When the newspapers turn up to cover Ruby Bright's 100th birthday, they find her seaside care home is a murder scene. Someone spirited Ruby away by wheelchair to the water's edge and strangled her. But why kill a harmless centurion? As Shaw and Valentine investigate, it's clear Ruby wasn't the first victim - and nor is she the last.
Looking for a short & sweet contemporary love story? Having trouble with your own dating life? In a series of nine stories, Love, AH GEEZ is the anecdote to your romantic troubles. Go into the minds of the young and old and see how these characters deal with matters of the heart. Such allusions include depression, love at first sight, and till death do us part. Whether you need a pick me up, or want something to read on the train, this book will warm your heart and remind you that love is out there for all including you!
Summer, 1976. A plane crashes on a farm in the Cambridgeshire fens. Out of the flames walks young Maggie Beck, clutching a baby in her arms. Twenty-seven years later, investigative journalist Philip Dryden - visiting his wife, Laura, in hospital - is witness to Maggie's deathbed confession.
Philip Dryden is reporting on an archaeological dig at the old POW camp, when a body is uncovered. But there is something odd: the man appears to have been shot in the head, and the position indicates that he was trying to get into the camp, not escape it. It's a puzzle which excites Dryden far more than the archaeologists or the police.
When an explosion rips across Hunstanton Beach, an abandoned WWII bomb is assumed to be the cause - but is it? At the same time, detectives Shaw and Valentine are on the hunt for an elderly female killer with a uniquely macabre method of despatch. And a Dutch engineer is missing, presumed drowned. Three unrelated investigations - but are they?
1939, Cambridge: The Second World War has begun and the first blackout - The Great Darkness - envelopes the city. When a body is found torn apart, DI Eden Brooke investigates, calling on the expertise of a group of fellow `nighthawks' across the city. Within hours The Great Darkness has claimed a second victim. What links these crimes of the night?
Cambridge, 1940. When an evacuee drowns in a deliberate attack, Detective Inspector Eden Brooke investigates. Then a local factory is attacked, and an IRA slogan is left at the scene. Evidence causes Brooke to question whether there's a connection between the two but can he solve the mystery before there's a second victim?
Bodies are being exhumed at King's Lynn's cemetery, the bones moved to higher ground to avoid flooding. But when the coffin of murdered pub landlady Nora Tilden is hauled up into the light there's a grim discovery; the twisted corpse of a young black man, killed by a billhook blow to the head.
In the Cambridgeshire fens two corpses are found - both linking back to a terrifying event in 1966. More than a great story for journalist Philip Dryden, these murders may hold the key to a personal mystery. Who saved his life two years ago? And, more importantly, who left his wife to die? schovat popis
Fluch und Segen, ein Kelly zu sein
In den Neunzigerjahren füllen Jimmy Kelly und seine Geschwister die größten Hallen und Stadien in Deutschland, verkaufen mehrere Millionen CDs und verdienen ein Vermögen. Doch der Erfolg hat seinen Preis: Der „Family“ muss sich jeder unterordnen. Erst nach dem Tod des Vaters, der innerhalb der Familie die Fäden fest in der Hand hielt, schafft Jimmy Kelly den Ausstieg aus der Familienband – und steht vor dem Nichts, denn das Erbe ist weg. In seiner Not besinnt er sich auf seine Wurzeln und zieht wieder als Straßenmusiker durchs Land. In Streetkid erzählt er erstmals, wie er aus seiner größten persönlichen Krise zu seiner wahren Berufung und zu sich selbst findet. Ehrlich, menschlich, sehr persönlich! Ausstattung: durchg.4c
