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Whistling in the Dark
Samuel was 15 year old boy living in the affluent Stockbroker’s Belt of London with his rich parents Eugene and Annabelle Pritchard.Eugene was a very successful merchant banker who had to work exclusively from his study due to a serious heart condition… Annabella was 20 years younger than Eugene… Samuel adored his father but hated his mother who was in his eye a ‘whore’ on account of her indefinitely. Eugene’s love for Anabella was so strong that he would accept any lies which she told him.Heartache comes to the Pritchard household with the sudden death of Eugene due to a heart attack. Annabella tragically dies two weeks later due to an unexplained household accident… Samuel suffers a serious mental breakdown and is sent to an institution for a mentally ill.After 10 years in the institution Samuel resumes life with an inheritance worth millions… As he settles into his recently purchased country mansion. Samuel employs a butler named Thomas. Samuel and Thomas are both like-minded people and a bond is quickly established between them.This new life will test Samuel and all around him.
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With This Ring...
When Charlotte Jackson first sets eyes on Joe Porter, she falls in love with him almost instantly. He is attractive, charming and everything she could dream of in a boyfriend.Joe's love and protection for Charlotte spiral out of control as their relationship intensifies, until Charlotte finds herself isolated and a victim of domestic violence.After a series of horrifying events, Charlotte flees the country and heads to Australia to live with her family and start her life over. She excels at her career and over time learns to heal the wounds of her former life.One day, out of the blue, a ghost from the past revisits her and makes her question everything all over again.What unfolds will change her life forever. But will it be for better or for worse?
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The Sucker
After enduring a traumatic childhood, Lynx Ferry embarks on an extraordinary journey spanning several decades and continents. Possessing innate kindness and compassion, Lynx helps those in need despite continually falling victim to deceit and betrayal by others seeking to take advantage of his generous nature.
Through perseverance and courage, Lynx manages to build a successful life and find love, only to have his world shattered when his children are kidnapped and murdered. Consumed by grief and the desire for justice, Lynx relentlessly hunts the culprits to the ends of the earth. Along the way he finds both the worst and best of humanity, ultimately surrounding himself with a loyal band of supporters to help avenge his loss.
This epic tale of loss, revenge, and redemption takes readers on an emotional rollercoaster while highlighting the importance of true friendship and our shared humanity.
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Dark Angel
Alice Soh, a young Chinese kindergarten teacher with dreams of someday finding marital happiness, shares her life with her English boyfriend, Dave. He is a former computer programmer whose life now spirals through a haze of alcohol and drugs. Their lives take a drastic turn when Dave is caught with a significant amount of marijuana, intended for the patrons of Duxton Road bars. The Singapore High Court sentences him to death for drug trafficking, leaving him with no apparent escape from the hangman’s noose in Changi Gaol. There is no chance of reprieve, no hope of intervention from his home country.
As Dave awaits his fate, Alice wonders if there might be a miraculous escape. She believes she might have discovered a way, or rather someone who can reveal the path. However, this potential salvation comes at a personal cost. Can a condemned man truly walk through the walls of his prison? Alice is prepared to pay the price to find out.
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Jamaica
On the emerald green island of Jamaica, an unpredictable adventure awaits twins Ana and Nicky who travel there to celebrate their coming of age. Under the Caribbean sun, they anticipate a holiday filled with fun, freedom, and excitement. But the idyllic island harbours hidden dangers beyond their expectations.
As the twins revel amid the natural tropical beauty, the thin veneer of paradise soon peels away. Their riveting journey quickly becomes a rollercoaster of suspense and action, where lust masquerades as love, morality wears ambiguous shades of gray, innocence hangs in the balance, and ruin looms one impulsive misstep away.
Ultimately, Ana and Nicky’s suspenseful odyssey of twists and turns, romantic encounters, and narrow escapes will redefine their limits of self-preservation. On an island where peril and pleasure intertwine, the twins’ quest for discovery threatens any chance of returning home the same. Their choices will determine if this final fling is merely the end of their adventurous holiday or the end of innocence itself.
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Katmeridou
Amid the gloomy backdrop of Glasgow’s streets, Noah strives to carve out a semblance of normalcy. His odyssey through secondary school is fraught with hurdles as he grapples with familial strife and the daily grind of academia. Determined to secure a future beyond the confines of his challenging circumstances, he is intent on performing well enough to land a respectable job.
Noah’s sanctuary lies in the ivories of the piano, an instrument he has dedicated years to mastering. It’s more than a pastime: it’s his lifeline, providing solace in moments when the weight of the world bears down on him. When his school announces a music competition complete with a lucrative cash award, Noah sees a glimmer of hope. With the keys at his fingertips, he sets out to conquer the contest, a beacon of determination in a city that seems to have turned its back on him.
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Curse of the Crown
In an England marked by peace and stability, the emergence of two ambitious leaders heralds a shift in the national landscape.
This gripping narrative delves into the heart of loyalty and friendship, now overshadowed by the rising tide of personal ambition.
As tragedy unfolds, the inability of those in power to master their emotions sends ripples across the nation, altering lives irreversibly.
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A Selfish Endeavour
To follow the job of her dreams, Phoebe takes the dramatic step of leaving her marriage to fly to Canberra, full of hope and excitement. She soon learns that the path she has chosen is not for the faint-hearted. Almost immediately, her ideals are shattered, and she realises that, to survive, she must emulate the treachery of those around her to keep her job and to save face with those back home who had little confidence that she could or should have left in the first place.
In the depths of politics, she finds that she has entered a vipers’ den, full of self-serving careerists, where selfish endeavours thrive, and are indeed encouraged. She becomes a target of the powerful and faces an unimaginable ordeal. Through all of this, she finds an unlikely ally in Josh, a career political operator who is himself conflicted and disillusioned. They form an unlikely alliance, providing the support and emotional connection that helps them deal with the many unnerving and at times unimaginable situations in which they come to find themselves.
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Far from Home
“With Far from Home Miranda has come up with a gripping page turner of an adventure” – Bear Grylls
“An assured and pacy debut” – Philip Blackwell, Ultimate Library
Far from Home is a story about identity, motherlessness and loss. Three young friends, Joe, Alex and Emma, facing the challenge of their early 20s with changing relationships and unsolved mysteries from the past. A struggle to find the truth whatever it takes. When a boy crashes a bike on a mountain road in Nepal and a girl in London starts investigating what really happened to her mother all those years ago the truth starts to reveal itself in a dangerous adventure that takes us from Devon to London, across Central Asia, India and Nepal. Can their friendship survive? Can THEY survive? Where does the truth actually lie?
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Inheritor
Inheritances can become bloodbaths when truth gets concealed or ignored in blended families. But when is the right time to discuss inheritance, particularly with children involved? How does one maintain balance across complex dynamics driven by fear or faulty assumptions?
At the heart lie charged questions. Do spousal age gaps correlate with calculations about money and motives? Did personal beliefs factor in, or notions of fairness? Puzzle through the mystery confronting Magnolia as trusted allies challenge her own counsel.
Could oversight stem from looming paydays or promotions? Perhaps a bid to regain lost stature or give belated thanks? Magnolia thought her grasp accurate… except those relied upon to safeguard her interests.
Navigating the financial fallout from loss while managing expectations across generations emerges a delicate dance. With so much at stake, can integrity and understanding fill gaps where trust falls short? For Magnolia’s clan, a legacy hangs in the balance.
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The Gate of the Burnt One
Based on an intriguing alternative history hypothesis, this novel imagines a world where the Moors never left Southern Spain after their 800-year reign but instead expanded their empire across Europe. This fascinating premise is explored through the chaotic lens of a bumbling film crew in the Sahara desert. The director, lost in a haze of Moroccan kif, has embraced the local culture a little too enthusiastically. With the scriptwriters gone and the leading actor in a perpetual sulk inside his Airstream, the production is at a standstill.
Enter Tinctorio Indigolin, a bitcoin billionaire on the run from a Shakespeare-quoting Irish assassin. In a bid to leverage a tax loss, Indigolin acquires the film rights, injecting a new lease of life into the project. Mysteriously, a captivating screenplay begins to appear on set, page by page, night after night. Penned by an enigmatic writer, the script proposes a world where the Moors didn’t just resist expulsion in 1492 but went on to dominate Spain, France, and Italy, creating an Islamic State of Europe.
As the screenplay unfolds, it transforms the lives of everyone involved in the film.
The narrative weaves through a labyrinth of twists, assassinations, and narrow escapes, employing the most unexpected methods, only to culminate in the most uplifting conclusion you’ll encounter this year.
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Flash of Time
In a world on the brink, tensions between global superpowers escalate, casting an ominous shadow over governments everywhere. Behind the scenes, covert agents scramble: collecting intelligence, decoding enigmas, and engaging in a high-stakes global scavenger hunt. Their mission? To outpace dark forces and avert a looming nuclear war.
In a realm where trust is a rare commodity and allegiances shift with the wind, David Sheffield emerges as a beacon of hope. Dive into a tale of intrigue, suspense, and the relentless quest to secure a future for humanity.
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