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When aspiring travel writer Chloe Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she's bagged the opportunity of a lifetime. But she hasn't had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin. Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt. It seems everyone's a suspect. And it isn't long before the passengers begin to turn on each other...
July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs to the men on the ground. Swept up in the bloody chaos, a tight-knit company from Essex must stay alive long enough to see their home again. With sword, mace and longbow, the Essex Dogs will fight, from the landing beaches of Normandy to the bloodsoaked field of Crécy. Some men fight for glory. Others fight for coin. The Essex Dogs? They fight for each other.
"A mystery with 3 or 4 suspects."
Matt had been happily drifting through life--but has recently lost his job as a bathroom salesman and the tenancy on his home is about to expire. To top it all he wakes up one day to find his partner Harriet has left him. He's hoping for a change of luck when out of the blue he is offered a job that comes with a cheap luxury flat in Harriet's favourite building, Satsuma Heights. He hopes this might be enough to tempt her back. Is she just taking a break--or is something far more sinister occurring? What's his new job really about? And could the purchase of a very long shoe improve his situation? With the help of a Yorkshire gangster, a luxury bathtub, his cat Goodmonson and a yoga guru, Matt sets out to find some answers to these questions. In the process, maybe he'll find out more about what he wants from his life.
Young Fitz is a bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the court of the Six Duchies by his father's gruff stableman. He is ignored by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz's blood runs the magic Skill - and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. For longer than anyone remembers, the Farseers have ruled the stormswept kingdoms of the Six Duchies - using the wild and perilous magic of the Skill. But now, as the barbarous Red Ship Raiders ravage the coasts and sleepwalkers prowl the heartland, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. For Fitz is a threat to the throne ... but he may also be the key to the survival of the kingdom.
The apocalypse will be televised! A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.
They call it Dungeon Crawler World. But for Carl, it's anything but a game.
When their village is attacked by terrifying creatures, Rand al'Thor and his friends are forced to flee for their lives. An ancient evil is stirring, and its servants are scouring the land for the Dragon Reborn - the prophesised hero who can deliver the world from darkness. In this Age of myth and legend, the Wheel of Time turns. What was, what may be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
The Stormlight Archive is an epic fantasy series set during a tumultuous time in the planet of Roshar’s history, as told from the perspective of multiple characters. A war of vengeance rages on the Shattered Plains, where Kaladin the slave’s caravan is currently headed. Already at the Plains is Dalinar Kholin, a highlord who made his name as a vicious general and warrior, but now questions the wisdom of a protracted conflict. Shallan is a young woman from a noble house, who seeks a wardship under the notorious heretic and scholar Jasnah Kholin, in the hope that it will save her family. The magic of the ancient Knights Radiant is a thing of the past, and besides, people denounce them for their betrayal of mankind. Yet there are rumors that the ancient Oaths may be spoken once again…
Reads like a fast-paced thriller, set mostly in London and Japan. A real page turner, I finished it really quickly. It is an autobiography of an East End London kid, who grew up in poverty. He was ambitious and good at maths. Won a competition and got into a top trading bank. Made millions, but then what? Some surprising revelations! You'll have to read the book to find out the rest!
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