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Brunetti is intrigued when a young student visits to ask about the possibility of a pardon for her grandfather, for a crime committed long ago. When she is found murdered he finds himself confronting secrets hidden since World War 2.  Book 11 of series.

An ancient Egyptian scroll reveals clues for a fabulous treasure and a burial tomb, but the battle to possess the scroll leads to murder.  Book 2 of series.

Captain Aubrey is ashore without a command until Maturin arrives with secret orders for him to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope. His task is made more difficult by two of his own captains: Lord Clonfert and Captain Corbet, a man with a reputation for great severity.  Book 4 of series.

Captain Jack Aubrey and his surgeon and friend, Stephen Maturin, sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts to rescue Governor Bligh. Also on board is a beautiful and dangerous spy and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.  Book 5 of series.

The Wager is parted from her squadron in storms off Cape Horn and eventually gets driven onto the rocks and sinks. The survivors soon succumb to mutiny and drunkenness but, guided by a band of Indians, they make their way north and finally find safety in Valparaiso. Prequel to the 'Aubrey and Maturin' series.

It is 1952 and the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of both white and black South Africans. Change, however, is on the way and Shasa will be forced to betray his ideals for a misguided dream of national unity.

The night before Speech Day brings the discovery of two murders in the grounds of Castrevenford School. It is left to Professor Gervase Fen to investigate the happenings.

After the death of his best informer, gentleman spy Henry Gresham suspects foul play. Meanwhile he is summoned back to Court and ordered to investigate the private life of Sir Francis Bacon. During this investigation and the one into his informer's death, Grisham stumbles upon an unbelievable Catholic plot!

The first two books that were the first form of myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war that came to be called the Silmarillion.

Horatio Hornblower receives his first command and, from the moment he is ordered aboard a French ship in the Bay of Biscay, proves his worth.  Book 1 of series.

Hornblower agrees to a dangerous mission which could turn into his greatest defeat. As Napoleon prepares to invade England he obtains confidential dispatches which are a means of luring the French fleet into battle. The story was unfinished on Forester’s death. Two short stories are also included.  Book 4 of series.

Book 5 of the Hornblower series. Horatio Hornblower takes charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon it forms part of the assault against Napoleon carrying out a daring operation to salvage buried treasure from Turkish waters.

Hornblower is in command of a 36-gun frigate and has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies, and destroy a fifty-gun Spanish ship. He also has to contend with the charms of an unwanted passenger, Lady Barbara Wellesley.  Book 6 of series.

Book 7 of the Hornblower series. May 1810. Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in command of his first ship of the line, the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland. But the grisly prospect of defeat and capture looms as the Sutherland single-handedly takes on four French ships.

Who wanted Jason Fox dead? Chief Inspector Banks is puzzled about the death of an ordinary teenager. The discovery that Jason belonged to the Albion League, a white power organization, opens up new lines of enquiry.  Book 9 of series.

As the editor of a popular left-wing tabloid, Dennis Luxford has made a career out of exposing scandal and destroying reputations. When he is offered the chance of breaking another government 'sleaze' story and boosting the circulation of his paper still further his hesitation seems inexplicable. But at the heart of this particular scoop lies the kidnapping of a ten-year-old girl: Luxford's daughter.  Book 8 of series.

When a TV reporter is murdered by a single shot, Michael Weston wants to know why she was killed. But Michael is not a policeman, he is the killer and he needs answers. Was the job a set-up and how were the police on his tail so quickly? As he searches for the man who paid him he realises that his own life might be at risk.  Book 2 of series.

In Sweden's southern province three young friends are shot dead whilst celebrating Midsummer's Eve. Closer to home one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is murdered. As the team investigates they unearth surprising details yet always seem to be one step behind the killer.

After the murder of his second wife, Hugh Franklin is the chief suspect in the eyes of Superintendent Markby. He soon realises however that the truth is far more complex than he ever envisaged.  Book 12 of series.

Billee is an English artist living in Paris, where he meets and falls in love with Trilby, a half-Irish model. Differences in class come between them but Trilby is taught to sing by the mysterious Svengali and becomes a famous entertainer.

In December 1815 Adam Bolitho is ordered to sail his frigate to Sierra leone to join other ships in anti-slavery patrols. Britain's attempts to halt the flourishing trade in human life are hampered by old enemies and the threat of war.  Book 27 of series.

Orphaned John Trenchard grows up in the village of Moonfleet with his aunt, entranced by the local legend of the ghostly Blackbeard, who rises each winter night to search for his lost diamond. While conducting his own hunt for the treasure, John begins a dangerous adventure which will see him in a hair-raising chase along a precarious cliff path and deciphering a hidden code in an ancient castle.

Sequel to: 'Boy' (5493). In 1938 Roald Dahl got more excitement than he bargained for when the outbreak of the Second World War led him to join the RAF. His account of his experiences in Africa, recreates a world as bizarre and unnerving as any he wrote about in his fiction.

Nevil Shute was a power and a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute's path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological experimentation of the 1920s and 30s.

A detailed account of the Boer War in South Africa., giving the painful background to the way in which the British army of that time was completely inflexible and unable to change its traditional and outdated methods of fighting.

633 Squadron's dangerous war-time mission in Norway.

The day that Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt Cathy was also the day that the Tax Inspector, Maria Takis, arrived to begin her long-overdue audit of the family business.

But this is no ordinary investigation. Maria is eight months' pregnant, Granny Catchprice is at war with her offspring, and Benny, her grandson, wants to become an angel...

CONTENT WARNING: contains explicit language, scenes of abuse, and scenes of a sexual nature

Only one man was twice awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I - Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. This is a study of a man who, while typical in so many ways of the Victorian/Edwardian middle class from whence he came, stands out for his simple courage and devotion to duty.

Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime and remains one today 100 years after his birth. A charismatic leader and fearless pilot he refused to let his severe disability (loss of both legs in a flying accident) ground him. Bader, the hero, was at times a difficult over-bearing man, but his strengths far outweighed his weaknesses and his place in the annuals of British history is secure.

The story of an RAF crew's plan to bomb an important target in Bavaria in World War 2.

2nd book of Francis Urquhart Trilogy. Sequel to 'The House of Cards' (3650).As Urquhart, now the prime minister, goes to the Palace to meet the King, the seeds of chaos are already being sown. Urqhart wants an early election to pre-empt disasters he knows lie ahead.

A unique journey on horseback alongside the Great Wall of China.

Sergeant Andy McNab recounts the story of the top secret mission that would reveal the secrets of the SAS to the world for the first time.

When eight members of the elite SAS regiment embark on a highly covert operation, they are each laden with 15 stones of equipment, needing to tab 20km across the desert to reach their objective. But within days, their location is compromised. They engage in a fierce battle. They escape on foot to the Syrian border. Three men die. One escapes.

But four men are captured. For them, the worst is yet to come. Delivered to Baghdad, they are tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training has prepared them...

First volume in the 'Honour' series.Set in the early days of the Secret Service Bureau. We follow the fortunes of Captain Matthew Ranklin , Irish rebel Conall O’Gilroy and heiress Corinna Finn as war threatens Europe.

A photograph taken at a Hollywood funeral leads Joseph Creed into a series of horrific events. Explicit sex and strong language.

In 1944 three German generals are suspected of involvement in the murder of a prostitute in Warsaw but the case folds. In 1944 a similar crime happens in Paris implicating the generals, but investigations are halted by the coup against Hitler. When a third murder occurs in Dresden in 1956 it is apparent that the killer must be caught.