![]() ![]() He had so much to live for.Īfter the funeral, Maggie travels to their holiday home on a small Croatian island to escape London. She finds a disturbing letter written by Will, containing clues to a dark secret.Īs Maggie puts the pieces together, she discovers Will’s death is connected to someone from his past… Someone who will go to extreme lengths to keep Maggie silent. When Kate finds the bloated body of a young man floating in the Shadow Sands reservoir, the authorities label it a tragic accident. Maggie is consumed with grief and questions. Will wasn’t suicidal. The internationally bestselling author of Nine Elms and The Girl in the Ice, Robert Bryndza is back with his nail-biting second Kate Marshall case, a woman with a dark secret and a powerful sense of justice. When Maggie’s husband, Will, is shot dead in their London home, she thinks he is the victim of a burglary until the police tell her the shocking news that Will was the one who pulled the trigger. ![]() It was five days since his death, and my grief felt heavy, like a vast, dark mass pushing down on me. ![]() I leaned down and put my forehead against his. The question echoed off the white tiles in the hospital’s cold, cavernous morgue, and I studied my husband in peaceful repose. ![]() The chilling new stand-alone psychological thriller from the master of suspense ![]()
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Based on research involving crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, whales, and of course chimpanzees and bonobos, Frans de Waal explores both the scope and the depth of animal intelligence. ![]() Take the way octopuses use coconut shells as tools elephants that classify humans by age, gender, and language or Ayumu, the young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame. But in recent decades, these claims have eroded, or even been disproven outright, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. What separates your mind from an animal’s? Maybe you think it’s your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future-all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the planet’s preeminent species. ![]() From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal, a groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hot to make a Strawberry Milkshake from Scratchįor this strawberry shake recipe, add the ingredients to the blender jar in the order listed (strawberries, then ice cream, then milk).ĭoing it this way ensures that the berries get well pureed. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Whole Milk - If you're making a thicker milkshake, you will want to reduce or omit the milk. Store bought ice cream is great, or you can make our recipe for homemade vanilla bean ice cream. Vanilla Ice Cream - The base for many excellent milkshake recipes, but you can use strawberry ice cream to make this strawberry shake recipe if you like. 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