· 2025
The dark, gripping, twisty crime thriller for summer 2025! You can't hide from the past... Fifteen years ago, five vulnerable teenagers took part in a life-changing study of OCD. Now, their psychologist has been brutally stabbed and left for dead. DCI Liz Field and her team have barely started their investigation when there is another frenzied attack. This time, the victim is one of the former patients. Are the others now in grave danger - or dangerous? But as the DCI is pulled deeper into the disturbing case, it starts to hits too close to home. To outwit the murderer, Field must venture into the last place she wants to - her own buried past... This page-turning crime thriller debut is perfect for fans of Nadine Matheson, Sam Holland, and Helen Fields. Authors LOVE No Safe Place: 'I devoured this full-throttle story in one gulp [...] This is an accomplished debut from an author to watch' Chris Bridges, Sick to Death 'A police procedural with bite [...] I was hooked (and it kept me guessing)' Jennie Godfrey, The List of Suspicious Things 'A gritty detective novel that ticks all the boxes [...] Couldn't put it down!' Simon McCleave, The Snowdonia Killings 'An authentic and absorbing exploration of love and obsession wrapped up in a cracking plot. Everything you could want from a crime novel' Marion Todd, author of See Them Run 'Profoundly moving, meticulously plotted, compassionate and full of surprises' Rachel Lynch, Dark Game 'A brilliant debut that totally delivers. This book has it all: intrigue, plot twists, suspense, and a cast of credible, gritty characters' Jane Bettany, In Cold Blood 'A remarkable debut - moving and challenging in equal part, with superbly-realised characters and a tragic but believable storyline' Doug Sinclair, Blood Runs Deep 'A gripping, all-encompassing banger of a book that sucked me in from the first page' Fiona McPhillips, When We Were Silent 'Every chapter reveals something new: clues, red herrings, twists. This is a pacy read with a clever theatrical device and a sensitive heart.' Kingsley Pearson, Flat 401 'Lean and tightly focused [...] very original' Michael Hambling, Dark Crimes 'Dark and emotive. This is a police procedural with heart' Alison Stockham, The Cuckoo Sister 'The very definition of an addictive page turner [...] A cracking debut from an exciting new voice in detective fiction' Sam Frances, All Eyes On You 'A hard-hitting, emotionally charged page-turner from a very talented writer [...] An excellent read' David Hodges, Murder on the Levels 'Dark and pacy - with a twist I never saw coming [...] an electric debut' C.L. Miller, The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder 'A highly impressive debut. A tautly-written and authentic police procedural' Alex Walters, Candles and Roses 'An incredible debut novel - compelling, powerful and thought-provoking' Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall 'I couldn't put it down - No Safe Place had me reading late into the night' Tania Tay, The Other Woman 'A wonderful procedural that drags you beneath the surface and has you begging for more. An incredible read' Natalie Moss, The Night Hunter 'Chilling, twisty and original [...] a definite 5⭐ from me' Teri Terry, The Stepdaughter's Lie 'Reading this book was like watching edge-of-the-seat police drama on telly [...] I raced through, reading into the night in that glorious "just one more chapter" book fog!' Kate Wells, Murder on the Farm 'An extraordinary debut. Twisty, thrilling and a fascinating look at OCD. I predict everyone will love it as much as I did.' Celia Silvani, Baby Teeth
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On October 16, 2014, a new draft of the intellectual property chapter of the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) was leaked. The intellectual property chapter released in October contains a plant-related intellectual property provision proposed by the United States and Japan that could pose a serious threat to food security within the lower-income parties to the TPP. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) on plants endow plant breeders and seed manufacturers with varying degrees of control over the propagating materials (seeds, tissue cultures, cuttings) and sometimes harvested materials (fruits, foliage, flowers) of any new plant variety they create. The newly released chapter reveals that the TPP will require signatories to make patents on plants or plant-related inventions available as well as accede to the 1991 version of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1991 UPOV). Currently, most nations, including the majority of parties negotiating the TPP, set their own plant protection policies without interference from international authorities. Most nations have not acceded to the 1991 UPOV, and only a handful offer patents on plants or plant-related inventions. If implemented, the new provisions of the TPP would force many of the negotiating parties -- in particular, the less wealthy states -- to dramatically alter their domestic laws. This short piece examines the TPP's new plant-related language and its implications for the human right to food within TPP signatory nations.
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High drug prices are creating serious health and fiscal problems in the United States today. This reality is vividly illustrated by recently approved medicines to treat Hepatitis C. These new medicines can cure nearly everyone with this potentially fatal infection and may even enable the elimination of this disease. But the drugs' sticker price -- close to $100,000 -- has meant that very few patients who could benefit from them can access them. This Article describes an approach, available under existing law, to bring about transformative reductions in the prices of these medicines, at least for federal programs and possibly beyond. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1498, the U.S. government can buy generic versions of these medicines at less than 1% of their list price plus a reasonable royalty. This power has received almost no academic attention, despite the fact that it is regularly used by the government in other sectors, including defense. Indeed, though it has now been forgotten, the federal government relied on this provision numerous times to procure cheaper generic drugs in the 1960s. We recover this history and show how § 1498 can once again be used to increase access to life-saving medicines, addressing several important interpretive questions about the application of the provision along the way. We also offer the first sustained efficiency defense of this approach. This power, we show, can be analogized to the eminent domain power over land and similarly justified as a means to address hold out problems. We show that courts or agencies can fashion damages remedies that provide robust returns to investment, and so protect dynamic incentives while permitting radical improvements in static efficiency. Our remedy involves some risk, as do all policy innovations. But the status quo is so deeply dysfunctional -- with millions of Americans unable to benefit from medicines that could halt the spread of a major disease -- that the case for action is overwhelming.
· 2022
A child with a vivid imagination gets ready for bed with each part of his nighttime routine taking him on a magical adventure through the incredible and exciting worlds inside his mind! A celebration of all children whose energy and passion for life brings wonder and amazement to everyone around them.