Joanna Scanlan
Author
Series
Larkins volume 4
Description
It's strawberry picking season, and despite being left to the wiles of Pauline, Lil, and Pol, Charley enjoys himself, even though he is dispirited to see Tom make his move on Mariette. Determined to stay in the running, Charley decides to resign from the tax office. Meanwhile, Pop learns the train station will be closed down and sets about trying to save it.
Author
Series
Larkins volume 2
Description
Mariette has agreed to stay for the summer, but her heart is being pulled between Charley the tax man and Tom Fisher. Love must take a back seat as the Larkins convince Charley that they don't need to sell the farm to pay their back tax. While Pop makes an offer to the Bluff-Gores for their country pile, Charley grows furious that Mariette has tried to fool him with her charms.
Author
Series
Larkins volume 1
Description
Plans for the May Day Fair are underway in the village, but everything is not as peaceful as it appears. Mariette is keen to leave home and see the world; Ma and Pop are devastated and doing their best to convince her to stay. Meanwhile, Ma is furious that village gossip suggests Pop is uncultured and illiterate, so he buys her a Rolls Royce to help rectify matters. But then the tax man arrives.
Author
Series
Larkins volume 3
Description
Worried that Pop is working too hard, Ma books a weekend in Margate. Charley and Mariette are left to mind the kids and sort out the new TV aerial. Meantime, Tom Fisher is making his move and asks Mariette on a date, much to Charley's chagrin. Margate is a bit of a letdown, but Ma and Pop try to make the best of it, despite an incident with Ma's new tangerine swimsuit.
Author
Series
Larkins volume 6
Description
The Larkins dash to the railway station to stall Mariette's departure to France. They convince her to stay for a donkey derby/gymkhana and cocktail party in a few days. The pressure is on for the Larkins-this has to be a magical social event that will change Mariette's mind.
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Series
Larkins volume 7
Description
The Larkins are preparing for Christmas, but there's been an ongoing spate of burglaries in the village. Pop and Ma are overjoyed to have Mariette and Charley back for Christmas, but when Charley's parents arrive, chaos descends on the Larkins' farm.
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Series
Larkins volume 5
Description
With the imminent arrival of her sister, Ma is cleaning like a demon. Bertha and her family are firm suburbanites who despise the countryside and in particular dirt and animals. Things aren't going very well between Mariette and Charley, so Tom makes his move. Meanwhile, Tom's plans for Bluff Court are speeding ahead, and Ma and Bertha do some speeding of their own in a not-so-sisterly road race.
8) Puppy Love
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (176 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Featuring a weird and wonderful set of characters, this kind-hearted comedy is set firmly in a dog-centric world, and explores all the oddities and foibles of people obsessed with their canine companions. Centred on a dog training class, Puppy Love follows two very different women - Nana V and Naomi Singh - as they contend with headstrong dogs, impossible teenage kids and disappointing husbands. From crazed cat-lovers and over-zealous policemen to...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (390 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charismatic DI Vivienne Deering leads an ace but unorthodox squad that tackles Manchester's most gruesome and off-the-wall crimes, including drug dealers, neo-Nazis, and black-market organ sellers. When strong-willed DC Dinah Kowalska connects a body at the morgue to a group of murdered girls with Down's syndrome, Viv and her team begin the hunt for a serial killer. What they uncover could leave even the most seasoned officers reeling.
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (337 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DI Vivienne Deering returns to work from bereavement leave after her husband's death, but only Viv's impulsive subordinate, DC Dinah Kowalska, knows the brutal truth of what really happened to him. Then in her first week back, a bomb blast at a funeral plunges Deering and her team headfirst into a gang war inflamed by a crime family matriarch who is just as ferocious as Deering herself.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (279 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DI Vivienne Deering and her team provide security at a contentious election debate, but tragedy strikes when a shooter attempts to assassinate one of the candidates. Deering and her right-hand woman, DC Dinah Kowalska, vow to apprehend the culprit, despite warnings from their superiors that the investigation could jeopardize an undercover officer who has infiltrated an extreme right-wing group.
12) Tulip fever
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.
Author
Series
No Offence volume 5
Description
Deering and the team have a new boss, DCI Taylor, who is implementing a new hardline agenda. While avoiding Taylor's interference, the team focus on trying to engineer a face-to-face meeting with Beckett. But will it end in more tragedy?
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Series
No Offence volume 4
Description
Deering and the team have 48 hours to get Dennis to betray his best friend and turn police informant. Dennis won't budge, but when Viv tunnels down to his deepest insecurities, she unleashes more than she could have bargained for.
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Series
No Offence volume 1
Description
A mayoral debate goes tragically awry when a deadly shooter enters the building. Viv and the team must race to catch the killer and try to understand what motivates his attempted assassination of an underdog mayoral candidate.
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Series
No Offence volume 2
Description
Beckett's next target is Manchester's children. Deering and the team must track down a poisoned batch of halal meat Beckett has unleashed on the city before it's too late. While on the hunt, Dinah discovers an undercover cop's explosive secret.
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Series
No Offence volume 3
Description
It's Election Day, and the team is on high alert. When a man is found dead, it seems Beckett's reign of terror is escalating. The team are right on Beckett's tail, however, as a meeting between him and his getaway driver promises to be the key to his capture.
Author
Series
No Offence volume 6
Description
Deering and the team have only one option left to them. They put a spectacular plan in motion to get justice once and for all. But the team's ingenious strategy is threatened when one of their own is kidnapped.