Good as Dead (Tom Thorne Novels) by Mark Billingham from Sphere (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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The Hostage
Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work. Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever. It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but as she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman.
The Demand
The crazed hostage-taker is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody. By holding a police officer at gunpoint, he will force the one man who knows more about the case than any other to re-investigate his son's death. That man is DI Tom Thorne.
The Twist
While Helen fights to stay alive and the body-count rises,Thorne must race against time if he is to bring a killer to justice and save a young mother's life.
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Loving Danny by Hilary Freeman from Piccadilly Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Isn’t it weird how the truly significant days of your life often begin as the most banal? There you are, just minding your own business, doing something boring and ordinary like buying a KitKat or, in my case, catching the number 29 bus home from work, and boom! – the most momentous and life-changing event happens to you! Naomi is restless. She’s on her gap year and stuck at home with her parents while all her friends are travelling or away at university. Then she meets Danny, a mysterious and intense musician who opens her eyes to a whole new world around her. Danny is exciting and talented, and his band are on the brink of stardom. But he also has a dark, destructive side . . .Will Naomi be able to save Danny before it’s too late? And, more importantly, can she save herself?
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Fergie the Greatest: Manchester United 1986-2013: The Biography of Sir Alex Ferguson by Frank Worrall from John Blake (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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May 8, 2013: the day Manchester United fans had dreaded for nearly three decades.
Sir Alex Ferguson announced he was to step down as manager of the world’s biggest football club after 26 years in charge. The Scot, affectionately known as ‘Fergie’ to United’s vast army of fans worldwide, signed of in style with an honours list that confirmed him as the most successful manager in British – and World – football. At the age of 71, he would leave United having won 38 trophies – an amazing haul that included 13 league titles, two Champions League crowns, five Cups and four League Cups.
Fergie would now become a director and ambassador for the club he had rebuilt from top to bottom and turned into the greatest in the world during his colourful, wonder-filled reign. That he would still be around – to offer help and advice if needed to incoming new boss David Moyes – helped slightly cushion the blow of his departure for United fans. Fergie had left Moyes a wonderful platform from which to build: a talented, young squad that had just brought the club its record-breaking 20th top-flight title and a stadium and training facilities second to none.
The story of Sir Alex Ferguson is a true rags-to-riches fairytale. Born in Govan, Glasgow, in 1941, he played for Queen’s Park, Dunfermline and Rangers before retiring in 1974 to begin his managerial career. At Aberdeen, he led a struggling side to the Scottish League Championship and the 1983 European Cup Winners’ Cup. But it would be at Manchester United that Sir Alex achieved world domination. Joining the club in November 1986, things didn’t go exactly to plan in Sir Alex’s first few years at United, but signing Eric Cantona for a bargain £1.2 million in 1992 helped turn the tide and secure their first league trophy in 26 years.
An incredible run of success followed, shaped by the emergence of ‘Fergie’s Feldglings’ – Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Nicky Butt. And Fergie’s finest moment was still to come, when Manchester united romped to an unprecedented Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies in 1999. He was knighted the same year for his services to football. Under Sir Alex, United have surpassed United’s arch-rivals Liverpool’s league title haul, and have reached four Champions League finals, winning the trophy on two occasions. This in-depth biography charts Fergie’s unstoppable rise – and pays trivute to the greatest manager the world has ever seen.
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