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The Best Corpse for the Job
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 309

The Best Corpse for the Job

Tea and sympathy have never been so deadly. Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St Crispin's have already failed miserably at finding the right candidate, so it's make or break this second time round. But when one of the applicants is found strangled in the school, what should have been a straightforward decision turns tempestuous as a flash flood in their small English village. Inspector Robin Bright isn't thrilled to be back at St. Crispin's. Memories of his days there are foul enough without tossing in a complicated murder case. And that handsome young teacher has him reminding himself not to fraternize with a witness. But it's not long before Robin is relying on Adam for more than just his testimony. As secrets amongst the governors emerge and a second person turns up dead, Robin needs to focus less on Adam and more on his investigation. But there are too many suspects, too many lies, and too many loose ends. Before they know it, Robin and Adam are fighting for their lives and their hearts.

Lessons in Desire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Lessons in Desire

Jonty's coaxes his lover, Orlando, to take a break from university life to join him on a holiday on the beautiful Channel Island of Jersey. A brutal murder at their hotel complicates their getaway especially when the prime suspect takes a personal interest in Orlando.

Lessons for Idle Tongues
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

Lessons for Idle Tongues

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-06-29
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Cambridge, 1910 Amateur detectives Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith seem to have nothing more taxing on their plate than locating a missing wooden cat and solving the dilemma of seating thirteen for dinner. But one of the guests brings a conundrum: a young woman has been found dead, and her boyfriend is convinced she was murdered. The trouble is, nobody else agrees. Investigation reveals that several young people in the local area have died in strange circumstances, and rumours abound of poisonings at the hands of Lord Toothill, a local mysterious recluse. Toothill's angry, gun-toting gamekeeper isn't doing anything to quell suspicions, either. But even with a gun to his head, Jonty can tell there's more going on in this surprisingly treacherous village than meets the eye. And even Orlando's vaunted logic is stymied by the baffling inconsistencies they uncover. Together, the Cambridge Fellows must pick their way through gossip and misdirection to discover the truth.

Charlie Company
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Charlie Company

Peter Cochrane joined the company as a young platoon commander in 1940. From his own experience he has told the remarkable story of a small group of soldiers. The stresses and horrors of war are there, but so is the humour and the spirit of men whose morale sustained to the very end. This is the story of a rifle company of the Cameron Highlanders.

Second Helpings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 146

Second Helpings

Stuart Collins's life might as well have ended a year ago when his partner died in a car crash. Even Stuart's widowed father has found new love with an old friend, Isabel Franklin, so why can't Stuart be bothered to try? Then he gets a phone call from Isabel's son, Paul, who wants to check out whether or not Mr. Collins is good enough for his mother. During dinner together, though, they end up checking out each other. Trouble is, Paul's got a boyfriend — or maybe he doesn't, since the boyfriend's supposedly giving Paul the push by ignoring him. Or maybe Paul just wants to have his cake and eat it too. Honesty with each other is the only way to move forward. But maybe honesty with themselves is what they really need.

Promises Made Under Fire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 78

Promises Made Under Fire

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-02-25
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  • Publisher: Harlequin

A British soldier in World War I fulfills a fallen friend’s request and makes a few discoveries in the process in this heartwarming M/M historical romance. France, 1915 Lieutenant Tom Donald envies everything about fellow officer Frank Foden—his confidence, his easy manner with the men in the trenches, the affectionate letters from his wife. Frank shares these letters happily, drawing Tom into a vicarious friendship with a woman he’s never met. Although the bonds of friendship forged under fire are strong, Tom can’t be so open with Frank—he’s attracted to men and could never confess that to anyone. When Frank is killed in no-man’s-land, he leaves behind a mysterious request for Tom: to deliver a sealed letter to a man named Palmer. Tom undertakes the commission while on leave—and discovers that almost everything he thought he knew about Frank is a lie . . .

Lessons for Survivors
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 207

Lessons for Survivors

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-01-26
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart take a commission to investigate a murder while Orlando adjudicates a plagiarism case that turns nasty due to a threat of blackmail.

Bad Blood Sisters
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 437

Bad Blood Sisters

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-12-04
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Quinn McFarland has grown up around dead bodies¿Quinn's always joked about death, but this summer, death stops being funny. For one thing, her brother finally undergoes transplant surgery. For another, Quinn's estranged BFF-her "blood sister"-is brought into the family mortuary, bludgeoned to death.Quinn is haunted by the past, her friendship gone awry, and the blood oath she's sworn to keep secret. The police consider her a person of interest, and someone threatens her not to talk. Quinn is the only one who knows enough to bring the killer to justice, but what she's buried puts her in extreme danger.

Speak Its Name
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 204

Speak Its Name

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-10-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Three stories, six men and for all of them, a love that dare not Speak Its Name. Aftermath by Charlie Cochrane The time: 1920. The place: Oxford University. Since arriving at the college in the autumn, Edward Easterby has admired, and desired, popular and dashing Hugo Lamont from afar, never believing he had a chance for friendship-or more-with the man. Edward uses a chance, unfortunate encounter as a moment for an apology and a tentative conversation. Hugo, wary and guarded from a previous, unsatisfying liaison, slowly lets his defences down and opens his heart to the budding relationship between them. Poetic and beautifully written, Aftermath will stay with you long after Edward and Hugo's...

And Nothing But The Truth
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 292

And Nothing But The Truth

Some truths don’t set you free. The pandemic may be winding down, but for Chief Inspector Robin Bright, life never really goes back to normal. One second, he’s having breakfast with his adorable husband—and their equally adorable Newfoundland, Hamish—and the next, he gets the dreaded call: a body’s been found. What initially appears to be a mugging gone wrong turns out to be murder, and Robin is on the case. Adam Matthews is happy to act as a sounding board—much as he tries not to get involved—but when Robin’s case intersects with a mystery from within their own family, he’s embroiled whether he likes it or not. Loquacious genealogists, secret pregnancies, and a potentially dubious inheritance all ensure that Adam won’t be doing his hundred-and-one headteacher tasks in peace anytime soon. Lies pile onto lies, and the more the story changes, the more the killer is revealed. Without proof, however, Robin and his team are powerless, and the murderer isn’t the only one with something to hide. But Robin won’t stop until he’s found the whole truth, and nothing but.