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Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death (Grantchester #1)
by James RuncieNow a major, prime-time six-part series Grantchester for ITV Sidney Chambers, the Vicar of Grantchester, is a thirty-two year old bachelor. Sidney is an unconventional clergyman and can go where the police cannot.Together with his roguish friend Inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor, a scandalous jewellery theft at a New Year's Eve dinner party, the unexplained death of a well-known jazz promoter and a shocking art forgery, the disclosure of which puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a clergyman, means that you are never off duty...Sidney Chambers will be played by James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley), and Robson Green (Reckless) will take on the role of Geordie Keating. Other cast members include Morven Christie (Twenty Twelve) as the beautiful heiress Amanda Kendall, while Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools and Horses) will play Sidney's housekeeper, and Kacey Ainsworth (Eastenders) is to join them as Geordie's wife.
Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 (Grantchester #1)
by James RuncieThe first of the Grantchester Mysteries, and the inspiration for the primetime PBS/Masterpiece television series, Grantchester.It is 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II . Sidney Chambers, vicar of Grantchester and honorary canon of Ely Cathedral, is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall, with dark brown hair, eyes the color of hazelnuts, and a reassuringly gentle manner, Sidney is an unconventional clerical detective. He can go where the police cannot.Together with his roguish friend, inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor, a scandalous jewelry theft at a New Year's Eve dinner party, the unexplained death of a jazz promoter's daughter, and a shocking art forgery that puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective, like being a clergyman, means that you are never off duty, but he nonetheless manages to find time for a keen interest in cricket, warm beer, and hot jazz-as well as a curious fondness for a German widow three years his junior.With a whiff of Agatha Christie and a touch of G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown, The Grantchester Mysteries introduces a wonderful new hero into the world of detective fiction.
Sidney Sheldon 3-Book Collection: If Tomorrow Comes, Nothing Lasts Forever, The Best Laid Plans
by Sidney SheldonThe master storyteller’s legacy continues… Glamour and suspense in the bestselling Sidney Sheldon novels from the international superstar Tilly Bagshawe.
Sidney Sheldon & Tilly Bagshawe 3-Book Collection: After The Darkness, Mistress Of The Game, Angel Of The Dark
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweThe master storyteller’s legacy continues… Glamour and suspense in the bestselling Sidney Sheldon novels from the international superstar Tilly Bagshawe. Includes the spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon’s MASTER OF THE GAME
Sidney Sheldon’s After the Darkness
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweGlamour and suspense in the bestselling Sidney Sheldon novel from the international superstar Tilly Bagshawe.
Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark (Tracy Whitney Ser.)
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweThe master storyteller’s legacy continues. An elusive and shadowy killer is on the prowl, codenamed the Angel of Death.
Sidney Sheldon’s Angel of the Dark (Tracy Whitney Ser.)
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweThe master storyteller’s legacy continues. An elusive and shadowy killer is on the prowl, codenamed the Angel of Death.
Sidney Sheldon’s Chasing Tomorrow
by Sidney Sheldon BagshaweNew York Times Bestselling Author Sidney Sheldon’s most popular and enduring heroine—Tracy Whitney of If Tomorrow Comes—returns in a sensational sequel full of passion, suspense, and breathtaking twists.
Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweThe spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon’s MASTER OF THE GAME, one of the most glamorous and suspenseful tales ever told…
Sidney Sheldon’s Reckless: A Tracy Whitney Novel (Tracy Whitney Ser. #03)
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweNew York Times Bestselling Author Tracy Whitney - Sidney Sheldon’s most popular and enduring heroine - is back again in the sensational and gripping follow-up to Chasing Tomorrow.
Sidney Sheldon’s The Silent Widow: A Sidney Sheldon Novel (A\sidney Sheldon Novel Ser.)
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweNew York Times Bestselling Author Sweeping from Mexico City to the dark underbelly of LA, The Silent Widow has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel.
Sidney Sheldon’s The Tides of Memory
by Sidney Sheldon Tilly BagshaweHow far would you go to protect the ones you love?
Siege
by Geraint JonesThe Roman Empire is built on the efficient brutality of its soldiers, all ready to fight and die for her. Most of them live together as brothers, but a German force is slowly working its way through their ranks.After losing most of his comrades-in-arms to a devastating onslaught, Legionary Felix and the other unlucky survivors are taken as slaves - they can do nothing to stop the treacherous Arminius's united German tribes from felling legion after legion. Steadily the force slaughter outposts, none saw the attacks coming and with each day they move towards Rome. Only when a lone fort, Aliso, manages to keep the bloodbath at bay do Felix and his comrades flee, ready to join their fellow soldiers in the fight and protect the Empire from an army capable of tearing it apart.
Siege: (Scope 1) (Scope #1)
by Simon KernickWho will survive? The new bestseller from the master of the race-against-time thriller.LONDON. THE STANHOPE HOTEL, PARK LANE. 16.00 A normal afternoon.THE MANAGERNewly engaged Elena Serenko has just made the life-changing decision to quit her job and start a new life in Australia.THE GUESTSUpstairs, a young woman waits for her lover; a visiting family prepare for an evening out; and a sick man contemplates his own mortality.THE ASSASSINHigh up amongst the penthouse suites, a skilled and dangerous killer is hunting a quarry who’s eluded him for far too long.THE SIEGEWhat none of them know is that a group of ruthless gunmen are about to burst into the Stanhope, shooting indiscriminately, and seizing hostages.As darkness falls and the gunmen become increasingly violent, only one thing matters. Who will survive?
Siege
by Sarah MussiLeah Jackson - in detention. Then armed Year 9s burst in, shooting. She escapes, just. But the new Lock Down system for keeping intruders out is now locking everyone in. She takes to the ceilings and air vents with another student, Anton, and manages to use her mobile to call out to the world. First: survive the gang - the so-called 'Eternal Knights'. Second: rescue other kids taken hostage, and one urgently needing medical help. Outside, parents gather, the army want intelligence, television cameras roll, psychologists give opinions, sociologists rationalise, doctors advise - and they all want a piece of Leah. Soon her phone battery is running out; the SAS want her to reconnoitre the hostage area ... But she is guarding a terrifying conviction. Her brother, Connor, is at the centre of this horror. Is he with the Eternal Knights or just a pawn? She remembers. All those times Connor reached out for help ... If she'd listened, voiced her fears about him earlier, would things be different now? Should she give up her brother?With only Anton for company, surviving by wits alone, Leah wrestles with the terrible choices ...
The Siege: Winner of the 2014 CWA International Dagger
by Arturo Pérez-ReverteCádiz, 1811. Spain is battling for independence while America is doing the same. But in the streets of the most liberal city in Europe other battles are taking place. A serial killer is on the loose, flaying young women to death. Each of these murders takes place near the site where a French bomb has just fallen. It is the job of policeman Rogelio Tizon to find the murderer and avoid public scandal in a city already posied on the brink.
The Siege: Introduction By John Sutherland
by John Sutherland'You know you're in the presence of an expert when you read The Siege. A gripping debut novel.' Jeffrey ArcherNine hostages. Ten hours. One chance to save them all. Lee James Connor has found his purpose in life: to follow the teachings of far-right extremist leader, Nicholas Farmer. So when his idol is jailed, he comes up with the perfect plan: take a local immigrant support group hostage until Farmer is released. Grace Wheatley is no stranger to loneliness having weathered the passing of her husband, whilst being left to raise her son alone. The local support group is her only source of comfort. Until the day Lee James Connor walks in and threatens the existence of everything she's ever known. Superintendent Alex Lewis may be one of the most experienced hostage negotiators on the force, but there's no such thing as a perfect record. Still haunted by his last case, can he connect with Connor - and save his nine hostages - before it's too late?'A masterly, gripping tale of a siege, written with a true voice of authority.' - Peter James
Siege Mentality
by Chris BrookmyreDark deeds make for devilish reading in this short story from the multi-award-winning crime author of Black Widow, Want You Gone and Where the Bodies Are Buried.***Please note that this story was originally published as The Last Siege of Bothwell Castle in the Bloody Scotland anthology***A hostage crisis is developing at a castle on the outskirts of Glasgow, during what is supposed to be Superintendent Catherine McLeod's bank holiday relaxation time. Those trapped inside the castle are used to dealing with the volatile mix of light-fingered teens and obnoxious tourists; less so a truckload of explosives and a hidden agenda. For Catherine and her team, it's a recipe for a potentially deadly day off.Tense, twisted and laugh-out-loud funny, Siege Mentality is a day-trip you won't forget.For more from Catherine McLeod, read the Jasmine Sharp trilogy, beginning with Where the Bodies are Buried, a sample from which is included with this short story.
Sierra Six: The action-packed new Gray Man novel - soon to be a major Netflix film (Gray Man #11)
by Mark GreaneyTHE LATEST ALL-ACTION THRILLER IN THE GRAY MAN SERIES - SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM.Before he was the Gray Man, Court Gentry was Sierra Six, the junior member of a CIA action team.In their first mission they took out a terrorist leader, but at a terrible price - the life of a woman Court cared for. Years have passed and now The Gray Man is on a simple mission when he sees a ghost: the long-dead terrorist, but he's remarkably energetic for a dead man.A decade may have gone by but the Gray Man hasn't changed. He isn't one to leave a job unfinished or a blood debt unpaid.-------'I love the Gray Man'Lee Child'So propulsive, the murders so explosive, that flipping the pages feels like playing the ultimate videogame'New York Times'Bourne for the new millennium'James Rollins'Intense, explosive, daring, funny, and ultimately just flat out awesome'Ben Coes
A Sight For Sore Eyes: A spine-tingling and bone-chilling psychological thriller from the award winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell
by Ruth RendellIn traditional fairy tales the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after.But in Ruth Rendell's dark and damaged contemporary universe, innocent dreams can turn into the most terrible living nightmares.Teddy Brex emerges from a loveless, isolated childhood as a handsome but autistic young man. Francine Hill, emotionally and mentally scarred by the murder of her mother, grows into a beautiful young woman, who must endure the overprotectiveness of an increasingly obsessive stepmother.Teddy Brex does ride to her rescue, but he is a man who has already committed two murders. In Rendell's dark criminal London, can anyone be trusted?
Sight Unseen
by Robert GoddardIt is a hot summer's day in the tourist village of Avebury. A man sits outside the Red Lion pub, waiting. He sees a woman with three young children, two of them running ahead while their sister dawdles behind. A child's voice catches on the breeze.For want of anything more interesting to do, the man watches. He sees nothing sinister or threatening. Even when another figure enters his field of vision, he does not react. The figure is ordinary - male, short-haired, stockily built.But he is moving fast, at a loping run.And then it happens. In one swift movement, the running man grabs the youngest child and carries her away. Still the man outside the pub does not react. Suddenly, awhite transit van bursts into view, its engine racing, its rear door slamming shut. The child and her abductor are inside. The child's sister rushes forward. The man outside the pub jumps up...The tragedy begins at Avebury. But it does not end there.
Sight Unseen: Darkly mesmerising . . . A fabulous read (A Sarah Sutherland Thriller)
by Sandra Ireland1648. Alie Gowdie marries Richard Webster during a turbulent time in Scotland’s history. Charles I is about to lose his head, and little does Alie know that she too will meet a grisly end within the year.2019. Sarah Sutherland is struggling to cope with the demands of her day job, caring for her elderly father and keeping tabs on her backpacking daughter. She wanted to be an archaeologist, but now in her forties, she is divorced, alone, and there seems to be no respite, no glimmer of excitement on the horizon. However, she does have a special affinity with the Kilgour Witch, Alie Gowdie, who lived in Sarah’s cottage until her execution in 1648, and Sarah likes nothing better than to retreat into a world of sorcery, spells and religious fanaticism.Her stories delight tourists as she leads them along the cobbled streets of her home town, but what really lies behind the tale of Alie Gowdie, the Kilgour Witch? Can Sarah uncover the truth in order to right a centuries-old wrong? And what else might modern-day Kilgour be hiding, just out of sight?
The Sigma Protocol (Compass Ser.)
by Robert LudlumBen Hartman is on holiday in Switzerland when he meets a childhood friend - who promptly tries to kill him. In self-defence, Ben kills his attacker, but soon the body and all evidence of the confrontation have disappeared.Anna Navarro, a US government agent, is sent to look into a string of deaths around the world. The only thing the victims have in common is an old OSS file, codenamed SIGMA. But as soon as she starts to get somewhere, she is dragged off the case and declared rogue. Someone wants this secret kept, and not only the future of Hartman and Navarro is at stake, but that of the world...
The Sign: A Thriller
by Raymond KhouryWhat event could unite the world in peace - or in war? From the bestselling author of THE LAST TEMPLAR.A remote shelf in the Arctic circle. A small TV crew is braving the harsh conditions to film the breaking off of a major ice shelf - yet another nail in the planet's eco-coffin. Then someone calls out, pointing at something up in the sky overhead. The camera pans up and they look up to see a blazing symbol clear, burning high over the bleak, deserted terrain.Thus begins a series of strange events worldwide as the mysterious sign appears over the sites of conflict, natural disasters and terrorist atrocities. What can it portend? The world is wracked with both fear and hope.Suddenly, all this is focused onto one man. An obscure monk who recognises the symbol from the past and understands what it means for the future of humanity. But as he becomes the most sought-after man on the planet, the questions have to be asked: could this be the real deal? Or the most elaborate fake in world history? And - either way - what happens to the world now?