The harrowing true story of the abuses two boys suffered at a Florida reform school and how they came together fifty years later to confront their attackers."[ The Boys of the Dark] reads seamlessly… . . . A worthy exploration of a regrettably long-lasting true-crime nightmare." — Kirkus ReviewsMichael O'McCarthy and Robert W. Straley were teens when they were termed "incorrigible youth" by authorities and ordered to attend ...

THE HEART-STOPPING NO.1 BESTSELLER AND START OF AN ENTHRALLING NEW SERIES FROM THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE. DON'T MISS THE WHITE CROW, THE NEXT IN SERIES.'No one does suspense better' STEPHEN KING'Why won't he let you go?' I ask.'He thinks he owns me.'To Philomena McCarthy, being a police officer means never turning your back on someone in trouble. So when a decorated detective beats his girlfriend and t...

The No.1 bestseller and three-time Crime Writers' Award Winner returns with a nail-biting new book. If you loved When You Are Mine or you're hunting for thrillers that make you think and feel, you won't want to miss this.As the daughter of a London crime boss, PC Philomena McCarthy walks a thin blue line keeping the two sides of her complicated life apart.On patrol one night she discovers a child in pyjamas, wandering alone. Taking Daisy home, Ph...

Langzaam sluit het net zich om haar heen. Maar wie manipuleert wie? Philomena McCarthy heeft altijd moeten vechten om dat te worden wat ze het liefste wil: agent bij de Metropolitan Police. Maar als dochter van een beruchte Londense gangster wordt haar integriteit continu in twijfel getrokken, ook al heeft ze alle banden met haar vader verbroken. Op een dag wordt ze opgeroepen bij een melding van huiselijk geweld en weet ze daar een jonge vrouw in veiligheid te brengen. Tempe Brown blijkt ...

In a case based on a lie, only one man knows the truth. Attorney Dan Stidham breaks his self-imposed 30-year silence to expose details only he knows about the infamous West Memphis Three murders. Exposing what happened will allow him to close the door on a case that tormented him for years and to help exonerate the three innocent young men who spent decades in prison because of the malevolence of the police, prosecution, and judge. The West Memphis 3 Murder case, which captured the world's...

A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish, and continuously update. In fact, this one document can steer an entire organization when it comes to delivering on company strategy.This practical guide teaches you how to create an effective product roadmap, and demonstrates how to use the roadmap to align stakeholders and prioritize ideas and requests. With it, you’ll learn to communicate how your products will mak...

Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection.Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are ac...

»Ohne jeden Zweifel: Michael Robotham ist definitiv einer der besten Thrillerautoren der Welt.« literaturmarktDeiner Familie entkommst du nicht ...Die junge Polizistin Phil McCarthy hat es nicht leicht – als Tochter eines Kriminellen muss sie sich doppelt beweisen. Doch sie liebt ihren Beruf und setzt alles daran, Karriere zu machen. Eines Nachts, während einer routinemäßigen Streife, begegnet sie einem kleinen Mädchen, das allein durch die...

Zij handhaaft de wet. Haar familie overtreedt hem. Philomena McCarthy weet als geen ander hoe belangrijk het is om werk en privé gescheiden te houden. Ze werkt hard aan een mooie carrière bij de Metropolitan Police, terwijl haar vader en ooms beruchte Londense gangsters zijn. Op een nacht treft Phil tijdens een patrouille een kind aan dat in pyjama alleen ronddwaalt. Wanneer ze het meisje terug naar huis brengt, ontdekt ze daar de nasleep van een dodelijke inbraak. Ondertussen wordt een pa...

In Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship, Michael H. McCarthy carefully describes the many crises confronting American democracy and identifies their philosophical, cultural, and institutional origins. He argues that a liberal education, properly understood, can address several of these crises effectively.The book’s successive chapters explore the sources, areas, and levels of division in contemporary America, and show how they have created important disagreements ab...

Der jungen Londoner Polizistin Phil McCarthy steht eine große Karriere bevor. Bis sie zu einem Fall häuslicher Gewalt gerufen wird. Denn der Täter ist ein hochdekorierter Detective, der seine Geliebte Tempe schwer misshandelt hat. Als Phil diese zu schützen versucht, wird sie suspendiert. Zumindest Tempe zeigt sich dankbar: Die beiden Frauen werden enge Freundinnen, sind bald unzertrennlich. Doch allmählich wird Phil misstrauisch: Etwas an der Geschichte der jungen Frau scheint nicht zu st...

You ain't gonna like it: bad grammar's not so bad. - The TimesRemember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don't. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist and co-author of the 900-page Cambridge Grammar of English answers the awkward questions that regularly bother us about English grammar. In this helpful A-Z field guide, McCarthy tells us what the conventional rules are as well as shows us what people are writing or saying now and...