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McDermid’s Forensics won the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work, and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical. It was also selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month and an Amazon Best Science Book of the...

McDermid’s Forensics won the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work, and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical. It was also selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month and an Amazon Best Science Book of the Year, and was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition

The fifth and sixth novels starring the self-proclaimed “cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist” from the internationally bestselling crime writer.   “The macho world of the whodunit has never seen a sleuth like Lindsay Gordon” and now she must investigate the murder of a bestselling...

Extrait : "L'oncle et le neveu. Je suis sûr que vous avez passé vingt fois devant la maison du docteur Auvray, sans deviner qu'il s'y fait des miracles. C'est un habitation modeste et presque cachée, sans faste et sans enseigne ; on ne lit pas même sur la porte cette inscription banale : Maison de...

A practical, easy-to-read guide that aims to help undergraduate students cope with the demands of English and Creative Writing degrees. Written by lecturers and industry professionals with decades of experience in writing and higher education, this book also includes hints and tips from previous...

Extrait : "Ce fut le 15 avril 1664 que Louis XIV manda près de lui Lenôtre et lui ordonna de dresser les plans du jardin des Tuileries. Neuf mois après, ils furent approuvés par le roi, et ce magnifique jardin fut planté sur une longueur de 500 toises et une largeur de 170."

Conveniently Wed "I do," the bride and groom said…without love they wed-or so they thought! "HI, HONEY, I'M HOME!" Sandy Walker knew just what would soothe her nasty bump on the head: loving kisses from her handsome husband. The way she ached for Wade's gentle...

Annie Swinburn had killed a man -- the killing was timely and well-deserved, for Francis Morton had been evil in every possible way. But Annie knew that however justified her crime, only the rope and the gibbet awaited her if she remained in the slums of Hull. And so she ran -- up river, along the...

→ Grand entretien avec Gilles Kepel : « Le salafisme est l’arrière-plan culturel du djihadisme » Pour Gilles Kepel, la radicalisation ne précède pas l’islamisation. « Il ne s’agit pas de “Brigades rougesˮ devenues “ vertesˮ ; il ne s’agit pas non plus de simple nihilisme »....

An exclusive short story from this much-loved author The truth could change the lives of all those around her. Ellen has worked as a servant girl since she was twelve - her mother had always taught her that she must earn her own keep until she finds someone to marry. After a year...

We know from the Scriptures that on the day following the crucifixion, Jewish leaders demanded of Pilate that he provide guards for Jesus tomb. However, no other significant events during that day are mentioned. It is easy to imagine that something transpired. Did the disciples gather together to...

Dramatic changes in life can happen at any time. She has lost her mother to cancer, and she's drifting along, alone, in a small town with little excitement in her life. Then she meets Eddie Weston, and everything changes-first for the better and then for the worst. Living with Eddie in a large...

The Tallest Tree in The Forest, is about our tingle trees. Yes they do exist! In a very tiny area in south west of W.A.,and they grow no where else in the entire world. The story is about one particular little tingle seed is so ambitious to be the tallest tree, that he is greedy, selfish, and arrogant...

Experience the holidays through our eyes… the magic, the memories, some warm and some bittersweet… in this treasury of holiday-themed stories and poetry from the writers of WPaD.