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Audiobooks Narrated by Madeline Brolly
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Six months ago, Charlotte almost lost everything. Now, she's determined to keep her daughter, Elle, safe. So when local girls close to Elle in age and appearance begin to go missing, it's her worst nightmare.Charlotte's fears are confirmed when a frantic search becomes a shocking murder investigation. The girls' bodies have been found - half-buried, and with traces of mud and wildflowers under their fingernails.As Charlotte's obsession with keeping her daughter close pushes her marriage to the brink, local DI Madeleine Wood embarks on a gruelling search for the killer. And, as they dig deeper into the lives of the people they call friends and neighbours, they uncover secrets more terrible than they ever imagined... Thriller fans love T.M.E. Walsh:'I couldn't wait to turn the next page - brilliant and what an amazing twist!' - Donna Maguire on 'Cleverly written with lots of blood and gore and a maniacal murderer to satisfy any hardened serial killer crime thriller reader.' - Nolene Driscoll (Goodreads) on 'I love a good gruesome crime novel and this did not disappoint.' - Angela Oatham (Goodreads) on 'As the book races toward its conclusion, there is a shocking plot twist that readers will not see coming.' - Sharon (Goodreads) on '[The Principle of Evil is a] fast paced psychological thriller which leaves your nerves on edge as it creeps towards the climax.'- Sharon Bairden, THE Book Club reviewer on 'Held me captivated from page 1. Gripping, fast - I just couldn't put it down.'- Martha Brindley, Independent reviewer on 'I have been totally and utterly mesmerised by this book. Gripped from the very start.'- Michelle Simons, Independent reviewer on
Gleaned from the author’s experiences over many years Yoga and Zen training as well as from conversations with teachers, folk stories and temple magazines, this is a fascinating and enlightening compendium of tales from the Yoga and Zen traditions. Stories such as these are used in many spiritual schools’ teaching – they’re the flint or steel that makes the spark which, when nurtured daily, fires the imagination, heralds enlightenment and insight.
Collected by the author over many years, these stories from the Yoga and Zen traditions are the flint and steel that strike a spark that lights up the mind with insights that one should ponder daily to bring to light ever deeper meaning. They may be similar in intent to Zen Koans – but they are rather different in content.
In many Zen Koans someone says or does something extraordinarily inappropriate, which catches your attention just because it’s extraordinary –but afterwards the light from them has to be applied to daily life. In contrast, the stories here are often ordinary incidents from ordinary lives (not that there aren’t some extraordinary ones too!) that nevertheless open the mind’s eye to the vast potential for realization and inspiration to be found in daily life.
The Pictures
The pictures featured throughout this book were brushed by Jacques Allais in the Suiboku style, in which he was an acknowledged expert. The innate beauty of this ancient monochrome ink-painting technique lies in its subtlety of expression, in which infinitely more is suggested than is drawn on the page – making it the perfect vehicle for focusing meditation practice as well as an ideal complement to the stories in this book.
