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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The fourth in a series of realistic police procedurals by a former cop of 32 years Detective Sergeant Hunter Kerr has always been riddled with guilt over the vicious and brutal death of his first girlfriend Polly Hayes. That fateful day has haunted him for a lifetime and was the reason why he joined the police force--to make amends and track down her killer. Yet none of the murders he has investigated have remotely resembled the killing of Polly, so when a woman's brutally battered body is discovered wearing an item of his murdered girlfriend's clothing his life is suddenly turned upside down. Is it a cruel trick, or has Polly's killer returned to haunt Kerr? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Major Crimes Team - Vol 1 Featuring DI Harry Evans The Cumbria Major Crimes team is under immense pressure to get results. DCI Harry Evans and his subordinates, DS Neil Chisholm, DC Lauren Phillips and DC Amir Bhaki must juggle cases while tragedy stalks them. Up in Glasgow, DI John Campbell is preparing to replace Evans, whose renegade ways have brought enforced retirement. Together they must investigate a man killed in his own home, a vigilante group chasing a suspected paedophile, a river dammed for no obvious reason and a woman whose cries of 'wolf' turn to 'rape'. Meanwhile DC Phillips goes undercover off the books. The Cumbria Major Crimes team is under immense pressure to get results. DCI Harry Evans and his subordinates, DS Neil Chisholm, DC Lauren Phillips and DC Amir Bhaki must juggle cases while tragedy stalks them in this collection of short stories introducing DCI Harry Evans and his team. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When a single mother, Julie Simon, is found in her kitchen with a stab wound to her stomach, Cumbrias Major Crimes Team are handed the case. Under the supervision of DI Campbell and with advice from his former DI, Harry Evans, DC Amir Bhaki fights to discover who assaulted an innocent woman and left her with life-threatening injuries.Nothing is as it first appears and when the team looks into Julies life they uncover a hidden sex-life that may just hold the key to the identity of her attacker. When a single mother, Julie Simon, is found in her kitchen with a stab wound to her stomach, Cumbrias Major Crimes Team are handed the case. Under the supervision of DI Campbell and with advice from his former DI, Harry Evans, DC Amir Bhaki fights to discover who assaulted an innocent woman and left her with life-threatening injuries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A killer priest is on the rampage across London and an egotistical Hollywood action movie star is out for revenge when is his precious comic book collection is stolen.Meanwhile, gangster Marty Cook's dreams of going legit swiftly turn pear shaped when one of his bouncers accidentally kills one of his salsa club's regular customers.Razor sharp wisecracks, gaudy characters and even gaudier situations abound in Cold London Blues, a violent and pitch-black Brit Grit comedy of errors. A killer priest is on the rampage across London and an egotistical Hollywood action movie star is out for revenge when is his precious comic book collection is stolen. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The modern world, 1979. As the first waves of punk splinter into scores of new directions, a Mod renewal is bursting onto the streets of London and Chris Davis and his mates are at its epicentre. These are fast times for the new breed of modernists and the days and nights speed by in a glorious haze of pills, music, sex, gang violence and scooter fumes.There are kicks to be had but also kicks to receive as the backstreets of Breadline Britain seethe with rival subcultures. Skinheads, Teds and football hooligans are all desperate to cut these sharp, young newcomers down to size with a blood-thirsty glee. Chris finds love and a sense of belonging in the Mod scene but the spectre of the August Bank holiday pilgrimage toSouthend is on the horizon and events are about to take a dark turn. This is the time for action. The modern world, 1979. As the first waves of punk splinter into scores of new directions, a Mod renewal is bursting onto the streets of London and Chris Davis and his mates are at its epicentre. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In the Steampunk realm of 1919 in Her Majestys Royal States of America, a sabotage explosion hurls two renowned scientists through the Nexus veil which divides our worlds.Just off Wall Street, in 2001, a destructive force flings a young street magician back in time.All three recover to find themselves in New York City. But in 1889! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Detective Constable Greg Warren is in a rut, he is going nowhere. All he wants from his job are two things, promotion and excitement. He isn't bothered which comes first as long as they come. Chasing his dream, Greg, leaves his family, friends and colleagues in north London and heads north to Hull hoping to find what he is looking for.He finds them. Excitement - yes, promotion - yes, but both on the same day? And at what price? He doesn't expect the level of danger that is involved, drugs, guns and "blood diamonds", nor does he expect to be labelled a terrorist and Jihad sympathiser. His craving for excitement is about to turn into his worst nightmare, a life on the run from his own people. To stay alive, he has to keep one step ahead of those hunting him - at any cost. If he wants to clear his name, he has no option other than to run.run.run and keep running into the depths of criminality. Be careful what you wish for. Detective Constable Greg Warren is in a rut, he is going nowhere. All he wants from his job are two things, promotion and excitement. He isn't bothered which comes first as long as they come. Chasing his dream, Greg, leaves his family, friends and colleagues in north London and heads north to Hull hoping to find what he is looking for. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Set in Belfast after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 2000, this is a novel about the intertwined relationship between the establishment and street criminals during this period Donny Campbell is an infamous paramilitary figure, who is a reflection of a violent society. He is sexually repressed and vents his anger and sexual frustration in a cocktail of violence and warped depravity, ultimately hidden in a world where murder and immorality are almost considered normal. Donny finds a kindred spirit in Lord Roddy Harding, a man working in the highest echelons of Ulster and London society. Their relationship fractures when Donny becomes a liability as he becomes increasingly unstable and reckless. The British state assassinate Campbell, and by dispatching one of its prolific foot soldiers maintain a fragile peace, save Harding's reputation and that of the Government. This is the story of the inter-twined relationship between the establishment and street criminals in Belfast after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 2000. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Harry Tyler is living an unhappy life as a "dead man" following a failed MI5 conspiracy to kill him in Ireland. A right wing journalist in a popular paper is saying all the things his readers want to hear, laying blame for the country's ills at the doors of immigration, the welfare state, scroungers, and spongers. But when the people he targets in his column wind up dead, a serial killer seems to be taking the law into his own hands. Harry Tyler is surviving on his wits in the North West of England until fate conspires to reunite him with villain and nemesis John Baker, known as Johnny Too, when Too is released from jail early as bait for the serial killer. The job could bring Harry back in from the cold, or leave him totally exposed and set up as the fall guy if things go wrong.The final installment of The Face trilogy is hard, sexy, and it rattles along like an HS2 freight train. Harry Tyler's surviving on his wits in the North West of England when fate conspires to reunite him with villain and nemesis John Baker --known as Johnny Too--after Too's released from jail early as bait for a serial killer. The job could bring Harry back in from the cold, or leave him totally exposed and set up as the fall guy if things go wrong. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When an undercover cop is brutally murdered by ruthless criminals, only a fool or a hero would try and infiltrate the gang again.Harry Tyler is no fool. The Bishop brothers are young East End villains who use their hard rock band Iron Hammer as a front for robbery, drug-running and much worse. For Harry, the stakes have never been higher. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Sometimes the old way is the only way.When a retired East End villain is murdered by a feral street gang, his brother Ritchie Archer returns to London from Spain to investigate. With the police thwarted at every turn, Ritchie decides to take the law into his own hands and bring old school justice back to the streets of East London. Rounding up his old firm, he leads a vigilante crusade against the vicious young criminals, using every grisly method at his disposal to find and punish his brother's killers. A vicious street war follows, with no prisoners taken on either side, leading to a dramatic conclusion as the feral youths lay siege to a hospital Ritchie's firm is holed up in. They're outgunned and outnumbered, but this firm has never been outclassed yet. "Great British Fiction -- Great British Authors" on title page. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The official novelization of a forthcoming crime film, featuring movie stills and an introduction by producer Jonathan Sothcott George never meant to kill the thief, he was just defending his shop from the jacked up kids who were trying to rob him. Arrested for murder, his world is turned upside down. The next night the doorbell rings, and before George has even opened the door the gang have swarmed into his house--they beat him senseless, rape his wife, and tie them up and set fire to them. Thoughtless, feral Jimmy, George's son, has been dishonorably discharged from the Royal Marines in Afghanistan and is on his way back to London when he gets the news. It isn't long before he's on the trail of the gang who murdered his parents, exacting his own kind of chillingly brutal justice. With the police closing in and his old regiment determined to stop him from airing their dirty laundry on trial, Jimmy goes underground. His actions have created a media frenzy, London's first vigilante of the 21st century. But will his devastating course of action spell the end of the woman he loves? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The 1990's started bleakly in docklands. The new Canary Wharf development is slow getting off the ground, and the ghosts the old docks still haunt the deserted buildings. There is a gangland war brewing, and things get worse when Benny Grazione was found floating in the Thames without his hands or his life.Errol Ross and Jack Goldman are local coppers with their own worries, but nothing compared to the carnage that was let loose after a drug factory was blown sky high: delving deep they uncovered a rogue vigilante group in their own nick, and a Mafia boss sniffing local blood - theirs included.Fitted up, out on their own and off-radar, Ross and Goldman find themselves shot by both sides before a bloody showdown leads them to the final stand-off at the Blind Beggar, a pub with a name that resonates through East End folklore. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Middle-class parents Victoria and Nicholas Foulkes are distraught when their children are kidnapped against Nicholas' gambling debts. Penniless and desperate the couple turn to crime as a way to raise the ransom.Hot on their heels is recently bereaved DI Harry Evans and his Major Crimes team. Evans is fighting against enforced retirement and his replacement - DI John Campbell - is foisted upon him along with other cases. If he must leave the police then he wants one last big case before he goes.In a race against time Victoria and Nicholas must evade the police while continuing to add to the ransom fund. If they don't pay up on time the kidnappers have threatened to amputate their children's limbs with an oxy-acetylene torch.Can they save their children before time runs out? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Sequel to the best-selling thriller, The Crew. Now a major motion picture starring Leo Gregory. Directed by Martin Kemp GANG LEADER Billy Evans has ruled his turf in London for more years than he can care to remember. So long in fact, that even he realizes that things have become a little too easy. So when an old adversary reappears on the scene, Billy sees a golden opportunity to not only reassert his authority, but to have some much needed fun. Yet all is not as it appears. For this new enemy is far more powerful than any Billy has ever had to deal with before and he's about to discover that he's finally pushed his luck too far. But this time it isn't the law that he has to worry about, it's something far more dangerous. Originally published: London: Headline, 2001. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. One sniper. Six targets. Six hours. Or London burns. "I want you to kill for me. Six people; on the hour, every hour. Miss a deadline, people will die. Call the police, people will die. Any deviation or delay, people will die." Disgraced MI6 sniper Sam Blake initially dismisses the call as a hoax--until the first shot in a random killing spree is fired. Sam is plunged into a desperate cat and mouse chase across London. With the clock ticking and the odds stacked against him he becomes an unwilling assassin, forced to kill in order to protect not just hundreds of innocent civilians, but his own daughter, who has been kidnapped by the psychotic terrorist who calls himself Jericho. As the police and security services close in, Sam must unravel the conspiracy, unmask his nemesis, and save the one person in the world he truly loves. "6 targets in 6 hours or London burns"--Cover. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The longer Sebastian survives and the closer he gets to the truth, the more he struggles to breathe--a thriller about a man for whom the only choice for survival--running--is not an option. Sebastian suffers from acute asthma. He's an ex-soldier, but the asthma meant he never saw combat. Working as a courier for a man he's never met, Sebastian arrives in town early with a bag to deliver. An hour before the hand-over he meets Isobel, a weary nurse in need of a ride. But Isobel is a honey trap, and before Sebastian is even aware of the danger, she's knocked him unconscious and escaped into the night. Sebastian is given 24 hours to recover the bag or a contract will go out on his life, his only lead the enigmatic Isobel. But Isobel is also a pawn, at the mercy of a man she calls Mr. Punch, the overlord of a criminal empire built entirely upon manipulation, blackmail, and fear. And Mr. Punch is not alone--his second in command is even worse. The longer Sebastian survives and the closer he gets to the truth, the more he struggles to breathe--a thriller about a man for whom the only choice for survival--running--is not an option. Sebastian suffers from acute asthma. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The UK's most downloaded sports title of 2012! The prequel to the Movie Top Dog starring Leo Gregory - Directed by Martin Kemp APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEPTIVE - as As Paul Jarvis of the National Soccer Intelligence Unit is only too well aware. He knows that Billy Evans is no ordinary Cockney lad made good. He's also a thug, a villain and a cop killer. Jarvis just hasn't been able to prove it.Yet. So when Jarvis discovers that Evans is putting together a hooligan 'Super Crew' to follow the England national soccer team to Italy, he feels sure he can finally put Evans behind bars - if only someone can infiltrate the group and get him the proof he needs. But nothing is ever that simple. The Crew believe Evans is just out for a full-on riot. Jarvis thinks he's trafficking drugs. But Billy Evans is always one step ahead. He has another plan. And it will be catastrophic for everyone concerned. EXCEPT HIM. "The prequel to the movie Top dog"--Cover. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The gift of a bell gives Amelia access to an ancient scheme, where Jabez, a snake-oil salesman, offers her the promise of Mastery, the power to take control of her life and make her dreams come true. The price, of course, is her soul. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When Ania Milosz falls to her death in a Polish city, her father, Will Gillen, accepts the verdict of suicide. Ania, an expert witness, was about to be exposed as a perjurer and a liar. Will knows his daughter was neither, but he also knows the terrible burden she carried from her past when her sister was abducted and murdered. He realises there is one thing that may have made her fabricate evidence in a harrowing murder case: after all these years, has she found her sister's killer, and has the prospect of his release driven her to the point of suicide? Ania's lover, Dariusz, won't accept this. He knows Ania did not kill herself. Does Will really know his daughter, or is there an even darker story behind Ania's death? He is haunted by images of his dead daughter. Is she trying to tell him something, is she trying to warn him, or is his grief driving him mad? THE LAST ROOM is a dark and haunting book that explores the aftermath of a death and the different ways a crime may present itself: suicide or murder? Police ineptitude or corruption? And will there be more deaths? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. When Rob Cooper, editor of the anarchic soccer fanzine Wings Of ASparrow receives the latest in a long line of solicitors letters, hesuspects yet another law suit has landed in his lap.Instead, he finds himself slap bang in the middle of a situation the likeof which fans the world over have dreamt about since the birth of thegame.But when your dreams become reality, they very quickly take on avery different meaning.Sometimes they can even turn into nightmares.Wings Of A Sparrow is not simply a tale of revenge and bitterness,it's a light-hearted story of one man, the great game, a small fortuneand a season of personal discovery. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. How far will Anna Stone, a disillusioned police officer on the brink of leaving her job, go to uncover the truth about her sister's disappearance?Approached by Luke Carver, an ex-Army drifter she's previously sent to prison, he claims to have information which will help her. As the trail leads from Hull and the Humber's desperate and downtrodden to its great and good, an unsolved murder twenty-five years ago places their lives in danger, leaving Stone to decide if she can really trust a man who has his own reasons for helping. How far will Anna Stone, a disillusioned police officer on the brink of leaving her job, go to uncover the truth about her sister's disappearance? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Jack Miller's been playing a dangerous game--and the stakes are about to be raised A spate of audacious bank robberies leave police frustrated and crime boss Otto smiling, but for ruthless robber Jack Miller it's simply the means to an end. Wounded while making his escape, Miller has half a million in used notes and a hostage that wasn't part of the plan. As police close in, Otto wants his cash and the mysterious McKenzie wants Miller silenced--forever. With a deadly agenda of her own, misfit Spook, isn't your typical hostage. Unstable and fearless, she'll go to any lengths to get what she wants. When judge's daughter Jazz O'Hanlon also disappears and evidence points at Miller, the manhunt escalates and Miller discovers just how crazy Spook really is. Amid the tabloid frenzy, DI John Samuels realizes he must catch his man alive before the game ends in disaster. A spate of audacious bank robberies leave police frustrated and crime boss Otto smiling, but for ruthless robber Jack Miller it's simply the means to an end. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Jean-Paul Sartre said, 'Hell is other people.' But he was only half right. Hell is the other people who work in the offices ofRaven and Skull.After a week of horror and upset, six colleagues from the Raven and Skull offices get together in the pub to exchange stories and decide which of them has had the worst week.Each one has had a week plagued by adultery, theft, betrayal, murder, cannibalism, black magic and death. The stories theyshare are dark and twisted and reflect the regular reality of Raven and Skull. Do you dare to hear what they have to say? Jean-Paul Sartre said, 'Hell is other people.' But he was only half right. Hell is the other people who work in the offices of Raven and Skull. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Joe loves Kit. Everyone thinks she's dead. Joe knows she's not.If you lost the love of your life, how far would you go to get them back?Detective Joe McNeil would do absolutely anything.When Joe breathes life into a crime scene victim, he discovers what anything really means.Nell will use whatever is necessary to ensure she survives, including Joe. Is she really a victim or merely the weapon being wielded by a much more cunning foe?Against the background of a multiple murder investigation, Joe struggles between his love for missing Kit and his growing obsession with the enigmatic Nell. Plunged headlong into a spiralling nightmare of kidnap, murder and betrayal, his relentless search for the truth jeopardises his career, his sanity and his life.But for Nell, the risk is even greater.A haunting tale of obsessive love, ultimate sacrifice and deadly consequences. If you lost the love of your life, how far would you go to get them back? Joe loves Kit. Everyone thinks she's dead. Joe knows she's not. Detective Joe McNeil would do absolutely anything. A haunting tale of obsessive love, ultimate sacrifice, and deadly consequences. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It feels like history is repeating itself when out-of-favour detective Will Harlan gets summoned to a murder scene in the village of Brackenbrae after a young girl is found hanging in the woods. Five years ago Harlan headed up the investigation of an identical killing in the same woods; a mishandled investigation that effectively destroyed his credibility as a detective. The new case immediately takes a bizarre twist when the body is identified as the same girl found hanging in the woods five years ago.The following day a local man commits suicide and the police find more dead girls hidden in his basement. It seems an open and shut case. Until the killing spree begins.Harlan finds himself drawn into a dark world where murder is a form of self-expression and human life treated as onemore commodity to be used and discarded.The only clue that links everything is a large oil painting of `Sagittarius A' - a massive black hole at the centre of thegalaxy orbited by thirteen stars, the canvas daubed in blood with the words - Heart Swarm. Will Harlan gets summoned to a murder scene in the village of Brackenbrae after a young girl is found hanging in the woods. Five years ago Harlan headed the investigation of an identical killing in the same woods. The new case takes a bizarre twist when the body is identified as the same girl found hanging in the woods five years ago. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Like a spider wrapping flies.When psychopath Duncan leaves a trail of duct-tape-wrapped bodies scattered across the suburbs of Birmingham, there's nothing to link the victims except his own name and address, carefully placed on each new corpse.Six very different people follow his clues, each convinced they can use Duncan to further their own selfish or naive ends. Is there a reason Duncan's driven to target these particular individuals, or does their very nature contribute to their fate?Will any of them be strong enough to break the cycle and escape a painful death? Or will Duncan reel them in and rearrange them to his own insane ideal?"Raise the Blade is a gloriously gruesome read, riven with the very blackest of humour. And I loved it."Ian Ayris, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'April Skies'. Like a spider wrapping flies. When psychopath Duncan leaves a trail of duct-tape-wrapped bodies scattered across the suburbs of Birmingham, there's nothing to link the victims except his own name and address, carefully placed on each new corpse. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Carlisle United are playing Millwall and the Major Crimes Team are assigned to crowd control as punishment for their renegade ways. Typically, DI Harry Evans has other ideas and tries to thwart the local firm's plans to teach Millwall's notorious Bushwhackers an unforgettable lesson.Meanwhile an undercover cop is travelling north with some of the Millwall contingent. His mission is to identify the ringleaders and gather evidence against them.Three illegal immigrants have been transported to Carlisle and are about to meet their new employers.Nothing is as it seems for Evans and his Major Crimes Team as they battle to avoid a bloodbath while also uncovering a far more heinous crime. Carlisle United are playing Millwall and the Major Crimes Team are assigned to crowd control as punishment for their renegade ways. Typically, DI Harry Evans has other ideas and tries to thwart the local firm's plans to teach Millwall's notorious Bushwhackers an unforgettable lesson. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Danny Dyer is Britain's most popular young film star. Idolized by Harold Pinter and with his films having taken nearly $50 million at theUK box office, Dyer is the most bankable star in British independent films with one in 10 of the country's population owning one of his films on DVD. With iconic performances in such cult classicsas The Business , The Football Factory , Dead Man Running , Outlaw , and now Vendetta , Dyer is oneof the most recognizable Englishmen in the world. For the first time, and with its subject's full cooperation, this book chronicles his film career in depth, combining production background with critical analysis to paint a fascinating picture of the contemporary British film industry and its brightest star. Packed with anecdotes from co-stars and colleagues, as well as contributions from the man himself, The Films of Danny Dyer is the ultimate companion to the work of Britain's grittiest star. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…