Bücher von Brian Price

Death stalks MextonWhen a spate of poisonings hits the town of Mexton, DC Mel Cotton and her colleagues are left perplexed. All the deaths seem to be ingeniously planned and the police cannot see anything obvious to connect the victims.Is a vigilante at work?Jenny Pike, reporter for the Mexton Messenger, seems to think there's a link and she's not afraid to publish her controversial theories. All the victims seem to have got away with harming people in some way. Is that the connection?Fear from the EastAlready stretched to the limit, Mel and her colleagues also face another huge challenge. A ruthless Albanian gang has launched a crime wave in the area and someone has murdered a notorious blackmailer.How will the team cope? With a serial poisoner at large, is anyone safe?

It's almost the end of the world, so what are you going to do about it except keep trying to cross the river, keep wrestling with invasive species, and keep looking for home even if it's on the other side of the universe? Comic, poetic, kind of slippery, and oddly speculative, this collection of short fiction, poetry, and a novella by Great Northern Audio Theatre producer and playwright Brian Price is sure to round out anyone's stockpile of pre-, near-, and/or post-apocalyptic literature.

DC Mel Cotton is back with a new case to solve, the murder of Duncan Bennett, an unassuming worker at a local confectionary warehouse. As Mel's team investigate, one key question remains... who would want 'boring' Duncan dead? And the case soon becomes far more complex and dangerous than expected, threatening to overwhelm Mexton's small police force. With terrorists, a paedophile network and a hitman in town, Mel and her colleagues face their greatest challenge yet. Mel's own courage will be tested to the limits and no-one is safe. Who is stirring up hatred and violence in the area? And can Mel prevent herself from becoming too involved and putting her life in severe jeopardy?

Glasgow, 1999Reaching the point of no return, Martina is ready to make her move. After years of being the victim, it's now time to turn the tables.Mexton, 2019The small grey-haired woman grimaced as she entered the police station, dragging a tartan shopping trolley containing her husband's head.'What are you useless buggers going to do about this?'DC Melanie Cotton's fledgling career is about to take an interesting turn. Freshly promoted to CID, Mel is excited by this disturbing and mysterious case - her first murder investigation as a detective.She's determined to make her markBut, as she discovers, there's far more to this case than a gruesome killing, and Mel's skills and courage are about to tested to the limit.

We've all seen that lone shopping cart sitting on the edge of a parking lot. Who goes and gets it and brings it home? Why are the mouths of catsup bottles so narrow? What will the new silence sound like? Droll, slightly dystopian, and delightfully wobbly, this collection of comic prose poems and short fiction by audio drama producer and playwright, Brian Price, is a fine introduction to his unique world of magic realism, stage monologue, and childhood memories. Perfect for public performance, private soliloquies, or just reading with your mouth full during lunch.

Brian Price theorizes regret as an important political emotion that allows us to understand our convictions as habits of perception rather than as the signs of moral courage, teaches us to give up our expectations of what might appear, and prepares us to realize the steps toward changing institutions.

Advanced C++ will give you the confidence to efficiently tackle any C++ project. You will learn how to structure your code for readability, streamline code for speed and functionality, and seamlessly generate and incorporate libraries.

A major rethinking of Robert Bresson, establishing him as a radical, political artist.