A young woman is dead.Her family are convinced she was murdered, and they know who did it.The case is about to be closed.Everyone else says the evidence speaks for itself: this is nothing more than a tragic case of suicide.Only you can uncover what really happened.But the truth is never that simple, and this case could cost you your life...Everyone is talking about The Simple Truth

‘A fine debut – fast-paced and bleak, with a vivid setting and gut-wrenching twists.’ MICK HERRON**‘[An] impressive first thriller . . . the action is fast, copious and often unexpected.**’ The Times‘The vivid setting and skilfully plotted story is compelling and hard to put down.’ Daily Express**‘One of the most impressive debut crime novels of the year.**’ Shots Mag

Der junge Londoner Alex Malloy flüchtet vor seiner Vergangenheit ins sechstausend Meilen entfernte Tokio. Es scheint der perfekte Ort zu sein, um ein neues Leben anzufangen und ein anderer Mensch zu werden. Die grellen Lichter und dunklen Ecken der fremden Stadt berauschen ihn, und das betörende Land schlägt ihn in seinen Bann. Als er die rätselhafte Naoko kennenlernt, scheint es die große Liebe zu sein. Aber auch Naoko hat ihre Geschichte, und mit ihrer Beziehung gehen die beiden eine unh...

Brought to by Penguin.A young woman is dead.A very wealthy client needs a favour. You're newly qualified as a lawyer and this could be your big break, so you jump at the chance.The case is about to be closed.All you have to do is talk to a family, ask them to sign some papers. How difficult could it be? Their daughter was found dead at a beauty spot on the outskirts of London in what you're told was a tragic suicide.Only you can unco...

There's no doubt that the JavaScript ecosystem changes fast. Not only are new tools and frameworks introduced and developed at a rapid rate, the language itself has undergone big changes with the introduction of ES2015 (aka ES6). Understandably, many articles have been written complaining about how difficult it is to learn modern JavaScript development these days. We're aiming to minimize that confusion with this set of books on modern JavaScript.This book presents modern JavaScrip...

Performance simply matters. Technology may allow us to "go bigger", but maybe not necessarily be better when it comes to performance. Now is the time to utilize the amazing tools that are available to us for making websites and applications faster, and to learn how to improve user experience and satisfaction.This collection contains four books:Front-end Performance is a collection of practical articles on front-end website performance for front-end developers...

While there have been quite a few attempts to get JavaScript working as a server-side language, Node.js (frequently just called Node) has been the first environment that's gained any traction. It's now used by companies such as Netflix, Uber and Paypal to power their web apps. Node allows for blazingly fast performance; thanks to its event loop model, common tasks like network connection and database I/O can be executed very quickly indeed.From a beginner's point of view, one of No...

This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nut...