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Thrilling debut 'Oxford Noir' novel, set in Morse's Oxford.'Fast-paced and Gripping' - Rosanna LeyIf you like Cara Hunter's 'Close to Home', you'll love 'Held to Ransom' too. A woman is missing and there is tension in the community. What can Emma do? Also for lovers of Sophie Hannah, Clare Macintosh, Emma Kavanagh and Elizabeth Haynes, and other crime thrillers.In the bustling and buzzing Cowley Road community in Oxford, tensions are brewing as anti-immigration feeling mounts. Up-and-coming journalist Emma Hawkins pleads for tolerance in her newspaper columns, but her passion puts her at odds with her outspoken editor Jamie… who’s more than a little irresistible to her. Then there's Andrei...is he friend or foe? Who can she trust?When a local newsagent with an intriguing past is violently abducted and the finger points at Romanian gangs, Emma is plunged into an investigation that could be the biggest story of her career – but is the ransom demand all it seems? And what dark secret is Jamie hiding?

McNeeley the Mouse lives under the stairs in the Turley's house. All is well, except that the Turleys like to eat a lot and don't like to exercise. Each time they go up or down the stairs, the boards creak more than the last time, and McNeeley is afraid that the roof of his own little house will cave in one day. So, McNeeley and his cousins must devise a plan to save his house, and maybe even save the Turleys at the same time!

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 Excerpt: ...Balmarirro the next night,. % Into the hand of Grant he fell, Who made him pris'ner, as they tell. And to the Duke fent him alto, Who foon to London made him go. And with him many a hundred more, To Jinglifli jails and London-tower,: ".. Cargoes by fea were fent away: But to return ne'er faw the day. Now Charlie fafe to Bad'-iioch rode, Where council held, and they conclude, That all of them mould fcp'rate be, And diif'rent ways for fafety flee, For the miscarriage of their plau, They blam'd both Murray and Sullivan, For lending tome brave Clans away, A hunting of the Gamke that day. Earl Cromrtie and hundreds more, Were taken that morning before, Being fent home to his own countrie, For raifmg men and more fupplie. Lord Rae's miliüa, hearing this, Upon him came at unawaies: As each mischief follow'd another, Things went to wreck juft altogether. Their parting was at Badendcfi, With wat'ry eyes and loud Och hocb: Their bag-pipes mournfully did rere, And Piiierotrb bhonail was no more, This was a day of lamentation, Made muny brave men leave their nationi Their eyes were open'df all was vain, Now gnef and farrow was their §aiu. CHAP' X. Charles $igU, Arrival is the I/let. Hard/hi i hidings and narrow efcape; ' TH E Printe from Badenoch that night, Over the mountains took his flight, With only fix Hi's company, And one who ied them on the Way, O'er many a rock, thro' glens they past, ' A"d to Inyergaiy came at last,,; About two buntf ere break of day; But none within that h6ule did stay, Only one fervant, the iaird being gone, Bed or provifions there was none: No drink but water to be had, On the cold' floor he made his bed, All in their clothes thus fleeping lay,. Till near the middle of the day:. '. Having had,no fleep five nights before...

Excerpt from An Impartial History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the Late Rebellion in Britain, in the Years 1745 and 1746: Giving an Account of Every Battle, Skirmish, and Siege, From the Time of the Pretender's Coming Out of France, Until He Landed in France Again; With Plans of the Battles of Prestonfans, Clifton, Falkirk, and Culloden Introduction and Origin of the for. Charler' landing in Scotland on! March to Tram-ar. N the year fe'enteen hundred and fortypne, An imperious and bloody war began, Amonglt the kings and queens in Germany, Who lhould the Roman Emperor be. French and Pruflians did Jointly go, The Hun arian queen to overthrn'; But Britili, Hanoverians, and Dutch, Efpons'd her caufe, and that too much, From year to year, the flame it grew, Till armies to the field they drew. At Bettingen and Fontenoy, Did many thoufand lives defiroy. And then the French, they form'd a plan, To animate our Highland clan, l] Ending the Pnerender's I'on To'eiaim Great Britino as his own; Which Drew the Britilh forces back, t made the German war to hack. Math of July, forty-five, m-m'a mto aét, they drive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from An Impartial History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the Late Rebellion in Britain, in the Years 1745 and 1746: Giving an Account of Every Battle, Skirmish, and Siege, From the Time of the Pretender's Coming Out of France, Until He Landed in France Again; With Plans of the Battles of Prestonfans, Clifton, Falkirk, and CullodenIntroduction and Origin of the for. Cbarlu' landing in Scotland and March to Treat-ar.N the year fe'enteen hundred and fortypne, An imperious and bloody war began, Amonglt the kings and queens in Germany, Who ihould the Roman Emperor be. Punch and Pruflians did Jointly go, The Hun arian queen to overthrn'; But Britilir, Hanoverians, and Dutch, Efpons'd her caufe, and that too much, From year to year, the flame it grew, Til! Armies to the field they drew. At Bettingen and Fontenoy, Did many thoufand lives defiroy. And then the French, they form'd a plan, To animate our Highland clan, l] Ending the Pretender's I'on To'ciaim Great Britian as his own; Which Drew the Britilh forces hack, t made the German war to hack. Math of July, forty-five, flint mto aét, they drive.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Thrilling debut 'Oxford Noir' novel, set in Morse's Oxford. 'Fast-paced and Gripping' - Rosanna Ley If you like Cara Hunter's 'Close to Home', you'll love 'Held to Ransom' too. A woman is missing and there is tension in the community. What can Emma do? Also for lovers of Sophie Hannah, Clare Macintosh, Emma Kavanagh and Elizabeth Haynes, and other crime thrillers. In the bustling and buzzing Cowley Road community in Oxford, tensions are brewing as anti-immigration feeling mounts. Up-and-coming journalist Emma Hawkins pleads for tolerance in her newspaper columns, but her passion puts her at odds with her outspoken editor Jamie… who’s more than a little irresistible to her. Then there's Andrei...is he friend or foe? Who can she trust? When a local newsagent with an intriguing past is violently abducted and the finger points at Romanian gangs, Emma is plunged into an investigation that could be the biggest story of her career – but is the ransom demand all it seems? And what dark secret is Jamie hiding?