In one of her most popular mysteries Agatha Christie leads us into a maze of evil as dark & labyrinthine as the ancient tombs of the Pharoahs. Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty enormous wealth & a devoted husband she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile storm clouds are gathering... John Moffatt stars as the famous Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. ...

UNDER FALSE COLOURS
- Captain Drinkwater accustomed to commanding one of His Britannic Majesty's ships of war now finds himself
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Part three in Death or Glory" series " Highroad to Hell" is Michael Ashers latest Second World War adventure. With Ashers insider knowledge of the SAS he brings to life the action of the battlefield in this fast-paced & compelling novel following Captain Tom Caine. Tunisia 1943
- the Allies advance is halted by determined Axis forces. The 8th Army has no choice but to outflank the enemy along their impenetrable Mareth line in the hellish Matmata hills. On a mission to safeguard this movement Captain Tom Caines SAS patrol is diverted by a strange emergency signal that draws them to a derelict aircraft & a mysterious black box. Besieged by a Nazi Deaths Head unit intent on retrieving the box & betrayed by a comrade who steals it Caine must make a choice. Should he pursue the stolen object or stick to his original task & face almost certain death? The entire campaign rests on his decision. Michael Ashers third " Death or Glory" novel " Highroad to Hell" will have you gripped to the very last page. Breathtaking bravery astonishing feats of endurance raids & battles described with terrific immediacy & pace. Compelling & definitive.. .will surely not be bettered
- " Sunday Telegraph" Detailed scathingly honest. Asher has brought the critical eye of the knowledgeable insider to his in-depth study of SAS operations & personalities
- Herald Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment & the SAS. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature & has won the Ness Award of the Royal Geographical Society & the Mungo Park Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for Exploration. The first two books in this series " The Last Commando" & " The Flaming Sword" were also published by Penguin."


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This brand new edition of Death Penalty Cases" makes the most manageable comprehensive resource on the death penalty even better. It

Includes:: the most recent cases including Kennedy v. Louisiana prohibiting the death penalty for child rapists & Baze v. Rees upholding execution by lethal injection. In addition all of the cases are now topically organized into five sections: The Foundational Cases; Death-Eligibility
- Which persons/crimes are fit for the death penalty; The Death Penalty Trial; Post-conviction Review; & Execution Issues. The introductory essays on the history administration & controversies surrounding capital punishment have been thoroughly revised. The statistical appendix has been brought up-to-date & the statutory appendix has been restructured. For clarity accuracy complete impartiality & comprehensiveness there simply is no better resource on capital punishment available. This title provides the most recent case material
- no need to supplement. Topical organization of cases provides a more logical organization for structuring a course. It is written by co-authors with different perspectives on the death penalty assures complete impartiality of the material. It provides the necessary historical background a clear explanation of the current capital case process & an impartial description of the controversies surrounding the death penalty. It also provides the latest statistics relevant to discussions on the death penalty. It clearly explains the different ways in which the states process death penalty cases with excerpts of the most relevant statutes."



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The Death Ray" is the story of teen outcast Andy an orphaned nobody with only one friend the obnoxious-but-loyal Louie. They roam school halls & city streets invisible to everyone but bullies & tormentors until the glorious day when Andy takes his first puff on a cigarette. That night he wakes heart pounding soaked in sweat & finds himself suddenly overcome with the peculiar notion that he can do anything. Indeed he can & as he learns the extent of his new powers he discovers a terrible & seductive gadget
- a hideous compliment to his seething rage
- that forever changes everything. " The Death-Ray" utilizes the classic staples of the superhero genre
- origin costume ray-gun sidekick fight scene
- reconfiguring them in a story that is anything but morally simplistic. With subtle comedy deft mastery & an obvious affection for the bold Pop Art exuberance of comic book design Daniel Clowes delivers a contemporary meditation on the darkness of the human psyche."



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' Good job you didn't turn on the lights.. .' A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient prosecutor Derek Nicholson brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless
- Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind. For Hunter there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before. & what could the hidden message be? Just as Hunter & his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead a new body is found
- & a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first & second victims all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window. Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with the confident Alice Beaumont Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the investigation.. .before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.

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' Good job you didn't turn on the lights...' A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient prosecutor Derek Nicholson brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless
- Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind. For Hunter there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before. & what could the hidden message be? Just as Hunter & his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead a new body is found
- & a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first & second victims all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window. Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with confident investigator Alice Beaumont Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the puzzle.. .before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.

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A murder committed on paper safely within the confines of a novel is one thing. To see that same crime in the real world is something else entirely... Frank Fons is a very successful crime writer. His novels famed for their visceral descriptions of violent death have made him a household name. But now someone is copying his crimes. For Frank what once seemed a clever intriguing plot twist has suddenly become a terrifying blood-spattered reality. In the novel a redhead who was scared of water is drowned. In the mirror-image of the real world she has become an ex-girlfriend chained & left to die at the bottom of the harbour. A corrupt police-officer tortured to death becomes a contact who dies with fear in his eyes. Someone is taking Franks fiction & using it to destroy his life. The writer must become the detective. In fiction the bad guy always gets caught but in real life there is no such guarantee. Fear becomes real. The knife cut hurts like hell. Our narrator may not survive. No-one is promising you a happy ending. For Frank what had once been a game is now a matter of life & death. ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING COTSWOLD MYSTERIES SERIES. When the body of herdsman Sean O' Farrell was discovered in one of the farm buildings DS Den Cooper is more than happy to cast one of the local farmers Gordon Hillcock in the role of chief suspect. After all it is a well-known fact that there was no love lost between Gordon & the victim. & besides Den has a little grudge of his own
- Gordon is currently dating Den's ex-fiancee Lilah & was actually the reason she dumped him only a few short months before their wedding. However Den did not plan on Lilah's determination to protect her new lover. How far will she go to make sure that Den directs his suspicions elsewhere?
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In Europe a train carrying a deadly cargo has been hijacked. When the mission looks impossible the world calls upon UNACO. Somewhere in Europe a train is carrying a deadly cargo of plutonium-IV packed in six reinforced steel kegs. But one of the kegs has been damaged! A unit of UNACO is sent to track down the kegs
- & find out how & why the plutonium was stolen in the first place. Agents Sabrina Carver Mike Graham & C.W. Whitlock find themselves up against a powerful conspiracy of interests including a sinister arms dealer & a highly placed business magnate. Then comes the most frightening discovery of all. Only five of the kegs contain plutonium. The contents of the sixth keg could have catastrophic results for the whole of Europe for generations to come. & time isnt on their side!
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