Six years ago Wendy Harper was running for her life. Jack Till, an ex-cop turned private eye, helped her disappear. He did a very good job of it and even Jack has no idea where she might be. But now her ex-boyfriend and former business partner is being framed for her presumed murder in an effort to smoke her out. Jack must find her before a pair of hired assassins do. The assassins, a husband and wife team, are as sinister as they come, and when their shadowy employer looks like he is goin...

Married sleuths cross paths with married assassins in this "priceless" mystery by the bestselling author of the Jane Whitefield series ( The New York Times).Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both ex-LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a Glock 17, the couples have little in common—until they're hired to do damage control on the same murder. ...

A California PI hunts for a killer in the shadowy world of online escorts in a "cool, tough-minded" thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author ( The New York Times).Jack Till, a retired LAPD homicide detective, is now happy to take routine cases as a private investigator. But when a murdered girl's parents ask for his help, Till can't say no. The victim had been working as a high-class prostitute, and Till soon finds that she was one of sev...

Justine Poole takes her job as a security agent seriously. When she prevents a brazen theft at the Beverly Hills home of two of her clients - killing two of the five armed robbers in the process - she is initially lauded in the media as a local hero. But the spotlight soon puts her in the crosshairs of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries.So begins a cat and mouse game featuring two characters who know more about deadly pursuit than anyone else in the business. As the hardened ki...

The Tombs is the thrilling fourth Fargo adventure by Clive Cussler.It's a prize beyond imagination.When an archaeologist excavating a top secret historical site realizes the magnitude of his discovery he requests help from treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo. And in rushing to join him, the husband and wife team are thrown into their most daring quest to date.The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was report...

The Native American rescue artist goes back on the job in "another excellently engineered thriller" from the New York Times–bestselling mystery author (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review).After two decades protecting innocent victims on the run, and a year after getting shot on the job, Jane McKinnon, née Whitefield, has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amherst, New York. But that all changes when she sees all eig...

The Mayan Secrets is the exceptional fifth Fargo Adventure novel by Clive Cussler.Mexico, present day: a revelation of precious knowledge from the past has the power to change the course of humanity's future.Treasure-hunting husband and wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Central America when they come upon a remarkable discovery - the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot. Inside the pot is a well-preserved Mayan book, larger than any ...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESA finalist for the Barry Award for Best ThrillerTo all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big dogs and a grown daughter with alife of her own. But most sixty-year-old widowers don't have multiple drivers' licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country and two Beretta nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not spent decades on the run.Now, the toppling of...

For ten years Jane Whitefield helped people escape from their enemies and become 'runners', creating new identities for them that would never be uncovered. Then she married and promised her husband that she would give up her dangerous job.When a bomb explodes in the middle of a reception, Jane finds herself face to face with the cause of the explosion: a young girl, who's pregnant and has been tracked across the country by a team of hired assassins. That night, regardless of the vo...

Practitioner research offers a distinctive platform for educators to develop and share their professional expertise. It is the only approach that fully recognises the vital role practitioners play in generating and applying new knowledge in education.The BERA Guide to Practitioner Research is a companion guide for those who see themselves as practitioner researchers or those who are interested in becoming practitioner researchers within educational settings. Chapters highl...

This text presents an informative overview of Conservative-led education policy over the last 14 years. The book provides a broad and detailed picture of the developing education landscape in England during this period, highlighting the transformational and sometimes ‘radical’ reforms that the country has seen.Crucially, the book draws together contributions from over 40 esteemed education researchers working in the UK. The chapters showcase work from a range of experienced and ear...

Charles Warren has dedicated his legal career to aiding people in financial straits. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband's investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme - one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before, and that led him, as a teenager, to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience.Within hours of starting his investigation, he is follow...