Two rival gangs are reeling after one leader is found murdered.And two brothers, never two more unalike brothers, have unfinished business with one another.Former detective Brendan Foley and his successor DI Iona Madison are determined to bring the gangs plaguing Warrington to justice. Combining their knowledge with National Crime Agency resources in Jeremiah Salix and an IT genius, they are hell-bent on stopping the bloodshed.But af...

'The most brilliant Norfolk-set thriller since Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway books' DAILY MIRRORCam Killick has made a promise to a dead man. And he's going to keep it if it kills him.Another day on the Norfolk Broads, and another underwater problem for salvage diver Cam Killick to solve. Today, it's removing the huge rock jamming the mechanism of a crucial swing bridge. The knots have been double checked; the winches are set. And then the ...

Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so ...

Thoroughly updated with over 30 newly written chapters, this edition of the Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights brings together academics and practitioners from around the world to provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of the field.Social researchers and their allies have worked hard in past decades to find new ways of understanding sexuality in a rapidly changing world. Growing attention is now given to the way sexuality intersects with ot...

During the twentieth century, the relationship between the Church of England and the British state was transformed. The character and dynamics of the connections shifted as politics became more democratic and society more secular,as the role of the Crown and parliament in Church government was curtailed, and as the Christian foundations of secular law were weakened. Yet the increasing formal separation of Church and state was not accompanied by ecclesiastical disengagement from politics an...

It’s no secret that authors have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. The oft-repeated cliché that “the book was better than the movie” holds true for more reasons than the average reader will ever know. When asked about selling their book rights to Hollywood authors like to joke that they drive their manuscripts to the border of Arizona and California and toss them over the fence, driving back the way they came at breakneck speed. This is probably because Hollywood just doesn’t “get i...

"The World is caught off guard by the sudden advances in technology, some are not happy about that at all.Bethany Anne's group needs to move into production, who is she going to hire for that position?Old enemies take a stronger stance at revenge than before.Helping others is a tall order, but TQB Rises to the Occasion!Now, the World is on Notice!Performed by Colleen Delany, Emily Beresford, Chris Stinson, Thomas Penny, Rob McFadyen, Michael John Cas...

"A girl's dying wish sends D on an impossible quest in this riveting dramatized audiobook.Even a reluctant hero can't refuse the last request of a beautiful woman. On her deathbed, the mortally wounded woman gives him a strange gem and asks him to deliver the priceless stone to her sister, far off in a North Sea fishing village. D's journey is made ever more perilous by a series of scoundrels and rogues hired by the girl's murderer. They'll stop at nothing to claim the jewel. Will ...

It’s double trouble when Emily accidentally duplicates herself! What at first looks like the best thing to ever happen to her—two Emilys means half the time in school for each, and twice the mischief, right?—soon turns sinister. Are the two Emilys experiencing growing pains, or are they fundamentally…different from each other?Internationally known, and instantly recognizable, thirteen-year-old Emily is a mad scientist, a cat lover, and a rock guitarist whose unequivocal message is ...

Emily’s Strange To-Do List:Lose (and regain) mindReprogram golemLocate secret book vaultCommune with Dead Dark AuntsRescue Cousin JakeyRedecorate souvenir kioskThwart Thought ThiefEndure hero worshipGrant ancestral enemy’s deepest wishSave cat-napped kittySummon black rock

**“Kirby has mastered the art of short fiction…A stunning collection from a writer whose talent and creativity seem boundless.”—NPR“Kirby takes joy in subverting the reader’s expectations at every turn. Her characters might be naïve, even reckless, but they aren’t about to be victims: They’re strong, and brave, and nearly always capable of rescuing themselves.”—New York Times Book ReviewMargaret Atwood meets Buffy in these funny, warm, and furious sto...

What if God’s love were like the sun, constant and unchanging? What if one day you realized nothing could take that away?Firebird is a bright orange baby oriole who just loves the sunshine. But whenever a storm blows in, he frets and asks Mama why God allows the rain to take the sun away. When Firebird is finally old enough, his mother gently instructs him to fly up through the thunder and lightning to see what’s on the other side.It’s a rough flight, and just when he’s abo...