When a St Petersburg restaurant is ripped apart by a bomb, consulting mathematician Marc Naedorf is dragged back into the shadow world he thought he'd left behind. Once an intelligence analyst, now an outsider with a gift for spotting hidden patterns, he finds himself at the heart of an international mystery where every answer raises new questions.With MI5 and CIA espionage networks looming in the background, Naedorf follows a trail that winds from the Russian mafi...

When a St Petersburg restaurant is ripped apart by a bomb, consulting mathematician Marc Naedorf is dragged back into the shadow world he thought he'd left behind. Once an intelligence analyst, now an outsider with a gift for spotting hidden patterns, he finds himself at the heart of an international mystery where every answer raises new questions.With MI5 and CIA espionage networks looming in the background, Naedorf follows a trail that winds from the Russian mafi...

"Enduring Hope: Supporting a Loved One with Chronic Suicidal Thoughts" is a compassionate and practical guide designed to assist individuals in supporting a loved one who is struggling with depression and chronic suicidal thoughts. This book emphasizes empathy, understanding, and effective communication strategies to help navigate through difficult times. It provides valuable insights into recognizing warning signs, offering emotional support, and accessing professional help when needed.

Magical consequences turn everyday childhood missteps into funny, slightly spooky short story adventures. Perfect for family road trips or a comforting bedtime routine, these whimsical tales transform harmless fibs and careless habits into delightfully absurd tangles. Listeners will meet talking shadows, grumpy gadgets, and bossy squirrels who show exactly what happens when bad choices take on a life of their own.Instead of boring lectures, the humor and gentle suspense keep kids e...

His name is carefully guarded from the general public but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich Dr Alex Hoffmann is a legend - a visionary scientist whose computer software turns everything it touches into gold.Together with his partner, an investment banker, Hoffmann has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that tracks human emotions, enabling it to predict movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva...

The first novel in Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's witty Laundry Files seriesBob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe—but then he went and got Noticed.Now, Bob is up to his neck in spycraft, parallel universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world. Only one ...

Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series • “The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.” —io9A mutilated body in Crawley. A killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil, possibly an associate of the twisted wizard known as the Faceless Man. Or maybe just a garden-variety serial killer.Before apprentice wizard and Police Constable Peter Grant can even get his head 'round the case, two more are dropped in his lap: a town...

Now in paperback, the eighth book of the bestselling Rivers of London series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up—the Serious Cybernetics Company.D...

Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series • “The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.” —io9Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of Police Constable Peter Grant or the Folly—London’s police department for supernatural cases—even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the flats of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But the daughter of Lady Ty, influential goddess of the Tyburn river, was there, and Peter owes...

The seventh book of the bestselling Rivers of London series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.The Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring him to justice.But even a...

The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.There is a world hidden underneath this great city.The London Silver Vaults—for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a paparazzi con...

There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little more than give a frisson to travelling and boost tourism. But now there’s a rash of sightings on the Metropolitan Line and these ghosts are frightening, aggressive and seem to be looking for something.Enter PC Peter Grant, junior member of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Assessment unit a.k.a. The Folly a.k.a. the only police officers whose official duties include ghost hunting. To...