As the private eye of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough & ready to take anything when Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward) appears on the scene with a case: her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist & chipmaker has died myster ...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. This is the tale of the Welsh Guards in Helmand in 2009. Underequipped & overstretched, guardsmen from the coal mining valleys & slate quarry villages of Wales found themselves in Helmand in some of the most intense fighting by British troops for more than a generation. They were confronted by a Taliban enemy they seldom saw, facing the constant threat of Improvised Explosive Devices & ambush. Leading them into battle was Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, destined for the highest ranks. He was a passionate believer in the war but was dismayed by how it was being conducted. Dead Men Risen will unnerve politicians & generals alike. In chilling detail, Toby Harnden reveals how & why Thorneloe was killed by an IED during Operation Panther's Claw. Harnden, who had known Thorneloe since they met in Northern Ireland in 1996, was on the ground in Helmand with the Welsh Guards. He draws on a trove of military documents, including many by Thorneloe, the first British battalion commander to die in action since the Falklands war of 1982. Major Sean Birchall left behind an unvarnished account of the shortcomings of the Afghan forces that represent Nato's exit strategy. Lieutenant Mark Evison wrote a diary that raises questions from beyond the grave. It was more than half a century since a British battalion had lost officers at these three key levels of leadership. By the time the fighting was over, almost no rank had been spared. A visceral & timeless account of men at war, Dead Men Risen conveys what it is like to be a soldier who has to kill, face paralysing fear & watch comrades perish in agony. Given unprecedented access to the Welsh Guards, Harnden conducted more than 300 interviews in Afghanistan, England & Wales. The searing heat of the poppy fields & mud compounds of Helmand to the dreaded knock on the door back home, the reader is transported there. Harnden weaves the experiences of the guardsmen & their loved ones into an unsparing narrative that sits alongside a piercing analysis of military strategy. No other book about modern conflict succeeds on so many levels. Dead Men Risen is essential for anyone who wants to learn the reality of Britain's war in Afghanistan. ...

This is the tale of the Welsh Guards in Helmand in 2009. Underequipped & overstretched, guardsmen found themselves in Helmand in some of the most intense fighting by British troops in a generation. They were confronted by a Taliban enemy they seldom saw, facing the constant threat of Improvised Explosive Devices & ambush. Leading them into battle was Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Throneloe, destined for the highest ranks, but tragically the first British battalion commander to die in action since the Falkland's was of 1982. This book will unnerve politicians & generals alike. Toby Harnden draws on a trove of secret documents & more than 300 interviews to give a visceral & timeless account of men at war. He conveys what it is like to be a soldier who has to kill, face paralysing fear & watch comrades perish in agony. Harnden weaves the experiences of the guardsmen & their loved ones into an unsparing narrative that sits alongside a piercing analysis of political & military strategy. ...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. This is the gripping story of the men of the Welsh Guards & their bloody battle for survival in Afghanistan in 2009. Underequipped & overstretched, they found themselves in the most intense fighting the British had experienced in a generation. They were led into battle by Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, a passionate believer in the justness of the war who was deeply dismayed by the way it was being resourced & conducted. Thorneloe was killed by an IED during Operation Panther's Claw, the biggest operation mounted by the British in Helm&. Dead Men Risen draws on secret documents written by Thorneloe, which raise questions from beyond the grave that will unnerve politicians & generals alike. The Welsh Guards also lost Major Sean Birchall, commanding officer of IX Company, & Lieutenant Mark Evison, a platoon commander whose candid personal diary was unnervingly prophetic. Not since the Second World War had a single British battalion lost officers at the three key levels of leadership. Harnden transports the reader into the heart of a conflict in which a soldier has to be prepared to kill & die, to ward off paralysing fear & watch comrades perish in agony. Given unprecedented access to the Welsh Guards, Harnden conducted hundreds of interviews in Afghanistan, England & Wales. He weaves the experiences of the guardsmen & the loved ones they left behind into a seamless & unsparing narrative that sits alongside a piercing analysis of the political & military strategy. No other book about modern warfare succeeds on so many levels. The size of this book is 19.7cm in height & 12.7cm wide with 656 pages. ...

In 1992 Ray Krone, a former sergeant in the US Air Force was sentenced to death for the murder of Kimberly Ancona, a bar manager found stabbed to death in a restaurant near his home in Arizona. There were countless holes in the prosecution's case & ten years later the victim's clothes were examined using newly-developed DNA testing technology. Krone was completely exonerated & released from jail, but not before he'd spent an entire decade on death row. Dead Men Walking tells the incredible stories of those men & women who have lived their lives behind bars with the constant threat of death by fellow prisoners, or by state execution, hanging over them. What is it like to live out your days inside one of the world's toughest prisons, knowing you'll never again see beyond the exercise yard? Is it really possible to make friends, or form relationships inside? What should you do if, like Ray Krone, you've been sentenced to die for a crime you did not commit? This book examines the life-stories of men who claim to be innocent, men who were eventually proven innocent, & of those who are so dangerous life simply has to mean life. ...

When Rink is ambushed by a team of highly skilled killers, Joe is pretty sure his friend is being used as bait. & the intended prey is hunter himself. Forced to operate without official sanction, Joe penetrates the kidnappers' lair & finds his ultimate quarry is back from beyond the grave & with a bone to pick. ...

Books Thriller Books Germany has conquered Pol&. The world is praying for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute. One freezing night, an SS doctor & his wife cheerfully return home from an evening out. By sunrise, the doctor will be lifeless in a pool of blood. There is pressure to record the incident as a suicide, but the first evidence uncovered by Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke points to a chillingly staged murder. The investigation is swiftly blocked by Schenke's superiors, but he can't let it go. When he uncovers links to the mysterious death of a child, a terrifying secret begins to emerge. In times of war, under a ruthless regime, there are places no man should ever enter. & Schenke fears he may not return alive...   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781472258601 •†Author:   Simon Scarrow •†Publisher:   Headline •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 432 •†Dimensions: 12.4 x 3.2 x 19.6 cm ...

Cora & her husband hunt things
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On the day Juno Brownes van goes up in flames & nearly cooks a dog, Juno meets James Westershall, owner of Moorworthy Chase, a large family estate.

She is invited, along with her friends from Old Nicks, to bring along their goods for sale at an upcoming garden fete.

Included in the invitation is the newest & most irritating member of the Old Nicks team, Gavin.

During the fete Gavin wanders off & is later discovered dead in nearby woods, apparently the victim of a bizarre accident.

A police investigation ensues, but results are inconclusive & Juno has a theory of her own.

As she begins to investigate, she discovers that Gavins is not the only strange death to have occurred at Moorworthy Chase, including that of an expert researching colonies of rare bats in caves on the estate.

It soon becomes clear to Juno that there is something very wrong at Moorworthy & the caves contain a dark & dangerous secret.

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The broken body of Jason Fox has been found in a dirty alleyway. At first it looks like a typical after-hours pub fight gone wrong. But Inspector Alan Banks soon realises that the truth is rarely so straightforward. Jason was a member of the Albion League, a white power organisation. & there are many people who might have wished him dead: the Pakistani youths he had insulted in the pub that evening; the shady friends of his business partner; or someone within the Albion League itself. & just as Banks begins to get a grip of the case, an unexpected discovery forces him to reconsider everything he believes. ...