![]() It comes as no surprise that, as a child, she adored Dr Seuss because of his 'crazy sounds and the fact that he took such liberties with the English language.' Other favourite authors included A A Milne and the fairy tales of The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. As well as being a visual delight, these are some of the most rewarding books for children and adults to read out loud. ![]() Exuberant artwork and bouncy rhymes come together perfectly in books like Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. There was no looking back as Lynley went on to write and illustrate her own books for children. ![]() She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes To Hide in Boxes. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family. ![]() Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Critical information may have been leaked to a hostile government - or worse, an international terrorist group - and an attack may be imminent.ĭecker’s never been one to follow the rules, especially with the stakes so high. The murder is part of an open DIA investigation, one so classified that Decker and his team aren’t cleared for it.īut they learn that the DIA believes solving the murder is now a matter of urgent national security. An agent of the Defense Intelligence Agency, she orders Decker to back off the case. ![]() Nor is there a hint of any possible motive for the attack.Įnter Harper Brown. Decker and his team can find absolutely no connection between the shooter - a family man with a successful consulting business - and his victim, a schoolteacher. A man shoots a woman execution-style on a crowded sidewalk, then turns the gun on himself.Įven with Decker’s extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killing is baffling. ![]() In this “perfect ‘fix’ for the thriller aficionado” ( Associated Press) and #1 New York Times bestseller, maverick FBI detective Amos Decker must forge an uneasy alliance with the Defense Intelligence Agency to prevent an international incident that could spell the end of the United States as we know it.Īmos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters. ![]() ![]() From New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh come two classic tales of love. ![]() But she gets caught in the middle of a nastyįeud between her fiancé and the Earl of Thornhill when eachĭecides to use her to hurt the other. Buy Dark Angel / Lord Carews Bride by Mary Balogh at Mighty Ape NZ. Handsome man she adores, is bursting with happyĮxpectations. Jennifer Winwood, newly arrived in London and betrothed to a The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance, August 2010ĭark Angel & Lord Carew's Bride, March 2010īetrothed to the impeccably upright and honorable Lord Lionel Kersey, Jennifer Winward is baffled-and dismayed-by her attraction to the licentious Earl of Thornell, Regency England's most notorious rake.įeaturing: Jennifer Winward Lionel Kersey Earl of Thornhill ![]() The Temporary Wife/A Promise Of Spring, March 2012 ![]() The Famous Heroine/The Plumed Bonnet, June 2012 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book / audiobookĪ Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake, May 2013Ī Christmas Bride / Christmas Beau, December 2012 ![]() ![]() ![]() This brings them into a mystery over 160 years old and bearing a famous name. Despite their doubts, they are intrigued and accept. They are tasked, along with another new arrival, with a very strange request. Instead Gamache and Myrna, arrive separately, not knowing the other was coming, at a tumbled down farmhouse. Well, this time no murder in the village. True, I had to laugh, but it is the characters, the the people that live there, and the way they care for each other, even the demented poet Ruth. ![]() I mentioned that to someone and they said, Yes, but they have alot of murders for such a small town. ![]() Three Pines, such picturesque village, I would love to live there, if it was real of course. I tried to make it last as long as possible, reading it slowly, even though I wanted to rush to the end. ![]() |