Lost, baffled, and alone in Willesden's mean streets, Detective Constable Dangerous Davies is up against the cream of criminality. Newspaper theft (the work of organized crime?), household robbery (including cheese from the fridge), it's all grist to his mill. When Dangerous is beaten up, yet again, at a European Friendship dinner dance he reluctantly takes some sick leave. Recuperating in...

Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a quiet life, and comes into a little money of his own. Normally, their paths would never have crossed. But Martin's...

From the author of The Atlantis Code comes a dramatic quest to locate an ancient scripture with a powerful secret . . . A long-lost ancient scripture which holds the key to one of the world's greatest treasures is discovered, hidden under the legendary Temple Mount. When Thomas Lourds, the world's foremost scholar of ancient languages, is contacted by his...

In the third year of perestroika, London publisher Barley Blair is sent a manuscript from Moscow. Exposing Russian nuclear threats as a sham, the information - if it’s genuine - could shatter East-West relations. Jazz-loving, hard-drinking Blair is hardly the spymasters’ idea of the perfect agent, yet they are forced to send him to Moscow to make contact. But the...

Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers call her 'The Black Dahlia'. For two cops, what begins as an investigation becomes a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the...

It is 1943. British SOE agent Captain John Lockhart is in Crete, fighting with the Resistance. Captured by the Germans, Lockhart faces a stark choice, between death and betrayal of his country. Concealing his true motives, Lockhart makes a bargain: in return for the life of his imprisoned wife, he will work with the Germans. When his mission is revealed,...

A relentless, edge-of-your-seat action novel full of twists and turns from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed. 'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 'Great story which keeps you on your toes throughout' -- ***** Reader review 'Hard to put...

The life-and-death hunt for a notorious Nazi criminal unfolds against a background of international arms deals. As the story leads to its final dramatic confrontation on a bleak winter's hill-top, the question every reader asked at the end of The Day of the Jackal will inevitably be asked again: Can this be fiction? ...

'As in The Day of the Jackal and a host of other gripping tales, the master has done a brilliant job' (The Times) In a matter of weeks Saddam Hussein will invade Kuwait and the Allied forces need all the information they can get to help the resistance. But when they intercept a top-secret fragment of radio referring to a...

'An ingenious book' SARAH WATERS 'Permanent classics in the detective field . . . no superlatives are adequate' THE NEW YORK TIMES Marion Shape and her mother are quiet and ordinary villagers, enjoying a peaceful life in their country home, the Franchise. Everything changes when a local schoolgirl accuses them of kidnap and abuse, describing the attic room of the...

Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie of the Miami police homicide department is about to take a well-earned family holiday when he is called away on an urgent mission.A criminal on Death Row with only a few hours to live before being sent to the electric chair has requested that Ainslie hear his confession.Will Elroy 'Animal' Doyle finally confess to the series of...

Germany 1941. Two British officers, Hugh Hartley and Malcolm Royce, achieved what many believed to be impossible. They escaped from Oflag IVC, better known as Colditz Castle. But as they are about to cross the border into Switzerland, and within yards of reaching freedom, Royce is shot. He begs Hartley to go on and save himself. Wracked with guilt, Hartley...

Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this break-neck, adrenalin-fuelled rollercoaster of a thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. 'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 'The SAS is to Chris Ryan what horse racing is to Dick Francis' -- Boys Toys 'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 'Action from start to finish'...

Brought to you by Penguin. An astonishing discovery is made in the remote African republic of Zangaro, one which could change the course of a nation's history forever. But such a discovery cannot be kept secret for long and Sir James Manson will stop at nothing to protect this find. A ruthless and bloody-minded tycoon, Manson immediately hires an army...

Inspector Costas Haritos of the Athens CID has finally made time for a holiday. But when a minor earthquake causes his holiday beach to spit up a corpse, he finds there is no such thing as being off duty. Back in Athens, and working on the mystery of the as-yet unidentified body, Haritos is assigend a second case. A well-known...