Step into a cosy world of imagination, friendship, and gentle adventure.Join Wiggle and Waggle, two mischievous little explorers, as they embark on heart-warming fireplace adventures that spark curiosity and wonder. Through playful storytelling, young readers are invited to discover the magic in everyday moments - while subtly learning about the fascinating life cycle of a caterpillar.Perfect for children aged 5+, this charming story blends imagination with...

Tom is a born womaniser. From a wealthy but unconventional background, born to a bullying mother and his blinkered father, doesn't give him the best of starts in life.Forced to choose between a life on the streets or a career in the army. Tom is loath to leave his privileged life.Life in the army gives him discipline and a purpose, something he's never had before. Tough times and good times follow until a serious injury turns his world upside down.Picking up more wo...

All mistakes are the author's/narrator's own. She is human, after all.WARNING - Contains scenes which some readers may find distressing & scenes of a sexual nature.NOTE: There is a meditation in the chapter "The Circle - Tuesday, 18th August." Please ensure it is safe for you to listen. The full meditation and disclaimer are available to download via my website. lisambillingham.comKatie (23) is dreaming of a better ...

Meet Sedrick, a mischievous 7-year-old boy who loves to visit his local tearoom. His favourite drink is a large hot chocolate with ALL the trimmings.One day sat in the tearoom bored while his mum is glued to her mobile phone, Sedrick gets swallowed whole by his cup and transported to a faraway land called Hopeland.Hopeland, part of THE Freeverse, is a wonderful place where life is centred around the giant rainbow that dominates the land. Once in Hopeland Se...

An "outstanding" novel featuring British detective Thorne investigating a string of murders after he receives text messages with photos of corpses. ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)Thorne looked at the picture, feeling the pulse quicken at the side of his neck. There were times when he couldn't see what was staring him in the face, but this, for better or worse, was his area of expertise. Thorne knew a dead man when he saw him.Delivering ...

The second title in the compelling paranormal mystery trilogy from acclaimed duo Mark Billingham and Peter Cocks.After their harrowing escape from the sinister village of Triskellion, twins Rachel and Adam had hoped their troubles were over. Instead, betrayed by the one person they believed they could trust, they fall into the hands of the mysterious Project Hope – an organization claiming to conduct archaeological research. When Rachel makes a shocking discovery i...

TWO WOMEN DEADIt was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. And this grisly event eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before on the same day.TWO KILLERS WORKING TOGETHERIt is DI Tom Thorne who sees the link and com...

The classic first novel from Mark Billingham introduces DI Tom Thorne in a unforgettable and terrifying case that changed crime fiction forever.*THE LATEST TOM THORNE NOVEL WHAT THE NIGHT BRINGS IS AVAILABLE IN AUDIOBOOK NOW*Alison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear and feel but she is completely unable to move or communicate. In ...

True stories and photos revealing more than a century of murder and mayhem in England's second-biggest city.Starting with the mysterious murder of Mary Ashford in 1817 and following a trail of blood through the Victorian and Edwardian eras—up to the controversial execution of the young James Farrell in 1949—these true crime stories provide a different kind of history of this city in the English Midlands.Drawn from newspapers and periodicals of the time, the...

A Deadly CrashA rainy night in south London. A gun is fired into a car, which swerves onto the pavement and plows into a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost the life of an innocent victim. But the reality is far more sinister. . . .A Dangerous QuestOne life is wiped out and three more are changed forever: the young man whose finger was on the trigger, the ageing gangster planning a deadly revenge, and the pregnant woman who struggles desperat...

Available together for the first time at a special price, the classic, thrilling, groundbreaking books 2-4 in the iconic Tom Thorne series by No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham.'[Thorne] is one of the most compelling figures in contemporary crime fiction'DAILY MAIL'Billingham is always a must-read' HARLAN COBEN----------SCAREDY CATA viciou...

TOM THORNE IS BACK . . . AND SO IS HIS WORST NIGHTMAREA gripping, grisly read. Mark Billingham is a terrific crime writer' ----- ANTHONY HOROWITZTom Thorne has it all.In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. He finally has a love life worth a damn and is happy in the job to which he has devoted his life...He has everything to lose.Hunting the woman responsible for a s...