It's the news every parent dreads: Ed Lister's world changes forever the day he hears his art-student daughter has been brutally murdered in Florence. A year later, frustrated with the police inquiry, Ed vows to find Sophie's killer. His quest leads to a mysterious website - and its owner, Ward, a charming, brilliant psychopath. But as the search for Ward follows a trail of bodies across Europe to America, some of Ed's own secrets begin to emerge. And the question arises: is Ed the hunter, or the hunted? Reviews'Utterly gripping - the best thriller of the Internet age I have ever read. It lures you into the seductive world of the chat-room, where nothing is quite what it seems, and the mundane shades chillingly into the sinister. There were times when I scarcely dared to turn the page.' Magnus Linklater 'A classic thriller of the highest quality - complex, meticulously researched and skilfully told - but it goes further, taking the genre into cyber-space and giving terror a whole new dimension. The murderous hacker enters unobserved into his victims' lives. Reality and virtual reality become confused. The protagonists criss-cross the globe by train and plane but the digital avenger is always one step ahead. A compulsive read.' Piers Paul Read 'Tautly crafted and chilling, if there's a rush of people cancelling internet chatroom accounts this month blame the dark talent of Charles Maclean' Daily Record 'I was SO impressed by Charles Maclean's HOME BEFORE DARK - what a gripping, disturbing, utterly up to the minute thriller - such an achievement' Joanna Trollope 'Packed with blood, murder and mayhem, HOME BEFORE DARK is a particularly disturbing thriller - menacing...gruesome...original. Gird yourself and don't underestimate Maclean.' Spectator 'A thriller that gripped me by the throat and wouldn't let go for 36 tortured hours, HOME BEFORE DARK chills the eyes as well as the spine. I have never seen such evil leak out of
Este amplio y evocativo compendio fotográfico describe las 50 destilerías más destacadas de Escocia. Se trata de una aportación única a la literatura sobre el whisky escoces con textos del mayor experto del mundo de esta bebida, Charles Maclean es autor de diez libros, dos de los cuales fueron candidatos a los premios Glenfiddich.
Esta es la guía visual definitiva para descubrir y disfrutar el mundo del whisky. Da información completa sobre los destiladores, tanto grandes como pequeños, las técnicas de producción, las botellas y los mapas de cada nación del whisky. Le enseña a descubrir los orígenes del whisky y sus distintos estilos, desde los single malts hasta los blends modernos de alta calidad. Le enseña también cómo evaluar el whisky, desde la introducción al tema hasta las notas de cata. Presenta una cobertura internacional, con la descripción de destilerías de todo el mundo, incluidas las de Escocia, Irlanda, Estados Unidos y Japón.