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William Shatner hat mehr erlebt und gesehen als die meisten anderen Menschen. Sein Leben wurde sowohl von traumatischen Ereignissen wie dem schrecklichen Unfalltod seiner Frau Nerine bestimmt als auch von Triumphen wie der Verleihung des "Golden Globe" und des "Emmy". Captain Kirk, wie er immer noch liebevoll genannt wird, präsentiert dem Leser in seinem fesselnden Buch originelle Gedanken zu Liebe und Leidenschaft, zu Hass und tiefempfundener Menschlichkeit.

As Faculty Dean of Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra provides the most up-to-date medical information to thousands of doctors from around the world each year. Now, in this book, he and Dr. Alan Lotvin bring this important, life-changing information...

Detective Constable Oliver Cole has returned home after helping Lancashire Police solve a series of murders in Morecambe to find that his reputation as a puzzle solver is growing. Under pressure from Superintendent Fox, Oliver agrees to stage a week-long puzzle solving course for final year Hendon College graduates, showing them how he looks at the types of clues he’s had to deal with and setting some puzzle solving problems for the class. But minutes before the first session is held, the body of a young woman is fished out of the River Tyne. Torn between the responsibility of running the...

DCI Jack Collier is slowly recovering from the pain and embarrassment of spending time locked up in Durham prison for a murder he did not commit whilst his team wait less than patiently for him to return to normal. But a call from pathologist Dr Gordon Crosby, inviting him and DS Oliver Cole to look into the suspicious death by poison of an elderly pensioner in the small village of New Hartley in Northumberland, sets the team on the hunt for a cold and calculating killer, brings matters crashing back to normality. The mystery of the death proves difficult to resolve and is further ...

DS Oliver Cole’s latest case sees him having to deal with multiple issues, beginning with the arrival of a new Detective Constable, Kip Kennedy, fresh from Hendon College. And whilst dealing with Kip, he’s also reflecting on the break-up of his recent relationship with Megan Blanchfield and wondering what’s going on with the breakdown of his colleague DC Debbie Swan’s marriage. Oliver has little time to dwell on these matters however before he’s asked to attend the discovery of a body on the beach at Seaton Sluice. He sees this as a welcome respite from his personal worries, but ...

In this 5th book of the series, DC Oliver Cole returns to Northumbria from sitting his Sergeant’s exams to find some changes in the short time he’s been away. He faces an appraisal with his DCI Jack Collier and finds out exactly what Jack thinks about his performance. He also has to come to terms with a new DS, Jason Glover, standing in for Colin Davis who is on sick leave. Things do not go well on Oliver’s first day back when a body is discovered in an industrial waste bin in Byker and Oliver is kept out of the investigation, being sent to look into a routine mugging instead. Within ...

DS Oliver Cole’s next case sees him delving into the world of paranormal and psychic phenomena when he is asked to investigate the murder of a celebrity from the1980’s. He and his friend and colleague, DC Debbie Swan, are called in to see DCI Jack Collier, and informed that the body of Julian Forrester has been found by his cleaning lady; he’d been tied to the chair in the study of his expensive mansion, both his wrists cut. Oliver is also told he will be the lead on this case as Jack has a small medical problem to deal with and will not be available. Short-handed due to the recent ...

Detective Constable Oliver Cole is called in from a rare day off work to visit The Caledonian Hotel in Newcastle Upon Tyne where a body of a middle-aged man has been discovered in suspicious circumstances. An Elvis Presley impersonator has been murdered and left naked and tied to his bed with a knife protruding from his chest, and Oliver is set to embark upon his second major case with DCI Jack Collier. The case, however, is not as straightforward as it first appears as Oliver soon discovers that the dead man, David Forest, has been living in hiding for over 15 years from the Glasgow ...

It's Spring, and Oliver Cole is still finding his feet as a recently promoted Detective Sergeant. But that’s not the most important thing on his mind right now, it’s making sure he’s on time for the wedding of his friend and colleague, Debbie Swan. But one important person does not make the wedding. Called away when a body is discovered in Seaton Delaval, a small village 10 miles north of Newcastle, DCI Jack Collier must start the investigation without Oliver by his side. Oliver eventually joins him, and the investigation starts into the murder of Paul Tate, a seemingly innocent ...

This first crime novel written by Alan Fisher is not a story of brutal murders and mutilated bodies. His gentle story is more of a puzzle where readers are asked to look at the evidence shared throughout the book and find the killer before their identity is revealed. June 2014. Oliver Cole graduates from Hendon Police College as a Detective Constable and heads off to his choice of posting to Northumbria Police in the North East of England. Cole is a shy but highly regarded new recruit with a talent for puzzle solving; from his first day he comes under the instructional wing of long-serving ...

The body of Abigail Rockwell, an investigative journalist and friend of DCI Jack Collier, is found on a Saturday morning in her office in Jesmond Newcastle. Because of her relationship with Collier, Superintendent Fox of Northumbria Police has no choice but to call in a team from Durham to undertake the investigation into her death. As the investigation proceeds, it soon becomes apparent that Jack Collier is a suspect, and the team at Northumbria Police are left powerless as Jack is finally arrested and taken into custody. A plan is considered that will allow Oliver Cole to carry out his ...

Detective Constable Oliver Cole has his period of annual leave interrupted when he finds out that Lancashire Police have requested that he travels to Lancashire to assist them with a difficult case. An actor had been murdered at The Midland Hotel in Morecambe in particularly mysterious circumstances having drank a glass of champagne laced with cyanide. The officer in charge, DCI Dominic Wilson, had previously received a warning that someone was about to die and that it would be the first of seven deaths, but the warning had been dismissed by him as a crank. The discovery of a second clue in...