Crooked

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home...The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare's granddaughter... Features Summary A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home... Author Agatha Christie Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20170209 Pages 256 ISBN 0-00-819634-6 ISBN 13 978-0-00-819634-9

 First edition, first impression. Published by Collins in 1949. Contents clean with no inscriptions. Bottom corner bumped. No dust jacket. Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The hotly-anticipated sequel to SIX OF CROWS, this is GAME OF THRONES meets OCEAN'S ELEVEN in a fantasy epic from the number 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Welcome to the world of the Grisha. After pulling off a seemingly impossible heist in the notorious Ice Court, criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker feels unstoppable. But life is about to take a dangerous turn - and with friends who are among the deadliest outcasts in Ketterdam city, Kaz is going to need more than luck to survive in this unforgiving underworld. As gripping, sweeping and memorable as the Grisha trilogy - SHADOW AND BONE, SIEGE AND STORM and RUIN AND RISING - this novel is perfect for fans of Laini Taylor, Kristin Cashore and GAME OF THRONES. Features Summary The hotly-anticipated sequel to SIX OF CROWS, this is GAME OF THRONES meets OCEAN'S ELEVEN in a fantasy epic from the number 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Author Leigh Bardugo Publisher Indigo (an Imprint of Orion Children's) Release date 20160928 Pages 546 ISBN 1-78062-230-9 ISBN 13 978-1-78062-230-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Jane Hawk faces the fight of her life The No.1 New York Times bestseller and master of suspense Dean Koontz returns with a blockbuster new thriller featuring rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk. `I could be dead tomorrow. Or something worse than dead' Rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk knows she's living on borrowed time. But as long as she's breathing, she'll never cease her one-woman war against the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the freedom - and free will - of millions. Battling the mysterious epidemic of murder-suicides that claimed Jane's husband has made Jane a wanted fugitive, hunted relentlessly by the secret cabal behind the plot. They are determined to see her dead... or make her wish she was. Propelled by her righteous fury, Jane will confront head-on the lethal forces arrayed against her. But nothing can prepare her for the chilling truth that awaits when she descends the crooked staircase to the dark and dreadful place where her long nightmare was born. Features Summary Jane Hawk faces the fight of her life The No.1 New York Times bestseller and master of suspense Dean Koontz returns with a blockbuster new thriller featuring rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk. Author Dean Koontz Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20180612 Pages 512 ISBN 0-00-829152-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-829152-5

  Author(s): Colm O'Goara  Title:      A Crooked Field  ISBN:  0 330 37077 4  Publisher: Picador  This Edition: first     Year of Publication: 1999  Place Of Publication: Great Britain Binding: hardcover Dustjacket: yes Number of pages: 313  Weight: 490g Condition:   Excellent   

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Jenn Dlugos (Author), Charlie Hatton (Author) Publisher Prufrock Press Release date 20160930 Pages 88 ISBN 1-61821-609-0 ISBN 13 978-1-61821-609-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems... Dive head first into the world of Lundinor in this magical adventure story for anyone with a Hogwarts-shaped hole in their life. When their grandmother Sylvie is rushed to hospital, Ivy Sparrow and her annoying big brother Seb cannot imagine what adventure lies in store. Returning to Sylvie's house, they find it has been ransacked by unknown intruders - before a mysterious feather scratches an ominous message onto the kitchen wall. A very strange policeman turns up on the scene, determined to apprehend them... with a toilet brush. Ivy and Seb make their escape - only to find themselves in a completely uncommon world, where ordinary objects have amazing powers. The forces of evil are closing in fast, and Ivy and Seb must get to the bottom of a family secret... before it's too late. Complete with stunning interior illustrations by cover artist Karl Mountford. Features Summary Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems. A very strange policeman turns up on the scene, determined to apprehend them. The forces of evil are closing in fast... Author Jennifer Bell (Author), Karl James Mountford (Illustrator) Publisher Corgi Childrens Release date 20160602 Pages 384 ISBN 0-552-57250-0 ISBN 13 978-0-552-57250-7

Paperback. English. Perskor. 1978. ISBN: N/A. 112pp with dwgs. Good condition in softcover. An adventure tale for young readers, set in the Cederberg. Book No: 21852/1001667

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days The debut short story collection by the author of Eileen, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous while also being delightful - and often even weirdly hilarious. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet; all yearning for connection and betterment, in very different ways, but each of them seems destined to be tripped up by their own baser impulses. What makes these stories so moving is the emotional balance that Moshfegh achieves - the way she exposes the limitless range of self-deception that human beings can employ while, at the same time, infusing the grotesque and outrageous with tenderness and compassion. The flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful, but beauty comes from strange sources, and the dark energy surging through these stories is oddly and powerfully invigorating. Moshfegh has been compared to Flannery O'Connor, Jim Thompson, Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith but her voice and her mastery of language and tone are unique. One of the most gifted and exciting young writers in America, she shows us uncomfortable things, and makes us look at them forensically - until we find, suddenly, that we are really looking at ourselves. Features Summary Features stories, in which the flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful, but beauty comes from strange sources... Author Ottessa Moshfegh Publisher Jonathan Cape Release date 20170127 Pages 304 ISBN 0-224-10134-X ISBN 13 978-0-224-10134-9

 The borderlands had two kinds of law.  The Adams boys knew one kind of justice. They said it was suicide - that former Mountie Karl Swenson set himself on fire.  Frank and David Adams refused to believe their old friend would do such a thing. Behind the fiery death was a coldhearted killer, and the brothers vowed to hunt him down.  Somewhere, between the crooked greed of a bank heist and the twisted secrets of a local bordello, lurked a master criminal.  But the Adams boys are gunning for double justice - and risking their hides as double targets... Soft cover, fair condition.  The cover is creased and scuffed in places. 182 pages.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Melanie West is getting her life back on track after a messy divorce when her grandmother, Liza Harris, asks her to open a B&B with her. Together, Liza and Melanie purchase a purportedly haunted mansion on the Oregon coast and jump right into clearing out the cobwebs. But while attempting to remove wallpaper in an upstairs bedroom, the new B&B owners stumble upon a very real skeleton in their closet.The police suspect the skeleton is that of the wife of the previous owner of the B&B, but no one in town seems to want to say much about her. As the inn owners try to juggle renovations with their own amateur investigations, their grand opening looms closer and closer--and a friendly ghost in their walls starts playing tricks. But it all comes crashing to a halt when a new body is found stabbed to death on the beach below the inn--the victim chillingly close in resemblance to Melanie herself.It seems someone doesn't appreciate newcomers prying into the small town's past, and now it's up to Melanie and Liza to get to the bottom of these murders to save their business...and their lives. Features Summary Includes a recipe for a sausage and broccoli frittata. Author Kate Kingsbury Publisher Crooked Lane Books Release date 20161228 Pages 288 ISBN 1-68331-009-8 ISBN 13 978-1-68331-009-9

 Spit & Polish and More Spit & Polish - Barry Ronge - Penguin - Paperback in good, clean and tight condition. Barry Ronge's Spit 'n Polish column in the Sunday Times provides South Africans with some much-needed repose on a Sunday morning. For the past 19 years, Ronge has given us his take on life in South Africa and all its foibles, from crooked politicians to the criminal underworld, from high-class hookers to cats stuck up trees. All written with humour and verve.

Paperback. English. Vintage. 1995. 434pp. In fair/good condition. Moraes ¿Moor¿ Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route that takes him from India to Spain, he spins his labyrinthine family tale of mad passions and volcanic family hatreds, of titanic matriarchs and their mesmerised offspring, of premature deaths and curses that strike beyond the grave.

 The Song of Seven Hardback A exciting adventure by the author of the international bestseller The Letter for the King SEVEN PATHS. SEVEN UNLIKELY FRIENDS. ONE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE. Deep in the woods, in a crooked house full of stairs, a young boy is kept prisoner by his uncle. He cannot meet other children, or have any friends. He holds the key to a secret. Meanwhile, in a quiet village, Frans the schoolteacher invents incredible stories of perilous deeds, shipwrecks, desert islands, and haunted castles to entertain his pupils, in which he is the hero. Then one stormy evening, a mysterious letter blows onto his doormat, summoning him to a meeting. Suddenly, Frans is on a real-life mission, one in which he will encounter magicians, secret passages, conspiracies, hidden treasure, a black cat with green eyes and a sealed parchment which predicts the future. He will learn the secret of the Seven Ways. He will find seven allies. And he will make a fearsome enemy. The adventure has begun...  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Lara Dearman Publisher Crooked Lane Books Release date 20171229 Pages 304 ISBN 1-68331-456-5 ISBN 13 978-1-68331-456-1

Book looks brand new and unread to me.  >>>     Barry Ronge is one of South Africa's longest-serving and most beloved columnists. His Spit 'n Polish column in the Sunday Times provides South Africans with some much-needed repose on a Sunday morning. For the past 19 years, Ronge has given us his take on life in South Africa and all its foibles, from crooked politicians to the criminal underworld, from high-class hookers to cats stuck up trees - all written with humour and verve. This collection represents the best of the hundreds of columns written down the years and are grouped into themes that reflect some of Ronge's favourite topics such as pets, the peculiarities of the English language, and, of course, Sandton kugels.       *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.  

 Black & Blue by Ian Rankin (Paperback)   Bible John killed three women, and took three souvenirs. Johnny Bible killed to steal his namesake's glory. Oilman Allan Mitchelson died for his principles. And convict Lenny Spaven died just to prove a point. "Bible John" terrorized Glasgow in the sixties and seventies, murdering three women he met in a local ballroom--and he was never caught. Now a copycat is at work. Nicknamed "Bible Johnny" by the media, he is a new menace with violent ambitions.  The Bible Johnny case would be perfect for Inspector John Rebus, but after a run-in with a crooked senior officer, he's been shunted aside to one of Edinburgh's toughest suburbs, where he investigates the murder of an off-duty oilman. His investigation takes him north to the oil rigs of Aberdeen, where he meets the Bible Johnny media circus head-on. Suddenly caught in the glare of the television cameras and in the middle of more than one investigation, Rebus must proceed wiht caution: One mistake could mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or, worse still, losing his job.  Written with Ian Rankin's signature wit, style and intricacy, Black and Blue is a novel of uncommon and unforgettable intrigue.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Beware of the Highway Rat. He'll steal your food... and your heart! Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling story is now available in a gorgeously festive gift book format, perfect for celebrating a special occasion. The Highway Rat rides along the highway stealing all the travellers' food. But a crafty duck and her mysterious sister soon put an end to his crooked ways! Features Summary The bestselling story is now available is now available in a gorgeously festive gift book format. The Highway Rat rides along the highway stealing all the travellers' food... Author Julia Donaldson (Author), Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Publisher Alison Green Books Release date 20171001 Pages 32 ISBN 1-4071-8105-X ISBN 13 978-1-4071-8105-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days When you next sit down at your local coffee shop, look around you: there may just be a professional hitman sitting at the next table. As author Mark Shaw reveals in this highly original and informative book, the 'upper world' sails perilously close to the underworld. Hitmen For Hire takes the reader on a journey like no other, navigating a world of hammermen (hitmen), informers, rogue policemen, taxi bosses, gang leaders and crooked businessmen. The book examines a system in which contract killings have become the norm, looking at who arranges hits, where to find a hitman, and even what it is like to be a hitman - or woman. Since 1994, South Africa has witnessed some spectacular underworld killings associated with various industries and sectors. Drawing on over a thousand cases, from 2000 to 2016, Shaw reveals how these murders have an outsized impact on the evolution of both legal and illegal economic activity. Features Summary When you next sit down at your local coffee shop, look around you: there may just be a professional hitman sitting at the next table. As author Mark Shaw reveals in this highly original and informative book... Author Mark Shaw Publisher Jonathan Ball Publishers Release date 20170717 Pages 267 ISBN 1-86842-711-0 ISBN 13 978-1-86842-711-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'A sumptuous garden maze of a novel' Kirkus Reviews They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us... In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy. Sent as a bequest from an old friend, young Ren has a mission: to find his dead master's severed finger and reunite it with his body. Ren has forty-nine days, or else his master's soul will roam the earth forever. Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker, moonlights as a dancehall girl to pay her mother's debts. One night, Ji Lin's dance partner leaves her with a gruesome souvenir that leads her on a crooked, dark trail. As time runs out for Ren's mission, a series of unexplained deaths occur amid rumours of tigers who turn into men. In their journey to keep a promise and discover the truth, Ren and Ji Lin's paths will cross in ways they will never forget. Captivating and lushly written, The Night Tiger explores the rich world of servants and masters, ancient superstition and modern ambition, sibling rivalry and unexpected love. Woven through with Chinese folklore and a tantalizing mystery, this novel is a page-turner of the highest order. Features Summary A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. Author Yangsze Choo Publisher Quercus Publishing Release date 20190131 Pages 480 ISBN 1-78747-045-8 ISBN 13 978-1-78747-045-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days **FROM THE AUTHOR OF INSIDE THE WAVE, THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017** Leningrad, September 1941. Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous, desperate winter in its history. For two pairs of lovers - Anna and Andrei, Anna's novelist father and banned actress Marina - the siege becomes a battle for survival. They will soon discover what it is like to be so hungry you boil shoe leather to make soup, so cold you burn furniture and books. But this is not just a struggle to exist, it is also a fight to keep the spark of hope alive... A brilliantly imagined novel of war and the wounds it inflicts on ordinary people's lives, and a profoundly moving celebration of love, life and survival. 'Remarkable, affecting...there are few more interesting stories than this; and few writers who could have told it better' Rachel Cusk, Daily Telegraph 'Literary writing of the highest order set against a background if suffering so intimately reconstructed it is hard to believe that Dunmore was not there' Richard Overy, Sunday Telegraph 'Utterly convincing. A deeply moving account of two love stories in terrible circumstances. The story of their struggle to survive appears simple, as all great literature should... a world-class novel' Antony Beevor, The Times Novelist and poet Helen Dunmore has achieved great critical acclaim since publishing her first adult novel, the McKitterick Prize winning, Zennor in Darkness. Her novels, Counting the Stars, Your Blue-Eyed Boy, With Your Crooked Heart, Burning Bright, House of Orphans, Mourning Ruby, A Spell of Winter, and Talking to the Dead, and her collection of short stories Love of Fat Men are all published by Penguin. This edition includes the first chapter of Betrayal, the sequel to The Siege. Features Summary Leningrad, September 1941. Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous, desperate winter in its history. For two pairs of lovers - Anna and Andrei... Author Helen Dunmore Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20020530 Pages 310 ISBN 0-241-95219-0 ISBN 13 978-0-241-95219-1