An antiques dealer is burned with a blowtorch & executed with a single shot to the back of the head. The only clues at the scene are a scrap of paper & an unusual choice of gun. Ex-cop Zatopek ` Zed` van Heerden has just seven days to solve the case
- an almost impossible task made even harder when he discovers that, until a few years ago, there was no proof that the victim even existed.. .
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ONE COP. ONE KILLER. TWO CAPTIVES OF THE PAST. Mat Joubert, once a rising star of the South African police force, had it all. Then his wife was murdered, & his hopes died with her. Alcoholic, depressed & overweight, he is a shadow of his former self. Then a new killer appears on the streets of Cape Town, murdering at random. Mat throws himself into the case, viewing it as his last chance for redemption. But, as their shared desire for revenge threatens to destroy both him & the mysterious killer he is hunting, Mat soon learns that he is not the only one with ghosts to lay to rest.. . ...

In these stories from issues numbered 1-6, Charles & Edwin begin to unravel the mysteries of their own demise while trying to protect tech-savvy sleuth Crystal from a similar fate. It also

Includes:: the short stories ” Run Ragged” from Witching Hour numbered 1, Ghosts numbered 1, & Time Warp numbered 1.

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Simon Schama, the author of The Embarrassment of Riches & Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the speculations surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify
- the unpredictable history of stories. On 13 September 1759, General James Wolfe, having led the British troops up the St Lawrence to victory in the Battle of Quebec, died on the Heights of Abraham. Schama examines this death, & how Wolfe was made to die again
- through the spectacular painting by Benjamin West, & through the writings of the 19th-century historian Francis Parkman. Schama's second death concerns Parkman's uncle, George Parkman of Harvard Medical College, who disappeared in 1849 in mysterious circumstances & who was rumoured to have been murdered by a colleague. Through these incidents, Schama sheds light on the writing of history, the history of history, & the relationship of story to history.

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Isaac, a young Australian photographer, is travelling through Europe. His whole life he has longed for the sophistication & wealth of the Europe of his father`s stories, the Europe at the centre of civilization & culture. But behind the facade of a unified & globalized contemporary society, he finds a history-blasted wastel&, a place forever condemned by the ghosts of its unspeakable past. In the mountain village in the Balkans where his mother was born, he unearths ancient terrors that have not been laid to rest, & perhaps never can be. Part long-forgotten myth, part meditation on the violence & tragedy of contemporary Europe, Dead Europe is an unsettling story about blood lust & blood revenge; a novel of blazing brilliance from the acclaimed author of The Slap. ...

Dead Lands is a thrilling crime story set in the 1970s. When a woman`s body is found a special team is called in to investigate & prime suspect Alex Troy is arrested for the murder. Desperate to remain a free man, Troy protests his innocence, but refuses to use his alibi. Trying to protect the woman he loves becomes a dangerous game
- questions are asked & suspicions deepen. When the prime suspect completes a daring escape from custody, DI Breck & DS Kearns begin the hunt. Breck wants out of the force while Kearns has her own agenda & seeks revenge. Breck has his suspicions & she wants to keep it from him, & a right-wing march provides an explosive backdrop to their hunt for Troy. Lloyd Otis brings a startling account of the past back to life over a burgeoning `70s landscape, & delivers a thrilling piece of crime fiction that will excite any fan of the genre.
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At nightfall on June 22, 1965, a soldier walked in from the outskirts of a small town in the Dominican Republic & reported that he had just shot & killed two policemen & an outspoken Canadian Catholic priest. It was the opening scene in a mystery that, forty years later, compels J. B. Mac Kinnon, a nephew of the murdered missionary, to investigate what many believe was a carefully plotted assassination. ” Dead Man in Paradise” is a true story with the suspense of a classic mystery novel, the immediacy of reportage & the insight of a travelogue. More than any of these, it is a personal examination of one of the gravest challenges of our times: finding a balance between our longing to hold the guilty to account for their crimes & the deep human need to forgive. ...

'I like hourglasses, maps, eighteenth century typography, the roots of words, the taste of coffee & the prose of Stevenson' said Jorge Luis Borges. Inspired by Borges & a chance discovery in a second hand bookshop, Nicholas Rankin became enthralled with Robert Louis Stevenson, the man & his works. When he died in Western Samoa in 1894 at the age of forty four, Stevenson was already a legend. Nearly a century later Nicholas Rankin followed in his footsteps from Ediunburgh to the South Seas. This meticulously researched, deliciously gossipy book is the result. ...

Dead Man`s Blues is the gripping historical crime novel from Ray Celestin, the author of The Axeman`s Jazz, winner of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for Best First Novel 2014. Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat three investigations begin.. . Pinkerton detectives Michael Talbot & Ida Davis are hired to locate a missing heiress. But it proves harder than expected to find a woman known across the city. After being called to a gruesome murder in Chicago`s violent Black Belt, crime-scene photographer Jacob Russo can`t get the dead man`s image out of his head, & decides to track down the culprit himself. & with a group of city leaders poisoned at the Ritz, Dante Sanfelippo
- rum-runner & fixer
- is called in by Al Capone to discover whether someone is trying to bring down his empire. As the three parties edge closer to the truth, their paths will cross & their lives will be threatened. But will any of them find the answers they need in the city of blues, booze & brutality?

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In the newly adapted & stylish new comic book, Poirot is called to investigate when a charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing… Sir George & Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fête, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise their murder hunt. Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance. Instinctively, she senses that something sinister is about to happen… Beware – nobody is quite what they seem! Famed for her crime masterpieces, Agatha Christie’s books have become the best-selling in the world, appealing to readers young & old for their ingenious plots & immediately recognizable characters. The stories have also transcended the printed page, become bestselling audiobooks & award-winning films, plays & television series. Now words & pictures combine in an exciting new way of telling these stories – full-colour graphic novels which enhance the original stories & offer a completely new way of enjoying some of the world’s most popular & exciting mysteries. ...