The murderer has left a distinctive "sign" on the body and at the scene of the crime. A few weeks later, a similar murder occurs, and then another. Initial investigations discover that the mysterious sign was the calling card of a suspect who was charged with several murders in the northwest of the country, tried but acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence. Has he vanished, or is he right under their noses? Simon Serrailler is obliged to delve deeper and scratch out answers in this addictive mystery of surpassing darkness by the bestselling Susan Hill.
'Harry Fletcher, I am arresting you for ...' Backup was there. The street was half empty. It was all over in seconds. Fifteen minutes later Harry Fletcher was in front of the desk sergeant; twenty, and he was banged up. jubilant sent ...
Long-forgotten scandals.
Notes of a Native Son
This book considers the history of the Iberian conversos-both those who remained in Spain and Portugal and those who emigrated.
"A spectacular collection of essays by the most noted theorists of identity. The book well frames the issues around identity that presently are defining living in the early 21st century ... A must read.
By nightfall, one man had been arrested: Joseph Marshall, in his late fifties, with mustache and graying hair, “crippled in both feet, and one leg . . . considerably shorter than the other.” The next morning, the second tramp was ...
... of such categorical polarities, and above all of their combination, can be taken as stemming from the realm of culture. We should notice that each of these polarities, whether directly or obliquely, delimits a different field in ...
Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
Questions of Cultural Identity offers a wide-ranging exploration of this issue. Stuart Hall firstly outlines the reasons why the question of identity is so compelling and yet so problematic.
An award-winning author explores why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity. "Makes for compelling reading in America today."--"The New York Times."