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RUTHLESSLY IMPOSED SUSPENSE' The Times'ONE OF THE BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR' Washington PostAs the distrust, betrayal and terror that pervade 1970s Northern Ireland threaten to boil over into a full-scale civil war, British Intelligence make a last, desperate play for peace.Harry Finn, an Englishman in Belfast secretly working for the British government, is sent to destroy a Protestant extremist leader, James Kilshaw.But the ancient hatreds w...

EXPLODES WITH A LOUD AND SATISFYING ROAR' New York Times'IT GRABBED ME AND KEPT ME GOING' Len Deighton'A FIRST-RATE, HIGH-POWERED THRILLER' Desmond Bagley'ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST THRILLER WRITERS' Irish Independent*****Mining engineer Jim Keogh is enjoying a relaxing break in Cape Town when he witnesses a sadistic policemen's violent attempt to arrest a black man.Appalled by the policeman's brutality, Keogh steps in and helps the man escape.Bu...

ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST THRILLER WRITERS' Irish Independent'AN ALL-ACTION FIRST NOVEL OF ESPRIONAGE, BETRAYAL AND VIOLENCE' Daily MirrorNews photographer Michael Mannis had done 'a little business' with MI5 before - but those were straightforward, small-time jobs with little danger and no consequences.When Mannis is offered an unusually large fee to slip into communist Albania and take covert photographs of a structure that may not even exist,...

An authoritative overview of the management and treatment of major trauma patients In the newly revised, and substantially expanded, Fifth Edition of ABC of Major Trauma, an eminent team of leading trauma specialists delivers a comprehensive, up-to-date, referenced overview of the emergency treatment of patients suffering from major trauma. Covering all aspects of the management of multiply injured patients during the initial, crucial hours ...

Northern Ireland in the early 1970s and 'The Troubles' are near to escalating into all-out civil war with two fanatical groups going head-to-head: James Kilshaw's Ulster Vigilantes and Sullivan's Volunteers, a Marxist breakaway faction of the IRA. When British Intelligence receives an anonymous offer to discredit the Protestant extremist Kilshaw, it sends former army officer Harry Finn into the Belfast underworld to find the proof. Instead he ...

When first published in 1972, the New York Magazine described The Wilby Conspiracy thus: 'The headlong action moves from Cape Town to Johannesburg to the bush, in a high-tension game of political intrigue. The plot is gripping and superbly ingenious. Beats Le Carré and the rest at their own game.' The novel, which opens with an escape from the now infamous Robben Island prison received rave reviews from John Braine ('Welcome to a new thriller ...

In recent years a greater emphasis on the team approach to trauma care has evolved. This text highlights the need for all team members to understand the principles of trauma care so that maximum co-operation can lead to a more rapid anticipation of the patients needs. In the text, trauma care is reviewed body system by body system. Particular attention is paid to the normal system before the pathophysiological changes due to trauma. The manage...

Accurate analysis of blood gases is vital to give information on a patient's respiratory and circulation state as well as the adequacy of resuscitation. This book guides the reader, with the help of clarifying cartoons, through the basic principles and a new and easy to grasp system of interpretation.