Short-listed for the 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival CompetitionThe Mountain Knows No Expert epitomizes George Evanoff’s philosophy towards the outdoors, while presenting an intriguing contrast with the man himself. Widely regarded as an "expert," he was a knowledgeable, experienced, and practical outdoorsman, teacher, and mentor, yet ironically lost his life in the mountains in an encounter with a grizzly. Son of a Macedonian immigrant family, George was raised in Alber...

Prince George-based outdoors expert, Mike Nash, shares what he has learned about outdoor safety and survival during more than thirty years of year-round treks into the rugged backcountry of western Canada. This dynamic and up-to-date handbook discusses ways to prepare for and deal with any number of critical situations that may arise in remote and mountainous terrain and is packed with information on:general safety principalswhat to take with youfinding yo...

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .BONES IN THE WATERTwo skeletons are discovered in Lamentation Tarn, a mountain lake. Talented detective Mike Nash and his team have little evidence with which to work, until a surprising discovery prompts them to contact law enforcement agencies in Eastern Europe.A GRIPPING, FAST-PACED MYSTERY WITH SOM...

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .HOW DO YOU SOLVE A CRIME WHEN THERE'S NO EVIDENCE ONE HAS BEEN COMMITTED?Sarah Kelly goes for a night out at a club. She leaves around 2 a.m. No one sees her again.Detective Mike Nash has nothing to go on, until a chance remark causes him to look deeper into other cases. Young women who have vanished without t...

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .Please note this book was originally published as PICTURE OF INNOCENCEPROTECTING HER COULD COST HIM HIS LIFEDI Mike Nash stops a thuggish attack on a young landscape painter in Madrid. What's her secret? And is there a connection with her father's murder? The artist flees to England where she seeks Na...

Sitting at the extreme end of criminal justice and offending behaviour, public protection policy has been politicised and used to reshape wider debates. Exploring the development of public protection policy and legislation since the early 1990s, Politics and Public Protection considers the necessity for extreme measures and the actual extent of serious crime to unveil the populist nature of the way political debates have been framed over time.Analysing the UK setting where...

WHILE THE CAT'S AWAY . . .Mike Nash is away on compassionate leave but that doesn't mean the criminals are going to take a break.Detective Clara Mironova and the Helmsdale team face a sudden increase in crime. Minor offences ranging from theft, shoplifting, and poaching, pale into insignificance when a violent turf war breaks out between rival drugs gangs.Soon they have to cope with three murders, including the shooting of a police officer killed on...

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .Gary Vickers killed his lover's daughter. There was overwhelming evidence of his guilt. He is now due for release from prison.Against all advice, he insists on returning to Helmsdale, where Detective Mike Nash must protect him. But Nash has other, more pressing worries . . . With extremist politicians fanning racial hatred and provoki...

Detective Mike Nash is going to have a very unmerry Christmas.In an ordinary terraced house, a family dies. Poisoned by carbon monoxide. Then comes a suspicious house fire, with more bodies at the charred scene. A drug addict is murdered in the most bizarre medieval manner. And a scientist’s daughter disappears.There's a killer on the loose this holiday season. DI Mike Nash follows the leads of these disparate crimes. One very dangerous person seems intent ...

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .Alone in a cottage. A storm coming in. A serial killer on the loose.Alone in an isolated Yorkshire cottage, Vanda Dawson waits for her sister Jo to come keep her company. Her husband Brian is away on holiday. Outside, as storms lash the country, Jo struggles to reach the house. But she finds it deserted and in darknes...

FRAUD, MURDER, AND MAYHEMDean Wilson's sister Linda vanished four years ago, around the same time as millions of pounds of investors' money disappeared from the company she worked for.IS SHE DEAD AND GONE?Then Dean is charged with assault in a nightclub and Detective Mike Nash's inquiries cause him to reopen the fraud case. Dean is in love with a woman whose family were some of the biggest losers from the company's collapse....

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .Four victims.Four murders.No connection.Except their hearts have all been removed.Detective Mike Nash races against time to find a link between these grisly crimes. Who is wreaking a trail of destruction and what do they want to prove? There is...