Spydus Search Results - Recently available large print https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?QRY=06601%5C%3E%20(FILTER%3A%201%20%2B%20ITMFADTE%3A%20%22LASTMONTH-THISMONTH%22%20-%20MINOR%3A%20ITD16%20%2B%20(ITMCOLX%3ALPF%20%2F%20ITMCOLX%3ALPNF)%20)%20-%2006601%5C%3E%20(06601%5C%3C%20(06601%5C%3E%20(FILTER%3A%201%20%2B%20ITMFADTE%3A%20%22LASTMONTH-THISMONTH%22%20-%20MINOR%3A%20ITD16%20%2B%20(ITMCOLX%3ALPF%20%2F%20ITMCOLX%3ALPNF)%20))%20%2B%20FILTER%3A%201%20%2B%20ITMFADTE%3A%20%22%3C%20LASTMONTH%22)&QRYTEXT=Recently%20available%20large%20print&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20&ISGLB=0 Spydus Search Results en © Civica Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. The only suspect [text(large print)] / Louise Candlish. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645355&ISGLB=0 Author: Candlish, Louise<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />462 pages (large print)<br />There's the obvious story. And then there's the truth. Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he's not the most outgoing guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he's a good husband and an easy-going neighbour. That's until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that's been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he's always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread. As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex's twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil. And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. And it still isn't.<br /><br />Castelnau Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Onloan - Due: 03 Jul 2024<br /> A game of bones [text(large print)] / David Donachie. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645360&ISGLB=0 Author: Donachie, David, 1944-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />534 pages (large print).<br />Privateersman mysteries<br />The privateer Harry Ludlow and his war-weary crew become embroiled in the pursuit of a valuable hostage whilst taking on some of the Admiralty's most ruthless figures as the government fears a Jacobin plot is afoot.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Castelnau Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.914 - In-transit from Castelnau Library to Whitton Library (Set: 17 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> Starcross Manor [text(large print)] / Christie Barlow. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645361&ISGLB=0 Author: Barlow, Christie<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />348 pages (large print).<br />Love Heart Lane series ; 4.<br />When Julia Coleman meets Flynn Carter again in the cosy village of Heartcross it can only mean trouble. Flynn might be rich, brooding and sexy, but Julia knows first-hand he's ruthless and she plans to watch his every move. When Julia discovers Flynn's plans for beautiful Starcross Manor her greatest fears come true. Because Flynn's dreams of turning Starcross into a luxury hotel could ruin Julia's dreams.and finish off the community of Heartcross for good. Flynn makes it clear he doesn't want trouble, and he's not the man Julia thinks he is. As he sets about convincing the community he's changed, he hopes he can convince Julia to give him another chance too.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />East Sheen Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 17 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> Summer on a sunny island [text(large print)] / Sue Moorcroft. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645363&ISGLB=0 Author: Moorcroft, Sue<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />432 pages (large print)<br />When Rosa Hammond splits up from her partner Marcus after his gambling problem becomes too much to handle, she decides to take up her mum Dora's offer of a summer in Malta. Not one to sit back and watch her daughter be unhappy, Dora introduces Rosa to Zach, in the hope that sparks will fly under the summer sun. But Rosa's determined not to be swayed by a handsome man - she's in Malta to work and that needs to be her focus. Zach, meanwhile, is a magnet for trouble and is dealing with a fair few problems of his own. Neither Rosa or Zach are ready for a romance - but does fate have other ideas? And after a summer in paradise, will Rosa ever want to leave?<br /><br />Ham Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Onloan - Due: 03 Jul 2024<br /> Geneva [text(large print)] / Richard Armitage. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645364&ISGLB=0 Author: Armitage, Richard, 1971-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />324 pages (large print)<br />How far would you go for someone you love? Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has taken a step back from work to spend more time with her family. Her father's suffering from Alzheimer's and needs special care. Sarah has started to show tell-tale signs of the disease too. She's been experiencing blackouts and memory loss. It's early days but she must face the possibility that she won't be there to see her daughter grow up. Daniel, her husband, a neuroscientist himself, is doing his best to be supportive but she already knows that she will have to be the strong one. For all of them. So when Sarah is invited to be the guest of honour at a prestigious biotech conference in Geneva she declines, wanting to stay out of the public eye - that is until Daniel shows her the kind of work that the enigmatic Mauritz Schiller has been developing.<br /><br />Ham Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Available<br /> Penance [text(large print)] / Eliza Clark. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645365&ISGLB=0 Author: Clark, Eliza, 1994-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />510 pages (large print)<br />It's been nearly a decade since the horrifying murder of sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson rocked Crow-on-Sea, and the events of that terrible night are now being published for the first time. Placing us in the capable hands of journalist Alec Z. Carelli, Clark allows him to construct what he claims is the 'definitive account' of the murder - and what led up to it. Built on hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves, the result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil. The only question is: how much of it is true?<br /><br />Hampton Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Available<br /> A pocketful of happiness [text(large print)] / Richard E. Grant. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645367&ISGLB=0 Author: Grant, Richard E., 1957-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />330 pages (large print) : illustrations (colour)<br />Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has been a fixture on our screens since his breakout role in 'Withnail and I' in 1987. When his beloved wife Joan died in 2021 after almost forty years together, she set him a challenge: to find a pocketful of happiness in every day. The result is this book. Set between the present day and flashbacks to delightfully indiscreet diary entries recalling landmarks from his remarkable life and glittering career, this is an immensely personal and profound memoir that celebrates and cherishes life's unexpected joys.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Hampton Hill Library - Large Print Non-fiction - 920 GRA - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024<br /> Uprooting [text(large print)] : from the Caribbean to the countryside : finding home in an English country garden / Marchelle Farrell. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645368&ISGLB=0 Author: Farrell, Marchelle<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />318 pages (large print)<br />Years ago, like so many of the Black diaspora, Marchelle Farrell left behind the pristine beaches and emerald hills of Trinidad. Now she moves again for the verdant, peaceful surroundings of the English countryside. These relocations at first appear as opportunity. But when placed within the context of a worldwide pandemic, and ongoing racial protests, the trauma and upheaval of colonialism that have inexorably led her to this house and garden begin to be unearthed. A psychiatrist and specialist in talking therapies, Marchelle attempts to unpack this complex and emotional question while she tends to her new garden. Through her care for the unusual - and often unlikely - flora and fauna that is contained within it, she discovers that her two apparently conflicting identities are far more intertwined than she had previously realised.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Twickenham Library - Large Print Non-fiction - 920 FAR - Available<br />Whitton Library - Large Print Non-fiction - 920 FAR - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 16 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> Night train to Marrakech [text(large print)] / Dinah Jefferies. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5645372&ISGLB=0 Author: Jefferies, Dinah, 1948-<br />Published: Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />486 pages (large print).<br />Daughters of war trilogy ; 3.<br />In 1960s Marrakech a young girl travels to meet her estranged grandmother. Vicky Baudin steps on to the train through Morocco looking for the truth about the woman who gave her father up for adoption decades before. Clemence Petier lives in a kasbah on the edge of the Atlas Mountains, her background shrouded in mystery. But the past holds secrets that threaten them both.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Richmond Lending Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - In-transit from Richmond Lending Library to Whitton Library (Set: 17 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> Murder in Drury Lane [text(large print)] / Vanessa Riley. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5659579&ISGLB=0 Author: Riley, Vanessa<br />Published: Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />408 pages (large print)<br />Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theatre. But on one particular June evening everything collides, and the performance takes an unwelcome turn. Onstage, a woman emits a scream of genuine terror. A man has been found dead in the prop room, stabbed through the heart. The magistrate, keen to avoid bringing more attention to the case asks Abigail not to investigate. But she cannot resist, especially when the usually curmudgeonly Henderson offers his assistance. For Abigail the case is complicated still further, for one suspect is a leading advocate for the cause dearest to her heart - the abolition of slavery within the British empire. Uncovering the truth always comes at a price. But this time, it may be far higher than she wishes to pay.<br /><br />Teddington Library - Large Print Fiction - 813.6 - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024<br /> Droits of the crown [text(large print)] / David Donachie. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5659583&ISGLB=0 Author: Donachie, David, 1944-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />444 pages (large print).<br />John Pearce series ; 18.<br />When John Pearce is sent on a mission to collect fleeing members of the Corsican government, he seeks the aid of a local clan chief, inadvertently putting himself, his crew, and his rescued charges in jeopardy.<br /><br />Hampton Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.914 - Available<br /> The satsuma complex [text(large print)] / Bob Mortimer. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5659587&ISGLB=0 Author: Mortimer, Bob, 1959-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />330 pages (large print)<br />Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn't catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading: 'The Satsuma Complex'. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers. And so begins Gary's quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Whitton Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 16 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> Exposed [text(large print)] / Anna J. Stewart. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5659588&ISGLB=0 Author: Stewart, Anna J.<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />450 pages (large print).<br />Circle of the red lily ; 1.<br />Working as a Hollywood photographer means Riley Temple has seen it all. But then she finds herself staring at the chilling image of a dead woman. When her questions about the film lead to violence, she reluctantly turns to the only person who can help. Detective Quinn Burton, the police commissioner's son. Her history with the LAPD is complicated, her trust in authority, tenuous. After more than a decade on the job, Quinn knows a dangerous situation when he sees it and Riley Temple is up to her ears in trouble. But not for the reason she thinks. The pictures she's stumbled on call into a question a notorious murder conviction - one that powerful people have a vested interest in keeping in place. As old secrets are revealed, Quinn and Riley find themselves targeted by members of a secret society that has long maintained violent control over Hollywood's powerful elite.<br /><br />East Sheen Library - Large Print Fiction - 813.6 - Available<br /> The book-lovers' retreat [text(large print)] / Heidi Swain. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5659589&ISGLB=0 Author: Swain, Heidi<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />486 pages (large print)<br />'The Book-Lovers' Retreat,' set in the Lake District, tells the story of three friends who spend the whole summer in a hideaway cottage, the real-life setting of their favourite book. As the summer develops, so will their friendship, they will find love in all its forms and, as a result, their lives will change course forever.<br /><br />Hampton Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Available<br /> Nellie [text(large print)] : the life and loves of a diva / Robert Wainwright. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5659591&ISGLB=0 Author: Wainwright, Robert, 1961-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />384 pages (large print)<br />Nellie Melba is remembered as a squarish, late middle-aged woman dressed in furs and large hats, an imperious Dame whose voice ruled the world for three decades and inspired a peach and raspberry dessert. But to succeed, she had to battle social expectations and misogyny that would have preferred she stay a housewife in outback Queensland rather than parade herself on stage. She endured the violence of a bad marriage, was denied by scandal a true love with the would-be King of France, and suffered for more than a decade the loss of her only son - stolen by his angry, vengeful father. Despite these obstacles, she built and maintained a career as an opera singer and businesswoman on three continents which made her one of the first international superstars. Robert Wainwright presents a very different portrait of this great diva.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Richmond Lending Library - Large Print Non-fiction - 920 MEL - In-transit from Richmond Lending Library to Whitton Library (Set: 17 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> Forever in the sunshine [text(large print)] : the story of Morecambe and Wise as only family can tell it / Gary Morecambe. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5659594&ISGLB=0 Author: Morecambe, Gary, 1956-<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />366 pages (large print)<br />Morecambe and Wise - the most famous and best-loved British comedy double-act of all time. In this book, Eric Morecambe's son Gary sheds new light on the comic geniuses who became the nation's best friends. Gary reveals what it was like behind the scenes, with touching and hilarious stories of life in the Morecambe and Wise family homes, along with memories from Eric's wife Joan and his daughter (and Ernie's goddaughter) Gail, who has never written about her father before.<br /><br />Twickenham Library - Large Print Non-fiction - 792.76028 - Available<br /> The house of broken bricks [text(large print)] / Fiona Williams. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5673034&ISGLB=0 Author: Williams, Fiona<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />378 pages (large print)<br />Ain't nothing wrong with being broken. Nothing at all. You're like these houses, not a whole brick in em and look how strong they are. As Tess traces the sunrise over the floodplains, light that paints the house a startling crimson, she yearns for the comforting chaos of life as it once was. Instead of Max and Sonny tracking dirt through the kitchen - Tess and Richard's 'rainbow twins' - Tess absorbs the quiet. The nights draw in, the soil cools and Richard fights to get his winter crops planted rather than deal with the discussion he cannot bear to have. Secrets and vines clamber over the broken red bricks and although its inhabitants seem to be withering, in the damp, crumbling soil Sonny knows that something is stirring. As the seasons change, and the cracks let in more light, the family might just be able to start to heal.<br /><br />Hampton Hill Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Available<br /> How to build a boat [text(large print)] / Elaine Feeney. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5673035&ISGLB=0 Author: Feeney, Elaine<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />378 pages (large print)<br />Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At age 13 there are two things he especially wants in life: to build a Perpetual Motion Machine, and to connect with his mother Noelle, who died when he was born. In his mind these things are intimately linked. And at his new school, where all else is disorientating and overwhelming, he finds two people who might just be able to help him. 'How to Build a Boat' is the story of how one boy and his mission transforms the lives of his teachers, Tess and Tadhg, and brings together a community. Written with tenderness and verve, it's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone.<br /><br />Teddington Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Onloan - Due: 05 Jun 2024<br /> Harlem after midnight [text(large print)] / Louise Hare. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5673037&ISGLB=0 Author: Hare, Louise<br />Published: Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />456 pages (large print)<br />1936, September 17th, 1am. In the middle of Harlem, in the dead of night, a woman falls from a second storey window. In her hand, she holds a passport and the name written on it is Lena Aldridge. Nine days earlier. Lena arrived in Harlem less than two weeks ago, full of hope for her burgeoning romance with Will Goodman, the handsome musician she met on board the Queen Mary. Will has arranged for Lena to stay with friends of his, and this will give her the chance to find out if their relationship is going anywhere. But there is another reason she's in Harlem - to find out what happened in 1908 to make her father flee to London. As Lena's investigations progress, not only does she realise her father lied to her, but the man she's falling too fast and too hard for has secrets of his own. And those secrets have put Lena in terrible danger.<br /><br />Twickenham Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Onloan - Due: 05 Jun 2024<br /> Summer at the French café [text(large print)] / Sue Moorcroft. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5673773&ISGLB=0 Author: Moorcroft, Sue<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />426 pages (large print)<br />As soon as Kat Jenson set foot in the idyllic French village of Kirchhoffen, she knew she'd found her home. Now she has a dreamy boyfriend, a delightful dog and the perfect job managing a bustling book café in the vibrant Parc Lemmel. But when she learns her boyfriend isn't all he seems, it's the start of a difficult summer for Kat. Vindictive troublemakers, work woes and family heartache follow, and the clear blue sky that was her life suddenly seems full of clouds. Then she gets to know the mysterious Noah, and her sun begins to shine brighter than ever. But Noah has problems of his own - ones that could scupper their new-found happiness. Together, can they overcome their many obstacles, and find love again?<br /><br />Teddington Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Available<br /> Together, again [text(large print)] / Milly Johnson. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5673774&ISGLB=0 Author: Johnson, Milly<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />438 pages (large print)<br />Three sisters, all seven years apart, who are not close at all, must convene after their mum's death to arrange the funeral and pack everything up. Their mother has left the family home and most of the money to the youngest sister Annis, who she didn't get on with at all. As they pack everything up, the sisters become closer than they have ever been before as they begin to let each other into their lives for the first time.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Richmond Lending Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Available<br /> Sunshine and sweet peas in Nightingale Square [text(large print)] / Heidi Swain. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5673775&ISGLB=0 Author: Swain, Heidi<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />456 pages (large print)<br />Kate is on the run from her almost-divorced husband who is determined to have her back, and she has found the perfect place to hide - a little cottage on Nightingale Square in Norwich, far away from her old life in London. But the residents of Nightingale Square don't take no for an answer, and Kate soon finds herself pulled into a friendship with Lisa, her bossy but lovely new neighbour. Within a matter of days Kate is landed with the job of campaigning the council to turn the green into a community garden, meanwhile all the residents of Nightingale Square are horrified to discover that the Victorian mansion house on the other side of the square has been bought by developers. But when all hope is lost, the arrival of a handsome stranger is sure to turn things around!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Whitton Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 16 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> Mistress of life and death [text(large print)] : the dark journey of Maria Mandl, head overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau / Susan J Eischeid. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5673776&ISGLB=0 Author: Eischeid, Susan J.<br />Published: Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />504 pages (large print)<br />By the time of her execution at thirty-six, Maria Mandl had achieved the highest rank possible for a woman in the Third Reich. As Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, she was personally responsible for the murders of thousands, and for the torture and suffering of countless more. In this riveting biography, Susan J. Eischeid explores how Maria Mandl, regarded locally as 'a nice girl from a good family', came to embody the very worst of humanity. Mandl's life mirrors the period in which she lived: turbulent, violent, and suffused with paradoxes. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, she founded the notable women's orchestra and 'adopted' several children from the transports - only to lead them to the gas chambers when her interest waned. After the war, Maria was arrested for crimes against humanity. Following a public trial attended by the international press, she was hanged in 1948.<br /><br />East Sheen Library - Large Print Non-fiction - 943.086092 - Available<br /> The antique hunter's guide to murder [text(large print)] / C.L. Miller. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5717358&ISGLB=0 Author: Miller, C. L. (Cara L.)<br />Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2024.<br />348 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br />Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village in which she grew up for the last 20 years. That is until news arrives that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya's estranged mentor, has died. When a letter from Arthur is delivered, sent just days before his death, and an ordinary pine chest concealing Arthur's journals are revealed, Freya finds herself sucked back into a life she'd sworn to leave behind. But beware, trust no-one. Your life depends on it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Richmond Lending Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - In-transit from Hampton Hill Library to Castelnau Library (Set: 17 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> The last word [text(large print)] / Elly Griffiths. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5717360&ISGLB=0 Author: Griffiths, Elly<br />Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2024.<br />354 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br />Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in 'The Postscript Murders', are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy case such as murder to come the agency's way. Natalka is now living with dreamer, Benedict. But her Ukrainian mother Valentyna has joined them from her war-torn country and three's a crowd. To add to Natalka's irritation, Benedict and her mother get on brilliantly. Then a murder case turns up. Local writer, Melody Chambers, is found dead and her family are convinced it is murder. Edwin, a big fan of the obit pages, thinks there's a link to the writer of Melody's obituary who pre-deceased his subject. The trail leads Benedict and Edwin to a slightly sinister writers' retreat. When another writer is found dead, Edwin thinks that the clue lies in the words.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Twickenham Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - In-transit from Twickenham Library to Castelnau Library (Set: 18 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf - Check Returns Trolley<br /> The door-to-door bookstore [text(large print)] / Carsten Henn. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5717361&ISGLB=0 Author: Henn, Carsten, 1973-<br />Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2024.<br />228 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br />Carl may be 72 years old, but he's young at heart. Every night he goes door-to-door delivering books by hand to his loyal customers. He knows their every desire and preference, carefully selecting the perfect story for each person. One evening as he makes his rounds, nine-year-old Schascha appears. Loud and precocious, she insists on accompanying him - and even tries to teach him a thing or two about books. When Carl's job at the bookstore is threatened, will the old man and the girl in the yellow raincoat be able to restore Carl's way of life, and return the joy of reading to his little European town?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Hampton Library - Large Print Fiction - 833.92 - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 15 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> The White lady [text(large print)] / Jacqueline Winspear. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5717362&ISGLB=0 Author: Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-<br />Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2024.<br />372 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br />1947. Miss Elinor White, known locally as 'the White lady', is living a quiet life in a grace-and-favour cottage in the Kent countryside. Unbeknownst to her neighbours, she is the veteran of two world wars, a trained killer and an ex-spy. This private and seemingly tranquil life conceals past trauma and Elinor finds herself drawn into the predicament of a local man who is entangled with one of the most dangerous crime families in London. A treacherous path lies ahead, but it may be one that ultimately leads Elinor to a future unshackled from her own painful history.<br /><br />Teddington Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Onloan - Due: 30 Jul 2024<br /> The lost bookshop [text(large print)] / Evie Woods. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5717364&ISGLB=0 Author: Woods, Evie<br />Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2024.<br />420 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br />On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found. For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder - where nothing is as it seems.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Whitton Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024<br /> Very very lucky [text(large print)] / Amanda Prowse. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5717365&ISGLB=0 Author: Prowse, Amanda<br />Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2024.<br />414 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br />With three children, an ailing mother and a neglected husband, life is full for Emma Fountain - too full, she realises, when she wakes up in IKEA after falling asleep in one of the show beds. Only her crazy, funny best friend Roz keeps her sane. But when Roz climbs in through her bathroom window one night to deliver terrible news, Emma's belief that she can find a way around any obstacle crumbles in the face of a problem she just can't fix. For recently widowed Thurston, life without his beloved wife of sixty-two years has lost all its joy and sense of purpose. That is, until he meets Emma, whose busy days are the opposite of his own. As Thurston is drawn into the whirlwind of Emma's chaotic life, and his calming influence starts to bring her troubles into perspective, an unlikely friendship grows.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2 reserves</span><br /><br />Twickenham Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - In-transit from Twickenham Library to Whitton Library (Set: 16 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br /> The excitements [text(large print)] / C.J. Wray. https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/LP/BIBENQ?BRN=5717366&ISGLB=0 Author: Wray, C. J.<br />Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2024.<br />384 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br />Meet the Williamson sisters, Britain's most treasured World War II veterans. Now in their 90s, Josephine and Penny are in demand at commemorative events. Despite their age, they're in great form - sprightly and sparky, and always in search of their next 'excitement'. This time it's a trip to Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur, accompanied by their devoted great-nephew, Archie. Keen historian Archie believes his great aunts had minor roles in the Women's Royal Navy and the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, but that's only half the story. There's a reason sweet Auntie Penny can dispatch a would-be mugger with a brolly. This trip to Paris is not what it seems either. Scandal and crime have quietly trailed the sisters since the war. Now armed with new information about an old adversary, these much decorated veterans intend to settle scores, avenge lost friends, and pull off one last heist.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Twickenham Library - Large Print Fiction - 823.92 - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 15 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf<br />