' Reginald Hill stands head & shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction' Observer PI can mean many things but can it really mean a balding middle-agd redundant lathe operator from a high rise in Luton Beds? Joe Sixsmith thinks it can. His Aunt Mirabelle thinks you'd have to be crazy to hire him & Joe's current clients certainly fit the bill. One seems to be confessing to the brutal murder of his whole family; another thinks she's a witch. Alongside them the two heavies who believe Joe is hiding their illicit drugs seem almost normal. In the past Reginald Hill has brought wit style & compassion to police investigation. Now he does the same for the private sector &
- in perhaps his greatest feat of creation
- reinvents Luton in the process.

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Doctors believe that they can successfully treat five-year-old cancer patient Woody Swope. But Woodys parents members of a cult called The Touchers are not only refusing the treatment theyre also threatening to remove him from the hospital. Psychologist Alex Delaware is called in to talk the parents round. But before he can the Swopes are gone & so is Woody. All that remains is a savagely ransacked & bloodied motel room their teenage daughter Nona & an increasingly sinister case to solve. ...

Kismet Knight knows exactly how to handle her patients but when it comes to her love-life she's on less steady ground. That was until she met master vampire Devereux an 800-year-old hunk who not only managed to convince the entirely rational shrink that vampires really do exist
- he also convinced her to start dating him. Kismet's still having nightmares after being kidnapped by Lucifer a schizophrenic vampire. From a therapeutic perspective she finds his split personalities fascinating
- but she's constantly terrified. & Dev's become obsessed with finding Lucifer
- before he comes after Kismet again. So much for her nice ordinary life...


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When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive hes determined to find him. The clues lead him to lonely Rachel who has problems of her own including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel & Theo are attacked by men from RAGE
- the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering
- they are rescued by strangers & taken to meet a mysterious figure who leads them to make startling discoveries about their identities which will affect their past present & future in dramatic & life-altering ways...

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A massive bestseller in its native Italy & a book that can justly be compared with Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah Blood Ties is a terrifying account of the 'ndrangheta's criminal activities over the last four decades. Originally from Calabria this sinister organization has
- like the Mafia in Sicily & the Camorra in Naples
- a vicious hold over northern Italy & much of the rest of the country too a stranglehold that is growing every day. Told to the authors by an insider Pippo di Bella a 'pentito' a former member of the gang now turned state's evidence it reveals many hitherto unknown operations as well as throwing new light on well-known cases from the past. It shows an organization which retains & strengthens its position through corruption drug smuggling gun running violence extortion & kidnapping. Visceral compelling & terrifyingly readable it paints a brutally vivid picture of the most dangerous & powerful of the Italian mafias one which demands to be read.

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It's elk season in the Rockies but this year one hunter is stalking a different kind of prey. When the call comes in on the radio Joe Pickett can hardly believe his ears: game wardens have found a hunter dead at a camp in the mountains
- strung up gutted skinned & beheaded as if he were the elk he'd been pursuing. A spent cartridge & a poker chip lie next to his body. Ripples of horror spread through the community & with a possibly psychotic killer on the loose Governor Rulon is forced to end hunting season early for the first time in state history
- outraging hunters & potentially crippling the state's income from the loss of hunting license revenue. But when the brutal murders eerily coincide with the arrival of radical anti-hunting activist Klamath Moore Pickett knows the Governor's ruling is the least of his worries. Are the murders the work of a deranged activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? As always Joe Pickett is the governor's go-to man & he's put on the case to track the murderous hunter as more bodies
- & poker chips
- turn up.



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Lawmen dont last long in the town of Doubtful Wyoming Territory. The last one quit another ended up in a hangmans noose & one more was backshot by the hired guns at the Circle L Ranch. But the town of Doubtful has never seen the likes of the man whos known only as Cotton who aims to take the badge for $125 a month save himself a nice chunk of money over the next year & be on his way. At least thats his plan. Problem is Cotton has just stuck his nose in the biggest hornets nest in the territory. Some of the new homesteaders are stringing wire & the three large spreads in the area dont like it much. Before Cotton can say range war!" a passel of hardcases are filling the air with gunsmoke & hot lead. But Cotton wont be scared off. Hell see to it that law & order come to Doubtful
- because Cotton isnt afraid of dying. & hes not afraid of killing."
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Blood Work
- thats what Terry Mc Caleb used to call his job at the FBI. Eight weeks ago he was a dead man but now someone elses
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This work features all the foul favourites from the Horrible Histories" series presented in a blood-curdling box with flip-top lid. It contains twenty books &

Includes:: the " Rotten Romans" " Terrible Tudors" & " Awesome Egyptians"."

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The final book in a brand new series featuring fabulous adventures for Tom & his companions! Great for boys with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books & links to an excellent interactive website. Sanpao the Pirate King has sent Bloodboar the Buried Doom to tear Avantia's capital city apart! Tom must destroy the Beast find the Tree of Being & defeat Sanpao. If he fails he will never see his mother again. Has Tom finally met his match? Don't miss the rest of the series! BALISK THE WATER SNAKE KORON JAWS OF DEATH HECTON THE BODY SNATCHER TORNO THE HURRICANE DRAGON KRONUS THE CLAWED MENACE ...