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If you go into the woods, you're in for a dark surprise.Thirty years ago, three girls followed a stranger into the woods. Only two returned. The surviving pair have never been able to remember what happened or what the fate of the third girl was. Local rumours talk of hippies and drugs and mystic rituals, but no one has learned the truth.This story is just what Rowan Blake needs. He's in debt, his journalistic career is in tatters – as well as his damaged body – and he's re...

An excellent distraction for anyone staying in hospital, hilarious & funny, this story will put a smile on your face. A better gift than a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers, this story will keep you laughing and full of cheer and maybe you too will be able to relate to some of the scenarios the author has experienced. An easy reading comedy for all age groups that may of had a hospital stay.

The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain." ORIGINAL SKIN is the second installment of the internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy series.When “swinger” Simon Appleyard is found strung-up and naked in his apartment, the authorities are only too happy to chalk it up to suicide. After all, a new gang has taken over the local drug trade, and Detective Superintendant Trish Phar...

The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain." DARK WINTER is the first book in the internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy series.A series of suspicious deaths have rocked Hull, a port city in England as old and mysterious as its bordering sea. They have captured the attention of Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy. He notices a pattern missed by his fellow officers, who would r...

The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain." SORROW BOUND is the third installment of the internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy series.The sweltering summer heat is pushing Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy and the Serious and Organized Crime Unit to the brink as a sadistic new boss takes over the local drug trade and violent crime escalates. Then, McAvoy and DS Trish Phara...

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'One of crime fiction's most distinctive voices' Chris Ewan'Exhilarating and inventive... a wonderfully descriptive writer' Peter JamesShe went into the water. She isn't coming back.A woman vanishes from a remote lake in Cumbria. All that's left behind are her abandoned clothes, a ringing phone, and a stretch of dark water that won't give her back.Moses Crow knows this place. He grew up here. Before prison, b...

Airship propaganda that's "a visual treat . . . it will appeal to all those interested in how artwork was harnessed to convey information in time of war" (Firetrench).Books on the Zeppelin raids during the First World War have, traditionally, focused on the direct impact of Britain, from the devastating effects on undefended towns and cities, the psychological impact of this first weapon of total war to...

The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain"; in Taking Pity, Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returns for another darkly enthralling installment of this internationally acclaimed series.It’s been three months since Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returned home, or what was left of it after a horrific tragedy. All that remained was charred masonry, broken timbers, and dried blood—a cr...

Read the prequel to the Sunday Times bestseller Dark Winter, where DS Aector McAvoy's journey began...A city united in grief.A journalist ready to kill to keep his secrets.A copper capable of darker deeds than murderers.An unworldly detective fighting to save an innocent man.Welcome to HullNewly appointed DS McAvoy is an outsider to his new force and must confront his darkest fears, while hunting a killer that...

Thirsty with greed for the spoils that the illicit rhino-horn trade bled into his pockets, a mysterious African poaching kingpin always managed to evade both detection and capture. Until he decided to turn his devastation on Tony Campbell's beloved Zimbabwe, and put a ticking target on his back.Ruthless anti-poaching maverick Tony Campbell is well established and respected in the world of wildlife conservation. He is just about to take on a new anti-poaching role w...

National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of these places with the links between Indian policy developments and preservationist efforts, this work examines the complex origins of the national parks and the troubling consequences of the American w...