Linda Davies

p>An arrow wielding heroine travels back in time to protect her family's past in this new series! Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized by their aristocratic neighbors the de Courcys. Merry's best friend James de Courcy (and heir to the de Courcy wealth) follows her back in time and the two get tangled up in their families' ancient histories. There are forces working against them both in the past and the present. Will they be able to survive their pasts to save their futures?

Longbow Girl

When a catastrophic weather event threatens California with massive floods, meteorologist Gwen Boudain pursues a technological solution to prevent natural damage, an unethical corporate scheme and a jihadist plot. By the award-winning author of Nest of Vipers.

Ark Storm

Two women - once friends at Oxford - and a diamond mine in Vietnam are the bait that M16 hope will ensnare businessman-villain Robie Frazer. Frazer s business interests are multi-national and his wealth extraordinary. But he has become corrupt, selling arms to the Chinese, extorting what he needs from people by violence and blackmail. Eva Cunningham, undercover agent-turned-heroin-junkie, has reason to hate Fraser And her old friend Cassie Stewart, now a high-flying venture capitalist in the City, also finds herself involved in the game to trap Frazer. A game which will end in a terrifying hunt-to-kill pursuit in the jungles of Vietnam.

Wilderness of Mirrors

Nest of Vipers

Money is one of the most important languages on the planet. In this book, Linda Davies helps people understand and speak it better.

10 Things Everyone Needs to Know about Money

A striking new feature of the welfare systems in many Western countries is the extent to which market relations have permeated social services. Conceptions of 'risk management' now dominate the way parents and children are responded to, while new technologies aim to 'measure' their relationship with state service providers. Bureaucratic control is increasing, while resources are reduced. These factors have led to the demise of the traditional role of the social worker as one who engages with the client in a supportive encounter. Professional competence within social work is increasingly tied to 'mastering' scientific knowledge and new technical skills. The result of collaboration between authors from Canada, Britain and Australia, Social Work in a Corporate Era offers a critical overview of these developments and their implications. It provides a re-evaluation of the assumptions and practices of the critical social work tradition and explores the possibility of rebuilding an 'emancipatory' social work. The authors aim to disentangle the debate between Marxism, feminism and anti-racism, in the context of both postmodern challenges and the corporate restructuring of the welfare state. Calling for the development of a new politics of social work practice, this book addresses many of the urgent issues facing welfare state practitioners in health and social services today.

Practices of Power and Resistance

Social Work in a Corporate Era

The international bestseller: the next Sarah Jensen adventure "Page turner." Vanity Fair "Masterful misdirection." The Washington Post "Something Wild is absolutely brilliant. It kept me awake till dawn." Penny Vincenzi We last met her in Nest of Vipers, Linda Davies' best-selling thriller about the troubled trader turned MI6 agent. Brilliant, brave with a destructive addiction to risk, Sarah Jensen is woman with a host of secrets and a haunted past. Now Sarah Jensen is back, running from a love which was too big to handle, hiding her baby son from the father who does not know he exists. A woman with more at stake than ever and more to fear. Short of money, she's forced to take a dangerous assignment investigating a string of high-profile rapes. Determined to get justice for the victims, Sarah uses herself as bait. As Sarah's high-risk strategy brings her closer to uncovering the perpetrator, it plunges her - and her son - into unimaginable danger. Heralded by USA Today for its "pulse pounding suspense," Something Wild takes us on a high-speed journey from the wilds of Wyoming to the echoing canals of Venice. "If John Grisham were female, he might write a twisty thriller such as Nest of Vipers." Fortune Magazine "Enough action, financial know-how and international hokey pokey to satisfy any reader." The New York Times

Something Wild

Diamonds, deception, desire. In this game, you pay with your life. From the international best-selling author who launched a genre. "Fabulous characters." The New York Times "Davies's prose is fast and tight. I found Wilderness of Mirrors so compelling I read it long into the night." Sunday Express Four years after battling the drugs that nearly destroyed her, Eva Cunningham is ready for vengeance. Under deep cover for the Secret Intelligence Service, she is using a diamond mine in Vietnam - and herself - as bait to attract Robie Frazer, a ruthless international entrepreneur suspected of assisting China's illegal trade in nuclear weapons. Camouflaged by wealth and respectability, Frazer is the drug lord whose narcotics enslaved Eva even as she infiltrated his vast empire. Now she's willing to pay any price to destroy him. Even if it means sleeping with the enemy... As Eva's investigation brings her closer to Robie, she is shaken by the torrent of passion he unleashes. She's determined to destroy his drug trade and terrified she'll slip back into addiction herself. Driven to even greater risk, Eva walks the line between desire and deception, one step away from discovery - and certain death. "Sleek, cinematic plotting, sexual intrigue and derring do." Entertainment Weekly "Davies creates characters as intriguing as they are reprehensible, seducing the reader with a story of passion, power, and the price of life choices." People "Fast and suspenseful." Cosmopolitan

Diamonds, Deception, Desire. In this Game, You Pay with Your Life.

The stunningly written start to an exciting new trilogy about a smart, strong, bold girl who travels back in time to protect her family's past and ensure its future using her archery skills. Set in the wilds of the Welsh mountains, the brave and beautiful longbow girl, Merry Owen, discovers a river that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII. While there she finds she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized by their aristocratic neighbors the de Courcys. Merry's best friend James de Courcy (and heir to the de Courcy wealth) follows her back in time and the two get tangled up in their families' ancient histories. There are forces working against them both in the past and the present. Will they be able to survive their pasts to save their futures?

10 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Money

The first full-length contemporary children's novel to be written and set in the Middle East. "Dubai's Harry Potter" Emirates Today "A joyful fantasy... steeped in the heritage of the region. Wonderful." Time Out Dubai (chose Sea Djinn as the only children's book in its Books of the Year 2007) When Finn Kennedy comes to live in Dubai, he expects to do nothing more adventurous than surf a few good waves. Then he meets Triton, the Sea Djinn, a supernatural being with spectacular powers. Triton reveals that Finn's parents have been kidnapped at sea by Hydrus, the evil Sea Djinn, who is preparing to wage war against Triton's and Finn's worlds in a battle of the Djinns that has been brewing for a thousand years. Triton recruits Finn to his army and bestows on him some of his own powers. Finn, together with his cousin, Georgina, and his friend, Fred, prepares to travel to the underwater lair of Hydrus, far across the sea in the Dark Kingdom, to rescue his parents and fight Hydrus. Along the way the friends meet Mr Violet, no ordinary teacher, who trains them in the skills they will need if they are to have any chance of surviving. Their training is cut short when they are in grave danger and must escape. They steal a boat and set sail for the Dark Kingdom... The first instalment of Linda Davies' celebrated Djinn Quartet. Join Finn, Georgie and Fred on their epic adventure through the seas, mountains and wild deserts of Arabia as the children fight to save their world from Dark power in Sea Djinn, Fire Djinn, Storm Djinn and King of the Djinn. "Five Star! Thrilling, beautifully written books for children. Adults will secretly read them too." You Magazine "A fast paced, beautifully descriptive adventure with compelling characters, humour and page-turning excitement." Khaleej Times "Breathtaking." Sunday Express

Sea Djinn

"If John Grisham were female and British... he might write a twisty thriller such as Nest of Vipers" - Fortune Magazine. "Enough action, financial know-how and international hokey-pokey to satisfy any reader." - The New York Times. "The game of money is as much an aphrodisiac as power and forbidden sex in this gripping read." - Kirkus Reviews. "Masterful indirection. Davies provides enough cinematic narrow escapes and deadly failures to escape for MGM to have already begun producing the movie. Readers will hope this is not the last they see of her." - The Washington Post. Sarah Jensen is a brilliant but deeply troubled trader turned MI6 agent who goes undercover to investigate the bank suspected of major international fraud. The mission is far more dangerous than Sarah realises. Suspect number one is Dante Scarpirato - rich, smart, uncomfortably attractive. Sarah's investigation leads her deep into a world of deceit, ruthless power-brokers and a doomed relationship with Scarpirato. As Sarah confronts criminals who will stop at nothing - even murder - to prevent her from finding the truth, she must confront her own deep and twisted secrets that have haunted her since childhood but provide the only path to safety and redemption. Heralded by USA Today as the most talked about book of the year, Nest of Vipers is an international bestseller that launched the financial thriller genre and is written by one of the first women to step into the arena of global high finance.

We last met her in NEST OF VIPERS, Linda Davies' bestselling first thriller about the young city trader turned MI6 agent. Then she was a woman with a host of secrets and a haunted past. Now Sarah Jensen is back again, running from a love which was too big to handle, hiding her baby son from the father who does not know he exists. A woman with more at stake than ever, and more to fear. SOMETHING WILD is an absolutely thrilling novel, the story of a woman who was once tough, but is now vulnerable, her skills blunted by motherhood. A woman at bay.

Linda Davies

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