Come on an alphabet adventure with Duck in this brilliantly funny story from the bestselling creator of Hugless Douglas.Duck is a magician. Abracadabra! He can conjure up a bunny, a chicken and even the king of the jungle. But can he make a dragon disappear?David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his stories combine brilliantly imaginative illustrations and unforgettable characters.'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' Daily Mail
D is for Deadbeat is the fourth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.My name is Kinsey Millhone. I’m a private investigator . . . female, single and self-employed, with a constitutional inability to work for anyone else. I’m a purist when it comes to justice, but I’ll lie at the drop of a hat. Inconsistency has never troubled me . . . It was late October, the day before Halloween. He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kinsey to do seemed easy enough . . . until his cheque bounced. His real name was Dagett. John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident – death by drowning. Kinsey wasn’t so sure. The man, it seemed, had a lot of enemies . . .
The evening is mine A dark tale of ultimate loss and betrayal. A beloved heroine, a saint struggles with deep faith, fighting to control adolescent desires, and a damned existence as a monster. In the 1400's, she led France's legions against their British enemies. The church betrayed her.Money was their God. Power was their Faith.By God's hand or a twisted fate, she now hasa new life, a life unending. She was shorn from the light only to rise again, in the ... "d'Ark" Legend, Saint, or Monster?Her centuries' long crusade against the kindred brings her to the new world, twenty first century.Joan doesn't plan to fall for the young man, but does in spite of her own protests. This girl Jordan seems to be a problem. She stirs Memories Joan wants forgotten. Michel is dead set on protecting her, regardless of his obviously deep love for Joan. Men What's a five hundred year old vampire to do? The d'Ark Saga
