A thrilling historical mystery set in the turbulent era of the English Civil War, where a former midwife turned spy must navigate a web of secrets and lies to uncover a killer bent on destroying England.It's 1649, and three years have passed since midwife Bridget Hodgson and her deputy Martha Hawkins fled York for the safety of the countryside. But when a mysterious letter from London brings them to the capital, they are forced into service under Jonathan Marlowe, ...

From the author of THE MIDWIFE'S TALE comes "The Maidservant and the Murderer," the startling story behind midwife Bridget Hodgson's arch nemesis, the murderous and malignant Rebecca HookeOn an autumn day in 1620, young Rebecca Hey rode into York in the back of a farmer's wagon and started on the path that would eventually make her one of the most powerful women in the city. Rebecca was an ordinary country girl when she became John and Grace Hooke's maidservant—a l...

First in a thrilling and atmospheric mystery series set in seventeenth-century England featuring a midwife turned sleuth.It is 1644, and Parliament's armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebels' hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridget's friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to be burnt alive. Convinc...

Midwife Bridget Hodgson, "one of the most fascinating detectives in contemporary mystery fiction," investigates witchcraft in Puritan England ( Cleveland Plain Dealer ).Winter has come to the city of York, and with it the threat of witchcraft. As women and children sicken and die, midwife Bridget Hodgson is pulled against her will into a full-scale witch-hunt that threatens to devour all in its path, guilty and innocent al...

In The Whispering Shadows of Darkwood, a group of brave children—Silva, Andy, Eric, and Cynthia—venture into the mysterious Darkwood Forest to unravel its eerie secrets. Surrounded by whispering shadows, glowing flowers, and strange creatures, they face riddles and puzzles that challenge their fears, logic, and teamwork.As they journey deeper into the forest, the children learn that Darkwood is more than just a place of darkness—it's a world full of untold wonders, life le...

Join Fizzwick, Runa, Bram, and Juno, the clever Puzzle Masters, on an exciting adventure filled with fun word games and brain-teasing challenges in The Puzzle Masters and Their Word Games.Designed for children aged 5 to 10, this interactive storybook invites young readers to help solve tricky word searches, crossword puzzles, jumbled words, and more. Each chapter introduces a new puzzle to solve, helping kids develop essential language skills like vocabulary, spelling, and...

'Mordant, torrential, incantatory, Bolano-esque, Perec-ian, and just so explosively written that I had to stop and shake the language-shrapnel from my hair and wipe it off my eyeglasses so I could keep reading' Jonathan Lethem'Full of clever postmodern flourishes, self-referential winks and riotous set pieces. It's funny, smart and beautifully written' Alex Preston, The Guardian'I absolutely adored Dead Souls. Read...

‘A terrific book. No one put their body on the line quite like Sam Warburton.’Brian O’Driscoll‘It was an absolute privilege to play against Sam. An inspiring leader with an equally inspiring story to tell.’Jonny WilkinsonSam Warburton OBE was not only a titan of Welsh rugby, but an icon of the game. Having represented his country as a player and team captain at all junior levels, he propelled ...

For listeners of Roberto Bolaño’s Savage Detectives and Muriel Spark’s Loitering with Intent, this “sublime” and “delightfully unhinged” metaphysical mystery disguised as a picaresque romp follows one poet’s spectacular fall from grace to ask a vital question: Is everyone a plagiarist? (Nicolette Polek, author of Imaginary Museums).A scandal has shaken the literary world. As the unnamed narrator of Dead Souls discovers at a cultu...

OSCEs for Intensive Care Medicine is a comprehensive revision resource for doctors preparing to take the Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM) and the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC). Written by a team of practicing intensive care consultants with extensive experience running a successful FFCIM course, this book features over 100 practice questions organised into eight mock OSCE exams and is mapped to both the FFCIM and CoBaTrICE curricula...

Rails 7.2 completely redefined what it means to produce fantastic user experiences and provides a way to achieve all the benefits of single-page applications - a fraction of the complexity. Rails 7.2 integrated the Hotwire frameworks of Stimulus and Turbo directly as the new defaults, together with that hot newness of import maps. The result is a toolkit so powerful that it allows a single individual to create modern applications upon which they can build a competitive business. The way it...

Project Skills describes the best of the accepted project management techniques, taking the guesswork out of deciding which ones to apply at which stage. The subject of project management has developed over the ages into a fairly precise set of techniques, definitions and practices that are applicable to running projects. More and more projects are being handled by non-specialist project managers. Elbeik and Thomas present a practical and accessible guide to managing projects of all sizes,...