A cluster of suicides among the elderly. Such things are not unknown to the police & the deaths are quickly dismissed by the police as routine. Only one man is convinced that something more sinister is taking place. However no one listens to Tom Thorne anymore. Having stepped out of line once too often he's back in uniform & he hates it. Patronised & abused by his new colleagues Thorne's suspicions about the suicides are dismissed by the Murder Squad he was once part of & he is forced to investigate alone. Unable to trust anyone Thorne must risk losing those closest to him. He must gamble with the lives of those targeted by a killer unlike any he has hunted before. A man with nothing to lose & a growing list of victims. A man with the power to make people take their own lives. Tom Thorne returns in Billingham's most compelling thriller to date. The Dying Hours is a haunting portrait of London's dark heart & the darker heart of a twisted killer bringing terror to its streets. ...

Take one quiet Yorkshire Village add a measure of mystery a sprinkling of scandal & Kate Shackleton
- amateur sleuth extraordinaire!
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The Number One bestselling detective series from the award-winning Stuart Mac Bride continues in this second crime thriller. It's summertime in Scotland: the sun is shining the sky is blue & people are dying... She's just the first. How many more will die? It starts with Rosie Williams a prostitute stripped naked & beaten to death down by the docks
- the heart of Aberdeen's red light district. For DS Logan Mc Rae it's a bad start to another bad day. Rosie won't be the only one making an unscheduled trip to the morgue. Across the city six people are burning to death in a petrol-soaked squat the doors & windows screwed shut from the outside. & despite Logan's best efforts it's not long before another prostitute turns up on the slab... An unputdownable serial killer tale packed with mystery & suspense as well as Stuart Mac Bride's distinctive grittiness & dark humour.
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In 1972 a gold bullion convoy is hijacked in Marseilles. The security trucks & hijackers are swiftly rounded up but a ton of gold has disappeared. More than twenty years later Daniel Jac receives an unexpected gift from an old fisherman. At the same time a Marseilles lawyer called Claude Dupont receives an equally unexpected gift from a dying gangland boss. Both gifts point the way to the missing gold & pit Jac & Dupont against the Polineaux & Duclos familles two of the oldest & most feared crime syndicates on the Cote d Azur. When the Marseilles police become involved following a series of gruesome murders the investigation is headed by Chief Inspector Isabelle Cassier. An old friend & sometime lover of Jacquots Isabelle discovers that the years havent lessened her longing for the maverick Marseilles cop & that her feelings for him are far from professional. Together they embark on a cut-throat hunt for the gold with hit-men from the Polineaux & Duclos clans hot on their heels. But after nearly thirty years is the gold still there? & if it is who will get to it first? ...

Jimmy is Christmas shopping with his parents when a creepy man offers to take their photograph. Suddenly Jimmys parents disappear! Is he going crazy? Who are these people who say theyre his foster parents? Is Jimmy alone? & can he solve the mystery of the photographer before its too late? Acclaimed thriller from an award-winning author. Brand new package for this successful thriller by top author Alan Gibbons. With a reading age of 8 it is particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers. ...

In this truly inspirational memoir Anita Moorjani relates how after fighting cancer for almost four years her body-overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system-began shutting down. As her organs failed she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth...and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness Anita found that her condition had enhanced so rapidly that she was able to be released from the hospital within weeks...without a trace of cancer in her body! Within these pages Anita recounts stories of her childhood in Hong Kong her challenge to establish her career & find true love as well as how she eventually ended up in that hospital bed where she defied all medical knowledge. As part of a traditional Hindu family residing in a largely Chinese & British society she had been pushed & pulled by cultural & religious customs since she had been a little girl. After years of struggling to forge her own path while trying to meet everyone else's expectations she had the realization as a result of her epiphany on the other side that she had the power to heal herself.. .and that there are miracles in the Universe that she had never even imagined. In Dying to Be Me" Anita freely shares all she has learned about illness healing fear "being love" & the true magnificence of each & every human being! This is a book that definitely makes the case that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.. .and that we are all One." ...

In this Cyrano de Bergerac-like novel Karl a teenage boy enlists a famous writer to help him impress his girlfriend Firella. Shes asked him to write her a letter in which he reveals his true self. Convinced hes not good enough with words to please her Karl tracks down Friellas favorite author & pleads with him to take on the task. The writer reluctantly agrees on the condition that Karl submit to a series of interviews so the letter will be based on authentic feelings. Through these lively & intelligent discussions award winning author Aidan Chambers creates an indelible portrait of a teenage boy discovering his own voice in a world & constructs a love story that is as much about the mind as the heart. ...

Clayton King has spoken to two-million-plus people in 30 countries including hundreds of thousands in the teen-to-thirties age group. Inspiring humorous energetic he presents Christianitys unchanging core message with new vividness & passion. In Dying to Live" he challenges Christians to throw aside the "bigger richer more successful" paradigm & risk following Christ unreservedly. Readers will freshly see the joy of laying their lives down for the gospel as Clayton...tells stories his own & others that give poignant attractive pictures of radical discipleship. It considers why people are drawn to those willing to sacrifice themselves for others. It examines Jesus paradox: that giving away your life is the only way to find it. Believers hungering for a life thats worth dying for will be electrified by this passionate call to the bold virtues of living all-out for God risking death knowing their life is significant & their future is secure." ...

Detectives Fry & Cooper return in another supremely atmospheric Peak District thriller perfect for fans of Peter Robinson & Reginald Hill Building work at an isolated farm has unearthed more than just the usual remains! two human are discovered seemingly buried years apart. With little forensic evidence to go on Detectives Diane Fry & Ben Cooper have to look back into the farms history where they uncover decades of abuse of migrant workers. Is the truth to be found somewhere in this piteous history? Or does the answer lie elsewhere hidden in the ground & still waiting to be discovered? ...

Lance Bradley idling his life away in Somerset suddenly receives a call for help from the eccentric sister of his old friend Rupert Alder. Rupe appears to have vanished without trace. Reluctantly Lance goes to London where he discovers that Rupe's employers want him tried for fraud. A Japanese businessman claims he has stolen a document of huge importance. & Rupe has hired a private detective to try & trace an American called Townley who was involved in a mysterious death thirty years before. No sooner has Lance decided that whatever Rupe was up to is far too risky to get involved in than he finds that he already is involved. & the only way out is to get in deeper still. Where is Rupe? What is the document he has stolen? Who is Townley? & could the seemingly unexplainable events of the past hold the key to a secret more shocking than Lance Bradley could ever have imagined? ...