The compelling new novel from the author of A Dance of Ghosts.
 
It's the weekend of Halloween, and PI John Craine has temporarily closed down his business and gone to stay in a rundown old hotel on Hale Island -- a small, bleak island just off the coast of Essex. He's come to Hale to get away from it all -- the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won't let go.
 
All too soon Craine stumbles across the dead body of a young girl on the beach. He calls the police, but when they arrive the body has inexplicably disappeared -- or did Craine imagine it in the first place? Determined to get to the truth, Craine starts to ask his own questions. And once more he finds himself tangled up in a deadly network of corruption, fear and violence. But it seems no one on the island is talking.

From a highly successful children's author, a compelling crime debut introducing determined and deeply troubled PI John Craine

PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen years ago his wife, Stacy, was brutally murdered. Craine found her body in their bed. Since then, to escape the pain and the unanswered questions, he has buried himself in work by day, and whiskey by night. But one phone call changes everything. The mother of missing young woman Anna Gerrish calls on his services, and Craine soon finds himself at the center of a sinister web of corruption and lies that leads back into the murky waters of the past—and to the night that Craine has spent more than a decade trying to forget. As he delves deeper and deeper into the case, everything gets increasingly, terrifyingly, personal. It's up to Craine to stop history from repeating itself.

Praise for Project Management Accounting

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Joe è un adolescente come tanti: timido, insicuro, alle prese con i problemi tipici del diventare adulti. Un pomeriggio, perdendosi in King's Cross, incontra Dandy, e da quel momento nulla è più come prima: la passione lo travolge come uno tsunami, sommergendo ogni razionalità. Ma Candy non è un'adolescente come tante. E Joe, per sottrarla alla schiavitù che la sta annientando, è disposto a mettere a repentaglio tutto ciò che ha di più caro al mondo: la passione per la musica, sua sorella, la sua stessa vita. Semplicemente perché non riesce più a concepire il proprio futuro senza Candy. Una storia adrenalinica in cui la durezza della realtà urbana non risparmia niente e nessuno, neppure i buoni sentimenti; ma anche la storia di un ragazzo e del suo primo amore, della potenza che sprigiona, del vortice dei sentimenti che azzera tutto il resto.

An absorbing story of first love and intoxication told from a teenage boy's perspective. Kevin Brooks is the critically acclaimed master writer of moral dilemma, as seen in his previous novels: }Martyn Pig, Lucas{ and }Kissing The Rain{. Reader

Four RAND Corporation researchers review what they claim are all benefits associated with the arts--including intrinsic and instrumental benefits--analyze how these benefits may be created, and examine how they accrue to individuals and the public through different forms of arts participation. They consider cognitive, attitudinal and behavioral, health, social, and economic benefits. There is no index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)