Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. They strongly disapprove of strangeness. It's only when a letter arrives, deliver…
When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a…
Francis Urquhart is a ruthless politician determined to cling to his new status as Prime Minister. His power plays, however, are frustrated at every turn by a caring, idealistic new King. As the s…
From its first publication in 1817 Rob Roy has been recognised as containing some of Scott's finest writing and most engaging, fully realised characters. The outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor was already a …
At the end of Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born Australian citizen. Resettling in America, they swore eternal fidelity, but also (each a survivor of a div…
From Edward Rutherfurd, the grand master of the historical novel, comes a dazzling epic about the magnificent city of Paris. Moving back and forth in time, the story unfolds through intimate and th…
Fueled with gripping suspense and surprise, Michael Crichton's The Great Train Robbery is a breathtaking thrill-ride that races along tracks at breakneck speed. Lavish wealth and appalling poverty…
"I seen a kid killed... He strangled it, up by the horse." When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he wi…
When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her side - but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe t…
Otto was once many things, but now, sitting in his caravan, drinking what is left of his coffee (dust), listening to the Allies rain their bombs on his city, he is simply scared. And so he's decide…