A magnificent gyrfalcon, soaring in the air over rocky cliffs, is winged by a hunter and falls to earth wounded.  Rescued and taken to a nearby farmhouse, the bird's plight will irrevocably change the lives of her savior, Michael Somers, and the woman and child Somers comes to love.  Somers has returned to his hometown of Little River Bend to unlock the secrets of his own past -- secrets that drove him years ago to almost destroy his family in one night of senseless violence. Released from treatment, but shunned by his neighbors, Somers is determined to heal the bird and release her to freedom.  Watching from afar is a troubled little boy who lost his ability to speak after witnessing his father's death in a hunting accident. Slowly, an emotional bond grows between this lonely child, his mother, and the strange man who seems to have the ability to heal.  The three soon find themselves in terrible danger as the hunter who tried to kill the falcon stalks her again -- and plans to wreak vengeance on Somers.  Set in the majestic snow-covered spruce forests of the Pacific Northwest, this stunning literary debut explores the enduring strength of human compassion and the redemptive power of nature.

The Snow Falcon

Literature & Fiction

Harrison, Stuart

Contemporary

Harpercollins

A small New England fishing community is the setting for this compelling blend of suspense, adventure and romance, from the author of the highly successful THE SNOW FALCON.  On a dark night on an island off the coast of Maine, a shot is heard and a fisherman disappears. Despite the absence of a body, Ella Young is accused of murder and it falls to Matt Jones, the town's lawyer, to uncover the truth that will clear the woman he's in love with However it soon becomes apparent that Ella isn't tellng him everything she knows, and as the evidence mounts against her, Matt is forced to question his belief in her innocence. A beautiful summer visitor adds further confusion when Matt finds she knew the missing man better than she admits, and that she and Ella share an impenetrable secret. What begins as a straightforward investigation is soon caught up in the rivalries of local politics and a bitter conflict between one faction that wants to change the island's traditional way of life and another, led by Ella, that values the delicate balance between man and the sea. Against this seething background comes the reappearance of valuable bluefin tuna in the gulf, along with their natural predators, a pod of orcas. As the struggling community attempts to exploit this piece of seeming good fortune, everything is set for an explosive drama.

Still Water

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Thrilling contemporary novel from the author of THE SNOW FALCON and STILL WATER. What could be better than this...To all appearances, Nick has an eviable life: his own advertising company, comfortable house in a desirable area of San Francisco, car to die for and, above all, a gorgeous wife whom he loves more than anything. But he knows that the company could fold if his latest pitch isn't successful. Trouble is, he's neglected to mention this to his wife or best friend and business partner. When they find out, they start to see him in a different light and a fatal distrust creeps in.Oblivious to everything but the need to succeed, Nick can't see what's happening to the rest of his life. Inexorably, the destructive momentum grows and Nick is left desperately pinning his hopes on one impossible scheme. How far will he go to save his marriage? Theft? Murder? Will it really lead to something better than this?

Better Than This

Still water

A small New England fishing community is the setting for this compelling blend of suspense, adventure and romance, from the author of the highly successful THE SNOW FALCON. On a dark night on an island off the coast of Maine, a shot is heard and a fisherman disappears. Despite the absence of a body, Ella Young is accused of murder and it falls to Matt Jones, the town's lawyer, to uncover the truth that will clear the woman he's in love with However it soon becomes apparent that Ella isn't tellng him everything she knows, and as the evidence mounts against her, Matt is forced to question his belief in her innocence. A beautiful summer visitor adds further confusion when Matt finds she knew the missing man better than she admits, and that she and Ella share an impenetrable secret. What begins as a straightforward investigation is soon caught up in the rivalries of local politics and a bitter conflict between one faction that wants to change the island's traditional way of life and another, led by Ella, that values the delicate balance between man and the sea. Against this seething background comes the reappearance of valuable bluefin tuna in the gulf, along with their natural predators, a pod of orcas. As the struggling community attempts to exploit this piece of seeming good fortune, everything is set for an explosive drama.

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

Suspense, intrigue and a classic love triangle set against the brooding atmosphere of a remote tarn in the Lake District, from the author of STILL WATER. Teenage Adam is uprooted from London to Cumbria when his stepfather gets a job as a forestry manager. Seen as an outsider by the locals, Adam struggles to make friends, but succeeds with David and Angela. Yet when a young girl disappears the community closes rank, and Adam is left with no-one to share his suspicions with. As soon as he can, he leaves. Years later, and Adam is a successful investigative journalist. He's offered the chance to follow up an accident in which three young ecological protesters were killed, when the official version doesn't quite answer all the facts. He doesn't tell his editor that he knows the forest only too well...

Lost Summer

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

Suspense, intrigue and a classic love triangle set against the brooding atmosphere of a remote tarn in the Lake District, from the author of STILL WATER.
Adam Turner is an investigative journalist plagued by the memory of a girl who vanished from the town where he grew up. When he is asked to look into a suspicious car accident in which three students were killed, he sees a chance to exorcise the demons that have haunted him since his youth.
Past and present rapidly collide as Adam finds himself in conflict with the friend who once betrayed him and the very emotions he’s tried to avoid for years come rapidly to the surface. Amid the rugged landscape of the fells and the surrounding forests the tension escalates, breeding violence…

A novel of romantic suspense, set on the beautiful Greek island of Ithaca, from the author of STILL WATER and THE SNOW FALCON.
When Robert French travels to the Greek island of Ithaca after his archaeologist father goes missing, he meets Alex, a young woman in search of her roots and the truth about her grandmother's exile from the island sixty years earlier. Gradually it seems possible that there is a link between an ancient treasure that Robert's father spent many years searching for and the tragic events surrounding Alex's grandmother during the Second World War.
But the beautiful tranquillity of the island is deceptive. Suddenly Alex vanishes, and Robert is embroiled in a desperate search, for the woman and for the solution that had evaded his father. To find the truth he must come to understand his own past and learn to face the troubled relationships that have dominated his life.
Atmospheric, tense and compelling, this blend of classical myth with ancient and recent history creates a memorable and thrilling novel.

Aphrodite’s Smile

British & Irish

From its foundation in 1132, Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire was home to as many as 650 monks, and became one of the most important Cistercian abbeys, both architecturally and spiritually. This, the first architectural study of the abbey, as well as a review of its 800 year history, looks at the building itself, and the surrounding structures and landscape. Through photographs, plans and reconstructions, Fergusson and Harrison make a detailed study of the infirmary, the walled precinct, the service buildings, and the church itself, producing an historical interpretation of history and function in terms of the abbey's religious and domestic life.

Rievaulx Abbey: Community, Architecture, Memory (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)

Arts & Photography

Fergusson, Peter

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Michael Somers, a small-town man avoided by his neighbors after he tried to destroy his family, rescues and nurses a wounded gyrfalcon, and in the process, develops a deep and healing connection with a troubled boy and his mother

Romance

St Martins Pr

Michael Somers, a smalltown man avoided by his neighbors after he tried to destroy his family, rescues and nurses a wounded gyrfalcon, and in the process, develops a deep and healing connection with a troubled boy and his mother. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Griffin

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The Snow Falcon

Still Water

Better Than This

Still Water

Lost Summer

Lost Summer

Aphrodite’s Smile

Rievaulx Abbey: Community, Architecture, Memory (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)

The Snow Falcon

The Snow Falcon