The Missing" is the first instalment in Chris Mooneys fantastic " Darby Mc Cormick" series. The woman missing for five years. The Crime Scene Investigator who finds her. & the serial killer who wants them both dead... When Boston CSI Darby Mc Cormick finds a raving & emaciated woman hiding at the scene of a violent kidnap she runs a DNA search to identify the Jane Doe. The result confirms she was abducted five years earlier & has somehow managed to escape from the dungeon in which shes been caged. With a teenage couple also missing & Jane Doe seriously ill the clock is ticking for Darby as she hunts for the dungeon before anyone else disappears or dies. & when the FBI takes over the investigation it becomes clear that a sadistic serial killer has been on the prowl for decades
- & is poised to strike again at any moment. A killer with links to horrors that Darby has desperately tried to bury in her past... Fans of Tess Gerritsen Karin Slaughter & Michael Connelly will be glued to " The Missing". Mooney weaves a shocking narrative as Darby Mc Cormick navigates the twists & turns of this complex case. Subsequent titles in the series include " The Dead Room" & " The Secret Friend". Praise for Chris Mooney: " If you want a thriller that will chill your blood break your heart & make your pulse race Chris Mooney is your man". (Mark Billingham). "A scary breakneck ride". (Tess Gerritsen). "A wonderful writer... Compelling thrilling & touching". (Michael Connelly). " Harrowing gripping haunting gut-wrenching & beautifully written". (Harlan Coben). " It will keep you up past your bedtime". (Karin Slaughter). Chris Mooney is the author of seven previous thrillers of which Remembering Sarah was nominated for the prestigious Edgar Award for Best Novel. " The Missing" " The Secret Friend" & " The Soul Collectors" are available as Penguin paperbacks. Chris lives in Boston with his wife & son."
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It's an early autumn day like any other as Miles Avery drives his wife Jacqueline to the station. Nothing remarkable crops up in conversation nor do either of them appear anything other than their normal selves. At the station Jacqueline gets out takes an overnight bag from the back seat then turns towards the platforms. This is the last anyone sees of her. Three weeks later Miles calls the police. Enquiries are made but there is no evidence of her boarding a train or even entering the station. Very soon the finger of suspicion starts to turn towards Miles & as dark secrets from the past begin to merge with those of the present the great love he has been trying to protect is not only revealed but thrown into terrible jeopardy. ...

This play based on the true story of Dan Nolan a teenage boy who went missing on the 1st January 2002 is written in the same documentary style as Too Much Punch for Judy. During 2003 it has been shown at various Drama Festivals & has won awards & commendations at every one. ...

The wisest & wittiest argument imaginable for the preservation of handwriting. I have learnt so much & by it have been so happily entertained that I am compelled to recommend it to everyone. Diana Athill The simple pleasure of picking up a pen & writing is a skill that has existed for thousands of years
- but that skill is slowly dying. Where once we would have reached for a pen & paper to commit our innermost thoughts to a diary to send a letter home or to slip a note to a loved one instead we now stare at tiny screens typing with our thumbs. & all that typing looks the same. The Missing Ink is a book about the characters who shaped our handwriting & how it in turn shaped us. From Victorian idealists preaching the moral worth of italic copperplate to great modern educational reformists such as Marion Richardson throughout history the style in which we write has influence the way we learn behave & communicate. But this is also a book about the physical act itself: about the pots of ink treasured pens & chewable Biros that we used to take for granted & whether the style of our writing really does reveal anything about our true selves. Hugely entertaining witty & thought-provoking The Missing Ink is itself a love letter to the warmest of technologies & the place it still has in our lives.
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When Deborah St James hears of the unexpected death of Reverend Sage her sadness has a very personal tinge. For their paths had crossed some months earlier at a particularly vulnerable time for Deborah & she had found herself confessing her intimate anguish to this sympathetic stranger. When she realizes that his death is far from accidental Deborah with her husband Simon enlists the help of Inspector Lynley & the trio embark upon an investigation that hinges upon the overriding
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Six years have passed since the end of Sister Missing & Madison is now a teenager. During a visit to older sister Lauren she learns that their biological father was an anonymous sperm donor & sets out to track him down. Her search bears fruit sooner than she expects but is the father she discovers all he seems? As Madison gets drawn into a mysterious investigation involving missing girls & secret hideaways she finds herself in more & more danger... ...

Im torn between throttling you & kissing you. Lana Kelley never imagined the magical night she shared with a stranger would result in pregnancy. But when shes kidnapped Lana is shocked to discover one of her captors is none other than the father of her unborn child. Mercenary Deacon Holt cant understand Lana. She should hate him. Instead she refuses to believe hes cold-hearted. Though Deacon tries to remain detached he cant deny he still wants Lana. & when Lanas life is threatened Deacon will risk all to help her escape. ...

Head bowed rifle on his back a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun looking at the grave of a dead comrade remembering him. A photograph from the war is also a photograph of the way the war will be remembered. It is a photograph of the future of the futures view of the past. Geoff Dyers classic book is an original & personal meditation upon war & remembrance. It weaves a network of myth & memory photos & films poetry & sculptures graveyards & ceremonies that illuminate our understanding of & relationship to the Great War. ...

Her story adds to the growing literature related to individual life stories of Holocaust survivors. There is much we can learn from her book."
- Benjamin Schlesinger Professor Emeritus University of Toronto Until age seven Olga Barsony Verrall lived an idyllic life in Szarvas a small town in Hungary surrounded by her doting observant Jewish family. After the Nazi invasion in 1944 Olga found herself along with most of her family interned in the Auspitz (Hustopece) labour camp. Eventually reunited after the war the family returned to Szarvas only to face a different kind of oppression at the hands of the new Communist government. After immigrating to Winnipeg in 1957 Olga met & married Orland Verrall the cantor at Rosh Pina synagogue. Together they built a new life in Canada & soon welcomed two daughters Judy & Lesley. Yet Olga continued to be haunted by her past. Though she was very young during her time in the camp Olga had vivid & painful memories of the horrifying things she had seen & experienced there. A nagging sense of emptiness & anger stayed with her all her life. After her beloved husband Orland passed away her emotional state became increasingly fragile & she became dependent on prescription drugs to numb her pain. A long journey of physical & mental healing along with the support of her family helped Olga piece her life back together. For Olga writing her memoir was a catharsis. For her readers it will be an inspiration."
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At absolutely no point in Swallows & Amazons does Susan cry John look out theres a patch of shit-eating jellyfish ahead! Yacht racing
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