The victim has been bound & tortured the body decomposed beyond recognition...A second body is found. A nightmare is about to begin...A serial killer is at work & the death toll is rising...A brutal abduction
- a helpless victim is taken... And for forensics expert David Hunter its become a terrifying race against time.
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Tomboy Grace Tooley meets Rupert Bradley when her eldest brothers sudden death forces her to take on burdens beyond her years. From then on Grace gives her heart to her brothers wealthy friend but he sees her as a mere girl & marries a woman from his own station in life. They meet again when the Great War has changed them both. Grace has suffered loss & pain & emerged as a strong passionate woman. Rupert nearly broken by the horrors he has endured has been humiliated by the bride who once seemed so right for him & he rejects Graces love & any hope of future happiness. But Grace is determined to rediscover the spirit of the only boy she ever loved in the man who is ready to die. ...

Doctor Who Screenwriter Ben Aaronovitchs superbly entertaining supernatural crime series has with its witty one-liners & wonderfully erudite take on London won a legion of fans in double quick time. Peter Grant is learning magic fast. & its just as well
- hes already had run ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames & a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you work in a department of two. A department that doesnt even officially exist. A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you laughed at. & then theres his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasnt his fault but still. Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. & delays on the Northern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Mets Economic & Specialist Crime Unit 9 aka The Folly. Time to call in PC Peter Grant Britains Last Wizard.
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Doctor Who Screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch's superbly entertaining supernatural crime series has with its witty one-liners & wonderfully erudite take on London won a legion of fans in double quick time. Peter Grant is learning magic fast. & its just as well
- he's already had run ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames & a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you work in a department of two. A department that doesn't even officially exist. A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you laughed at. & then there's his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasn't his fault but still. Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. & delays on the Northern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Met's Economic & Specialist Crime Unit 9 aka ' The Folly'. Time to call in PC Peter Grant Britains Last Wizard.
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All children love stories. Here master storyteller Jamila Gavin draws them from the four corners of the globe: The Whistling Monster" a cautionary tale from Brazil; " The Coming of Raven" a creation myth from Canada; " The Birth of Krishna" an ancient legend from India... Full of mystery wit & wisdom with enduring themes of good versus evil these ten tales have survived hundreds of years of retelling to become favorites among children all around the world." ...

Whitakers Concise Almanack 2012 is the definitive reference guide to the UK. A softback shorter version of its big sister Whitakers Almanack the Concise edition is a UK-centric goldmine of information with enormous breadth of coverage. The Concise edition doesnt contain any international coverage but at less than half the price of the standard edition the reader with an interest in UK facts & figures is really getting value for your money. Areas of coverage include: government & politics communications private & state education religion environment cultural heritage the UK legal system royalty & peerage social welfare IT mobile phone industry environment heritage astronomy & much more
- quite simply the UK in one volume! If you want to know it...its here John Humphrys
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An authoritative quirky trivia book divided into themed chapters. Whitakers Little Book of Knowledge contains thousands of general knowledge gems: from everything you learned at school to fascinating lists of contemporary top-tens mini-biographies of famous artists & writers plus condensed guides to films & works of art & literature. In addition there is a light-hearted journey down memory lane featuring humorous entries on forgotten treasures from different decades & a st&-alone sport chapter with guides to both well-known & obscure sports key rules a glossary of terms & short biographies of the worlds greatest sporting heroes. Facts are both newly researched & drawn from the rich treasure-trove of the Whitakers Almanack archive which dates back to 1868. Whitakers Little Book of Knowledge is a truly unique ready-reference containing fascinating facts for every trivia buff while providing a unique insight into the world from the 19th century through to the present day. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Dominating the seaport of Whitby from its headland site the imposing & brooding ruins of Whitby Abbey date from the seventh century. The renowned & wise St Hilda ruled over the first monastery & witnessed one of the defining moments in the establishment of the Church
- the Synod of Whitby in AD 664. Sacked by the Vikings it lay in ruins until the Norman Conquest when it was re-established & grew into one of the most powerful & richest Abbeys in Yorkshire. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII the site was sold & the lord of the manor built himself a grand private residence using some of the stone from the Abbey. Over time the abbey ruins came into the guardianship of English Heritage who have in the last fifty years conserved the ruins for posterity & transformed the headland into a major tourist area.
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To visit Whitby's ' Yards' is to step back in time. Hardly changed from the Middle Ages this is where one can still meet old Whitby
- a secret Whitby
- unspoilt & untroubled by the holiday visitor. The yards alleyways & ghauts are fascinating places to explore. Though often private there are enough remaining to catch a glimpse of what this small seaport must have been like two or three hundred years ago. Today over eighty named yards still exist out of more than one hundred & there are in addition another thirty or so places of similar character but perhaps called 'steps' 'lane' 'square' or 'place'. The origins of the yards lay in the days of medieval Whitby & its development. Join Alan Whitworth on this affectionate & lavishly illustrated account which will surprise & delight anyone who knows the area.

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