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Martin presents a biography of Lucien Bouchard, drawing on interviews with friends, adversaries, and family members, as well as the…
controversial psychiatric report prepared by Dr. Vivian Rakoff. Martin also discusses Bouchard's shifting political loyalties, and charts 50 occasions on which Bouchard has contradicted himself. 1997.
Scathing exposé of the thirty-seventh American president based on interviews with his psychiatrist and contemporaries. Suggests that Nixon's flawed character,…
love of intrigue, and money led to criminal behaviour which began in California and continued through Watergate. Strong language. 2000.
When a freak accident blows out the windows of novelist Gabriel English's apartment, driving a billboard into his bed, he…
is forced to come to terms with the disappearance of his lover Nell. He returns home to Newfoundland with his childhood friend David, and discovers that Nell may be implicated in injuring David's father. The friendship between Gabriel and David is tested, there are revelations, confrontations, and a denouement with the Hurley clan, a family both men have feared since childhood. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex, some violence. 2007.
Kristy's just had her best idea ever! But things don't always go to plan, and sometimes babysitting's only half the…
trouble... Who is the mysterious phantom caller that terrifies Claudia? And how can the babysitters club help Stacey with her secret problem? For Junior High readers. 1998.
Serial killer Warren Hoyt was captured a year ago but his crimes still haunt Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Now…
she faces a new killer, a hunter who preys on rich couples and copies an obscure element of Hoyt's crimes. And when Hoyt escapes from custody there are two hunters on the loose. Includes sex, violence and strong language. 2010.
Seeking revenge, twelve-year-old apprentice magician Nathaniel calls up the djinni Bartimaeus, a demon, to steal an amulet from a powerful…
minister. But the theft has unforeseen consequences, and the sarcastic djinni has his own agenda. Followed by "The Golem's Eye". For junior and senior high readers. 2003. (Bartimaeus trilogy ; 1)
This story uncovers suburbia's darkest secrets - mostly in The Flying Swan, a cosmic Rovers Return where Neville the barman…
and Archroy, owner of five magic beans, do battle with beasts of the occult and in particular the rather unpleasant Pope Alexander VI, the last of the Borgias. Followed by "The Brentford triangle" (DC38162). 1991, c1981.
Tracking an Indian raiding party, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe and his compatriots run afoul of a notorious gang leader known…
as the Badger. As they are led to where the Badger is waiting, Josiah knows that time is running out. c2011.
Issued in London in 1917, the Balfour Declaration was one of the key documents of the twentieth century, committing Britain…
to supporting the establishment in Palestine of "a National Home for the Jewish people". Schneer recounts the public and private battles in the early 1900s for a small strip of land in the Middle East, and introduces the key players: Sharif Hussein, the Arab leader who secretly sought British support; Chaim Weizmann, Zionist hero; T. E. Lawrence, the legendary British officer who "set the desert on fire" for the Arabs; and Basil Zaharoff, the infamous universal arms dealer. 2010.
Bestselling author Bach provides a user-friendly, motivational book designed to help build wealth through homeownership and finish rich in any…
market. Whether you already own your home or are renting, Bach gives you a long-term strategy with step-by-step instructions for success. 2006.
Tennessee Sheriff Spencer Arrowood finds parallels between a nineteenth-century murder and one he investigated twenty years ago. In 1833 Frankie…
Silver was the first woman hanged in North Carolina. Another murderer is bound for the electric chair for a crime committed on the Appalachian trail. Both cases leave unanswered questions. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The rosewood casket" (DC16270). Followed by "The songcatcher". 1998. (Ballad novels ; 5)
Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy has been accepting backhanders for most of his career, and why not? He's spent thirty years…
putting villains behind bars, surely he's entitled to a little nest-egg? Lily, his wife whom he loves deeply, dreams of retirement on the paradise island of Ko Samui, but Jack will happily settle for a bungalow in Devon. Until that is, businessman Emslie Warnaby offers him Ko Samui on a plate. Or rather, first class air tickets to the island, plus the deeds to Calm Seas Hotel. All Jack has to do in return is steal an incriminating file from the fraud investigation office at police HQ. Some strong language. 1996.
In a blend of historical fact and imagination the author brings to life this most colourful of kings ... from…
the young man who married six times, longed for a son and neglected his daughters, to the disease-ridden and fat degenerate he later became. 1988.
1945. German teenager Elsie Schmidt has been protected from the ravages of war by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to…
marry her, but then an escaped Jewish boy arrives on her doorstep. Sixty years later, in El Paso, Texas, Reba Adams is working on an interview with the owner of Elsie’s German Bakery, while trying to overcome a turbulent childhood and maintain her relationship with her fiancé Riki Chavez, a Border Patrol agent. As Elsie, Reba, and Riki’s lives become more intertwined, all are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2012.
Araminta Smith had first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing…
that her plain but honest looks weren't about to catch her a husband, she was intrigued by the distinguished surgeon's interest in her. Since he was also a confirmed bachelor, the professor's proposal had come as an even greater surprise. A marriage between them, as he pointed out to her, would be infinitely practical - and Araminta was nothing if not practical. But then... what about love? 1995.
Nineteen-year-old Nanda Brookenham is about to be introduced to London society by her forty-year-old mother. Nanda soon finds herself in…
love with thirty-four-year-old Vanderbank, who happens to be Mrs. Brook's lover. She is further caught between her respect for maintaining the ideals of her elders and her desire to get away from the confines of society, most of all from its restrictions on women. 1987.
As epic flooding descends upon Sussex, chief inspector Wexford investigates the case of the two missing Dade children, fifteen-year-old Giles…
and thirteen-year-old Sophie, and their weekend sitter, Joanna Troy. The trail leads to shady suspects and a strange motive while Wexford copes with his own daughter's problems. Descriptions of violence and strong language. Sequel to "Harm done", followed by "End in tears". 2002.
Davina Graham is left inconsolable after the murder of her lover, ex KGB agent Ivan Sasanov. She feels that English…
Security has failed dismally in protecting the defector but a delicate situation has arisen in Washington which requires an investigator who can gain the confidence of a woman in Presidential circles. Sequel to "The defector" (DC32937). Followed by "The albatross" (DC32935). 1981. (Davina Graham series ; 2)