https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(EVE%20%2B%20OF%20%2B%20MAN)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20eve%20of%20man%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=GEN&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3755967&CF=GEN Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to destroy the Knight, an evil sorcerer who terrorizes Queens Bridge with his wicked magic. Her own unique magic - the ability to conjure weapons from nature - makes her a worthy adversary. Far too many of subjects of Queens Bridge have been devastated by the Knight's trickery. As she approaches her seventeenth birthday, Eve is ready to battle. But her mother, Queen Regina, has been acting bizarrely, talking to a strange mirror alone every night. Then a young man claiming to be the Knight's messenger appears and shares a shocking truth about Eve's past. Unsure of who to trust or what to do next, Eve must find the courage to do what she's always done: fight. But will it be enough to save her family and her queendom? Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to destroy the Knight, an evil sorcerer who terrorizes Queens Bridge with his wicked magic. Her own unique magic - the ability to conjure weapons from nature - makes her a worthy adversary. Far too many of subjects of Queens Bridge have been devastated by the Knight's trickery. As she approaches her seventeenth birthday, Eve is ready to battle. But her mother, Queen Regina, has been acting bizarrely, talking to a strange mirror alone every night. Then a young man claiming to be the Knight's messenger appears and shares a shocking truth about Eve's past. Unsure of who to trust or what to do next, Eve must find the courage to do what she's always done: fight. But will it be enough to save her family and her queendom?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bayron, Kalynn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Young Adult, 2024.<br />400 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />22 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3472571&CF=GEN It's Christmas Eve and DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a murder at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome crime. At first it seems like an open and shut case: a murder suicide committed by Ralph's volatile brother Cameron. Then new evidence makes Mack suspect the man who reported the crime is in fact the perpetrator. But Mack isn't the only one with a stake in the case. Private investigator Atticus Priest has been hired to get Ralph acquitted. That means unearthing any weaknesses in Mack's evidence. Irascible, impatient, and unpredictable, Atticus has weaknesses of his own. Mack knows all about them because they share a past - both professionally and personally. This time round, however, they aren't on the same side. It's Christmas Eve and DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a murder at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome crime. At first it seems like an open and shut case: a murder suicide committed by Ralph's volatile brother Cameron. Then new evidence makes Mack suspect the man who reported the crime is in fact the perpetrator. But Mack isn't the only one with a stake in the case. Private investigator Atticus Priest has been hired to get Ralph acquitted. That means unearthing any weaknesses in Mack's evidence. Irascible, impatient, and unpredictable, Atticus has weaknesses of his own. Mack knows all about them because they share a past - both professionally and personally. This time round, however, they aren't on the same side.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dawson, Mark, 1973-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Welbeck, 2023.<br />486 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Atticus Priest mystery<br /><br />Andover - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - C017242070<br />Bishops Waltham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017242645<br />Fordingbridge - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017240855<br />Fordingbridge - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - C017242860<br />New Milton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - C017241043<br />Ringwood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - C017242904<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3479945&CF=GEN Since the death of her best friend Grace, twenty-six-year-old Eve has learned to keep everything and everyone at arm's length. Safe in her detachment, she scrapes along waiting tables and cleaning her shared flat in exchange for cheap rent, finding solace in her small routines. But when a chance encounter at work brings her past thundering into her present, Eve becomes consumed by painful memories of Grace. And soon her precariously maintained life begins to unravel: she loses her job, gets thrown out of her flat, and risks pushing away the one decent man who cares about her. Taking up life-modelling to pay the bills, Eve lays bare her body but keeps hidden the mounting chaos inside her head. When her self-destructive urges spiral out of control, she's forced to confront the traumatic event that changed the course of her life, and to finally face her grief and guilt. Since the death of her best friend Grace, twenty-six-year-old Eve has learned to keep everything and everyone at arm's length. Safe in her detachment, she scrapes along waiting tables and cleaning her shared flat in exchange for cheap rent, finding solace in her small routines. But when a chance encounter at work brings her past thundering into her present, Eve becomes consumed by painful memories of Grace. And soon her precariously maintained life begins to unravel: she loses her job, gets thrown out of her flat, and risks pushing away the one decent man who cares about her. Taking up life-modelling to pay the bills, Eve lays bare her body but keeps hidden the mounting chaos inside her head. When her self-destructive urges spiral out of control, she's forced to confront the traumatic event that changed the course of her life, and to finally face her grief and guilt.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ashby, Chloë<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Trapeze, 2023.<br />336 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Chineham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 - C017236397<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017238072<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3519890&CF=GEN With her marriage falling apart and her longed-for holiday cancelled, Georgina Greenhills gets an unexpected offer: a holiday in the beautiful South Downs where she grew up. There's only one catch: she must try and solve the mystery of the antiques disappearing from the remote manor house belonging to an old lady called Maudie. Gina gathers her childhood friends, scatty Ruth and feisty Eve, to help her. In the middle of a blazing summer they swim, sunbathe and share cocktails as they watch the sun sparkling on the sea and Gina realises how much she missed them and how happy she is to be back here. Not least because of bumping into Daniel Napier, her shy and awkward teenage dancing partner, now an alarmingly attractive man. Although there is the small problem of his annoying girlfriend. As Gina tries to solve the mystery at the manor - and wonders how to get rid of the girlfriend - a bigger secret emerges. With her marriage falling apart and her longed-for holiday cancelled, Georgina Greenhills gets an unexpected offer: a holiday in the beautiful South Downs where she grew up. There's only one catch: she must try and solve the mystery of the antiques disappearing from the remote manor house belonging to an old lady called Maudie. Gina gathers her childhood friends, scatty Ruth and feisty Eve, to help her. In the middle of a blazing summer they swim, sunbathe and share cocktails as they watch the sun sparkling on the sea and Gina realises how much she missed them and how happy she is to be back here. Not least because of bumping into Daniel Napier, her shy and awkward teenage dancing partner, now an alarmingly attractive man. Although there is the small problem of his annoying girlfriend. As Gina tries to solve the mystery at the manor - and wonders how to get rid of the girlfriend - a bigger secret emerges.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Haran, Maeve<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Pan Books, 2023.<br />349 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />24 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3566533&CF=GEN 'To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power - he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.'When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. The longest reigning and oldest monarch, at ninety-six years of age, she had just publicly celebrated her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. The Queen's death meant the passing of the Crown to her son, HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, her controversial, earnest, and outspoken heir, who had long lived in the shadow of her mystique.King Charles III's own life has been marred by scandal and myth, but who is the real man behind the Crown? In this revelatory book, renowned royal correspondent and author Robert Jobson examines the life of our new King, and his passions, purpose, and motivations. On the eve of his landmark coronation, Our King considers the life of the man and the monarch, reflecting on how his values and beliefs will shape him as he takes on this monumental role. 'To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power - he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.'When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. The longest reigning and oldest monarch, at ninety-six years of age, she had just publicly celebrated her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. The Queen's death meant the passing of the Crown to her son, HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, her controversial, earnest, and outspoken heir, who had long lived in the shadow of her mystique.King Charles III's own life has been marred by scandal and myth, but who is the real man behind the Crown? In this revelatory book, renowned royal correspondent and author Robert Jobson examines the life of our new King, and his passions, purpose, and motivations. On the eve of his landmark coronation, Our King considers the life of the man and the monarch, reflecting on how his values and beliefs will shape him as he takes on this monumental role.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jobson, Robert<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : John Blake, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3566540&CF=GEN *The definitive biography of King Charles III, by Sunday Times bestselling author Robert Jobson, published on the eve of the Coronation*'To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power - he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.'When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. The longest reigning and oldest monarch, at ninety-six years of age, she had just publicly celebrated her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. The Queen's death meant the passing of the Crown to her son, HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, her controversial, earnest, and outspoken heir, who had long lived in the shadow of her mystique.King Charles III's own life has been marred by scandal and myth, but who is the real man behind the Crown? In this revelatory book, renowned royal correspondent and author Robert Jobson examines the life of our new King, and his passions, purpose, and motivations. On the eve of his landmark coronation, Our King considers the life of the man and the monarch, reflecting on how his values and beliefs will shape him as he takes on this monumental role.EditBuild *The definitive biography of King Charles III, by Sunday Times bestselling author Robert Jobson, published on the eve of the Coronation*'To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power - he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.'When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. The longest reigning and oldest monarch, at ninety-six years of age, she had just publicly celebrated her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. The Queen's death meant the passing of the Crown to her son, HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, her controversial, earnest, and outspoken heir, who had long lived in the shadow of her mystique.King Charles III's own life has been marred by scandal and myth, but who is the real man behind the Crown? In this revelatory book, renowned royal correspondent and author Robert Jobson examines the life of our new King, and his passions, purpose, and motivations. On the eve of his landmark coronation, Our King considers the life of the man and the monarch, reflecting on how his values and beliefs will shape him as he takes on this monumental role.EditBuild<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jobson, Robert<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : John Blake, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3566571&CF=GEN Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959.At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia.Sixty years later, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.At a loose end in Nora's house, Jess does some digging into her past. In Nora's bedroom, she discovers a true crime book, chronicling the police investigation into a long-buried tragedy: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve, 1959. It is only when Jess skims through the book that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous crime – a crime that has never been truly solved. And for a journalist without a story, a cold case might be the best distraction she can find . . .An epic novel that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, and how we protect the lies we tell. It explores the power of motherhood, the corrosive effects of tightly held secrets, and the healing nature of truth. Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959.At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia.Sixty years later, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for almost twenty years, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother, Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and been raced to the hospital.At a loose end in Nora's house, Jess does some digging into her past. In Nora's bedroom, she discovers a true crime book, chronicling the police investigation into a long-buried tragedy: the Turner Family Tragedy of Christmas Eve, 1959. It is only when Jess skims through the book that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this once-infamous crime – a crime that has never been truly solved. And for a journalist without a story, a cold case might be the best distraction she can find . . .An epic novel that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, and how we protect the lies we tell. It explores the power of motherhood, the corrosive effects of tightly held secrets, and the healing nature of truth.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Morton, Kate<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Mantle, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3620837&CF=GEN Brought to you by Penguin.Previously published as Alias Emma.These are the instructions sent to new operative Emma Makepeace.She's been assigned to track down a man wanted by the Russians and bring him into MI5.It should be easy. But the Russians have eyes everywhere.Emma knows that if spotted she and her target will be killed.What follows is a perilous chase through London's night-time streets.But in a city full of cameras, where can you hide?_____________More love for The Chase . . .'High octane, comnplex and twisty.' Choice Magazine, Hardback Book of the Month'A high-octane, warp-speed thriller' Guardian'A fast moving narrative that explores some of London's most intriguing byways' Literary Review'Excellent escapism.' Ruth Ware'There are fast reads, and then there are reads that throw you right out of your chair. Alias Emma is in the latter category.' Linwood Barclay'Superb ... Intense, cinematic action propels this terrific old-fashioned thriller neatly brought up to date. Glass is off to an impressive start.' Publishers Weekly'The pace never lets up' Robert Gold, Twelve Secrets'It blew me away' Cristina Alger, The Banker's Wife'Move over, James Bond - there's a new hero in town' Karen Cleveland, Need to Know'An enthralling, unputdownable read' Elizabeth Kay, Seven Lies'I raced through this taut, nail-biting, twisty spy thriller' Robin Morgan Bentley, The Wreckage'A not-to-be-missed thriller!' Kathryn Croft, The Warning and The Lying WifeIn a city full of cameras ... where can you hide? KILLING EVE meets JAMES BOND in this page-turning, heart-pounding thriller . . .'One of those wonderful thrillers that you read in a day and know you'll remember for years.' JAMES PATTERSON'A thrilling read ... I could not have loved it more!' LISA JEWELL'Totally addictive ... Once you start reading, you won't stop.' LISA GARDNER Brought to you by Penguin.Previously published as Alias Emma.These are the instructions sent to new operative Emma Makepeace.She's been assigned to track down a man wanted by the Russians and bring him into MI5.It should be easy. But the Russians have eyes everywhere.Emma knows that if spotted she and her target will be killed.What follows is a perilous chase through London's night-time streets.But in a city full of cameras, where can you hide?_____________More love for The Chase . . .'High octane, comnplex and twisty.' Choice Magazine, Hardback Book of the Month'A high-octane, warp-speed thriller' Guardian'A fast moving narrative that explores some of London's most intriguing byways' Literary Review'Excellent escapism.' Ruth Ware'There are fast reads, and then there are reads that throw you right out of your chair. Alias Emma is in the latter category.' Linwood Barclay'Superb ... Intense, cinematic action propels this terrific old-fashioned thriller neatly brought up to date. Glass is off to an impressive start.' Publishers Weekly'The pace never lets up' Robert Gold, Twelve Secrets'It blew me away' Cristina Alger, The Banker's Wife'Move over, James Bond - there's a new hero in town' Karen Cleveland, Need to Know'An enthralling, unputdownable read' Elizabeth Kay, Seven Lies'I raced through this taut, nail-biting, twisty spy thriller' Robin Morgan Bentley, The Wreckage'A not-to-be-missed thriller!' Kathryn Croft, The Warning and The Lying WifeIn a city full of cameras ... where can you hide? KILLING EVE meets JAMES BOND in this page-turning, heart-pounding thriller . . .'One of those wonderful thrillers that you read in a day and know you'll remember for years.' JAMES PATTERSON'A thrilling read ... I could not have loved it more!' LISA JEWELL'Totally addictive ... Once you start reading, you won't stop.' LISA GARDNER<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Glass, Ava<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3621183&CF=GEN Eve should never have married Don Hathaway …The man is a bully who hurts his wife. But, after one drunken rage too many, Eve finds the courage to leave him. It’s a difficult – even treacherous – path, yet she has promised herself she will give her children hope for the future.Don, however, is bitter. And getting entirely away from him proves impossible. Until the day Eve decides to teach Don a lesson – and it all goes horribly, hideously wrong. And this desperate mother fears she’s lost everything.Eve loves her children so much, but now she bears a terrible burden that she cannot ever share. Somehow, she must carry on as if a noose of guilt doesn’t hang about her neck.But Eve fears she has betrayed her and her children’s futures. Has she? Eve should never have married Don Hathaway …The man is a bully who hurts his wife. But, after one drunken rage too many, Eve finds the courage to leave him. It’s a difficult – even treacherous – path, yet she has promised herself she will give her children hope for the future.Don, however, is bitter. And getting entirely away from him proves impossible. Until the day Eve decides to teach Don a lesson – and it all goes horribly, hideously wrong. And this desperate mother fears she’s lost everything.Eve loves her children so much, but now she bears a terrible burden that she cannot ever share. Somehow, she must carry on as if a noose of guilt doesn’t hang about her neck.But Eve fears she has betrayed her and her children’s futures. Has she?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Pearse, Lesley<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda audio, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3621925&CF=GEN Ever since the old man found a little kitten under his hat, the two have been the best of friends. There are always plenty of kitty rubs and food and talk to go around. Every day, Hat the cat watches as the old man goes outside to sit and feed the squirrels with nuts he places on top of his hat. But Hat the cat is not allowed to join him. What if Hat ran away, or chased the squirrels - or worse? Then, the old man leaves and does not come back the next day, or the one after that. When people come by to take care of Hat until the old man returns, will one little girl give Hat the chance he's been hoping for? Troy Wilson's tender prose, along with Eve Coy's charmingly detailed illustrations, bring readers a sweet story about companionship, love, and trust. Ever since the old man found a little kitten under his hat, the two have been the best of friends. There are always plenty of kitty rubs and food and talk to go around. Every day, Hat the cat watches as the old man goes outside to sit and feed the squirrels with nuts he places on top of his hat. But Hat the cat is not allowed to join him. What if Hat ran away, or chased the squirrels - or worse? Then, the old man leaves and does not come back the next day, or the one after that. When people come by to take care of Hat until the old man returns, will one little girl give Hat the chance he's been hoping for? Troy Wilson's tender prose, along with Eve Coy's charmingly detailed illustrations, bring readers a sweet story about companionship, love, and trust.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wilson, Troy, 1970-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Walker Books and Subsidiaries, 2023.<br />30 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 24 x 27 cm<br /><br />Alton - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - C017298428<br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - C017299124<br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - C017298503<br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Available - C017299482<br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - C017298585<br />Lockswood - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C017298343<br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - C017299358<br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Available - C017299577<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Children's Picture books - Onloan - Due: 06 Jun 2024 - C017299813<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3639599&CF=GEN Lexy Campbell is long overdue a trip to Scotland to see her parents, and an unexpected death in the extended Last Ditch Motel family makes Christmas in a bungalow in Dundee with nine others seem almost irresistible. But when Lexy and the Last Ditch crew hop across the Atlantic, there's been a change of plan and they're whisked off to Mistletoe Hall in the pretty village of Yule, where the surprises continue. The news that a man disappeared from the crumbling pile sixty years ago, along with an unsettling discovery in the bricked-up basement, means that Todd, Kathi and Lexy - Trinity for Trouble - must solve another murder. Deadly secrets, berry rustlers, skeletons and a snowy Christmas Eve in the booze aisle at Tesco: the Last Ditch crew won't forget their Scottish holiday in a hurry! Lexy Campbell is long overdue a trip to Scotland to see her parents, and an unexpected death in the extended Last Ditch Motel family makes Christmas in a bungalow in Dundee with nine others seem almost irresistible. But when Lexy and the Last Ditch crew hop across the Atlantic, there's been a change of plan and they're whisked off to Mistletoe Hall in the pretty village of Yule, where the surprises continue. The news that a man disappeared from the crumbling pile sixty years ago, along with an unsettling discovery in the bricked-up basement, means that Todd, Kathi and Lexy - Trinity for Trouble - must solve another murder. Deadly secrets, berry rustlers, skeletons and a snowy Christmas Eve in the booze aisle at Tesco: the Last Ditch crew won't forget their Scottish holiday in a hurry!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McPherson, Catriona, 1965-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Severn House, 2023.<br />240 pages ; 23 cm.<br />Last Ditch mysteries<br /><br />11 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3684832&CF=GEN Ria's Christmas wish list: A secluded inn, beautiful decorations, lots of snow and a man who could change her life forever...After a messy breakup, interior designer Ria Porter has been dedicated to her job. Now one of the best in the business, she's been hired to work on a beautiful inn nestled in the snow-covered mountains of New Hampshire. A career-making opportunity she couldn't refuse, Ria's determined to make it her finest work yet.Successful businessman Hayden Reynolds has carved his own path in life. But this December he is flying back home on a mission to save his grandfather's beloved inn.Between interfering family members and a tight deadline, Ria's got her hands full. The last thing she needs is Hayden distracting her with his good looks and kind heart. But as they work together to bring the inn back to life, Ria finds her resolve thawing and it harder to keep things professional.With Christmas Eve approaching, Ria has a decision to make. She can keep her focus on her work or she can allow herself to dream, letting this beautiful place open up a future she never thought possible...Pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate and settle down in front of the fire for this charming, cosy Christmas romance. Fans of Sarah Morgan, Karen Swan and Jenny Hale will be hooked from the very first page. Ria's Christmas wish list: A secluded inn, beautiful decorations, lots of snow and a man who could change her life forever...After a messy breakup, interior designer Ria Porter has been dedicated to her job. Now one of the best in the business, she's been hired to work on a beautiful inn nestled in the snow-covered mountains of New Hampshire. A career-making opportunity she couldn't refuse, Ria's determined to make it her finest work yet.Successful businessman Hayden Reynolds has carved his own path in life. But this December he is flying back home on a mission to save his grandfather's beloved inn.Between interfering family members and a tight deadline, Ria's got her hands full. The last thing she needs is Hayden distracting her with his good looks and kind heart. But as they work together to bring the inn back to life, Ria finds her resolve thawing and it harder to keep things professional.With Christmas Eve approaching, Ria has a decision to make. She can keep her focus on her work or she can allow herself to dream, letting this beautiful place open up a future she never thought possible...Pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate and settle down in front of the fire for this charming, cosy Christmas romance. Fans of Sarah Morgan, Karen Swan and Jenny Hale will be hooked from the very first page.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Coleman, Lucy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Embla Books, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3690615&CF=GEN 'A real Christmas romance. This one has everything you could possibly want, snow, log fires, sleighs... Oh and don't forget the reindeer! I loved it' Reader review 5 starsRia's Christmas wish list: A secluded inn, beautiful decorations, lots of snow and a man who could change her life forever...After a messy breakup, interior designer Ria Porter has been dedicated to her job. Now one of the best in the business, she's been hired to work on a beautiful inn nestled in the snow-covered mountains of New Hampshire. A career-making opportunity she couldn't refuse, Ria's determined to make it her finest work yet.Successful businessman Hayden Reynolds has carved his own path in life. But this December he is flying back home on a mission to save his grandfather's beloved inn.Between interfering family members and a tight deadline, Ria's got her hands full. The last thing she needs is Hayden distracting her with his good looks and kind heart. But as they work together to bring the inn back to life, Ria finds her resolve thawing and it harder to keep things professional.With Christmas Eve approaching, Ria has a decision to make. She can keep her focus on her work or she can allow herself to dream, letting this beautiful place open up a future she never thought possible...Pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate and settle down in front of the fire for this charming, cosy Christmas romance. Fans of Sarah Morgan, Karen Swan and Jenny Hale will be hooked from the very first page. 'A real Christmas romance. This one has everything you could possibly want, snow, log fires, sleighs... Oh and don't forget the reindeer! I loved it' Reader review 5 starsRia's Christmas wish list: A secluded inn, beautiful decorations, lots of snow and a man who could change her life forever...After a messy breakup, interior designer Ria Porter has been dedicated to her job. Now one of the best in the business, she's been hired to work on a beautiful inn nestled in the snow-covered mountains of New Hampshire. A career-making opportunity she couldn't refuse, Ria's determined to make it her finest work yet.Successful businessman Hayden Reynolds has carved his own path in life. But this December he is flying back home on a mission to save his grandfather's beloved inn.Between interfering family members and a tight deadline, Ria's got her hands full. The last thing she needs is Hayden distracting her with his good looks and kind heart. But as they work together to bring the inn back to life, Ria finds her resolve thawing and it harder to keep things professional.With Christmas Eve approaching, Ria has a decision to make. She can keep her focus on her work or she can allow herself to dream, letting this beautiful place open up a future she never thought possible...Pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate and settle down in front of the fire for this charming, cosy Christmas romance. Fans of Sarah Morgan, Karen Swan and Jenny Hale will be hooked from the very first page.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Coleman, Lucy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Embla Books, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3702203&CF=GEN Romily Parker is a woman on a mission. On the last Saturday before Christmas, (shortly after disastrously declaring her undying love for her best friend, Charlie) Romily has a sudden, brief encounter with a gorgeous stranger who might, just possibly, be the man of her dreams. It only takes two small words – ‘Hello, beautiful’ – and one, heart-stopping kiss to make up her mind – she has to find him again.Giving herself a deadline of the following Christmas Eve, Romily commits to spending a year searching for the stranger – a decision that divides her family and friends. Romily Parker is a woman on a mission. On the last Saturday before Christmas, (shortly after disastrously declaring her undying love for her best friend, Charlie) Romily has a sudden, brief encounter with a gorgeous stranger who might, just possibly, be the man of her dreams. It only takes two small words – ‘Hello, beautiful’ – and one, heart-stopping kiss to make up her mind – she has to find him again.Giving herself a deadline of the following Christmas Eve, Romily commits to spending a year searching for the stranger – a decision that divides her family and friends.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dickinson, Miranda<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda audio, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3412512&CF=GEN Eve has always lived on Ennisfarne, an idyllic island just off the coast of Northumberland and only accessible when tides are low. There she runs a bar overlooking Darling Cove, a heavenly horseshoe-shaped beach named after her seafaring ancestors, whose links to the Farne Islands stretch back centuries. Logan is a famous photographer desperate to evade the limelight after a difficult break-up. Renting a cottage from Eve, he chooses Ennisfarne in the hope of anonymity but is immediately spellbound by its natural beauty. The pair don't get off to the best start, butting heads over Eve's adorable but boisterous Chocolate Labrador. But when Logan's true identity is revealed, Eve realises her new tenant isn't quite the man she thought he was. Is it too late to start again or will Logan's island escape be over almost before it's begun? Eve has always lived on Ennisfarne, an idyllic island just off the coast of Northumberland and only accessible when tides are low. There she runs a bar overlooking Darling Cove, a heavenly horseshoe-shaped beach named after her seafaring ancestors, whose links to the Farne Islands stretch back centuries. Logan is a famous photographer desperate to evade the limelight after a difficult break-up. Renting a cottage from Eve, he chooses Ennisfarne in the hope of anonymity but is immediately spellbound by its natural beauty. The pair don't get off to the best start, butting heads over Eve's adorable but boisterous Chocolate Labrador. But when Logan's true identity is revealed, Eve realises her new tenant isn't quite the man she thought he was. Is it too late to start again or will Logan's island escape be over almost before it's begun?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hepburn, Holly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2023.<br />387 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />16 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3461697&CF=GEN Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all. New Year’s Eve, 1979. My family and I stand arm in arm around our Formica kitchen table, counting down to the new decade with each televised chime of Big Ben. We have no idea what is about to hit us, no idea of the seismic waves of change approaching.The 80s transformed life as we knew it. Music, style and culture exploded in a haze of dayglo colour. There were hardships, but there were opportunities too. And I lived through – and helped to shape – Britain’s last real youth movement.Ticket to the World is my time-warp trip down memory lane, reliving that truly unforgettable decade. Join me as I recall what it was like to lead the New Romantics, stay up all night at the Blitz with Sade and Boy George, travel the world with Spandau Ballet and contribute to the era-defining Live Aid.So, grab that glass of Babycham and let’s toast the very best of the 80s: the creativity and the culture, the fashion and the FUN! Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all. New Year’s Eve, 1979. My family and I stand arm in arm around our Formica kitchen table, counting down to the new decade with each televised chime of Big Ben. We have no idea what is about to hit us, no idea of the seismic waves of change approaching.The 80s transformed life as we knew it. Music, style and culture exploded in a haze of dayglo colour. There were hardships, but there were opportunities too. And I lived through – and helped to shape – Britain’s last real youth movement.Ticket to the World is my time-warp trip down memory lane, reliving that truly unforgettable decade. Join me as I recall what it was like to lead the New Romantics, stay up all night at the Blitz with Sade and Boy George, travel the world with Spandau Ballet and contribute to the era-defining Live Aid.So, grab that glass of Babycham and let’s toast the very best of the 80s: the creativity and the culture, the fashion and the FUN!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kemp, Martin<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3237139&CF=GEN North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. Then another body is found - killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home. North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. Then another body is found - killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cleeves, Ann<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Pan Books, 2022.<br />381 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.<br />Two rivers series<br /><br />16 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3274690&CF=GEN 'Women Without Mercy' tells how Ingrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he's having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined. Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders. In 'Truth or Dare', best friends Liv, Martina, Max, and Anton are spending New Year's Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges. Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight. 'Women Without Mercy' tells how Ingrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he's having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined. Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders. In 'Truth or Dare', best friends Liv, Martina, Max, and Anton are spending New Year's Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges. Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Läckberg, Camilla, 1974-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.<br />227 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Eastleigh - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - C017146320<br />Fordingbridge - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017146262<br />Hedge End - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017146577<br />Leigh Park - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017146460<br />Liphook - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - C017144966<br />Lockswood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017146005<br />New Milton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017144866<br />New Milton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017145073<br />Ringwood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017145012<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - C017145810<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3278059&CF=GEN Shy, lonely and introverted Fuyuko lives alone and fills her days with her job as a freelance proofreader. About to turn 35, she cannot imagine ever having any emotional or successful relationship in her life as it currently stands. She is regularly haunted by encounters of the past. But Fuyuko loves the light and goes out on the night of her birthday, Christmas Eve, to count the lights. Her only friend, Hijiri, offers some light in her life, but it is a chance encounter with another man, Mr. Mitsutsuka, a physics teacher, who offers her access from another dimension to light. Shy, lonely and introverted Fuyuko lives alone and fills her days with her job as a freelance proofreader. About to turn 35, she cannot imagine ever having any emotional or successful relationship in her life as it currently stands. She is regularly haunted by encounters of the past. But Fuyuko loves the light and goes out on the night of her birthday, Christmas Eve, to count the lights. Her only friend, Hijiri, offers some light in her life, but it is a chance encounter with another man, Mr. Mitsutsuka, a physics teacher, who offers her access from another dimension to light.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kawakami, Mieko, 1976-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2022.<br />219 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Alton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - C017136539<br />Andover - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017135491<br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017134408<br />Totton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - C017134793<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3295033&CF=GEN Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest. Fifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her. Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese American actor, can't escape the studio's narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria's only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest. Fifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her. Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese American actor, can't escape the studio's narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria's only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Marra, Anthony<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : John Murray, 2022.<br />432 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Alton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017190735<br />Liphook - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - C017191207<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017191274<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3309629&CF=GEN As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson's 'pooper-scooper'. For two years, he deputised for the then Foreign Secretary, now Prime Minister. Few are more attuned to Johnson's strengths and weaknesses as a minister and his suitability for high office than the man who helped clear up his mistakes. Riotously candid, these diaries cover the most turbulent period in recent British political history - from the eve of the referendum in 2016 to the UK's eventual exit from the EU. As two prime ministers fall, two general elections unfold and a no-confidence vote is survived, Duncan records a treasure-trove of insider gossip, giving biting and often hilarious accounts of petty rivalries, poor decision-making, big egos and even bigger crises. As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson's 'pooper-scooper'. For two years, he deputised for the then Foreign Secretary, now Prime Minister. Few are more attuned to Johnson's strengths and weaknesses as a minister and his suitability for high office than the man who helped clear up his mistakes. Riotously candid, these diaries cover the most turbulent period in recent British political history - from the eve of the referendum in 2016 to the UK's eventual exit from the EU. As two prime ministers fall, two general elections unfold and a no-confidence vote is survived, Duncan records a treasure-trove of insider gossip, giving biting and often hilarious accounts of petty rivalries, poor decision-making, big egos and even bigger crises.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Duncan, Alan, 1957-<br />[New edition].<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2022.<br />xxviii, 578 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Andover - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - 941.086092 - Available - C017120152<br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - 941.086092 - Available - C017119447<br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - 941.086092 - Available - C017121415<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3329641&CF=GEN On the night her mother dies, 8-year-old Beatrice receives an invitation to the mysterious Winter Garden. A place of wonder and magic, filled with all manner of strange and spectacular flora and fauna, the garden is her solace every night for seven days. But when the garden disappears, and no one believes her story, Beatrice is left to wonder if it were truly real. Eighteen years later, on the eve of her wedding to a man her late father approved of but she does not love, Beatrice makes the decision to throw off the expectations of Victorian English society and search for the garden. But when both she and her closest friend, Rosa, receive invitations to compete to create spectacular pleasure gardens - with the prize being one wish from the last of the Winter Garden's magic - she realises she may be closer to finding it than she ever imagined. Now all she has to do is win. On the night her mother dies, 8-year-old Beatrice receives an invitation to the mysterious Winter Garden. A place of wonder and magic, filled with all manner of strange and spectacular flora and fauna, the garden is her solace every night for seven days. But when the garden disappears, and no one believes her story, Beatrice is left to wonder if it were truly real. Eighteen years later, on the eve of her wedding to a man her late father approved of but she does not love, Beatrice makes the decision to throw off the expectations of Victorian English society and search for the garden. But when both she and her closest friend, Rosa, receive invitations to compete to create spectacular pleasure gardens - with the prize being one wish from the last of the Winter Garden's magic - she realises she may be closer to finding it than she ever imagined. Now all she has to do is win.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bell, Alex, 1986-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Penguin Books, 2022.<br />521 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Bishops Waltham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017172903<br />Bordon - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017174118<br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017174054<br />Fordingbridge - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017174143<br />Gosport DC - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017173797<br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017174932<br />Ringwood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017174095<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - C017173294<br />Yateley - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017174310<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3353118&CF=GEN Artist Zoey Flynn hadn't planned to spend her favourite holiday on the shores of Jewel Island, but when her fiancé breaks off their engagement before their Christmas Eve wedding, this Cornish paradise is just the distraction she needs. With a cosy cottage to call home for a month and a stall at the island's famous Christmas market to sell her paintings, Zoey quickly puts her heartbreak behind her. Love is the last thing on her mind. That is until the handsome Kit Lewis crosses her path. Their connection is instant, but Zoey has a secret. And the deeper she and Kit fall for one another, the harder it is to hide. Kit knows Zoey is holding something back and if she won't tell him the truth she could lose him forever. Is keeping a promise from the past worth sacrificing a future with the man she loves? Or might Kit be the one person she can trust? Artist Zoey Flynn hadn't planned to spend her favourite holiday on the shores of Jewel Island, but when her fiancé breaks off their engagement before their Christmas Eve wedding, this Cornish paradise is just the distraction she needs. With a cosy cottage to call home for a month and a stall at the island's famous Christmas market to sell her paintings, Zoey quickly puts her heartbreak behind her. Love is the last thing on her mind. That is until the handsome Kit Lewis crosses her path. Their connection is instant, but Zoey has a secret. And the deeper she and Kit fall for one another, the harder it is to hide. Kit knows Zoey is holding something back and if she won't tell him the truth she could lose him forever. Is keeping a promise from the past worth sacrificing a future with the man she loves? Or might Kit be the one person she can trust?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Martin, Holly (Novelist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Rosa Audiobooks, 2022.<br />5 CDs (375 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - Available - C016829694<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3361648&CF=GEN Women Without MercyIngrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he’s having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined.Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders …Truth or DareBest friends Liv, Martina, Max and Anton are spending New Year’s Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges.Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight … Women Without MercyIngrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he’s having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined.Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders …Truth or DareBest friends Liv, Martina, Max and Anton are spending New Year’s Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges.Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight …<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Läckberg, Camilla<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/HarperCollins UK, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3361148&CF=GEN 'Women Without Mercy' tells how Ingrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he's having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined. Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders. In 'Truth or Dare', best friends Liv, Martina, Max, and Anton are spending New Year's Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges. Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight. 'Women Without Mercy' tells how Ingrid gave up her career to support her husband. Now he's having an affair. Birgitta is avoiding the doctor. No one can see the bruises her husband leaves. Victoria left Russia to marry a man she met online. But he is nothing like she imagined. Maybe the only way out is to commit three perfect murders. In 'Truth or Dare', best friends Liv, Martina, Max, and Anton are spending New Year's Eve together. But each of them is keeping a terrible secret. When a game of truth or dare takes a dark turn, the shocking truth emerges. Not everyone will live to see the chime of midnight.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Läckberg, Camilla, 1974-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2022.<br />5 CDs (5 hr., 32 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - Available - C016840254<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3141532&CF=GEN Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning novelist, who, to everyone's surprise, shows up unexpectedly in New York. When Shane and Eve meet at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but also the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that 15 years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. While they may be pretending not to know each other, they can't deny their chemistry - or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years. Over the next 7 days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect - but Eva's wary of the man who broke her heart, and wants him out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before Shane disappears though, she needs a few questions answered. Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning novelist, who, to everyone's surprise, shows up unexpectedly in New York. When Shane and Eve meet at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but also the eyebrows of the Black literati. What no one knows is that 15 years earlier, teenage Eva and Shane spent one crazy, torrid week madly in love. While they may be pretending not to know each other, they can't deny their chemistry - or the fact that they've been secretly writing to each other in their books through the years. Over the next 7 days, amidst a steamy Brooklyn summer, Eva and Shane reconnect - but Eva's wary of the man who broke her heart, and wants him out of the city so her life can return to normal. Before Shane disappears though, she needs a few questions answered.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Williams, Tia, 1975-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Quercus, 2021.<br />336 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - C017104906<br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017126083<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3084040&CF=GEN I was the girl who survived the Nothing Man. Now I am the woman who is going to catch him. You've just read the opening pages of 'The Nothing Man', the true crime memoir Eve Black has written about her obsessive search for the man who killed her family nearly two decades ago. Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle is reading it too, and with each turn of the page his rage grows. Because Jim was - is - the Nothing Man. The more Jim reads, the more he realises how dangerously close Eve is getting to the truth. He knows she won't give up until she finds him. He has no choice but to stop her first. I was the girl who survived the Nothing Man. Now I am the woman who is going to catch him. You've just read the opening pages of 'The Nothing Man', the true crime memoir Eve Black has written about her obsessive search for the man who killed her family nearly two decades ago. Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle is reading it too, and with each turn of the page his rage grows. Because Jim was - is - the Nothing Man. The more Jim reads, the more he realises how dangerously close Eve is getting to the truth. He knows she won't give up until she finds him. He has no choice but to stop her first.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Howard, Catherine Ryan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Corvus, 2021.<br />346 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Andover - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017005792<br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017006471<br />Havant - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017004991<br />Havant - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017004081<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017004335<br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017003831<br />Ringwood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017005380<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017004876<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017004524<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3149155&CF=GEN On the night her mother dies, 8-year-old Beatrice receives an invitation to the mysterious Winter Garden. A place of wonder and magic, filled with all manner of strange and spectacular flora and fauna, the garden is her solace every night for seven days. But when the garden disappears, and no one believes her story, Beatrice is left to wonder if it were truly real. Eighteen years later, on the eve of her wedding to a man her late father approved of but she does not love, Beatrice makes the decision to throw off the expectations of Victorian English society and search for the garden. But when both she and her closest friend, Rosa, receive invitations to compete to create spectacular pleasure gardens - with the prize being one wish from the last of the Winter Garden's magic - she realises she may be closer to finding it than she ever imagined. Now all she has to do is win. On the night her mother dies, 8-year-old Beatrice receives an invitation to the mysterious Winter Garden. A place of wonder and magic, filled with all manner of strange and spectacular flora and fauna, the garden is her solace every night for seven days. But when the garden disappears, and no one believes her story, Beatrice is left to wonder if it were truly real. Eighteen years later, on the eve of her wedding to a man her late father approved of but she does not love, Beatrice makes the decision to throw off the expectations of Victorian English society and search for the garden. But when both she and her closest friend, Rosa, receive invitations to compete to create spectacular pleasure gardens - with the prize being one wish from the last of the Winter Garden's magic - she realises she may be closer to finding it than she ever imagined. Now all she has to do is win.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bell, Alex, 1986-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Del Rey, 2021.<br />521 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Available - C017075239<br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3149639&CF=GEN North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. Then another body is found - killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home. North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower, and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man, a public servant, beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved, though, to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan, his husband. Then another body is found - killed in a similar way. Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cleeves, Ann<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan, 2021.<br />381 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm.<br />Two rivers series<br /><br />14 copies <br /> https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3183369&CF=GEN Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his worst nightmare has been realised. His family dead, his house destroyed, and in fear for his life, he is forced to flee. Far away in Glasgow, DSI William Lorimer has his hands full. Christmas is approaching, the city is bustling, and whilst the homicide rate has been relatively low, something much darker is brewing. Counter-Terrorism have got wind of a plot to carry out an unspeakable atrocity on Christmas Eve. The investigation is complicated by a spate of local murders, and by the rumours that someone is passing information to criminal organisations from inside the police force. Soon Lorimer finds himself in desperate need of assistance. Then he meets an extraordinary man - a refugee from Zimbabwe whose investigative skills are a match for Lorimer's own. Inspector Daniel Kohi of the Zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his worst nightmare has been realised. His family dead, his house destroyed, and in fear for his life, he is forced to flee. Far away in Glasgow, DSI William Lorimer has his hands full. Christmas is approaching, the city is bustling, and whilst the homicide rate has been relatively low, something much darker is brewing. Counter-Terrorism have got wind of a plot to carry out an unspeakable atrocity on Christmas Eve. The investigation is complicated by a spate of local murders, and by the rumours that someone is passing information to criminal organisations from inside the police force. Soon Lorimer finds himself in desperate need of assistance. Then he meets an extraordinary man - a refugee from Zimbabwe whose investigative skills are a match for Lorimer's own.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gray, Alex<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Sphere, 2021.<br />464 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />14 copies <br />