Mark Cowan

Deep underwater lurks a mysterious man-made illness. It has gone by many names over the years – Satan’s disease, diver’s palsy, the chokes – but today, medics call it decompression sickness. You know it as the bends.In the winter of 2012, British diver Martin Robson joined an expedition to southern Russia which sought to find a submerged cave system never seen by the human eye. On their final day, as Robson attempted to surface after reaching a record depth in the Blue Lake, disaster struck: just seventy-five feet down, he was ambushed by the bends. Forced to gamble on an underwater practice most doctors believe is a suicidal act, he sank back into the water. Soon, his only hope for survival was a dramatic mercy mission organised at the highest levels of the Russian government.Between the Devil and the Deep is the first book to tell the terrifying true story of what it feels like to get the bends, taking you inside the body and mind of a man who suffered the unthinkable. Writer Mark Cowan also explores the fascinating history of decompression sickness, the science behind what causes the disease, and the stories of the forgotten divers who pushed the limits of physical endurance to help find a solution.

During a thirteen month period between 1976 and 1977, a string of murders called the Oakland County Child Killings occurred in the Detroit area. The killer was dubbed 'The Babysitter' by the press because of the way he bathed the bodies, cleaned and pressed their clothes before redressing them, and leaving them lying neatly arranged when he dropped off the bodies. He was never caught. When a killer turns a small town in Michigan into his personal hunting ground, detective Nick Strattan and his partner Gwen Randall learn about the sordid side of the internet as they pursue a nameless killer who operates in total anonymity online to stalk his victims. But their investigation takes an eerie turn when they begin to see a pattern to the murders with a similarity to the Baby Sitter killings. Has he come out of retirement using the latest technology to find his next victims? Final Moment is the hunt for a remorseless killer who preys on young girls through the online social network that we have become so used to living in. Together Strattan and Randall must defeat a sophisticated killer who has the uncanny ability to anticipate their every move, and stay ahead of them as he stalks his next victim. As their search intensifies, Strattan begins to realize how vulnerable his own teenage daughters are, and the urgency to get this killer off the streets.