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The Hostage Heart
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Emotionally hurt in the past, a job in a large country house seems to be Emma's best option for staying single and safe...
When Emma Ruskin becomes governess to young Poppy Ackroyd, the haughty Ackroyd family treat her with contempt - particularly Gavin, the eldest son. Disaster strikes when Emma and Poppy are snatched by kidnappers, They will be killed if the ransom isn't paid - unless Gavin can get to them first.
UK edition
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Publication Date: 10 Jul 2017
ISBN: 9780727887368
Price: £20.99
Dimensions: 222 x 141
Extent: 192 pages
US edition
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Publication Date: 1 Nov 2017
ISBN: 9780727887368
Price: $28.99
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.25
Extent: 192 pages
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Shadow Play
Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a victim with a decidedly shady past in this gripping contemporary mystery.
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One Under
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Star Fall
Who would kill a charming antiques expert Rowland Egerton, the darling of daytime TV? Bill Slider and his team are on the case . . .
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It's quiet out there,' says DS Atherton, at Bill Slider's office window. 'Too quiet.' Right on cue, the phone rings. 'Now look what you've done,' says Slider. It's a homicide. The deceased is antiques expert Rowland Egerton, the darling of daytime TV. The press are going to be all over this one like a nasty rash: Slider needs a result, and soon...
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Little evidence and no motive proves troublesome for investigations.
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Blood Never Dies
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The grass is always greener.
Polly wonders how she managed to capture husband Seth, and frets over her inability to give him the family he wants. A few doors away, her friend Ginnie is bored. Her only excitement is fantasizing over the latest fashions. Each believes they'd be better in the other's shoes. But when a rich American moves in down the street, suddenly life isn't so boring anymore . . .
Body Line
A Bill Slider Mystery
David Rogers was a doctor, handsome, charming and rich. He lived the lifestyle of a consultant, expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs, until someone killed him in the hallway of his lovely million-plus-pound house. But when Bill Slider and his firm are thrown into the mystery, they soon discover that nothing is as it seems, for though David's girlfriends are plenty, none of them can tell Slider anything about where he worked or what exactly he did . . .
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