The King James Bible is both the standard scriptural text and, for centuries, the bestselling book in the English-speaking world. Melvyn Bragg reveals the political, linguistic, and religious influences the Bible has had throughout the centuries.
It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank. A few hours later four of his best friends are dead and Michael Harrison has disappeared. With only three days to the wedding, Detective Superintendent Grace - a man haunted by the shadow of his own missing wife - is contacted by Michael's beautiful, distraught fiancée, Ashley Harper. Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know Michael Harrison's whereabouts...