Adam Thirlwell was born in London in 1978. The author of three previous novels, his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists.

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Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992 and he has published two books of stories and ten further novels, most recently Missing Fay (2017), and six poetry collections. 
 
 
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Adam Tooze is the author of the highly praised Crashed, The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction, all published by Allen Lane. He has been the recipient of the Wolfson Prize for History, the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize and the Lionel Gelber Prize. Tooze has taught at Cambridge and Yale and is now Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University.

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Adam Weymouth's work has been published widely, including in Granta, The Atlantic, The Observer and the BBC. His first book, Kings of the Yukon, won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year and the Prix Paul-Emile Victor. He has been named by the National Writing Centre as one of ten writers shaping the UK's future.

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Adam Wisniewski-Snerg (1937-95) was born on the outskirts of Warsaw. His science fiction writing is largely focused around the consequences of totalitarianism. Although largely unread during his lifetime, after his suicide in 1995 his work began to receive major critical attention. He is now considered to be, along with Stanislaw Lem, one of Poland's greatest science fiction writers.

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Adele Nozedar is an author and photographer. Previously, she was in a cult indie band, then ran her own indie record label and became A&amp;R Director/General Manager of a major record company. 
 
Her wide-ranging passions are reflected in her books, which include The Hedgerow Handbook (2012), The Signs and Symbols Sourcebook (2011), The Secret Language of Birds (2006), and The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans (2013).

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Adelle Waldman is a freelance writer and book critic. She worked as a reporter at the New Haven Register and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal's website. Her articles also have appeared in The New York Times Book Review,The New Republic,Slate,The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Aditi Kakade Beaufrand is an Indian illustrator based in France. She likes experimenting with bright, happy colours. She grew up reading fairytales, watching animated films and imagining adventure stories, and her style is an embodiment of her Indian heritage and western culture. She loves animals and taking long walks on the beach, but she is never too far away from a pencil and a paper to draw her perception of the world.

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Adiva Geffen is a bestselling writer and playwright. Her plays have appeared on major stages in Israel, she lectures and leads numerous writing workshops and she is a board member of the Israeli Writers’ Association. 
 
 Geffen started out as a special-education teacher, before serving as the spokesperson for the Habima National Theatre for more than a decade. She founded and subsequently led the Israeli Theatre Award for ten years, and now serves as head of The Gnazim Institute of the Hebrew Writers Association, the largest Hebrew literature archive in the world. 
 
 Born in Haifa, Israel and the mother of three sons, Geffen now lives in Tel Aviv with her partner Aharon Meidan.

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Adnan Sarwar, 35, is a former British soldier who served in the Iraq War.  He has since worked as a military consultant to film and is a writer based in London.  Read more at www.adnansarwar.com / @adnansarwar

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Loos (1877-1933) was a leading Austro-Hungarian architect, perhaps most famous for the revolutionary 'Loos House' opposite the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, which caused outrage when it was built in 1912, and the wonderful American Bar, also in Vienna. He wrote extensively on architecture and design, working in reaction to the elaborate mass of decoration celebrated by the Vienna Secession movement.

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Adrian Bliss is a creator, writer and performer from London, best known for his comedy sketches which, explore everything from history to natural science to religion. Adrian's work has earned him nearly 20 million followers across social media and has been featured in CNN, The Times and Vogue. Adrian was named one of the New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs, and his one-man play Inside Everyone sold out its debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival prior to opening.

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Chris Ryan

Greed is an explosive story of what happens when terrorism, money, love and jealously combust - an explosively violent tale from the established master of the military thriller, 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 
'The SAS is to Chris Ryan what horse racing is to Dick Francis' -- Boys Toys 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'An action packed yarn from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Fantastic book: exciting, gripping, never a dull moment it it from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Keeps you on your toes' -- ***** Reader review 
'Absolutely enthralling' -- ***** Reader review 
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FIVE MEN. ONE ROBBERY. A DEADLY GAME OF GREED. 
 
Fresh out of the SAS, Matt Browning is down on his luck. He owes $500,000. If he doesn't get the money soon, he dies. 
 
From nowhere, he is offered a lifeline. A hit on al-Queda, sanctioned and helped by MI5. 
 
Matt gathers a small team of former SAS men to steal $10 million in gold and diamonds from the world's most deadly terrorist organisation. MI5 will give them all the equipment and information they need. No charges will ever be pressed. 
 
Matt thinks it's the perfect crime. Safe, quick, and patriotic. But after the money is stolen, the killing starts... Someone is taking down the members of the team one by one. 
 
A silent, expert assassin is stalking the team, gruesomely murdering both them and their families. And Matt knows that he's next.

Greed

(a Matt Browning novel): a deadly, adrenalin-fuelled thriller from multi-bestselling author Chris Ryan

Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this action-packed, all-guns-blazing, non-stop story from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan, the established master of the military thriller. 
 
'Heart-in-mouth action' -- Mirror 
'A covert-double-crossing-twist-in-the-tale plot...intelligent and entertaining' -- Maxim 
'A helter-skelter adrenaline rush...a gripping read' -- Irish Independent 
'Plenty of insider knowledge on SAS covert procedures' -- Yorkshire Evening Post 
'Brilliant full of suspense and action' -- ***** Reader review 
'Kept me on the edge of my seat' -- ***** Reader review 
'Twists and turns to keep you hanging on for every page' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping to the end' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WHO SURVIVES, WINS 
 
When Robert Maxwell is assassinated at sea by an unknown agency, it can only be a matter of time before the dark secret at the heart of the British Establishment is exposed to the light of day. 
 
SAS soldier Neil Slater has left the Army but soon it seems he is to be drawn back into the covert world. Bowing to the inevitable, he allows himself to be recruited by the Cadre, a group that applies 'the rules of war' to those who threaten the internal and external security of the State. 
 
Slater soon finds himself in a rising body count situation and asking the question: who is the real enemy?

Hit List

an explosive thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will love this gripping, no-holds-barred, all-action thriller from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling ex-SAS novelist Chris Ryan. A story of bravery, hardship and comradeship... 
 
'Hard as nails' - Mirror 
'Well worth 5 stars, I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Brilliantly written' -- ***** Reader review 
'Exiting from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Hard to put down. Had you fighting with them' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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CAN THEY ESCAPE IN TIME? 
 
1982: The Falklands War. 
 
Young SAS trooper, Mark Black, risks his life to capture a female Argentine spy. To knock out enemy bombers, a daring mission is planned against a fortified airbase on Tierra del Fuego, the remote tip of the South American mainland. Black and his fellow SAS are sent in ahead to reconnoitre. Detected by the enemy, they must fight their way out... 
 
Twenty years later. The Argentinians invade again. 
 
Now a senior NCO, Black is back in the South Atlantic, haunted by memories he thought he had buried. British air defences have been knocked out in a sneak attack. Once again Argentine forces are being secretly readied for an assault on the Islands. A team from the crack SAS Mountain Troop is inserted by submarine. 
 
But has the mission been compromised from the start? When fate throws Black together with a girl from his past, he is faced with a conflict of loyalties. Can he trust her now? And can they escape in time to destroy the enemy bombers and prevent all-out war?

Land Of Fire

a non-stop, palm-pounding thriller from bestselling author Chris Ryan

Relentlessly pulse-pounding and completely unputdownable, multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan's Stand By, Stand By is as exciting as the military thriller can be. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed... 
 
'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 
'Tough, high-testosterone stuff, gripping' -- Glasgow Herald 
'Great story telling, the book grips you on the first page and doesn't let you go' - ***** Reader review 
'Amazing from start to finish' - ***** Reader review 
'Action packed, full of twists and turns and authenticity' - ***** Reader review 
'Fabulous enthralling read, which kept me on edge, I couldn't put it down' - ***** Reader review 
 
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A MAN AT WAR WITH THE ENEMY - AND HIS OWN DEMONS... 
 
 Geordie Sharp, a sergeant in the SAS, is struggling to pick up the threads of his army career. 
 
Wounded in the Gulf War, he returns to Hereford to find his home life in tatters. As he trains with Northern Ireland Troop, a murder in his family fires him up with personal hatred of the IRA. 
 
Posted to Belfast, he discovers that his adversary is Declan Farrell, a leading player in the Provisional IRA. Sharp sets out to stalk and kill his man. 
 
 
Never has there been a more graphic account of the SAS in action, never a thriller so authentically grounded in the twists and turns of undercover warfare.

Stand By Stand By

(a Geordie Sharp novel): a nerve-shredding action-thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

Tenth Man Down is packed with Ryan's trademark gung-ho style, graphic imagery and technical detail that can only come from first-hand experience. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed. 
 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Arguably the father of the SAS thriller genre' Good Book Guide 
'Real strength in detailing the nitty-gritty of operations' -- Sunday Times 
'A spellbinding read' -- ***** Reader review 
'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'The story rolls along at a fast pace and carries the reader along' -- ***** Reader review 
'Chris Ryan does it again' -- ***** Reader review 
'Good, fast moving read - the action makes you feel you're in the thick of it' -- ***** Reader review 
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WHO WINS, THE SAS OR THE NAVY SEALS? 
 
When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Karmanga, a poverty-stricken and war-torn republic in the dark heart of southern Africa, Geordie Sharp is caught up in the most dangerous and difficult assignment of his military career. 
 
When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEAL mercenaries, they begin to sense a hidden agenda, and they know that things are going to get messy... 
 
Tenth Man Down is a pulse-pounding story that sinks its teeth in and doesn't let go.

Tenth Man Down

a non-stop, action-packed Geordie Sharp novel, from the multi-bestselling master of the military thriller

Another non-stop, pulse-pounding thriller from the established master of the military fiction genre, multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed... 
 
'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 
'Real strength in detailing the nitty-gritty of operations' -- Sunday Times 
'Remarkable ... gripping' -- The Daily Express 
'Both thumbs up!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Has you hooked from the first to the last page' -- ***** Reader review 
'Once you start you won't want to put down ...' -- ***** Reader review 
'Best covert / military thriller I've read for years' -- ***** Reader review 
'Unmissable' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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ASSASSINATE THE PRIME MINISTER...OR YOUR SON DIES 
 
SAS Sergeant Geordie Sharp is required to undertake two top-secret missions, in the full knowledge that, if things go wrong, the authorities will deny all involvement. 
 
In the first mission he is to serve as a commander of a hit team on a Black, or an 100% non-attributable operation assigned to the SAW, the Regiment's ultra-secret Subversive Action Wing. His target is an Iraqi who defected to Libya after the Gulf War. The aim is to kill him and leave no clue to the identity or origin of the assassins. 
 
Returning to base, Sharp finds he must also carry out a high-level political assassination on mainland Britain. If he fails, his four-year-old son will die at the hands of the IRA. 
 
Trapped between opposing forces in a fight to the death, he twists and turns through a maze of nightmare options, desperately seeking some way of averting tragedy. 
 
Who will be hit the hardest - Geordie Sharp or the British government?

Zero Option

a relentless, race-against-time action thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

1917, Western Front, Ypres 
 
A soldier wakes up in a damp, dark basement. He can't get out. He is covered in mud.His skin is badly burned. And he can't remember anything. But his nightmare doesn't end there. 
 
He is tried and found guilty of cowardice, impersonating a fellow soldier and theft. He can barely speak, let alone defend himself. As the verdict is passed and he learns that the death sentence awaits him, he remembers two things: that he took something from a dead man in the trenches, and that the name his accusers have been calling him is not his. 
 
With time slipping away, Chris Ransom must try to remember the events that have led him to this moment, so that he can clear his name and save himself.

One Good Turn

Alexander Kent

It is February 1818, and Adam Bolitho longs for marriage and a safe personal harbour. But with so much of Britain's fleet redundant, he knows he is fortunate to be offered H.M.S. Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. 
 
Under the burning sun of North Africa, Bolitho is keenly aware of the envy and ambition among his officers, the troubled, restless spirits of his midshipmen, and the old enemy's proximity. It is only when Nautilus becomes a sacrificial offering on the altar of empire that every man discovers the brotherhood of the sea is more powerful than the bitter memories of an ocean of blood and decades of war.

Heart Of Oak

Tom Harper

In the bestselling tradition of The Da Vinci Code, this is a breath-taking, all-action adventure from the pen of prizewinning author Tom Harper. This page-turner will take through the myths and legends of lost civilisations and into the heart of an ancient mystery...If you like Dan Brown, Clive Cussler and Scott Mariani, you'll love this! 
 
'Like Dan Brown, Tom Harper knows how to ratchet up the tension.' - Choice 
'Totally fascinating' -- ***** Reader review 
'Really good book, I find it hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'So thrilling I was reading it whenever I could' -- ***** Reader review 
'This is an amazing book, well written. My only critisism is that I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
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A DEAD MAN. A HIDDEN CODE. A DEVASTATING SECRET. 
 
For three thousand years, the world's most dangerous treasure has been lost. Now the code that reveals its hiding place is about to be broken ... 
 
 Sam Grant is a disgraced ex-SOE soldier and an adventurer by trade. But he has a secret: six years ago, a dying archaeologist entrusted him with his life's work - transcripts of mysterious writing found in a hidden cave on Crete. Deciphered, it could lead to one of the greatest prizes in history. 
 
 But the treasure is as dangerous as it is valuable. The CIA wants it; so does the KGB. Helped by a brilliant Oxford professor, and a beautiful Greek archaeologist with her own secrets to hide, Grant is plunged into a labyrinth of ancient cults, forgotten mysteries and lost civilisations. But time is running out. 
 
 The secrets of the distant past may hold the key to the newest threats of the modern world...

Lost Temple

an unmissable, action-packed and high-octane thriller that will take you deep into the past…

A duel to death between an SAS soldier and the man who taught him everything he knows... This high-octane, adrenalin-fuelled thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan is perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather. 
 
'First-rate action thriller' -- Express 
'Pure, unadulterated violence-all part of the myth and mystique of the SAS' -- Mirror 
'Fast-paced, sexy, violent' -- Sunday Mercury 
'A truly excellent work' -- ***** Reader review 
'Best I've read in a while and I'm a voracious reader' -- ***** Reader review 
'Fast paced, loads of action and I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Difficult to put down once I started it' -- ***** Reader review 
'The usual Chris Ryan "edge of your seat" read' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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THE BODY COUNT IS RISING... 
 
SAS Captain Alex Temple is on an urgent mission. Someone has been murdering MI5 officers and it looks as if the killer is an insider, one of the Regiment's own. Alex's task is to track down and eliminate the killer, and to assist him he is assigned an MI5 liaison officer - the attractive but abrasive Dawn Harding. 
 
The body-count is mounting and a deadly and relentless manhunt begins. Soon Alex will learn the bitter truth: in the shadowy battlegrounds of the Intelligence wars there is no good and no evil - only winners and losers.

The Watchman

an unstoppable action thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Ryan

G.S. Beard

Fans of Hornblower and Sharpe will love this captivating and compelling nautical adventure from much loved author G.S.Beard. Guaranteed to stir into life even the most sluggish of readers! 
 
'If you like sea stories, you will enjoy this, and even if you think you don't but enjoy things like Sharpe, it might just convert you' - HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW 
'Excellent gripping story gives you little time to put the book down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Read almost overnight, difficult to put down, a memorable yarn' -- ***** Reader review 
'A proper page turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'A brilliant read, I was hooked from the beginning to the end' -- ***** Reader review 
'I felt like I was on the high seas with them!' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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1792: the start of the French Revolutionary Wars. 
 
A shadow hangs over John Thomas Fury in this his first voyage as a midshipman aboard the 32-gun frigate Amazon. The son of a violent and unstable brig commander who drove his crew to mutiny, Fury finds himself an outcast onboard and working doubly hard to prove that he isn't cursed like his father. 
 
Redemption arrives when Amazon reaches Bombay, only to discover that ships of the East India Company have disappeared, including the Company's warships. Somewhere in the Indian Ocean a very powerful privateer is at work and the Governor despatches Amazon to find and destroy her. 
 
Soon afterwards Amazon is in a desperate fight for her life against a much stronger foe. In such crucibles of fire are the officers in His Majesty's Service forged. 
 
Can Fury cover himself in glory and banish the shadows of the past are forever? 
 
Fury's adventures continue in Lieutenant Fury.

Mr Midshipman Fury

a rollicking, lively naval page-turner set during the French Revolutionary Wars which will capture you from the very first page

Susan Lewis

Claudine Rafferty is rich, reckless and beautiful. So when she throws herself into an arranged marriage with the eminently eligible but notorious François de Lorvoire, everyone in Paris is amazed. Determined to cope with François's cruelty and indifference, Claudine soon finds herself driven to find love in the arms of Armand St Jacques, one of her husband's vignerons. 
 
But all is not what it seems in the de Lorvoire family. As Claudine learns more of Francois's sinister past, she also inherits some of his most dangerous enemies. And against a background of betrayal and conspiracy, she forced to learn not only whom she can trust, but also whom she really loves...

Darkest Longings

Douglas Reeman

After four years, the tide of war is turning in North Africa and Europe. The conflict in Southeast Asia, however, has reached new heights of savagery, and Operation Monsun poses a sinister threat to the hope of allied victory. 
 
The Special Operations mission off the Burmese coast requires volunteers. Men with nothing to live for, or men with everything to lose. Men like Lieutenant James Ross, awarded the Victoria Cross for his work in underwater sabotage, or the desperate amateur Charles villiers, heir to a fortune now controlled by the Japanese. 
 
The two-man torpedo - the chariot - is the ultimate weapon in a high-risk war. Cast loose into the shadows before an eastern dawn, the heroes or madmen who guide it will strike terror into the heart of an invaluable enemy, or pay the ultimate price for failure...

A Dawn Like Thunder

Patrick Robinson

Let international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson take you on a fast-moving adventure: international espionage, nuclear warfare, terrifying battle scenes and heartstopping man-to-man combat...it has it all! Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will not be disappointed... 
 
'A stunner that irresistibly hurtles the reader to its exciting climax' -- Clive Cussler 
'Gripping... a sure hit' -- Publishers Weekly 
'Mind-blowing' -- The Daily Mirror 
'Great book, great author, always edge of the seat stuff' -- ***** Reader review 
'Brilliant. Compulsive reading.' -- ***** Reader review 
'Hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Grabbed me from the start and I was sorry when I reached the end' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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ONE UNDERCOVER MISSION THAT COULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES 
 
Tensions between Siberia and Moscow have been running high for a while, but the sudden disappearance of leading top-tier Siberian politicians and oil executives sparks open outrage and brings relations to boiling point. 
 
Terrified that Siberia will deprive Russia of its most important oil source, Moscow turns to a new supplier in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands. In an undercover mission, they persuade Argentina to invade the islands again and strike a bargain: in return for oil rights, Moscow's hunter-killer submarine, Viper 157, will take out the British aircraft carrier arriving to recapture the islands, leaving Argentina free to claim the 'Malvinas'. 
 
The United States are furious at this act of international piracy - and the fact that their largest oil giant owns the very same oil rights. Under the stern eye of Admiral Morgan, the navy SEALs bring in the legendary Commander Rick Hunter. Their mission: to hammer Argentina's military and free the Falklands. 
 
For the fabled Hunter, the assignment has struck close to home. His brother-in-law and an SAS special forces team are trapped on East Falkland... 
 
It's an international crisis, and there can only be one victor...

Ghost Force

an unputdownable action thriller that will set your pulse racing!

Readers of Clive Cussler, Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith will love this stirring tale of naval warfare, bravery and courage from multi-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman. With battle scenes so vivid and immediate, you'll feel in the midst of the action! 
 
'A stirring tale of the Atlantic war...one can almost smell the sea and the burning oil as Hitler's U-boats wreak havoc' -- Sunday Express 
'Vivid naval action at its most authentic' -- Sunday Times 
'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it' --The Times 
'Douglas Reeman at his best' -- ***** Reader review 
'Another first-class book from this author' -- ***** Reader review 
'Could not put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'An excellent read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review 
'Typical Douglas Reeman. MARVELLOUS' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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The Western Ocean. 1942: from the bridge of HMS Gladiator, Lieutenant-Commander David Howard's orders were chillingly clear. There could be no mercy. 
 
To the men who fought to protect the vital, threatened Merchant Navy convoys in the Western Approaches, the Battle of the Atlantic was a full-scale war; a relentless, savage war against an ever-present enemy and a violent sea - in an arena known only to its embittered survivors as the killing ground. 
 
HMS Gladiator was part of that war. An ordinary, hard-worked destroyer and her company of men. Fighting for survival in a war with no rules...

Killing Ground

a no-holds-barred tale of naval warfare from Douglas Reeman, the all-time bestselling master of storyteller of the sea

There will be days when you wonder at and question some of the risks you had to take, the sacrifices you were forced to offer in the face of death.' 
 
Kiel Harbour, 1945 - the war in Europe is at an end. But for Lieutenant Vere Marriott and the men of MGB 801, moored amid a nightmare of devastation, it is an uneasy, unsettled peace. 
 
New assignments ashore and afloat mean fresh tensions and conflicting emotions. For some, glory now takes second place to profit. For others, revenge at last sems within their grasp. 
 
No one is shooting at Marriott now. But dangers come thick and fast - from confrontation with the Russians to his feelings for Fraulein Geghim. There is more to victory than survival ...

The White Guns

If you like Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, you will love this all-guns-blazing naval page-turner from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent - guaranteed to have you hooked from page one! 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn' -- The Times 
'Gripping to the end' -- ***** Reader review 
'Difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Superb' -- ***** Reader review 
'Riveting' -- ***** Reader review 
'Exceptionally well written' -- ***** Reader review 
'What a story!' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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1804: England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, expecting an invasion any day. Entrusted with an urgent mission for the King, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran seventy-four-gun ship Hyperion and sets sail with a new squadron for the Caribbean. 
 
Plagued by the knowledge that both his troubled marriage and the eye injured in his last battle with Contre-Amiral Jobert are worsening, Bolitho is eager to leave England less than three months after his return home. But even his beloved old ship Hyperion, hastily restored from an ignominious existence as a hulk, is full of tormenting memories and lost faces. 
 
 Having navigated several battles along the way, he is roused in Antigua from his darkness of soul by the rediscovery of a passion which defies convention and every risk to his reputation. 
 
His future is full of uncertainty as he sails east to Gibraltar, for a rendezvous that all who follow his flag will remember...

Honour This Day

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 19): lose yourself in this rip-roaring naval yarn from the master storyteller of the sea

The master storyteller of the sea, multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, has penned another gripping, swashbuckling and emotionally charged naval adventure full of vividly depicted military action - perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester. 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn'' -- The Times 
'Another great story, gripping to the end'-- ***** Reader review 
'Once you start it's hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Kept me enthralled' -- ***** Reader review 
'Great read from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
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1806: The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. It is only four months since the resounding victory over the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar, and the death of England's greatest naval hero. 
 
Bolitho's instructions are to assist in hastening the campaign in Africa, where an expeditionary force is attempting to recapture Cape Town from the Dutch. Outside Europe few have yet heard of the battle of Trafalgar, and Bolitho's news is met with both optimism and disappointment as he reminds the senior officers that, despite the victory, Napolean's defeat is by no means assured. 
 
The men who follow Bolitho's flag into battle are to discover, not for the first time, that death is the only victor.

The Only Victor

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 20)

Leslie Thomas

Summer 1940. The evacuation of Dunkirk proves that the British can rise to a challenge, even against seemingly insurmountable odds. But now the soldiers walk the streets of Dover, even wandering through Woolworths store, and take weary turns on the town's skating rink. 
 
Life, despite the threat of invasion and the reality of bombing, must go on and people must take comfort where they find it. Toby Hendry, a fighter pilot, is awaiting orders when he meets Giselle, a young Frenchwoman who took the chance to flee occupied France with the English troops. Their love affair feels like a summer idyll, but can it withstand the forces of war? 
 
Meanwhile, reserve naval commander Paul Instow has been called up to fight in a war for which he feels too old. Distracting him from his worries is Molly, a young Dover prostitute. Their relationship is tender and happy, but is this a love born from desperation or could it be something more permanent? 
 
And then there are Harold, Spots and Boot, three boys desperate to fight the German invaders, armed only with catapults and a stolen Bren gun... 
 
In Dover Beach Thomas chronicles the lives and loves of ordinary people in besiged Britain during these tense, but curiously elated days.

Dover Beach

This superb and stirring naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent is an absolute must for fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester. You'll feel like you are there on the quarterdeck! 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'As a former naval officer, Alexander Kent knows what it is like to be at sea' -- The Times 
'A first-class book' -- ***** Reader review 
'Impossible to put down. Alexander Kent as his finest!' -- ***** Reader review 
'One of Alexander Kent's best.' -- ***** Reader review 
'A rip roaring, well-constructed seafaring tale.' -- ***** Reader review 
'A compelling read from start to finish...' -- ***** Reader review 
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1793: Gibraltar - the gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past, Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power of her fleet. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh command and the chance of action after long months of inactivity. 
 
 However, his mission to support Lord Hood in the monarchist-inspired occupation of Toulon has gone awry. Bolitho and the crew of the Hyperion are trapped by the French near a dry Mediterranean island. 
 
They will need all their mettle and might to force their way through... 
 
Bolitho's adventures continue in Enemy in Sight.

Form Line of Battle

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 11): more blockbuster naval action from the master storyteller of the sea

Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this horribly compelling and devastatingly engrossing political action thriller from international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson. An edge-of-your-seat terror ride that drives the reader relentlessly to its stunning dénouement... 
 
'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' -- Bookseller 
'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' -- Jack Higgins 
'Mind-blowing' -- The Daily Mirror 
'Fast, sharply-focused, engine-driven action' -- Express 
'These books are kicking and screaming to be made into films. I'm now on my seventh and still going strong!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Simply brilliant' -- ***** Reader review 
'Authentic, exciting and political dynamite...One of the best naval fiction novels I have ever read' -- ***** Reader review 
'An all-round great read that will keep you turning pages into the early hours' -- ***** Reader review 
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ONE COMMODITY HAS THE POWER TO CAUSE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION... 
 
Saudi Arabia is on the brink of revolution. While the Royal Family is ransacking the dwindling coffers, the country seethes with unrest. Vowing to end the destructive rule, Crown Prince Mohammed sets in motion a top-secret operation to destroy the Saudi oil industry. 
 
In search of an ally with a naval power willing to help in return for a share of the oil wealth, he turns to France. Her lethal Hunter Killer submarines can inflict devastating damage to the country's massive oil installations and help shift the power structure of the world's oil giant. 
 
On the other side of the globe, as the ferocious battle for the desert kingdom begins and the world's oil markets plunge into chaos, Admiral Morgan, former Security Advisor to the President, and Lt. Commander Ramshawe are 
summoned to the White House. Here, they discover the masterminds behind the evil plot: a mysterious French Colonel they call 'The Hunter', and none other than Morgan's arch enemy, HAMAS General Ravi Rashood. 
 
Let battle commence...

Hunter Killer

the master of the action thriller is back with a compelling and unputdownable story

Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed with this incredible naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent. With its authentic depiction of life at sea in battle, and its tightly crafted plot and characters, you'll fall for it hook, line and sinker! 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'His dashing character Richard Bolitho is one of the best things to happen to the sea yarn since Hornblower' -- Daily Express 
'The storytelling has an easy mastery, how well Kent knows the psychology of naval men' -- Sunday Telegraph 
'Thrilling and a delight to read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Gripping and accurate' -- ***** Reader review 
'A truly brilliant bit of work' -- ***** Reader review 
'Kept me enthralled' -- ***** Reader review 
'Hard to put them down when you start' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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1798: Richard Bolitho prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean. There are rumours of a massive French armada and of the latest type of artillery - and Bolitho's orders are to seek out the enemy and to discover the intentions of his growing force. 
 
Bolitho is well aware that there are others within his ships who are no less dangerous than the enemy - and during the weeks and months in which the squadron faces the hazards of the weather and French broadsides alike, Bolitho knows that far more than his own future is at stake. 
 
A fleet, even a nation, could depend on his decisions and, when he places his squadron between the Nile and the power of France, he must accept the price of the challenge. 
 
Bolitho's adventures continue in The Inshore Squadron

Signal Close Action

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 14): a fast-paced, all-action adventure on the high seas from the master storyteller of the sea

If you love adventure, tight plotting, excellent characterization and vivid writing, set your course for this compelling and captivating naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed. Do not miss out! 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'Fans of the Hornblower stories have a treat in THE FLAG CAPTAIN...The book is full of action - and character.' -- Sunday Mirror 
'Engrossing' -- ***** Reader review 
'An emotional tour de force' -- ***** Reader review 
'Typical Alexander Kent " Bolitho " novel - every book in the series has kept me enthralled. I struggle to put them down until the end' -- ***** Reader review 
'Superb with unexpected twists and turns, fascinating plot lines and gripping descriptions of naval battles' -- ***** Reader review 
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1797: Richard Bolitho brings the 100-gun Euryalus home to Falmouth to be flagship of the hastily formed squadron which has been chosen to make the first British re-entry to the Mediterranean for nearly a year. As flag captain, Bolitho is made to contend with the unyielding attitudes of his new admiral, as well as the devious requirements of the squadron's civilian advisor. 
 
England is still stunned by the naval mutiny at Spithead, in which Bolitho's admiral was personally involved, and as the squadron sets sail, the air is already alive with rumour of an even greater uprising in the ships at the Nore. 
 
Only when the squadron is drawn to a bloody embrace with the enemy does the admiral see the strength in Bolitho's trust and care for his men - but by then it is almost too late for any of them. 
 
Bolitho's adventures continue in Signal, Close Action!

The Flag Captain

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 13): a rip-roaring, rollicking adventure on the high seas from the master storyteller of the sea

Set off for another rip-roaring, all-action naval adventure courtesy of multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent. You'll be able to smell the whiff of the gunpowder and hear the scream of the cannon balls as our hero fights another battle against the enemies of England. Guaranteed to have you engrossed from page one, fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed. 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'His dashing character Richard Bolitho is one of the best things to happen to the sea yarn since Hornblower' -- Daily Express 
'The storytelling has an easy mastery, how well Kent knows the psychology of naval men' -- Sunday Telegraph 
'Just as well I am an insomniac as it is almost impossible to put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Another stirring yarn from the grand master of naval fiction' -- ***** Reader review 
'Awesome' -- ***** Reader review 
'Exciting and dramatic' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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1800: Richard Bolitho - freshly appointed as rear-admiral - assumes command of his own squadron but, as the cruel demands of war spread from Europe to the Baltic, he soon realizes that his battle experience has ill-prepared him for the intricate manoeuvring of power politics. 
 
Under his flag the Inshore Squadron has to ride out bitter hardship of blockade duty and swift, deadly encounters with the enemy. An old hatred steps from the past to pose a personal threat to Bolitho, but at the gates of Copenhagen, where his flag flies amidst the fury of battle, he must put all private hopes and fears behind him if he is to lead his men to victory... 
 
Bolitho's adventures continue in A Tradition of Victory.

The Inshore Squadron

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 15): another exciting and enthralling adventure on the high seas from the master storyteller of the sea

From the pen of multi-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman, this is the fourth novel in the Blackwood saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family. Set in World War Two, Dust on the Sea is a rip-roaring, rollicking read and perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith. 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it' -- The Times 
'A compelling read' -- ***** Reader review 
'The only downside of this book is I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Keeps you enthralled throughout' -- ***** Reader review 
'Fun and gripping' -- ***** Reader review 
'Magnificent' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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1943: Captain Mike Blackwood, Royal Marine Commando, is a survivor. Young, toughened and tried in the hellish crucible of Burma, he labours, sometimes faltering, beneath the weight of tradition, the glorious heritage of his family, and the burden of his own self-doubt. 
 
For Blackwood, the horizon is not the lip of the trench seen by men of the Corps in the previous war, but the ramp of a landing craft smashing down into the sea, and the fire of the enemy on a Sicilian beach. Here, tradition is not enough, and Mike Blackwood must find within himself qualities of leadership which will inspire those Royal Marines who are once again the first to land, and among the first to die.

Dust on the Sea

an all-action, edge-of-your-seat naval adventure from the master storyteller of the sea

The gripping culmination of multi-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman's Blackwood saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family. Unputdownable and guaranteed to have you hooked, this is perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith. 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it' --The Times 
'Another romping good yarn by my favourite author' -- ***** Reader review 
'Hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Another gripping read from the master of naval fiction' -- ***** Reader review 
'Magnificent!' -- ***** Reader review 
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1970: Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood appears to have been murdered in Cyprus. Disillusioned and grieving for his distinguished father, Lieutenant Ross Blackwood believes there is no future for him in the Corps. The Royal Marines have been reduced in strength, and their role in a modern world, after so splendid a tradition, diminished to policing and paperwork. 
 
But Ross remains a Blackwood and a Royal Marine, and the loyalty and dedication of a Blackwood to the Corps sustain him from vicious guerilla warfare in Malaysia through the moral and political minefields of Northern Ireland, where one man's terrorist is another's patriot, to the South Atlantic, and a conflict as bloody as it is unpredictable. 
 
And he learns, as every Blackwood has before him, that jungle or moor, insurrection or invasion, mere courage is not enough. Survival and victory balance on the knife edge of destiny...

Knife Edge

an epic and enthralling naval adventure from the master storyteller of the sea

This engrossing and edge-of-your-seat saga from multi-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman is perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith. The third novel in the Blackwood saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family, this captivating naval adventure at its very best! 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it' --The Times 
'Another romping good yarn by my favourite author' -- ***** Reader review 
'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'Magnificent!' -- ***** Reader review 
'I was engrossed from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review 
'Had me hooked' -- ***** Reader review 
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1914-1918: for three generations, members of the Blackwood family have served the Royal Marines with distinction. With the outbreak of World War I, at last comes Jonathan Blackwood's turn to carry the family name into battle. 
 
But as the young marines embark for the Dardanelles, and a new kind of warfare, it dawns on them that the days of scarlet coats and an unchanging tradition of honour and glory have gone forever. First in Gallipoli, and two years later at Flanders, comes their horrifying initiation into a wholesale slaughter for which no training could ever have prepared them. 
 
Caught up in the savagery of a conflict beyond any officer's control, Blackwood's future rests on the 'horizon' - the dark lip of the trench which was the last fateful sight for so many.

The Horizon

Multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, brings us another adrenalin-fuelled maritime page-turner full of swashbuckling action and derring-do. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed! 
 
'The battle scenes are described so vividly that Alexander Kent must surely have been there himself in a previous incarnation' -- The Nautical Magazine 
'As ever, Kent evokes the blood and smoke of battle in crimson-vivid prose' -- Mail on Sunday 
'A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure' -- Bookseller 
'Great story, great characters, plenty of action' -- ***** Reader review 
'As usual, the master writer has done it again' -- ***** Reader review 
'Could not put the book down once started'-- ***** Reader review 
'Wonderful' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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1784: at a time when most of the fleet is laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weighs anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India and far beyond. As her new captain, Richard Bolitho is glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage - for he is leaving an England still suffering from the aftermath of war. 
 
But he is to learn that signatures on proud documents do not necessarily make a lasting peace, and finds himself involved in a conflict as ruthless as the one which had given him his first command during the war with France. 
 
In an uneasy peace, the expansion of trade and colonial development in little-known areas of the East Indies soon push aside the pretence and bring the guns' fury into the open. 
 
There is no set line of battle or declared cause to rally Undine's small company, but the dangers and the endless demands have to be faced by the man who commands the only King's ship available. 
 
Bolitho's adventures continue in Passage to Mutiny.

Command A King's Ship

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 8)

Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will love this engrossing and enthralling naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent. You'll be gripped from page one! 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times 
'As a former naval officer, Alexander Kent knows what it is like to be at sea' -- The Times 
'Impossible to put down!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Plenty of action and intrigue to keep you wanting to read just one more chapter' -- ***** Reader review 
'As ever, the author keeps you totally involved. A true page turner.' -- ***** Reader review 
'A jolly good read and difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Outstanding' -- ***** Reader review 
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1794: as the year draws to a close Richard Bolitho, commanding the old Hyperion, leaves Plymouth to join a squadron blockading the rising power of Revolutionary France. After six months of repairs his ship is ready to fight again, but her company is mostly raw and untrained. 
 
Unfortunately, Bolitho finds himself under a commodore who is no match for the French admiral, Lequiller, whose powerful squadron uses guile and ruthless determination to elude him and vanish into the Atlantic. Hyperion gives chase, the desperate voyage taking them from the Bay of Biscay's squall to the heat of the Caribbean - and for each mile sailed and every battle fought, Bolitho finds himself being forced into the ever more demanding role of strategist and squadron commander. 
 
Is he up to the challenge? 
 
Bolitho's adventures continue in The Flag Captain.

Enemy In Sight

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 12): an all-action, all-guns-blazing adventure on the high seas from the master storyteller of the sea

Readers of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will love this sensational swashbuckling naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent. 
 
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' - Sunday Times 
'Shipwreck, survival...a spirited battle, a splendid yarn' - The Times 
'A fantastic book - did not want to put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Well written, nautically and historically excellent' -- ***** Reader review 
'A fast moving, captivating, page turner - not recommended if you want to go to sleep right away' -- ***** Reader review 
'A rollicking maritime yarn' -- ***** Reader review 
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1789: NEW SOUTH WALES. Into Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty's ships employed in policing the new southern trade routes. Her captain is Richard Bolitho, who hopes to be ordered home to England. 
 
Instead he is despatched on a mission to the islands of the Great South Sea, where he must face hazards of fickle winds, pirates and native islanders. 
 
But he is menaced by deeper fears: the men of the Bounty have mutinied in these same waters and from distant Europe comes news of a revolution in France... 
 
Bolitho's adventures continue in With All Despatch.

Passage To Mutiny

another stirring page-turner featuring Richard Bolitho from the master storyteller of the sea

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 9): another stirring page-turner featuring Richard Bolitho from the master storyteller of the sea.

By Hand

Byrne & Balzano

Described by his creator as 'short, fat and primitive', Evert Bäckström is a rather unique homicide detective but he is undeniably the real deal with it comes to modern policing. 
 
This series is blackly comic, thrillingly compelling and utterly real.

Bäckström

CAMP GOLD

Caedmon Aisquith

Cairo Trilogy

Can You Solve the Murder?

Capital

Care Bears

Cartoon Kid

Cath Kidston

A crime-fiction series with a twist - private investigator Catherine Berlin, is a damaged soul struggling with a heroin addiction, but she still manages to do her best, even when her own neck is on the chopping block.

Catherine Berlin

Celeste Express

Central Intelligence

Chaos and Flame

Charles Hayden

Charles Paris Dramatisations

Charlie Bass

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

Charlie and Lola

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Chevalier

Chinese Cinderella

Life at Tanglewood isn't all sleepovers, picnics and beach parties. Cherry, Summer, Skye, Coco and Honey all face some tough life challenges in this delicious series from bestselling girls' favourite Cathy Cassidy. Every sister has a secret to share. Which one will be your favourite?

Chocolate Box Girls

Christmas

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

Churchminister

Welcome inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, and learn how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top.

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