Mc Avoy lets his mind drift back to the chaos & bloodshed in the square. To that moment when the masked man appeared from the doorway of the church & looked into his eyes. Is there anything distinctive Sarge? asks Nielsen. Yes he says with the sudden sense that memory is important. There were tears in his eyes. DS Aector Mc Avoy is a man with a troubled past. His unwavering belief in justice has made him an outsider in the police force he serves. When three seemingly unconnected people are brutally murdered in the weeks before Christmas the police must work quickly to stop more deaths. It is only Mc Avoy who can see the connection between the victims. A killer is playing God
- & Mc Avoy must find a way to stop the deadly game. See Judys Review See Richards Review Download A Sample Chapter Of Dark Winter See David Mark talk about his book Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for Dark Winter Judys Review The Dark Winter is David Marks debut novel & very impressive it is. Mark has been a journalist for fifteen years; seven of them spent as crime reporter for The Yorkshire Post in its Hull office. The word is that its taken Mark years to convince a publisher that a crime novel set in Hull as opposed to London New York or Los Angeles will sell. That Quercus finally took him on is to its credit as this first novel is strong & compulsively readable. The Dark Winter is set in a bleak wintery Hull just before Christmas. Mark describes Hull colourfully as A city on its arse fighting recession & deprivation." The books protagonist is DS Aector Mc Avoy a gentle giant of a man deeply devoted to his little family. He is a man of honour & principle trying to keep his head down in a police department full of resentment rivalry & lies. It falls to Mc Avoy to investigate a serial killer who begins to murder a number of unlikely victims
- all of them linked only by the fact that they are all sole survivors of different tragic events from their pasts. These include the only man saved from the wreck of a sinking trawler a girl who miraculously escaped a massacre in Sierra Leone & a man who survived a domestic house fire that killed his wife & children. I loved it. Richards Review

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DS Aector Mc Avoy is a man with a troubled past. His unwavering belief in justice has made him an outsider in the police force he serves. When three seemingly unconnected people are brutally murdered in the weeks before Christmas the police must work quickly to stop more deaths. It is only Mc Avoy who can see the connection between the victims. A killer is playing God
- & Mc Avoy must find a way to stop the deadly game.
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The past is always with us but sometimes we fail to recognise it for what it is.' These were Jair Ohmsford's final thoughts as he walked away from the carnage at Dun Fee Aran having destroyed at last the book of dark magic known as the Ildatch. Following this great event told in The Wishsong of Shannara Jair discovers that he can draw on a form of magic that allows him to transform into other living creatures both human & non-human. The magic is both powerful & seductive for Jair can feel himself wanting to remain in each new form that he tries. Jair sets out for the family home of Shady Vale seeking peace from the temptations of his unwanted gift. But fate has other plans for the heir to the elven magics of Shannara & the shade of the Druid Allanon sets him & his sister Brin on a new path. The way is perilous but Jair can provide protection with his new magical ability. Of course that may be the most dangerous path of all.. . ...

Like most families they had their secrets.. . And they hid them under a genteelly respectable veneer. No onlooker would guess that prim Vera Hillyard & her beautiful adored younger sister Eden were locked in a dark & bitter combat over one of those secrets. England in the fifties was not kind to women who erred so they had to use every means necessary to keep the truth hidden behind closed doors
- even murder.
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In the war against vampires mankind has only one hope: The Dark-Hunters. Ancient warriors who died of brutal betrayal the Dark-Hunters have sworn themselves into the service of the goddess Artemis to protect us. It's a pact with pretty good perks. Immortality power psychic abilities wealth & a cool wardrobe. But it comes with a few drawbacks: fatal sun poisoning & a new irreparable dental problem. But aside from the fangs & nocturnal lifestyle it's not so bad. Until Kyrian meets the most frightening thing imaginable. An accountant who's being hunted by one of the most lethal vampires out there. If Amanda Devereaux goes down so does he & no offense he doesn't want to die (hence the whole immortality thing). & he doesn't want humanity dead either which is a good thing for us since he & Amanda are all that stands between us & oblivion. Let's hope they win. ...

A young streetwise Nick Gautier meets Dark-Hunter Kyrian of Thrace who shows Nick a world of vampires demons & zombies far more dangerous than the mean streets of New Orleans. A must-read for existing fans & those new to the supernatural world of the Dark-Hunters! ...

The Darkangel a vampire of astounding beauty & youth can only summon his full power when he finds his 14th & final bride. But for Aeriel whom he kidnaps to serve his brides there is something about him
- something beyond his obvious evil
- that makes her want to save him rather than destroy him.

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On the shortest day of the year as the Castle is lit with candles & everyone prepares to celebrate Wizard Apprentice Septimus Heap marks his fourteenth birthday. He has reached a new stage in his Apprenticeship: Darke Week. Awe-inspiring terrifying unbelievably important Septimuss future will depend on what happens during this week. He chooses a dangerous mission to restore his good friend Alther from Banishment. But as he embarks on this trial something Darke & terrible engulfs the Castle. Septimus & his friends are about to face their most perilous challenge yet.. . ...

Septimus is on the threshold of his fourteenth birthday which falls on the shortest day of the year. While everyone celebrates & the Castle is lit with the traditional candles Septimus has greater concerns on his mind. He has finally reached the period in his Apprenticeship known as Darke Week. During this crucial time he hopes to undertake the very dangerous mission of restoring Alther from Banishment following the attempted invasion of the Castle of Syren. But while this preoccupies him other Darke things are afoot in the Castle. ...

Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinque Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war & politics in the arms of his mistress Catherine Somervell. But the shadow of a new conflict already darkens the horizon. The old enemy France forges an uneasy alliance with America
- threatening the safety of British trade routes. Although ordered immediately to the Indian Ocean for the first time Bolitho thoughts are not of glory but his own
- & the Navys
- past. Both Nelson & Collingwood died in their countrys service. For the navys newest Admiral is there life beyond the sea itself?


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