Aurelio Zen returns to his native Venice to investigate the disappearance of a rich American resident but he soon learns that amid the hazy light & shifting waters of the lagoon nothing is what it seems. As Zen is drawn deeper into the complex & ambiguous mysteries surrounding the discovery of a skeletal corpse on an ossuary island in the north lagoon he is also forced to confront a series of disturbing revelations about his own life. ...

Dead Letters is the fully authorized portrayal of the Grateful Dead according to the worlds most devoted fan base: Deadheads. Beginning in their earliest days the Grateful Dead saved tens of thousands of letters sent to them by Deadheads reflecting on the spectacular concerts theyd attended & requesting tickets. These letters are inspirational & hugely insightful but more significantly the envelopes in which they arrived are brilliantly illustrated & unique within the world of rock. This book collects hundreds of those envelopes as well as a selection of letters all presented in thematic chapters. Also included for further historical context are rare historical photos & special reminiscences creating a trip as it were down memory lane. ...

Don't imagine for one moment that I'm not watching you... The Metropole Hotel Brighton. After a heady New Year's Eve ball a woman is brutally raped as she returns to her room. A week later another woman is attacked. Both victims' shoes are taken by the offender.. . Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises that these new cases bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of crimes in the city back in 1997. The perpetrator had been dubbed ' Shoe Man' & was believed to have raped five women before murdering his sixth victim & vanishing. Could this be a copycat or has Shoe Man resurfaced? When more women are assaulted Grace becomes increasingly certain that they are dealing with the same man. & that by delving back into the past
- a time in which we see Grace & his missing wife Sandy still apparently happy together
- he may find the key to unlocking the current mystery. Soon Grace & his team will find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to identify & save the life of the new sixth victim...

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Don't imagine for one moment that I'm not watching you... After a New Year's Eve ball a woman is raped as she returns to her hotel room. A week later another woman is attacked. Superintendent Roy Grace realises that these new cases bear close similarities to an unsolved series of crimes in Brighton back in 1997. When more women are assaulted Grace becomes increasingly certain that they are dealing with the same twisted individual... This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work & as low as 30 per cent with characters & plotlines removed. ...

Dont imagine for one moment that Im not watching you... The Metropole Hotel Brighton. After a heady New Years Eve ball a woman is brutally raped as she returns to her room. A week later another woman is attacked. Both victims shoes are taken by the offender.. . Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realises that these new cases bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of crimes in the city back in 1997. The perpetrator had been dubbed Shoe Man & was believed to have raped five women before murdering his sixth victim & vanishing. Could this be a copycat or has Shoe Man resurfaced? When more women are assaulted Grace becomes increasingly certain that they are dealing with the same man. & that by delving back into the past
- a time in which we see Grace & his missing wife Sandy still apparently happy together
- he may find the key to unlocking the current mystery. Soon Grace & his team will find themselves in a desperate race against the clock to identify & save the life of the new sixth victim...

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This is the story of Martin Mc Gartland who worked undercover as a British agent inside the Provisional IRA. Captured by the Provos he escaped & re-settled on the mainland but later discovered that he had been deliberately sacrificed by MI5. During his years in hiding he was arrested & taken to court many times. Eventually the Crown Prosecution Service advised by MI5 ordered his trial for attempting to pervert the course of justice. The jury found him not guilty but the court gave his name & new identity away. Mc Gartland travelled back to Belfast to try & discover why MI5 had attempted to organise his execution. ...

' We are the people our parents warned us about' is the motto of the Bandidos one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs. For ten years Steve Utah was a Bandidos insider. He arranged the security of their clubhouses & electronic surveillance & counter surveillance. He 'cooked' ecstasy & meth for them. He was at meetings where interstate & overseas drug & weapons smuggling was planned. He saw stolen military weapons including deadly rocket launchers being sold. He witnessed vicious beatings helped dump corpses. He saw men executed in front of him. It all became too much & in an attempt to regain control of his life Utah resorted to the unthinkable: he rolled over to the Federal Police & told them all he knew about the Bandidos. He had intimate knowledge of every facet of the Bandidos' business in Australia & many aspects of their activities in North America. He literally knew where the bodies were buried. This shocking unflinching tragic story is Steve Utah's confession. He knows he is a dead man running
- that inevitably the Bandido code will be honoured & he will be silenced. But not before Utah gets his chance to wake readers to the looming threat in their midst
- the relentless rise of sophisticated organised crime networks inside outlaw motorcycle gangs & the apparent inability of the police & legal system to deal with it.

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When orphaned Laura Marlin moves from a childrens home to live with her uncle in Cornwall she longs for a life of excitement just like the characters in her favourite detective novels. A real life adventure is on hand as she is deposited at her uncles spooky house.. . Why does her uncle Calvin Redfern forbid her to go to Dead Mans Cove? Whats the truth about Tariq the silent Indian boy who lives with the flamboyant Mukthars? Who is J? Who has left the message in a bottle for Laura to discover? Mysteries abound & who better to solve them than Laura Marlin ace detective? Accompanied by her trusty companion Skye a three-legged husky the dog shes always wanted Lauras adventures begin in this first captivating mystery winner of the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. ...

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing! Sir George & Lady Stubbs the hosts of a village fete hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith Ariadne Oliver the well known crime writer agrees to organise their murder hunt. Despite weeks of meticulous planning at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance. Instinctively she senses that something sinister is about to happen! Beware -- nobody is quite what they seem! ...

Deep in the trenches of Flanders Fields men are dying in their thousands every day. So one more death shouldnt be a surprise. But then a body turns up with bizarre injuries & Sherlock Holmes former sidekick Dr John Watson
- unable to fight for his country due to injury but able to serve it through his medical expertise
- finds his suspicions raised. The face has a blue-ish tinge the jaw is clamped shut in a terrible rictus & the eyes are almost popping out of his head as if the man had seen unimaginable horror. Something is terribly wrong. But this is just the beginning. Soon more bodies appear & Watson must discover who is the killer in the trenches. Who can he trust? Who is the enemy? & can he find the perpetrator before he kills again? Surrounded by unimaginable carnage amidst a conflict thats ripping the world apart Watson must for once step out of the shadows & into the limelight if hes to solve the mystery behind the inexplicable deaths.

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