Adult movie actress Raven Lane is one of the most lusted after women in America with millions of fans to prove it. But when a headless corpse turns up in the trunk of her car she realizes that fame carries a terrible price. Fearing for her life & with the LAPD seemingly unable to protect her Raven turns to elite bodyguard Ryan Lock for help. Lock stops bad things happening to good people but can he stop the tidal wave of violence now threatening the city of Los Angeles as Raven's predator targets
- & kills
- those closest to her? As events spiral out of control Lock is drawn into a dangerous world where money rules where sex is a commodity to be bought & sold & where no one can be trusted least of all his beautiful new client. But what he cannot know is the terrifying price he's about to pay
- just for getting involved...


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Grief affects different people in different ways most emerge from mourning in a healthy manner but for some the death of a loved one can cause intense emotional pain that is difficult to recover from. This type of grief can often surface as an underlying cause of physical & mental health problems requiring professional treatment. This highly anticipated fourth edition builds on the success of the previous editions which received worldwide acclaim for their sensitive insightful & practical approach to grief counselling. Worden incorporates emerging theories & cutting edge research into this fully revised edition which
Includes:: a new chapter on the mourning process discussing the personal & social difficulties that shape mourning; detailed guidelines for approaching special types of grief including suicide sudden death & miscarriage; & an updated version of the Task Model. Grief Counselling & Grief Therapy" is an essential resource for everyone working with the bereaved from those just entering the field to seasoned practitioners."
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A Grief Observed" comprises the reflections of the great scholar & Christian on the death of his wife after only a few short years of marriage. Painfully honest in its dissection of his thoughts & feelings this is a book that details his paralysing grief bewilderment & sense of loss in simple & moving prose." ...

Edinburghs toughest cop Bob Skinner looks into his past to assuage his demons in Quintin Jardines thrilling new mystery. Skinner revisits his nightmares: old but not forgotten. Fifteen years in the past newly promoted Detective Superintendent Bob Skinner is called to investigate a most brutal death. A man lies at the deep end of an empty swimming pool his neck broken & almost every other bone in his body shattered. Soon an organised crime connection looms & bloody retribution spreads to a second city. Then violence erupts on a new front as a vicious knifeman seems to be targeting Edinburghs gay population. As if this double dose of homicide isnt enough for a single man with a teenage daughter to raise & protect Skinners personal life takes a similar perilous twist. Can he stay on the side of the angels or will he fall.. .? ...

The iconic Spitfires most radical upgrade was the 2000 hp Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. The first variant fitted with this superb ...

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Includes:: fast recipes for simple tasty & healthy food. These meals can be cooked under the grill

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A Grim Almanac of Somerset is a day-by-day catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county. Full of dreadful deeds macabre deaths strange occurrences & heinous homicides this almanac explores the darker side of Somerset's past. The wicked the mad the violent & the bad are all crammed into this volume. Here are stories of tragedy torment & the truly unfortunate with such diverse tales as the soldier who stabbed himself with his own bayonet while turning a somersault in 1879 'the murder that never happened' in 1837 the mother who threw her child into a cess pit in 1855 as well as a catalogue of disasters which include mining & railway accidents explosions riots a devastating collapsing footbridge in Bath in 1930 & a circus big top destroyed by fire in Taunton in 1920 with the loss of five lives. Generously illustrated this chronicle is an entertaining & readable record of Somerset's grim past. Read on.. .if you dare! ...

For two centuries the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain. The recourse of only the most desperate dark & terrible tales of malnutrition misery mistreatment & murder ran like wildfire through the poorer classes who lived in terror of being forced inside the institution's towering walls. This book contains 365 incredible tales of fires drownings explosions & disasters infamous scandals such as the Andover affair
- where inmates were forced to eat the bones they were supposed to be crushing to ward off starvation
- & sickening tales of abuse assault bodysnatching poisonings post mortems & murder. Accompanied by 70 rare & wonderful illustrations this book will thrill fascinate sadden & unnerve in equal measure. DID YOU KNOW? In the early hours of 31 August 1888 the mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols
- the first generally accepted victim of Jack the Ripper
- was discovered in Buck's Row Whitechapel just a little way from the Whitechapel workhouse infirmary. Nichols aged forty-two at her death had been a regular habituee of London's workhouses. On 30 May 1896 at the age of seven future Hollywood star Charlie Chaplin entered the Newington workhouse in south London together with his mother Hannah & his older half-brother Sydney. On 19 March 1834 a revolt took place amongst the juvenile female paupers of St Margaret's workhouse Westminster. A young man named Speed appointed as their superintendent provoked their wrath by his alleged tyrannical behaviour. He was unmercifully thrashed by the girls who tore his clothes nearly off his back & beat him until his cries raised the alarm & the police were sent for to quell the disturbance.



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There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery & despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming & clever Baudelaire children read on... The Grim Grotto". Unless you are a slug a sea anemone or mildew you probably prefer not to be damp. But unfortunately the Beaudelaires encounter an unpleasant amount of dampness as they descend into the depths of despair underwater. You may wish to delve into some happier book in order to keep your eyes & your spirits from being moistened." ...

The Grim Grotto Unless you are a slug a sea anemone or mildew you probably prefer not to be damp. But unfortunately the Beaudelaires encounter an unpleasant amount of dampness as they descend into the depths of despair underwater. You may wish to delve into some happier book in order to keep your eyes & your spirits from being moistened. ...