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Sam Dryden was done being a hero. But when, acting on instinct, he hides a terrified young girl from a group of well-armed pursuers, his fate is sealed. 11-year-old Rachel can’t remember much, but she knows she was imprisoned by the men trying to kill her. And that she is important to them. In Dryden, though, Rachel has found the perfect protector. An ex-soldier with the kind of elite military career he’s not at liberty to talk about, Dryden’s a man well versed in secrets, and driven to do what’s right. But hunted and on the run, it’s only as Rachel’s memory returns that Dryden begins to fully appreciate the scale of the dangers they face.
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Mortdecai finds himself embroiled in another mission of international insecurity after the death of a lady don in Oxford.
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It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible. On the other hand, below the head, the torso had not been touched. A pair of large breasts. A light-coloured silk dress, very tight and very low cut. Sailors don’t talk much to other men, especially not to policemen. But after Captain Fallut’s body is found floating near his trawler, they all mention the Evil Eye when they speak of the Ocean’s voyage.
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Art dealer and assassin Charlie Mortdecai has got himself married – it wasn’t his choice exactly, a little pressure was exerted by certain secret government organizations who wanted to keep the lady in check, but it’s not an entirely unenjoyable experience: she brings a lot of assets with her. Until, that is, he discovers she has some surprising interests and she wants to get him involved.
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Portly art dealer and seasoned epicurean Charlie Mortdecai comes into possesion of a stolen Goya, the disappearance of which is causing a diplomatic ruction between Spain and its allies. Not that that matters to Charlie … until compromising pictures of some British diplomats also come into his possession and start to muddy the waters.
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Art dealer and assassin Charlie Mortdecai has fled to Jersey, taking his thug Jock along with him, just in case. For now though he’s had enough of secret government agencies, of stolen paintings, of terrifying Chinese gangs, and he’s getting on surprisingly well with his nubile young wife. But there’s no peace for the wicked – and Charlie can sometimes be very wicked indeed. When it seems there’s a sexual pervert at loose on the island targeting nice middle-class ladies, Charlie takes it upon himself to find the deviant.
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It was 1934 when Laurie Lee left his home to tramp through Spain. This first book of Lee’s autobiography paints a lyrical picture of a beautiful and violent country that was to involve him inextricably.
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Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In ‘David and Goliath’ Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Vietnam, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell demonstrates how we misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and disadvantage.
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An apparently happy marriage. A beautiful son. A lovely home. Yet one morning Emily Coleman wakes up and walks right out of her life. What makes her do it? How will she survive? And, no matter how hard she tries, can she ever really say goodbye to her past? Emily has a secret. No-one has ever guessed it. Will you?
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Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. By seeming chance they bump into a Russian millionaire called Dima who wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the young lovers on a tortuous journey.
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Gibraltar, 2008. A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted. Its purpose: capture a jihadist arms-buyer. Cornwall, 2011. A disgraced Special Forces soldier delivers a message from the dead. Was Operation Wildlife the success it was cracked up to be, or a tragedy that was covered up?
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Maigret has been interrogating Carl Andersen for seventeen hours without a confession. He’s either innocent or a very good liar. So why was the body of a diamond merchant found at his isolated mansion? Why is his sister always shut away in her room? And why does everyone at Three Widows Crossroads have something to hide?
