David Caffrey
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Language
English
Description
Caffrey, staying true to his Birmingham roots, successfully captures these living moments in history. Full of factual tales, you're offered unique honesty, raw humor and superb use of authentic dialects. As you read, you'll discover the everyday habits of a collection of real life personalities working in a car manufacturing plant, during its final glory days.
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English
Description
1888. Whitechapel. London. James Maybrick had secured his legacy as the most infamous serial killer of all time...his diary would one day shock the world.Thomas Quinn wants revenge...his actions will give birth to an organisation of unspeakable power. Together, they unwittingly set in motion a plan that will one day lead to the serial killler, Obadiah Stark.Stark became The Tally Man.They were The Brethren.Maybrick is known to history by another name.Think...
3) Nameless
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English
Description
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.'Ernest Hemingway A cult member is arrested at the scene of a brutal murder. She will only speak to former crime reporter, Joe O'Connell. Joe's obsession with Obadiah Stark a.k.a The Tally Man cost him everything. He is about to learn that Stark's message did not end with his death. They believe in what...
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Language
English
Description
How does a serial killer learn remorse?Award-winning author, David McCaffrey, brings you the answer.Obadiah Stark aka The Tally Man, is executed at ADX Absolom, his death sentence watched by the world's media, victim relatives and one investigative reporter, Joe O Connell.Penning an account of Stark's personal history and subsequent crimes in the hope of determining what makes the sociopathic mind tick, Joe discovers inconsistencies which cause him...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Gates is an exemplary cop. He's got the best crime stats on the force and a loyal team working under him. But the head of the police anticorruption unit, Superintendent Ted Hastings, has his doubts about Gates. Is he really that good? And more importantly, is he really that clean? Hastings decides to find out and all on a new arrival to his department, Detective Sergeant Steven Arnott to help him do it. As the net tightens...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on the novels by Julie Wassmer, this mystery series follows big-hearted restaurant owner Pearl Nolan, who sets up a local detective agency in the English seaside town of Whitstable after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She's joined by Detective Mike McGuire, who comes from London to investigate a case.
Author
Series
Line of Duty volume 2
Language
English
Description
After winning Gates's trust, new team member DC Kate Fleming begins to pay close attention to his work. Scrambling to cover his tracks, Gates fears he is about to lose the two most important things in his life his career and his kids.
Author
Series
Line of Duty volume 1
Language
English
Description
When DS Steve Arnott joins the anticorruption unit, he learns that the target of his first investigation is the well-respected DCI Tony Gates. Though Gates's professional conduct appears above reproach, his private life may provide his enemies the evidence they seek.
Author
Series
Line of Duty volume 3
Language
English
Description
Witness to a murder, Gates realizes he has more to cover up than his own misdeeds. Meanwhile, an increasingly confrontational Arnott closes in on Gates, prepared to take more and more risks to bring him down.
Author
Series
Taken Down volume 3
Language
English
Description
Abeni furtively continues her work as a cleaner at the brothel run by Gar, an Irish slumlord, and Benjamin, a Nigerian trafficker. Meanwhile, the police follow a lead on a car seen the night Esme was killed, and Jen is unsure about how to proceed with que
Author
Series
Taken Down volume 2
Language
English
Description
After a tragic incident, distrust of the police runs high among the center's residents. Having uncovered incriminating CCTV footage, Inspector Jen Rooney presses Isaiah about his relationship with Esme, but it seems that the center's manager, Wayne, has m
Author
Series
Taken Down volume 4
Language
English
Description
Jen orders surveillance on Abeni to find out where she and Esme commuted to on the night of the murder. Abeni vows to save a young abused girl at the brothel, but Benjamin arranges another job for Abeni.
Author
Series
Taken Down volume 6
Language
English
Description
With Wayne in custody, Jen and her team race to compile more evidence before they are forced to release him. After an unexpected attack, the police target a new suspect, who may be the key to finding Esme's killer.
Author
Series
Taken Down volume 5
Language
English
Description
Police scour the brothel for evidence and find where Esme was killed, but Benjamin and Gar have moved on, leaving behind only one witness, who refuses to talk. When the forensics team makes a peculiar find, Jen returns to the holding center.
Author
Series
Taken Down volume 1
Language
English
Description
After making the journey from Nigeria to Ireland eight years ago, asylum-seeker Abeni lives with her sons in a Direct Provision Center along with other refugees. When Esme, a young girl from the center, is found dead, Abeni and her son Isaiah are caught u
Author
Series
Whitstable Pearl volume 2
Language
English
Description
Working with local cop DS Nikki Martel, Mike investigates the death of a diabetic estate agent force-fed marmalade. When a woman hires Pearl to look into a large sum of cash left in her mailbox, Pearl discovers Whitstable may have a mysterious benefactor-but are they connected to the murder?
Author
Series
Whitstable Pearl volume 5
Language
English
Description
When a mother takes her daughter out for a boat ride despite the father's wishes, the boat starts taking on water and the two need to be rescued. Was it an accident, or were they targeted? Pearl investigates while Mike tries to enjoy his time off from police duty in the days before New Year's Eve.
Author
Series
Whitstable Pearl volume 3
Language
English
Description
When a recently retired DCI is shot dead during an English Civil War reenactment, Mike immediately suspects the victim's wife, but she hires Pearl to find out if someone could be targeting her, too. Pearl and Mike plan a date, but a miscommunication puts them at odds.
Author
Series
Whitstable Pearl volume 4
Language
English
Description
Pearl agrees to help a woman who received a note claiming her missing husband did not die from suicide. Pearl connects the case to a grief-counseling church group and a drowning years ago. As Christmas approaches, Mike sinks into a depression, despite taking on a new flat in Whitstable.
