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Lachlan McKenzie doesn’t know why he and his family live on a remote trading post on the slave coast of Africa. "The past is best left buried" is all his father will say about it. But then, one day, three warships sail downriver and turn their guns on their tiny fort. Suddenly, Lachlan is in the fight for his life against a formidable enemy.

'Dripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph' M. W. CRAVEN _____________ He loves surprises. But not this one. A schoolgirl is found dead in a park in North London and DI Charlie...

Marrakesh, 1893: His military career in disgrace, Harry Delhaze turns to a life of drink and gambling. But then he’s offered a way out–a small fortune to help the Sultan of Morocco quell a rebel uprising. It sounds like easy money. Instead, Harry is forced to battle the wild bandit armies of ruthless prophet-warlord, Bou Hamra, through the snows of the Atlas Mountains and the baking deserts of the Sahara. And he finds himself in the fight of his life.

'I really loved this . . . the beginning of an excellent series' 5 stars, Netgalley reader A killer stalks the streets of London . . . When a priest is found crucified in a derelict North London chapel, it makes a dramatic change for DI Charlie George and his squad at Essex Road. The brutal...

'Dripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph' M. W. CRAVEN _____________________ Three can keep a secret. If two of them are dead... Two women are snatched off the streets of London...

Most acts of violence are pretty random. But murdering someone and impaling their head on the railing outside the Royal Courts of Justice...that takes planning. And when the pathologist finds a page from a book rammed down the dead man's throat, DI Charlie George thinks it's safe to assume that someone, somewhere, wants to send a message. But people who have the resources to plan a murder like that also have the smarts not to get caught. So Charlie knows he has a problem.

When fiery and idealistic Kitty O'Kane escapes the crushing poverty of Dublin's tenements, she's determined that no one should ever suffer like she did. As she sets out to save the world, she finds herself at the forefront of events that shaped the early twentieth century. While working as a maid, she survives the sinking of the Titanic. As a suffragette in New York's Greenwich Village, she's jailed for breaking storefront windows. And traveling war-torn Europe as a journalist, she's at the Winter Palace when it's stormed by the Bolsheviks.

12-year-old Isabella, a French princess marries the King of England - only to discover he has a terrible secret. Ten long years later she is in utter despair - does she submit to a lifetime of solitude and a spiritual death - or seize her destiny and take the throne of England for herself? Isabella is just twelve years old when she marries Edward II of England. For the young princess it is love at first sight - but Edward has a terrible secret that threatens to tear their marriage - and England apart.

The NFL Show is hosted by Colin Falconer, a Scottish Broadcast Journalist with a love of the NFL. Colin will look back at previous results and analyse performances as well as talk about the current issues surrounding the NFL and hopefully speak to some guests along the way.