COLD HARBOUR by Jack Higgins
        World War II. As D-day approaches, the Allied command learns of a German staff conference to be held in Brittany at the Chateau de Voincourt, where the Nazis will discuss their Atlantic Wall defense strategy. Knowledge of these plans could mean the difference between success and failure for the Allied invasion, and as luck would have it, the chateau happens to be the home of an undercover French Resistance agent, beautiful Anne-Marie Trevaunce, so there is every chance that the good guys will succeed in stealing them. When Anne-Marie is eliminated, it turns out that she has an identical twin sister living in England who is persuaded to take her place.

A TIME TO LOVE by Beryl Kingston
          Kingston’s workmanlike first novel is an English version of Abie’s Irish Rose. Ellie Murphy, child of a drunken father and toil-worn mother, grows up to become beautiful Miss Ellen White of London’s most fashionable emporium. David Cheifitz, only scion of an almost equally poor family of orthodox Jews, whose artistic talents earn him a job as an illustrator, falls in love at age 16 with a painting of the Lady of Shalott. At an exhibit of his own paintings, he glimpses his Beatrice in the even lovelier flesh, pursues her and, despite her reputation"Miss Ice White" makes her his own. 
          Because they are underage, they cannot marry without his father’s consent, grimly withheld because Ellie is a gentile. And even when his father yields, David’s mother remains adamant, refusing to visit Ellie or the children she produces. Difficulties over their different religions notwithstanding, they prosper until David, piqued by a domestic battle, enlists in the army in WW I. Slow moving until this point, the narrative now takes off, with Ellen’s gift of second sight providing an unexpected denouement. This, however, does not compensate for the daunting mixture of cockney and Yiddish dialogue, and the stock characters of cross-culture romance. 

FLYING FREE by Dan True
          Wildlife photographer Dan True got more than he bargained for when he agreed to raise an orphaned golden eagle chick. Having rescued her from a cliffside nest near his Texas home, he reluctantly found himself playing parent to the little eagle, who was always hungry – and who was soon not so little anymore. Yet before he knew it, the eaglet he named Lucy had won his heart. But could she ever learn to fly free with others of her kind?
          With engaging warmth and humour, Dan True shares the unexpected trials and triumphs of his efforts to help Lucy find her place in the wilderness.

CRACKDOWN by Bernard Cornwell
          To avoid the brittle theatrical world inhabited by his father, Nick Breakspear joined the Royal Marines. Now he is sailing the exotic islands, lagoons and reefs of the Bahamas, without a care in the world. 
          But dreams of paradise are shattered when he discovers a derelict yacht riddled with bullets. Nick reports it to the authorities. They tell him to leave the Bahamas. He doesn’t. Instead he accepts a bizarre proposal to take the cocaine-addicted children of a U.S. Senator on a "cruise-cure". A dangerous thing to do in an area infested by international drug-smugglers and bullet-ridden yachts. But the Senator is offering a price that he can’t refuse; a price that Nick, his girlfriend and a lot of other people may end up paying with their lives…..