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Another title in the ever popular Agatha Christie series.The suave and debonair Colonel Race must solve a question, not of ‘accidental death or suicide’, but ‘murder or double murder’.Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her – and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electocuted on the rails.The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death.

Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon, a British agent named Carmichael. Unfortunately the criminal organisation responsible for the weapon's development will stop at nothing to prevent him entering Baghdad and presenting his proof to the assembled delegates.

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing, and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences. For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words "seven dials" were to take on a new and chilling significance.

It is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a Ka-priest. Young, beautiful, and venomous, most agree that she deserved to die like a snake. Yet Renisenb, the priest's daughter, believes that the woman's death was not fate, but murder. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within her own father's household.

There were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That is all I remember of England…

In utter disbelief Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel—an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. Recognising in Miss Marple a natural flair for justice, Mr Rafiel had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing.

Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gilbrandsen, is less fortunate - shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gilbrandsen's visit.

A new unabridged Agatha Christie mystery, featuring the young adventurers Lady ‘Frankie’ Derwent and Bobby Jones.While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’Haunted by these words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger…

When a number of leading scientists disappear without a trace, concern grows within the international intelligence community. Are they being kidnapped? Blackmailed? Brainwashed? One woman appears to have the key to the mystery. Unfortunately, Olive Betteron now lies in a hospital bed, dying from injuries sustained in a Moroccan plane crash.

The master storyteller continues the Clifton saga with this, the second novel. New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer, offers his services for nothing, penniless Tom has little choice but to accept his assurance of a lighter sentence.

The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author. The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1920, with the chilling words, ‘I was told that my father was killed in the war’. But it will be another twenty years before Harry discovers how his father really died, which will only lead him to question: who was his father?

The head of the Mortmain family is Cassandra Mortmain’s father, a writer suffering from writer's block who has not published anything since his first book, a hit entitled, Jacob Wresstling. Ten years before the story begins, he took out a forty-year lease on a dilapidated but beautiful castle, hoping to find either inspiration or isolation there; now, his family is selling off the furniture to buy food.

Rencontrez Imène, 12 ans, fan de son chat et flemmarde professionnelle ! Pour elle, le temps des pharaons, ça n'avait rien de fameux... mais ça, c'était avant qu'elle fasse la connaissance de Cléo, alias Cléopâtre, dernière reine d'Égypte ! Vous l'imaginez comme une pharaonne girly, fan de bains au lait d'ânesse ? Détrompez-vous ! Dès que vous connaîtrez sa vie, vous serez comme Inès : passionné·es de cette star historique, douée, stylée et super puissante !

Wer solche Freunde hat, braucht keine Feinde mehr. Evelyn ist alles, was ich nicht leiden kann: Eine unorganisierte Chaotin, die es wesentlich weiter im Leben bringen könnte, wenn sie nicht so unerträglich nett wäre. Wenigstens hatte sie die Selbstachtung, meinen besten Freund Arne in den Wind zu schießen, nachdem sie ihn mit einer anderen Frau erwischt hat – und exakt deshalb will ich Evelyns Hilfe. Denn Arne heiratet Melanie. Die Frau, mit der ich vor drei Wochen Schluss gemacht habe, weil ich mir sicher war, dass sie fremdgeht.

The Clifton Chronicles is Jeffrey Archer’s most ambitious work in four decades as an international best-selling author. The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1920, with the chilling words, ‘I was told that my father was killed in the war’. But it will be another twenty years before Harry discovers how his father really died, which will only lead him to question: who was his father?

Two weeks before D-day, the French Resistance attacks a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications - but the building is heavily guarded, and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the Jackdaws, and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise. But, unknown to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant, ruthless intelligence colonel, Dieter Franck, to crush the Resistance. And Dieter is on Flick's trail....

Manchmal braucht es nur einen Atemzug, und die ganze Welt dreht sich. Willa befindet sich immer noch in der Gewalt ihrer Geiselnehmer, doch mit Anführer Nathan verbindet sie das zarte Band aus Kindertagen. In den tiefen Sümpfen Louisianas kommen sich die beiden näher, doch zwischen ihrer Liebe steht Isaac und auch Willas Vater ... Wird Willa den Schlüssel zu ihren verlorenen Erinnerungen finden? Und wenn ja, zu welchem Preis? Wird ihr Weg sie zerbrechen oder ihr am Ende zeigen, wer sie wirklich ist?

ROMANTIC THRILL. Willa ist die Tochter eines Milliardärs. Er besitzt nur das, was er am Leib trägt. Willa fehlen Erinnerungen. Seine sind schwarz wie der Tod. Willa ist neunzehn, außergewöhnlich feinfühlig und der Liebling ihres Dads, einem der reichsten Männer Amerikas. Als sie gezwungen wird, sich einer Bande skrupelloser Entführer auszuliefern, wird sie aus ihrem goldenen Käfig direkt in Dreck und Finsternis katapultiert. Wochen des Schreckens folgen, denn die Männer bringen ihr nur Verachtung entgegen. Vor allem ihr junger brutaler Anführer scheint sie abgrundtief zu hassen.

Here is the first novel of the famous Balkan Trilogy, previously successfully adapted for BBC television, starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Brannagh. The book is perfectly suited to audio. Charting the experiences of a young couple caught up in the politics of war when living abroad, it is a compelling story of love, loss and reconciliation.

Êtes-vous toujours stressé chez vous, au travail, avec votre famille ? Passez - vous votre temps à broyer du noir et à ne pas vivre pleinement le moment présent ? Avez-vous besoin de tout contrôler ou êtes-vous terrifié par le moindre changement ? Autrement dit, vous êtes anxieux et ne parvenez pas à trouver le chemin vers le bien-être ? Alors vous devriez juste écouter ce livre et lâcher prise !