On her arrival at the Abbey Surgery, a general practice in rural Lincolnshire , Arabella Smith, a young GP, meets Clayton Richards, a partner. Although he appears antagonistic, there is between them, an instant attraction which neither acknowledges to the other. She is unaware of any reason for his unfriendliness and determines to merit his approval...

Philadelphia Wing arrives back in Oxford from a work related assignment in Madrid to find a series of bizarre messages on her house telephone. Hoping to talk to her uncle Morton Jack in his college rooms, she finds that he has left for a remote area of Mexico, and it is to his colleague Julian Westmoreland that she tells her story. Intrigued, Julian Westmoreland investigates on Phillie’s behalf and discovers that in a few weeks she is to be the subject of a deliberate scheme, orchestrated ...

At Hemingford General Hospital, Alice Bancroft, a ward sister, meets senior consultant surgeon Lowell North in circumstances which cause her considerable embarrassment: at a reception on what would have been her wedding day she has with utter seriousness suggested to him that they should start a family together. ...

Allegra Singleton agrees to fill in for her flatmate Christie, who supposed to be travelling to an island in the Venetian lagoon to help the family of Lennox Walpole-- her fiance. However, Christie, a highly paid photographic model has other priorities….

Catherine and her young cousin returning to England from Arcos in the south of Spain, make a stop in Madrid. While visiting El Escorial Monastery they meet Luis Galdon, the head of a mining corporation. Luis is the bitter survivor of a broken marriage, however, he and Catherine make quite an impression on each other..

Following the death of her mother Claire South is cared for by her aunt Fiona. When Claire's father also dies Fiona is left destitute, and Claire agrees to marry Grant Wilding, her profligate father's employer, purely to settle Fiona's financial future. Claire, who will be studying abroad, will also have all her college expenses paid and she'll have no further contact...

Laser-Based Optical Detection of Explosives offers acomprehensive review of past, present, and emerging laser-based methods for the detection of a variety of explosives. This book:Considers laser propagation safety and explains standard test material preparation for standoff optical-based detection system evaluationExplores explosives detection using deep ultraviolet native fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, refl...

Fleeing harassment by the vindictive family of a former patient in Edinburgh, Isobel Matheson has arrived in Spain to work as an assistant surgeon in the orthopaedic department of a Cordoba hospital, the head of which is Raul Mascolo y Rafael. Her first meeting with him is a disastrous misadventure, the second little betterﾅ

Alexandra Jamieson is called in to the London offices of Jonas Manningham to discuss the behaviour of her half brother Stephen Canford who is responsible for the loss of valuable silverware from Jonas' property. Jonas wants complete reimbursement but would the debt if Alexandra will live with him….

Chloe Harrison works in a Derbyshire hospital as acting junior registrar to consultant Matthias Trevelyan. Between them is a degree of mutual antagonism: conscious of his watchful attention, she regards him with a distant but wary respect...

Sophie Ballister attends a conference of European accountants and lawyers Where she meets Gianluca Massimo Bauer. They have been given rooms in the same set. Gianluca makes a considerable impression on the young actuary, who finds herself upset at his sudden departure.

Just as Betsy Garrison and Graham Stevenson are leaving the reception after their cathedral wedding her father is seriously injured in a fall.