Few, if any, characters in modern crime fiction can match the benign humour, the gentle wisdom or the sheer bloody-mindedness of Dr Siri Paiboun, septuagenarian chief coroner to the newly independent communist state of Laos.
An old Colombian man bears witness to the senseless violence engulfing his country in an immensely disturbing book where every detail is true to life.
These are stories about people who make choices that seem inevitable, whose longings and misgivings evoke eternal human experience. With her trademark compassion and wit, Hempel takes readers into the marriages, minor disasters and moments of revelation in an uneasy America.
Jesse Stone is an ex LA cop who has taken the job of police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts. His drinking and his damaged relationship with his wife, define him as much as his supreme skill at policing his patch. When Crow, an Apache hitman, turns up in Jesse Stone's office, he is intrigued and very much on his guard.
With the flood water washing up Church Lane towards the vicarage and the shop running out of cigarettes it looks like a cold and complex Christmas for Merrily Watkins in an ancient community forced to untangle its own history against the swirling uncertainty of the future.
In the fifth instalment of the delightful Dr Siri series, Laos' reluctant chief coroner is kidnapped, while his colleagues contend with exploding corpses back at the morgue.
A haunting tale of madness, murder and addiction from the bestselling author of THE TERROR (now a major BBC series)
Master thief, John Dortmunder, finds himself involved an impossible crime, one he doesn't want and doesn't believe in and which he'd rather avoid if possible...but a little blackmail goes a long way.
Dortmunder's past comes back to haunt him when he returns home after an unsuccessful burglary and finds his old cellmate sitting in his living room. He needs Dortmunder's help in retrieving $700,000 that he'd buried in a small town 30 years before
In high summer, darkness descends on Elgar's England. Investigating a series of road accidents in the Malvern Hills, Merrily Watkins stumbles into a barbed tangle of alienation, murder... and a mystical obsession with the landscape.
Indiana Jones meets The Twilight Zone in the latest installment in the internationally bestselling series.
From Christian Dior's 'New Look' to Maria Grazia Chiuri's dazzling tenure as Creative Director, this unique volume explores the colourful history of the luxury monolith that is the house of Dior.
Des Powell left school with no qualifications and little in the way of formal education. At nineteen he signed up to join the Parachute Regiment.Famously, the Paras is home to the UK military's second-toughest training regime after the SAS. Des Powell knows all about both. In fact, Des knows SAS selection better than anyone because he's done it twice. In SAS: Trial by Fire he tells the story of those gruelling tests: how Para training turned him into a soldier but, more crucially, how the SAS process turned him into a member of the elite.Des describes exactly what it takes to be an elite special forces operator. From raw recruit to trained fighting machine - including the heart-breaking moment he was forced to withdraw, only to begin the process again - Des shares the details of his personal journey, itself a tale of prevailing against almost overwhelming odd. He teaches us valuable life skills by taking us deep into the training regime itself: fitness, navigation, endurance, weapons and combat training, survival techniques in hostile climates, the terrifying jungle phase, the dark arts of escape and evasion, the secret of surviving interrogation.No one's lifted the lid on what it takes to join the SAS and become the best of the best. Until now.Praise for Bravo Three Zero'A must read. Honesty, integrity and real experience that puts you in the thick of the action.' Billy Billingham'The story that needed to be told' Jason Fox'The attention to detail is unbelievable' Tim Lovejoy'Thrilling' Express
Curious about the colour of your aura and what it all means? Your aura is a luminous, colourful field of energy that surrounds your physical body. Each person's aura has a unique shape, size and frequency that reflects their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual states. This beautifully illustrated and comprehensive visual guide to auras explores how the colours found in your energy field relate to the chakra system. You will also learn practical ways to keep your chakras in balance and restore peace to the mind, body and soul. Your aura is the key to shifting your energy and manifesting your desired reality. EILEEN LEE is a Detroit-based energetics researcher and aura photographer who has captured and interpreted tens of thousands of aura portraits. A trailblazer in her field, Eileen's energetic expertise comes from extensive study of esoteric and modern-day texts, along with her first-hand experience of documenting the human energy field. @ weareauraaura www.auraaura.co
This sweet, funny, electrifying romance stars sixteen-year-old Audre Mercy-Moore, first introduced in the New York Times bestseller Seven Days in June. Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Nicola Yoon.
Dark fantasy meets complex thriller tension: Markus Heitz's urban mystery bestseller is a perfect mix of the uncanny, evil and subtle horror.
The thrilling sequel to the million-copy-bestselling Reese's Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish: a gripping cat-and-mouse thriller full of twists and turns.
A spectacular, genre-bending speculative novel, perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovitch, Octavia E. Butler, Lavie Tidhar and Tade Thompson.
The searing new destination thriller with a cat-and-mouse twist. Perfect for fans of Andrea Bartz and Lucy Clarke.
A breathtaking, joy-filled novel about the people we love, the secrets we keep, and the enduring power of family.
This new edition of a true crime classic includes a postscript in which the author describes the extraordinary lengths that the great poet Ted Hughes, a neighbour of the Luxtons, went to try and suppress publication of the book.
What to Grow for a Climate Resilient Garden urges green-thumbed readers that are conscious of the environment to think deeper about the impact of maintaining a thriving garden on the future of the planet, and vice versa. With easy, practical ideas, it is the ideal book for experienced gardeners and a growing environmentally-inclined public looking for ways to make a difference. Eminent plant expert Dr Amanda Rasmussen explains what makes particular plants suited to certain conditions, along with easy-to-implement ideas for forward-thinking gardeners. Whether you are gardening in the rain, the baking hot sun, in the city or the countryside, you'll discover information and inspiration for creating your very own resilient, future-proofed garden. The author's expertise ensures a book that is botanically sound, but also aesthetically designed and eye-catching. The fascinating information about easy-to-find plants for a wide range of abilities and geographically diverse locations makes this book highly desirable for all gardeners wishing to diversify their green spaces as the climate continues to change radically.
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