Drums of War, The (Large Print)

Roy Clews

Literature & Fiction

F.A. Thorpe

"Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him..." Graham Greene's chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh. Responsible for the razor slashes that killed mob boss Kite and also for the death of Hale, a reporter who threatened the livelihood of the mob, Pinkie is the embodiment of calculated evil. As a Catholic, however, Pinkie is convinced that his retribution does not lie in human hands. He is therefore not prepared for Ida Arnold, Hale's avenging angel. Ida, whose allegiance is with life, the here and now, has her own ideas about the circumstances surrounding Hale's death. For the sheer joy of it, she takes up the challenge of bringing the infernal Pinkie to an earthly kind of justice. This Penguin Classics Deluxe edition features an introduction by J. M. Coetzee.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Brighton Rock (Large Print)

Graham. Greene

Literary

Winter People

PHYLLIS A. WHITNEY

Contemporary

January, 1944 When the British light cruiser Andromeda arrives at Williamstown naval dockyard to be handed over to the Royal Australian Navy, she is already a legend—having earned her young captain, Richard Blake, the Victoria Cross in her last victory against overwhelming odds in the Mediterranean.Blake has grown to love Andromeda, so has few regrets when he is unexpectedly told to retain his command with a British and Australian ship’s company. At this crucial time of the war, with the Allies advancing on almost every front, comes the startling news that a heavily armed German raider is at large in the Indian Ocean, stalking supply ships and destroying any unescorted vessel.As the toll of lives and ships mounts, Blake is ordered to seek out and destroy the raider—the ship which must die.

Ship Must Die

DOUGLAS REEMAN

Genre Fiction

Love in a Cloud

Walker, Lucy

Niagara Falls All over Again

Elizabeth McCracken

When a double murder is suddenly committed in the Oxfordshire village where young Ken and Meg Clifton spend their school holidays, there seems little motive for either death, and no connection between the two.  The general opinion is that the village contains a homicidal maniac.  Mrs Bradley thinks otherwise; but even with Meg and Ken's eager assistance, she can make little progress until her enquiries uncover the impudent impersonation of a man who died five years previously...

Late, Late In The Evening (LIN) (Linford Mystery Library)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

MITCHELL, Gladys

Mystery

The exile (Ulverscroft large print series)

PEARL S. BUCK

BELOW STAIRS

Biographies & Memoirs

Powell, Margaret

Community & Culture

Gideon's lot (Ulverscroft large print series)

J.J. Marric

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the F.A. Thorpe publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by F.A. Thorpe