The Psalm Killer
Chris Petit
1985: a killer stalks the streets of that most divided of cities, Belfast. Detective Inspector Cross's quarry might simply be someone who has made sectarian violence his vocation, except this killer cuts across political and religious boundaries. The investigation draws in a young policewoman, and to unmask the killer she and Cross must entera maze of conspiracy, paranoia and tainting secrecy.
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All Around the Town
Mary Higgins Clark
Laurie Kenyon's fingerprints are found at the scene of the murder of Allan Grant. Laurie, the victim of a kidnapping when she was four, has a multiple personality disorder and has no recollection of the shocking murder.
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Dealing with Kranze
M. Power
Marcus Walwyn has served just three years of a life sentence when he's released from prison on a technicality. A multiple killer, Marcus has the kind of youthful good looks and self-deprecating charm that draw people to him - but behind the facade lies a destructive rage that is pure evil.
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Death, Sex and Money
Michael Young
Based on first-hand experience on how a newspaper functions on a daily basis, this insider's account offers a glimpse into the frenetic world of newspaper journalism. From frenzied days; such as September 11 or the death of Princess Diana; to the truisms that drive circulation, this title places readers in the shoes of a journalist on the news-gathering trail. Answers to commonly asked questions associated with working in journalism, such as Who makes the decision to publish a particular story? Why are some stories covered and others ignored? and What does the editor-in-chief do, and how does this role affect the editor? are included.
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Harbour
George Papaellinas
Collection of short stories by 17 Australian writers around the concept of Tharbour', given either a literal or metaphorical interpretation. The stories tell of various aspects of life, such as cultural memories, rituals and manners, and of sexual, moral and tribal codes. Contributing writers include Frank Moorhouse, Beverley Farmer, Brian Castro, Archie Weller and Anne Whitehead. The collection is the second to be commissioned by Carnivale' a New South Wales multicultural festival.
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A Welcome Grave
Michael Koryta
From award-winning author Koryta comes his third novel featuring private investigator Lincoln Perry, who is called to find the estranged son of a murder victim. What should be a routine case turns deadly when the son also ends up in a body bag, and Perry must prove his innocence.
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Dreamtime Alice
Mandy Sayer
I danced and danced because the neon light across the road had just blinked on, because it was the middle of spring, because I was twenty-one, because my father was playing beside me....' In this vivid, seductive, gorgeously written memoir, Mandy Sayer recounts the fascinating years she spent performing on the streets of New York and New Orleans with her father. Gerry Sayer was a jazz drummer, a beguiling Irish charmer with a million stories and an insatiable love for jam sessions and all-night parties. Mandy grew up captivated by his outrageous tales even after he left the family for good and her mother descended into the distance of drink. When her siblings failed him by rejecting the bohemian performing life, Mandy saw her chance to become a character in his stories, part of the only life he really loved. So she learned to tap-dance, and they set off together to satisfy their grand ambitions on the toughest stage in the world - New York. Driven by the dream of making it big, Mandy and Gerry arrived in the city with no place to stay and only costumes to their names. They became part of the thrilling, precarious world of street performers - jugglers, magicians, fire-eaters, dancers - who eked out their livings at the mercy of the elements, the cops, complaining neighbours and lurking thieves. in cinematic detail, Sayer tells of the first exhilarating season in New York City, earning $200 a night on Columbus Avenue; offsetting the physical pain of endless performance with the incomparable rush that accompanied it; the long, difficult winter in New Orleans, surviving on avocados and raw vegetables in unheated apartments; and their final unforgettable return to New York. Entwined with this singular story of a busker's life is the deeper, more intimate story of Mandy's transformation from a girl searching for her father's love into a woman who could invent her own language and find her own voice. For ultimately DREAMTIME ALICE is a triumphant record of a young woman's discovery that she could create her own story at last.
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Team Yankee
Harold Coyle
NATO and the Soviet bloc are at war. The awesome Russian invasion force smashes across the West German border. With M-1 tanks and a mechanised infantry division, Captain Sean Bannon's 'Team Yankee' must defend their vital strategic post. They will engage the enemy with the ultimate in sophisticated weaponry.
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The Monkey's Mask
Dorothy Porter
Reissue of a crime thriller written as a verse novel. First published 1994. Set in a modern urban environment, it has all the elements of murder, deception, passion and betrayal common to the crime genre. Winner of the 1994 'Age' Poetry Book of the Year, the National Book Council for Poetry and the Braille Book of the Year. Previous titles include several collections of poems and other verse novels, 'Akhenaten' and 'What a Piece of Work'. It's naughty poetry!
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Testimony of Two Men
Taylor Caldwell
Jonathan Ferrier is a brilliant surgeon in a small American town, is accused of killing his young wife- and acquitted.
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Just As Long As We're Together
Judy Blume
How can you be best friends with someone who keeps secrets from you? Stephanie's just moved to a new school, and just made a new friend...Alison. Trouble is, she's already got a best friend: Rachel. Two may be company, but when Rachel starts keeping secrets to herself, it looks as if three can be a trial.
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The Sword and the Shadow
Sylvia Thorpe
Young and headstrong, Lady Frances found it hard to obey Captain Crispin Barbican. She simply was not used to being ordered around - by anyone. But the dashing and gallant buccaneer had sworn to protect her against her cousin. Frances knew she would only be safe away from England. So, reluctantly, she agreed to sail to the West Indies with Crispin. Soon Frances began to see that behind Crispin's rouguish pirate exterior was a man of infinite charm. And Crispin began to notice that the wilful girl he had vowed to safegard had grown to be a dazzling and delightful woman. . .
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Racing the Moon
Terry Prone
Darcy and Sophia are twins, non-identical but equal, until their fourth birthday silences one and makes a leader of the other. From then on Darcy is conscious of the disadvantages of being a twin, as well as the benefits: it is easy to let Sophia speak - she is the small, pretty, polite one. But Darcy, bigger, lumpier, is locked in silence, defined by her relationship to her twin, taking refuge in rebellion.
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In at the Kill
Alexander Fullerton
Continuing the adventures of Special Operations Executive Rosie Ewing, this is a tale of bravery in war-torn France. It is the third book in the series which began with Into the Fire and Return to the Field.
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Laura's Way
Beryl Kingston
Laura's cottage is her refuge from a crazy world. With her cats for company, she gardens, frows all her vegetables and keeps a loving eye on her grandchildren. But then she hears her house is to be demolished for a road.
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Alanna
Tamora Pierce
Denying her magical roots and disguised as a boy, Alanna strives to achieve her ultimate ambition. To become a knight. Her determination wins her powerful friends in the palace. But court life holds unexpected dangers. Something about the powerful magician, Duke Roger of Conte, terrifies Alanna. Soon she will face a challenge to test all her skills....
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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
One of Dickens's best-loved and most personal novels, David Copperfield is the embodiment of Dickens's own boyhood experience recalling his employment as a child in a London warehouse. This edition, which has the accurate Clarendon text, includes Dickens's trial titles and working notes, andeight original illustrations by "Phiz."
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The Painted Lady
Françoise Sagan
As the celebrated music on the cruise gets underway, strange passions stir beneath the Mediterranean calm and more pagan pleasures are indulged in.
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