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The Hatred of Friends (1st. revision).
by Carl Plummer Crime, Novel 22 Apr 2008
The death of an ex-OAS man in an English nursing home sends Mulberry to Paris, and Calvert to Libya in search for gold which had disappeared en route from Israel to Paris nearly fifty years ago. The fourth Mulberry/Calvert story.

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2.
Persona (Revision 1)
by Martine Lillycrop Crime, Horror, Science Fiction 30 Apr 2008
In the final quarter of the 21st Century, sea-levels have risen, power supplies are failing. Disease, hunger and overcrowding affect the western world. DI Flynn's job is to investigate “squirting” - injecting a chemical alter-ego into the brain. There's a new and evil persona on the street. And it knows Fynn’s name.

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3.
This World and the Next
by JW Hicks Science Fiction 05 Mar 2008
When you've sunk to the bottom of the heap, where next?

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4.
The Crimes of Michael Murgatroyd v1.3
by Edwain Gorty Adventure, Children's Fiction, Comedy, Mystery, Fantasy 03 Mar 2008
Here's the challenge: Commit a crime a day or perish in unimaginable agony. Can Michael Murgaroyd fulfil his criminal destiny and avoid the ancient curse of the Murgatroyd family? Will it help that he has just become a vampire? Another lite rewrite

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5.
Coming of Age III
by Carlie Short Story, Chicklit 28 Mar 2008
The sudden death of her golden-boy brother leaves Kate staggering hopelessly against the weight of parental expectations. It takes an extreme ride to force her to grow up and face her demons.

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6.
The Hypnotist (revised V2)
by Rob Ganley Novel 30 Mar 2008
Amelia Chase has vanished. Her husband Marlon Chase, a TV magician and hypnotist, is worried. She has left him many times over the last 25 years, since a childhood accident bound their lives together, but this time he fears she has gone for good because he has done something unforgivable.

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7.
Crystal Harmony
by Elmore Hammes Crime, Novel, Thriller 12 Apr 2008
DeWayne makes hard decisions to provide for his family - mostly bad decisions. Daughter Crystal grows up paying the price. Opening chapters deal with her parents - primarily setting story up. Intended for mature audience.

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8.
Ladder to the Moon
by Wendy Wynde Teenage Fiction 02 Feb 2008
Caring for his increasingly sick single parent Father and younger brother is hard enough, but when Jed is falsely accused of stealing a mobile phone, the attention it brings threatens to blow his life apart.

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9.
In The Red V2
by Carlie Chicklit 17 Apr 2008
Katie is the girl who has everything, lovely husband, beautiful daughters, tumbling-down farm house on the edge of the Cotswolds...but things are changing, her best friend has chucked her job and gone off round the world, her husband is keeping secrets and her credit cards won't work. Exactly what is going on?

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10.
JOE VOMOSH OMINOUS EDITION
by Joey Short Story, Comedy 24 Apr 2008
What they said about the collected adventures of Joe VOMOSH: "really takes the biscuit" - Lorraine "sentence fragments" - sophiemp "take up emboredery" - Marthatandy "a classical example" - David "...left me scratching..." - Madmumbler "...I really didn't care..." - Rickycomedywriter 'Good Morning Lawrence' - Crossmouse

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