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Pleasant Vices
by Judy AstleyThe residents of the Close were much concerned with crime -preventing it, that is. With all those out-of-work teenagers on the nearby council estate hanging around, stealing, joy-riding and goodness knows what else, it was just as well that Paul Mathieson was setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme. Not that the inhabitants of the Close did not have their own little activities, of course, but these were hardly the same thing. If Jenny and Alan's daughter was caught travelling on the underground without a ticket, and their son was doing a little experimenting with certain substances, and Laura didn't see the need to declare her earnings from hiring out her house to a film crew, and Jenny drove home only just over the legal limit- well, these were quite different matters, not to be compared with what went on in the Estate. And then there was Jenny's discovery, when she advertised flute lessons, that she could work up quite a nice little earner in a rather unexpected way . As the leafy London street resounded to the efforts of its citizens to keep crime at bay, Jenny realised that it was her marriage, rather than her property, that needed watching. .
The Prince of Tides
by Pat ConroyPat Conroy has created a huge, brash thunderstorm of a novel, stinging with honesty and resounding with drama Spanning forty years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the extraordinary family into which they were born.
Rightfully Mine
by Doris MortmanThis is a romance in which Gaby has to fight for what is rightfully hers against overwhelming odds. The story is set against a background of the world of antiques, a subject which the author has obviously well researched. WARNING: some explicit descriptions of sex and incest.
Silver Creek Showdown (McMasters #2)
by Lee MorganCattleman Protective Association Captain Boyd McMasters is sent to Silver Creek, Texas, to investigate a case of cattle rustling involving four prize bulls worth about $20,000. That's enough money to kill for, it seems, because someone keeps drawing a bead on McMasters every time he goes into town. When McMasters figures out who's behind it all, he's going to lay down the law.
The Stranger's Wife
by Paige PhillipsA tall, dark-haired man appeared across the room. Meg's mouth went dry, her prepared speech forgotten. What was she supposed to say next?
Tapestry of Fate
by Nina BeaumontSilhouette Intrigue historical romance novel, set in czarist Russia.
Violent Sunday (McMasters #6)
by Lee MorganA twisted bunch called the Hell Killers kill and mutilate cattle before moving on to the ranchers and their families. The Cattleman's Protective Association is fighting back, and has sent McMasters to collect the bounties on the heads of the killers.
Where Or When
by Anita ShreveShreve, who mixed up such a potent brew of love and tragedy in her earlier Eden Close (1989) and Strange Fits of Passion (1991), serves us something else here--slightly sweeter but also thinner, something that for all its fizz feels flat by the end. Charles Callahan, a 44-year-old Rhode Island insurance broker, is a man who has deep feelings but finds himself emotionally thwarted in the life he leads. He loves his three children, but his marriage to Harriet is passionless. He also knows too many sad, painful secrets about friends and acquaintances, and he's powerless to help. When he chances upon a photograph of poet Sin Richardsin the Sunday newspaper, his life changes. Sin was his first love, 31 years ago at summer camp. Now, at Charles's instigation, the two childhood sweethearts begin corresponding and, before long, resume their old romance. Sin, married to melancholy, reserved Stephen, has suffered the loss of a child, and, aftersome hesitation, she allows herself to turn to Charles with the same urgency he feels for her. Shreve evokes this emotional buildup deftly, complete with stirring old songs and flashbacks to teenaged love, unforgettable in its combination of innocence and intensity.
First-class Father
by Charlotte DouglasDylan Wade is searching for a missing boy--and about to discover that the kidnapped child is his own son. Still, he's going to make a First-Class Father.
Fourth Horseman
by Margot DaltonShe's on maternity leave, unofficially, Detective Jackie Kaminsky can't ignore a thirty-year-old murder, Especially since the bodies are buried in her own back yard. Jackie Kaminsky finds her instincts put to the ultimate test when she unearths the bodies of a murdered woman and baby behind her new house. As a cop, she suspects this peaceful neighbourhood is hiding a sinister secret. As a mother, she fears for her own baby's safety.
After Hours
by Jessica SteeleThis is a romance. But I can't find a synopsis for it. If you read this book, please send in a synopsis. We'll add it right away and credit you with an update.
Break the Night
by Anne Stuart"You don't scare me, Mr Damien." "Just Damien," he told her, straightening.