Harry Kent, ein Arzt im Dienst der Polizei.Niemand kommt Tätern und Opfern so nahe.Als man Susan Bayliss mit aufgeschlitzten Pulsadern findet, deutet alles auf Selbstmord hin. Die junge Ärztin hatte ihren Chef wegen fachlicher Fehler angezeigt. Angeblich handelte der renommierte Herzchirurg einer Londoner Kinderklinik fahrlässig – mit Todesfolge. Für viele Eltern deckte Susan einen Skandal auf – für die Klinik war sie dessen Ursache: schlechte Presse, abgesagte Operationen. U...

Susan Bayliss became notorious when she blew the whistle on her boss, a famous heart surgeon at a renowned children’s hospital. She accused him of negligence, operations were halted, and an inquiry launched. But in the end, she was the one suspended as a troublemaker.Now Dr. Harry Kent, a medical examiner with the Metropolitan Police, has been called out to certify her suicide. But something about the scene is wrong; it appears someone held Susan down while she died . . .The grieving paren...

Einige Menschen retten Leben. Andere zerstören sie.Tagsüber arbeitet Harry Kent als Arzt in einem Londoner Krankenhaus, nachts ist er im Dienst der Polizei unterwegs – als Force Medical Examiner. Nicht nur, um die Polizei zu unterstützen, sondern auch, um an Informationen heranzukommen. Über Patienten, um die sich keiner kümmert, die niemand vermisst. Wie das Mädchen mit den pinkfarbenen Haaren, das alle nur Zara nennen und das im Koma liegt.Bei einem neuen Einsatz soll Harry...

Dr. Harry Kent likes to keep himself busy—juggling hospital duties with his work as a police surgeon for the London Metropolitan Police—anything to ward off the memories of his time as an army medic.Usually the police work means minor injuries and mental health assessments. But teenager Solomon Idris’s case is different. Idris has taken eight people hostage in a fast-food restaurant, and is demanding to see a lawyer and a BBC reporter. Harry is sent in to treat the clearly-ill teenager . ....

Tagsüber arbeitet Harry Kent als Arzt in einem Londoner Krankenhaus, nachts ist er im Dienst der Polizei unterwegs - als Force Medical Examiner. Nicht nur, um die Polizei zu unterstützen, sondern auch, um an Informationen heranzukommen. Über Patienten, um die sich keiner kümmert, die niemand vermisst. Wie das Mädchen mit den pinkfarbenen Haaren, das alle nur Zara nennen und das im Koma liegt. Bei einem neuen Einsatz soll Harry den siebzehnjährigen Salomon Idris medizinisch versorgen. Der s...

Known nationally for winning a Super Bowl and receiving Coach of the Year honors while leading the Green Bay Packers, the Mike McCarthy story begins decades earlier in Pittsburgh, a city famed for its football prodigies.Born in 1962 and raised in the Steel City Mike followed closely the great Steelers teams of the seventies so it was ironic that he collected his Super Bowl win against that same team many years later.As an All-Conference player as tight-end during his colleg...

Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth: Beyond Schools, edited by Benjamin Frymer, Matthew Carlin, and John Broughton, addresses the new cultural landscapes which increasingly "educate" our youth. With essays from both emerging and established scholars, the book explores the ways media and popular culture have a growing impact on our youth, their identities, and everyday lives. In our highly mediated world, the nature of education has been dramatically transformed and taken way be...

This dazzling tale once again demonstrates L. Frank Baum's creative genius and his power to delight audiences young and old.Join Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman, and a host of new characters as they embark on a series of enchanting adventures in the magical land of Oz.After a doll made out of a patchwork quilts and cotton stuffing is brought to life by a magician, she must find a way to break a spell that has turned poor Unc Nunkie into a motionless statue. Unc's friend Ojo the Unlucky, ...

This timeless collection charted a new stylistic path for modern fiction. Through twenty-two connected short stories, Sherwood Anderson looks into the lives of the inhabitants of a small town in the American heartland. These psychological portraits of the sensitive and imaginative of Winesburg's population are seen through the eyes of a young reporter-narrator, George Willard. Their stories are about loneliness and alienation, passion and virginity, wealth and poverty, thrift and profligac...