Three of Ellroy's most compelling novels featuring Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins in one volume. Blood On The Moon: 20 random killings of women are unconnected in police files. But Det. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins sees a pattern. As he is drawn to the murderer, the two men face a confrontation pitting icy intelligence against white-heated madness. . . Because The Night:...

Athens, 332BC - an unhappy city under the rule of the Macedonian 'barbarian' Alexander the Great. In the midst of this unrest, Boutades, an eminent citizen, is found brutally murdered. Suspicion falls heavily on young Philemon, and, by Athenian law, his cousin Stephanos is elected to defend his name in court. In desperation, Stephanos seeks assistance from Aristotle, his former...

Despite the grave misgivings of both their families, Valeria Brinton and Eustace Woodville are married. But before long the new bride begins to suspect a dark secret in her husband's past and when she discovers that he has been living under a false name, she determines to find out why he is concealing his true identity from her. Soon she...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'No one writes better thrillers than this - a classic' 5***** Reader Review 'Tight plot, excellent locations and explosions of tension! You don't get much better than that' 5***** Reader Review 'So many twists and turns, the tension never lets' 5***** Reader Review ______...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'A truly wonderful thriller. Well researched and plotted, I could not put it down' 5***** Reader Review 'Superbly drawn characters . . . The story builds and ends in explosive manner' 5***** Reader Review ______ Valentine, a blind, confused and dying old man, makes...

Two centuries after the Boston Tea Party, harbour dumping is still a favourite local sport, only this time it's major corporations piping toxic wastes into the water. Environmentalist and professional pain in the ass Sangaman Taylor is Boston's modern -day Paul Revere, spreading the word from a 40-horsepower Zodiac raft. Embarrassing powerful corporations in highly telegenic ways is the perfect...

As an operative for Pinkerton’s Detective Agency Dashiell Hammett knew about sleuthing from the inside, but his career was cut short by the ruin of his health in World War I. These three celebrated novels are therefore the products of a hard real life, not a literary education. Despite – or because of – that, Hammett had an enormous effect...

An omnibus comprising Raymond Chandler's three Philip Marlowe novels, THE LADY IN THE LAKE, THE HIGH WINDOW and THE LITTLE SISTER. ...

Medieval York is brought to life by Candace Robb in this suspense laden and spellbinding murder mystery. If you like Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell, you will love this! 'A superb medieval mystery, thoroughly grounded in historical fact' -- Booklist 'A vivid portrait of 14th-century England which gives us a hero who is cunning and...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' 'Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since' Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy Raymond Chandler was America's preeminent writer of detective fiction, and this edition of The Big Sleep and Other Novels collects three of...

Three book editors, jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on the mystic and the occult, are inspired by an extraordinary conspiracy story told to them by a strange colonel to have some fun. They start feeding random bits of information into a powerful computer capable of inventing connections between the entries, thinking they are creating nothing more than...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'Well-crafted and unputdownable. An excellent read' 5***** Reader Review 'Superbly paced and plotted. One of Francis's best' 5***** Reader Review 'A well written and totally engrossing read' 5***** Reader Review ______ Malcolm Pembroke didn't get rich without making a few enemies - not least...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'A whip cracking, page turning read with a twist in the tail' 5***** Reader Review 'Kept me turning the pages, full of twists and turns - Dick Francis at his best yet again!' 5***** Reader Review ______ Jonah Dereham is a bloodstock agent who...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'Written in Dick Francis inimitable style, this fast-paced thriller leaves the reader gasping for breath' 5***** Reader Review 'Fast paced action with a hero you can relate to. . . You can't put the book down!' 5***** Reader Review ______ Matt Shore is a...

Fans of Michael Connelly, Peter James and Robin Cook will love this tense and unputdownable medical page-turner from the pen of Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Palmer. Incredible medical knowledge coupled with a mesmerising turn of page - this is a phenomenal ride! 'Gripping and fresh... wrenchingly scary' -- Publishers Weekly 'Palmer brings his fascinating ER procedural knowledge to a...