Peter Ord, antiguo detective privado y escritor fracasado, regresa a Seatown, su ciudad natal, con la esperanza de empezar de nuevo. Pero no tarda en recaer en sus viejos hábitos, juntándose con un grupo de personajes de baja estofa e involucrándose en actividades delictivas.En "Los Blues de Seatown", Paul D. Brazill teje una colección de historias de humor negro que siguen las desventuras de Peter mientras navega por los bajos fondos de su ciudad natal. Por el camino, se encuentra...

After a messy divorce, Peter Ord decides to turn his life around and become a private investigator. But with his constant drinking and questionable decision-making skills, his new career quickly turns into a dark farce filled with tragicomedy.As he takes on challenging cases and tries to keep up with his boozy sidekick Bryn Laden, Peter finds himself on the wrong side of a local crime lord's radar. Failure is not an option, but with Peter's track record, it seems to be a foregone c...

Peter Ord, um ex-detetive particular e autor fracassado, retorna à sua cidade natal, Seatown, na esperança de começar de novo. Mas não demora muito para que ele volte aos velhos hábitos, convivendo com um bando de vagabundos e se envolvendo em atividades criminosas.Em "Tristezas de Seatown", Paul D. Brazill tece uma coleção de contos cômicos sombrios que seguem as desventuras de Peter enquanto ele navega no ventre decadente de sua cidade natal. Ao longo do caminho, ele encontra um ...

Healthcare for older people tends to focus on physical limitations and cognitive decline, and the person's own perspective and strengths are often overlooked. Narrative therapy centres a person as the expert in their own story, and is particularly effective when combined with an older person's wealth of life experience. It highlights the way their views have been shaped by their cultural and personal contexts, which allows better understanding and communication, and improves people's lives...

Tras un divorcio tumultuoso, Peter Ord decide dar un giro a su vida y convertirse en investigador privado. Pero con su constante consumo de alcohol y su cuestionable capacidad para tomar decisiones, su nueva carrera se convierte rápidamente en una oscura farsa llena de tragicomedia.A medida que acepta casos difíciles e intenta seguir el ritmo de su borracho compañero Bryn Laden, Peter se encuentra en el lado equivocado del radar de un señor del crimen local. El fracaso no es una op...

Wenn das Schicksal Amor spielt, sind sogar Winterwunder möglich …Weihnachtsmuffel Lizzy hat sich damit arrangiert, Single zu sein. Als sich auch noch ihre beste Freundin Silvi in der Adventszeit von ihrem Freund trennt, fliehen die beiden nach St. Peter-Ording, um dort die Weihnachtstage hinter sich zu bringen. Doch als Silvi sie im Stich lässt, ist Lizzys Laune endgültig im Keller.Allerdings ist da der attraktive Jakob, dem sie ständig in die Arme...

Peter Ord, a former private eye and failed author, returns to his hometown of Seatown, hoping to start fresh. But it doesn't take long for him to fall back into his old habits, hanging out with a group of lowlife characters and getting involved in criminal activities.In "Seatown Blues," Paul D. Brazill weaves a collection of darkly comic tales that follow Peter's misadventures as he navigates the seedy underbelly of his hometown. Along the way, he encounters a cast of offbeat chara...

Both books in Paul D. Brazill's 'The Peter Ord Yarns', now available in one volume!Gumshoe Blues: After a divorce, Peter Ord decides to turn his life around and becomes a private detective. But with his constant drinking and questionable decision-making skills, his new career quickly takes a turn for the worse. Trying to solve challenging cases and keep up with his boozy sidekick Bryn Laden, Peter soon finds himself on the wrong side of a local crime lord's radar.Seatown Bl...

In the years before the Great War, M.R. James told ghost stories by candlelight to a handful of friends and scholars. Now, twenty-five years later, those men are being killed off one by one. Josephine Tey is in Cambridge, a town gripped by fear as a serial rapist stalks the streets, and Chief Inspector Archie Penrose faces some of the most horrific murders of his career. Archie and Josephine must race to stop another attack in this beautifully written, intricately plotted mystery.

Drei Top-Autorinnen liefern drei winterliche Liebesromane, die zart auf die Weihnachtszeit einstimmt und dabei besondere Liebesgeschichten erzählt.Dieses Bundle mit fast 1000 Seiten Lesestoff enthält:Winter im kleinen FördehausAls die Physiotherapeutin Mia vor den Scherben ihrer Ehe steht, kreuzt ein Jobangebot gerade zur rechten Zeit ihren Weg: An der Ostsee soll sie sich um Frederik Strothbergs widerspenstige Großm...

May, 1937, and London prepares to crown a new king. At the height of the Coronation celebrations, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose is called to the BBC to investigate the murder of a famous broadcaster, a death which Josephine Tey suspects is linked to a decade-old scandal. With Archie's hands tied by politics, it is left to Josephine to get to the truth. Soon she is forced to confront at first-hand the deadly consequences of love, deceit and betrayal.

The latest atmospheric thirties mystery featuring bestselling crime author Josephine Tey.When Josephine Tey inherits a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it comes full of secrets. There’s the infamous Red Barn murders, committed in the grounds a century before, and there’s Lucy Kyte, the mysterious beneficiary of her godmother's will. Josephine knows that there is something dark that has a hold on this small community. Is it the sinister ghosts of the Red Barn murders, or i...