Kirjahaku

Rubble lives in a caravan and works on a battery farm. Then one day a mysterious visitor arrives and sees Rubble's child-like naivety combined with an ability to kill without compunction. Soon Rubble finds himself involved in a murderous secret project, his only chance of escape is the help of the girl he has to kill.

In this thrilling sequel to Loose Tongues, DC Sean Blake returns to investigate a number of violent drownings in the Greater Manchester area.A corpse is found in a Manchester canal, encased in a sleeping bag and weighed down by bricks. DC Sean Blake's investigation has hardly begun before another body with links to it is discovered . . . also drowned. A mysterious figure seen asking questions about the victims becomes the prime suspect. But as Blake delves into the shady pasts of those killed, he finds connections to friends still living - including a crime lord of the city.Matters are complicated for Blake when those who once formed their childhood gang refuse to cooperate. With a killer so elusive and targets so unwilling to accept help, can Blake stop the body count from rising?

Laura and Owen's new home should be lovely. But soon after moving into the secluded cottage on the edge of the Peak District, Laura starts to hear faint snatches of birdsong.Her husband, wrapped up in his job, is rarely at home. Nervous and confused, Laura cannot decide whether the noise is real - or is coming from inside her head. Her doctor can find nothing wrong with her hearing. Then an archaeological dig on a neighbouring hill unearths some disturbing finds - and Laura's life starts to become terrifying.

Trump's graceless defeat brings an end to 2020, leaving in its wake a beleaguered and exhausted global community laid low by multiple interconnected crises - the surging of COVID-19, colossal weather events, heightened levels of xenophobia, populism and racial tensions, as well as declining democratic institutions, social and political trust and global cooperation. Predatory leadership enables these crises. It is leadership borne of self-interest that seeks to exploit, oppress, victimize, and to take what belongs to others. Historically, this form of leadership was embodied by European colonialism and the slave trade, and it is seen today in the deregulation of markets, the capture of national tax codes by elites and the role of "dark money". Political leaders such as Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Theresa May, and Stephen Harper preyed on the biases and vulnerabilities of disenfranchised populations and encouraged ethnic and racial tension for their own political advantage. Predatory leadership likewise undergirds the actions of Russia's President Putin in Eastern Europe and China's President Xi in Hong Kong and Africa. It is pervasive within multilateral agencies such as the World Bank, whose prioritization of its neoliberal agenda over public health during the HIV/AIDS pandemic created a template for Trump's response to COVID-19. Based on decades of field research in remote villages and capital cities of Latin America, Africa and Asia, the author describes today's struggle between science and ideology, public health and economic values, and between greed and selflessness. He warns that privileging the present over the future is leading to the ultimate tragedy - the irrevocable loss of planetary health. With governments' ongoing failure to prepare and plan ahead, to monitor, mitigate and adjust, the author concludes we may be getting the leadership we deserve. Although the election of Joe Biden and the upcoming distribution of COVID vaccines provide some grounds for hope, world governments must immediately undertake serious large-scale social, political, economic, and health reform if we are to halt our collective march towards disaster. This reader consists of 55 articles drawn from publications that the author produced over the last 20 years. About half of these articles have appeared in the Lancet or the BMJ in various forms but mainly as opinion pieces. Others are drawn from publications supported by NGOs such as Christian Aid, Action Aid, and Save the Children while others have been published in the Guardian newspaper, Institute of Development Studies (UK), and journals such as the International Journal of Clinical Practice, the CMAJ, Canadian Journal of Public Health, New England Journal of Medicine, and the American Psychologist.

It starts with the death of a teenage runaway, killed when she leaps from a motorway bridge into the speeding traffic below. The girl's identity remains a mystery - until the discovery of the dead girl's details along with profiles of three other girls, all recently reported missing. And a further shocking discovery causes the whole file to be handed over to Greater Manchester Police's Counter Terrorism Unit.Detective Constable Iona Khan - still struggling for acceptance in the male-dominated CTU - little realises that, because of her close resemblance to the girl who leapt from the bridge, she is now in the sights of a sinister figure. Someone whose reputation for ruthlessness has attracted notoriety, even among those who trade in the most depraved of human markets .

A series of chilling murders has left Manchester in a state of terror. Women are being found dead in their homes, their bodies arranged in the same macabre pose. Each has been strangled, her mobile phone forced down her throat. How is the killer getting in to each victim's house? What have they done to become a target? Why have none put up a fight?Fresh-faced and full of enthusiasm, newly-qualified Detective Constable Sean Blake has just landed a position on the investigating team. Desperate to prove himself, Sean realizes that, if he is to catch the killer, he's going to have to think outside the box. But is he prepared for the vengeful wrath of a truly twisted mind.?