"Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Our Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney, returns with another thrilling mystery filled with drama and her trademark surprises. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith...

"Since the start of the hit TV show Swift in 2013, its cast and crew have been plagued by misfortune. First, a star actress pulls out of the show before it begins-and by 2019, there have been multiple injuries by fall, fire, or drowning; two deaths; and two missing persons cases. The popular media around Bath, England, quickly decides it's a curse, but is it as simple as that? Is someone behind these fishy incidents? Peter Diamond, Chief Superintendent...

In the quaint town of Maplewood, three friends-Anna, Jack, and Maya-discover the stolen Celestial Star Necklace and embark on an exhilarating quest to uncover the truth behind its disappearance. What starts as a simple adventure quickly escalates into a thrilling investigation involving a notorious art smuggler, Mr. Harrison, and his secretive associates.As they navigate danger, deception, and a web of criminal activity, the trio learns the value...

La escritura de un anteproyecto de investigación demanda pensar y repensar las ideas, formularlas en el papel y pulirlas hasta dejarlas a punto; en otras palabras, volver concreta, comprensible y factible la investigación que antes estaba solo en la cabeza. Por eso, un anteproyecto elaborado con juicio es de gran utilidad: les da estructura a las ideas, demarca el camino a seguir, asegura el feliz término del trabajo y, como si fuera poco, garantiza...

La idea de publicar el libro surge como tarea para reunir casos de interprete a los que asisti durante un periodo de tiempo muy concreto cuando ejercia esa labor. Eran situaciones de ayuda a extranjeros que hablaban poco o casi nada del idioma necesitado.Se trata de un compendio de visitas en las que se proporcionaron servicios linguisticos de traduccion, ayudando por un lado, a personas que por desconocer el idioma, necesitaban de apoyo para hacerse...

Considered the first true detective story Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone (1868) is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. Originally serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round, it introduced many hallmarks of detective fiction, including an English country house setting, bungling local policemen, and a large number of false suspects. In it, Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday...

"Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, accepts her longtime friend Winnie's gracious invitation to spend Christmas with her and her husband, Barton, in their picturesque village. But upon arrival, Mariah discovers that Winnie has vanished without a trace, and Barton rudely rescinds the invitation. Once Mariah finds another acquaintance to stay with during the holiday season, she begins investigating Winnie's disappearance. Mariah's uncanny...

Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff--and even fuller-time coffee guzzler--Sunshine Vicram, didn't get that memo. All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with coffee and a donut (or three) and ends with take-out pizza and a glass of chardonnay (or seven). Turns out, that's about as easy as switching to decaf. (What...

Ce livre vous permettra de mieux comprendre les formes et les motivations de la tromperie ainsi que les stratégies et les indices observables. Il vous proposera des outils efficaces pour détecter les mensonges et vous approcher de la vérité. Entrez dans les neurosciences, l'intelligence des mots et l'analyse du langage corporel pour mieux observer l'omission, la déformation de la réalité et la tromperie. Par une approche logique, empreinte...

While visiting his girlfriend Summer in Malibu, Teddy stumbles upon two mysteries involving a blown up whale explosion and a string of beach sand thefts, but his investigation is sidetracked by a rumor that his girlfriend is dating a celebrity, leading him to question their relationship.