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"A little beacon of pleasure in the midst of the gloom... such fun!"  —Kate Atkinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Sky. Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves. A female cop with her first big case. A brutal murder. Welcome to... The Thursday Murder Club. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club.

Sarfraz Manzoor spent his teenage years trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But it was when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen that his life changed completely. Both a tribute to Springsteen and a story of personal discovery, this book is an exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race.

When Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel, she thinks she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara quickly realizes that the Thorel household is built on hypocrisy and lies and soon tires of the drudgery of life as Esther's new lady's maid. The two women's relationship becomes increasingly fractious, and Sara resolves to find out what it is that so preoccupies her mistress. As unrest among journeyman silk weavers boils over into riot and rebellion, it leads to a devastating day of reckoning between Esther and Sara.

This story includes depictions of the battles of Forts Duquesne and Necessity in Pennsylvania, and Forts Ticonderoga and William Henry in New York, and Quebec in Canada.

Music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner investigates in detail the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles' lives and work during 1966. He looks at the historical events that had an impact on the group, the music they made that in turn profoundly affected the culture around them, and the vision that allowed four young men from Liverpool to transform popular music and serve as pioneers for artists from Coldplay to David Bowie, Jay-Z to U2.

How one small town club took on, triumphed over, and utterly confounded the financial behemoths of English soccer: this is Leicester City.

Max, Viscount Camden, cannot recall a time when Lady Aurelia didn't vex him. Unfortunately, they are always thrown together. At parties and family gatherings, she's always there. But one night she goes too far, and he retaliates in the only way he can: with a kiss that changes everything.

War survivor Teddy Todd is a would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather who must navigate a rapidly changing world, living in a future he never expected to have.

Sherlock Holmes came to NBC radio in 1930. In the mid-1940s, actor Tom Conway took over the role of Holmes, with Nigel Bruce as Watson. This collection contains twelve Holmes adventures starring Conway and Bruce.

Jessica Trent is determined to save her brother from the destructive influence of Sebastian Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain, even if it means facing the devil himself. The trouble is, the devil in question is so irresistible that the person who really needs saving is Jessica.