Detective Sammy Stone stared at the blood soaked corpse tied to the La-Z-Boy recliner. The body was that of twenty-one-year old Marci Levelle. Like Barbara Tony in Lake County last month and Abigail May in DuPage County the month before, Marci has been scalped and gutted. Sammy's sixth sense tells him that this sadistic killer, aptly named the Scalp Collector by the press, hasn't finished his murderous rampage yet. It's just a matter of time before he takes the life of another innocent gir...

Philippe Renault feels an intimate connection to the prostitute Lilah the first moment that he sees her standing at the top of Madame Cheney's plush bordello staircase. It's more than just the fire in his loins that the dark-haired beauty arouses. The vulnerable look that he sees in Lilah's eyes captivates his heart. Renault gets the sense that Lilah knows as much as there is to know about suffering as he does, maybe even more. At last, he has found a kindred spirit, the remedy for his cri...

Boys with everything to live for ... A community betrayed ... The whistle-blower priest who paid the ultimate price**Shortlisted for the 2020 Walkley Book Award****Shortlisted for the 2021 NSW Premier's Community and Regional History Prize**** Shortlisted for the 2021 Prime Minister's Award**Glen Walsh and Steven Alward were childhood friends in their tight-knit working-class community in Ne...

Doodle girl lives inside sketchbook with a group of friends and a magic pencil. She uses this to create adventures by transforming doodles into fantastical lands, full of amazing animals! In this story help her and her friends solve the monkey mystery on a tropical island.

Doodle Girl uses her magic pencil to create adventures by transforming doodles into fantastical lands, full of amazing animals!On their latest outing, Doodle Girl and her friends find a curly, curvy shape. What is it supposed to be?Whilst trying to work it out, they find a sad, lonely mammoth high up on a mountain. What's he doing there? Will Doodle Girl be able to help him? And what is the curly curvy shape going to be?...

Glen Walsh and Steven Alward were childhood friends in their tight-knit working-class community in Shortland, on the outskirts of Newcastle, New South Wales. Both proud altar boys at the local Catholic church, they went on to attend the city's Catholic boys' highs schools: Glen to Marist Brothers and Steven to St Pius X. Both did well: Steven became a journalist; Glen a priest. But when Glen discovered another priest was sexually abusing boys, he reported the offending to police, breaking ...

This book presents an innovative approach to verifying and validating rule-based expert systems. It features a complete set of techniques and tools that provide a more formal, objective, and automated means of carrying out verification and validation procedures. Many of the concepts behind these procedures have been adapted from conventional software, while others have required that new techniques or tools be created because of the uniqueness of rule-based expert systems. Verification and ...

ADAPT TO THE BIGGEST REGULATORY CHANGE IN A GENERATION WITH THE BESTSELLING GUIDE FOR LANDLORDSIf you're a landlord thinking of selling because of the Renters' Right Act, read this book before you make your decision!The Renters' Rights Act 2025 is the biggest change to England's private rented sector in almost 40 years.The Renters' Rights Act has introduced complex new rules at every stage of a tenancy, with significant pena...

The Vegetable Village Adventures are a series of children’s fun-filled adventure stories where the Vegetable children, who live in Vegetable Village, go on adventures around Woodland Farm and Sturton le Steeple, meeting new friends, having fun, and enjoying being children. The stories have been written for children to use their creative imagination and to escape from reality into a world of fantasy, enjoying some adventures. The second book in the series is Robbie the Space Robot, which is...

The true story of a young man abused by his father during childhood his absolute devotion to his first love and the sickening discovery of her father's attempted sexual advances to her.

Embark on a journey into the world of hunting excellence with "Hunting Hounds Unleashed." This comprehensive guide is your passport to raising and training versatile canine companions that are equal parts skillful hunters and cherished family members.From selecting the ideal breeding pair to nurturing and shaping their instincts, "Hunting Hounds Unleashed" delves into the intricate process of producing top-tier hunting dogs. Discover the secrets of lineage, temperament, and physica...

From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or “homegoing” ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. As entrepreneurs in a largely segregated trade, they were among the few black individuals in any community who were economically independent and not beholden to the local white power structure. Most important, their financial freedom gave them the ability to support the struggle for civil rights and, indeed, to serve the li...