Bücher von David Carter

Queen Charlotte, the Queen of Falconia and her husband King Philip have just had triplets. It should be a time of celebration, but old enemies have reappeared and two of the babies are magically interfered with. Thirteen years later the enemies are back, and the two children fall into a coma from which no normal cure is known. Thus begins a quest of unlikely allies journeying across half the world to find the Chalice of the Dawn; the only object in the world that can save them, together with a very strange potion.This is an exciting tale full of strange creatures, dark magic, armies of dwarfs and men, battles on land and adventure at sea. Will the unlikely allies be able to find the Chalice and return with it to Falconia and save the children? And if so, will the potion work?

Jim Taylor is an average guy whose hearing has been deteriorating for some time. After his hearing loss causes him to nearly step in front of a train, he is fitted for hearing aids. Five years later when he decides to replace his hearing aids, Jim has no idea he is about to be led down a dark path he never imagined. When he finds a brochure advertising hearing aids at half price, Jim receives new hearing aids from a man who looks like a cross between a ghost and a mad scientist. After he is instructed not to remove them for twenty-four hours, Jim leaves without realizing that his hearing aids now allow the sinister doctor to control his every movement. When he discovers he has unknowingly killed a prominent politician, Jim sets out on a determined quest to clear his name. Now as the lives of his family members hang precariously in the balance and the police in hot pursuit, he must seek help from an unexpected source. Silence Is the Killer is the thrilling tale of an ordinary man's shocking experiences after he realizes he is being controlled by an evil doctor through his new hearing aids.

A Preacher is run down on the by-pass, a Right Reverend falls under the London Express; a fisherman drowns in the canal. Accident suicide, or murder? Inspector Walter Darriteau of Chester police doesn't believe in coincidences. His doubts are confirmed with another killing. Maggie O'Brien on a bench in the forest, dew dripping from her nose, a cobweb from her hat to the bench, death by carbon monoxide poisoning, yet no car in the damp car park. There's a killer at large, a random killer, a serial killer, a ruthless killer who'll stop at nothing. Why? What's the purpose behind these unrelated deaths? It's a race against time; he or she must be stopped before they kill again. The Murder Diaries is set in the City of Chester. Darriteau is an adopted Cestrian, he's nearing retirement, and his oppo Sergeant Karen Greenwood covets his job. Walter isn't ready to end things on a sour note. He knows this case will define his career. He determines to trap the killer, putting his own life on the line.

Was australian culture born modern or has it always been behind the game, never quite modern enough? Was it always already or only always almost modern? David Carter's essays examine the complex engagements of Australian writers, artists, editors and consumers with 20th-century modernity, social and political crisis, and the impact of modernisms. Always Almost Modern ranges from the great mid-century novels of authors such as Eleanor Dark and M. Barnard Eldershaw to the unprecedented bestseller that was They're a Weird Mob, from famous to largely forgotten local magazines and to film and television, and from the avant-garde to nationalism, communism and the middlebrow. Chapters engage with key themes in contemporary literary and cultural studies, exploring new ways of understanding Australian culture in terms of its modernity and transnationalism.