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Mind Games

by Paul Harrison

'Profiling at its best, Paul Harrison is the master of the true crime genre.' Martina Cole

Mind Games describes leading profiler Paul Harrison’s unique experiences dealing with the worst offenders incarcerated in the global criminal justice system. It will shock, surprise and astound the reader. Paul Harrison has a unique set of skills and experiences based on his life in the British police service and later as a crime writer. Working closely with the now defunct FBI Behavioural Science Unit in Quantico, he gained a unique insight into the minds of some of the worlds’ most violent criminals.

Now, for the first time ever, you can read of his gripping experiences as a profiler dealing with the world’s most notorious serial killers and violent offenders.

Mind Games is a forensic examination of the psyche of the world’s most vicious and evil offenders in their own words, just as they related it. It’s an exploration into the darkest recesses of the criminal mind and possibly the most in-depth examination of the serial killer phenomenon ever published.

 

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Blood, White and Blue

Crime & Thrillers

Blood, White and Blue

by James Silvester

Love, deception and murder in the aftermath of Brexit dominate in this political thriller, the first of the Lucie Musilova series...

Love, deception and murder dominate as thriller writer James Silvester delivers the first in the Lucie Musilova series. Britain is a hotbed of racial tension and economic uncertainty. Only Sir Geoffrey Hartnell, an ageing but hugely respected MP, can bring about a successful resolution to the talks, but a ghost from the past threatens to bring the UK to its knees.

Lucie Musilova meanwhile, is a young woman running out of places to hide. Half-British, half-Czech and rejected by both countries in the aftermath of Brexit, she meets ‘Mr. Lake’, the eccentric Head of a branch of the intelligence services known as The Overlappers, and is press ganged into service on the Huxley case.

As events spiral out of control it becomes clear it is not just Lucie’s life that is at stake, but the future of the very nation.

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Contemporary Fiction

Picking Up The Pieces

by Jo Worgan

A compelling and emotive story about a mother's unbreakable love for her autistic son

Kate has a six-year-old autistic son, Sam. She has started a new life to escape her controlling and abusive boyfriend Jake. She believes that the past is behind her and that she and Sam are safe. But after spotting Jake through a misted-up cafe window, Kate knows that Jake has found her.

Kate confides in her neighbour Matt, a man running from his own past. He seems to offer a genuine chance at happiness for her and son Sam, but Jake is determined to get them back at all costs….

Picking Up The Pieces is an original, moving but gripping page-turner about a woman’s search for happiness as she fights to protect her autistic son’s future.

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The Very Idea – Unlocking the power of idea economics

business

The Very Idea – Unlocking the power of idea economics

by David Wethey

Unlocking the power of idea economics

Look at any successful venture, business or otherwise, and at some point there’ll be someone at its heart who had ‘a great idea!’ But how do you truly realise the value of your ideas? Ideas may be good or bad, big or little, powerful or weak. But what really matters is how valuable they are. The commercial overrides the subjective. Or to put it another way, the value is more important than the value judgement – so learn how to make your ideas worth more!

David’s previous book – Mote: The Super Meeting – was recognised by the CMI as one of the management books of the year in 2016 and was shortlisted for the commuter read category in the annual CMI awards.

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The House on Downshire Hill

Crime Thriller

The House on Downshire Hill

by Guy Fraser-Sampson

An enticing blend of elegance and darkness... of which the finest Golden Age writers would have been proud

When a wealthy recluse is reported missing from his home, a shocking discovery sparks a homicide investigation which begins to lead the team from Hampstead CID in some very unexpected directions.

What has happened to the man’s family? Who is the mysterious character with whom he appears to have been sharing his house? Do transgressions from the past have a bearing on crimes of the present day?

In this, the fifth volume of the Hampstead Murders, we see a murder enquiry once more playing out against a shifting background of police politics and personal tribulations. Again, the beautiful London village of Hampstead with its Georgian terraces and stuccoed villas provides an unlikely setting for events which show only too clearly the dark and ugly side of human nature.

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