Unlocking Human Rights will ensure that you grasp the main concepts of this fascinating and dynamic area of law with ease, providing you with an indispensible foundation in the subject. The book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms:• The nature of human rights• European Convention on Human Rights• Human Rights Act• Right to life• Torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment• Public order, police powers, freedom of ass...

Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law, including LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.The Key Facts series provides the simplest and most effective way for you to absorb and retain the essential facts needed for exam success.Key features include:* Diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise the key points* Structured heading levels to allow for clear recall of the main facts* Charts and tables to break down mor...

Key Facts Key Cases: Human Rights will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Human Rights module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for:What human rights apply in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the worldThe European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights ActHow the various rights, freedoms and prohibitions which now pervade English law operateHow rights affect important ...

From New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson comes a fantastically creepy holiday story of a writer tasked with helping a famous novelist finish his next book. But when two dead bodies turn up at the seaside manor, he must uncover the killer before the clock ticks down to Christmas Day.When author Nicholas Child is dropped by his publisher, his agent sends him to spend the holidays at the Cape Cod mansion of her other client, Marco Tavares. Marco n...

Catching a killer is dangerous—especially if he lives next doorFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . . .Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrat...

A Sunday Times and Observer Thriller of the Month, from the bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and All the Beautiful Lies'They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.'When Hen and Lloyd move into their new house in West Dartford, Mass., they're relieved to meet, at their first block party, the only other seemingly-childless couple in their nei...

""Fiendish good fun."" —Anthony HorowitzFrom the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders.Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw...

Beneath the surface of Lake Michigan there are vast systems: crosscutting currents, sudden drop-offs, depths of absolute darkness, shipwrecked bodies, hidden places. Peter Rock's stunning autobiographical novel begins in the '90s on the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin. The narrator, a recent college graduate, and a young widow, Mrs. Abel, swim together at night, making their way across miles of open water, navigating the currents and swells carried by the rise and fall of the lake. The nature ...

**NINE LIVES PAPERBACK IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**From a master of suspense...Eight classic murders.A single crime obsessive.Countless thrilling twists.A series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels.

**'A killer read with twist after twist.'JANICE HALLETT'So many great twists and a truly chilling villain . . . Swanson's best one yet.'**MARK EDWARDS'A clever, ingenious, edge-of-your-seat thriller.'LIV CONSTANTINE'The stakes are high, the body count is higher, and yet I would still follow Lily anywhere.'**STACY WILLINGHAMFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLIN...

'Smart, surprising with a deeply satisfying ending. I loved it!' GILLIAN McALLISTER'Another superb slice of Neo-noir' M. W. CRAVEN'Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDSTWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S FATAL' Do you remember me?' she asked, after stepping into my office.When private detective and former teacher Henry Kimball is hired to investigate an ex-pupil's cheating husband,...

On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father.But who really is Alice, his father's much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present, things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through ...