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English
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Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bristol, England. It's not the sort of place where people are brutally murdered in their own kitchens. But it is the sort of place where everyone has a secret. As the headmaster credited with turning around the local school, Tom Fitzwilliam is beloved by one and all -- including Joey Mullen, his new neighbor -- who quickly develops an intense infatuation with him. Joey thinks her crush is a secret,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, eleven-year-olds Charlie Paige and Scott Ashby were murdered in the city of Bristol, their bodies dumped near a dog racing track. A man was convicted of the brutal crime, but decades later questions still linger. For as long as he can remember, filmmaker Cody Swift has been haunted by the deaths of his childhood best friends. The loose ends of the police investigation consume him so much that he decides to return to Bristol in search...
4) I let you go
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Five-year-old Jacob is killed in a hit and run, an event that sends the police in search of the driver. Jenna Gray flees to Wales to mourn the loss of her son and recover from her past. As the anniversary of Jacob?s still unsolved death approaches, a tip to police results in an arrest and a very different picture emerges.
5) Taking heart
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
6) Daisy's war
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
8) The company
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bristol, 1991. Crammed into a hire car, on their way to a vital appointment, five representatives of Conroy Enterprises are running very late. Rob Conroy, the black sheep of the family, is torn between spiteful amusement at his Uncle Tony's irritation and anxiety for the future. If Conroy Enterprises fails, it will bring Rob's own small publishing company down with it. But in the space of just two hours, everything changes. The car crashes, leaving...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Struggling through dead-end jobs after a ten-year stint in prison, Londoner Lulu Adler recalls her violent childhood, battles with mental illness, and entry into the criminal world before receiving an unexpected settlement that enables her healing relocation to central Africa.
12) Deadly dance
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The discovery of the partially-clothed body of a teenage girl in the heart of Bristol's red light district indicates a tragic-yet-familiar scenario---and marks the start of a baffling murder investigation where nothing is as it first appears. Fourteen-year-old Melanie Cooke told her mother she was visiting a school friend; who was she really going to meet? Inspector David Vogel is led towards three very different suspects, each of whom grows increasingly...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"To coin a phrase, Josh is suffering a quarter-life crisis. He just broke up with his long-term girlfriend, lost his job, and moved back home with his parents (shudder). Welcome to rock bottom in Bristol. As Josh starts questioning all his life choices, he has a mad thought: Maybe he would just be better flipping a coin. After all, careful planning has landed him homeless, jobless, and single. What starts as a joke soon becomes serious and Josh decides...
14) Wheel of fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A mysterious fire at a Somerset manor house leads to a complex and intriguing case for Bristol detective David Vogel. When Sir John Fairbrother, head of one of the world's biggest private banks, burns to death, along with his nurse, in a catastrophic fire at his Somerset manor house, Detective Inspector David Vogel finds himself dealing with a complex and mystifying sequence of events. If arson was involved, as Vogel believes, the obvious suspect...
Author
Publisher
AudioGO
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
6 CDs (5 hr., 38 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Annie has learned quite a bit about her new friend Gemma: she's from Bristol and she's never forgiven herself for the suicide of her teenage son. She also died ten years ago and doesn't know why she's come back. Perhaps it has something to do with the new road they're building through the rundown part of town. The plans are sparking protests, and Annie knows those derelict houses hold a secret in Gemma's past. Will stopping the demolition help Gemma...
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