Forty-eight hours, that's what they reckon, isn't it? Forty-eight hours. If you don't find them in that, likely they're sodding dead..' A cabbie's been beaten up, there's a drunk & disorderly in the interview room & a possible child abuser on the way in. Nothing unusual there then, just a pretty normal Christmas holiday for DI Resnick & his team. Normal, that is, until Dana Mattheison calls to report her flatmate, Nancy, missing. Pretty soon the police have proof that Nancy was kidnapped, & then ...

When three dead bodies are discovered in quick succession on his home patch in Kent, DI Ian Peterson becomes too embroiled in a complex murder investigation to worry about his forthcoming promotion or the state of his marriage. The first victim is a middle class housewife, stabbed to death in a park. Her husband is in the clear until the prostitute who provided him with an alibi is murdered. While the police are busy gathering evidence, a second prostitute is killed. Ian & a young female constable, Polly, struggle to make sense of the case & find the elusive killer, before he strikes again. By the time Ian realises the truth, it may be too late to save Polly. ...

Details: Lieutenant Lorraine Page had everything, a devoted husb&, two beautiful daughters & an impressive career with
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Surreal comedy directed by Sophie Barthes & starring Paul Giamatti as angst-ridden actor, Paul Giamatti! Having stumbled upon an article for a high-tech company that extracts & deep freezes souls, Paul believes he may have found the answer to all his ...

In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning... In this book, the truth behind every spy thriller you've read: why America & the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate. It tells the story of crisis talks & subterfuge, tyrants & power struggles
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This book looks at the physical manifestations
- buildings & structures
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Features scale drawings of military vehicles. This title covers the Cold War, from the end of World War II through 1990. It



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Cold War is the story of the half-century since the end of the Second World War
- the story of our lives. Its framework is the
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On a cold, damp January night in 1961, 19-year-old Pearl Gamble made the final adjustments to her appearance, said goodbye to her mother & set off excitedly with two friends to the local dance. Little did Mrs Gamble know, it was the last time that she would see her daughter alive... The following day, the naked body of Pearl was discovered in the fields surrounding the small rural hamlet. She had been ferociously attacked: there were stab wounds on her body & she had been severly beated around the face. A post-mortem revealed a shocking list of injuries: one of the stab wounds had punctured her heart & would have led to her death had the perpetrator not finished the job by strangualtion. This-in-depth & intriguing book investigates all aspects of the murder: it looks at the police investigation as it unfolded; it traces the last known movements of Pearl & her friends at the local dance & it analyses the character & strange behaviour of the murderer, Robert Mc Gladdery. Mc Gladdery has been described as a Walter Mitty character who managed to lead the police on a merry dance once he was confirmed as their prime suspect. Strangely, almost everyone in Newry Town knew that he was the only suspect & watched while he was tailed by plain clothes police is an attempt to catch him returning to vital evidence which was concealed away from the murder scene. ...

From the moment he emerged from the lake, dripping & indignant, Colin Firth has held the heart of a nation. The iconic scene, in 1995, set him on a path from sex symbol to national treasure, with roles as Hugh Grant's love rival in Bridget Jones's Diary, the grieving son in When Did You Last See Your Father? & an Oscar-nominated turn as a gay university professor in A Single Man. Then came The King's Speech. His portrayal of stuttering monarch George VI finally laid to rest the ghost of Mr Darcy &, with a string of awards cluttering his mantelpiece, the Best Actor Oscar was the jewel in Colin's crown, elevating him from British star to Hollywood royalty. However, this most English of gentlemen had a nomadic childhood, spending much of his formative years in Nigeria & the United States. The transient lifestyle, & brief spells in state schools in Britain, left him desperate to fit in with his peers & it was this that sowed the seed of his acting ability. But while success came relatively easy, Colin was a reluctant star, running away on the verge of a Hollywood breakthrough to spend his 'wilderness years' in a log cabin in Canada. Success, romance & heartbreak followed as his career in the UK took off. In the first ever biography of one of our finest actors, film journalist & author Alison Maloney reveals the private person behind the public persona. From the truth behind Firth's twenty-year feud with Rupert Everett, to his rivalry with Bridget Jones co-star Hugh Grant & how he struggled to shake the mantle of the ultimate romantic hero, this fascinating biography, suffused with Firth's self-deprecating wit, delves into the real man behind the quintessentially English facade. ...