Imagine a world above the clouds, a lake with waters as dark as the night sky, shining fish that illuminate the watery world, a beautiful little duck, and a boy. In The Littlest Duck, the boy, surrounded by beauty, chases after one elusive little duck. In his quest to get the duck, he finds his own determination and strength. He also learns that he experiences more joy from the duck and the world around him when she is free.

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER, 2014Peckham, south London. A nine-year-old boy crawls from a burning car and is left fighting for his life. As DCI David Rosen and his team scour the scene of the crime, a graffiti image of a sinister eye is discovered above the site of the wreckage - and with it, a series of mysterious markings etched onto the wall. Could this be a code to catch the monster behind this dreadful act?When a teenager is burned alive, eviden...

'Dark, gripping and believable' GRAHAM MASTERTON.Are you looking for an addictive serial killer thriller with a dark twist?EVERY NIGHT, A FAMILY DIES...While a blizzard rages through the streets of Liverpool, a family are slaughtered in their beds. Their mutilated bodies are dragged onto the landing to form a strange pattern. None of the neighbours hears a sound.EVERY NIGHT, SHE TRIES TO SAVE THEM...DCI Eve Cla...

Six women. Six abductions. Six souls.The tabloids call him Herod. A barbaric serial killer who mutilates pregnant women and dumps their bodies in London streets.DCI Rosen calls him the Devil. A disturbed and twisted man who follows an ancient occult text said to be hell's answer to the bible.Then a new victim is abducted. DCI Rosen knows that time is running out to save her. But if he enters the killer's lair, he will find that there are far worse t...

Six women. Six abductions. Six souls in peril...London is in the grip of a barbaric serial killer, dubbed Herod by the tabloid press. Four pregnant women have been abducted in quick succession, their bodies mutilated and dumped. When a fifth pregnant woman, Julia Caton, is taken from her home in the dead of night, DCI David Rosen knows that time is running out to save her...Then Rosen gets a mysterious phone call from Father Sebastian Flint, an enigmatic pr...

Can South Asia's cities become engines of prosperity and livability? This report analyzes urbanization in South Asia, revealing policy and market failures hindering its potential. Discover how to manage spatial transformation for economic growth and improved living conditions.This report examines key challenges, including congestion, inadequate infrastructure, and housing shortages. Learn about innovative approaches to urban governance, finance, and spatial plannin...

Dreamy never thought about her mysterious silver eyes until she moved to Salem. Clues about her past life are written on the side of her cabinet in her new orphanage home. These clues lead her to the Lost Scroll of Salem. This is how she discovers that she is the moon goddess, but she must complete the quest to find the whole scroll before she turns twelve so she can gain all her powers.Her friends join the quest and regain their powers as gods and goddesses too. Herman turns himse...

From a parking orbit observing Antares to the fi nal stand of a lone, battleweary Templar knight in A Cold Day, author Mark Roberts presents this primer that introduces his work in poetry and fi ction, the macabre and the supernatural.Roberts uses a full arsenal of toolspoetry, essays, short stories, novel excerptswhich he employs with ease and augments with heart-stopping horror and straightfor-the-throat humor to communicate his personal views on philosophy, metaphysics, religion...

The secret to boosting research productivity, managing workloads and responding to changing circumstances is to harness project management tools in the academic environment. With academics increasingly being asked to perform all of these feats at once, this book could not come soon enough. It sets out the basics of project management as a practical, step-by-step process for integrating the demands of research projects into the working life of today's academics.This...

Why can't she say what she saw?She watched her father die...A gripping serial killer thriller, perfect for fans of Angela Marsons.Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his grown-up daughter. He had no enemies.Louise Lawson witnessed her father's murder. Before she blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, tw...

All they wanted was to find their happy-ever-after... Instead, they met their deaths.Three women have been killed in Liverpool. The MO points to a stranger, and now DCI Eve Clay is on the trail of a vicious man who preys on lonely women on dating sites. He signs off the same way with each message: "Kiss kiss, night night."His crimes are escalating – and Eve has to stop him before another girl dies. But first she needs to find him. And that m...

Before night falls, someone will die...A young Czech girl, missing for eight days, is found in a deserted playground. Starving and terrified, she may be alive but the horrors she's survived have left her mute.DCI Eve Clay is on her way to try and interview the girl, when another case is called in. Two Polish migrant workers have been found dead in their burnt out flat. But this is no normal house fire. The men's bodies had been doused in petrol.Then...