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An old friend of the Daly family is murdered in a crowded Romford betting shop and yet there are no witnesses. The police are convinced that this is a vigilante killing of a paedophile and the only way to prove them wrong is for Jack Daly to find out who killed Bernie Woolaston and why. The cold-blooded murder triggers a chain of events that takes Jack back to the east end of London - back to that perilous world where his life could be in danger if the wrong person finds out who he really is. Not everybody is who they seem in this fifth book in the Jack Daly series and, in a bloody and taunt ending, Jack comes face-to-face with his past. Deathbed Confessions is Peter Larner's most popular novel and followers of the Jack Daly series of mysteries have waited eight years for the sequel. If you liked Deathbed Confessions, then you will love Deathbed Betrayal.
The world’s favorite city and arguably foremost truly global metropolis, New York is fast-paced and constantly changing. From the high-end chic restaurants in Midtown to the alternative underground bars of the Lower East Side, from the established grandeur of the Upper West Side to the unashamed wealth of the Upper East, from glam (and gay) Chelsea to the taste-makers of the Meatpacking District, this is a city that desperately needs a tour guide. Hg2's crack team of writers come to the rescue with this discriminating guidebook. Targeting a generation of "time poor, cash rich" travelers who want only the best, A Hedonist's Guide to New York is packed with photographs, hidden venues, and easy-to-use color-coded maps. Completely revised, updated, and redesigned, this second edition helps visitors bypass the mundane and head toward the magnificent.
Where do those whose professional lives center on food eat in London? Joe Warwick asked that question of 150 of the city's most informed foodies, and the answers cover a surprising range, from haute, Michelin-rated destinations to celebrity-chef venues to ethnic gems off the beaten track. Color photographs show every choice, while the pocket-sized format makes it all portable. A discreet design won't let anyone know that the person holding the book is a tourist.
When a prominent but unpopular theatre critic is found murdered at his desk in a peculiarly grotesque fashion, John Steadman, the blind former detective, hardly knows where to start his investigation. But then an elderly spinster meets a similarly bizarre fate, and soon an amateur sculptor dies in an equally peculiar way. What links the three murders, and why would the victims be desecrated in such a peculiar manner? And who is out to harm Steadman and his devoted new guide dog? An intriguing new crime thriller from Jake Buchan, author of Blind Pursuit, the first John Steadman mystery.ÿ
What if you were accused of a terrible crime—by your own child? "Indefensible is a superbly plotted and suspenseful thriller..."—Omnimystery On the heels of the explosive instant bestseller Damaged, the Kate Lange Thriller Series is back with page-turning suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat. When Elise Vanderzell plummets from her bedroom balcony one gorgeous summer night, her children awaken to a nightmare. Their mother is dead. Their father is charged with her murder. And the only witness is their son. "...the suspense is intense, the action shocking and the plot intriguing..."—RT Book Reviews Step into the gripping world of Indefensible by internationally bestsellin...
This beautifully designed guide helps Dubai travelers steer clear of the over-the-top opulent in favor of more refined venues. Targeting seasoned, sophisticated travelers, it includes photographs and color-coded maps of the profiled locations, all researched by acknowledged Dubai experts.
In 1950, the open space lands from Hayward to Pleasanton in California were privately owned and sprawl development was booming. By 2020, the frontier was closed, and almost all the shorelands and ridgelands in this large area were protected as public open space and by regulation. The land was saved by many advocates and these are their stories, many narratives sometimes parallel to each other, other times connecting, involving elections, referendums, litigation, bond measures, lobbying, organizing, and campaigns. Each story is simple enough, but taken together they add up to a long and complex history.
The most detailed and revealing biography to date of a Hollywood great. Steve McQueen is that rare Hollywood combination of a classic actor and a style icon in the tradition of James Dean. ‘ The King of Cool’ , as he was dubbed, was at one time the highest-paid film star in the world, a status earned through his roles in films like The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Great Escape. But he also turned down at least as many roles in classic films, including Breakfast at Tiffany’ s, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The French Connection. This is the first biography to cover in detail every film that McQueen made, and to put him into the context of the movie business, showing how he had problems trying to be a Method actor where an exact contemporary like Clint Eastwood thrived at it, and how Eastwood understood the studio system and made it work for him, while an insecure McQueen struggled with his sense of himself, both on and off screen. It includes interviews with people who have never spoken about him before, and draws upon diaries in the private McQueen collection.
An authoritative and entertaining history of the action film
This exciting collection addresses action and adventure from the silent to the contemporary period exploring diverse questions of aesthetics, industry and ideology. Action has established itself as one of the leading commercial genres of the New Hollywood cinema, generating extensive debate in the process. Contributors consider how action might best be defined, how it has developed historically, and how it works formally. The critical reception and standing of action and adventure cinema is considered in relation to questions of national culture, violence and the 'art' of cinema. Themes explored include genre and definitions; early action, sensation and melodrama; authorship and action; national and transnational action-adventure traditions; action aesthetics; spectacle and narrative; stars and bodies; class; gender; race and ethnicity. Attempting to evaluate the significance of this type of filmmaking for both popular cinema and film studies, the book underlines the central place of action and adventure within film history.