Hilary: 664 books

Is there intrinsic evil in the world? In a bleak, remote town, a small child is murdered. Suspicion falls on nine-year-old Lizzie. Convinced her daughter is guilty, Lizzie's young mother must make the torturous choice between ignoring her intuition and presenting Lizzie to the police. Lizzie...

For journalist John Kelly, the violent death of local celebrity and rock superstar Scott Silver promises to be the best story he's seen since his days on Fleet Street. With a little work he may even turn it into the second chance he's been looking for all these years. DCI Karen Meadows isn't so sure...

A mysterious fire at a Somerset manor house leads to a complex and intriguing case for Bristol detective David Vogel. When Sir John Fairbrother, head of one of the world’s biggest private banks, burns to death, along with his nurse, in a catastrophic fire at his Somerset manor house, Detective...

Ever dreamt of living on a South Pacific island? Let brother and sister, Nini and Lolo, take you there where the sun mostly shines and the sky's mostly blue. Discover their lives through short stories and meet wondrous land and sea creatures in verse : a strange bird that barks, a marine inhabitant...

This moving story about forgiveness and the multifaceted role that is motherhood proves that friendship is the ultimate healer. Summer Gray is exhausted, overwhelmed, and approaching her breaking point.  She's due to give birth to her fifth child, and her older son's heart surgery is...

This story of self-discovery explores the complicated relationship between past and present in defining the future.  It's Jasmine Carr's thirtieth birthday, and she's finally getting the one thing she's waited for her entire adult life. But is it still what she wants?  Her first love,...

A compelling story about the choices we make … and the healing power of family.  Hannah Bradley knows she's lucky: she's always lived an almost-magical existence.  In fact, when her younger sisters started new lives—Sarah as the consummate wife and mother and Margaret as an independent,...

**A poignant story of loss … and the healing power of love. ** Architect Margaret Bradley is a rising star, renowned for her vision. In keeping with the promise she made to herself when her first mother died, she's fiercely self-reliant, traveling the country solo, enjoying her professional...

It’s 2142 and Britain, renamed Chriland, is run by women. This is a peaceful world, ordered and crime-free. There are males, certainly, but they are shut away in semenaries for their sperm while neutered manikins are sexual pets for Chriland’s elite women. It is Fra’s world, and she’s very...

Ein gemütliches Barbecue am Strand von Miami wird zu einem brutalen Massaker. Als die Polizei den Tatort erreicht, findet sie vier gefesselte Leichen in einem BMW, an dessen Windschutzscheibe ein Zettel klebt, der an Sam Becket gerichtet ist. Die Nachricht ist bizarr, aber deutlich: Die Morde sind...

Ein geistesgestörter, aber hochintelligenter Psychopath befindet sich auf seinem ganz persönlichen Rachefeldzug gegen die Kirche. Sein nächstes Ziel ist Shiloh, ein kleines Dorf in Neuengland. Dessen Bewohner freuen sich auf eine besinnliche Weihnachtszeit und ahnen nicht im Geringsten, dass sie...

Ein Toter in einem Boot vor der Küste von Miami. Eine Leiche mit zerkratzter Haut und mit Bleiche übergossen. Ein seltsamer Mann in der Nacht, silbern von Kopf bis Fuß und schimmernd wie ein Engel des Todes. Ein Mann, der davon träumt, unverletzlich zu sein. Und den Schmerz, den er in seinem Innern verschlossen hat, an andere weiterzugeben...

Emma, having been denied every dignity by her mistress, Ursula, is now required to sacrifice something even more precious: access to her own pleasure. Confined under her skirts and desperate for the unique attentions of her beautiful, strict guardian, Emma learns what it's like to be denied release...

Nothing happens at The Shores. Ceilidhs, yes. Killings, no. Until one night, murder comes to the isolated Prince Edward Island village. Amateur sleuth Hy McAllister trips over a body on the beach. It's cottager Lance Lord, dressed like Jimi Hendrix, his head split open by an axe. As Hurricane Angus...