A boy has been crucified in Galway city.

People are shocked; the broadsheets debate how the brutal death reflects the state

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cross /krôs/ n., v., & adj.

1 an ancient instrument of torture
2 in a very bad


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A boy has been crucified in Galway city.

People are shocked; the broadsheets debate how the brutal death reflects the state

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An orthodox Jew is found shot dead in Montreal, the mutilated body is barely recognisable.

Extreme heat has accelerated

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No one has a better perspective on life on both sides of the channel than Julian Barnes. In these exquisitely crafted stories spanning several centuries, he takes as his universal theme the British in France; from the last days of a reclusive English composer, the beef consuming 'navvies' labouring on the Paris-Rouen railway to a lonely woman mourning the death of her brother on the battlefields of the Somme.

Clever, wise, reflective & imaginative, these stories are permeated with understanding of what it has meant for generations from these islands to cross the Channel.

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When Detective Alex Cross is called to investigate a massacre-style murder scene, he is shocked to find that one of the victims is an old friend. Angry, grieving, & more determined than ever, Cross begins the hunt for the perpetrators of this vicious crime. He is drawn into a dangerous underworld right in the heart of Washington DC that leads him on a life-threatening journey to the Niger Delta, where heroin dealing, slave trading & corruption are rife.

At the centre of this terrifying world, Cross finds the Tiger

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When Detective Alex Cross is called to investigate a massacre-style murder scene, he is shocked to find that one of the victims is an old friend. Angry, grieving, & more determined than ever, Cross begins the hunt for the perpetrators of this vicious crime. He is drawn into a dangerous underworld right in the heart of Washington DC that leads him on a life-threatening journey to the Niger Delta, where heroin dealing, slave trading & corruption are rife.

At the centre of this terrifying world, Cross finds the Tiger

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When Alex Cross is called to investigate a massacre style murder scene, he is shocked to find that the victim is an old college friend. Determined, more than ever, to find the perpetrators, he is quickly taken on a thrilling & life-threatening journey into a Washington D.C. Nigerian underworld where heroin dealing, a slave trade & oil & gas theft are all rife.

At the centre of this fearsome world, Cross finds the Tiger, the psychopathic leader of a terrifying gang. As the Tiger is on the prowl, showing no mercy to others, Alex Cross is hot on his heels in a chase that takes him to Africa & finds him not only hunting for a horrific killer but also fighting for his own survival.

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