It's 1953. Coronation Year. While Bristol is still recovering from the aftermath of the war three very different women are counting the cost. Polly longs for an easier more glamorous life but with her irrepressible young daughter & her charming
- if scheming
- husband will things improve? Charlotte is trying to forget her illicit wartime romance & accept the shortcomings of her marriage. & Edna is desperate to protect her young family even if it means keeping secrets.

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Upon the outbreak of war the British Royal Navy was deployed globally whilst the Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas
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Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates.. . When those in power hide the truth she risks everything to reveal it. When lawyer Jenny Cooper is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner she's hoping for a quiet life & space to recover from a traumatic divorce but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets & a trail of buried evidence. Could the tragic death in custody of a young boy be linked to the apparent suicide of a teenage prostitute & the fate of Marshall himself? Jenny's curiosity is aroused. Why was Marshall behaving so strangely before he died? What injustice was he planning to uncover? & what caused his abrupt change of heart? In the face of powerful & sinister forces determined to keep both the truth hidden & the troublesome coroner in check Jenny embarks on a lonely & dangerous one-woman crusade for justice which threatens not only her career but also her sanity. ...

Laos 1976. The monarchy has been deposed the Communist Pathet Lao have taken over. Most of the educated class has fled but Dr Siri Paiboun a Paris-trained doctor remains. & so this 72-year-old physician is appointed state coroner despite having no training equipment experience or even inclination for the job. But the job's not that bad & Siri quickly settles into a routine of studying outdated medical texts scrounging scarce supplies & circumnavigating bureaucratic red tape to arrive at justice. The fact that the recently departed are prone to pay Siri the odd unwanted nocturnal visit turns out to be an added bonus in his new line of work. But when the wife of a party leader turns up dead & the bodies of tortured Vietnamese soldiers start bobbing to the surface of a Laotian lake all eyes turn to Siri. Faced with official cover-ups & an emerging international crisis the doctor enlists old friends village shamans forest spirits dream visits from the dead
- & even the occasional bit of medical deduction
- to solve the crimes.

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The fifth edition of Corporate Finance: Principles & Practice really does do what it says on the tin. Key principles & mathematical techniques are clearly explained step by-step & later put into practice through the use of many vignettes taking a closer look at real well-known companies. ...

Corporate governance is concerned with how a company is directed & controlled & in particular with the role of the directorate & the need to ensure that there is an effective framework for accountability of directors to owners. Corporate Governance & Accountability Third Edition provides readers with an up-to-date summary of the most recent developments in corporate governance. The book provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues & adopts a holistic approach to corporate governance. It provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda including both theory & practice. The new edition is comprehensively updated & incorporates new codes of practice policy documents & academic research. ...

The first edition of Corporate Insolvency Law proposed a fundamentally revised concept of insolvency law intended to serve corporate as well as broader social ends. This 2009 second edition takes on board a host of changes that have subsequently reshaped insolvency law & practice notably the consolidation of the rescue culture in the UK the rise of the pre-packaged administration & the substantial replacement of administrative receivership with administration. It also considers the implications of recent & dramatic changes in the provision & trading of credit the movement of an increasing amount of insolvency work to the pre-formal insolvency stage of corporate affairs & the arrival on the insolvency scene of a new cadre of specialists in corporate turnaround. Looking to the future Vanessa Finch argues that changes of approach are needed if insolvency law is to develop with coherence & purpose & she offers a framework for such an approach. ...

The authors are pro-business although not business-as-usual. The book is written first & foremost with the purpose of helping to improve business performance because business is after all the principal motor for growth & development in the world today. The authors argue that companies adhering to best practice in CSR & taking advantage of possibilities inherent in Corporate Social Opportunity" are good for shareholders as well as customers & employees." ...

When firms are on the brink of failure only turnaround management can restore performance & profitability. The key is to provide stability & create cash (and a breathing space) for building long-term success. This fully revised edition provides practical advice on restoring confidence through effective leadership & planning. It highlights the importance of communication with stakeholders staff customers & suppliers & how best to structure the capital base of an organization in order to fund recovery & future growth. Essential reading for chief executives consultants & merchant bankers (as well as investors tracking the progress of ailing businesses) this book offers a definitive set of tools & techniques. ...

A further episode in the Unquiet Bones series following the life & fortunes of Hugh de Singleton surgeon in medieval Bampton Oxfordshire Alan the beadle of the manor of Bampton had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. When the following morning he had not returned home his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton surgeon & bailiff of the manor. Two days later Alan's corpse was discovered in the hedge at the side of the track to St Andrew's Chapel. His throat had been torn out
- his head was half severed from his body
- & his face hands & forearms were lacerated with deep scratches. Master Hugh meeting Hubert the coroner at the scene listened carefully to the coroner's surmise that a wolf had caused the great wound. & yet.. .if so why was there no blood?

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