Paul Adam is the critically acclaimed author of eleven thrillers for adults, which have achieved wide international sales and translation. He has also penned the Max Cassidy Series of thrillers aimed at younger readers. Beyond his novels, Adam has contributed to television and film scripts. His narrative drive and intricate plotting create compelling suspense for his audience.
Focusing on the art of bookbinding, this republished edition of a classical work aims to preserve its significance for future generations. The text has been reformatted and retyped for clarity, ensuring a readable and accessible format, rather than relying on scanned copies. This modern edition reflects a commitment to maintaining the legacy of bookbinding techniques throughout history.
Max, a typical schoolboy by day and a successful escapologist by night, discovers that his mother, convicted of murder, may be innocent. A mysterious man named Lopez-Vega reveals the trial's rigging, but when Max seeks him out, he finds Lopez-Vega dead in a hotel.
Violinmaker Giovanni Castiglione searches for a long-lost instrument that was possessed by famed violinist Niccolo Paganini. Full of remarkable history and musical lore, "Paganini's Ghost" will enchant music lovers and Italophiles alike.
The book is a facsimile reprint of an original antiquarian work, reflecting its historical significance. It may feature imperfections like marks and notations due to its age. The publisher emphasizes its cultural importance and commitment to preserving literature by offering this high-quality edition that remains true to the original text.
Knife Edge is the latest novel from acclaimed writer, Paul Adam, a timely, chillingly plausible thriller that lifts the lid on the secretive links between people smuggling, illegal agricultural labour and Britain's supermarkets. Crime reporter Joe Verdi investigates the murder of a Kurdish immigrant by Turkish people-traffickers in London. The dead man's wife, Irena, the key witness to the killing, flees to East Anglia where she disappears into the murky underworld of gangmasters and exploited foreign workers. The police are unable to trace Irena so Joe goes undercover as a migrant labourer to try to find her. But he's not the only one looking for her - the Turks are also on her trail. Meanwhile, Joe's colleague Ellie Mason is following up an outbreak of typhoid. The only link between the victims seems to be the supermarket chain where they bought their food. As the two reporters' investigations come together in a heart-stopping climax, the shocking truth about our industrialised system of food production is uncovered. There is a price to pay for cheap food - and sometimes that price is people's lives.
This is a thriller from the author of 'Unholy Trinity' and 'Flash Point', in which an innocent man's life is wrecked. But he can't work out who has done it until he understands why he's been targeted.
Rainaldi was a violin-maker and when he was discovered slumped over his workbench, murdered with one of his own chisels, both the police and his friends are at a loss to discover a motive.
Maggie Walsh, a freelance photo-journalist with a penchant for dangerous situations, receives a tip that the Dalai Lama is dead. In McLeod Ganj, home of the Tibetan community in exile, she confirms the truth of the tip, but before she can get out with her photographs, she is apprehended. While detained, she gets to know a young monk, and when he announces he is going into Tibet to follow the oracle to find the Dalai Lama's reincarnation, she persuades him to take her with him. It is the beginning of an extraordinary physical and spiritual adventure as they first locate the newly born child, and then attempt to return to McLeod Ganj without alerting the Chinese.
Rome foreign correspondent, Andy Chapman, investigates the brutal killing of a controversial left-wing priest and discovers evidence which appears to implicate the Vatican in the death. He turns his information over to the investigating magistrate, the beautiful Elena Fiorini, and together they begin a hunt for the killers. Probing deeper, they find themselves up against the might of the Catholic Church and a sinister network of neo-Fascist fanatics. Their quest leads them to the very heart of the Vatican and back to the last days of Mussoloini's dictatorship, when people changed their identities but not their allegiances.
