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Emily Craig has been a witness to history, helping to seek justice for thousands of murder victims, both famous and unknown. It’s a personal story that you won’t soon forget. Emily first became intrigued by forensics work when, as a respected medical illustrator, she was called in by the local police to create a model of a murder victim’s face. Her fascination with that case led to a dramatic midlife career change: She would go back to school to become a forensic anthropologist - and one of the most respected and best-known “bone hunters” in the nation.

It began as rumors. Whispers at dinner parties. Warnings about bad dates with a Canadian celebrity. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, superstar CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi revealed his interest in "rough sex" in a long Facebook post, and a scandal of unprecedented scale descended on the radio host. What the public did not know was that months before Ghomeshi's emotional post, Canadaland podcaster Jesse Brown and Toronto Star journalist Kevin Donovan were quietly pursuing serious allegations against him.

直到很久以后，我才知道，在这个城中村里，联防队员和假烟贩子沆瀣一气，假烟贩子每月定时给联防队员缴纳保护费，联防队员就会“保护”这些坑人的假烟贩子。而所谓的联防队员，其实都是村子里的地痞流氓，欺男霸女，无恶不作。 在这个城中村里，猫鼠一窝…… 直到很久以後，我才知道，在這個城中村里，聯防隊員和假煙販子沆瀣一氣，假煙販子每月定時給聯防隊員繳納保護費，聯防隊員就會「保護」這些坑人的假煙販子。而所謂的聯防隊員，其實都是村子裡的地痞流氓，欺男霸女，無惡不作。 在這個城中村里，貓鼠一窩……

当代盗墓团伙的人分四种，从低向高，分别是下苦的、腿子、支锅、掌眼。下苦的负责挖墓，收入微薄；腿子就是技术工人，收入高过下苦的；支锅则是盗墓团伙的老板，相当于包工头；而掌眼则是这个团伙中老大，他不但有找寻古墓的能力，还有鉴别文物的特长…… 當代盜墓團伙的人分四種，從低向高，分別是下苦的、腿子、支鍋、掌眼。下苦的負責挖墓，收入微薄；腿子就是技術工人，收入高過下苦的；支鍋則是盜墓團伙的老闆，相當於包工頭；而掌眼則是這個團伙中老大，他不但有找尋古墓的能力，還有鑑別文物的特長……

煤老板是一个特殊时期的群体，这个群体与二奶、悍马、伟哥、矿难等联系在一起。这个群体也长期被人们所诟病。煤老板迅速暴富，他们演绎着当代的传奇故事，成为了财富的象征…… 煤老闆是一個特殊時期的群體，這個群體與二奶、悍馬、偉哥、礦難等聯繫在一起。這個群體也長期被人們所詬病。煤老闆迅速暴富，他們演繹著當代的傳奇故事，成為了財富的象徵……

和中国很多城市一样，李幺傻生活的城市里也有黑社会，他们从最初的打打杀杀，演绎成了现在的垄断经营，赚取了巨额财富。在财富面前，曾有的江湖义气演变成了勾心斗角，曾经的爱恨情仇演变成了钱财交易。金钱，成为了当代黑社会的主宰…… 和中國很多城市一樣，李么傻生活的城市裡也有黑社會，他們從最初的打打殺殺，演繹成了現在的壟斷經營，賺取了巨額財富。在財富面前，曾有的江湖義氣演變成了勾心鬥角，曾經的愛恨情仇演變成了錢財交易。金錢，成為了當代黑社會的主宰……

揭示大量不为人知的事件真相，行业的潜规则，种种让人防不胜防的骗术…… 揭示大量不為人知的事件真相，行業的潛規則，種種讓人防不勝防的騙術……

The company chairman lay on the cold ground of the woods, his eyes unseeing, his orange hunting jacket punctured by a rifle bullet at close range. Around him stood the four executives with whom he had been hunting, each with his or her own complicated agenda, each with a reason not to be...

'A violent and dark addition to the series' The Sun 'A complex and expertly crafted thriller.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Breathtakingly brilliant' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TWO DEATHS Tommy and Markie Jones are discovered dead at the side of a road in Scotland. TWO RIVAL GANGS...

When a plea for help sends a retired Detroit cop to the small desert town of Fenton, Arizona, he finds himself uncovering secrets that want to stay hidden and questioning his own moral compass in this "gripping, fiercely propulsive, and vividly written" thriller (Meg Gardiner). After surviving a...

When a violent murder shatters the otherwise peaceful idyll of Andaby near Hebden Bridge, DS Charlotte Banks can't help but suspect that her brother Ewan—recently released from prison and now living in Calderdale—is behind it. Ewan claims he's innocent, and even has an alibi to prove it, but DS Banks isn't convinced. So much so that she turns to the only people who can help her in an investigation this personal: Kitt Hartley and Grace Edwards, of Hartley and Edwards Investigations.

Fifteen years ago, 35-year-old Henry Carr vanished from the yard outside his parents' house, on a run-down street outside Manchester. Today, a cold-case podcast has brought the disappearance to international attention. A young journalist, Ruth, knows that she might be able to get the locals to open up. After all, she used to be one of them. But returning won't be easy. There are many reasons why Ruth fled, six years earlier. There’s no evidence, no lead, no body. Yet Henry’s elderly and dementia suffering mother, whispers that he was killed and buried on the street they call home.

The Secret of Annexe 3 is the seventh novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise – a change of dress, a change of make-up, a change of partner, a...

A wealthy banker is dead, shot once in the chest during a hunting trip. There are many reasons for him to be killed, and many people who would do the deed. But who did? Lucas Davenport has an idea. But this routine murder investigation is about to turn into something different. A cat-and-mouse...

There's Bella, stay-at-home mum of Teddy. She suffered postpartum psychosis after Teddy's birth. There's Chrissy, divorce lawyer, married to Russell. They're having some problems with their sex life. There's Electra, mother to twins, who is struggling with her son's behaviour. There's Skye, a single mother, who used a sperm donor to have her baby. Then there's Jen. She was supposed to be a mother, but it hasn't worked out like she expected.