Four a.m on a wet stretch of the A1 & a driver skids out of control. Quick on the scene Senior Investigating Officer Kate Daniels & partner DS Hank Gormley are presented with a horrifying image of carnage & mayhem that quickly becomes one of the worst road traffic accidents in Northumberland's history. But as the casualties mount up they soon realise that not all deaths were as a result of the accident.. . On the other side of town a house goes up in flames turning its two inhabitants into charred corpses. Seemingly unconnected with the traffic accident Kate sets about investigating both incidences separately. But it soon becomes apparent that all is not what it seems & Kate & her colleagues are one always step behind a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to get what they want. ...

The third gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer & the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones. A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. Soon afterwards the body of a teenager killed in North Carolina is found hundreds of miles away. Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan knows she must stay professional but when the young girl's body is wheeled into the morgue she cannot help but react. & when an exhumation reveals the bones of yet another innocent in a hidden grave close to a biker gang headquarters Tempe begins a lone & risky investigation into the lawless underworld of organised crime. ...

Guardian Riley Jenson always seems to face the worst villains. & this time's no different. For it's no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that's exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used
- & discarded
- in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch the fiend the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil
- or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter the rogue wolf Kye Murphy. Riley has threatened Murphy with arrest if he doesn't back off the investigation but it's Riley who feels handcuffed by Kye's lupine charm. Torn between her vamp & wolf natures between her love for Quinn & her attraction to Kye Riley knows she's courting danger & indulging the deadliest desires. For her hunt through the supernatural underworld will bring her face-to-face with what lurks in a darkness where even monsters fear to tread.


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In his first ever Deadly Diaries Steve Backshall shares what it means to him to film the worlds most endangered species. Learn how it feels to have a blue whale silently power past you in crystal clear Indian Ocean waters or to dangle beneath a helicopter in order to be dropped onto a crocodile nest while the mother crocodile is still there! The book will be broken down programme by programme starting with a globe from the Deadly graphics highlighting the location & including facts pictures experiences & extended diary pieces. This is Deadly 60 as youve never seen it before. ...

Become part of Steve Backshall's world by drawing your own Deadly doodles. This 24-page doodle book featuring creative & interactive content from DEADLY ART is an absolute must-have for all Deadly fans. This is the third Deadly Doodle book in the collectable series &

Includes:: a polar bear hippopotamus tokay gecko goliath bird-eating spider Nile crocodile hornet lionfish lion barracuda & monitor lizard.

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When Dr Clive Jordans dazzling career is brought to an abrupt end by a bullet his colleagues are devastated
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It began as a mission to find a notorious politician whose plane went down in the Congo. But the risky operation took an unexpected turn when Mari a physically enhanced member of the rescue team was taken hostage by rebel forces. Now imprisoned in an isolated compound Mari has only chance for survival
- escape. What she doesn't count on is Ken Norton expert assassin & himself a Ghost Walker warrior fighting to get behind the prison walls on a mission of his own
- one that reaches into Mari's own past & the mysterious fate of her twin sister.. .and that will bind Ken & Mari in an intoxicating passion that raises the stakes on the deadliest game of survival they've ever played.

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Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western world. A Howard Marks character but far more dangerous his wealth accrued through drug-trafficking runs into millions. For the past ten years there has been no sighting of him. Has he gone to ground using an alias or is he dead? When an ex-police officer from the murder squad is found shot in a dank squat Ann Travis is pulled onto the case. As the body count rises & the investigation becomes ever more complex suspicion falls on Fitzpatrick. Is he still alive & in the UK? Could he be the killer with terrifying access to the most lethal drug in existence? ...

From the author of 101 Things You Need to Know comes THE must-have Christmas gift of 2009. An enlightening & utterly compelling index of the worlds deadliest Perils how they might kill you & how to evade them. Each Peril has its own report
- featuring a Peril rating out of 10 the worst possible outcome you might suffer Peril avoidance tactics & a fact file. Four-colour throughout fully designed with illustrations & diagrams the book will be divided into eight key areas of Peril including Menace from the Deep Small But Lethal & Unexpected Perils. An indispensable survival guide to help you deal with Perils of all kinds even those you least expect such as meteorites frozen toilet waste falling from the sky etc. The tone will be light the details juicy & the facts thoroughly researched. Aimed at ALL readers aged 8 to 80 who may find themselves in the path of Peril.
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The book is one of drama on a grand scale a Renaissance epic as Christendom emerged from the shadows of the calamitous 14th century. The sweeping tale involves inspired & corrupt monarchs the finest thinkers the most brilliant artists & the greatest beauties in Christendom. Here are the stories of its most remarkable women who are all joined by birth marriage & friendship & who ruled for a time in place of their men-folk: Lucrezia Turnabuoni (Queen Mother of Florence the power behind the Medici throne) Clarice Orsini (Roman princess feudal wife) Beatrice d Este (Golden Girl of the Renaissance) Caterina Sforza (Lioness of the Romagna) Isabella d Este (the Acquisitive Marchesa) Giulia Farnese (la bella the family asset) Isabella d Aragona (the Weeping Duchess) & Lucrezia Borgia (the Virtuous Fury). The men play a secondary role in this grand saga; whenever possible the action is seen through the eyes our heroines. These eight women experienced great riches power & the warm smile of fortune but they also knew banishment poverty the death of a husband or the loss of one or more of their children. As each of the chosen heroines comes to the fore in her turn she is handed the baton by her sister & Leonie Frieda recounts the role each woman played in the hundred-year drama that is THE DEADLY SISTERHOOD. ...