Haunting novel about time and identity set in post-war 'fast set' Britain.  A brilliant new novel that is quite different from the wonderful Ferney but which has some of the same qualities. Memory and coincidence play a strong part as the narrator, himself trying to escape a passionate relationship, endeavours to piece together the remarkable life of the man who used to own an old trunk, stuffed with letters, bought in a street market. Racing driver, lover, officer, but maybe not gentleman, con-man, liar, thief -- as the fascinating portrait of the trunk's owner evolves, so the narrator is drawn deeper and deeper into a story with strange connections to his own life.

Knowing Max

Literature & Fiction

James Long

Contemporary

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Though Gally Martin has the unfailing love and support of her husband Mike, she has always known a deep yearning for something else. When Mike and Gally pass through the small country village of Penselwood on a house-hunting excursion, they discover an abandoned house and an elderly neighbor named Ferney. The moment Gally sees Ferney and the home, she feels the tremors of a long-dormant emotion stirring in her core. Desperate soothe the anxieties that have always haunted Gally--and overlooking the strange Ferney--Mike agrees to buy the dilapidated home. While the house seems to bring Gally a newfound sense of stability, she is alternately intrigued and troubled by the aged Ferney--she feels an enormous pull toward him but cannot understand his allure or her growing sense of betrayal. How can she be so attracted to such a strange, older man? When Ferney begins to tell Gally of his past, she feels her confusion growing. He describes a mysterious relationship that transcends time, a connection stronger than that of siblings or even lovers. Unable to reject his words or ignore the ephemeral evidence in her own memory, Gally must test her heart and wager her destiny. Merrily skipping along the history of the past millennium, James Long's Ferney spends just enough time in each significant historical period to have the immortal lovers unite, experience the pertinent social or political issues of the day, and pass on. Frank dialogue, rich descriptions, and the exploration of the concepts and consequence of destiny make this novel a special treat for the head as well as the heart. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien

Ferney

Harper-collins Publishers

‘JESUS GOD, STEVE. HE’S DEAD. THEY’VE GONE AND KILLED HIM.’\nIn the thick of a West End riot, three hooded men attack respected BBC reporter Steve Ross – and kill his cameraman friend, stealing every scrap of his equipment. The police insist the murderer was a rioter intent on removing video evidence. Steve’s instincts tell him otherwise. But who could want a clumsy, outdated TV camera badly enough to kill?\nAmid the discreet respectability and laundered money of the Swiss cantons sits a profiteer of apartheid who knows the answer. His unwilling detainee is a Colombian explosives expert whose beauty is as incendiary as her deadly services. And Steve’s determination to discover the truth draws him into a nexus of international terrorism that his investigative powers could barely have predicted.\n‘I loved Hard News . James Long grabs you by the scruff of the neck, yanks you behind the scenes and grinds your face in the grubby world of TV News and its raw material. He writes with killer pace and total authority. Do not start this book if you are planning an early night’ – Sam Llewellyn

Hard News

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Signet Books

PLOT AGAINST PEPYS

Biographies & Memoirs

Faber and Faber

Four Early Works on Motivation

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jeremy, Bentham

Francis Hutcheson

Psychology & Counseling

Scholars' Facsimilies & Reprint

Eastern Proverbs and Emblems

Taylor&Francis

Cheese and Cheese-Making, Butter and Milk, with Special Reference to Continental Fancy Cheeses

General Books LLC

One of the most brilliant timeslip novels ever written,Ferney will appeal to fans of The Time Traveller's Wife and Life After Life. When Mike and Gally Martin move to a cottage in Somerset, it's to make a new start. But the relationship comes under strain when Gally forms an increasingly close attachment to an old countryman, Ferney, who seems to know everything about her. What is it that draws them together? Reluctantly at first, then with more urgency as he feels time slipping away, Ferney compels Gally to understand their connection - and to face an inexplicable truth about their shared past. A passionate love story that spans the centuries, fall under the spell of Ferney.

Simon Schuster Ltd

The Pepys Conspiracy

Unknown, Author

Simon & Schuster, Limited

A novel for anyone who's ever believed that two people are destined for each other, that passion has no end, and that true love never dies... It was an accidental detour inspired by one of Gally's frequent panic attacks that sent her husband, Mike, down a twisting lane to the abandoned country cottage. From the moment she saw it, Gally felt a peace she hadn't known in years and the inexplicable sense that she had finally come home. As her husband works at their new home's restoration, Gally finds herself growing unexpectedly close to an eighty-three-year-old man named Ferney. How could she become so attached to a virtual stranger? And why does Ferney seem to know her better than she knows herself? Through Ferney's old stories Gally finds herself transported to a distant past where two lovers made a vow even death could not break. Soon Gally will face a life-and-death dilemma that has followed her and Ferney down through the centuries. It will be a moment of decision that will forever change not only their lives but the lives of all they touch.

Quercus

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