An explosive blast kills two people. Firebombs and another blast follow the blast. Jody Tyler, the bull in the China shop, is called to assist in investigating these murders in a small town.This investigation is not typical as it forces Jody to look back on her past mistakes and sexual improprieties.Jody must reveal herself unreservedly to Detective Wade Vaughn, a new partner, to work on this case. Detective Vaughn's soon-to-be ex-wife dispatches forces to retrieve her husb...

Power. The elixir that drives many. Power the combining wealth and intelligence has crash landed in Shepherds Pass. The balance of power that has for decades kept two sides of a waring family in deadlock now seems destined to tilt.An outside gangster bent on profiting from an inevitable onslaught sends killers to stop Lavon and Abby's progress.

In Come the Revolution, journalist Alex Mitchell gives a rollicking account of life in newspapers and his radical past as a Trotskyist. From the cut-throat era of Sydney tabloids, he graduated to Fleet Street as an investigative reporter, taking part in the exposure of Soviet double agent Kim Philby. Giving up his job to become editor of Britain's Trotskyist daily, he entered a world of class struggle politics and national liberation movements. With fellow revolutionary Vanessa Re...

Finn Martins is a man reborn. Ten years after leaving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he returns with a new name, Markos Petrakis, and a ruthless reputation to match. As a multi-billionaire shipping magnate, he's feared and respected by all.Markos has one goal: to destroy the man who ruined his life and tore his family apart. His sworn enemy. But there's a catch - his revenge will also hurt the one person he's ever loved, Nina Peres, his enemy's daughter.Nina is a complication Mark...

In a bustling coffee shop, two strangers collide in a moment of laughter and serendipity. A simple joke sparks a connection, and their eyes meet in a flash of mutual understanding.As they linger over steaming cups of coffee, their conversation flows effortlessly, like a rich aroma filling the air. With each passing moment, their connection deepens, and a spark of attraction ignites.As they navigate the ups and downs of life, their love blossoms, fueled by the warmth and intim...

This book examines how science fiction informs the legal imagination of technological futures.Science fiction, the contributors to this book argue, is a storehouse of images, tropes, concepts and memes that inform the legal imagination of the future, and in doing so generate impetus for change. Specifically, the contributors examine how science fictions imagine human life in space, in the digital and as formed and negotiated by corporations. They then connect this imaginary to how ...

A beautiful, unique, heartwarming romance from Lucy Mitchell, author of Every Time We TouchSworn enemies… One afterlife… A huge second chance…Next-door neighbours Florence Hill and Clark Fielding have never got on - not since they were at school. But when they’re in a fatal road accident, they’re sent to the afterlife together.Spending the rest of eternity with your nemesis? No thank you...

**The definitive biography of the renowned spy novelist —a "highly readable portrait of a writer . . . as elusive and enigmatic as his fictional heroes" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times).In this authorized biography, Adam Sisman reveals the man behind John le Carré's bestselling persona. Looking behind the pseudonym, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight—"born to lying," he wrote in 2002, "bred to it, trained to i...

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. This edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit.It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they know what the...

The Irish National Liberation Army was one of the most ruthless terrorist organisations during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1974 as a splinter group of the Official IRA, the INLA's campaign of murder throughout the 1970s and 1980s included such notorious acts as the bombing of the Droppin' Well in Derry in 1982 and, perhaps most infamously, the kidnapping and mutilation of Dublin dentist by former member, the "Border Fox".Many of their leading members found death at ...

Allowing you to uncover the woman behind the 'Iron Lady' image, 'Iron Lady: The Thatcher Years' takes a thorough yet lighthearted look at the life and times of Britain's longest-serving twentieth-century prime minister. As both the first woman to become leader of a European country and the first British premier to achieve re-election for three consecutive terms, Margaret Thatcher's legacy is such that even today she plays a significant role in British political life. Reflecting on her life...

'Retiring in 1975, Fred Daly liked to tell the story of the new Member who sat next to him in the House. Turning to Fred, he said, 'I like to sit here and look across at the enemy.''Son,' said Fred, 'you are looking at the Opposition. The enemy is behind you.' 'Phillip Adams has been close to governments of various persuasions for over fifty years. Having been a confidant – or a fierce opponent – of many of Australia's most influential figure...