It’s 1971, the Cold War is still chilly, and ex-Detective Sergeant Cameron Kyle returns from an aborted trip abroad to discover that his solo rescue of a coach load of tourists from a terrifying terrorist attack has been closely monitored by MI6.Not only are the spooks fully aware of his Giza heroics, his dire medical condition, his Welsh misadventures and his involvement in disposing of a high-profile Italian extortionist, but they also break the unexpected news t...

The first three books in a brand new series from CWA award-winning author, Scott HunterThe Fragile CageApril, 1968. Detective Constable Cameron Kyle takes a bullet to the head. He survives—but the damage is done. Shrapnel in the brain. No telling what it’ll do. Or when.His police career over, life takes an unexpected turn for the once reticent Kyle when his ex is snatched during a craftily executed prison break, and a senior detecti...

A brand new series from CWA award-winning author, Scott HunterApril 1968. DC Cameron Kyle is struck by a bullet at a bungled stakeout.He survives, but it’s clear that his old self didn’t. Once courteous and cautious, he now finds himself uncharacteristically outspoken, impatient, intolerant. His surgeon warns him that, due to the inoperable location of the bullet fragment, Kyle could die anytime; his psychologist’s prognosis isn’t much bett...

1971. London teeters between post-60s optimism and Cold War paranoia. MI5/6 are under political pressure, the IRA is growing bolder, and KGB moles are deeply embedded in Britain’s intelligence corridors.The Soviet Union looms threateningly over Europe. Trust is vanishing in every direction.And now there's a megalomaniac rogue Russian at large in the Home Counties.As if Cameron Kyle didn't have enough problems to contend with …Book 3 in the F...

How real engineers build electronics—one working piece at a time.If you’ve ever had a board fail on power-up, spent hours debugging a layout that “should work,” or run into a supplier problem just before a deadline—you already know this isn’t just about theory. It’s about judgment, decisions, and real-world constraints.Designing Electronics That Work is a guide to all the practical things you won’t find in a typical electronics textbook. It’s writt...

This book reveals a groundbreaking 15-step program that enables business leaders to become unstuck from conventional and disempowering thinking and create positive and dramatic change within their companies. Hunter’s book is an invaluable resource that lays out detailed techniques businesses can implement to create breakthrough outcomes and extraordinary performance. As American companies face increasingly precarious economic circumstances, it is incumbent on senior leaders to find new way...

As children, if you ever played the outdoor game Lock and Key,then, as an adult, who is lonely; you'd know the value of that 'tap' followed by the person calling out your name.Such is the plight of a lonely person.Wherein, if they're 'locked' they remain frozen for what appears to be for eternity.And, if they're 'key'd' they remain free for what appears to be for eternity.In both cases, there is a desperate craving of being loved -To...

The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a program of the Ottawa Public Library. The group meets every Thursday at the Stittsville branch for approximately an hour to read pieces they have written.We are: poets, scholars, rogue scholars, authors, and audacious amateurs taking their first steps into group sharing and into the published world. There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group and published writers.These are our s...

Secrets. Power. Peril.I'm the new girl on a scholarship at Crestmont University. I thought I had enough to deal with just keeping my grades up. But then I stumble into the orbit of the Crowned Syndicate, and suddenly, grades are the least of my worries.Callum Wakefield: the leader, enigmatic and seductive.Quentin Ravenscroft: Calum's twin—dark and brooding, suffering a world of pain.Thayer Pierce: the thief who hides a dark side that thrills...

A mutilated body in a shop doorway. Someone on the force wants the case buried.Still recovering from the crash that nearly ended his career, Irish DCI Brendan Moran is called to the savage murder of a young man. But when a Catholic priest is found dead in his own confessional, the case veers into far more sinister territory.As tensions rise and a fellow officer disappears, Moran uncovers signs of a disturbing cover-up—one that points straight back to his own department. And...

"Look into the camera, Ripley. Tell us what happened in Harrowdean Manor."Serving a three-year sentence after a violent manic episode, I own this psychiatric institute and every last patient in it.Dealing contraband to the desperate and disturbed has earned me this kingdom. To survive, I simply sacrificed my soul.They all fear me. Worship me. Hate me.But no more than the demons I barely escaped last year. They thought they'd broken me with t...

MistHallow Academy will be my sanctuary, a place to hide from my family's sinister plans for my wild magick.That was the plan, anyway. Instead, I've stumbled into a web of dark desires and deadly secrets.They're everywhere—in my classes, my dreams, my blood. Three men, each more dangerous than the last, circling me like predators stalking prey.Vex: the dark warlock TA, whose blue eyes promise pleasure with an emphasis on pain. His rune-marked skin s...