Blood Ribbon - 2nd EditionBrooke Adams has had a troubled past but is now a confident young woman with a close-knit group of friends who have become her family. When a weekend getaway ends with a bloody, savage attack that leaves her near death on the beach, she is determined not to let the traumatic experience define her.Recovering in hospital she is approached by retired cop turned PI Rod Morgan and Brooke is shocked to learn a striking similarity between her attack and a...

Blood Ribbon 2nd Edition.Brooke Adams has had a troubled past but is now a confident young woman with a close-knit group of friends who have become her family. When a weekend getaway ends with a bloody, savage attack that leaves her near death on the beach, she is determined not to let the traumatic experience define her.Recovering in hospital she is approached by retired cop turned PI Rod Morgan and Brooke is shocked to learn a striking similarity between her attack and a ...

"Ex-Captain of Royal Marines turned investigative writer, Harry Mills' life is torn apart when his wife Bernadette, a journalist, is brutally murdered as she is investigating under age sex trafficking across Europe. Harry has no desire to follow her investigation but this changes when he is contacted by a girl who had been interviewed by Bernadette and who gives him information on her killers. Helped by an ex-German senior police officer with the Bundespolizei, Günther Wolff, Harr...

"Ex-Captain of Royal Marines turned investigative writer, Harry Mills' life is torn apart when his wife Bernadette, a journalist, is brutally murdered as she is investigating under age sex trafficking across Europe. Harry has no desire to follow her investigation but this changes when he is contacted by a girl who had been interviewed by Bernadette and who gives him information on her killers. Helped by an ex-German senior police officer with the Bundespolizei, Günther Wolff, Harr...

...a full-on, thought-provoking book....a brilliant bookBeautiful, Harrowing, Touching, Thrilling and Traumatic.Just Brilliant! Perfection!A warehouse in Japan used as an emergency shelter in the aftermath of the 2011 Tsunami. A distraught, young Japanese woman in dishevelled clothes sits on a box, holding her infant daughter. Ben, a US rescue volunteer, kneels in front of her offering comfort. They hug, the baby b...

A top notch thriller…, masterly in how it all works!...an excellent book!...everything I want in a thriller...solid, fascinating and a very rewarding readWhen Hazel disappears, the police are convinced that her husband, Alex, has killed her.Three years after his conviction for murder, Alex and his sister, Alice, are devastated when their last appeal is rejected by the courts. With nowhere left to turn, Alice m...

In spring 2020, after what already seemed an eternity of lockdown I decided to lighten the mood with a little doggerel. Mostly it was in limerick form, occasionally in another meter. Usually it was daily, sometimes twice a day. There were times, as my wife attempted to communicate, when my glazed stare betrayed a desperate search for an unlikely rhyme. The news generally proved a rich source. Topics ranged from people’s frustrated desire for a trip abroad to football matches televised with...

When Hazel disappears, the police are convinced that her husband, Alex, has killed her.Three years after his conviction for murder, Alex and his sister, Alice, are devastated when their last appeal is rejected by the courts. With nowhere left to turn, Alice must start to put her life back together.Living in limbo herself, Alice has a chance encounter with Steve, an ex-solider turned PI who offers to look at the case files. Steve is convinced that the prosecution’s case is s...

A warehouse in Japan used as an emergency shelter in the aftermath of the 2011 Tsunami. A distraught, young Japanese woman in dishevelled clothes sits on a box, holding her infant daughter. Ben, a US rescue volunteer, kneels in front of her offering comfort. They hug, the baby between them. The moment turns into an hour as the woman sobs into his shoulder; mourning the loss of her husband, her home, the life she knew. A picture is taken, capturing the moment. It becomes a symbol; of help f...

Effective risk management in law firms has never been more important. Lawyers must contend with the long-standing risks associated with the practice of law, such as anti-money laundering and issues of client confidentiality, as well as new risk areas such as data protection and cybersecurity, and increased regulatory burdens. Poor handling of these risks can lead to reputational damage, diminished client relationships, and even regulatory action, and so it is critical for law firms to rema...

Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors—some eminent, some less well known—who grew up tough and talented in working-class America. Their stories, selected from literary memoirs published between 1982 and 2014, cover episodes from childhood to young adulthood within a spectrum of life-changing experiences. Although diverse ethnically, racially, geographically, and in sexual orientation, these writers share a youthful precocity and...