Books True Crime Books Unlock the mysteries & conspiracies that have puzzled the greatest minds… From the ancient past, through kings, queens, revolutions & wars, many global events have remained shrouded in mystery.  This book provides an informative & entertaining guide to history’s greatest cover-ups, international conspiracies, secret organisations, collusions in sport & international business intrigues.  Each fascinating case is explored with a concise but thorough review of its history, key figures, likely truths & some – often – surprising – alternative theories.  With over 160 photographs, paintings, drawings & maps, you can help piece together these most baffling mysteries…   Product Information:  •� ISBN:�  9781802420593 •� Author:� Leo Moynihan & Sam Pilger  •� Publisher:�   Bright Press •� Format:�   Paperback •� Pages:�  224 •� Dimensions:�  22.7 x 17 x 1.5 cm ...

In the next part of Neal Shusterman's gripping & thought-provoking futuristic thriller, Connor, Lev & Risa continue to uncover shocking secrets about the process of ' Unwinding' & the company, Proactive Citizenry, which created Cam, a teen made completely from parts taken from 'unwound' teens. There are plans to mass produce rewound teens like Cam for military purposes, & below the surface of that potential horror lies a sinister layer of intrigue? Proactive Citizenry has been suppressing technology that could make unwinding completely unnecessary. Will Connor, Lev & Risa ever be able to break free from the fear of Unwinding? ...

He left for university… & never came back Arran went missing in Edinburgh fourteen years ago. The last time his parents saw him he was withdrawn & on edge where he’d once been happy & carefree. Still searching for their son, they turn to their last hope, true crime podcaster Cal Lovett. Cal begins looking for answers, but is distracted by his sister’s murder trial. He’s so close to getting the justice Margot deserves. Can he finally leave the past – & Margot – behind? As Cal unearths disturbing evidence about Arran’s fate, he suspects the young man’s close-knit group of university friends are keeping secrets to protect each other. It seems old loyalties don’t die easily. But they can’t all stay silent forever… An unputdownable crime thriller perfect for fans of Jane Casey, Cara Hunter & Neil Lancaster. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804362624 • Author: Heather Critchlow • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12... ...

Mary Marshall would do anything for her daughter Julia. A devoted grandmother to Julia's children, she's always been the rock her family can rely on. Until now. Mary has a past Julia knows nothing about, & it's come back to haunt her. Julia's husband Murray French is walking a tightrope. A solicitor struggling with an alcohol problem, he's about to lose his wife & his children to another man: someone successful, someone they deserve. Someone who's everything he's not. Can he ever get his family back? Just when Julia thinks life is starting to turn around, she stumbles upon the brutalised body of a girl she teaches. & as the terrible present starts to shed light on her mother's past, Julia realises her family's nightmare is only just beginning... ...

Books Biographies In 1974, Liz Harvie – born Claire Elaine Watts – was given up for adoption by her birth mother Yvonne. Claire was just eight weeks old when her adoptive parents took her in – & renamed her Elizabeth.  Although brought up in a ‘perfect’ household, the emotional – & physical – trauma of being taken from her biological mother would never leave Liz. She constantly wondered: what does my real mum look like? Will she come back for me? Why did she abandon me? But whenever Liz voiced such questions, she invariably received the same response: “ Your birth parents were not married. They couldn’t look after you.” Years later, aged twenty-eight, Liz reconnected with her birth mother – & finally learned the shocking truth surrounding her adoption. Yvonne had not abandoned her daughter. A social worker had snatched her ten-day-old baby from her arms. “I didn’t even get a final cuddle. She just took her away from me, ” says Yvonne.  Liz became one of 185, 000 victims... ...

Tony Scott directs this runaway train action thriller starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine & Rosario Dawson. Experienced train engineer Frank Barnes (Washington) finds himself teamed up with young conductor Will Colson (Pine) in a frantic race against time when an unmanned, half-mile long runaway train carrying a cargo of lethal toxic chemicals cuts loose & threatens to wipe out an entire city. ...

A definitive & intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's superstar, Lewis Hamilton's great rival & the three-time winner of the World Drivers' Championship. No Hollywood scriptwriter could possibly have envisioned the breathless, adrenaline-pumping climax to the 2021 Formula 1 season. On the very last lap of the final race of an unbelievably arduous & controversial season, Red Bull's Max Verstappen nervelessly overtook the seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes to clinch the first place that thrust the young prodigy to the narrowest of victories & to his first World Drivers' title. He followed up by taking the 2022 & 2023 titles as well. Verstappen may only be 26 years of age, but the Dutch motorsport sensation has an incredible record in F1. This young man has already left an indelible mark on the sport. The son of F1 driver Jos, Verstappen junior quickly stepped out of his father's shadow: his youthful charisma, ferocious speed, fearless driving st... ...

Looks at the literary life & its 'attendant woes: isolation, writer's block, professional jealousy, & plain boredom.' This book is also about life in general, with its anguish, turnips, conjunctions, illness, defeat, string, parties, no parties, desuetude, fever, tides, labels, mourning, elsewards. ...

After eleven years of coupled-up domesticity, Rory Carmichael is single for the first time in her adult life. Even she would admit that her ex-boyfriend Martin wasn't the most exciting man in the world -- let's face it, his idea of a rocking night was one spent updating his Excel spreadsheets -- but Rory could rely on him &, having watched her mother rack up four turbulent marriages, that's what matters. But when she discovers that her supposedly reliable Mr Right is a distinctly unreliable cheater, she's forced to consider the possibility that everything she knows about relationships is wrong. In an effort to reinvigorate both her love life & her lacklustre career at posh magazine Country House, she sets herself a mission to date as many unsuitable men as possible. Toyboys. Sugar daddies. Fauxmosexuals. Maybe the bad boys she's never dated can show her what she's been missing in life. But if Mr Right can turn out to be so wrong, maybe one of her Mr Wrongs will turn out to be just right.. . ...

Who were you before the world told you who to be?

Part inspiration, part memoir, Untamed explores the joy & peace we

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