Kate Thompson

"Ann Cleeves is back with the sixth book in her Shetland series featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, whom readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, Blue Lightning, and Dead Water. 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 of them, Eleanor, disappears--apparently into thin air. It's mid-summer, a time of light nights and unexpected mists. And then Eleanor's body is discovered lying in a small loch close to the cliff edge. Detectives Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves are dispatched to investigate. Before she went missing, Eleanor claimed to have seen the ghost of a local child who drowned in the 1920s. Her interest in the ghost had seemed unhealthy--obsessive, even--to her friends: an indication of a troubled mind. But Jimmy and Willow are convinced that there is more to Eleanor's death than they first thought. Is there a secret that lies behind the myth? One so shocking that someone would kill--many years later--to protect? Ann Cleeves' striking new novel is a quintessential whodunit with surprises at every turn"--

A mystical tale from the multi-award-winning author of The Switchers Trilogy and The New Policeman. There is a dire warning never to peep out at them. There are stories of people who succumbed to their voices and walked out into the night, never to be seen again. But Rilka, frustrated by the culture of her people, is determined to catch a Beguiler and solve the mystery of their existence and so she embarks on an adventure that will change her life, and the lives of those around her, for ever.This novel confirms Kate Thompson's position as a writer of rare imagination and power.

Jack is on the run. Alone in the world with nowhere to turn, he finds himself on the banks of the Thames. He sees a strange object in the river, and decides to fish it out. In his search to find out its worth he meets the alchemist, Barnstable. Some people say he is mad, but could Barnstable really have discovered the secret of making gold, and will he share it with Jack? Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.

When freakish weather grips the Arctic regions and moves southward, an Irish girl and her strange companion save the world from disaster through their ability to switch into animal forms.

When eleven-year-old Jenny Liddy, in turmoil over learning that she is a changeling, makes a deal with a devil creature, she endangers the human race but her own cleverness, her human and fairy fathers, and the last of Ireland's high kings help to make things right.

Christine Nilsson and her husband, Marcus, are desperate for a baby. Unable to conceive, they find themselves facing a difficult choice they had never anticipated. After many appointments with specialists, endless research, and countless conversations, they make the decision to use a donor. Two months pass, and Christine is happily pregnant. But one day, she is shocked to see a young blond man on the TV news being arrested for a series of brutal murders -- and the blond man bears an undeniable and uncanny resemblance to her donor. Delving deeper to uncover the truth, Christine must confront a terrifying reality and face her worst fears.

When she comes of age Rilka sets out to capture a beguiler, one of the lightlike spirit creatures with mesmerizing powers that haunt the mountains above her village, and her quest reveals the secret of their origin.

When freakish weather grips the Arctic regions and moves southward, an Irish girl and her strange companion save the world from disaster through their ability to switch into animal forms.

On a cold day in eightheenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman.

Tess, who has the ability to change into animal form, must choose between good and evil as she tries to decide whether to "Switch" into a phoenix or a vampire for the rest of time.

Astronomy without a Telescope.

The first time Laurie and her dad see the white rider, watching them from the shadows of the trees, he is alone. Laurie is convinced that somehow he is trying to tell them something -- something her dad needs to pay attention to. Is the rider somehow linked to the genetic research into squirrels that Laurie is helping her dad with in the lab? When a second rider with a bloody sword appears alongside the first, and then a third and a fourth, Laurie knows she must try to understand who they are and what they represent. With the help of her brother and his best friend, she discovers what the riders mean, but will it be too late to stop the chain of events that has been set in motion?

On a cold day in eightheenth-century England, a poor young boy agrees to watch a stranger's fine horse for a golden guinea but soon finds himself in a difficult situation when the king's guard appears and wants to use him as bait in their pursuit of a notorious highwayman. Esta historia se desarrolla a todo galope. A lo lejos se oyen los cascos de una singular yegua. Sus riendas están ahora en manos de un pequeño truhán experto en contar cuentos de forajidos. Un misterioso jinete que se ha desvanecido por las callejuelas de Londres la ha dejado a su cuidado, con la promesa de una recompensa. ¿Pero cuál es la verdadera misión del pequeño charlatán?

If only real life was like the movies! Fleur O'Farrell seems to have the perfect life. Living in the idyllic village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast, she has her own vintage clothes business as well as her very own Mr. Big. But when she starts to proffer anonymous advice via the internet to a young girl with a tangled love-life, Fleur's big heart leads to big trouble, as this act of kindness uncovers a darker side to her charmed life! Similarly, newly-wed Dervla Vaughn appears to be living the dream. However, with husband Christian working away more often than he's at home, there's trouble in paradise. Left alone to care for her demanding mother-in-law, Dervla wonders how her once-enviable life changed beyond all recognition! Surely married life should be blissful, not stressful? Meanwhile, the once-sleepy Lissamore is now a whirlwind of activity as the The O'Hara Affair is filmed in its picturesque surroundings. And with many locals being seduced by the glamour of the movies, who knows what could happen!

Kirk McGarvey has accepted the most critical contract of his career: kill the most dangerous, heavily protected terrorist alive--a man who is about to hand over two hundred Pakistani nukes to the world's most frightening terrorists. Pakistan is torn apart by street riots, and Islamist terror groups are on the verge of toppling its shaky secular government. In the midst of the chaos, the ClA sends Pakistan expert David Haaris to meet with leaders of the military-intelligence apparatus that all but controls the country. Haaris is tasked with preventing the government's impending disintegration. But David Haaris has other ideas. An Islamist double agent working for Pakistani terrorists, he has been undermining the Islamabad regime for decades. Through an act of spectacular violence, Haaris attempts to forge an alliance among some of the region's most horrendous terror groups. His goal is to bring them to power in Pakistan. If he succeeds, the terrorists will possess enough nuclear weapons to destroy all the developed world's capital cities. The terrorists will have finally won. Miles to the south, on the border with Afghanistan, a nuclear weapon is detonated. For the nations of Earth, it is the warning shot. Only one man can stop Haaris's plan--legendary CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey. He must kill Haaris, the terrorist leader they call "the Messiah"--code name: the Fourth Horseman. --From dust jacket. The ClA sent Pakistan expert David Haaris to meet with leaders of the military-intelligence apparatus that all but controls the country. But Haaris is an Islamist double agent working for Pakistani terrorists, and has been undermining the Islamabad regime for decades. When a nuclear weapon is detonated on the border with Afghanistan, only one man can stop Haaris's plan: CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey. He must kill Haaris, the terrorist leader they call "the Messiah," code name: the Fourth Horseman.