Following the critically acclaimed & top ten Best Seller The Deadhouse Linda Fairstein now takes us behind the scenes of some of New Yorks magnificent & mysterious institutions in her most electrifying Alexandra Cooper thriller yet. The Bone Vault begins in the glorious Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where wealthy donors have gathered to hear plans for a controversial new exhibit. An uneasy mix of scholarship & showbiz. The exhibition has raised fierce opposition from some of the museums elite: IMAX time trips & Rembrandt refrigerator magnets have no place for them at the Met. Assistant DA Alex Cooper off duty for the evening observes the proceedings with bemused interest until the Met director suddenly pulls her aside: the body of a young researcher has been found in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Teaming up with cops Mike Chapman & Mercer Wallace Alex must penetrate the silent sentinels comprising New Yorks museum society investigating not only at the Met but also at the Museum of Natural History & the Cloisters to find a killer. Atmospheric chilling & shot through with procedural authenticity. ...

Early summer brings warm weather to the Body Farm in East Tennessee but Dr Bill Brocktons about to get more heat than hes bargained for. A former student whos now an agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement seeks his help in identifying a partial skull found in the woods in rural Florida. The victim appears to have been a young male who died from lethal blows to the head. While leading a search for the remaining bones Brockton & his graduate assistant Miranda Lovelady find a series of shallow graves on the overgrown grounds of a shuttered reform school for boys. According to local lore the schools poor troubled students understood that one wrong move could land them in their own plot in the de facto cemetery. As Brockton & his team close in on the truth they find skeletons in some surprisingly prominent closets...and learn that the ghosts of the past are ever present. ...

At twenty to midnight Neil Griffons home is broken into & he is roughly abducted by masked men. He has no idea who they are or what they want. But when Neil wakes up hours later he quickly discovers that unless he cooperates his kidnappers will destroy his fathers precious horses racing stable & ultimately Neil himself. Returned to take charge of the stables Neil can tell no-one about his ordeal. Vicious threats & horrible violence against his horses become a day-to-day reality & he is forced to comply with his blackmailers wishes. Trapped in a war of attrition Neil realises he must find a way to stop these criminals before his nerve gives out. After all a choice between his integrity & his life is no choice at all... ...

Anthony Bonehill plans to outwit a Djinn with his seven accomplices. Six will make their wish & the seventh must wish the Djinn dead. But the seventh accomplice Carlos Grossford double-crosses them & now he can wield whatever tyranny he chooses. Necessity Bonehill is a tomboy. Being sent to a boarding school for girls has honed rather than tamed her wild side. She fears her parents were keen to get rid of her & therefore feels abandoned. So when Uncle Carlos starts sending her food parcels she is happy that someone cares. Then one day he sends a stoppered bottle. Ness is perplexed but surely there cant be any harm in opening an empty bottle? She takes out the stopper & unwittingly launches herself into & exotic & cut-throat world as the powerful Djinn is set free hell-bent on revenge. ...

The Seven Cities Rebellion is over Shaik is dead but a last rebel force remains holed up in the city of YGhatan under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy
- for it was here that the Empires greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain & a tide of Malazan blood spilled... But agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon a schism threatens sides must be chosen but whatever each god decides the rules have changed
- & the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world: a world in which a host of characters familiar & new search for a fate that they might fashion by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone. But gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war war in the heavens. & the prize? Nothing less than existence itself...

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The crowning achievement of an astonishing career ' Boneland' concludes the story that began over fifty years ago in ' The Weirdstone of Brisingamen'. If the sleeper wakes the dream dies... Professor Colin Whisterfield spends his days at Jodrell Bank using the radio telescope to look for his lost sister in the Pleiades. At the same time & in another time the Watcher cuts the rock & dances to keep the sky above the earth & the stars flying. Colin can't remember; & he remembers too much. Before the age of twelve years & nine months is a blank. After that he recalls everything: where he was what he was doing in every minute of every hour of every day. But Colin will have to remember what happened when he was twelve if he wants to find his sister. & the Watcher will have to find the Woman. Otherwise the skies will fall & there will be only winter wanderers & moon... ...

A woman's body is found in marshland outside LA. By the next morning the police have discovered the decaying corpses of three more women. They were all prostitutes except for the most recent victim; a classically trained pianist employed by a wealthy family Selena Bass seems out of place in the grim tableau. Psychologist Alex Delaware is drafted in by homicide detective Milo Sturgis to help with the case. Details of the crimes suggest a serial killer is prowling LA's gritty streets. But when a new murder deviates from the pattern derailing a possible profile Alex & Milo must look beyond the suspicion of madness...and consider an even more sinister mind at work. There are no easy answers for the darkest of drives & desires will fuel the most devious of foes. ...

This book is a clear concise introduction to the subject which covers all the major bones & joints in the body in a logical & systematic way to aid understanding. The three generic chapters at the start of the book covering an overview of bone joints & pathology provide the basic information required to ensure that the student is able to gain the most benefit from the subsequent area-specific chapters. The text is written in note form & the drawings are as clear & simple as possible so that they can be easily reproduced by students. In this edition a number of the radiographic images have been enhanced & replaced & the number of imaging techniques has increased by including PET & SPECT images. New to this edition: enhanced clarity of the joint images; a number of new radiographic images; insight Boxes; & inclusion of PET & SPECT colour images. Bones & Joints" may be used as part of a self-directed learning programme by students examining & studying the real bones of the skeleton along with the images. It can also be used as part of a revision programme or as a reference text. It is aimed at all health care students who needs a good understanding of the skeletal system." ...

Winner of the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year... Reginald Hill is on stunning form...the climax is devastating ...

The gripping new Temperance Brennan novel from the world class forensic anthropologist & Number 1 bestselling author. A newborn baby is found wedged in a vanity cabinet in a rundown apartment near Montreal. Dr Temperance Brennan forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec is brought in to investigate. While there she discovers the mummified remains of two more babies within the same room. Shocked & distressed Tempe must use all her skills & inner strength to focus on the facts. But when the autopsies reveal that the children died of unnatural causes the hunt for the mother
- a young woman with a seedy past & at least three aliases
- is on. The trail leads Tempe to Yellowknife a cold desolate diamond-mining town on the edge of the Arctic Circle where her quest for the truth only throws up more questions more secrets & more dead bodies. Taking risks & working alone Tempe refuses to give up until she has discovered why the babies died. But in such a hostile environment can she avoid being the next victim?

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