'Brilliantly original, with characters that jump off the page. Highly recommended and a huge 5 stars from me.' Angela MarsonsIt was the wedding of the year. Millie Beaumont marrying billionaire playboy Oscar Hayat, the eyes of the world watching.But the dream turns into a nightmare when Millie and Oscar are brutally abducted while on honeymoon. Millie is killed, her body dumped in London. Oscar is still missingEnter DS Mumtaz 'Moomy' Khan - not your...

There are physical and chemical methods of synthesis of nanomaterials. But due to the damage caused by these methods to the environment there is a pressing need of green nanotechnology, which is a clean and eco-friendly technology for the development of nanomaterials. The present book includes green synthesis of nanoparticles by algae, diatoms and plants. The mechanism behind the synthesis of nanoparticles will also be discussed. The book would be a valuable resource for students, research...

Sidra Hussain has just made it home after a date. Opening the door, her blood runs cold as she realises the caller is here to take her life...When a young Asian woman is found brutally murdered in her North London home, DS Mumtaz 'Moomy' Ali begins the investigation, but is blindsided by a case with no obvious motive.When a second female victim is found, with no obvious links to Sidra apart from also having her throat slit, it seems Moomy is up aga...

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a tree belonging to the palm family (Arecaceae) and is cultivated for its sweet edible fruits. Over the past century, it has become a major commercial fruit crop and a key component of agricultural production in the world's subtropical arid and semiarid regions. A crop suited both to the low-input small-farmer and the modern high-input commercial plantation, the date palm provides a livelihood for millions of people living in marginal land areas where ...

The lime is an important fruit crop throughout the citrus producing regions of the world, with its own specific benefits and issues affecting successful cultivation and production. Limes: Botany, Production and Uses covers the breeding, genetics and biodiversity of the plants, and explains the processes for establishing a lime orchard, including propagation techniques, pruning and thinning of established trees, water requirements and irrigation systems. All the major problems of lime culti...

When a young South Asian woman is found brutally murdered in her North London home, DS Mumtaz ‘Moomy’ Ali begins the investigation, but is blindsided by a case with no obvious motive.A second female victim is found, with no obvious links to Sidra’s murder apart from also having her throat slit, it seems Moomy is up against every detective’s nightmare… a serial killer bringing terror to the streets of London. As the case deepens, Moomy and her detective partner Sara...

They took their wedding vows.Now they're taking lives.Rose Cromwell, is a mother of two, grandmother to four and has just celebrated her thirty-fifth wedding anniversary to husband Mike.An ordinary, enviable marriage... until the night that Rose wakes up to see Mike stabbed to death in their marital bed, and the murder weapon in her hand.Close by, Divya Sharma is happily planning a lavish meal for her devoted husband, Karthik. But their speci...