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Long Spoon Lane
Starting to investigate, Pitt uncovers a web of corruption within the police force and all the clues point to Superintendent Wetron of Bow Street as its mastermind. But Wetron has allies in every sphere, making it almost impossible to pin guilt on him. Anxieties roused by the bombings are being fanned by the press, and a bill to arm the London police is about to be rushed through Parliament. Then Pitt’s most deadly enemy, Sir Charles Voisey, approaches him proposing they join forces to prevent Wetron becoming the most powerful man in England. And in spite of the danger this involves, Pitt has to agree. Anne Perry has pulld out all the stops for this breathtaking tale of passion, principle and skullduggery, written with her unrivalled skill at evoking the world of Victorian England.
AS a girl Nora waged war on her mother, Maisie. It was a childish campaign, revenge to ease the heartbreak she suffered when Maisie told her she preferred her older daughter, Cathryn. Who wouldn’t, Nora thought. Cathryn was bright, beautiful, the apple of Maisie’s eye. Nora was shy, awkward, prone to telling fibs and daydreaming. Nora privately admits, ‘I prefer her to me, too.’ Now Nora lives in Edinburgh, far from her suburban London home and her volatile mother. She has a lover she adores, a circle of friends she can joke and banter with, and a job that befits a fibber and a dreamer. Life is beautiful. But when Maisie’s world falls apart, she and Cathyrn think it obvious Nora be the one to pick up the pieces. Nora doesn’t think it obvious at all. Drifting through life, dreaming, joking, always braced for betrayal, Nora is, however, taken by storm when it happens. Now, with the surprising consequence of a love affair to deal with, she learns to forgive and be forgiven, and starts to love the people she left behind.
THAT’S what they call themselves. Urban explorers who illegally enter sealed bulidings—hotels, offices, department stores—many of which have been abandoned for years. Exploring one is like going into a time capsule. Mystery and danger add to the adrenaline rush, as the building’s secrets are unveiled. One chilly October night in new Jersey, a group of creepers enters the Paragon, a hotel designed and built during the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire. The magnificent structure, which foreshadowed the beauties of Art Deco architecture, is now a decrepit, boarded-up edifice marked for demolition. But the Paragon has a disturbing history and, soon after the group enters, it becomes clear that this decaying seven-storey building holds more secrets than they could have imagined in their worst nightmares. Danger, terror and death wait for them in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil. Creepers is a suspenseful, gripping joy-ride of a thriller. With customary brilliance, David Morrell, the father of the modern high-action adventure, inexorably draws you into a story that will haunt you for nights to come. |
EARLY one morning, two
bombs explode in an East London street. Thomas Pitt of the special
branch arrives in time to chase the bombers to a run-down tenement in
Long spoon Lane. There, two men are arrested and one shot dead—but who
and where is the killer?
Getting Out of the House
Creepers