Bøger af Paul Howard

Eastbourne's tranquillity is shattered by three murders, all with the same gun, which seems to point to organised crime, but there is no obvious link between the victims, a prominent businessman, a retired teacher and a petty drug dealer.The recovery of the murder weapon provides little respite for DI Steve Reason, when a second wave of deaths - a local man and a couple from the Midlands who recently visited the seaside town - fuels the increasing public concern that the police are incapable of ending the killing spree.Tom Redfern, a local reporter helps the DI and his team make a breakthrough, only for the killer to be one step ahead and prepared to carry the fight to the heart of Reason's patch

Vagrants in Paradise chronicles the off the cuff adventures of author Paul Howard as he and hometown friends fly to the Big Island of Hawaii on a one-way ticket to volunteer on organic farms. The trip starts promising as friends Nate, Dalton, Manny, and Paul meet generous beachcombers and they settle into island life with grand plans. However, the first two farms end in disaster, and they're faced with the challenges of their minimalist gypsy life. Tensions run high and pockets run ragged, all the while dealing with a brake-less van that almost kills them on a bustling tourist street. In between farms they befriend multiple eccentric locals, get caught in sticky situations, and do it all with the help of their not-so-trusty cargo van. Tsunamis, volcanoes, broken bones, celebrities, felons, wild boars, kind Vietnamese men, and much more create the fabric that is this one of a kind tale of setting off into the great unknown seeking new knowledge, adventure, and soulful fulfillment.

During the time of Nero a young Roman is mistaken for a Christian and condemned to the galleys. Soon he finds himself a slave aboard the new super secret warship, The Antonia. Surrounded by misfits, inventors and fighters he leads a slave rebellion and takes over as captain. But he soon learns that Antonia is part of a pet project of the Emperor: to build a new Empire of Nero! Armed with new weapons and the fastest ship in the world, he and his fellow slaves are now able to sail to freedom. But first, they have unfinished business with Rome! A historic novel like no other, The Galley is a wild roller coaster ride through an ancient world of excitement and adventure on the high seas where anything can happen and often does. As our hero's travels take him from the Great Fire of Rome to one of the strangest battles ever fought, he finds romance and intrigue awaiting him at every turn.

The Crucifixion has been cancelled. The Aztecs and the Sioux are threatening nuclear war. The armies of Ancient Rome and Carthage have been destroyed by a force field. Human history is unraveling, and only a few people realize it is happening; the same team of music historians who faced an imploding universe a few years earlier. But this is different. The damage is being done by millions of people from the future, and they don't even know why it is happening. Who would do such a thing? The answers can only be found by taking a roller coaster ride through time where everything is constantly changing right before their eyes, and by enlisting the help of super A.I. from the distant future; machines millions of times more intelligent than humans. Can a handful of time traveling music experts muster these forces in time to save the Earth? The clock is ticking, and each second reduces their chances of success in a timeline so volatile that it can make people forget who they are and what they are doing just by being in it. The Second installment in The Timelines Series, it is another wild ride through time and technology with a random element nobody figured on: Who are those people in that Grand Cherokee and what are they up to?

Brought to you by Puffin. An ordinary boy. The most EXTRAORDINARY, stinkiest superpower!Some months have past since Aldrin Adams discovered his extraordinary SUPERPOWER. When he eats CHEESE, just before he goes to sleep, he can enter into other people's dreams . . . and their nightmares!He's learned when to eat blue cheese (to help with nightmares about KILLER toys), smoked cheese (to help him recover from using his powers) and good old Cheddar (TOP SECRET). He's also come face to face with his nemesis - A MYSTERIOUS SUPERNATURAL VILLAIN who creates NIGHTMARES for millions of children every night. Aldrin survived, but only JUST. And now what is he supposed to do? Save the world, one SCARY CLOWN nightmare at a time? Shouldn't being a superhero be more adventurous than this? Is there a way to beat his Nemesis once and for all?Find out, as Aldrin navigates his new life, meets more people with powers like him and - finally - faces his NEMESIS again! (c) Paul Howard 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Edward Mark "Tedy" Merrill grows up in the deep South surrounded by friends, bicycles, and baseball cards. A series of troubling and defining events throughout his life lead him to the field of medicine, where he eventually settles into a lucrative position as a top plastic surgeon. But after becoming terribly disillusioned with the state of the health care system in the United States, he and his brilliant wife move to Paris, France, where they develop a lucrative Internet company based on what has become of the decimated American medical system. When Tedy meets the son of a former career diplomat, he and his wife are introduced to the violent world of the Russian Mafia. Tedy becomes deeply entangled in a dark underworld-ripped away from his medical roots and immersed in a dark, evil side of his psyche. As Tedy's involvement with the Russians deepens, they become more persistent, dedicated-and dangerous. He must find a way out. Or end up dead. A powerful psychological thriller, Perception as Reality: The Life and Times of Tedy Merrill is a sobering look at a life's accumulation of experiences-and their devastating consequences.

For Paul Howard, who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself-setting off at 4 am each day to avoid being caught by the pros-riding a small mountain bike race should hold no fear. Still, this isn't just any mountain bike race. This is the Tour Divide.Running from Banff in Canada to the Mexican border, the Tour Divide is more than 2,700 miles-500 miles longer than the Tour de France. Its route through the heart of the Rocky Mountains involves more than 200,000 feet of ascent-the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest seven times.The other problem is that Howard has never owned a mountain bike-and how will training on the South Downs in southern England prepare him for sleeping rough in the Rockies?Undaunted, Howard swaps the smooth tarmac roads of France for the mud, snow, and ice of the Tour Divide, fending off grizzly bears, mountain lions, and moose. Buzzing roadside fans are replaced by buzzing mosquitoes. Battling bad weather, drinking whiskey with a cowboy, and singing karaoke with the locals, Howard's journey turned into more than just a race - it became the adventure of a lifetime.

Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape is the astonishing biography of French cycling star Jacques Anquetil. For the first time since his death in 1987, it reveals the extraordinary truth behind the legend, the man and the cyclist.His list of 'firsts' alone makes him worthy of a place in the cycling pantheon: the first man to win the Tour de France five times; the first man to win all three grand tours - the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España; and the first man to win both the Tour and Vuelta in the same year.However, the extraordinary life of Anquetil does not stop at his achievements on a bike. He candidly admitted to using drugs, offended legions of fans by confessing that his only motivation for riding was financial and infamously indulged his enthusiasm for the high life. He also seduced and married his doctor's wife, had a child with her daughter and then sustained a ménage à trois with both wife and stepdaughter under the same roof for 12 years. When this 'family' eventually imploded, he attempted to inspire jealousy in his former lovers by having a child with his stepson's ex-wife.Containing exclusive contributions from Anquetil's family, friends, teammates and rivals, Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape untangles myth from reality and confirms that fact is definitely stranger than fiction.

Few people rode the popular wave of the sixties quite like Tara Browne. One of Swinging London's most popular faces, he lived fast, died young and was immortalized for ever in the opening lines of 'A Day in the Life', a song that many critics regard as The Beatles' finest. But who was John Lennon's lucky man who made the grade and then blew his mind out in a car?Author Paul Howard has pieced together the extraordinary story of a young Irishman who epitomized the spirit of the times: racing car driver, Vogue model, friend of The Rolling Stones, style icon, son of a peer, heir to a Guinness fortune and the man who turned Paul McCartney on to LSD.I Read the News Today, Oh Boy is the story of a child born into Ireland's dwindling aristocracy, who spent his early years in an ancient castle in County Mayo, and who arrived in London just as it was becoming the most exciting city on the planet. The Beatles and the Stones were about to conquer America, Carnaby Street was setting the style template for the world and rich and poor were rubbing shoulders in the West End in a new spirit of classlessness. Among young people, there was a growing sense that they could change the world. And no one embodied the ephemeral promise of London's sixties better than Tara Browne.Includes a sixteen-page plate section of stunning colour photographs.

We went trick-or-treating and we saw ...When a brother and sister go trick-or-treating, they compete to see who find the most bizarre and brilliant things. As they try to count all the hair-raising creatures, everything escalates until .It's time for the Halloween feast! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!A new take on an old favourite, children will love learning to count with this funny rhyming story - packed with ghosts, skeletons, dancing monsters, spooky bats and much, much more! From the illustrator of the bestselling The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, this is a brilliant and accessible board-book version of Paul Howard's laugh-out-loud Halloween picture book, I Went Trick-or-Treating.

One man's story of life in The Joy - compulsive, chilling and frank. A no-holds-barred account of a criminal's time in the notorious Dublin prison, as revealed to journalist Paul Howard. New introduction by the author.

I went to the supermarket and I bought . . .When a brother and sister play their favourite game of I Went To the Supermarket, they compete to see who can think of the most bizarre and brilliant things. As their words come to life, they get more and more carried away . . . Until the game comes to a surprising, and somewhat messy, end!A new take on an old favourite, children will love this laugh-out-loud, test-your-memory story, with witches, dragons, aliens, flamingos and much, much more!