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Night Driver

by Marcelle Perks

A most unlikely heroine, who must stay one step ahead of her pursuer on the darkest of roads in order to survive.

Heavily pregnant Frannie is such a nervous driver, she only feels safe driving at night.

Lars is a truck-driving serial killer who hunts his victims on the open road. He doesn’t kill for killing’s sake. He just can’t control his urges. And then he isn’t responsible for what happens…

When Frannie encounters a Polish motorcyclist looking for his missing sister, she becomes sucked into a terrifying world of shady nightclubs, autobahn prostitutes and organ trafficking.

 

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Implant

Crime & Thrillers

Implant

by Ray Clark

Implant is Book 3 in the Gardener and Reilly crime series

Bramfield, near Leeds, a sleepy little market town nestled on the borders of West and North Yorkshire.

Detectives Stewart Gardener and Sean Reilly discover the naked corpse of Alex Wilson, nailed to the wall of a cellar in his uncle’s hardware store. His lips are sewn together and his body bears only one mark, a fresh scar near his abdomen. Within forty-eight hours, their investigation results in dead ends, more victims, no suspects and very little in the way of solid evidence.

The two detectives have a problem and a question on their hands: are the residents of Bramfield prepared for one of history’s most sadistic killers, The Tooth Fairy?

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Hellcorp

by Jonathan Whitelaw

Sometimes even the devil deserves a break...

Life is hard for The Devil and he desperately wants to take a holiday. Growing weary from playing the cosmic bad guy, he resolves to set up a company that will do his job for him so the sins of the world will tick over while he takes a vacation. God tells him he can have his vacation just as soon as he solves an ancient crime.

But nothing is ever easy and before long he is up to his pitchfork in solving murders, desperate to crack the case so he can finally take the holiday he so badly needs…

This is a perfectly-pitched darkly comic crime novel that is ideal for fans of Christopher Fowler and Ben Aaranovitch.

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She’s Back

business

She’s Back

by Lisa Unwin, Deb Khan

"A must-have guide to get more women back into the workplace." Arianna Huffington

‘If you’re a professional woman who wants to unlock your potential this book is a must-read.’ – Sarah Wood, OBE

Women’s careers twist and turn. Women step back or step away for so many reasons.  Then, let’s face it, returning is tough. Whether you are coming back after a break, or looking to ramp up a level, this book is an essential guide and helps you succeed. You’ll learn the truth about how the recruitment market really works; how to craft a narrative that explains your value; mobilise a network to support your ambitions and find work that will work for you. Examples of real women’s struggles and winning strategies provide inspiration and will enthuse you about how to make your own comeback.

Lisa and Deb draw on years of research across several different sectors and their experience of working with and listening to the stories of thousands of women to provide a fresh, pragmatic and above all useful handbook for today’s fast evolving job market.

In a world of MeToo and Time’s Up, She’s Back. And so are you.

 

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Contemporary Fiction

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

by Gina Kirkham

Our hapless heroine Constable Mavis Upton is back, bigger pants and all!

The laughter continues to flow in Gina Kirkham’s brilliant sequel to the wonderful Handcuffs, Truncheon and a Polyester Thong. Our hapless heroine Constable Mavis Upton is preparing to step down the aisle with her fiancé Joe, but has to deal with her temperamental teen daughter, as well as investigate a serial flasher on a push bike. Throw a diva drag queen into the mix and readers can expect the usual hilarious Mavis mishaps that made the first book such a hit.

Revel in Gina Kirkham’s humorous, poignant and moving stories of an everyday girl who one day followed a dream.

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