. the secret she’s been keeping from her boyfriend and her friends has finally caught up with her and lucy needs to disappear — and fast.
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Before The Storm
“inspector daniel kohi of the zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his worst nightmare has been realised. his family dead, his house destroyed, and in fear for his life, he is forced to flee the country he loves. far away in glasgow, dsi william lorimer has his hands full. christmas is approaching, the city is bustling, and whilst the homicide rate has been relatively low, something much darker is brewing. counter-terrorism have got wind of a plot, here in lorimer’s native city, to carry out an unspeakable atrocity on christmas eve. they need someone with local knowledge to help them root it out and who better than the head of the scottish major incidents team. but the investigation is complicated by a spate of local murders, and by the rumours that someone is passing information to criminal organisations from inside the police force. soon lorimer finds himself in desperate need of assistance. then he meets an extraordinary man – a refugee from zimbabwe whose investigative skills are a match for lorimer’s own . . .”–publisher.
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Metroland
The adolescent christopher and his soulmate toni had sneered at the stifling ennui of metroland, their cosy patch of suburbia on the metropolitan line. they had longed for life to begin- meaning sex and freedom- to travel and choose their own clothes. then chris, at thirty, starts to settle comfortably into bourgeois contentment himself. luckily, toni is still around to challenge such backsliding.
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The Wishing-chair Collection
The adventures of the wishing-chair: when mollie and peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly and grant wishes! the wishing-chair takes them on some magical adventures – to a giant’s castle to rescue a new pixie friend, to the land of dreams, and to a disappearing island! who knows what might happen next! the wishing-chair again: mollie and peter are home for the summer holidays, and they long to see their pixie friend binky and their magic wishing-chair! they can’t wait for lots of new and exciting adventures but when the wishing-chair is stolen by some very naughty characters, whatever will the children do next? more wishing-chair stories: mollie and peter are home for the half-term holidays, and their magic wishing-chair is ready to whisk them away to magical lands! they’ll meet a mysterious witch’s cat, visit the land of wishes and even find gold at the end of the rainbow. but best of all, a certain jolly somebody needs help delivering presents or christmas might not happen! will mollie and peter be able to save the day?
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The Bloody Tower
Daisy discovers fresh blood in a tower infamous through history for dark deeds… now the mother of two-month-old twins, daisy decides to resume her journalistic career by writing a piece for a new magazine on the tower of london. on her visit she’s not only given a tour of the crown jewels, she’s also introduced to the raven master and the yeoman warders – and most importantly, she’s been invited to attend the ceremony of the keys ritual, which involves spending the night in the haunted bloody tower. having survived the night, daisy can’t wait to get away the next morning and in her eagerness to leave, trips over the body of a yeoman warder. daisy instantly realises that this is murder most foul on account of the halberd sticking out of his back. and with her husband assigned to investigate the case, daisy one again finds herself enmeshed in a case of an unexplained murder at the tower… praise for the daisy dalrymple series: ‘cunning… appropriate historical detail and witty dialogue are the finishing touches on this engaging 1920s period piece.’ publishers weekly ‘as always, dunn evokes the life and times of 1920s england while providing a plot that is a cut above the average british cosy. this will delight readers who love country-house mysteries.’ booklist ‘for fans of dorothy l. sayers’ novels’ library journal
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In The Woods
When he was twelve years old, adam ryan went playing in the woods with his two best friends. he never saw them again. their bodies were never found, and adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. he had no memory of what had happened. twenty years on, rob ryan – the child who came back – is a detective in the dublin police force. he’s changed his name. no one knows about his past. then a little girl’s body is found at the site of the old tragedy and rob is drawn back into the mystery. knowing that he would be thrown off the case if his past were revealed, rob takes a fateful decision to keep quiet but hope that he might also solve the twenty-year-old mystery of the woods.
