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  • Prima Facie by Suzie Miller

    Prima Facie by Suzie Miller

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    This is not life, this is law…Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top criminal defense barrister against all the odds, and fights to defend those pleading not guilty. Tessa believes in the law, believes in the system...
  • Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn

    Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For years, Mitch Rapp's bold actions have saved the lives of countless Americans. He has killed with impunity, tortured to avert disaster, and shown he will do whatever it takes to prevent terrorists from fulfilling their bloody wishes. His battles for peace and freedom have made him a hero to many, and an enemy to countless more...
  • Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt

    Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Two years ago, Darren Street made a name for himself as the man who rooted out corruption in the district attorney’s office. Now the hotheaded young lawyer is in the public eye yet again—this time, accused of murder.Jalen Jordan retained Street for what seemed to be a minor traffic violation, but when evidence turned up linking Jordan to the death of two boys, Street wanted out of the case...
  • Executive Power by Vince Flynn, Armand Schultz

    Executive Power by Vince Flynn, Armand Schultz

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    CIA superagent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Separation of Power -- another chillingly authentic adventure from the master of the political thriller. Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown...
  • The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson

    The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    There's a new administration in the White House. But it's the previous First Family who tops an international assassin's hit list.Michael Keating is a former Navy SEAL -- and a former President of the United States, now relocated to rural New Hampshire after a brave but ill-fated military mission cost him his second term...
  • Justice Lost by Scott Pratt

    Justice Lost by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the Wall Street Journal bestseller, lawyer turned rogue Darren Street faces the most personal and ruthless vendetta of his life.After forfeiting years serving time for a false murder conviction, former criminal defense attorney Darren Street finally got his freedom back and is trying to build a regular life...
  • The Tracker by Chad Zunker

    The Tracker by Chad Zunker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Trust no one.Sam Callahan learned this lesson from a childhood spent in abusive foster care, on the streets, and locked in juvie. With the past behind him and his future staked on law school, he is moonlighting as a political tracker, paid to hide in crowds and shadow candidates, recording their missteps for use by their opponents...
  • Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fianc�e has committed suicide. Marlowe simply cannot accept the official verdict, and as anguish and rage replace the love he once felt, he is driven by a madness that forces him to question his own integrity while he hunts an elusive killer."Koch is an author who has his priorities in order...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  hard-boiled  mystery
  • Supreme Betrayal by Mark M. Bello

    Supreme Betrayal by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Award-winning author Mark M. Bello presents another headline-inspired Zachary Blake legal thriller.Hayley Larson isn’t a party girl, but she is tired of always doing everything her parents say. She decides to finally attend a Wilkinson party and see what all the hype is about...
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    crime  drama  epic  legal  political-intrigue  politics  adult  book
  • Body In The Woods by Behcet Kaya

    Body In The Woods by Behcet Kaya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Award-winning author Behcet Kaya has once again brought his PI protagonist Jack Ludefance to life in a novel of suspense and mystery, filled with indelible characters, and laced with threads of credible circumstances, in his latest book titled Body in the Woods...
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    crime  drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya

    Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Murder on the Naval Base begins with a blurry account of a cold-blooded shooting of a couple, singled out while having dinner at an Officer's Club. The prime suspect is apprehended hours later while apparently attempting to flee the state...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • A Gambler's Jury by Victor Methos

    A Gambler's Jury by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What they’re doing to her client is a crime. Attorney Dani Rollins is bullish in the courtroom—pushing judges and prosecutors to their limits in defense of the innocent. So when she meets Teddy Thorne, a mentally challenged teen accused of selling drugs, Dani knows she’s got this in the bag. She can easily settle the case with a couple of court appearances...
  • The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos

    The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Neon Lawyer comes a page-turning thriller about a scrappy lawyer and his fight for justice.Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that’ll make his name and net him millions...
  • Betrayal In Black by Mark M. Bello

    Betrayal In Black by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Police lights illuminate a dark street on a dark night in a small Michigan town. A vehicle has been pulled over; the cop claims the occupants resemble robbery suspects. No traffic law has been violated. The man is the wrong age, the woman, the wrong sex and small children are seated in the back. Still, the officer persists...
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    legal  politics  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • Without Precedent by J.D. Trafford

    Without Precedent by J.D. Trafford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How much would you give up to get justice for your family? Matthew Daley is a Manhattan corporate lawyer at the top of his game. As the first defense attorney on call to get pharmaceutical companies out of trouble, Matt is rising in the judicial system exactly as he planned. Until his sister dies of a heroin overdose...
  • Arminius and Thusnelda Versus Rome by Michael G. Kramer

    Arminius and Thusnelda Versus Rome by Michael G. Kramer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Emperor Augustus sent General Varus to complete the conquest by Rome of Germania. Instead of that happening, Armininius and Thunelda who were helped by some German warriors wiped out three entire Roman legions as well as all of their supporting units. Due to family jealousies and betrayal, Thusnelda was made a slave and her son called Thumelicus was made a gladiator who had some successes...
  • Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In 2554, the World is Coming to its End, unless an impossible mission through 600 years of time travel succeeds. Maternal instinct knows no boundaries, including the nano-neural-net intravenously installed in Dannia Weston's mind to repress her identity, allowing her to perform a mission 300 years before her time...
  • Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko

    Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would YOU do if someone hurt the one you love?Roy and Susie are the perfect couple, an ideal family living a fairy-tale life... until their teenage daughter is senselessly killed.Just as they’re managing to put that tragic loss behind them, a complete stranger approaches Roy in a bar with a drunken proposal—he invokes their daughter’s memory to ask Roy to kill a man...
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    crime  drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  earth  fiction
  • UNDER THE BUS by Kyle Keyes

    UNDER THE BUS by Kyle Keyes

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Homicide detectives, Donde Clark and Juanito Lewis moved to Hobbs Creek just days before banker, Richard Ghetti was gunned down in the front room of his Lake Powhattan, water front cabin.Barbershop talk had it that divine providence played some part in transferring the two NYC lawmen from the Big Apple to this backwater town in South Jersey...
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    crime  drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Feeling Lucky by M.S.M. Barkawitz

    Feeling Lucky by M.S.M. Barkawitz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some characters and situations are fictitious. Others are only too real in this modern-day thriller set amid the chaos of a global epidemic and a cultural uprising that set the world ablaze. She's Lucky one day-Jackie the next. Actress or con artist? Avenging angel or gold-digger? Hunter or prey? Straight or lesbian? Black Lives Matter activist? Only she knows the truth...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction
  • Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello

    Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How can one have faith when faith itself is corrupt? When Jennifer Tracey discovers that her new parish priest has harmed her two sons, she seeks justice. Standing in her way? The Coalition-a secret church organization tasked with the responsibility of taking care of these types of incidents quickly and quietly and by any means necessary...
    Categorized as:
    drama  legal  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Appellate Judge by Behcet Kaya

    Appellate Judge by Behcet Kaya

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the swamps of the Florida panhandle, once again emerges private investigator Jack Ludefance, in a murder/mystery/thriller novel by award winning author Behcet Kaya, titled “Appellate Judge.” A key element in this case, in which readers are orbited into with a very subtle path of reasoning, revolves around a violin...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  murder
  • Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko

    Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would YOU do?What would you do if you got away with murder? Would you stop there? Could you?Susie and Roy thought that they committed the perfect crime.Their planning was meticulous. Their execution was flawless. But, there is always a loose end, isn’t there? Always a singing bone.Now, while enemies multiply and suspicions abound, their perfect world begins to crumble...
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    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  mystery  suspense
  • The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland

    The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young American, Rhiannon, to the Oxford University Summer School on the ancient Celts. Worried by a rhetoric of blood sacrifice, Mary and her operatives, Caroline, and Anna, attend a sacrifice at a sacred well. They discover that those who fail to individuate their gods become possessed by them...
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    drama  epic  fiction  contemporary  mystery
  • The Judge's List by John Grisham

    The Judge's List by John Grisham

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Listening Length 11 hours and 36 minutesFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a new legal thriller about a man who might be the most criminal sitting judge in American history As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Lacy Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the bench...
  • A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere

    A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hours after a thoroughbred racehorse collapses and dies after finishing last in a race he was favored to win, his trainer—a young woman with a promising career—is found dead on a suburban Chicago beach. To the police, it's a simple case of murder-suicide. But Mike Hegan, veteran police detective, refuses to believe the official story...
  • Awful Reckoning: A Cade Chase and Simon Pack Novel by John M. Vermillion

    Awful Reckoning: A Cade Chase and Simon Pack Novel by John M. Vermillion

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the heart of Silicon Valley, antifa kidnaps a Stanford student, the daughter of Wil Chambers, a man of exceptional wealth. Long ago, as football teammates at LSU, Wil and Cade Chase pledged mutual in extremis assistance. Cade drops his plans for transforming American secondary education and leaves Rockledge, not knowing when or if he will return...
  • The Well House III: The Redemption by M.S. Matassa

    The Well House III: The Redemption by M.S. Matassa

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Well House III: The Redemption: The ultimate evil now roams the earth in a human body in order to set up his kingdom and rule the world. The year is 2016, and Ben Carson has fallen into a deep depression because his son, Taylor, has been held hostage for more than a year and Ben is unable to save him. Disturbing dreams are back, which give Ben clues on how to defeat the evil power...
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    drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  urban-fantasy
  • Samantha's Revenge by Andrew R. Williams

    Samantha's Revenge by Andrew R. Williams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After changing shape several times, the ball eventually turned into a huge face. It floated alongside the air-car. This time, time instead of sending him mental message, the face spoke out aloud and the whole air-car vibrated with its intensity. "If you are foolish enough to renege on your contract, you will be severely punished. For your sake, I hope you wouldn't do such a thing...
  • Brownout - 666: or the Real Meaning of the Swastika by John Richard Spencer

    Brownout - 666: or the Real Meaning of the Swastika by John Richard Spencer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the land of flaunted sex, money, and flexible rules, an ambitious but lonely Rick Daly faces his demons. Rick Daly has established a business in the exotic surroundings of the Philippines, while simultaneously discovering Marilyn Delgado, the woman of his dreams. However, a clash of cultures and his own naiveté lead to disaster...
  • The Short Drop by Matthew FitzSimmons

    The Short Drop by Matthew FitzSimmons

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard—then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency—disappeared in the most sensational missing-person case in the nation’s history. Still unsolved, the mystery remains a national obsession...
  • A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer

    A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The full story of the three Indochina wars, told from both sides and including the plight of civilians caught up in the fighting. Of necessity, the politics of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, and the USA towards the push for independence and freedom by Vietnam and Laos are examined. The region known as Indochina is made up of the countries of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  historical  war
  • Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WITH MURDER IN COMMON FRIENDSHIP IS INEVITABLE. In the town of Hollow Creek, South Carolina two separate murders, fifteen years apart, unite fifteen-year-old Pleasant Day and sixty-year-old Clarissa Blackwell. As Pleasant Day struggles with her mother's distance, her father's infidelity and the death of her best friend, she draws closer to Clarissa, an older woman with the secrets to heal her...
  • Betrayal of Justice by Mark M. Bello

    Betrayal of Justice by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This very topical, controversial, and prophetic novel is set in Washington D.C. and Dearborn, Michigan. In Washington D.C., a newly-elected president promises, in his inaugural speech, to “make America pure again...
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    crime  drama  legal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Life for Life by J.K. Franko

    Life for Life by J.K. Franko

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What would YOU do if someone threatened your family?Roy Cruise and his pregnant wife Susie barely survived an assassination attempt in their own home. The police now have them under surveillance. Meanwhile, Kristy Wise is a loose cannon—she knows too much and is trying to “set things right.”What goes around comes around. And in this case, Roy and Susie may have pushed things too far...
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    crime  drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • Betrayal in Blue by Mark M. Bello

    Betrayal in Blue by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CUT OFF THE HEAD OF A SNAKE AND ANOTHER GROWS IN ITS PLACE . . . Zack and Jack are Back! White Supremacy again rears its ugly head in Dearborn . . . Trial lawyer Zachary Blake tackled The Church and clergy sexual abuse in Betrayal of Faith and white supremacy and a bigoted POTUS in Betrayal of Justice...
  • Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner

    Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A thriller of murder, redemption, and breakneck twists by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Dead Certain. After her sister was murdered, Ella Broden meted out her own punishment, then abandoned her career to pursue her passion as a singer. But another murder that hits close to home draws her back to seek justice...
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    crime  drama  legal  politics  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • In Our Bones by Pernell Plath Meier

    In Our Bones by Pernell Plath Meier

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Powerful and unapologetic exploration of one woman's journey as democracy fails and authoritarianism takes holdLauren’s happy childhood on a farm in Minnesota is shattered after an assault during her teen years, and she retreats into her own world as America falls apart. Hers was the last generation to grow up before the economic collapse that followed the Corona pandemic...
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    drama  epic  politics  adult  book  contemporary  dystopia  fiction
  • Making Hearts by Jack Getze

    Making Hearts by Jack Getze

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Interrupting the Soria family’s holiday feast, childish teenager Emily requires the hospital emergency room for an apparent attack of appendicitis. But a blunt nurse explains the truth: Emily is giving birth. The seventeen-year-old has tricked her mind and body into believing she isn’t pregnant, when the baby is full term and already being born...
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    drama  epic  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  season-summer
  • March On by David Johnson

    March On by David Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the fourth book of the Tucker series, Tucker’s grandson March is at a crossroads as he tries to reconcile his troubled past with his hopeful future. Debbie has given March her heart completely, and though he loves her desperately, he struggles to fully commit to her.Meanwhile, it seems as if evil is stalking March’s family...
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    crime  drama  epic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity by J.B. Lion

    The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity by J.B. Lion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    fantasy graphic fiction...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  fantasy  book  adult
  • Unparalleled by D.S. Smith

    Unparalleled by D.S. Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Waking up in a strange house, with no memory of how or why he is there, Stuart Milton finds his life has changed beyond recognition. His pregnant wife is missing, but his only living relative, his brother, is incapable of substantiating his claim. Lost in a world of confusion that is spiralling out of his control, Stuart finds temporary salvation in a psychiatrist assigned to his case...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  epic  kidnapping  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Passenger 19 by Ward Larsen

    Passenger 19 by Ward Larsen

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jammer Davis has spent most of his life investigating aircraft accidents. When a small regional jet disappears over the jungles of Colombia, it is a tragedy like dozens of others he has seen…but for one terrible detail—his young daughter, who was enroute to a semester abroad in South America, is listed on the passenger manifest...
  • Protecting Justice by Adrienne Giordano, Misty Evans

    Protecting Justice by Adrienne Giordano, Misty Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the premier political spin-doctor in the U.S., Fallyn Pasche can fix any problem--except her own. Her twin sister, Heather, a United States Senator, has been murdered, her father is barely speaking to her, and someone is after coded files Heather hid in a private safe. In order to decode the files and figure out what happened to her twin, Fallyn turns to the Justice Team...
  • Falsa Identidad by Aryam Shields

    Falsa Identidad by Aryam Shields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    La vida de Alessio Méndez cambia completamente al conocer a Valentino Rinaldi, un hombre cruel y perverso, que le propone un trato que solucionaría todos sus problemas económicos. A cambio, deberá contraer matrimonio con Mackenzie Franco y tomar su identidad por un año.En medio de mentiras, venganzas y secretos las vidas de Alessio, Valentino y Mackenzie entrarán en una espiral de emocione...
  • Witness Protection by Holly Copella

    Witness Protection by Holly Copella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After witnessing an execution, a resourceful young woman attempts to disappear while being pursued by a hitman and a handsome federal agent. A helicopter pilot, Jackie Remus, reluctantly agrees to go on a date with one of her clients, but her date is unexpectedly cut short when she witnesses a man being murdered. After narrowly escaping with her life, she is placed into protective custody...
  • All of Me by Kevine Walcott

    All of Me by Kevine Walcott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kevine Walcott's 'All of Me' is a holistic, boundless collection of poetry that puts life under a microscope and compels readers to examine every facet of their existence. From relationships and mother earth to intimacy, what it means to belong to a country and everything else in between, Walcott weaves together a beautiful tapestry of humanity...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • Romancing Sal Gabrini by Mallory Monroe

    Romancing Sal Gabrini by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gemma Jones once thought Sal Gabrini could be a keeper. He was, in truth, the man of her dreams. But after she didn’t hear from him when he had promised to stay in touch, she wasn’t thinking about him either. Even when she travels to his turf, to Seattle, to attend a stuffy lawyer’s convention, she’s bound and determined not to give Sal a second thought...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  legal  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Missionary by Rowena Kinread

    The Missionary by Rowena Kinread

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Patricius, a young man of Britannia, is taken from his home and family when Gaelic pirates attack his village. On his arrival in Ireland, he is sold as a slave to the cruel underking of the Dalriada tribe in the north. Six years later, Patricius manages to escape. His journey takes him through France to Ravenna in Italy...
  • Frankie the Ferret by Kimberley Paterson

    Frankie the Ferret by Kimberley Paterson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Do you have a pet? Maybe a dog, or a cat, or a gold fish? Lots of people do, but not many people have a pet like Frankie the Ferret...
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