From Amazon Top Ten selling author Mick Williams comes a page-turning adventure thriller… When traveling salesman Paul Howard unwinds in a hotel bar, he's pleasantly surprised to attract the attention of a beautiful woman. But after the best night of his life, he finds that she is not who she seems. Her life as a professional thief-for-hire pulls him into a breathtaking world of secrecy and danger. Tracked at every turn, they join forces with a disillusioned assassin and a hostage victim b...

For the small town of Watkins Forge, the worst thing to happen is heavy snowfall. That is until widower Cory Keller visits for an annual hunting trip. When he witnesses a murder in the nearby forest, no one believes him. With no corpse, and as the only witness, he is faced with convincing the town's skeptical sheriff before the killer tracks him down to silence him. As he develops a friendship with an attractive waitress, Keller discovers that he is up against much more than a killer and h...

Jamaica: a Caribbean paradise fraught with unseen danger. The Old Farts Club: a small group of mixed-age military veterans with various 'skills' who frequent a local fast food joint to swap stories and trade tales. During a dream Jamaican vacation, Danny 'Dud' Wilkerson is devastated when, after a seemingly random accident, his wife Evie vanishes. The Montego Bay police force insists on a seventy-two hour wait before anyone is officially considered missing. With concrete evidence of her di...

SMART Goals Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide to SuccessAre you ready to turn your dreams into reality? SMART Goals Made Simple is your ultimate guide to setting and achieving clear, actionable goals. This audiobook breaks down the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) framework, helping you move from vague aspirations to real success.What You’ll Learn:Why Goals Matter:

‘Think Sherlock Holmes is the only detective working in Victorian London? Meet William Arrowood, the hero of Mick Finlay’s series of absorbing novels’ The TimesLondon Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to Arrowood.1896: Sherlock Holmes has once again hit the headlines, solving mysteries for the cream of London society. But among the workhouses and pudding shops of the city, private detective...

‘Crackles with energy and wit’ – The TimesLondon Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to Arrowood.1895: London’s scared. A killer haunts the city’s streets. The poor are hungry; crime bosses are taking control; the police force stretched to breaking point.While the rich turn to Sherlock Holmes, the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of Sou...

‘Brimming with dark humour, fast-paced action … this is a top-class series that grows in stature with every new book’ Lancashire Evening PostSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 HWA GOLD CROWN AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 CWA GOLD DAGGERLondon Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to ArrowoodSouth London, 1896. William Arrowood, Victorian London’s less salub...

London Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone else goes to Arrowood.‘Finlay depicts a seedy, desperate London and vivid characters with considerable skill’ The TimesNowhere to hide.London, 1879. As winter grips the city, a group of African travellers seek sanctuary inside the walls of the Quaker Meeting House. They are being hunted by a ruthless showman, who is forcing them to perform in his ethnic...

For too long, the world's lonely and vulnerable children have been forgotten and ignored. Millions of children are abandoned for a life on the streets or live with unsafe families or in soulless institutions. Now the tide is turning. Pioneers like Mick Pease and his remarkable charity SFAC lead a global movement for change. This insightful and uplifting book takes us on a journey that spans three decades and five continents. We meet judges and social workers, missionaries and aid workers, ...

Housing. Water. Energy. Transport. Food. Education. Health care. These are the core systems which make human life possible in the 21st century. Few of us are truly self-sufficient – we rely on the systems built into our cities and towns of all shapes and sizes in order to survive, let alone thrive.Despite how important these systems are, and how much we rely on them, contemporary politics and mainstream economics in most of the world largely ignore these core systems. Politicians de...

What is the relationship between the financial system and politics? In a democratic system, what kind of control should elected governments have over the financial markets? What policies should be implemented to regulate them? What is the role played by different elites - financial, technocratic, and political - in the operation and regulation of the financial system? And what role should citizens, investors, and savers play? These are some of the questions addressed in this challenging an...

This is the first ever book to analyse outsourcing – contracting out public services to private business interests. It is an unacknowledged revolution in the British economy, and it has happened quietly, but it is creating powerful new corporate interests, transforming the organisation of government at all levels, and is simultaneously enriching a new business elite and creating numerous fiascos in the delivery of public services. What links the brutal treatment of asylum-seeking detainees...