Investigative journalist, Laurie Forbes, is planning her wedding to Elliot Russell, when she receives a tip-off that a group of illegally smuggled women is being held somewhere in the East End of London.

During her search unexpected & devastating events begin throwing her own life into chaos, so fellow journalist, Sherry Mac Elvoy steps in to help. Taking on undercover roles to get to the heart of the ruthless gang of human-traffickers, neither reporter can even begin to imagine what dangers they are about to face.

Neela is one of the helpless Indian girls being held in captivity. Her fear is not only for herself, but her six-year-old niece, Shaila. A disfiguring birthmark has so far saved Neela from the abuse, but she knows it is only a matter of time before she is sent for
- & worse, before Shaila is taken. Her desperate bids to seek outside help are constantly thwarted, until finally she, & the women with her, agree there is only one way out.. .

Intimate Strangers is a rich & engrossing story of intense love, heartbreak, terror & survival.






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Investigative journalist, Laurie Forbes, is planning her wedding to Elliot Russell, when she receives a tip-off that a group of illegally smuggled women is being held somewhere in the East End of London.

During her search unexpected & devastating events begin throwing her own life into chaos, so fellow journalist, Sherry Mac Elvoy steps in to help. Taking on undercover roles to get to the heart of the ruthless gang of human-traffickers, neither reporter can even begin to imagine what dangers they are about to face.

Neela is one of the helpless Indian girls being held in captivity. Her fear is not only for herself, but her six-year-old niece, Shaila. A disfiguring birthmark has so far saved Neela from the abuse, but she knows it is only a matter of time before she is sent for
- & worse, before Shaila is taken. Her desperate bids to seek outside help are constantly thwarted, until finally she, & the women with her, agree there is only one way out.. .




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Investigative journalist, Laurie Forbes, is planning her wedding to Elliot Russell, when she receives a tip-off that a group of illegally smuggled women is being held somewhere in the East End of London.

During her search unexpected & devastating events begin throwing her own life into chaos, so fellow journalist, Sherry Mac Elvoy steps in to help. Taking on undercover roles to get to the heart of the ruthless gang of human-traffickers, neither reporter can even begin to imagine what dangers they are about to face.

Neela is one of the helpless Indian girls being held in captivity. Her fear is not only for herself, but her six-year-old niece, Shaila. A disfiguring birthmark has so far saved Neela from the abuse, but she knows it is only a matter of time before she is sent for
- & worse, before Shaila is taken. Her desperate bids to seek outside help are constantly thwarted, until finally she, & the women with her, agree there is only one way out.. .

Intimate Strangers is a rich & engrossing story of intense love, heartbreak, terror & survival.






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Provocative & tender, passionate yet wary, the highly charged poems in Helen Farish's first collection testify to the complex nature of relationships with lovers, with family & with the self. The love poems explore moments of intense exposure, & within the erotic relation seek to carve out a voice adequate to the expression of female sexuality & desire. Within this framework, the body itself becomes a rich & compelling site of inquiry.

Posted throughout the collection like sentinels, poems on the death of the father draw the poet back home where grief mingles with surprising moments of grace or redemption. But whether the encounter concerns sudden loss or sudden blessing, constant throughout is a warm & boldly embodied lyric 'I' voice generously inviting the reader in.

Poised at life's mid-point, these haunting, haunted poems negotiate their emotional freight in carefully crafted forms which mediate between exposure & guardedness. Expertly charting the geographies of sex & love, the histories of childhood & grief, Intimates introduces a new poet of originality, honesty & singular power.



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In the stinking mud of a great tidal river, a body lies half submerged. Sir Tommy Best, adored British actor, has fallen to his death through a hole in the walkway above. The saintly Sir Tommy was friend to the starving & penniless, to kings & stars. He was also totally blind & reliant on his brilliant guide dog, Suzy. But she is nowhere to be found. It seems unimaginable that Suzy would have led him into danger, so is it murder? & where is she? When she finally turns up, it is only to deepen the mystery. She is stressed & tense & soon Chief Superintendent ' Fatso' & Detective Chief Inspector Ned realise that only one person in the force can possibly help. Kate, police dog handler extraordinaire, known affectionately as the Dog Tart, suggests they find Nick Parsons, who trained Suzy, in the hope that he can get the dog to lead them to the truth. The search for Nick Parsons culminates in a highly unusual plan, in which Ned will become blind for one night & with Suzy the guide dog, re-enact Sir Tommy Best's last fateful walk. The truth which they uncover is utterly horrible. ...

In the stinking mud of a great tidal river, a body lies half submerged. Sir Tommy Best, adored British actor, has fallen to his death through a hole in the walkway above. The saintly Sir Tommy was friend to the starving & penniless, to kings & stars. He was also totally blind & reliant on his brilliant guide dog, Suzy. But she is nowhere to be found. It seems unimaginable that Suzy would have led him into danger, so is it murder? & where is she? When she finally turns up, it is only to deepen the mystery. She is stressed & tense & soon Chief Superintendent ' Fatso' & Detective Chief Inspector Ned realise that only one person in the force can possibly help. Kate, police dog handler extraordinaire, known affectionately as the Dog Tart, suggests they find Nick Parsons, who trained Suzy, in the hope that he can get the dog to lead them to the truth. The search for Nick Parsons culminates in a highly unusual plan, in which Ned will become blind for one night & with Suzy the guide dog, re-enact Sir Tommy Best's last fateful walk. The truth which they uncover is utterly horrible. ...

The Minister for Defence is blown to smithereens in his car on a lonely road in the Brecon Beacons, where he has a weekend hideaway. DI Ned Bale is on the crime scene within seconds, but neither he nor forensics can work out how on earth the crime was committed, let alone who did it, or with what motive.

That is until one fingerprint is found on one tiny fragment of the explosive timing device. The fingerprint of Ned Bale's closest ally in the Force, dog handler Kate Baker. But how on earth could her fingerprint be on a terrorist's bomb. Far away on bomb disposal duty in Afghanistan, Kate has to be questioned.

But Kate herself has become involved with someone extremely plausible, attractive & dangerous. The mystery which unravels through this gripping thriller is completely unexpected.



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Only four men commanded Nazi extermination (as opposed to concentration) camps. Franz Stangl was one of the. Gitta Sereny's investigation of this man's mind, & of the influences which shaped him, has become a classic. Stangl commanded Treblinka & was found guilty of co-responsibility for the slaughter there of at least 900, 000 people. Sereny, after weeks of talk with him & months of further research, shows us this man as he saw himself, & 'as he was seen by many others, including his wife. She takes us sharply & deeply into hierarchy of the death camps; the experiences of the very few survivors, both inmates & guards. ' (Observer) ...

To many people, simply leaving the comforting security of dry land an d stepping onto a boat can be a terrifying ordeal. & to deliberately journey 10-20 miles offshore into hostile, powerful waters before diving down into those waters seeking untouched, virgin shipwrecks
- often in the pitch blackness of deep water
- seems incomprehensible. For Rod Mac Donald, however it has been an all-consuming passion since he first started diving in 1982.
Into the Abyss charts the dramatic highs & lows of Mac Donald's diving career; one that has been packed full of incident, drama & excitement & has taken him to all of the great shipwreck sites of the world. From the sunken Japanese Fleet at the bottom of Truk Lagoon & Palau in the Pacific to diving into the third largest whirlpool in the world
- The Corryvwrecken Whirlpool off the west coast of Scotland
- Mac Donald's work has taken him on a spell-binding journey beneath the seas, one that is now remarkably chronicled in this enthralling collection of diving experiences. Along the way, the excitement, the successes & the near tragic failures are reflected upon, & Mac Donald urges readers to overcome some of Man's deepest fears as he takes them on a journey deep into the abyss in search of long lost shipwrecks around the world.




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