The Wrong Hand

'Had me laughing out loud one minute and emotional the next. I'm excited to have found a new favourite detective' --- CLAIRE DOUGLAS This is one case Miller won't want to open . . . Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Still desperate to solve the murder of his wife, a young man has just appeared on his doorstep with a briefcase . . . containing a pair of severed hands. Miller knows this case is proof of a contract killing commissioned by local ne'er do well Wayne Cutler - a man he suspects might also be responsible for his wife's death. Now Miller has leverage, but unfortunately he also has something that both Cutler and a villainous fast-food kingpin are desperate to get hold of. Chuck in a Midsomer Murders-obsessed hitman, a psychotic welder and a woman driven over the edge by a wayward Crème Egg, and Miller is in a mess that even he might not be able to dance his way out of.

"INTO THE WRONG HANDS" A 21ST CENTURY THRILLERVillain or Hero; Opportunist or Thief -- Meet the Elusive Averie BOD'EBased on True EventsIn a world of data breaches, account hackings, election influencings, and billion-dollar-financial thefts, comes someone to take advantage of it all -- a 2020 version of Jesse James. Attired in slick suits, always accompanied by a stunning model, and living the sumptuous lifestyle, Averie Bod'e runs an elusive operation populated with the cream of the cyber-criminal world, that "extracts" unthinkable wealth from the "institutional thieves" of our lives, in ways that are untraceable. Or is it?Bode's money, his "conspicuous consumptions", aloofness and arrogance, have drawn the attention of an alphabet soup of law-enforcement agencies -- the FBI, CIA, ATF, and state AG's - and that's only counting the ones in the US. As they get closer, Bod'egets smarter, using tactics and techno-heads and cyber tools only a man who has done it all before - and got caught and jailed - knows to do. There will be no more "time" for Bod'e, no more organization gaps, no weaker links,no more unfaithful lieutenants. Bod'e has the perfect organization - or so he thinks?Mimicking the actual details and tactics from the author's life, "Into the Wrong Hands" is a current-day page-turner with anything but the usual suspects and twists. It introduces the elusive, obscure, "friend or foe" character of Averie Bod'e.

We all make mistakes. Moments that change us and the path we are on irrevocably. For Rachel Allen it was the moment that she let her son's hand slip from hers. For Danny Simpson and Graham Harris it was the moment one of them took it. Seven years ago Danny and Graham were just children themselves, angry, marginalized and unguided. That was, until they committed a crime so heinous that three families were left devastated. They were no longer just boys. They were monsters. Released from juvenile detention, it is time for the boys, now men, to start again; new names, new people. But they can never escape who they are or what they did. And their own families, now notorious; the Allens, destroyed with grief; and the country at large have never been able to forget. They will always be running. They will always be hiding. But are some mistakes too large, the ripples to far reaching, to outrun forever?

50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS Ursula K. Le Guin’s groundbreaking work of science fiction—winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters... Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.

The Art Of Laundry Work Practically Demonstrated' covers every conceivable element of the laundering process: washing, wringing, mangling, "blueing", ironing, starching, folding, and the methods of cleaning every type of garment from a boy’s sailor suit to muslin chemise and toilet covers... The author on ironing: "When ironing lift the iron as little as possible, and do not thump it down. Ironing should not be a noisy proceeding. Iron quietly, and at the same time press well... Handle the things so as not to crush the parts that have been ironed. There is quite an art in the way clothes are lifted and moved about." Laundering a gentleman’s silk tie: “If these have a lining in them, take a needle and thread and tack right down the centre to prevent the lining curling up inside, then wash then in the same way as other silks. Before ironing them, stretch well until the lining lies straight inside, then gently draw out the tacking thread. Ironing over the thread would leave marks on the silk”