The fifth book in the bestselling Dan ' Spider' Shepherd series. Former SAS trooper turned undercover cop Dan Spider Shepherd knows there are no easy solutions in the war against terrorism. But when a killer starts to target pardoned IRA terrorists Shepherd has to put his life on the line to protect his former enemies. While he is undercover in Belfast a grief-stricken Saudi whose two sons died under torture in the name of the War on Terror is planning to avenge their deaths by striking out at two people close to Shepherd. As the Muslim assassin closes in on his prey Shepherd realises that the only way to save lives is to become a killer himself. ...

November 1956. The world is in turmoil. While the Suez Crisis & the Hungarian Uprising boil away in the background Lennox has more immediate concerns like getting his personal life & his business back on track. So when a woman comes into Lennoxs office & hires him to follow her husband whom she suspects of leading a double life it seems the perfect case. Straightforward typical
- if a little sordid
- & most of all legal. But as he begins to dig deeper Lennox realizes that this is no ordinary case of marital infidelity. He finds himself caught by the police in a room with a dead body; pursued by shadowy members of the intelligence community; & once more a target of the Three Kings the crime bosses who between them run Glasgows underworld. Lennox must again draw on the violent war-damaged part of his personality that he has tried to keep buried in order to survive...

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Investigator Lennox just can't stay out of trouble. Lennox is looking for legitimate cases
- anything's better than working for
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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. ...

Renowned crime expert Christopher Berry-Dee has gained the trust of some of the most infamous inmates from around the world having corresponded with them & even entered their prison lairs to discuss their horrific crimes in detail. In this his latest book he presents six unforgettable prisoners & allows them to tell their stories as well as giving the details & background of their terrifying cases
- making this a must-read for aficionados of the genre & anyone fascinated by the extremes of the human condition.
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Before he died Castor's fellow exorcist John Gittings made several calls asking for help & if Castor had answered them John might still be alive. So when a smooth-talking lawyer comes out of nowhere to claim the remains Castor owes it to John's unhappy ghost & even more unhappy widow to help out. If only life were that simple. A brutal murder in King's Cross bears all the hallmarks of an American serial killer supposedly forty years dead & it takes more good sense than Castor possesses not to get involved. He's also fighting a legal battle over the body
- if not the soul
- of his possessed friend Rafi & can't shake the feeling that his three problems are related. With the help of the succubus Juliet paranoid zombie data-fence Nicky Heath & a little judicious digging Castor just might have a chance of fitting the pieces together before someone drops him down a lift shaft or rips his throat out. Or not...

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Morse switched on the gramophone to play & sought to switch his mind away from all the terrestrial troubles. Sometimes this way he almost managed to forget. But not tonight.. . Anne Scotts address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morses smartest suit. He turned the corner of Canal Street Jericho on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd October. He hadnt planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day -- as the officer in charge of a suicide investigation.. . ...

When their country is invaded & their families are taken eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie & her friends have survived the invasion but two of their band are captured: Kevin is imprisoned & Corrie is alive but in a coma. Homer & Ellie are determined to get them back & to continue their campaign against the enemy. They discover that there are other rebels out there fighting the invaders
- but who are they & can they be trusted? As the pressure grows can Ellie work out her conflicted feelings for the brilliant arrogant Homer & the strong gentle Lee? As war rages & the enemy closes in Ellie & her friends must once again fight for their lives...but how many of their band will be left? A truly involving story about teenagers facing the incredible challenges of warfare amid the intensity of first love. Would you sacrifice everything to save your country & your family?
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Michael Vyner recalls a terrible story one that happened to him. One that would be unbelievable if it werent true! Michaels parents are dead & he imagines that he will stay with the kindly lawyer executor of his parents will.. . Until he is invited to spend Christmas with his guardian in a large & desolate country house. His arrival on the first night suggests something is not quite right when he sees a woman out in the frozen mists standing alone in the marshes. But little can prepare him for the solitude of the house itself as he is kept from his guardian & finds himself spending the Christmas holiday wandering the silent corridors of the house seeking distraction. But lonely doesnt mean alone as Michael soon realises that the house & its grounds harbour many secrets dead & alive & Michael is set the task of unravelling some of the darkest secrets of all. A nail-biting story of hauntings & terror by the master of the genre Chris Priestley. ...

Private Investigator Karl Kane returns to the streets of Belfast investigating the discovery of a severed h&. Karl believes its the work of an elusive serial killer but the police are claiming a simple vendetta between local criminals. Karl embarks on a nightmarish journey as he attempts to solve the mystery & soon hes suspecting Mark Wilson his detested ex brother-in-law. But as the winter days become darker Karl discovers that Wilson is more than a match for him when it comes to dirty dealing & even dirtier fighting as he battles to keep from becoming the next victim. ...