"It raises the question though. What happens when something happens in a town where nothing happens? And what happens when you're the cause?"That's two questions, genius. Though Heather Muse is more history buff than mathlete, that's the least of her problems. Growing up in a town with the population and modernity of a record store, you can forgive Heather for living in the past and yearning for a future. As for her actions in the present, that's what this collage of her thoughts, ...

For author Peter James McLean, life was just one adventure after another. In Confessions of an Eccentric Dreamer, he shares a captivating recollection of his life, dreams, adventures, and foibles. This memoir narrates how his adventures began at age sixteen and continued until age ninety-two during which time he worked and retired from the New York Central Railroad; developed a money-saving, water softening device to clean steam engine boilers; and invented and patented toy guns, an electr...

Text-book of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is a comprehensive and authoritative guide that delves into the principles and practices of forensic medicine and toxicology, serving as an essential resource for medical students, practitioners, and legal professionals. The book systematically covers the medico-legal aspects of death, injury, and poisoning, providing detailed explanations of post-mortem changes, identification of bodies, and the various causes and types of death, including asp...

Summarises current good agricultural practice in maize cultivation, from seed selection to nutrient management, conservation agriculture, rotations and intercropping;Reviews advances in understanding and managing diseases and pests such as viruses, nematodes and weeds;Discusses ways maize cultivation can be made more ‘climate smart’

On a Halloween night, eight boys are led on an incredible journey into the past by the mysterious “spirit” Moundshroud. Riding a dark autumn wind from ancient Egypt to the land of the Celtic druids, from Mexico to a cathedral in Paris, they will witness the haunting beginnings of the holiday called Halloween.Featuring the evocative prose and imagery of Ray Bradbury, the fine acting of the Colonial Radio Theatre players, and atmospheric music and sound effects, this story will send ...

THE TWISTY FOURTH NOVEL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE GRIPPING INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES SET IN EDINBURGHA family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife . . .____________Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot by husband Andrew, an influential politician, before he turned the gun on himself.But what would cause a rich, successful man to snap so suddenly?For ...

'A thrilling page turner . . . The Violent Hour is James Oswald at the height of his powers'IMRAN MAHMOOD'A fast-paced procedural with plenty of surprises - while this might have been my first Tony McLean outing, it certainly won't be my last'**TARIQ ASHKANANI'Written with real skill and heart . . . a propulsive and gripping read from start to finish'DOUG JOHNSTONE****'Gripping and sharply observed . . ...

The dead don't always rest in peace . . . Discover the gripping first thriller in the Inspector McLean seriesF****or fans of Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride'A gripping, captivating page-turner' 5***** READER REVIEW'Murder, malevolence and great detection' 5***** READER REVIEW'Grips you from the very beginning' 5***** READER REVIEW_______Edinburgh is ...

Discover the gripping thriller from the author of Richard & Judy pick Natural CausesFrom the Sunday Times bestseller comes an electrifying crime thriller for fans of Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride'Compulsive. So many twists and turns. Chilling' 5***** READER REVIEW'Well written and expertly plotted. The tension came alive'

Secondo libro della serie dedicata all'ispettore McLean. Dieci donne. Nude, sgozzate, il corpo deterso dopo lo scempio: un macabro rito che per dieci anni ha svegliato Edimburgo ogni vigilia di Natale. L'ultima è stata Kirsty, la fidanzata dell'ispettore Tony McLean. Finché un giorno Donald Anderson, il famigerato assassino di Natale, fa un passo falso consentendo all'ispettore di porre fine a quella catena di orrore. Ma nemmeno la sepoltura di Anderson, ammazzato in cella, riesce a restit...

Sunday Times bestseller Prayer for the Dead is the fifth novel in the bestselling Inspector McLean series by author James Oswald.'The hallmarks of Val McDermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' The Herald***'Are you ready to be reborn?'The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder.In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart o...

Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean is drawn into a set of cases separated by six decades, but connected by a macabre and brutal ritual killing in the first entry of the Detective Inspector MacLean mystery series.A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a room that has lain sealed for the last sixty years. Her remains are carefully arranged in what seems to have been a macabre ritual. For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean, this ba...