Murder by the BarrelLesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its eighteenth instalment. When the sleepy village of Steeple Martin announces its first beer festival the locals are excited. Beer sun and music what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out a lot. An unexpected death shakes the village and it's up to Libby Sarjeant to solve the puzzle. Or at least she thinks it is. The police may have a slightly different idea of

is seen fleeing from the scene and charged with the murder

Many of these assignments come straight from the creative writing classes of celebrated novelists like Ethan Canin

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The Elephant of Belfast is deeply emotive

Then just as you're ready to give up along comes a book that makes sense of a political time like none that have come before

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and how Moses grew up to become a great leader

The Real Brazil is a great place to start

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