LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER, 2014Peckham, south London. A nine-year-old boy crawls from a burning car and is left fighting for his life. As DCI David Rosen and his team scour the scene of the crime, a graffiti image of a sinister eye is discovered above the site of the wreckage - and with it, a series of mysterious markings etched onto the wall. Could this be a code to catch the monster behind this dreadful act?When a teenager is burned alive, eviden...

'Dark, gripping and believable' GRAHAM MASTERTON.Are you looking for an addictive serial killer thriller with a dark twist?EVERY NIGHT, A FAMILY DIES...While a blizzard rages through the streets of Liverpool, a family are slaughtered in their beds. Their mutilated bodies are dragged onto the landing to form a strange pattern. None of the neighbours hears a sound.EVERY NIGHT, SHE TRIES TO SAVE THEM...DCI Eve Cla...

Lavinia, a young lady aged twenty, has just been spanked for the first time in her life. The governess of the Marchmont Finishing College takes no prisoners. When the punishment leads to Lavinia experiencing the oddest of feelings, she writes to her neighbor back home, Mrs. Augusta. Mrs. Augusta speaks of her own experiences at the institute and reassures Lavinia.This is a kinky, loving F/F tale.

Six women. Six abductions. Six souls in peril...London is in the grip of a barbaric serial killer, dubbed Herod by the tabloid press. Four pregnant women have been abducted in quick succession, their bodies mutilated and dumped. When a fifth pregnant woman, Julia Caton, is taken from her home in the dead of night, DCI David Rosen knows that time is running out to save her...Then Rosen gets a mysterious phone call from Father Sebastian Flint, an enigmatic pr...

Can South Asia's cities become engines of prosperity and livability? This report analyzes urbanization in South Asia, revealing policy and market failures hindering its potential. Discover how to manage spatial transformation for economic growth and improved living conditions.This report examines key challenges, including congestion, inadequate infrastructure, and housing shortages. Learn about innovative approaches to urban governance, finance, and spatial plannin...

Dreamy never thought about her mysterious silver eyes until she moved to Salem. Clues about her past life are written on the side of her cabinet in her new orphanage home. These clues lead her to the Lost Scroll of Salem. This is how she discovers that she is the moon goddess, but she must complete the quest to find the whole scroll before she turns twelve so she can gain all her powers.Her friends join the quest and regain their powers as gods and goddesses too. Herman turns himse...

Six women. Six abductions. Six souls.The tabloids call him Herod. A barbaric serial killer who mutilates pregnant women and dumps their bodies in London streets.DCI Rosen calls him the Devil. A disturbed and twisted man who follows an ancient occult text said to be hell's answer to the bible.Then a new victim is abducted. DCI Rosen knows that time is running out to save her. But if he enters the killer's lair, he will find that there are far worse t...

All they wanted was to find their happy-ever-after... Instead, they met their deaths.Three women have been killed in Liverpool. The MO points to a stranger, and now DCI Eve Clay is on the trail of a vicious man who preys on lonely women on dating sites. He signs off the same way with each message: "Kiss kiss, night night."His crimes are escalating – and Eve has to stop him before another girl dies. But first she needs to find him. And that m...

Before night falls, someone will die...A young Czech girl, missing for eight days, is found in a deserted playground. Starving and terrified, she may be alive but the horrors she's survived have left her mute.DCI Eve Clay is on her way to try and interview the girl, when another case is called in. Two Polish migrant workers have been found dead in their burnt out flat. But this is no normal house fire. The men's bodies had been doused in petrol.Then...

Why can't she say what she saw?She watched her father die...A gripping serial killer thriller, perfect for fans of Angela Marsons.Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his grown-up daughter. He had no enemies.Louise Lawson witnessed her father's murder. Before she blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, tw...

A serial killer. A hero to some. A wanted criminal to others.The man who calls himself Vindici broke out of prison last year. Now he's filmed himself torturing and killing paedophiles in Liverpool's affluent suburbs.Half the city are celebrating: the streets are now safer for their children. But for DCI Eve Clay and her team at the Merseyside Police, it's a nightmare. Their job is to solve ...

With more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive than those elsewhere in the world, their productivity lags that of North American and Western European cities. Closing this gap provides LAC with the opportunity to raise living standards and join the ranks of the world's richest countries. Raising the Bar: Cities and Productivity in L...