Linda Coles

An abandoned infant. Three victims stolen in the night. Can one overworked detective find the Christmas connection to save them all? London, 1999. Short-staffed during Christmas week, Detective Jack Rutherford can't afford to spend time on the couch with his beloved wife. With a skeleton staff, he's forced to handle a deserted infant and a trio of missing girls almost single-handedly. Despite the overload, Jack has a sneaking suspicion that the baby and the abductions are somehow connected... As he fights to reunite the girls with their families before Christmas, the clues point to a dark secret that sends chills down his spine. With evidence revealing a detestable crime ring, can Jack catch the criminals before the girls go missing forever? Hey You Pretty Face is a standalone spinoff mystery featuring relentless Detective Jack Rutherford. If you like hard-nosed cops, intricate casework, and plots ripped from the headlines, then you'll love international bestselling author Linda Coles' dark tale of suspense. Buy Hey You Pretty Face to unravel a missing persons mystery today!

Hey You, Pretty Face

Mysterious photos. Missing diaries. Family secrets with fatal consequences.

Tin Men

The third book in the exciting Chrissy Livingstone series from best selling author Linda Coles.

The Silent Ones

One man's courage could save man's best friend... Pete is trying his best to get on the right side of the tracks. Dog-napping spoiled pets for ransom money seems harmless. All he has to do is locate targets with his drone and tell the gang where to find them. It's easy money, until Pete learns what's really happening to the dogs...

The Controller

Madeline Simpson is hot, sticky, and stressed to the max. She's had it with people treating her like dirt, and the hot flashes certainly aren't helping. When her temper causes her to accidentally murder her landscaper, she expects to live out the rest of her menopause in prison. But the police already have their hands full.

Hot to Kill

When a major railway accident turns into a bizarre case of a missing body, will this PI's hunt for the truth take her way off track? London. Private investigator Chrissy Livingstone's dirty work has taken her down a different path to her family. But when her upper-class sister begs her to locate a friend missing after a horrific train crash, she feels duty-bound to assist. Though when the two dig deeper, all the evidence seems to lead to one mysterious conclusion: the woman doesn't want to be found. Still with no idea why the woman was on the train, and an unidentified body uncannily resembling the missing person lying unclaimed in the morgue, the sisters follow a trail of cryptic clues through France. The mystery deepens when they learn someone else is searching, and their motive could be murder... Can Chrissy find the woman before she meets a terrible fate? Walk Like You is the second book in the gripping Chrissy Livingstone thriller series. If you like hard-nosed heroines, quirky characters, and pages packed with suspense, you'll love Linda Coles's twisted tale. Buy Walk Like You to follow the deadly trail today!

Walk Like You

A dog walker discovers the body of a young homeless man in Hunsbury Hill Country Park. It carries a message: 'your move'. Part-time grave digger and cab driver Will Peters knows just what it's like living on the streets and vows the young man's death will not be brushed aside during the mayor's re-election campaign. Forging a relationship with local detectives, Will gets creative and acquires information any way he can. With the help of ex-con Birdie Fox and elderly hard-nosed trade unionist Stanley Kipper, Will sets about bringing the killer to justice. But as the case unfolds, and the death toll rises, the police uncover corruption on a massive scale, and it appears the murders are far more personal than anyone could have possibly imagined. Where There's a Will is the first book in an exciting new crime series from Amazon #1 Bestseller Linda Coles (Will Peters first appeared as Billy Peters in Hey You, Pretty Face, a DC Jack Rutherford story set during the winter of 1999.)

Where There's A Will

The dark web can satisfy any perversion, but two detectives might just pull the plug... Taylor never felt the blade pressed to her scalp. She wakes frightened and alone in an unfamiliar hotel room with a near shaved head and a warning... tell no one. As detectives Amanda Lacey and Jack Rutherford investigate, they venture deep into the fetish-fueled underbelly of the dark web. The traumatized woman is only the latest victim in a decade-long string of disturbing-and intensely personal-thefts. To take down a perverted black market, they'll go undercover. But just when justice seems within reach, an unexpected event sends their sting operation spiraling out of control. Their only chance at catching the culprits lies with a local reporter... and a sex scandal that could ruin them all. Dark Service is the skin-crawling fourth novel in the Detective Amanda Lacey mystery series. If you like sexual intrigue, modern-day suspense, and exploring technology's dark side, then you'll love this cutting edge thriller from international bestselling author Linda Coles. Buy Dark Service to lose yourself in the darkest corners of your imagination today.

Dark Service

Introduce your business to the world with this essential guide to social media marketing Marketing with Social Media: 10 Easy Steps to success for Business is your step-by-step guide to using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and YouTube to promote your business. In 10 quick and easy steps, you'll learn how to use social media effectively, establish a simple marketing plan and measure the results of your efforts. You'll learn the basics of building profile pages, and how to create appropriate content that can be accessed by thousands of potential customers. This new edition is packed full of tips, traps to avoid and social media success stories, plus information on the newer platforms including Vine and Instagram. Social media is a low-cost marketing strategy that can be a huge bonus to small businesses. With the right technique, you can get to know your customers better, and expand your networks without breaking the bank, all while retaining full control over your message. Marketing with Social Media shows you how best to shape your social media strategy to suit your particular business, with practical advice and expert insight into the components of a successful campaign. You'll learn to: Create a profitable social media strategy for your business Exploit each platform to reap the highest returns Master the basics of each platform, and optimise your content Shape your reputation and promote your social media efforts Early success is important to the longevity of a resource-poor company's campaign. When done correctly, social media can propel a small business into unprecedented profitability, whereas misguided or half-hearted attempts result in wasted time. For small business owners seeking increased exposure without increased expenses, Marketing with Social Media is a roadmap to online social media campaigns.

10 Easy Steps to Success for Business

Marketing with Social Media

How and why the ability to connect with strangers is vital to business success Good communication with colleagues and clients is an important aspect of doing business successfully. But if you're only talking to your associates, you're missing out on half the story and leaving money on the table. Start with "Hello" reveals how the most successful businesspeople and leaders share an overlooked and underappreciated talent—the ability to engage and communicate with strangers in productive, creative ways. Put simply, people like to do business with people they know, like, and trust. So get to know more people! Even if you don't think of yourself as the most outgoing person, you can learn to be more open and engaging to strangers. The book explains simple, key aspects of communication that make it easy to connect with new people, including behavioral styles, body language, and eye contact. Add together simple tips for starting conversations and following-up on them, and you'll be well on your way to making the business connections that count. Features straightforward guidance for anyone who needs help building new connections with new people Written by a high-profile expert and thought leader in the art of relationship building Includes real stories that reveal how often chance meetings and conversations develop into profitable business relationships In a small, hyper-connected world, today's stranger might be tomorrow's client. If you want to boost your business prospects in simple, practical ways, Start with "Hello" is the resource for you.

How to Convert Today's Stranger into Tomorrow's Client

Start with Hello

Discover how to use social media to give your business an unbeatable competitive edge in no time! Written by an internationally renowned social media guru, Learn Marketing with Social Media in 7 Days supplies you with the knowledge and tools needed to use Twitter, LindkenIn, Facebook, YouTube and other popular social media platforms to grow your business. Geared towards small business owners and entrepreneurs, it provides step-by-step guidance on creating low-cost, high-impact online marketing strategies that really work. You'll learn how to create an effective social media presence for your business, measure the fruits of your efforts, and maintain your social media sites in just thirty minutes a day. Supported by practical information, templates and case studies, this book is for savvy business owners and managers who want to understand their customers better, improve their business networks, and gain an unbeatable competitive edge online. Packed with valuable tips, tricks, and time-saving shortcuts, this is essential reading for anyone looking to quickly and easily build a business presence online Build and maintain effective relationships online in thirty minutes per day Harness your Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages to gain the edge on your competitors Learn how other companies are using the sites and gaining success

Master Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for Business

Learn Marketing with Social Media in 7 Days

Offers stories, tips, and techniques on how to network, start a conversation with a stranger, and build business relationships.

How to Convert Today's Stranger Into Tomorrow's Client

The quick-and-easy guide to effective social media marketing Social Media for Business is the essential guide to navigating the social media maelstrom and effectively promoting your business online. You'll learn how to develop a simple marketing plan, use social media effectively and measure the results of your efforts as you turn contacts and followers into customers. This new third edition has been updated to reflect the expanding influence of Instagram, and includes Snapchat, Security, Social Influence and updated case studies that illustrate the rapid evolution of social media as a business tool. You'll learn about the recent changes to Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Pinterest and how to factor them into your strategy — as well as when to decide to transition toward or away from any specific platform. Social media can help you expand your networks, engage with your customers and help you grow your business, but not all platforms work for all businesses. The best results come from directed effort and stellar execution, and this book shows you how to make it happen from setup to sale. Learn where to focus your efforts for maximum gain Discover the newest platforms, their demographics and their potential Understand key changes that can affect the way you use major platforms Build an effective social media presence that translates into business Not every business needs a Facebook page, but every business does need some sort of online presence — and social media can be a high-impact, cost-effective way to reach thousands of potential customers. From building a profile to creating and curating content, Social Media for Business is packed with guidance every business owner needs.

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