Mildred Pierce Maurice Leblanc Galileo FF Paperback 2022

Mildred Pierce Maurice Leblanc Galileo FF Paperback 2022The story of a determined and ambitious woman who, after her feckless husband abandons her, builds a successful business to ensure the future of her pampered and selfish daughter. But she isn't prepared for the intrigues and devastating betrayals of those closest to her.

the thieves and criminals are as likely to be in government - or even the police - as on the streets

and Severus's close friend Plautianus has his own ideas about the succession

and good humour

Journalist Philip Dryden is shocked to be informed by police that his father has been killed in a car accident - he drowned during the fenland floods of 1977

Fair Play is the puzzle-box story of two competing tales that brilliantly lay bare the real truth of life - the terrifying mystery of grief

not one who's constantly swooning over his pretty young constable

she promises a total cure

Cambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels

LOVE TO YOU ALL

It soon becomes obvious that Klas has his own agenda and is working to undermine Tekla at every turn

And in his fervour to absolve Robert

but his reach of power in the University is under threat by the election of a new Chancellor and his cohort of dubious advisors