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Say It With Poison - Ann Granger - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: When Meredith Mitchell agreed to stay with her actress cousin Eve in the run-up to Eve's daughter's wedding she anticipated a degree of drama. But she hardly expected it to include murder, blackmail and unrequited love - or it to involve middle-aged divorcee Chief Inspector Markby. After witnessing the only case of murder Westerfield has ever seen, Meredith also finds herself confessing to the bride-to-be, who is clearly not telling the truth about her involvement with the dead man. Despite her considerable diplomatic skills, Meredith is stuck between her duty to the police and family loyalty - especially as her personal enquiries into the Cotswolds town are starting to stir up both old and new affections. Ann Granger's Say It With Poison is a crime novel with a real heart. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ACUWQ	Price: £7.19	Visit Store »
The Wavering Of Haruhi Suzumiya - Nagaru Tanigawa - Young Adult Fiction Category: Books Description: Readers take a step into a time warp in five short stories. Head back to events from the previous books and previously unseen scenes and perspectives to uncover mysteries that had been left unanswered. * Live Alive - Kyon peruses the stalls at the cultural festival and visits Mikuru's noodle stall. Everything seems normal for once, until a surprise band shows up to perform. * The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina: Episode 00 - The movie that the SOS Brigade created in The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya is shown and the Brigade gets to see it in its final form. * Love at First Sight - Kyon meets with an old friend, who describes seeing a girl he's fallen in love with-and it turns out to be Yuki! Will this mere human have a chance with the world's most stoic robot? * Where Did the Cat Go? - This story takes readers back to Book 3 (The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya) in which the SOS Brigade finally begins the main event for the Snow Mountain retreat murder mystery. *The Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina - Mikuru asks Kyon to accompany her to buy tea leaves, but a secret motive may be involved. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADGHF	Price: £5.59	Visit Store »
The Wavering Of Haruhi Suzumiya - Nagaru Tanigawa - Young Adult Fiction Category: Books Description: Readers take a step into a time warp in five short stories. Head back to events from the previous books and previously unseen scenes and perspectives to uncover mysteries that had been left unanswered. * Live Alive - Kyon peruses the stalls at the cultural festival and visits Mikuru's noodle stall. Everything seems normal for once, until a surprise band shows up to perform. * The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina: Episode 00 - The movie that the SOS Brigade created in The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya is shown and the Brigade gets to see it in its final form. * Love at First Sight - Kyon meets with an old friend, who describes seeing a girl he's fallen in love with-and it turns out to be Yuki! Will this mere human have a chance with the world's most stoic robot? * Where Did the Cat Go? - This story takes readers back to Book 3 (The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya) in which the SOS Brigade finally begins the main event for the Snow Mountain retreat murder mystery. *The Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina - Mikuru asks Kyon to accompany her to buy tea leaves, but a secret motive may be involved. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADGNU	Price: £8.79	Visit Store »
Poirot In The Orient - Agatha Christie - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Three-in-one omnibus of Murder in Mesopotamia, Death on the Nile and Appointment with Death, plus an exclusive preface by Agatha Christie on the character of Poirot. There is nothing exotic about murder, no matter where it takes place. Away from home, Hercule Poirot finds that he cannot escape death, even when travelling across Mesopotamia, the Nile and Petra. MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA At the Hassanieh dig deep in the Iraqi desert, the wife of a celebrated archaeologist is suffering from terrifying hallucinations. Apparent madness -- until a murderer strikes. DEATH ON THE NILE The tranquillity of a Nile cruise is shattered by the discovery that a young girl has been shot through the head. Stylish and beautiful, she had everything -- even enemies. APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH And among the towering red cliffs of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her. Based on Agatha Christie's own experiences in the 1930s travelling with her husband, archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, this trilogy of bestselling novels represents crime fiction at its very best. Here at last they are collected together in a single volume for Christmas. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADDWJ	Price: £11.99	Visit Store »
Lighthouse - P.d. James - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Combe Island off the Cornish coast offers rest and seclusion to over-stressed professionals who have paid the price of getting to the top. But when one of these distinguished visitors is found hanging from the top of the island's lighthouse, murder - not suicide - is suspected. Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are immediately called in: the investigation must be swift, discreet, decisive. However, Dalgliesh has his work cut out, since both residents and visitors to Combe Island guard their privacy well - even when murder makes them a suspect. Does the islanders' reticence betray a knowledge of the crime? Another death and Dalgliesh's own life in danger throws the entire investigation into jeopardy. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AADQX	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Gently Down The Stream - Alan Hunter - Thriller Category: Books Description: Time spent messing about on the river isn't supposed to end with a brutal murder. The staff at Stoley's Boatyard were used to holidaymakers returning their pleasure cruisers a little late after a week or so exploring the network of waterways around Norchester. They were not used to finding their yachts burned almost beyond recognition with the charred remains of a client still aboard. Taking on the murder investigation, Chief Inspector George Gently faces an enquiry like no other he has ever handled. Somewhere beneath the lies of the victim's wife, somewhere obscured by the brittle edge of her daughter's fear, somewhere hidden by her son's hysteria, lies the truth. Gently's only hope is to sweep aside the litter of chaos and confusion to uncover the identity of the killer. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AARDZ	Price: £5.59	Visit Store »
Cat In A Vegas Gold Vendetta - Carole Nelson Douglas - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Temple Barr is an ace P.R. wizard when it comes to promoting Las Vegas' hottest clients. She is also an amateur sleuth who has caught her share of bad guys. B-movie actress Savannah Ashleigh begs Temple to investigate the suspicious death of her rich aunt's handyman. Temple happily takes the case, if for no other reason than to take her mind off her chaotic private life. Her ex-fiance, the Mystifying Max, is back - minus his memory. And current fiance Matt Devine has shown up from a stint in Chicago with the promise of a surprising future. Which may or may not include Temple. As Temple digs into the man's untimely demise, she finds plenty of suspect and greedy humans swarming around the ailing Aunt Violet, who means to leave her estate to her resident cats. Temple thinks she's close to solving the case, but it becomes clear to Midnight Louie, Temple's room-mate and ace feline detective, that there are more deaths both human and feline coming. Add in the return of a mysterious stalker from the past, and its murder and mayhem on all fronts for Temple, Louie, and the ones they love in the newest story in the Midnight Louie mystery series. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADACP	Price: £13.59	Visit Store »
The House Of The Wind - Titania Hardie - General and Literary Fiction Category: Books Description: A legendary ruin. An ancient mystery. Will unveiling the past transform the future? San Francisco, 2007. Madeline Moretti is grieving for her fiance. Nothing brings her joy any more, and Maddie's grandmother, a fiery Italian, sends her to Tuscany to heal. Here, Maddie is immersed in the mystery of a ruined villa. Destroyed centuries ago in a legendary storm on the Eve of St Agnes, it has been known ever since as the Casa al Vento - the House of the Wind. Tuscany, 1347. Mia hasn't spoken since her mother's death, and lives in silence with her beloved aunt. One dark night, a couple seek refuge in their villa. Used to welcoming passing pilgrims, Mia is entranced by the young bride's radiance and compassion, but mystified by her reluctance to reveal even her name. Where has she come from, and why must her presence be a secret? Centuries apart, each searching for a way to step into her future, Mia and Maddie will be haunted by the myth of the woman who walked unscathed from the ruins of the House of the Wind. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ACWUT	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Ghosts And Gadgets - Marcus Sedgwick - Childrens Fiction Category: Books Description: Join the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand. The rumblings and wailings from the Lost South Wing can no longer be ignored, as one by one, members of the castle are being found frozen, 'scared to death'. With mother, Minty, obsessing over her latest fad - sewing - and father, Valevine, busy experimenting with a machine to discover the Lost Otherhand treasure, it's up to aspiring ghost-hunters Solstice and Cudweed to solve the mystery. But as usual, things don't go quite as planned...It's just as well Edgar is there to save the day! Second in a brand new six book series of tales of mystery (with a touch of goth-froth) for 9 year olds from bestselling author, Marcus Sedgwick. With quirky black and white line illustrations from new talent, Pete Williamson. Dedicated website on Raven Mysteries: www.ravenmysteries.co.uk Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AAREW	Price: £4.79	Visit Store »
Damaged Goods - Ann Waswo - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Akiko Sugiyama, an art fraud investigator based in Tokyo, responds to an urgent request from an old friend and soon arrives at Thaddeus Hall, Exton University in England. When one of the college fellows is found dead in his room the following afternoon, she becomes aware of the tensions that have been generated within the fellowship by recent government efforts to curb 'curiosity-driven' research and replace it with 'useful' research that is deemed to be of measurable benefit to the nation's economy and society. Whilst Akiko plays no direct role in solving the mystery of this death, her observations about it attract the attention of James Baxter, the Detective Chief Inspector assigned to the case. They work together, using Akiko's lateral thinking, to solve the mystery of a second death, which occurs just days later. A part-time employee of Thaddeus Hall who also does secretarial work for a dozen Exton dons careens off her bicycle into the River Thames. The paramedics who attempt to revive her suspect poisoning and they are proven right. But who would have poisoned her, and why? The mystery unfolds further...A sharply-written and occasionally witty novel, Damaged Goods provides an accurate representation of British university life whilst giving an insight into the ill-judged, clumsily implemented initiatives by government that threaten the viability of higher education. Author Ann is inspired by her favourite crime fiction authors: Rex Stout, Dorothy Sayers and P.D. James. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ACTYW	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Aftershock - Quintin Jardine - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Still reeling from the tragic death of their much-loved colleague, Skinner's men are about to discover that a disturbed serial killer is still at large and very close to home. It's the second week of July Trades Holiday in Edinburgh when Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner and his men get a call informing them that the body of a young woman has been found on a golf course. It's been there for ten days so she's not a pretty sight. But the way she has been laid out is uncannily familiar. The body has been 'composed', just like the bodies of three other young women in a previous case. Could it be the work of a copycat killer? The murder victim is an art teacher who was having a relationship with the son of a Tory MP. Her ex-boyfriend is a policeman with a reputation as a serious womaniser. It seems the murder trail is getting much too close for comfort... Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AAIOH	Price: £7.19	Visit Store »
Murders Of The Black Museum 1875-1975 - Gordon Honeycombe - True Crime Category: Books Description: New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, houses a unique collection of exhibits, are explored in detail in this compelling book. The museum is closed to the public, but the author Gordon Honeycombe was given privileged access to its darkest secrets. His book spans a hundred years of murder and manslaughter and reveals the true facts behind some of the country's most notorious murder cases, including Jack the Ripper, Dr Crippen and the Krays. This is the ultimate guide to the most incredible crimes ever committed, featuring contemporary photographs never seen outside Scotland Yard. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AAZLC	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Womens Murder Club Collection - 3 Books - James Paterson - Z99 Category: Books Description: The Women's Murder Club detective series is James Patterson's biggest selling series after Alex Cross. Written in collaboration with Maxine Paetro, all the thrillers feature Detective Lindsay Boxer, a tough cop with a good heart who leads a charismatic cast of characters. Thrilling reads that are packed with action and although sometimes terrifying, Patterson's skill for storytelling and talent for weaving fast, intricate plots together ensure that however gruesome the plot becomes, the books remain addictive and completely unputdownable! A must for any fans of Patterson, the world's bestselling thriller writer. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: WMUR	Price: £4.99	Visit Store »
Honour - Elif Shafak - General and Literary Fiction Category: Books Description: And so begins the story of Esma a young Kurdish woman in London trying to come to terms with the terrible murder her brother has committed. Esma tells the story of her family stretching back three generations; back to her grandmother and the births of her mother and Aunt in a village on the edge of the Euphrates. Named Pembe and Jamila, meaning Pink and Beautiful rather than the names their mother wanted to call them, Destiny and Enough, the twin girls have very different futures ahead of them all of which will end in tragedy on a street in East London in 1978. This is a powerful, brilliant and moving account of murder, love and family set in Kurdistan, Istanbul and London. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AECAS	Price: £10.39	Visit Store »
Mean Streets - Graham Marks - Childrens Fiction Category: Books Description: The breathtaking spy mystery set in the 1920s, sequel to critically-acclaimed children's author Graham Marks' fantastic I Spy. After having recovered from his adventure in Constantinople, Trey is staying at the Circle M Ranch, outside Topeka, Kansas, owned by his Gramps, the original T Drummond MacIntyre. But it's quiet in Topeka and Trey is bored. However, that's all about to change when discovers that Tino 'The Lip' Corezzi, a famous gangster, lives just down the road. A new mystery and an exciting adventure begins for Trey as he soon finds himself thrown into the middle of a mafia-backed plot to derail the presidential elections. From detective work to kidnapping, Trey is thrust into the frightening, secretive world of the mafia and despite all that's come before, nothing can prepare him for the dangerous world that awaits him on the Mean Streets of Chicago...Combining the action-packed exploits of Alex Rider, with the historical adventures of Young Indiana Jones, I Spy is a gripping story of one boy's fight to find his father. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AASWA	Price: £4.79	Visit Store »
Exposed - Liza Marklund - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: 'That night he did something so controversial that he'd rather be suspected of murder than tell anyone what he was really doing. What could possibly be worse than that?' Trainee journalist Annika Bengtzon has secured a summer placement at Sweden's biggest tabloid newspaper. She's desperate for this to be her big break, although manning the tip-off phoneline isn't quite what she had in mind...Until a caller tells her that the naked body of a young woman has been found in a nearby cemetery. As she pieces together details of the young woman's life, Annika stumbles across video footage that places the main suspect hundreds of miles from the crime scene, right at the time of the murder. Are the police looking for the wrong man? There is suddenly far more at stake here than Annika's career, and the more questions she asks, the more she leaves herself dangerously exposed. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ABNUY	Price: £5.59	Visit Store »
Acts Of Violence - Ryan David Jahn - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Katrina Marino is about to become America's most infamous murder victim. This is Katrina's story, and the story of her killer. It is also the story of Katrina's neighbours, those who witnessed her murder and did nothing: the terrified Vietnam draftee; the woman who thinks she's killed a child, and her husband who will risk everything for the truth; the former soldier planning suicide and the man who saves him. And others whose lives are touched by the crime: the elderly teacher whose past is catching up with him; the amateur blackmailer who's about to find out just what sort of people he's been threatening; the corrupt cop who believes he is God's 'red right hand'. Shocking and compassionate, angry and gripping, Acts of Violence is a sprawling, cinematic tour-de-force, a terrifying crime novel unlike any other. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AAOGF	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Rise Of The Mafia - Martin Short - True Crime Category: Books Description: Murder, violence and corruption are words synonymous with organised crime. Its long and bloody history influences all our lives whether we know it or not. But what lies behind these shadowy organisations? Where did they come from and how did their influence become so widespread? In this extraordinary book, leading crime investigator Martin Short reveals the shocking truth of how the Mafia and other criminal organisations maintain their strength through public demand, as well as extortion and murder. The Rise of the Mafia traces the roots of modern organised crime. Martin Short has met hundreds of people with first-hand knowledge and has interviewed some of the most powerful mob masters and informers in the business as well as speaking with key police and FBI officers. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AALBK	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Any Human Face - Charles Lambert - General and Literary Fiction Category: Books Description: A kidnapped girl. A series of police photographs that have somehow found their way into the public domain. Corruption. Abduction. Murder. When Andrew - a second-hand book dealer living in Rome - comes across a pile of photographs from police archives, he decides to exhibit them. But then the gallery is raided the day before the opening, and the photos seized with surprising violence, and it becomes clear that someone, somewhere, wants to keep the images hidden. Who? Why? And who - in a world where kidnap, subterfuge and even murder are the norm, and where no one is safe or above suspicion - can Andrew turn to for help? 'Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer' - Beryl Bainbridge. 'Charles Lambert writes as if his life depends on it. He takes risks at every turn' - Hannah Tinti. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: AAXDU	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
A Thoroughly Compromised Lady Category: Books Brand: Historical Description: Seduced by her sinful curves... When it comes to fencing, be it with words or weapons, Dulci Wycroft considers herself more than the equal of any man. Only once has she ever met her match... Jack, Viscount Wainsbridge, is an irresistible mystery. He i... Delivery cost: 0.00 ISBN: 0 Review this product	Review this store Mills And Boon Product ID: UK-0810-978-0-263-87598-0	Price: £3.99	Visit Store »
Zone 13 Pack Category: Books Description: Supernatural fiction for mystery addicts, brimming with cliffhangers and surprises. Spooky stories with striking illustrations to tempt in struggling readers, from a fantastic Ransom series. Delivery cost: 0.00 ISBN: 9789999453639 Review this product	Review this store Scholastic Product ID: 85159	Price: £23.95	Visit Store »
Death Of A Sweep - M. C. Beaton - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager's fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. The entire town of Lochdubh is certain Pete is the culprit, but Hamish doesn't believe that the affable chimney sweep is capable of committing murder. Then Pete's body is found on the Scottish moors, and the mystery deepens. Once again, it's up to Hamish to discover who's responsible for the dirty deed - and this time, the murderer may be closer than he realizes. Praise for the Hamish Macbeth series: The much-loved Hamish Macbeth series, beguiling blend of wry humour and sharp observations about rural life. (Good Book Guide). It's always a special treat to return to Lochdubh. (New York Times Book Review). The detective novels of M C Beaton, a master of outrageous black comedy, have reached cult status. (Anne Robinson, The Times). Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADSMJ	Price: £5.59	Visit Store »
Report For Murder - Val Mcdermid - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: First in the popular series featuring Lindsay Gordon, a self-proclaimed 'cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist' with a penchant for hanging around police interrogation rooms under suspicion of some crime or other. Freelance journalist Lindsay Gordon is strapped for cash. Why else would she agree to cover a fund-raising gala at a girls' public school? But when the star attraction is found garrotted with her own cello string minutes before she is due on stage, Lindsay finds herself investigating a vicious murder. Who would have wanted Lorna Smith Cooper dead? Who had the key to the locked room in which her body was found? And who could have slipped out of the hall at just the right time to commit this calculated and cold-blooded crime? Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ABTTF	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Peggy Pinch Policemans Wife - Malcolm Noble - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Peggy Pinch, unhappily married to the village policeman, must solve a murder to save her husband's job. It's 1926. In the shadow of the General Strike, a farmer's body is found on the local branchline. Scotland Yard's investigation threatens to uncover parish scandals and gossip that will discredit PC Pinch. Peggy has no doubt; she must catch the killer within a few days, or the couple will lose their home and be driven from the village where she has lived all her life. Malcolm Noble's Timberdick Mysteries have already gained a dedicated and enthusiastic following. Now, he presents the first enthralling episode in a new series of murder stories that will be relished by existing readers and delight new audiences. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADGHZ	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
Who Is Mr Satoshi? - Jonathan Lee - General and Literary Fiction Category: Books Description: 'One afternoon last October, on the concrete of her patio garden, my mother had a fall...That was the last time I really had any options'. Reclusive photographer Rob Fossick has come adrift both from society and his creative urge. But when his mother dies, Rob is suddenly presented with an unwanted yet intriguing problem to solve - minutes before her death, he discovers that she was hoping to deliver a package to an enigmatic character called Mr Satoshi, but the name and the contents of the parcel are shrouded in mystery. So begins a quest that takes Rob out of his isolation and plunges him, anxious and unprepared, into the urban maelstrom of Tokyo. With the help of a colourful group of new acquaintances - an octogenarian amateur detective; a beautiful 'love hotel' receptionist; an ex-sumo wrestler obsessed with Dolly Parton - Rob edges closer to uncovering the mystery surrounding Mr Satoshi, and in the process comes face to face with some demons of his own. Combining several interlocking mysteries - both past and present - Who is Mr Satoshi? is a uniquely inventive and unforgettable story of a fragile soul coming to terms with the fact that no one, in the end, is quite who they seem to be. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ACACX	Price: £6.39	Visit Store »
The Railway Children Category: Books Description: When their beloved father goes away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis move to the country. They have many exciting adventures, but the mystery remains: where is Father, and will he ever return? Delivery cost: 0.00 ISBN: 9780141321608 Review this product	Review this store Scholastic Product ID: 81570	Price: £6.99	Visit Store »
The Garden Of Evening Mists - Tan Twan Eng - General and Literary Fiction Category: Books Description: It's Malaya, 1949. After studying law at Cambrige and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, Yun Ling Teoh, herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in Kuala Lumpur, in memory of her sister who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses, but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice 'until the monsoon comes'. Then she can design a garden for herself. As the months pass, Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to her sensei and his art while, outside the garden, the threat of murder and kidnapping from the guerrillas of the jungle hinterland increases with each passing day. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo and how did he come to leave Japan? Why is it that Yun Ling's friend and host Magnus Praetorius, seems to almost immune from the depredations of the Communists? What is the legend of 'Yamashita's Gold' and does it have any basis in fact? And is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all? Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADOZZ	Price: £15.19	Visit Store »
The Garden Of Evening Mists - Tan Twan Eng - General and Literary Fiction Category: Books Description: It's Malaya, 1949. After studying law at Cambrige and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, Yun Ling Teoh, herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in Kuala Lumpur, in memory of her sister who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses, but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice 'until the monsoon comes'. Then she can design a garden for herself. As the months pass, Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to her sensei and his art while, outside the garden, the threat of murder and kidnapping from the guerrillas of the jungle hinterland increases with each passing day. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo and how did he come to leave Japan? Why is it that Yun Ling's friend and host Magnus Praetorius, seems to almost immune from the depredations of the Communists? What is the legend of 'Yamashita's Gold' and does it have any basis in fact? And is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all? Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADPAA	Price: £10.39	Visit Store »
The Mousetrap And Seven Other Plays - Agatha Christie - Drama Texts Plays and Screenplays Category: Books Description: For the first time in a single combined B format, a new edition of Agatha Christie's eight stage plays, published to coincide with the 60th Anniversary Year of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. THE MOUSETRAP, the longest-running play in the history of London's West End, begins its 60th Year run on 25 November 2011. This new edition of eight works show how Agatha Christie's plays are as compulsive as her novels, their colourful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller. THE MOUSETRAP: Cut off by snowdrifts, the owners of a new guest house encounter terror when one of their first visitors turns out to be a homicidal maniac! AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: Ten guilty people are lured to an island mansion where an unknown killer begins to exact revenge! APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH: The suffocating heat of an exotic Middle-Eastern setting provides a backdrop for murder! THE HOLLOW: Beneath their respectable surface, a set of friends realize that any one of them could be a murderer! WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION: A scheming wife testifies against her husband in a shocking murder trial! TOWARDS ZERO: A psychopathic killer stalks unsuspecting victims in a seaside house perched high on a cliff! VERDICT: Passion and love are the deadly ingredients in this thriller in which a murder causes an unexpected chain of events! GO BACK FOR MURDER: A young woman discovers that her late mother was imprisoned for murdering her father and is determined to prove her innocence! Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADEXH	Price: £11.99	Visit Store »
The Drop - Michael Connelly - Crime and Thriller Category: Books Description: Harry Bosch is facing the end of the line. He's been put on the DROP - Deferred Retirement Option Plan - and given three years before his retirement is enforced. Seeing the end of the mission coming, he's anxious for cases. He doesn't have to wait long. First a cold case gets a DNA hit for a rape and murder which points the finger at a 29-year-old convicted rapist who was only eight at the time of the murder. Then a city councilman's son is found dead - fallen or pushed from a hotel window - and he insists on Bosch taking the case despite the two men's history of enmity. The cases seem to be unrelated; one leads to the discovery of a killer operating in the city for as many as three decades, the other to a deep political conspiracy that reached back into the dark history of the police department... Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product	Review this store The Book People Product ID: ADXQD	Price: £10.39	Visit Store »

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