John David
21) The burning time
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Detective Sergeant McAvoy novel volume 12
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An unexpected invite to his estranged mother's surprise birthday party at a fancy Durham hotel gives DI Aector McAvoy and his wife Roisin a chance for a well-deserved holiday. Off-duty, and still recovering from his previous injuries, McAvoy is determined to take advantage of the all-expenses-paid break, despite the old grudges and thick tension between himself and his step-family. However, what should have been a relaxing, if awkward, getaway weekend...
22) Blind justice
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Detective Sergeant McAvoy novel volume 10
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English
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DS Aector McAvoy investigates his darkest, most brutal case yet. The call comes in before DS Aector McAvoy has had time for breakfast. The news is bad: A body. Found in the woods out at Brantingham. The reality is even worse. The young man's mutilated corpse lies tangled in the roots of a newly fallen tree, two silver Roman coins nailed through his sightless eyes. Who would torture their victim in such a brutal manner - and why? DS McAvoy makes the...
23) Flesh and blood
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Detective Sergeant McAvoy novel volume 11
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English
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DS Aector McAvoy is on a family holiday when he gets the news that he has been attacked and left for dead on one of Hull's most well to do streets and the discovery of who has really been attacked is even more shocking. Meanwhile, his superior officer and best friend DS Trish Pharaoh has been keeping secrets that are catching up with her.
24) Infinite rooms
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While narrating to a remembered psychiatrist, Donald Clement's inner reality becomes infused with surreal fantasy: Neptune rising from the sea; a giant showing the wonders of the universe; an incredible stranger who promises to reveal the secrets of infinity. As Donald falls deeper into the mental realm, so his protected memories are gradually revealed again, exposing the shocking truths he has been hiding--even from himself. Like a unique, mind-bending...
25) Scorched earth
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Detective Sergeant McAvoy novel volume 7
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English
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A murder and a missing person case puts McAvoy on the track of a man whose desire for revenge is unstoppable - but who may not be the worst criminal involved.The police think Crystal Heathers isn't missing. The trainee detective assigned to the case isn't so sure. McAvoy thinks someone was being held at the derelict building where they just found a body pinned to the wall...and that all the signs point to it being a little girl. But why would anyone...
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"With virtually nonexistent oversight, the internet can easily become the judge, jury, and executioner for anyone's reputation. Digital attacks and misinformation can cost you a job, a promotion, your marriage, even your business. Whether you've done something foolish yourself, are unfairly linked to another's misdeeds, or are simply the innocent victim of a third-party attack, most of us have no idea how to protect our online reputation. This book...
31) Into the woods
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Lakeland trilogy volume 1
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English
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"Thirty years ago, three girls followed a stranger into the woods. Only two returned. The surviving pair have never been able to remember what happened or what the fate of the third girl was. Local rumours talk of hippies and drugs and mystic rituals, but no one has learned the truth. This story is just what Rowan Blake needs. He's in debt, his journalistic career is in tatters - as well as his damaged body - and he's retreated to the Lake District...
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The 20th century saw radical changes to the pulse and quality of its everyday life, thanks to a wave of astonishing inventions that improved virtually every aspect of daily existence. This invaluable reference presents more than 40 alphabetical categories of everyday inventions for the home and domestic life, grouped by purpose or function. Annotation. Presents short historical articles about the origins, scientific background, design, development,...
35) The guest house
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"How much would you pay to survive? Mum-of-three Ronni Ashcroft is piecing her life back together after being betrayed by her husband. She's running a successful guest house on a remote spur of the Scottish Highlands, and has met a new man - the enigmatic Bishop. But Bishop has secrets. He's connected to a network of criminals and has big plans to turn this part of the Ardnamurchan peninsula into a European gateway for drugs, guns - and something...
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In 1997 the author, aged 17, escaped North Korea for China. Her mother's first words over the telephone to her lost daughter were "don't come back". The reprisals for all of them would have been lethal. Twelve years later she returned to the North Korean border in a daring mission to spirit her mother and brother to South Korea in a very costly and dangerous journey. This eloquent book offers the first credible account of ordinary life in North Korea...