THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #1‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down. I’ve been a Kate Rhodes fan for years and in Ben Kitto she has created a detective who is just as complex and compelling as Kate’s elegant plotting and stunning prose. The claustrophobia and paranoia of the island are so brilliant evoked, I could almost feel the tide encroaching as time ran out to find the killer' Erin Kelly, **author of He Said, She ...

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #2The island of Tresco holds a dark secret someone will kill to protect.Ben Kitto has become Deputy Commander in the Isles of Scilly Police. As the islands’ lazy summer takes hold, he finds himself missing the excitement of the murder squad in London. But when the body of professional diver Jude Trellon is discovered, anchored to the rocks of a nearby cave, his investigative skills are once again needed.

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #3The third instalment in a gripping and atmospheric crime series set on a small island where there is no escape . . .‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' Erin KellyINTRUDERS HERE ARE BOUND TO DIE . . .As the sun sets on a cold November evening, the tiny community of St Agnes prepares for their annual Fifth-of-November festivities. Moments before the fi...

You think we’re not in this together? How are you not “one of us”’ Monsieur Duchene?’August, 1944. In German-occupied Paris, former schoolteacher Auguste Duchene has stumbled upon an unusual way to survive: he finds missing people. When he’s approached by members of the French Resistance to locate a missing priest – and a cache of stolen weapons – Duchene initially refuses. But the Resistance offer him no choice. Within hours, he’s also blackmailed by a powerful Nazi into searching...

*The thrilling new novel from Lucy Clarke, THE SURF HOUSE, is available to buy now*The deeper the water, the darker the secrets…There were so many times I thought about telling you the truth, Eva. What stopped me was always the same thing…When Eva’s husband Jackson tragically drowns, she longs to meet his estranged family. The journey takes her to Jackson’s brother’s doorstep on a remote Tasmanian island. As strange details about her husband’s past ...

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #7‘An absolute master of pace, plotting and character’ ELLY GRIFFITHSON A REMOTE ISLANDWhen Jez Cardew’s boat is found drifting empty on the Atlantic Ocean, DI Ben Kitto and his fellow lifeboat crew members immediately fear the worst. After an extensive search yields no results, the team are forced to retreat to dry land as darkness sets in.THE OCEAN IS MERCILESS

Bloomsbury presents The Pathless Land: Finding a Way Across Ireland by Tim Hannigan, read by Stephen PerringAn epic journey on foot from Dingle to Burr Point in search of Ireland’s lost footpaths, and a quest to unravel the complexities of countryside access in Ireland and Britain.Ireland is a pathless land. Public access to the Irish countryside is more limited than almost anywhere else in Europe – no right to roam, no network of footpaths across ...

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #6'An absolute master of pace, plotting and character' ELLY GRIFFITHSREVENGEDI Ben Kitto made many enemies in his time working as an undercover officer for the Met police, none more ruthless and calculating than gang leader Craig Travis.IS WORTHTravis has longed to make Kitto pay for his role in getting him convicted – and that day has finally arrived. Now...

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**THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #4The fourth instalment in a gripping and atmospheric crime series set on a small island where there is no escape . . .**‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' ERIN KELLYAN ISLAND ON LOCKDOWN. A KILLER ON THE LOOSE . . .As the scorching summer sun covers the small Scilly island of St Mary’s, DI Ben Kitto and his team are training for the annual Swimathon. But their morning session comes...

'In simple prose Merleau-Ponty touches on his principle themes. He speaks about the body and the world, the coexistence of space and things, the unfortunate optimism of science - and also the insidious stickiness of honey, and the mystery of anger.' - James ElkinsMaurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important thinkers of the post-war era. Central to his thought was the idea that human understanding comes from our bodily experience of the world that we perceive: a deceptively simple ar...

Brought to you by Penguin.Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and ...