Books by Mark Watson

Howard York - self-made man and founder of London's extraordinary Hotel Alpha - is one of those people who makes you feel that anything is possible. He is idolized by his blind adopted son, Chas, and Graham, the inimitable concierge, whose lives revolve around the Alpha. But when two mysterious disappearances raise questions that no one seems willing to answer, Chas and Graham must ask themselves whether Howard's vision of the perfect hotel has been built on secrets as well as dreams . . .Captivating, brilliant and full of surprises, Hotel Alpha is an ingenious novel about the incidental and life-changing ways in which we connect with one another. You can discover more about the hotel and its inhabitants in 100 extra stories at www.hotelalphastories.com.

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a third generation method for specifying, visualizing, and documenting an object-oriented system under development. This book provides an introduction to UML, overview of this powerful design notation, and teaches Java programmers to analyse and design object-oriented applications using the UML notation.

Junior creative Tim Callaghan can hardly believe his luck when he's flown out to Dubai to supervise the filming of an advert for an international charity. He is immediately entranced by the city - a futuristic environment unlike anywhere he's ever been before, with an almost uncanny level of customer service. Shimmering and seductive, it seems as though nothing bad could ever happen in Dubai. But when a crew member is found dead in in mysterious circumstances, Tim learns that if a place seems too good to be true, it probably is . . .

Rose is the fifth tallest woman in Britain. Their tumultuous, bizarre love affair plays out through a prisoner's correspondence with the heartbroken Alexandra. And as Andreas' peculiar tragedy unveils, Alexandra begins to find solitude in an uncanny world of lookalikes and murder.

Psychologist Peter Kristal has a method for sorting out people's lives. His technique gains him a modicum of success: a thriving practice in Chicago with a client list of thriving stars. But by concentrating on his rival Richard he is blind to the other factors which put both his life and the lives of others at risk...