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Nicole has experienced enough danger and excitement to last her several lifetimes. But a six-year spell in Marseilles' toughest prison has cured her adrenaline habit. Now peace and quiet are...

President Jack Ryan faces a world crisis unlike any he has ever known, in Tom Clancy's extraordinary new novel. Being President has gotten no easier. Domestic pitfalls await him at...

President Jack Ryan faces a world crisis unlike any he has ever known, in Tom Clancy's extraordinary new novel. Being President has gotten no easier. Domestic pitfalls await him at...

Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. For the next eight years Dr Beck re-lived the horror...

Investigator and sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a...

A nine-year-old boy is found murdered at the bottom of a well near a popular beach resort in southern Italy. In what looks like a hopeless case for Guido Guerrieri,...

'This is the darkest story that I ever heard ' It is a story that began with love and led to the destruction of a young woman's life. It is...

'What did my father do? He killed my mother, my sister, and my brother, then waited to kill me...' Steve Farris is an architect who lives with his wife and...

HER PERFECT TWIN. YOUR NEW OBSESSION.'Sarah Bonner's debut novel made my jaw drop. There are so many twists in this story, I never knew what was coming next. You won't...

Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient...

'A novel written with passion and moral outrage' Sunday Times'Sympathetic, thought-provoking and often deeply moving' Daily Telegraph'You can't put this down' Independent Rich or poor, five people, seemingly very different,...

'A compulsive whodunnit set in Kenya, where tribal politics can get you killed' Ian Rankin Death is a fact of life in Africa's sprawling megacity - and life is cheap....

A gripping thriller you won't be able to put down, perfect for fans of SUSIE STEINER and CLARE MACKINTOSH'SO enjoyable. Great characterisation... tense, grippy plot. An EXCELLENT read!' MARIAN KEYESHow...

The enemy within...It should have been a routine protection operation. But when the Croatian Foreign Minister is kidnapped on British soil by a known assassin, maverick DPU agent Charlie Paddon...

The twelfth hair-raising Dirk Pitt thriller, which sees the adventurer hunt for a fabulous hoard of Inca gold, before the richest prize known to man is lost forever. ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE...

A man is blown up in a high-security prison.A major drugs baron comes under attack.A massacre takes place in a dark suburb. Detective Paul Hjelm and his team have been...

New York is being held to ransom. Manhattan's electricity grid has been the victim of a horrific attack . . . and more are planned. While the FBI and Homeland...

A cunning collection of short stories from the master of misdirection, including original tales featuring the hugely popular series characters Lincoln Rhyme and Kathryn Dance.TENSION . . .An aging actor...

Mike Culley, a former agent who was sold down the river by the CIA , has nothingto live for but the daughter he loves, is forced back into harness by...

An Amazon Charts bestseller.What would it take to make you intervene? When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of...

London 1946. An actress is murdered, not just on camera but in full view of a crowded film set. Only six people had an opportunity to administer the poison yet...

John Bookman - Book to his friends - is a tenured professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He's thirty-five, handsome and unmarried. He teaches Constitutional Law, reduces...

Her hands flying up, she grabbed her throat, her body jolting to one side. Then, in one swoop, her desk overturned, clattering to the floor. And with it Lise. Her...

In The Grand Hotel, a homeless woman charms a businessman into paying for dinner and a room. When his dead body is discovered the following morning she becomes the prime...

From Jeffrey Archer, the bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, comes his captivating sixth collection of short stories, And Hereby Hangs a Tale, full of magnificent...

The heart-stopping new thriller in the Ren Bryce series by Alex Barclay, bestselling author of DARKHOUSE and KILLING WAYS. When Special Agent Ren Bryce is called to Tate, Oregon to...

'Gripping, stylish, convincing' Sunday Times They won't all live to tell the tale... Seven friends. One killer. No escape... A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn...

Samuel Spendlove, one of the brightest young academics at Oxford, has given it all up to work undercover for William Barton, owner of a massive media empire. His reasons are...

'Gripping, stylish, convincing' Sunday Times They won't all live to tell the tale... Seven friends. One killer. No escape... A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn...

FBI agent Ren Bryce takes on her most heart-wrenching case yet when a father's work places his young daughter in terrible danger... OUT OF SIGHTWhen a teenage girl is found...

'The Fourth Monkey has one of the most ingenious openings that I've read in years. This thriller never disappoints.'James Patterson 'Superbly constructed and immaculately paced' - The Daily Mail Brilliant....

Early summer brings warm weather to the Body Farm in East Tennessee, but Dr Bill Brockton's about to get more heat than he's bargained for. A former student who's now...

Daisy Hubbard is a genetic researcher with a mission in life - finding a cure for the rare condition that killed her brother at the age of six. But it's...

A gripping masterpiece of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets, Identical is the stunning thriller from bestselling author Scott Turow.Two families entangled in a long and complex history...

'A brave, unflinching heroine and brave, unflinching writing adds up to an extraordinary debut - highly recommended' LEE CHILD'Utterly compelling, rich with voice and psychological insight, populated with heartbreakingly real...

From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable thriller about murder, manipulation, and a young woman trying to wrestle power...

Imagine the Roman Empire is still flourishing today...In 2756 AC (2003 AD in Christian terms), magnetic railways span Roman territory from Persia to Terranova, and mechanised crucifixes are ranked along...