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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

A J Pollard

A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

A S Webb

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

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A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Elli Ioannou

Millions of people visit Paris every year, but many of them miss the real gems of the city: the many secret gardens, parks and squares. 
 
Everyone knows the key tourist spots to visit, but who doesn’t want a tranquil hideaway, tucked away from the hustle and bustle, to have a coffee break and really enjoy the city like a local? From large resplendent parks, perfect for a springtime stroll, to small squares where you can enjoy your pastry at leisure, fashion photographer Elli Ioannou shares her insider guide for anyone hoping to travel to Paris, or simply looking for a little escapism. 
 
Throughout, you'll find stunning photographs across the seasons of one of the world's most beloved cities, a little history about each park, as well as the address and opening times. 
 
Secret Gardens of Paris features 20 beautifully photographed locations, from small green hideaways, to boutique hotels and green oases, to enchanting museum sculpture gardens. 
Perfect for anyone looking for a new way to enjoy Paris, whether you're a seasoned visitor or travelling there for the first time.

The Secret Gardens of Paris

Green Hideaways in the Heart of the City

Bex Partridge

Crafting with Flowers is a stunning book centred around crafting with both fresh and dried flowers, encouraging the reader to connect with nature and create stylish projects for their homes, spaces and to gift to others. The book features 20 practical projects and activities to help readers pause their hectic lives and immerse themselves in a connection to nature and creativity. 
 
From simple and cute ideas like flower crowns and garlands, to gorgeous seasonal wreaths and kokedama, all the projects in Crafting with Flowers connect the reader to the outside world, providing them with a beautiful piece to enjoy in their home. Bex gives helpful guidance on the best plants to use for each project and provides tips and techniques to get the most from your creations. 
 
With stunning photography and inspiring projects, Crafting with Flowers will give you the confidence and inspiration to bring nature into the home and allow you to find moments of calm and joy.

Crafting with Flowers

Celebrate the Seasons with 20 Floral Projects

Clare Coulson

An exclusive tour of the private gardens of the UK&rsquo;s most influential garden designers. 
 
 From bucolic country cottages to expansive estates, this book showcases the private gardens of eighteen globally-renowned landscape architects. Featuring in-depth interviews, full garden tours and stunning photography by &Eacute;va N&eacute;meth, the book gives an insight into the inventive and idiosyncratic ways leading designers craft their own gardens,&#160;some of which are previously unpublished.&#160;Featured designers include Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Miranda Brooks, Sarah Price, Dan Pearson, Tom Stuart-Smith, Isabel and Julian Bannerman, Arne Maynard and Mary Keen. 
 
 Written and curated by gardening writer Clare Coulson, Wonderlands is a visual bible of the very best British gardens.

Wonderlands

British Garden Designers at Home

Isabelle Palmer

Whether you have a roof terrace, a tiny balcony or just a window sill, there&rsquo;s no excuse not to get gardening. 
 
The Container Gardening Handbook shows just how easy it is to get started in the garden &ndash; and how to make the most of every little space. 
 
 This is the perfect book for novice gardeners who may have mastered the art of indoor plants and are ready to take it outside. The chapters include the basics, how to make a garden in a day, weekend projects, one-pot wonders, window boxes and finishing touches. It features over 20 projects with a mix of small gardens, singular containers and window boxes, all of which are stylish and easy to manage. Isabelle also offers advice on how to upgrade store-bought containers with a lick of paint, transforming the look of your plants. 
 
 With clear step-by-step instructions and advice on which plants suit your space, as well as how to care for them, this is an accessible book for anyone looking to start their own small garden.

The Container Gardening Handbook

A Beginner's Guide to Growing Flowers in Pots

Alice Bailey

Maddie Bailey

The Houseplant Handbook is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach. 
 
 Focusing on working with the plants you already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating, Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold. 
 
 By matching awkward spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and help them thrive. 
 
 Features an extensive section with informative plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.

The Houseplant Handbook

A Beginner’s Guide to Caring for Houseplants

The Hidden Histories of Flowers reveals the captivating world of flowers. From the symbolism and meaning behind flowers and how these have evolved over time, to how humans interact with flowers based on cultural and geographical differences, and how flowers have been coveted for their medicinal aspects as well as for their visual merits, The Hidden Histories of Flowers showcases fascinating details of flowers and our relationship with them. If you find yourself wondering about the deeper meanings behind flowers and are keen to investigate their inner workings and place in history, The Hidden Histories of Flowers is the perfect place to begin your exploration.

The Hidden Histories of Flowers

Fascinating Stories of Flora

Stuart Ovenden

The Flowerpot Forager is a beginners&#39; guide to growing wild food in pots, making foraging easy.The Flowerpot Forager details 30 wild edible plants that can be grown at home in containers with as much effort as you would put into your tending your herb pot from the supermarket, plus a very simple recipe or two on how to use them &ndash; think pink clover lemonade, water mint pesto and dandelion salad. Foraging is a perennially aspirational hobby for gardeners and cooks alike, but it&rsquo;s now entering the mainstream; from supermarkets stocking wild garlic to Fever Tree spiking their tonics with elderflower, wild food is everywhere. Historically, location has hampered the accessibility of foraging &ndash; if you don&rsquo;t live near a wood, riverbed or meadow, it can be difficult to find those lusted-after ingredients in cookbooks and on TV shows. But The Flowerpot Forager is here to solve that.

The Flowerpot Forager

An Easy Guide to Growing Wild Food at Home

Andrew Perry

The Herb Gardening&#160;Handbook gives you the know-how of what herbs to buy, what to plant them with, how to use them and even how to make herbs look good, no matter the space available. Beginning with a simple guide of how to get started and the best growing conditions for herbs, The Herb Gardening Handbook is a stylish guide to 12 herb projects that will suit everything from indoor window ledges to balconies and gardens. From the Cocktail Herb Garden, which focuses on the botanicals that will make summer cocktails and drinks all the more fragrant to the Pizza Pantry Garden where readers will grow everything needed to create delicious pizza toppings. There are also projects looking to make a positive impact on the environment, such as the Bee Buffet, which will feature tasty herbs that pollinators will love to be a part of. Using widely accessible herbs as well as suggestions for more interesting varieties and including stunning photography, this book is perfect for gardening beginners, as well as seasoned pros looking to learn some new tips and tricks on how to make the most of herbs.

The Herb Gardening Handbook

A Beginners' Guide to Growing and Harvesting Herbs No Matter Your Space

Paul Anderton

Robin Daly

Learn how to make cuttings and regrow a huge range of houseplants as well as a few outdoor varieties with this simple, step-by-step guide to propagation.The second title from the authors of Regrown, in Propagate, Paul Anderton and Robin Daly show just how easy home propagation is, with instructions on how to regrow your favourite houseplants and some allotment crops.Conversational, approachable and aiming to inspire their readers, the authors explore 20 propagation projects from multiplying plants such as monsteras and rubber plants in a small city apartment through to making dozens of ready-to-go tomato plants from budding side-shoots on the allotment.With stunning photography and clear, detailed illustrations, the book also includes historical, anecdotal and personal stories about the marvel of propagation, along with a handful of bitesize interviews with other propagators, showing just how easy it is to share the joy of plant parenting.

Propagate

How to Regrow your Houseplants

Marianne Slater

Cut Flower Growing will show you how to grow and harvest your own cut flowers at home, no-matter your space or skill-level.Split into three sections: Planning &amp; Preparing, From Seed to Cutting and Creating with Blooms, this book takes you through the very basics of cut flower growing: how to plan your space and what you want to grow, what varieties to look for as well as feature some essential tips and tricks for maintaining healthy plants.Featuring simple ideas on how you can enjoy the spoils of your hard work with 12 beautifully inspiring, seasonal and stylish cut-flower arranging projects this stunning guide provides all the information you need to get started with your own cutting garden.

Cut Flower Growing

A Beginner's Guide to Planning, Planting and Styling Cut Flowers, No Matter Your Space

Catherine Foxwell

Floral Evolution shows you how to use accessible flowers to make beautiful floral designs.Author Catherine Foxwell believes that the flowers and beautiful arrangements should be accessible to all, and this book takes you through some simple projects using sustainable techniques to achieve this.She uses readily available, inexpensive flowers in straightforward projects that teach you how to repurpose the bloom into four different displays. Chapters are broken down into Flowers for the Home, Flowers to Give, Flowers to Wear, Flowers for Celebration, Large Arrangements, DIY Wedding Flowers and Special Project.With this step-by-step, extremely accessible approach, anyone can arrange blooms like a pro.

Floral Evolution

Over 20 Displays That Make the Most Of Every Stem

Ophelie Damblé

Discover 50 practical actions on how to you can make your environment greener.With suggestions for your home, your building, your neighbourhood and your city as a whole, Living Green in the City is full of smart ideas on how you can revegetate the area around you.With illustrated tutorials and testimonials, this is the perfect guide for anyone wanting to bring more greenery around them.

Living Green in the City

50 Actions to Make Your Surroundings Greener

Becky Cole

The Garden Apothecary shows us how to harvest and use commonly found plants, weeds and herbs to create our own healing home apothecaries. With tasty recipes, wild skincare, in-depth plant spotlights and a back-to-roots ethos, The Garden Apothecary will encourage the reader to become more connected to the natural world through learning the art of herbalism from plants growing in our gardens. Focusing on 20 herbs and plants, learn how to identify, grow and pick them from your garden or forage them, as well as discovering their medicinal properties. Each plant spotlight includes in depth information on how to use it in a multitude of recipes and remedies. The Garden Apothecary is a safe and mindful approach to the often overwhelming world of foraging and herbalism.

The Garden Apothecary

Transform Flowers, Weeds and Plants into Healing Remedies

Jennifer Haslam

Pip McCormac

A New Leaf: Curated Houses Where Plants Meet Design is a celebration of the modern and stylish homes that reinvent the humble houseplant as a coveted design object.The book spotlights 18 houses around the world (including United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Italy and Brazil), each illustrated with a selection of images of the entire home with particular emphasis on their plantlife. Each section includes an interview with the owners, walking the reader through the plant choices they made and the impact they had on their unique aesthetic.Pip McCormac&#39;s informative text and Jen Haslam&#39;s expert curation make A New Leaf invaluable to interior design lovers and those seeking inspiration on how to incorporate plants in their lives.

A New Leaf

Curated Houses Where Plants Meet Design

The Hidden Histories of Houseplants explores 20 of the world&rsquo;s most common houseplants.This book isn&rsquo;t just a dry exploration of historical cultivation; the narrative explores the plants&rsquo; places in social history, science and culture, showcasing the most fascinating elements of each plant&rsquo;s story, be it the exploration as to why Monstera deliciosa have holes in their leaves, whether houseplants have the ability to count, or why Calathea leaves open during the day and close up at night.Accompanied by stunning illustrations, each text takes the reader on a journey through time, history and culture, told by the most universally binding objects in our homes from London to Beijing &ndash; houseplants.

The Hidden Histories of Houseplants

Fascinating Stories of Our Most-Loved Houseplants

The Green Indoors is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach.Focussing on working with the plants you already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating, Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold.By matching awkward spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and help them thrive.Features an extensive section with informative plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.

The Green Indoors

Finding the Right Plants for Your Home Environment

Lucy Hutchings

"Clear, modern and inspiring" - Alan Titchmarsh, gardener and broadcasterIn this truly innovative book Lucy Hutchings &ndash; aka She Grows Veg &ndash; proves that vegetable gardening doesn&#39;t always require outdoor space.Through clever uses of space and containers, understanding of growing conditions and a unique, design-led approach, Lucy showcases how anyone can grow pretty much anything in their back garden, courtyard, balcony or kitchen.Lucy creates&#160;19&#160;projects, from living vegetable walls and hydroponics basics, to&#160;indoor greenhouses&#160;and&#160;hanging herb racks&#160;that have all the decorative style and visual interest of ornamental house plants.With step-by-step illustrations and stunning photography, with Get Up and Grow, you can go from gardening novice to growing pro in a matter of weeks.&#160;Lucy is blazing a trail for new-wave gardening with a mantra of anything is possible, for anyone.

Get Up and Grow

Herb, Vegetable and Fruit Growing Projects for Both Indoors and Outdoors, from She Grows Veg

Let Paul and Robin, aka Two Dirty Boys, take you through the process of reusing items to grow plants from kitchen cuttings otherwise bound for the waste bin.Vegetables have the extraordinary ability to regenerate themselves without fertilization - even your everyday kitchen scraps. With step-by-step illustrations, this guide shows you how to grow twenty vegetables that are every bit as delicious as their first incarnations.Ranging from fruits and herbs that will sprout in a matter of days, to vegetables that will delight in later seasons, Regrown is an easy-to-follow guide to growing new plants, with a focus on repurposing produce found in any supermarket. The projects include everything from carrot tops and mushroom stalks to ginger, avocado and even pineapple, with tips on how to use them in the kitchen, too.Grow new plants from your cooking scraps - all you need is a jar and a tapful of water... then just let nature do its thing.

Regrown

How to Grow Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables from Kitchen Scraps

Sarah Stirling

Over-attached to technology and cosseted in our homes, the Western world has never been so disconnected from nature.Rewild Your Life is here to help you tune up your innate connection to the great outdoors. Through 52 seasonal indoor and outdoor projects, adventure writer and wild swimming enthusiast Sarah Stirling shows you how connecting more deeply with the natural world is key to keeping the environment alive, while simultaneously bringing the joy and wonder back into every day.Projects range from spoon carving to foraging in the hedgerows, making and mending to natural navigation and growing vegetables. You can follow these projects week by week for a year, or flick through the book to find ideas you&#39;d like to try &ndash; many are achievable all year round.Whether you&#39;re an outdoor expert or a novice, eight&#160;years old or eighty, there&#39;s plenty in here for you.

Rewild Your Life

52 Ways To Reconnect To Nature

Grace Paul

The Urban Vegetable Patch is an eco-friendly guide to growing green, no matter your space.Starting with how to set-up your own vegetable patch up &ndash; be it on a windowsill, a balcony or even an allotment &ndash; you will learn how to make the most of your space, whatever the size.From how to grow vegetables organically &ndash; be it from seed or even food scraps &ndash; to making your own fertiliser, as well as practical tips on how to cook, store and share your haul, reduce your use of plastics and water, and even how to plant for wildlife, this book will inspire you to grow your way to greener way of living &ndash; so dig in!

The Urban Vegetable Patch

A Modern Guide to Growing Sustainably, Whatever Your Space

Katie Cooper

Plant Therapy showcases the theory behind the recent surge in the &lsquo;self-care&rsquo; approach to living with plants, no matter what your environment.We all know that being in or surrounded by nature is good for our health, but few of us take the time to understand why. As urbanization swallows up ecosystems, and humans move away from the environments they&rsquo;ve adapted to, it has never been more important to understand the relationship between plants and people.Broken down into five chapters: The Human-Nature Relationship, Plants and Health, Plants and People, Living with Plants and an informative Plant Directory, the book first explains how we have come to exist in an environment that is at odds with our mental, emotional and physical needs, then explores how we can readjust this balance, before showcasing plants that help us to breathe, restore balance, and boost our wellbeing.A stylish yet practical book, Plant Therapy brings together two major trends &ndash; house plants and wellbeing &ndash; and enhances the value of both through making clear their connection with one another. When research has shown that the presence of plants can decrease blood pressure, increase productivity, and calm anxiety, both at home and at work, why wouldn&rsquo;t you pick up this book and create your own calming oasis?

Plant Therapy

How an Indoor Green Oasis Can Improve Your Mental and Emotional Wellbeing

Whether you have a roof terrace, a tiny balcony or just a window sill, there&rsquo;s no excuse not to do some gardening.In Modern Container Gardening, Isabelle Palmer shows just how easy it is to get started in the garden &ndash; and how to make the most of every little space.Modern Container Gardening is the perfect book for novice gardeners who may have mastered the art of indoor plants and are ready to take it outside. The chapters include the basics, how to make a garden in a day, weekend projects, one-pot wonders, window boxes and finishing touches. It features 28 projects with a mix of small gardens, singular containers and window boxes, all of which are stylish and easy to manage. Isabelle also offers advice on how to upgrade store-bought containers with a lick of paint, transforming the look of your plants.With clear step-by-step instructions and advice on which plants suit your space, as well as how to care for them, this is an accessible book for anyone looking to start their own small garden.

Modern Container Gardening

How to Create a Stylish Small-Space Garden Anywhere

Sophie Lee

Houseplants offer the perfect solution to the urban dweller, lacking in space &ndash; indoor and outdoor &ndash; and in Living With Plants, botanical-stylist, Sophie Lee, shows you simple but innovative ways to make your home gorgeously green. Starting with the basics, learn how to pick the right plant for your home (and specifically what room), what levels of sunlight your plant needs and the best space for your plants to thrive. Packed with information on plant types and breeds, how to dress a windowsill on a budget and essential tools, you&rsquo;ll also discover a comprehensive guide on plant care, teaching you how to nurture your plants correctly &ndash; from propagation and cuttings, to watering and potting, to recognising early signs of plant trouble and how to prevent them. With handy tips and tricks dotted throughout plus creative DIY plant projects like how to make your own terrariums to gorgeous kokedama and macram&eacute; plant hangers, Living With Plants is a beautiful manual of ideas for those who want to find inspiring ways to bring the beauty of nature into their home.

Living With Plants

A Guide To Indoor Gardening

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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