Lesley Sharp
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In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, they have also irrevocably altered perceptions of the cultural values assigned to the body. Organ transfer is rich terrain to investigate; especially in the...
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Police crime drama exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives. Detective Constable Rachel Bailey is 30, down-to-earth, noisy, argumentative and single. Her partner, Detective Constable Janet Scott, is 40, a diplomat and a thinker, as well as being a wife and mother. They both work for Manchester Metropolitan Police's prestigious Murder Investigation Team and, despite the obvious differences between them, the fact that they...
3) Nature Boy
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A powerful drama of a young man's search for acceptance and love in contemporary Britain. David, a troubled teenager, flees his foster family and native town, and embarks on a journey to find his real father. In so doing, he leaves behind a stunning nature reserve, the only place where he can feel at peace. His epic quest brings him into contact, in turn, with three extraordinary young women: the doomed young teenager, Anne Marie; Jenny, a spirited...
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Alison accepts that the spirits she has seen since she was a child will never leave her. After nearly dying during a seance in which she was inhabited by the spirit of Robert's dead son, she determines that the dead should not dictate her life and she wants to help the living. Robert, meanwhile, is in turmoil. Once a total skeptic, his beliefs have been shaken by what he witnessed at the seance and he now struggles to make sense of his life.
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"From UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him. Can you stop a murder after it's already happened? Late October. After midnight. You're waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He's late. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn't alone: he's...
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Scott and Bailey volume 2
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When the killers change the rules of their sick game, Rachel's safety is in question. As a police officer, Janet is powerless to protect her daughter but she knows she needs to stop the madness.
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Scott and Bailey volume 1
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Rachel steps up to Acting DI on a case that becomes bigger and more sinister than it first seemed. Glad of Rachel's return, Janet couldn't have known how much she was going to need her friend.
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Scott and Bailey volume 3
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As the team makes a significant breakthrough in the case, Rachel's position as Acting DI is jeopardized. Janet's attempt to help Taisie results in a complaint, rocking her faith in justice.
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Scott and Bailey volume 5
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Having realized her marriage is a mistake, Rachel is still staying at Janet's and making excuses for her absence, but Sean isn't prepared to accept that things have gone so wrong, so quickly. Meanwhile, the investigation into Joe Bevan continues.
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Scott and Bailey volume 3
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The detectives investigate the murder of a wealthy man whose double life left him vulnerable to exploitation. Away from work, Rachel's recent moment of indiscretion threatens to come back to haunt her when a confused Sean takes a phone call from her one-night stand.
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Scott and Bailey volume 1
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Battle-scarred from their conflict, Rachel and Janet are determined to move forward. Rachel aims to give her career her best shot, and not be bogged down by the chaos of her personal life, while Janet wants the opportunities she feels she deserves. Scott and Bailey find themselves in front of the promotions board, being interviewed for the post of sergeant.
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Silk volume 3
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After promising that the chaos of her personal life was behind her, Rachel is torn when she discovers that her mother's new boyfriend is a violent domestic abuser. Janet goes on her first date, but gets cold feet at the last minute. The murder of a gay man has all the markings of a hate crime, but why is his friend struggling to answer some simple questions?
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Scott and Bailey volume 6
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Troubled by Gill's comments about her relationship with Will Pemberton, Rachel gets cold feet about accompanying him to an awards ceremony. When a couple are shot at close range in their pub in the early hours, their son Simon feels utterly alone, having lost his sister Carla when he was three.
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Scott and Bailey volume 5
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Unable to get over being second choice for the sergeant's job, Rachel punishes Janet for not telling her. After Elise moves in with Ade, Janet feels inadequate as a mother although she has not given up on the idea of a boyfriend entirely. And when an unconscious baby is admitted to hospital, staff are concerned that his injuries do not match his parents' explanation.
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Scott and Bailey volume 1
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Called to the home of an elderly couple who haven't been seen for a while, Janet discovers Eunice Bevan's severed head at the bottom of the stairs, her body at the top, and her husband Joe in bed, emaciated and barely able to speak.
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Scott and Bailey volume 8
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With their friendship in tatters, the lack of communication between Rachel and Janet is making even the simplest of tasks difficult, and it takes a call about Gill's possible abduction to reunite them as a team.