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From the number-one best-selling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court this is the first instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series. Workmen in the small market town of Lydmouth are demolishing an old cottage. A sledgehammer smashes into what looks like a solid wall. Instead, layers of wallpaper conceal the door of a locked cupboard which holds a box - and in the box is the skeleton of a young baby.

George Furnace, flight instructor at Baston Aero Club, dies instantly when his plane crashes into the English countryside. People who knew him are baffled - Furnace was a first-rate pilot, and the plane was in perfect condition - and the inquest records a verdict of death by misadventure. An Australian visitor to the aero club, Edwin Marriott, Bishop of Cootamundra, suspects that the true story is more complicated. Could this be a dramatic suicide - or even murder?

Jolene Garcia is a local TV reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, splitting her time between covering general assignmentsanything from a monsoon storm to a newborn giraffe at the zooand special projects, stories that take more time to research and produce, stories that Jolene wants to tell. When word...

Ann Cleeves is back with Thin Air, the sixth book in her beloved Shetland series, which is now a hit television show starring Douglas Henshall. A group of old university friends leave the bright lights of London and travel to Shetland to celebrate the marriage of one of their friends. But, one...

When a reckless pilot named Giles Ducroy accuses Frank and Joe Hardy of destroying his plane, the brothers suddenly find themselves in big trouble—right in the middle of exam week! But that’s just the beginning. Soon, a string of daring robberies rocks the local airport, and all the clues point straight to the Hardys. Framed and running out of time, the brothers must clear their names and uncover the real criminals before the gang’s biggest heist takes off.

From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.

Photojournalist Carli Tanner thrives anywhere. On assignment deep in the jungles of South America, she’s shocked to receive a telegram that her father has died. And when the free-spirit globetrotter immediately jets home to the sprawling hunting preserve, she finds a handsome FBI investigator hungry to track down his killer. As Carli digs through frustrating clues to search for suspects, she fears the threat looming over her family could strike at any time. Can they serve justice and capture love, or will their feelings fall prey to another tragic death?

Frank and Joe Hardy are back, and they're flying higher than ever! In their ninth exciting mystery, the Hardys run afoul of the cruel criminal pilot, Giles Ducroy! How can they focus on final exams, when he’s accusing them of wrecking a plane? Things get worse, when someone starts robbing the local airport, and the Hardy Boys are neatly framed for the crime! When our heroes get out of jail, they track down the REAL criminals, who are plotting their biggest heist yet!

When a reckless pilot named Giles Ducroy accuses Frank and Joe Hardy of destroying his plane, the brothers suddenly find themselves in big trouble—right in the middle of exam week! But that’s just the beginning. Soon, a string of daring robberies rocks the local airport, and all the clues point straight to the Hardys. Framed and running out of time, the brothers must clear their names and uncover the real criminals before the gang’s biggest heist takes off.

From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors, and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it. The award-winning Colonial Theatre on the Air has dramatized G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories.

From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it. The award winning Colonial Theatre on the Air has dramatized G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories from The Innocence of Father Brown with a full cast, music score, and sound effects.