Detective Ally Rorke has built her reputation on seeing what others miss. Sharp at crime scenes. Relentless in pursuit. But when young women start disappearing across the city, staged and posed with cryptic symbolic objects, even Ally's brilliant instincts can't crack the pattern-until she meets Hayes Blackwell.Darkly handsome, intelligent, and impossibly composed, Hayes enters her life by chance and becomes essential by design. Their connection is electric and consuming. But as Al...

Mary Cook has published almost a dozen books, all of which have become Canadian best sellers! These are books compiled of memories of a more gentle time in our history..an era called the Dirty Thirties. Cook transports us back to that time with humour and sometimes pathos, but always with a warmth unmatched by writings of that genre. She introduces us to characters, who turn out to be real people from her past, and who appear time and again, so that we, the reader, become so familiar with ...

Mary Cook has published almost a dozen books, all of which have become Canadian best sellers! These are books compiled of memories of a more gentle time in our history..an era called the Dirty Thirties. Cook transports us back to that time with humour and sometimes pathos, but always with a warmth unmatched by writings of that genre. She introduces us to characters, who turn out to be real people from her past, and who appear time and again, so that we, the reader, become so familiar with ...

Mary Cook has published almost a dozen books, all of which have become Canadian best sellers! These are books compiled of memories of a more gentle time in our history..an era called the Dirty Thirties. Cook transports us back to that time with humour and sometimes pathos, but always with a warmth unmatched by writings of that genre. She introduces us to characters, who turn out to be real people from her past, and who appear time and again, so that we, the reader, become so familiar with ...

Mary Cook explains how her recovery from grief taught her that grieving is not a battle, but a surrender, in "The Hardest Work You Will Ever Do", her contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they ...

An engrossing novel about Mary Todd Lincoln — one of historys most misunderstood and enigmatic women. Writing from Bellevue asylum — where the shrieks of the other inmates keep her awake at night — a famous widow can finally share the story of her life in her own words. From her tempestuous childhood in a slave-holding Southern family through the opium-clouded years after her husbands death, we are let into the inner, intimate world of this brave and fascinating woman. Intelligent and unconve...

Maxine has always lived a life of privilege and luxury, until now. On the run and labeled a fugitive, she finds herself tasked with saving an entire nation from destruction. Richard loves his wife Maxine, but when he makes a deal with the devil, he's forced to choose between his loyalty to his wife and his own survival. The devil's price? Maxine's life. As the fate of a nation hangs in the balance, a husband and wife find themselves pitted against each other in a deadly game of cat and mou...

Par une soirée pluvieuse, le sergent sans nom et sans ambition de la section A14 est appelé sur une scène de crime dans l’ouest de Londres. Staniland, quinquagénaire visiblement alcoolique, a été tabassé à mort avant d’être jeté dans les fourrés. Un cas jugé sans intérêt par tout le monde, sauf par l’enquêteur, qui, ayant écouté les cassettes enregistrées par le défunt et découvertes à son domicile, s’identifie à cet homme tourmenté, fils de famille déchu, poète incandescent et amoureux ba...

Nos lectrices ont fait leur choix : C.J. Cooke est la lauréate du Prix des Lectrices 2025 avec Les Sorcières du phare !- Tu te souviens des légendes sur les wildlings ? demande-t-elle.- Si je m'en souviens ? Comment veux-tu que je les oublie ? On nous les a enfoncées dans le crâne avant même qu'on sache parler.- Et si je te disais que Clover a une brûlure sur la hanche, un groupe de nombres, qu'est-ce que tu en penserais ?...

"In this homemaker's equivalent to The One-Minute Manager . . . a system whereby a month's worth of family dinners can be cooked and frozen in one day." — Publishers WeeklySince the first edition of Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth's Once-a-Month Cooking was published in 1986, its proven, practical method has helped hundreds of thousands of families reduce their cooking time and still enjoy nightly home-cooked meals.You don't have to be a ...

'I'm excited to share over 120 irresistible, no-fuss recipes that I hope will bring happiness into your kitchen.Each beautifully photographed dish celebrates the delicious ingredients and flavours I love, and which make cooking at home such a joy.'In this brand-new tie-in book to the BBC series, Love to Cook, Mary Berry will help you see your meals in an entirely new light. Every recipe is infused with her love of...

In this brand-new, official tie-in to Mary’s much anticipated series, the nation’s best-loved home cook will teach you to cook with confidence, with over 120 delicious recipes.This book features all the recipes from the show, including delicious weeknight dinners, irresistible dinner party suggestions and of course, plenty of tempting traybakes and biscuits for those with a sweet tooth.Featuring her no-nonsense tips and techniques, each chapter ensures perfect results every...