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A death threat. An inexperienced private eye. Now his young son is in danger. Connor Bancroft is one of life's good guys, but he's more used to dealing with infidelity than murder. Now someone has sent a countdown clock showing 'Time to Death'. The police won't take it seriously and Connor is called in to investigate. Soon other connected murders come to light and Connor tries to piece the case together. As the clock is ticking down, Connor is unwittingly drawn into a complex story of revenge, but he is nowhere close to finding who sent the threat. If you like rooting for an underdog, then you'll love this book. Connor is struggling. Now Mikey, his eight-year-old son, is at risk and time is running out. - Can Connor find who's behind the murders before it's too late? Who is the Lifetracer? Buy this book today and find out if Connor can save his son. Praise for The Lifetracer: "Excellent. Kept me guessing to the end." B.L. "A very well written story with lots of twists and turns to the mystery." M.C. "A well written tightly woven mystery." H.M.

Alfie Dog, the founder of the Pet Dogs' Democratic Party and champion of the rights of the underdog, brings you 'Alfie's Diary - Dog enough not to be human, human enough to be a pet.' Alfie has written his diary as an internet blog since the age of 10 weeks old, developing a growing, loyal reader base and has now pulled together the best of the first year of his diary in book form. His diary presents an entertaining and thought provoking dog's eye view of the world. His book follows his considerations of career options for dogs and his concerns that discrimination legislation needs to be extended to cover his species. He dismisses the usual occupations for Swiss Mountain Dogs, based primarily on his dislike for both bad weather and hard work and instead sets himself up as the self styled leader of his own political party. Alfie is not slow to spot opportunities and even at this tender age has identified marketing opportunities including his own range of T shirts, with slogans such as 'Isn't everyone wearing dog hair this season?', 'Minimum wage for working dogs' and 'Every dog must have his say'. Whilst growing up in Belgium he has travelled around a number of European countries. His unique blend of observational humour and satire enables him to highlight the peculiarities of the different nationalities of humans that he finds in everyday life around him and he is more than happy to comment on their idiosyncrasies. Alfie is depressed by the state of education of 'the dog on the street'. He is concerned that most of his fellow kind are simply trained to obey and are not provided with the tools to think for themselves. He is endearing, playful and not afraid to poke fun at everything and everyone around him, including his owners and is certainly not afraid to laugh at himself. Sadly, Alfie is never destined to have puppies of his own and he talks frankly and at times candidly about his disappointment and about the medical problems that have caused this situation. In researching his family tree he expresses concern about the close relationship of some of his ancestors. Behind all of this Alfie talks about all the normal processes of growing up in what he regards as a slightly crazy household, together with the insecurities and emotions faced by any young puppy. Through his revelations, his humour and his pathos, Alfie will make you laugh and at times make you cry. Most of all he will leave you wanting to meet him and find out whether the Pet Dogs' Democratic Party has had any of its policies adopted by the other political parties now that he has moved back to England.

The second book in the Benjamin Drum Trilogy - Spanning three continents and half a century, this is the second in the series of books charting Benjamin Drum's life. Between Times traces the lives and wanderings of the families along Sorrow Creek in mythical Marshall County, North Carolina. Fans of The Summer Boy will delight to recognize some familiar characters and discover new ones to love among other mountains where Drum grows up and the Laurel remains as elusive and hidden as it is real and powerful.

Thanks to magpies and horseshoes in 'Luck O'the Irish', a romance blossoms. 'Coco and 'Biscuits' unites a fussy grandmother and an old rescue cat with a keen left hook. Will the return of an abandoned shoe lead to love, in 'The Last Dance'? And having sworn off men, how will the heroine cope when she meets her ideal partner in 'The Ultimate Hero?' In 'Sisters, Sisters' a disco-dancing stick insect brings together two very different siblings. So curl up on the sofa, sip your hot chocolate and settle down for an uplifting read. To brighten up your rainy days, why not treat yourself to "Sweet Talk"? Shirley E. Blair, Commissioning Fiction Editor, The People's Friend Readers of The People's Friend know Samantha well. One of our favourite writers, her short stories always have something to say, a perceptive observation or message about life, presented in an entertaining and, yes, feel-good way.

'This Land is My Land' and 'Came as 'me', Left as 'we'' are 'his and hers' holiday reads from Alfie Dog Fiction. The collections bring together some of the best short stories from 37 authors across the globe. 'Came as 'me', Left as 'we'' contains a mixture of women's fiction, feel good stories and romance, while 'This Land is My Land' is more action and adventure driven and both contain stories to leave the reader thinking. Alfie Dog Fiction's managing director, Rosemary Kind, says "We know from our readers that they like to stock up on reading matter for their holidays and these collections offer the perfect way to do just that."Both collections have a truly international feel, not only through the spread of the writers but the fascinating backdrops to the stories. Within the pages the reader will travel from diamond mining in Australia to a lone tree in an African desert, from the quintessential English seaside Pier to the jungles of Malaysia and coast to coast across America.

Deposited by his dysfunctional city parents for the summer with his eccentric Aunt Mary in a remote Appalachian cove, Benjamin Drum runs away, farther than he ever intended, closer home than he ever imagined. Lost between the mountains, Ben wanders into a strange new world where he is befriended and pursued by beings human and non-human, malevolent and merciful. Before he finds his way back to Mary, he finds himself.The Summer Boy is a genre-defying work, written in a style that falls somewhere between Ron Rash and Neil Gaiman, bright and shining as a summer day, dark and deep as a coal mine."... a gorgeous work of magical realism that flawlessly weaves myth and metaphor into a tale ringing with the sounds of authentic Appalachian speech and Celtic heritage... a haunting tale expertly told." -Sharon Claybough.Author royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to Saluda Community Land Trust.