When high school teacher Sidney McDougal swung her front door open that Saturday morning, she expected to find a door-to-door salesman or a Jehovah witness standing on the other side. Instead, she found Cade Fisher, a devastatingly handsome handyman who instantly becomes her greatest obsession and the subject of her raunchiest fantasies and dreams. Nothing wrong with a little fantasy, right? Wrong. Even though Cade exudes confidence and maturity, he is barely out of high school. That, and his mother lives just down the street from Sidney, who is 32 and getting over a painful divorce. Sidney knows that getting involved with Cade would be a huge mistake.
This pacy thriller set in summer 2009 with flashbacks to three crucial days in May 2003. Interweaves two compelling tales regarding the events leading up to and the aftermath of a major disaster when a chemical plant explodes in the sleepy coastal town of Wightport. Subsequent inquiries by the police, coroner & various Government bodies including his employer, the Environmental Agency, all produce evidence naming Gary David as the man responsible.
Death by Video Game: Tales of Obsession from the Virtual Frontline
Whether it's Space Invaders, Candy Crush Saga or Grand Theft Auto, video games draw us in and don't let go. In Taiwan, a spate of deaths at gaming cafés is raising a question: why is it that some of us are playing games beyond the limits of our physical wellbeing?
The first edited volume of work by the legendary undercover journalist Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was one of the first and best female journalists in America and quickly became a national phenomenon in the late 1800s, with a board game based on her adventures and merchandise inspired by the clothes she wore. Bly gained fame for being the first “girl stunt reporter,” writing stories that no one at the time thought a woman could or should write, including an exposé of patient treatment at an insane asylum and a travelogue from her record-breaking race around the world without a chaperone.
