ALEX SMITH

Ancient stories become real-life horrors. With Detective Robert Kett out of action a murder case falls to his detective colleagues, Kate Savage and Pete Porter. Norfolk is in the midst of a brutal winter, and the frozen body is discovered on the legendary Stone of Lyng. It quickly becomes clear that the young man wasn’t just killed, he was sacrificed. And he isn’t alone. Within a week, another mutilated dead man is found on one of Norfolk’s ancient stones. Somebody is acting out a ritual, and if Savage and Porter can’t stop them then more people will die. Because if the stories of the stones are to be believed, the Hateful Thing is coming – a killer whose thirst for murder and mayhem knows no bounds.

He has always been the hunter. He is about to become the prey. For years, Detective Robert Kett has tracked down the country’s most dangerous kidnappers and serial killers, earning a reputation as the best man to catch the worst men. The tables are about to turn. A series of brutal murders are found to have one alarming link: the victims are people that Kett put behind bars – and the ones that got away. It seems as if there is a vigilante on the loose. Kett is intrinsically linked to these crimes, and he starts to understand that something far more dangerous is going on. Because this killer isn’t just coming after the bad guys. He’s coming after Kett, too.

Every time you hear his voice, another child will die. Detective Robert Kett’s family may be whole again, but he is a broken man. Kett has been suspended from duty, so takes his family for a much-needed holiday on the Norfolk Coast. Instead of the peace he desperately seeks, however, Kett finds a community in chaos. Four teenagers are missing, and time is running out before they meet a horrific fate. Kett knows that the man who took them is the only one who can reveal where the children are being held. There’s only one problem. The kidnapper is already dead.

'Fresh and ferocious' James Patterson Death comes for us all. In the glorious heat of a Norfolk summer, the Extreme Crime Task Force is facing its biggest case yet: organising DS Kate Savage and PC Aaron Duke’s wedding. It should be a joyous escape after months of heartbreak. But the celebrations are interrupted by the discovery of a young woman, bloodied and barefoot, who claims she has just escaped from hell. What she leads DCI Kett and the team to is a nightmare beyond imagination: a house of horrors, and an act of unspeakable evil. The only thing the girl can tell them about the person who took her, is that his victims call him Mr Death. A man who is now nowhere to be found. A monster who has unfinished business. Kett and the Task Force must hunt down a killer as clever as he is ruthless, and as creative as he is sadistic. And what should be a summer of love quickly becomes the season of murder. Because sooner or later, everything must die. The twentieth novel in the internationally bestselling series from multi-million selling author Alex Smith. Relentless action, compulsive mystery and side-splitting humour abound in the books that Thrilling Fiction calls "heart-stoppingly gripping!" from the author that James Patterson describes as "fresh and ferocious!"

He will find the truth. Even if it kills him. Five months ago, Detective Robert Kett’s wife Billie was snatched from a London street. Five months of no leads, no evidence, and no suspects. Until now. When a routine police search uncovers a chamber of horrors beneath one of the city’s most expensive houses, detectives find a clue that points to Billie’s fate, and to the identity of her kidnapper. Desperate for closure, and Kett returns to London for his most personal and dangerous case yet – there, he must face pure evil. He doesn’t know if Billie is alive or dead. He doesn’t know if he’s too late to save her. All he knows is that he swore he’d go to hell and back to find out what happened. And now, he's about to.

Monsters can come in all sorts of disguises. When a young woman is brutally murdered in the Norfolk countryside, the locals blame Black Shuck – a legendary wild dog. There’s only one problem: the wounds weren’t made by an animal. Detective Robert Kett is battling a black dog of his own. With his wife still missing, and the injuries from his last case leaving him in constant pain, everything seems impossible – not least looking after his three young children. But when a second body appears, even bloodier than the last, Kett finds himself on a hunt for one of the most ruthless serial killers the country has ever seen. A killer who may be hunting him too.

'Fresh and ferocious' James Patterson They should have been safe, but now they’re gone. In the city of Norwich, fears are running rampant. Young women have gone missing in separate incidents while delivering newspapers. Is this the work of a serial kidnapper? Detective Robert Kett has just arrived in the area, and has enough troubles of his own to contend with. His wife was snatched from the streets of London – gone without a trace. His three children need his full attention, but his new police colleagues are stumped. Kett agrees to take a look at the evidence, and before long is dragged into the centre of one of the darkest cases of his career. Kett knows what it’s like to suffer. If he gets this right, he can save others from such horror. And maybe finally get some answers about what happened to his wife.

Töötu peainspektor Robert Kett püüab tavaellu naasta, ent saab siis ootamatu telefonikõne oma emalt Marylt, kellega ta pole peaaegu kaks aastakümmet suhelnud. Ema nõuab, et poeg peab kohe tulema tema juurde Whytetaili külla Norfolkis. Ent tegemist ei ole perekondliku rõõmsa taaskohtumisega - selgub, et jumalaema kommuun, kus ema elab, vajab Roberti abi. Caitlyn ja Liam Brown on julmalt tapetud ja nende vastsündinud poeg kadunud - verisesse hälli on jäetud kiri, et kui politsei asjasse segatakse, beebi sureb. Kett palub endistel kolleegidel Clare'il, Porteril ja Savage'il koos temaga teeselda salapolitseinikke ja avastab, et selles vaikses ja mõtisklevas paradiisis pole asjad sugugi nii harmoonilised, kui esmapilgul paistab. Kes tappis Brownid ja röövis nende lapse? Milliseid tumedaid saladusi kommuun varjab? Kas tapja on väljastpoolt tulnud isik või on ta üks nende endi seast? Alex Smith kirjutas oma esimese raamatu kuueaastasena. See polnud eriti hea, aga selles loos olid üleloomulikud koletised. Tema peainspektor Robert Ketti krimiromaanides on samuti koletised, ent need koletised on inimsoost ja seda hirmutavamad. Lisaks põnevikele on ta avaldanud 13 romaani lastele ja teismelistele oma täisnime Alexander Gordon Smith all - muuhulgas populaarse menusarja "Escape From Furnace", mida armastavad miljonid lugejad üle maailma ja mille põhjal vändatakse peagi ka film. Ta elab abikaasa ja kolme väikese tütrega Norwichis. "Kadunud poeg" on peainspektor Ketti krimipõnevike menusarja seitsmes raamat. Esimene - "Ajalehetüdrukud" - ilmus eesti keeles 2022, "Paha koer" ja "Kolm väikest põrsast" 2023, "Piitsalöök" ja "Põgene, jänes, põgene" 2024 ning "Külm nagu kivi" 2025. Pidev action, kaasahaarav salapära ja must huumor rahvusvaheliselt menukas krimisarjas, mida veebileht Thrilling Fiction nimetab "nii põnevaks, et süda kipub seisma jääma", miljoneid raamatuid müünud autorilt, keda Ameerika krimikirjanik James Patterson kirjeldab kui värsket ja äkilist.

This print and digital workbook provides additional exercises and practice questions to enable students to develop their skills. The activities can be used in class or outside the classroom as homework. It follows the same chapter structure as the coursebook, so you can confidently use it to support your lessons. Activities increase in difficulty to support students as they progress through the course, focusing on key skills such as evaluation and analysis. This workbook supports the Cambridge IGCSE™ , IGCSE (9-1) and O Level Business syllabuses (0264/0774/7081) for examination from 2027. Answers to activities are available to teachers via Cambridge GO.

Norfolki ühel kõige külmemal talvel avastatakse legendaarse Lyngi kivi pealt külmunud surnukeha. Kuna Robert Kett enam politseis ei tööta, hakkavad juhtumit uurima seersant Kate Savage ja uurija Pete Porter ning neile saab peagi selgeks, et noort meest mitte lihtsalt ei tapetud, vaid ta ohverdati.Ja ta pole ainus. Nädala pärast leitakse Norfolkis ühelt iidselt kivilt veel ühe samamoodi kohutavalt moonutatud mehe surnukeha. Keegi sooritab mingit rituaali ning kui Savage ja Porter teda takistada ei suuda, sureb veel palju inimesi. Juurdlus muutub üha jõhkramaks, nii et isegi Kettil pole selle eest pääsu.Sest kui uskuda kivide kohta räägitavaid lugusid, on tulekul Jõletis - mõrtsukas, kelle tapahimul ja vägivaldsusel pole piire.Peainspektor Ketti krimipõnevike menusarja viies raamat. "Ajalehetüdrukud" ilmus eesti keeles 2022, "Paha koer" ja "Kolm väikest põrsast" 2023, "Piitsalöök" ja "Põgene, jänes, põgene" 2024.SAlex Smith kirjutas oma esimese raamatu kuueaastasena. See polnud eriti hea, aga selles loos olid üleloomulikud koletised. Tema peainspektor Robert Ketti krimiromaanides on samuti koletised, ent need koletised on inimsoost ja seda hirmutavamad. Lisaks põnevikele on ta avaldanud 13 romaani lastele ja teismelistele oma täisnime Alexander Gordon Smith all - muuhulgas populaarse menusarja "Escape From Furnace", mida armastavad miljonid lugejad üle maailma ja mille põhjal vändatakse peagi ka film. Ta elab abikaasa ja kolme väikese tütrega Norwichis.

Peainspektor Robert Kett on aastaid jahtinud riigi kõige ohtlikumaid inimröövijaid ja sarimõrvareid, pälvides sellega politseiniku maine, kes suudab tabada ka kõige hullemad kurjategijad. Nüüd on aga rollid ümber pööratud. Kui keegi hakkab jõhkralt mõrvama inimesi, keda Kett trellide taha saatnud - ja isegi neid, keda ta tabada ei suutnud -, tundub, et välja on ilmunud halastamatu kättemaksja.Pärast seda, kui Kett on saanud ülesandeks hoida ühte neist kurjategijatest elus, hakkab ta mõistma, et sellega on seotud midagi palju ohtlikumat. Sest mõrvar ei aja taga mitte ainult pahasid. Ta ajab taga ka Ketti ennast ...Peainspektor Ketti krimipõnevike menusarja viies raamat. Esimene - "Ajalehetüdrukud" - ilmus eesti keeles 2022, "Paha koer" ja "Kolm väikest põrsast" 2023, "Piitsalöök" 2024.