Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward. The handcuffed & chained patient Oscar Bane has specifically asked for her & when she literally has her gloved hands on him he begins to talk
- & the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard. He says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder.. .that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true & it is he who is being spied on followed & stalked by the actual killer? The only thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured & murdered
- & that more violent deaths will follow...

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Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward. The handcuffed & chained patient Oscar Bane has specifically asked for her & when she literally has her gloved hands on him he begins to talk
- & the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard. He says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder.. .that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true & it is he who is being spied on followed & stalked by the actual killer? The only thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured & murdered
- & that more violent deaths will follow...

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It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic & unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr who has vanished & is presumed dead. Moments later during the same broadcast she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatric patient of Benton Wesley's. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she & Benton live she finds a suspicious package
- possibly a bomb
- waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a deadly plot that

Includes:: a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime & the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom Scarpetta's niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past...



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It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York Citys Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic & unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr who has vanished & is presumed dead. Moments later during the same broadcast she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatric patient of Benton Wesleys. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she & Benton live she finds a suspicious package
- possibly a bomb
- waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpettas life finds her embroiled in a deadly plot that

Includes:: a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime & the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom Lucy seems to have shared a secret past...



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CAUGHT IN A MIDNIGHT TRYST! Can a reclusive & distrustful lord scarred by betrayal & raised without love learn to trust a pampered society beauty who seems to have the whole world at her elegantly shod feet? When Alexander Forthin Earl of Calvercombe clashes with Persephone Seaborne it seems not... But a series of mysterious disappearances links their two families forcing the embittered soldier & the toast of St James into an unlikely alliance
- one that starts the gossips' tongues wagging... Especially after they are caught in a secret midnight tryst!
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Here comes another great title in the popular & successful Cozy" series. It presents 30 achievable projects suitable for knitters of all ages & abilities designed by the readers of " Knitting" magazine. Colourful scarves are easy & fast to knit & make great presents for friends & family. When the winter months are drawing in a huge soft scarf is ideal to snuggle into. But they don't all have to be chunky cables & thick yarn why not have a go at creating your own thin & slinky evening scarf or a light & lazy one for when summer breezes in. This new title is packed with colourful designs that are easy & fast to knit & detailed instructions explaining everything you need to know. Colourful scarves make fantastic gifts for friends & family & are an ideal way to use up odds & ends of yarn. This collection of fun & fabulous scarves will make you want to reach for your needles & get stitching right away. These original designs were created by the readers of popular " Knitting" magazine. Their great eye for design colour & their nifty skills with needles & hooks explain the brilliantly imaginative variety of scarves in this collection." ...

Dom Joly sets off round the world again but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone
- he's monster hunting. Ever
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Each year 200 million workers from China's vast rural interior travel between cities & regions in search of employment: the largest human migration in history. This indispensable army of labor contributes half of China's GDP but is an unorganized workforce
- scattered sand"
- & the most marginalized & impoverished group of workers in the country. For two years the award-winning journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai traveled across China to uncover the exploitation of workers at locations as diverse as Olympic construction sites & brick kilns in the Yellow River region the factories of the Pearl River Delta & the suicide-ridden Foxconn complex. She witnessed AIDS-afflicted families & towns; recorded acts of labor militancy; & was reunited with long-lost relatives estranged since her mother's family fled for Taiwan during the Civil War. What she finds is a peasantry expected to sacrifice itself for the sake of national glory
- just as it was under Mao."


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The destructive hydrogues continue their war against humans & the fiery entities the faeros
- a struggle that kills planets & extinguishes
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2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders was posted to Singapore in 1937 with their families. When the Japanese invaded Malaya in December 1941 the Battalion fought bravely until the surrender of Singapore on 14 February 1942. Those who were not killed became POWs. Of the 1000 men involved initially over 400 had died by their liberation in summer 1945. Despite the diverse background of the members of the Battalion all were bound by close regimental spirit. As POWs all suffered hard labour starvation brutality & tropical diseases. Rank was no protection from death. After initial incarceration in Singapore the Gordons were dispersed to work on the famous Thai-Burma railway in the mines of Taiwan & Japan & on other slave labour projects. Conditions defy modern comprehension. Others died trapped in hell-ships torpedoed by allied submarines. The author has researched the plight of these extraordinary men so many of whom never saw their native Scotland again. Despite the grim conditions he captures the strong collective regimental spirit & the humour & cooperation that saved so many who would have otherwise have perished
- as many did. This is an inspiring tale of courage & survival against appalling odds.
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