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The Swarm of Heaven
Derek Wilson
In pursuit of a private vendetta, the young Niccolo Machiavelli leaves his beloved Florence in the grip of the fanatical friar, Savonarola, and travels to Rome only to be lured into the service of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI and his power-hungry son, Cesare. Machiavelli soon becomes embro...
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The Secret Diary Of Doctor Watson
Anita Janda
These are the despairing words of Dr John Watson as he attempts to set down the adventures of the famous master detective Sherlock Holmes. Not only does his editor at The Strand magazine require stories of strictly no more than 9000 words and Holmes insist on complicating matters further b...
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Under The Influence
Charles Spencer
For Will Benson, life cannot get much worse. Cuckolded, overweight and in career meltdown he is at his lowest ebb. Attempting to concentrate on his column in the shambolic trade rag, Theatre World, through a fog of lunchtime drinking, he recalls wistfully his halcyon days as a cub reporter...
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Red Mandarin
Christopher West
When the body of a senior Beijing official is found floating in Hong Kong harbour, its wrists fastened with handcuffs, Inspector Wang Anzhuang of China's Public Security Bureau is sent to investigate. Against the backdrop of a colony preparing to lower the Union Jack for the first time, Wa...
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That Was Loneliness
Juan José Millás
Elena Rincon has everything going for her: money, a successful, attractive husband, a beautiful daughter and a luxury flat. Despite all this, she is bored.
Filling her days with endless glasses of whisky and numbing her senses with a steady intake of cannabis, Elena is in a rut. Vowing to...
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