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French Riviera, winter 1992. On a freezing night, 19-year-old Vinca Rockwell runs away with her philosophy teacher with whom she's been having a secret affair. No one will ever see her again. French Riviera, spring 2017. Formerly inseparable, Fanny, Thomas and Maxime - Vinca's best friends - have not spoken in 25 years. But when they receive a notice from their old school detailing the plans for a new gymnasium and inviting them to a class reunion, they know they must go back one more time. Because there is a body buried in that building...and they're the ones who put it there.

Life in an English seaside town in the 1790s is harsh, and ‘captious, capricious’ Sylvia has a dilemma when the dashing harpooner to whom she is secretly engaged disappears, and her dull cousin Philip (who has more information about his rival than he lets on) offers her love and security.

Morning TV’s favourite twin sisters, Alice and Edie, may share the screen, but that’s where their similarities end. Their viewpoints are far from identical, and whilst their on-air clashes keep viewers hooked, off-camera, their relationship is far from picture-perfect. After a heated argument on live television threatens their jobs, the fiery duo make a bet: neither could last a week in the other’s shoes. Determined to prove each other wrong, they secretly swap lives — without telling a soul.

The ancient forest realm of Sunweald is bordered on two sides by far mightier nations–a precarious situation. At its centre, the Sunweald Palace is home to the Lord Regent and the heir to the throne, together with numerous precious and powerful artefacts. The Palace is protected by the realm's elite Shields, dedicated to guarding the royal line against all foes. A group of vicious brigands called the Wildwood Reivers have been stealing arcane artefacts and smuggling them across the borders, out of Sunweald.

Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later.

First appearing in 1782, Dangerous Liaisons is one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The plot unfolds through a series of letters as the two main protagonists, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, attempt to bring about the seduction of a young woman. The epistolary nature of the novel gives a multi-faceted perspective of the action, which places the book firmly in the tradition of libertine literature.

From sickly child to pioneering Victorian explorer, Isabella Bird defied convention. After back surgery in 1850 and the recommendation of life in the open air, she finally looked her malaise and her pain in the eye and set off across the world completely alone. In Colorado she covered 800 miles on horseback, climbing mountains, wrangling cattle, sleeping in snow and finding herself drawn to a violent, one-eyed outlaw with a soft spot for poetry, known as ‘Mountain Jim’.

It only took one night to tear a family apart. Artist and illustrator Edwina Spinner used to have a busy family life. Now she lives alone in a house that has grown too big for her. She has decided to sell it. As Edwina takes the estate agent from room to room, she finds herself transported back to her life as a young mother. Back to her twins, Rowena and Charlie, and a stepson she cannot bring herself to mention by name.

Mamas Geburtstag Jacky hat große Pläne für Mamas Geburtstagstanz. Kelp und Cliff bewegen sich nicht richtig, aber vielleicht können sie zusammen alles bieten, was sie braucht. Wüterich Die frustrierte Juniper hat starke Gefühle und die fühlen sich gar nicht gut an. Können Ihre Freunde ihr helfen, nicht mehr so wütend zu sein? Der Stoßzahnarzt Jackie hat Angst vor ihrem ersten Termin bei Dr. Strahlezahn und Kelp bietet an, mitzugehen. Unterwegs verirren sie sich jedoch. Kann Jacky sie auf den richtigen Weg führen?

Wrong Place is the next gripping crime novel from Michelle Davies, following her critically acclaimed debut Gone Astray. When a man fails in his attempt to murder his wife and then commit suicide, DC Maggie Neville is assigned to be the surviving woman's Family Liaison Officer. As the husband lies in a coma in hospital, the wife sets about making sure everyone knows he's guilty. But there's something about her story that doesn't ring true to Maggie.

Wirbelwasser. Kelps Meeresfreundinnen schwimmen durch einen Wirbelwasser-Hinderniskurs. Mit etwas Übung sind sie schon bald so gut wie Cliff. Kelps Lied. Kelp hat einen Ohrwurm, aber seine Freundinnen können ihn nicht hören. Können sie ihn nachstellen, indem sie die richtigen Töne finden und diese richtig zusammensetzen? Der Spielplatz. Die Meereskinder verwandeln ein Wrack in einen Spielplatz mit Reifentunnel, Muschelkarussell und hoffentlich einer Rutsche. Zeit, sich an die Arbeit zu machen. Funkenfrei.

Kleine Schwestern. Jacky ist enttäuscht. Und auch ein bisschen sauer. Denn Kelp hatte ihr versprochen, heute mit ihr auf Muschelsuche zu gehen. Aber er ist nicht da, weil er sich mit Pixie trifft. Also geht Jacky alleine auf Muschelsuche. Was ist denn so toll an diesen Einhörnern? Das will sie herausfinden. Ein seltsamer Schatz. Kelp spielt mit den Einhörnern am Strand Muschelnpusten. Bis die Muschel weit oben auf den Klippen landet. Als sie wieder herunter an den Strand fällt, fällt etwas anderes hinterher. Ist das ein Schatz oder ein Spielzeug? Krabbi.

Irgendwo. Als Kelp zusammen mit seiner Schwester Jacky die Meere erkundet, wird er an einen magischen Ort gespült, wo er laufen kann und alle wie er aussehen! Über dem Regenbogen. Einen Regenbogen zu machen, ist schwieriger, als es aussieht. Der kleine Kelp muss viel über das Einhorn sein lernen, aber er findet es auf seine Art heraus. Tacos. Nachdem er zum ersten Mal knusprige Tacos probiert hat, möchte Kelp unbedingt welche zu seiner Familie mit nach Hause bringen. Aber das Meer weicht sie immer wieder auf. Der Regentag. Zischbee macht bei Regen kein Spaß.

Jonathan Blysdale has risen from wealthy tradesman’s son to gentleman in the highest circles of Society through sheer determination. When he catches sight of Lady Athena Dibbington, he knows he has found the jewel to crown his achievement. But Lady Athena was bred to marry no less than a marquess, and she has no patience with the attentions of one so far beneath her as Blysdale.

When Posie Parker, London’s premier female Detective, accidentally runs into an old family acquaintance, she is persuaded to leave town immediately and return to the place of her childhood roots - the beautiful and bleak Norfolk coast - to investigate a closed-room murder mystery which local police believe has a foregone conclusion. But have the police got it right? Posie must race against the clock as the Murder Trial is scheduled to begin in just two days’ time.

Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, is only just back in town when she receives an unexpected visitor. The mysterious magician, Count Olli Onneri, pupil of the legendary American magician Harry Houdini, invites Posie to take part in the opening night of his show at the nearby Holborn Empire. She will be helping him with a "magic mirror" trick, the like of which has never been seen before.

Only after his regiment is recalled to the Continent to fight the horrific battle of Waterloo does Captain Geoffrey Mantell at last see the truth: that Miss Emily Chandry, the unfortunate daughter of the miser next door, is more than his childhood playfellow. He comes back to England after the war to claim her hand, but he is too late—Emily is lost to him, the wife of a stranger who does not seem to care for more than her social connections. Reeling from this turn of events, Geoffrey must try to move on. But Emily's situation will continue to haunt him.

December, 1925. A dark, smog-filled London doesn’t seem very Christmassy or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London’s premier female private detective, receives an urgent call from one of her oldest friends: Rufus, Earl of Cardigeon. Summoned to The Mermaid, an ancient hotel in Rye on the Sussex Coast, in the heart of smuggling country, Posie, together with her husband Richard, finds her friend in a real state. As the snow falls and Christmas lights go up, secrets are revealed, and Posie becomes involved in perhaps her most personal case so far.

The ruined manor promised her romance, but its master was maddeningly elusive. Prey to gothic sensibilities, Miss Lenora Breckinridge is smitten with the air of tragedy and romance surrounding an abandoned mansion. Convinced that she is fated to become its mistress, she sets out to find the master, secure in the belief that he will fall madly in love with her and they will use her fortune to restore the manor together.

Posie Parker has been summoned to Chelsea, to the House of Sinne, the fashionable London perfume house. Anouk Sinne, the most brilliant perfumier of her age, has been receiving blackmail demands, and asks Posie to investigate. But is blackmail just the tip of the iceberg? A launch party for the House of Sinne’s highly anticipated new fragrance is just about to take place, and Posie finds herself rubbing shoulders with some very famous people, but after the "reveal" of the strangest perfume Posie has ever experienced, things take a chilling turn for the worse…