To crack the secrets of the Vatican, Zen must penetrate the most secret place of all: the Cabal. If you enjoyed the Inspector Zen Mystery series you may also like The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, ano
Lunch in Soho with a former lover - but Zanzotti's is under new management, and as the wine takes effect fond memories give way to something closer to the bone. A mock-elegy for the heady joys of o
If you can see what's inside, then maybe you have what it takes to join:The School of NightDemon Storm - The Terror is only just beginningPraise for Justin Richard's latest novel, The Parliament of Bl
A Certain Justice is a chilling murder mystery packed with forensic detail, set in the treacherous legal world of London. Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister.
James, the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley, Children of Men and The Murder Room, explores the mysterious and intense emotions responsible for the unique crime of murder, with authority
Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. But there's one gelding on her family's farm that gives her no end of trouble: the horse who won't meet her gaze, the horse who b
Charlie Applejack's career as a superhero might be over before it's even begun. His mother wants him to choose a safe job as a TV game show host and the Super School has rejected him because his super
Hanno Stiffeniis, the magistrate from the gripping thrillers Critique of Criminal Reason and Days of Atonement, is called to Prussia's Baltic coast, where the naked, mutilated body of a young woman ha
Geling Yan traces the lives of two individuals separated by prejudice and mistrust, but bound forever by their passion for one another. But many barriers are laid between the lovers - by Chris's wealt
Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend W. H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their fir
A paedophile is brutally murdered in his own home, and to protect other known offenders the police must haul the families of their victims down to the station for questioning.
Liubov Ranevskaya, a widowed landowner returns home more or less insolvent after five years abroad. Everything appears just as she remembers it but hers is a diminishing world. The vast and beautiful
The discovery of Katrine's corpse the following day brings police officers Gunnarstranda and Frolich onto the case and into a world of secrets and lies that stretches back generations. In a world of s
Prepare yourself for the horrors that lie within - some may be based on legend, but many are documented fact. It is 1886, and Eddie, George, Liz and Sir William must separate the terrifying truth from
Jinx Slater is delighted to have reached the giddy heights of the lower sixth at Stagmount, England's most exclusive school for girls. Her ground-floor window affords her an excellent view of Brighton
Meanwhile, in the Louvre, Holbein's portrait of Anne of Cleves senses the tug of a connection and she begins to tell the story of the injustices she suffered and just how she survived her marriage .
Angela Fytton - wonderwife, supermother, bedroom vamp and business partner - has been unceremoniously dumped. Meanwhile she yields herself up to the notion that country life is pure and good and that
Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski. Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - but when two bodies turn up
An indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, QI. From the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance comes a not
Prepare yourself for the horrors that lie within - some may be based on legend, but many are documented fact. It is 1886, and Eddie, George, Liz and Sir William must separate the terrifying truth from
Then the husband, Bruno Gottewald, is dead and buried - killed while out on field manoeuvres. Hanno Stiffeniis, a Prussian magistrate, goes to investigate the deaths, seeking to discover how the crime
Knute is a twenty-four-year-old single mother who returns home to Algren with her daughter to look after her father Tom, who has suffered a heart attack. Algren has held this position for some time bu
In the early hours of the following morning he is found stabbed to death in his shop, his naked body exposed in the shop's window, a red string tied round his neck, and three crosses and a number - 19
The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. He
Clues that lead Matt to the enigmatic Julius Venture and on to a world-wide treasure hunt. With the help of Venture's daughter Robin, and the sponsorship of an enthusiastic billionaire, Matt is soon c
In this entertaining and always stimulating collection of seven essays, Kundera deftly sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel.
Chuck Klosterman IV is divided into three parts: Part I: Things That Are True showcases Chuck's best profiles and trend stories from the past decade. Part II: Things That Might Be True assembles the b
When an English priest takes over a small Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. He makes friends with two local youths, Mark and Lisa, and clashes with a world he can barely understand
