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Coming home [Large Print] / Rosamunde Pilcher. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=465176&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Pilcher, Rosamunde<br />Large print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Bath : Chivers Press, 1996.<br /><br />West Wycombe Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Large Print - Large print - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 150514720<br /> Someone for Sally [Large Print] / Marjorie Warby. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=512155&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Warby, Marjorie<br />Large print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Ulverscroft, 1991, c1955.<br />22cm.404. n.e.<br /><br />West Wycombe Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - LARGE PRINT WAR - Large print - Available - 060185632<br /> A game of consequences [Large Print] / Sarah West. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=617787&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>West, Sarah<br />Large print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales Large Print, 1992, c1989.<br />1v.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - LARGE PRINT WES - Adult fiction - Available - 147850727<br /> Midwinter mysteries 2 (edited by Hilary Hale) https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=893156&CF=BIB Large print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Magna, 1994.<br />large print ed.<br /><br />Beacon Villages Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - LARGE PRINT MID - Adult fiction - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - 06047276X<br /> Devil's canyon / Hank Mitchum. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=918183&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mitchum, Hank<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Chivers, 1993.<br /><br />West Wycombe Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - LARGE PRINT MIT - Large print - Available - 060897136<br /> Offshore / Penelope Fitzgerald. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=918836&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Fitzgerald, Penelope<br />Large print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Chivers, 1994.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Adult fiction - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 25 Mar 2024) - Reservation allocation expired (Set: 12 Apr 2024) - 046429750<br /> The bridges of Madison County / Robert James Waller. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=918883&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Waller, Robert James<br />Large Print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Chivers, 1994.<br />[184]p.<br /><br />Stokenchurch Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - LARGE PRINT DEL - Adult fiction - Available - 148398134<br /> A very loud voice / Joan Eadith. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1154351&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Eadith, Joan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Chivers, 1998.<br /><br />West Wycombe Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Large print - Available - 060898071<br /> From cottage to palace / Margaret Bramford. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1154710&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bramford, Margaret<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Isis, 1998.<br /><br />Beacon Villages Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction: large print - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - 061558027<br /> Mortal taste / J.M. Gregson. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1176515&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gregson, J.M.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Severn House, 2003.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Fiction reserve - Adult fiction - Available - 140075993<br />Chalfont St Giles Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000082060<br /> The love of a good woman / Alice Munro. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1260659&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Munro, Alice<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>W F Howes, 2002.<br /><br />West Wycombe Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Large print - Available - 065587100<br /> Prayer Book (Large Print) https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1134150&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Catholic Truth Soc.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - 242.8 - Adult non fiction - Available - 130420953<br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - 242.8 - Adult non fiction - Available - 130420990<br /> Good news Bible : the Bible in today's English version : Giant print https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=946183&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Thomas Nelson, 1976.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - 220.52 - Adult non fiction - Available - 000368676<br /> Hymn Book (Large Print) https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=914178&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Ulverscroft, 1968.<br />d8.236. n.e.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction: large print - 264.2 HYM - Adult non fiction - Available - 02402498X<br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction: large print - 264.2 HYM - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000163634<br /> Howards End / E M Forster. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=938030&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Forster, E. 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(Edward Morgan), 1879-1970<br />Large Print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Chivers, 1994.<br />[565]p.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Adult fiction - Available - 11208507X<br /> More views from the boundary : Vol 2 / Brian Johnston. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=873885&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnston, Brian<br />Large Print ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Chivers, 1994.<br />[184]p : Ill.<br /><br />Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - LARGE PRINT JOH - Adult non fiction - Available - 114037457<br /> Ulverscroft large print service book https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=855785&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Ulverscroft.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - 264.03 - Adult non fiction - Available - 024021615<br /> A wedding for the biscuit factory girls [text(large print)] / Elsie Mason. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457965&CF=BIB Her wedding day should have been the happiest day of Mavis Kendricks' life. Marrying handsome Sam, the youngest of the Farley boys, means joining the Farley clan, and there's nothing Mavis has ever wanted more than a family of her own. But the appearance of an unexpected guest ruins everything - and brings back painful memories Mavis would rather forget. It's not long before the war-torn streets of South Shields are buzzing with rumours. One of the biscuit factory girls, funny little Mavis has always been a bit of a mystery. As far as anyone can remember, Mavis and her twin Arthur have been orphans. So who was the grand old lady at the wedding? How do the twins own their own house? And just what is Mavis hiding? Her wedding day should have been the happiest day of Mavis Kendricks' life. Marrying handsome Sam, the youngest of the Farley boys, means joining the Farley clan, and there's nothing Mavis has ever wanted more than a family of her own. But the appearance of an unexpected guest ruins everything - and brings back painful memories Mavis would rather forget. It's not long before the war-torn streets of South Shields are buzzing with rumours. One of the biscuit factory girls, funny little Mavis has always been a bit of a mystery. As far as anyone can remember, Mavis and her twin Arthur have been orphans. So who was the grand old lady at the wedding? How do the twins own their own house? And just what is Mavis hiding?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mason, Elsie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales, 2023.<br />432 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275860<br /> The three sisters of Victory Walk [text(large print)] / Annie Groves. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457966&CF=BIB The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. Rose, Clover, and Daisy are the pretty blond sisters of the Harrison family, living with their parents and two brothers, and working in East London and the outbreak of WWII. Rose the eldest is a nurse working in Homerton Hospital, she despairs of her younger siblings and their occasional less sensible attitudes to life. Clover is the handful of the family and whenever there's trouble she isn't far away. At the first chance she gets, she volunteers for the Auxiliary Service, but things go far from smoothly. Daisy is the baby of the family, but she doesn't want to be treated like a child anymore and is determined to grow up, whether her family like it or not. When she gets a chance to sign up to do her bit, she seizes her chance. The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. Rose, Clover, and Daisy are the pretty blond sisters of the Harrison family, living with their parents and two brothers, and working in East London and the outbreak of WWII. Rose the eldest is a nurse working in Homerton Hospital, she despairs of her younger siblings and their occasional less sensible attitudes to life. Clover is the handful of the family and whenever there's trouble she isn't far away. At the first chance she gets, she volunteers for the Auxiliary Service, but things go far from smoothly. Daisy is the baby of the family, but she doesn't want to be treated like a child anymore and is determined to grow up, whether her family like it or not. When she gets a chance to sign up to do her bit, she seizes her chance.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Groves, Annie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales, 2023.<br />354 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.<br />District nurses series<br /><br />Wing Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - 95100000275858<br /> A ration book victory [text(large print)] / Jean Fullerton. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457967&CF=BIB Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years ago, before she married Fergus, she was Philomena Dooley, a daughter of Irish Travellers, planning to wed her childhood sweetheart, Patrick. But when tragedy struck and Patrick's narrow-minded sister, Nora, intervened, the lovers were torn apart. Fate can be cruel, and when Queenie arrives in London she finds that Patrick Mahon is her parish priest, and that the love she had tried to suppress flares again in her heart. But now in the final months of WW2, Queenie discovers Father Mahon is dying and must face losing him forever. Can she finally tell him the secret she has kept for over 50 years? Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years ago, before she married Fergus, she was Philomena Dooley, a daughter of Irish Travellers, planning to wed her childhood sweetheart, Patrick. But when tragedy struck and Patrick's narrow-minded sister, Nora, intervened, the lovers were torn apart. Fate can be cruel, and when Queenie arrives in London she finds that Patrick Mahon is her parish priest, and that the love she had tried to suppress flares again in her heart. But now in the final months of WW2, Queenie discovers Father Mahon is dying and must face losing him forever. Can she finally tell him the secret she has kept for over 50 years?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Fullerton, Jean<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales, 2023.<br />420 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.<br />Ration book series<br /><br />Chesham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275857<br /> The sea nurses [text(large print)] / Kate Eastham. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457968&CF=BIB 1914. Evie Munro is a Scottish fisher girl, working the herring season from Wick to Great Yarmouth. For Evie, every day is the same - gutting fish at the docks, shoulder-to-shoulder with her friends, followed by fresh bread, a warm whiskey toddy and an early night. But when Germany declares war, everything changes. As her village begins to empty of young men, Evie's life is marked by a heartbreaking tragedy. Her happiness destroyed, she vows to join the war effort as an army nurse, caring for wounded soldiers on the imposing hospital ship Britannic. But as the war rages on and the ship comes under direct fire, Evie's courage is put to the ultimate test. Can Evie and the nurses of HMHS Britannic save the day and heal their patients? Or will her life become one more casualty in Britain's fight for freedom? 1914. Evie Munro is a Scottish fisher girl, working the herring season from Wick to Great Yarmouth. For Evie, every day is the same - gutting fish at the docks, shoulder-to-shoulder with her friends, followed by fresh bread, a warm whiskey toddy and an early night. But when Germany declares war, everything changes. As her village begins to empty of young men, Evie's life is marked by a heartbreaking tragedy. Her happiness destroyed, she vows to join the war effort as an army nurse, caring for wounded soldiers on the imposing hospital ship Britannic. But as the war rages on and the ship comes under direct fire, Evie's courage is put to the ultimate test. Can Evie and the nurses of HMHS Britannic save the day and heal their patients? Or will her life become one more casualty in Britain's fight for freedom?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Eastham, Kate<br />Unabridged edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales, 2023.<br />318 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275856<br /> Trouble for the leading lady [text(large print)] / Rachel Brimble. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457969&CF=BIB Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Blume would go to Bath's Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.His lie and betrayal led to her ruin. Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, an ambitious man always looking for the next big thing to take the country by storm. A self-made man, Francis has finally shed the skin of his painful past and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath's bawdiest pubs. Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact? Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Blume would go to Bath's Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.His lie and betrayal led to her ruin. Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, an ambitious man always looking for the next big thing to take the country by storm. A self-made man, Francis has finally shed the skin of his painful past and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath's bawdiest pubs. Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brimble, Rachel<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales, 2023.<br />366 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - 95100000275855<br /> The girl from the workhouse [text(large print)] / Lynn Johnson. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457970&CF=BIB Staffordshire, 1911. Money is in short supply for Ginnie Jones's family and she is sent to Haddon Workhouse. When she meets Clara and Sam, she hopes that she has made friends for life - until tragedy strikes. Three years later, Ginnie finds work as a mouldrunner at the Potteries, but never stops thinking about her friends. When Sam and Ginnie are reunited, their bond is as strong as ever, until Sam is sent to fight in the war. Can Ginnie find the joy that she's never had? Staffordshire, 1911. Money is in short supply for Ginnie Jones's family and she is sent to Haddon Workhouse. When she meets Clara and Sam, she hopes that she has made friends for life - until tragedy strikes. Three years later, Ginnie finds work as a mouldrunner at the Potteries, but never stops thinking about her friends. When Sam and Ginnie are reunited, their bond is as strong as ever, until Sam is sent to fight in the war. Can Ginnie find the joy that she's never had?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnson, Lynn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Dales, 2023.<br />426 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275859<br /> The Threlkeld theory [text(large print)] / Rebecca Tope. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457971&CF=BIB Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's wedding day to Christopher Henderson has arrived on a glorious summer's day in the pretty Lake District village of Threlkeld. While the day passes off without undue calamity, later when most of the guests have departed, a young man is found nearby, possibly the victim of a vicious attack. The mystery of the attack is complicated by pressure on police resources. Was it an accident or something far more sinister? Speculation is rife as to what precisely happened and a chilling suspicion develops into a theory that might be impossible to prove. Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's wedding day to Christopher Henderson has arrived on a glorious summer's day in the pretty Lake District village of Threlkeld. While the day passes off without undue calamity, later when most of the guests have departed, a young man is found nearby, possibly the victim of a vicious attack. The mystery of the attack is complicated by pressure on police resources. Was it an accident or something far more sinister? Speculation is rife as to what precisely happened and a chilling suspicion develops into a theory that might be impossible to prove.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Tope, Rebecca<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : ISIS, 2023.<br />312 pages (large print) : 1 map (black and white) ; 24 cm.<br />Lake District mysteries<br /><br />Flackwell Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275854<br /> Stone blind [text(large print)] / Natalie Haynes. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457973&CF=BIB Growing up with her sisters, Medusa quickly realises that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When, in Athene's temple, desire pushes Poseidon to commit the unforgivable, Medusa's mortal life is changed forever. Athene, furious at the sacrilege committed, directs her revenge on Medusa. The punishment is that she is turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair, and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone. Appalled by her own reflection, Medusa can no longer look upon anything she loves without destroying it. She condemns herself to a life of solitude in the shadows to limit her murderous range. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon. This is the story of how a young woman became a monster. And how she was never really a monster at all. Growing up with her sisters, Medusa quickly realises that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When, in Athene's temple, desire pushes Poseidon to commit the unforgivable, Medusa's mortal life is changed forever. Athene, furious at the sacrilege committed, directs her revenge on Medusa. The punishment is that she is turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair, and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone. Appalled by her own reflection, Medusa can no longer look upon anything she loves without destroying it. She condemns herself to a life of solitude in the shadows to limit her murderous range. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon. This is the story of how a young woman became a monster. And how she was never really a monster at all.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Haynes, Natalie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : ISIS, 2023.<br />372 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275851<br /> Undoctored [text(large print)] : the story of a medic who ran out of patients / Adam Kay. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457974&CF=BIB Adam Kay returns and will once again have you in stitches in 'Undoctored'. In his most honest and incisive book yet, he reflects on what's happened since hanging up his scrubs and examines a life inextricably bound up with medicine. Battered and bruised from his time on the NHS frontline, Kay looks back, moves forwards and opens up some old wounds. Hilarious and heartbreaking, horrifying and humbling, 'Undoctored' is the astonishing portrait of a life by one of Britain's best-loved storytellers. Adam Kay returns and will once again have you in stitches in 'Undoctored'. In his most honest and incisive book yet, he reflects on what's happened since hanging up his scrubs and examines a life inextricably bound up with medicine. Battered and bruised from his time on the NHS frontline, Kay looks back, moves forwards and opens up some old wounds. Hilarious and heartbreaking, horrifying and humbling, 'Undoctored' is the astonishing portrait of a life by one of Britain's best-loved storytellers.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kay, Adam, 1980-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : ISIS, 2023.<br />264 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275852<br /> Mystery in white [text(large print)] / J. Jefferson Farjeon. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457975&CF=BIB On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea - but no one is at home. Trapped together for Christmas, the passengers are seeking to unravel the secrets of the empty house when a murderer strikes in their midst. On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea - but no one is at home. Trapped together for Christmas, the passengers are seeking to unravel the secrets of the empty house when a murderer strikes in their midst.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Farjeon, J. Jefferson (Joseph Jefferson), 1883-1955<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2023.<br />258 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275847<br /> Murder at Claridge's [text(large print)] / Jim Eldridge. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457976&CF=BIB One of the Claridge's kitchen porters is found dead - strangled. He was a recent employee who claimed to be Romanian, but evidence suggests he may have been German. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg has to find out exactly who he was, and what he was doing at Claridge's under a false identity. Once he has established those facts, he might get an insight into why he was killed, and who by. Coburg's job is complicated by the fact that so many of the hotel's residents are exiled European royalty. King George of Greece is registered as 'Mr Brown' and even the Duke of Windsor is staying, though without Wallis Simpson. Clandestine affairs, furtive goings-on and conspiracies against the government: Coburg must tread very lightly indeed. One of the Claridge's kitchen porters is found dead - strangled. He was a recent employee who claimed to be Romanian, but evidence suggests he may have been German. Detective Chief Inspector Coburg has to find out exactly who he was, and what he was doing at Claridge's under a false identity. Once he has established those facts, he might get an insight into why he was killed, and who by. Coburg's job is complicated by the fact that so many of the hotel's residents are exiled European royalty. King George of Greece is registered as 'Mr Brown' and even the Duke of Windsor is staying, though without Wallis Simpson. Clandestine affairs, furtive goings-on and conspiracies against the government: Coburg must tread very lightly indeed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Eldridge, Jim, 1944-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2023.<br />324 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.<br />Hotel mysteries series ; 3.<br /><br />Long Crendon Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275846<br /> Dreamland [text(large print)] / Nicholas Sparks. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457977&CF=BIB Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down, making him wonder if the responsibilities he has shouldered need dictate his life forever. The daughter of affluent Chicago doctors, Morgan has graduated from a prestigious college music program with the ambition to move to Nashville and become a star. Romantically and musically, she and Colby complete each other in a way that neither has ever known. Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down, making him wonder if the responsibilities he has shouldered need dictate his life forever. The daughter of affluent Chicago doctors, Morgan has graduated from a prestigious college music program with the ambition to move to Nashville and become a star. Romantically and musically, she and Colby complete each other in a way that neither has ever known.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sparks, Nicholas<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2023.<br />384 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Chesham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Available - 95100000275849<br /> Desert star [text(large print)] / Michael Connelly. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5457978&CF=BIB A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralisation, and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving 'the Late Show' to rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him but that he hasn't been able to crack - the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come work with her as a volunteer investigator in the new Open-Unsolved Unit, and he can pursue his 'white whale' with the resources of the LAPD behind him. The two must put aside old resentments to work together again and close in on a dangerous killer. A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralisation, and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving 'the Late Show' to rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him but that he hasn't been able to crack - the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come work with her as a volunteer investigator in the new Open-Unsolved Unit, and he can pursue his 'white whale' with the resources of the LAPD behind him. The two must put aside old resentments to work together again and close in on a dangerous killer.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Connelly, Michael, 1956-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2023.<br />396 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: large print - Onloan - Due: 25 Jan 2024 - 95100000275845<br />