Nothing will ever be the same again... In the heart of Philadelphias badlands Homicide Detectives Byrne & Balzano are called out to a particularly chilling crime scene. Once the pillar of the neighbourhood an abandoned church has become a killing room. At first it looks like a random act of violence. But then a second body is found & a third. Each crime scene more disturbing than the last each murder more brutal. & it soon becomes horrifyingly clear that a cold calculating & terrifyingly precise mind is at work. With very few leads & a mastermind who always seems to be one step ahead Byrne & Balzano are faced with challenges they could never have imagined as they race against time to hunt down their killer before its too late... ...

' The thing is Detective... If you believe in God you've got to believe in the Devil.' Deepest winter. Darkest Philadelphia. A murder shocks the frozen city
- the most spectacular homicide in its 300-year-old history: an ex-cop has been lured to the basement of an abandoned chapel wrapped in barbed wire
- & kept alive for ten days. Twenty-four hours after the discovery Detectives Kevin Byrne & Jessica Balzano find another victim in another church encased in a pristine block of ice. Someone is transforming the city's cathederals into killing rooms someone who is determined to raise hell on earth. Packed with ingenious twists & relentless excitement The Killing Room is a novel of blistering thrills & heart-stopping suspense.

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This title is shortlisted for The CWA Gold Dagger for Non Fiction. David Dow is a leading death row attorney in Texas where 99 per cent of appeals are rejected. He knows his clients are guilty but he defends them because he believes murder is wrong. Henry Quaker is a quiet man charged with murdering his childhood sweetheart & their two children. All the evidence is against him: hes mentally unstable his gun is missing his sons blood was found in his car & hed taken out life insurance on his family immediately before their murder. But as Dow painstakingly pieces the case together he gradually becomes convinced that Quaker
- whose execution is just weeks away
- is actually innocent. This is the real story of Death Row; of corrupt lawyers judges who are hostile to the very idea of justice & executioners who rely on inmates for moral support. Killing Time" is a modern classic; both a searing & haunting memoir & a story that will have you holding your breath until the last page."

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More people than ever are using alternative medicine. But as expert Dr Paul Offit explains these untested therapies are ineffective expensive & even deadly. Now that homeopathic remedies are offered on the NHS it's clear that various therapies once considered alternative or complementary have become mainstream
- prescribed to burn fat shrink prostates alleviate colds reduce stress eliminate pain & prevent cancer. At the same time uptake of effective vaccines such as MMR has fallen
- a disturbing trend which in the case of the MMR has lead to a sharp rise in the number of measles cases. In ' Killing Us Softly' Paul Offit reveals alternative medicine
- an unregulated industry under no obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks
- can actually be very harmful. In ' Killing Us Softly' he exposes how: * Homeopathic asthma preparations & bogus cancer cures have replaced life-saving medicines. * Acupuncture needles have pierced hearts lungs & livers & transmitted viruses including hepatitis B hepatitis C & HIV. * Chiropractic manipulations have torn arteries. * Megavitamins increase the risk of cancer & heart disease-a fact well known to scientists but virtually unknown to the public. Using real-life case histories to back his argument Dr Offit shows us why any medical treatment
- alternative or conventional
- must be properly evaluated. ' There's no such thing as alternative medicine. There's only medicine that works & medicine that doesn't.'





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On a tour of duty in the Helmand River Valley the Grenadier Guards faced the toughest challenge of their lives... Carrying out patrols in the most fiercely contested land in Afghanistan the Guards were under fire almost constantly. The summer of 2007 saw some of the most frequent & intense combat yet beyond what anyone could have predicted. Based in isolated forward operating bases their nearest reinforcements were often miles away down a track strewn with deadly roadside bombs. The Killing Zone" is an action-packed & authentic insight into the real Afghanistan. This is what its like to deliberately draw fire on your own position so that your mates can escape an ambush to experience the adrenaline rush of being the first in to clear a Taliban compound & to rely on skill loyalty & quick-thinking to survive in one of the most dangerous places on earth." ...

Paige Vallis claimed that she gave in to Trippings sexual demands because he had threatened to harm his son if she didnt. Alexandra Cooper prosecuting the ex-CIA man knew she had her work cut out to convince the jury but before Paige could complete her testimony on the stand she is found dead
- strangled in her own apartment building just hours after shed confessed to Alex that she had had a relationship with another ex-CIA operative. While the accusation of rape against Tripping is dropped he has other charges to face not least abusing his own child. As Trippings defence team go into overdrive to keep their client out of jail Alex Chapman & Mercer set out to discover who so conveniently killed the woman who could have put him behind bars. As they peel back the layers of Paiges life they discover a decades-old vipers nest of robbery & double-dealing & discover that truth of the adage of money being at the root of all evil
- however old & respectable it might be.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Every town & city has great stories to tell. They all have local heroes & terrific tales about the people & industries of the area. In this book Frank Beattie has tapped into the rich history of history of his native Kilmarnock & has brought together a wide selection of fantastic facts which cover not just the nationally important events such as one of the world's first timetabled railway passenger services but the quirky like the fact that Kilmarnock celebrates Halloween on the last Friday of October rather than 31 October like everyone else. In The Kilmarnock Fact Book you will learn about great industries such as Johnnie Walker Saxone & BMK which were all founded in Kilmarnock & also about people like Sandy Mc Crone a blind man who climbed up the scaffold around a church & stuck a potato on the beak of the weathercock just to win a bet. ...

Silent & undetectable the Russian-built Kilo-Class submarine is the only true enemy of the American Carrier Battle Groups
- & it
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This is a selection edited & introduced by william plomer. Francis Kilvert was an country clergyman who lived from 1840 to 1879 & these are his diaries: gossipy sweet-natured generous curious & full of an abiding wonder & delight in the natural world & the beauties of the changing seasons. A worthy heir to Pepys & Dorothy Wordsworth Kilvert is an irresistible companion. ...