As a British Army officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers, Toby Woodbridge twice deployed to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, and spent a total of eight months in the notorious District of Sangin. Employed as mentor to the Afghan National Police during his last tour in the town, Woodbridge spent over six months living, working, and fighting alongside members of that much maligned but critically important organisation, gaining a privileged view of their work and insight into their world. His experiences from those two tours provide the background for this unique perspective on the difficulties and dangers involved when working, living, …

In this collection of short stories, Vincent Cobb explores aspects of life that are both extraordinary and interesting, but often delve in to the otherworld of the supernatural. From the story of the remarkable but apparently ordinary Agnes Ward, whose discovery of cancer takes her on a journey out of this world, we meet Fred who is Dead. But no one has told him and he is dead, so he's a bit fuddled with the situation of his own funeral. Though things are going to get worse for him as the sins of the past catch up with all men. …

In 1988, Harvard law graduate Tom Metzler is visiting London for the first time. Although on legal business, he finds time to visit the Natural History Museum where, among the cornucopia of treasures he witnesses something that changes his life forever: the sight of a stunningly beautiful young woman. He’s elated when their eyes meet and she fixes him with a winsome smile, but in an instant and as if by magic, she disappears. This vision of beauty reappears at Tom’s hotel later that evening. Tom’s delighted yet bewildered when she addresses him by name without the slightest introduction, and …

Newly promoted after successfully rising to the greatest challenge of her career, Angela Crossley finds herself once again facing evil head on, but this time her investigative insight is clouded by the burgeoning awareness of her increasing sensitivity to the paranormal. Newly installed at Scotland Yard, she s haunted by the past, even as her inexplicable dreams foretell events and crimes to come with terrifying accuracy. Her new department's first task is to look into patterns of criminal behaviour find the correlations between crime and criminal, victim and violation, pick up the trail and solve the unsolvable. The past, therefore, …

Millions of us take package holidays for granted every year but did you ever wonder how it all began? Thanks to Vincent Cobb's 35 years of experience working in the travel industry culminating in his position as managing director of Thomson Holidays, we can learn all about the tricks that formed the basis of the business at its outset. This fascinating book allows us to observe the industry's steep learning curve from its infancy in the late '50s to the present day, using you as guinea pigs. You will find this a gripping yet refreshingly humorous account. The author tells …