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June 1808, and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full ...Now in command of HMS Lydia, a 36-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and ''to take, sink, burn or destroy'' the 50-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad ¿ or face court-martial. And as if he did not have enough trouble, Hornblower must also contend with the beguiling charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley ...This is the fifth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester''s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
When the luxury cruiser, hastily renamed Great Britain, berths in Kinloch harbour, the pressure is on DCI Jim Daley. The UK Government are taking a high-powered group of businessmen and women on a tour of the British isles, golfing and seeing the sights, as part of a push for global trade. But when one of the crew goes missing and an elderly local ornithologist disappears, will the pressure become too great?The arrival of a face from the past, sends Daley''s world into a tailspin. And the lives of the passengers and crew of SS Great Britain, as well as the country''s economic future are in jeopardy. DS Brian Scott comes to the fore, and replete with a temporary promotion, is once more ¿ most reluctantly, in his case ¿ back at sea.Daley faces a life and death struggle, but is this his last throw of the dice?
Phryne Fisher, scented and surprisingly ruthless, is not one to let sleuthing an horrific crime get in the way of an elegant dalliance.The redoubtable Phryne Fisher is holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of the Victorian mountain country. But the peaceful country surroundings mask danger. Her host is receiving death threats, lethal traps are set without explanation around the house and the parlourmaid is found strangled to death.What with the reappearance of the mysterious funerary urns, a pair of young lovers, an extremely eccentric swagman, an angry outcast heir, and the luscious Lin Chung, Phryne''s attention has definitely been caught.Phryne''s search for answers takes her deep into the dungeons of the house and of the limestone Buchan caves. But what will she find this time?
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