Saturday 28 April 2012

Beryl Matthews


Title: A Flight of Golden Wings
Author: Matthews, Beryl
Publication details: Bath, England : Windsor/Paragon, 2007.
Large Print/ War Stories/ Love


Ruth Aspinall, a gifted pilot, joins the Air Transport Auxiliary - civilian pilots who ferry aircraft to wherever they're needed in the war.  Ruth falls in love with the experienced American pilot Jack. The cautious Jack can't put his heart on the line when it could all end in tragedy and loss. In 1944, Jack is sent to France to deliver a Spitfire, but never arrives. Heartbroken, Ruth must accept that the love of her life may never return.




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Louis L'Armour

Title: The Ferguson Rifle
Author: L’Armour, Louis
Publication details: Bantam: 1985
Large Print/ Fiction/ Western

L’Armour’s personal experiences give him 
an understanding of the challenges of the American frontier that are hallmarks of his novels. In this story, Ronan Chantry takes up his prized Ferguson rifle and heads into an unknown land searching for lost treasure with a handful of trappers and an Irish girl. Chantry is well-educated, tough and dangerous and reveals hidden courage under the fire of a man who will kill for the glitter of gold. 




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 This book found at Camden Council Library 

Dean Koontz

 Title: 77 Shadow Street
Author: Koontz, Dean
Publication details: United States : Random House, 2011
Large print/ Thriller/ Horror

Koontz firmly grasps hold of the horror mantle that put him on the map. 77 Shadow Street is about an apartment complex with a history of its inhabitants mysteriously disappearing. We meet the creature who is a menacing, amorphous evil entity called the One, trying to kill as many humans as it can. This chilling and deeply satisfying novel will linger with you long after the final page is turned.




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Basil Copper

Title: Bad Scene
Author: Copper, Basil
Publisher: Thorndike, Ma. : G.K. Hall & Co., 2000.
Large Print/ Fiction/ Mystery/ Detective

“Bad Scene” from the Linford Mystery Library is by much enjoyed author Basil Copper. It is one in his long running detective series featuring hardened Los Angeles private eye Mike Faraday. The laconic Faraday is coming up on the half-century mark when a hulking boat-builder named Alex Prosser brings him a case that winds him up in a whirlpool of murder and terror. Aided in the investigation by his caustic blonde secretary, Stella, Mike finds that nothing in the case is what it seems -- including the supposed mobster fished from the sea near Bridport Inlet. 


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Mary Balogh


Title: First Comes Marriage
Author: Balogh, Mary
Publication details: Bath, England: Windsor/Paragon: 2011
Huxtable Family Quintet
Large Print/ Historical Romance

‘First Comes Marriage’ is Book 1 in the very readable Mary Balogh’s quintet about the Huxtable family - three sisters, a brother, and a male second cousin. This book is the story of the widowed middle sister, Vanessa who intervenes when Viscount Lyngate seeks to marry her older sister Margaret simply because he needs a wife and she is a convenient candidate. Vanessa has had her chance at love so is willing to sacrifice herself for her sister who is waiting for her childhood sweetheart to return.


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Agatha Christie


Title: They Do It With Mirrors
Author: Christie, Agatha
Publication details: Leicester: Thorpe: 2010
Series: Miss Marple Collection
Large Print/ Crime


A Miss Marple solves the crime story by Agatha Christie which will have readers guessing till the end. Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. When there is a murder and a life threatened, can Miss Marple live up to her friend’s expectations and bring  murderer to light?  Reader’s will enjoy the twists and turns of the investigation. 


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John Russell Fearn


Title: Man of Two Worlds
Author: Fearn, John Russell
Publication details: Leicester: Thorpe: 2009
Large Print/ Suspense/ Science Fiction

In “A Man of Two World’s” Fearn’s follower’s will enjoy the mystery he creates. When Walter Cardish, a very ordinary individual, has an incredible accident, he finds on recovery that he has been granted the power of seeing into the future. He assumes an identity, amasses a fortune, gains a reputation as a seer and creates enemies along the way. One of them tries to kill him, and the implacable workings of his strange destiny close in upon him. 


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