William Marshall

Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1899.

Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1899.

Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1888.

Unver nderter Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1888.

The Jellyfish Device is a frighteningly plausible futuristic hard science fiction novel set in 2054 Canada. Out of control technology is destroying society, the economy, the environment, and threatening our lives. A beautiful but troubled Chinese-Canadian ex-gangster wants to leave her past behind. A genius hacker and veteran from the second war in the Ukraine, has issues of his own. His luck was improving when he was hired to find the kidnapped son of a billionaire and he enlists her for her uncanny intuition and fighting skills. In the process, they are irresistibly drawn to each other, but she has a secret she fears will scare him off. Kevin and Jade become ensnared with a cult that has learned how to build a DIY hydrogen bomb, and not only threatens to take over Canada, but the entire world. Kevin faces an intolerable dilemma, and must help the cult to protect Jade, or does Jade need to protect Kevin? Seeking vengeance and abandoned by the authorities, they are the only ones who can stop the cult from using the Jellyfish Device, but the clock is ticking.

Our country, the beloved USA is in a political and economic mess. The 2020 general election is a must date to start repairs. The major political and economic problems of America are joined at the hip. While democracy is a political system and capitalism is an economic system, they are intertwined. Both areas are in a downward spiral. Damn Good Solutions for a Better America identifies the causes of our nation's political and economic problems and provides the needed remedies for a better America. In it, author Bill Marshall proposes conceptual solutions for America's biggest problems. The repair will require years and even decades. For example, at least four years is needed to achieve a balanced budget and another twenty years to reduce our nation's debt. It will take four to eight years to restore our nation's democracy from the current excessive corrupted system. Another five to ten years to close down over 500 overseas military bases and at least ten years to provide a better balanced and more equitable capitalism. With your help we can resolve or fix America's major problems and achieve a better America. Damn Good Solutions for a Better America offers practical and actionable advise that you can act on NOW

Set amidst the urban fantasia of Hong Kong, William Marshall's Yellowthread Street novels raise crime fiction to a high art form. Surrealistic and suspenseful, vivid in their procedural details and brilliant in their scope, they are the work of a uniquely gifted writer. "As an inspired poet of the bizarre, [Marshall] orchestrates underlying insanity into an apocalyptic vision of the future." - New York Times Book Review "Marshall's novels feature seemingly supernatural events that turn out to have logical, if not precisely rational, origins. He has savage fun with police procedure." - TIME A planeful of passengers dead from cyanide poisoning. Twelve bodies riddled with bullets in the sewers of Hong Kong. And one evil genius who outwits the cops at every turn ... The voice on the phone is cool ? and vicious. His threat: a continued escalation of terrorism until his blackmailing demands are met. For Chief Harry Feiffer and his crew at the Yellowthread Street Police Station in the most notorious section of Hong Kong, that is only the beginning of the nightmare. As the city is paralyzed with fear, and tempers within the police department reach breaking point, Feiffer is thrust into the spotlight ? as the prime suspect! This title in William Marshall's acclaimed crime series offers suspense, atmosphere, and pungent humour.

Set amidst the urban fantasia of Hong Kong, William Marshall's Yellowthread Street novels raise crime fiction to a high art form. Surrealistic and suspenseful, vivid in their procedural details and brilliant in their scope, they are the work of a uniquely gifted writer. "As an inspired poet of the bizarre, [Marshall] orchestrates underlying insanity into an apocalyptic vision of the future." - New York Times Book Review "Marshall's novels feature seemingly supernatural events that turn out to have logical, if not precisely rational, origins. He has savage fun with police procedure." - TIME In the seamy Hong Bay district of Hong Kong, crimes of every shape and size were commonplace. But not letter bombs. Not till Mr Leung and Mr Ramaswamy were successively spread bloodily over the office walls. When Detective Inspector Spencer narrowly escaped becoming victim number 3, the Yellowthread Street police were grimly determined to track down the culprit ? before the Special Branch got to him. But unless they could find the link between the neatly timed warning letters, the ghosts in the Chinese graveyard and the strange mission of Mr Conway Kan the millionaire, the killer would go free ... Gelignite is another tense and exciting drama from the pen of a master. Full of real police procedure, suspense and fine irony, but with whole extra dimensions of the surreal and the poignant, William Marshall's Yellowthread Street novels have no real compare. For those open to their charms, this series is a hidden masterpiece of crime fiction.

Set amidst the urban fantasia of Hong Kong, William Marshall's Yellowthread Street novels raise crime fiction to a high art form. Surrealistic and suspenseful, vivid in their procedural details and brilliant in their scope, they are the work of a uniquely gifted writer. "As an inspired poet of the bizarre, [Marshall] orchestrates underlying insanity into an apocalyptic vision of the future." - New York Times Book Review "Marshall's novels feature seemingly supernatural events that turn out to have logical, if not precisely rational, origins. He has savage fun with police procedure." - TIME Postman Lawrence Shang was watching a film called The Axeman of Shanghai when his life abruptly ended. Carpet trader Edward Peng was enjoying The Last Picture Show. Death in both cases was instantaneous, caused by a small calibre handgun used at a range of two feet. With their deaths begins a series of apparently motiveless murders in one cinema after another across the Hong Bay district of Hong Kong ? and a nightmarish investigation for Harry Feiffer, Detective Chief Inspector, Royal Hong Kong Police Force, and his staff at the Yellowthread Police Station. The Hatchet Man's next victim is a sailor off an American ship. Then a German is shot in an auction room. There's an unaccountable killing on a train near the Chinese border. And the crazy old Mrs Mortimer from the Old People's Home steps in front of a tram ... And for Harry Feiffer, time is running out. Full of real police procedure, suspense and fine irony, but with whole extra dimensions of the surreal and the poignant, the Yellowthread Street novels have no real compare. For those open to their charms, this series is a hidden masterpiece of crime fiction.

Set amidst the urban fantasia of Hong Kong, William Marshall's Yellowthread Street novels raise crime fiction to a high art form. Surrealistic and suspenseful, vivid in their procedural details and brilliant in their scope, they are the work of a uniquely gifted writer. "As an inspired poet of the bizarre, [Marshall] orchestrates underlying insanity into an apocalyptic vision of the future." - New York Times Book Review "Marshall's novels feature seemingly supernatural events that turn out to have logical, if not precisely rational, origins. He has savage fun with police procedure." - TIME The first in Marshall's unforgettable, classic series of police procedurals ? suspenseful and hilarious in equal measure. Yellowthread Street is the sort of place that breeds more crime than any cops can handle. Among the gangsters and the goldsmiths of Hong Bay, Chief Inspector Feiffer and his police department had their hands full ... tourist troubles, a US sailor turned stick-up artist, and the jealous Chinese who solved his marital difficulties with an axe. Then the Mongolian with a kukri brought an extra touch of terror to the district ... Yellowthread Street brings to vivid life a seamy world where people called Osaka Oniki the Disemboweller, Shotgun Sen and The Chopper feel at home, a world of surreal possibility recorded with unique humour and a poignant sense of humanity.