John Lucas

A thriller about Manhattan's rich, famous and powerful and the glittering world of art, finance, theatre, government, fashion and interior design that they inhabit.

Long before the likes of Pablo Escobar, El Chapo, and the cartels of Colombia and Mexico, the world fought its first war on drugs — and it began not in the jungles of Latin America, but in the streets of London, the ports of Canada, and the shadows of imperial China. Set in the turbulent aftermath of the First World War, The First War on Drugs reveals how the criminalisation of cocaine, heroin and opium during the 1920s created a new kind of global underworld. This was the moment when modern drug trafficking was born. The men and women who seized the opportunity became the world’s first drug lords, branded by the press as “Cocaine Kings”, “Opium Kings” and “Dope Kings”, operating vast international networks in an age before surveillance, wiretaps or instant communication. Drawing on previously classified police files, intelligence reports and court records — and illustrated with never-before-seen photographs of traffickers and their associates — this book reconstructs a hidden history of corruption, ambition and moral panic. It follows notorious figures such as the enigmatic Brilliant Chang and the so-called White Queen of Limehouse, alongside international fixers, anarchists, aristocrats and journalists whose crimes reached deep into the British establishment. Some cases were quietly buried. Others triggered the earliest involvement of MI5 and MI6 in narcotics investigations. Part investigative history, part global crime story, The First War on Drugs sheds new light on how prohibition reshaped policing, politics and organised crime — and why the patterns set a century ago still define the drug wars of today.

UNLOCK The Power has been written to help ordinary Christians to pray specifically and supernaturally with the Holy Spirit in the circumstances that they face on a daily basis. This book is more than another book about prayer. It is a prayer manual that provides teaching and tried-and-tested prayers that have worked over many years to set people, churches, businesses, and properties free from sin, sickness, and Satan. The topics covered are: How to hear from GodWhat sort of prayer warrior you should becomeWhat prayer tools are availableHow to fast; how to pray for the sickHow to pray for deliveranceHow to deal with words that curse you and your loved onesHow to pray to bring the prodigals back to Jesus and familyHow to pray to protect yourself against the enemy and his attacksHow to pray for the damaged people in our society. When in a battle, you need the best weapons available. Unlock The Power equips you with the weapons you need to pull down strongholds the enemy puts in your life.

Serial killer Patrick Mackay was dubbed the most dangerous man in Britain when he appeared in court in 1975 charged with three killings, including the axe murder of a priest. The Nazi-obsessed alcoholic had stalked the upmarket streets of West London hunting for victims and was suspected of at least eight further murders. Now, after more than 40 years behind bars, where he has shunned publicity, Mackay has been allowed to change his name and win the right to live in an open prison - bringing him one step closer to freedom. For the first time, _Britain's Forgotten Serial Killer_ reveals the full, untold story of Patrick Mackay and the many still-unsolved murders linked to his case.

A new critical study, which takes account of all Crabbe's work, argues that Crabbe is, in fact, one of the great msters of English poetry.

Talk show host Maureen Lyte discovers that her show's co-host, and also her fianc , Lou Dark, has a volatile and violent nature unleashed and fueled by alcohol. When Maureen has finally had enough abuse and walks away from shattered life with Lou, Allison Kuntz steps in and convinces Lou that she is the one he needs for his wife. It takes only hours for the new relationship to wane. Allison struggles to hang on to her marriage but finds Lou to be too physically and mentally cruel. Beaten, demoralized and defeated, she devises a plan of revenge. Needing help, Lou convinces Maureen that he is a changed person. Still in love with him, she believes him, and their relationship rekindles. On their wedding day, Maureen finds that Lou is up to his old ways. Tripping Hurts is a story filled with twists and turns devised to keep the pages turning.