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Be Careful What You Wish For / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-;
"Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner. In London, Harry and Emma's daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Jessica's future mother-in-law has a visit from a friend who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice. Then Cedric Hardcastle, a Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes upheaval and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Alex Fisher? And with that the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Be Careful What You Wish For showcases the master storyteller's talent as never before--when the Clifton and Barrington families march forward into the sixties in this epic tale of love, revenge, ambition and betrayal"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Be careful what you wish for [sound recording] / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-; Jennings, Alex.;
Read by Alex Jennings."Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner. In London, Harry and Emma's daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Jessica's future mother-in-law has a visit from a friend who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice. Then Cedric Hardcastle, a Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes upheaval and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle's first decision is who to support to become the chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Alex Fisher? And with that the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Be Careful What You Wish For showcases the master storyteller's talent as never before--when the Clifton and Barrington families march forward into the sixties in this epic tale of love, revenge, ambition and betrayal"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Families;
© p2014., Macmillan Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Turn a blind eye [sound recording] / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.; Blagden, George,1989-narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by George Blagden.Going undercover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police Force, Detective Inspector William Warwick is compromised by a high-profile trial and a teammate's romantic relationship with his suspect.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Legal fiction (Literature); Psychological fiction.; Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Drug dealers; Drug traffic; Police corruption; Undercover operations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Over my dead body / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.;
In London, the Metropolitan Police have set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit a cold case squad to catch the criminals nobody else can. Four victims. Four cases. All killers poised to strike again. Only Warwick's genius for deductive reasoning, his fierce intelligence and his occasionally rash bravery combined with that of ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan, reluctantly brought in from the cold can bring the criminals to justice, and put his nemesis behind bars.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Art dealers; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Cruise ships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Genesis / by Cook, Robin,1940-author.;
"New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of harnessing DNA from ancestry websites to catch a killer in this timely and explosive new medical thriller"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Medical fiction.; Murder; Forensic pathologists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Giant : Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the making of a legendary American film / by Graham, Don,1940-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Giant (Motion picture);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bellevue : a novel / by Cook, Robin,1940-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A first-year resident experiences life-shattering visions that reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Medical fiction.; Novels.; Bellevue Hospital; Residents (Medicine); Visions;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Traitors Gate / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.;
"Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it's run like clockwork. But this year, everything is about to change. Because a master criminal has set his sights on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history--and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favor. Unless the team can stop him before it's too late ... "--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Warwick, William (Fictitious character); Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Criminal investigation; Crown jewels; Jewelry theft; Police corruption;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Cometh the hour [sound recording] / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.; Jennings, Alex,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Alex Jennings.Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy? Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot. Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Nadira, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Families; Social classes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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An eye for an eye / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.;
"In one of the most luxurious cities on earth ... A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged into crisis. In the heart of the British establishment ... Lord Hartley, the latest in a line of peers going back over two hundred years, lies dying. But his will triggers an inheritance with explosive consequences. Two deaths. Continents apart. No obvious connection. So why are they both at the centre of a master criminal's plot for revenge? And can Scotland Yard's elite squad uncover the truth before it's too late"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Warwick, William (Fictitious character); Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Criminal investigation; Criminals; Inheritance and succession; Murder; Revenge;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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