Assume Nothing Trust No One

This book gives a somewhat brief image of what it was like growing up in "my shoes". But all in all, I share my experiences with you and reveal an important lesson I've learned and truly live by- Assume Nothing and Trust No One PS.: And to all those who think its about you it probably is.

Betrayals of trust, poker cheats, ambitious barristers, cyber bullies, lost diplomats and revenge are just some of the themes explored in this collection of short stories. As Mike Craven introduces Detective Inspector Avison Fluke and the rest of his characters from Cumbria's Force Major Incident Team, in tales where little is at seems, the only thing you can do is Assume Nothing, Believe No One, Challenge Everything.In F.I.I., Fluke is called to the bedside of a malnourished child. Why is she so thin? Why is her mother so keen to help? Is she ill or is something sinister happening? As Fluke gradually exposes a mother's shocking secret, his belief in human nature is tested to the absolute limit. But even with a full admission the case might still have one last sting in the tail...In Under the Gun, Fluke finds himself playing poker at the FMIT monthly get together. These social events are supposed to be fun, a way for the team to relax and enjoy each others company outside the pressures of work. So why is Fluke cheating? Will anyone find out, and more importantly, what will happen if they do? Because this isn't about money, it's about bragging rights and bragging rights are priceless...Mot Juste sees Fluke giving evidence at court. Part and parcel of the job, Carlisle Crown Court is like a second home. The crimes FMIT investigate result in huge prison sentences so it's no surprise they attract their fair share of not guilty pleas. Called to give evidence, Fluke is questioned by an ambitious barrister who will ask anything, and go anywhere to get his client off. Nothing unusual in that, if you're facing fifteen years, why not throw the dice? But Fluke's antenna is up. Because this time he's been called as a witness for the defence. And he has no idea why...Skuttlebutt is the new social media site kids are dying to immerse themselves in. Sometimes literally. A farmer, desperate for answers as to why his son killed himself, asks Fluke to investigate. Although he's convinced the coroner's verdict was correct, Fluke asks Jiao-long, the team's resident computer genius, to give the boy's laptop a cursory examination. But Jiao-long doesn't do cursory examinations. He takes computers seriously and he finds something. On the other side of the Atlantic, in the middle of America's bible belt, lives an evil so abhorrent Fluke has no choice but to do something, even if it costs him his job. But how do you stop someone who lives thousands of miles away, who can't be extradited and hasn't even committed a crime?In the Sudan, flown in to assist the search effort for a missing diplomat, in Lost and Found Fluke finds himself stranded in the middle of a civil war. The embassy has given him a map, a mobile phone, an old Land Rover and not much else. So far he's driven over two hundred miles without picking up the scent of Olivia Stone and just wants to get back to the hotel for bath and a beer before starting again the next day. But this is Africa and nothing is ever straightforward. Fifty miles from the hotel, his Land Rover develops a mechanical fault and Fluke is about to find out there are things far worse than breaking down in the African bush at night...With Fluke in hospital, Detective Sergeant Matt Towler investigates the brutal murder of Eleanor Hobbs. She has been kicked to death in the street. With all evidence pointing to two brothers from the notorious Bunney family, Towler moves quickly to arrest them. But he is too late and the family have escaped justice. They were last seen in the Port of Whitehaven getting on a fishing vessel bound for Ireland. But Towler isn't convinced. He used to be a Para and he's heard the name Hobbs before. Towler doesn't think the Bunney family have fled at all. Because Eleanor's husband, Stan Hobbs, is A Different Kind of Animal...

Declan O Donnell has sailed out of Oregon and deep into the vast, wild ocean, having had just finally enough of other people and their problems. He will go it alone, he will be his own country, he will be beholden to and beloved of no one. No man is an island, my butt, he thinks. I am that very man. . . . But the galaxy soon presents him with a string of odd, entertaining, and dangerous passengers, who become companions of every sort and stripe. The Plover is the story of their adventures and misadventures in the immense blue country one of their company calls Pacifica. Hounded by a mysterious enemy, reluctantly acquiring one new resident after another, Declan O Donnell's lonely boat is eventually crammed with humor, argument, tension, and a resident herring gull. Brian Doyle's The Plover is a sea novel, a maritime adventure, the story of a cold man melting, a compendium of small miracles, an elegy to Edmund Burke, a watery quest, a battle at sea---and a rapturous, heartfelt celebration of life's surprising paths, planned and unplanned.

This book will encompass a litany of sayings and quotes which will reflect the authors opinion of the world today. Some of the comments are sartorial and meant to be funny. However, most are meant to be serious and to drive home a point. The majority of comments and sayings in this book emanate from the print media, news articles, TV and movies. Some of the comments are original and deride from the authors personal experience and observations. This book entails 53 chapters of subjects that range from politics, government, race relations, and a plethora of other subjects.

Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist. From Vietnam to Bosnia to Iraq, he has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how conflicts are fought and how they are reported. He has seen the truth degraded in the name of balance and good taste – grief and pain censored so the viewers are not disturbed. In an age of international terror, where journalists themselves have become targets, more and more reports are issued from the sidelines. The dominance of social media has ushered in a post-truth world: Twitter rumours and unverifiable videos abound, and TV news seeks to entertain rather than inform. In this compelling account, one of the outstanding journalists of our time provides a moving, personal account of war and issues an impassioned call to put the substance back in our news.

Classic rags-to-riches story by entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star Theo Paphitis Theo Paphitis is the outspoken and charismatic star of Dragons' Den who has turned round a string of household names, from Ryman to La Senza, in a high-profile business career that has brought him millions. Now, in his revealing and controversial memoir, he not only takes the reader behind the scenes on Dragons' Den, he explains how he made his fortune. He also provides a masterclass in business methods that will enable anyone who reads this book to learn so much about how they too can improve their business. In the book, Theo recalls how his family moved to England from Cyprus and how as a poor immigrant, he took whatever jobs he could, starting as a tea boy for Lloyd's. There he began to take the first steps on a career that would net him a fortune. He reveals the methods that took him to the top, and also provides some fascinating insight into the national game from his spell as chairman of Millwall FC. But, above all, this is a book that will provide all readers with the opportunity to learn from one of the nation's most successful businessmen and put his ideas into practice.

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ASSUME NOTHING is a novel of ruthless deceptions, switched identities, and family secrets. Accused of killing her baby half-sister, Cornelia Van Poole, a naïve, twenty-year-old classical pianist, flees her tyrannical father and the Virginia police. When her train crashes, Cornelia suffers facial damage and is mistaken for another woman. This new identity puts her in mortal danger. Cornelia stays one step ahead of assassins and the police. When she returns home to solve her half-sister’s murder, the killers follow. Now her past and future collide.