Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Imprisoned in a dank cottage deep in the English countryside Arthur Doyle lies half-unconscious and at the mercy of his nemesis - Cream. Gathering all his dwindling strength he smashes a window and crawls to safety. With a sharp piece of broken glass he awaits his torturer's return, but the man has eluded him once more, leaving behind the rotting body of a local miser and thwarted in his attempt to obtain money for his 'deadly' cause.        Securing the help of the remarkable pioneering criminal investigator Dr Joseph Bell the two men return to the scene of the crime but find few clues. London reveals little more except the possibility that their archenemy has gone to the Suffolk coast under the name of Dr Mere. Full of legend the local community fear the 'Dunwich witch' has returned with her evil curse. A man has died in suspicious circumstances and it seems many are unwilling to talk about it. More hideous crimes are yet to come as Dr Bell and Doyle move closer and closer to confronting Cream: Bell to capture a notorious villain, Doyle to avenge himself for a crime which robbed him of his future happiness.        Dr Bell and Arthur Doyle are reunited once again in their quest to hunt down a criminal mastermind in a sinister tale of intrigue and violence, which reaches a terrifying and dramatic climax -

The Dark Water

Leslie Thomas

At four-thirty one January afternoon a bus returning to Miami and Fort Lauderdale containing tourists who have been visiting a Seminole Indian Reservation is held up at gunpoint by five hooded gangsters. The combined ages of the 5 robbers total 320 years… 
 
Leslie Thomas’s latest novel is the hilarious account of the adventures of a group of elderly gangsters in Florida – the Ocean Drive Delinquent Society, known as the ODDS for short. The members include Ari the Greek – he of the legendary nose; K-K-K-Katy, the aging dancing girl who can still manage a high kick; and Molly Mandy, whose metal detector uncovers the gang’s arms cache – and it’s the one and only bullet. 
 
Along with Sidewalk Joe, Lou the Barbender, and one or two more, they form a daring band who have little to lose, and their audacious – and frequently unsuccessful – enterprises soon have Captain Salvatore of the local police baffled. Salvatore calls in an elderly private eye, George Zaharran, to help him out, but instead of simplifying the mystery, Zaharran’s presence serves only to multiply it. 
 
That Old Gang of Mine is both a riotous adventure and an affectionate evocation of the geriatric gang’s bond with the beautiful girl and two younger men who lead it. It is wholly delightful book form the pen of one of England’s funniest storytellers.

That Old Gang of Mine

Ruth Rendell

When Petra's brother and his girlfriend vanish on holiday, her parents seek desperately to find them. Upon the death of her parents though, Petra is left with a fortune, her supposed friend Will, and feels entirely alone. So, when two people claiming to be her brother and his wife step forward years later, will Petra accept them as her lost loved ones? 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Blood Lines.

The Strawberry Tree (Storycuts)

Tim Willocks

TWO BROTHERS: Cicero Grimes - freelance psychiatrist and one-man detox unit in America's white trash Deep South; and Luther Grimes - bad news Vietnam veteran and smack dealer. They hate each other, and only they know why. 
 
EX-HOOKER AND COKE HEAD: Callie Carter is on the run - with one million dollars stolen from her evangelist husband's bank. 
 
CORRUPT, SADISTIC POLICE CAPTAIN Clarence Jefferson wants to get his hands on the preacher's money. But even more, he wants to break Cicero apart, to find out the real reason why he has spent years hunting his brother like a mad dog. 
 
BAD CITY BLUES - Tim Willock's breathtaking first novel is raw, powerful, unforgettable.

Bad City Blues

In 'Computer Seance', Sophia is credited with the 'spiritualist renaissance' in London, conducting séances for the bereaved residents of West London. So she is not at all surprised to meet her dead brother at a bus stop. She has, after all, encountered other deceased family members before. Only this time the encounter is more disturbingly real. 
 
In 'Fair Exchange' a meeting of two old acquaintances leads to the shocking revelation of a mutual friend's death. What unfolds is a tragic story of one life being sacrificed for another. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, these two short stories were previously published in Piranha To Scurfy, a collection of psychological thrillers and murder mysteries.

Computer Seance / Fair Exchange (Storycuts)

Kathy Reichs

A riveting short story that takes us back to the beginning of the Virals series. 
 
A dazed Tory Brennan steps off the plane in Charleston. Reeling from the recent death of her mother, and nervous about meeting her dad for the first time, she could hardly be less excited at the prospect of starting this new chapter of her life. With its balmy weather and relaxed Southern atmosphere, South Carolina feels like a foreign country compared to Tory’s native New England. But her worries begin to fade once she lays eyes on rugged, mysterious Morris Island, and three quirky boys who are as lively and curious as Tory herself. Maybe - just maybe - this new home has something wonderful in store for her after all. 
 
In this glimpse into the world of the Virals before they became Virals, sometimes what seems like an ending is only the start. 
 
Includes the opening chapters of the gripping finale to Kathy and Brendan Reichs’ bestselling VIRALS series, TERMINAL, out in March 2015.

Shock

A Virals Short Story

James Patterson

James Patterson's greatest detectives together for the first time! Three electrifying stories from the case files of Alex Cross, Michael Bennett and the Women’s Murder Club 
 
DETECTIVE CROSS: An Alex Cross Thriller 
An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? By the time Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, uncover the chilling truth, it may already be too late…. 
 
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER: A Women’s Murder Club Thriller (with Maxine Paetro) 
A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case for the Women’s Murder Club – or just the most twisted? 
 
MANHUNT: A Michael Bennett Thriller (with James O. Born) 
Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family. The television news called it 'holiday terror' – Michael Bennett calls it personal. The hunt is on….

Triple Homicide

Beatrix, an old lady with frequent, irrational phobias, changes her will after she has an argument with her daughter, leaving her daughter nothing, her son a little, and her servants Clive and Gwenda with the majority. When Beatrix dies shortly after she's hit by a painting (one of her irrational fears), everyone wonders if Clive and Gwenda are to blame. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Blood Lines.

In All Honesty (Storycuts)

Fiona meets Henry when temping for his company and is immediately impressed by his intellect. He takes pride in his achievements, but after they marr, Fiona finds out that this intellect was all just a pretence. Little does Fiona know the consequences of finding out a secret of pride . . . 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Blood Lines.

The Man Who Was The God of Love (Storycuts)

A short story about the shocking revelations of the realities that lie concealed behind day-to-day family life: an ailing woman's covert cruelty to her caring daughter-in-law; a desire to escape the family shackles; and resignation to loss. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Blood Lines.

Burning End (Storycuts)

Robert Harris

'A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock' Nelson Mandela 
 
April, 1964. The naked body of an old man floats in a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. In one week it will be Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday. A terrible conspiracy is starting to unravel . . . 
 
'Robert Harris has created the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep' Sunday Times 
'Powerful and chilling . . . convincing in every detail' Daily Telegraph 
'Clever and ingenious . . . its breeding is by Orwell, out of P.D. James, a detective story inside a future shock' Daily Mail

Fatherland

James Ellroy

The second installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy. As Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins pieces the puzzle together he discovers the darker threat of John Havilland, a psychiatrist whose pleasure comes from the manipulation of the weak and the lonely ... 
 
And, as Hopkins closes in, Havilland's madness rages uncontrolled - and forces a shattering confrontation with the darker side of the human mind.

Because the Night

As plain-clothes men go, Dangerous Davies looks like a non-starter. The small fry of petty larceny and minor disturbances in the backwaters of north-west London are his daily round. His philosophising Welsh drinking companion Mod, his outsized and unruly dog Kitty, his quarrels with his landlady Mrs Fulljames - none of these bodes well for the efficient solving of crimes and outwitting of villainy. But Davies is encouraged by his beautiful friend Jemma, and every so often he stumbles upon something really big. 
 
Gathered together for the first time in one volume, here are Leslie Thomas's three books about the most endearing comic hero he has ever created.

The Complete Dangerous Davies

I, Alex Cross 
 
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the devastating news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim. 
 
The search leads Cross to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex is soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain - they will do anything to keep their secrets safe. 
 
Cross Fire 
 
Detective Alex Cross is planning his wedding to the woman he loves, Brianna Stone. But this blissful existence begins to unravel when Cross is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington DC's most corrupt and publically hated political figures. As more crooked politicians are picked off with similar long-range shots, public opinion is divided - is the marksman a vigilante or a hero? 
 
Media coverage of the case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation. As Cross and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, Alex receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in DC and will not stop until he has eliminated Cross, and his family, for good.

The Alex Cross Collection: I, Alex Cross / Cross Fire

Three of James Ellroy's most gripping crime novels featuring Lieutenant Dudley Smith in one volume. The Big Nowhere: In 1950s LA three men are drawn into the shadow of communist witch hunts and violent killings that force each one to confront his own personal darkness. But none is prepared for the maelstrom that awaits them. LA Confidential: LA Christmas 1951. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three LAD cops involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they built their corrupt and voilent careers. White Jazz: LAPD Lieutenant Dave Klein made the mean streets he works on mean. But now the FBI are out to get the cops who murder, bribe and beat to serve their corrupt careers and Klein is hung out as bait. Big fish leap at his throat - racketeers, narcotic kings and scum with skeletons they would kill to keep hidden. Three of the most epic and powerful crime novels ever written, this volume is an explosive journey through the dark side of recent American history, and crime writing at its best.

Dudley Smith Trio

The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz

4 weeks, 5 parts, 1 thrilling story. 
 
The penultimate part of the gripping murder mystery from bestselling thriller writer James Patterson, with exclusive extra content. 
 
Detective Jenna Murphy is drawn further into the mysteries surrounding the killings at No. 7 and just doesn’t know who to trust. With three possible suspects in mind she takes matters into her own hands, with disastrous consequences.

Murder House: Part Four

A new, exclusive straight-to-digital Temperance Brennan short story from Kathy Reichs, world leading forensic anthropologist and No.1 bestselling author of Déjà Dead, Bones of the Lost and Bones Never Lie. 
 
The daughter of a wealthy and influential Charleston family has been missing on Mt Everest for three years. Presumed dead, her remains had been irretrievable until an earthquake caused her body to move down the mountain. 
 
The family want only one person to identify her remains: Tempe Brennan. 
 
Though reluctant to take the case, Tempe soon realises that the girl did not die of natural causes. It seems the victim was murdered and all her fellow climbers fall under suspicion. 
 
But which one is the killer? And if Tempe gets too close to the truth, will they kill again? 
 
 
 
Also gives readers the first chance to read the opening chapters of Kathy’s highly anticipated new Temperance Brennan novel, Speaking in Bones, out in July.

Bones on Ice

A Temperance Brennan Short Story

Brendan Reichs

Tory Brennan's great aunt, Temperance, arrives just in time to investigate a robbery at the Loggerhead Island Research Institute in this exclusive direct-to-digital short story from Kathy Reichs, author of Bones are Forever and Virals. 
 
Renowned forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is obviously qualified to figure out who the criminal is but Tory and her Virals pack want to crack the case on their own, 
 
Yet the crime is puzzling. Who could have accessed the labs at LIRI, and how could they have gotten the equipment off the island? 
 
It's Brennan vs. Brennan in this straight to digital short story that gives readers a brand new insight into the world of the Virals.

Shift: A Virals Short Story

4 weeks, 5 parts, 1 thrilling story. 
 
All will be revealed in the final, electrifying part of James Patterson’s Murder House. Can Jenna catch the killer before the killer catches her?

Murder House: Part Five

4 weeks, 5 parts, 1 thrilling story. 
 
Part three in the gripping murder mystery from bestselling thriller writer James Patterson, with exclusive extra content. 
 
Detective Jenna Murphy is getting closer to the truth. The only problem is her nightmares and panic attacks just won’t go away and always seem worse once she has visited the house. But there are more secrets to be revealed, and they will shock Jenna and the small town of Bridgehampton to the core. Who is behind these horrific murders? 
 
Find out more in part three of James Patterson’s thrilling new novel, Murder House.

Murder House: Part Three

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS MURDER GAMES, NOW A HIT TV SERIES STARRING ALAN CUMMING 
 
Dr Dylan Reinhart is an expert on criminal behaviour. But when his bestselling book is found at a gruesome murder scene, Dylan comes face to face with the real world of crime. 
 
And the killer is expecting him. 
 
Elizabeth Needham, the brilliant NYPD detective leading the case, recruits Dylan to help investigate another clue the killer has left behind - a playing card. Is this the killer's signature? Or will the cards lead them to the next victim, and right into the Dealer's hands... 
 
The Dealer's twisted game will test everything Dylan thought he knew about the criminal mind. 
 
Can Dylan put a stop to the killer before he deals his final card? 
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'Not many writers can smash out blockbuster books back-to-back, but one name is leaps and bounds ahead in the juggernaut literature stakes: James Patterson. Known for his lightning-fast plots, cliff-hanger chapters and encyclopaedic crime scene knowledge, James has created the foundations for an unforgettable new drama series.' - Mail Online

Instinct

Now a hit TV series starring Alan Cumming

4 weeks, 5 parts, 1 thrilling story. 
 
Part two in the gripping murder mystery from bestselling thriller writer James Patterson, with exclusive extra content. 
 
The town of Bridgehampton has been shocked by the murder of a Hollywood power broker and his mistress and the killing of a local prostitute. Detective Jenna Murphy is the only one convinced that the killings are linked. Does a shocking event that happened over fifteen years ago hold the key? 
 
Find out in part two of James Patterson’s Murder House.

Murder House: Part Two

Don Winslow

Small-time crook Tim Kearney is given the chance to win his freedom by impersonating big-time crook and drug lord Bobby Z. The problem is everyone seems to be after Bobby Z: the Mexican drug lord Bobby's partner stitched up, Bobby's partner himself who wants to keep the money he stole from Bobby. The other problem is other people seem to be after Tim himself: the Hell's Angels whose friend he killed in prison, the DEA agent who set him up as Bobby Z in the first place, and the hispanic gang leader whose death he may inadvertently have caused. Tim/Bobby has to run the the gauntlet of assasins with Bobby Z's 6-year-old son in tow. But with the net closing and the bullets flying, and witha bit of help from a street crazy, Tim finally gets where he needs to be and manages to find the freedom he is looking for.

The Death And Life Of Bobby Z

Tony Parsons

An exclusive short story featuring DC Max Wolfe from Tony Parsons, the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Murder Bag 
 
The gruesome discovery of the body of an old man on Hampstead Heath leads DC Max Wolfe deep into gangland London. Could the dead man's connections to the Krays and the Richardsons be behind the killing? As Max delves deeper, he uncovers a new gang war, one that could have terrible consequences for him and the people he loves.

Fresh Blood

A DC Max Wolfe Short Story

A collection of three exhilarating stories from the world's bestselling thriller writer 
 
THE PALM BEACH MURDERS - previously published as Let's Play Make-Believe 
(with James O. Born) 
Christy and Martin don't believe in love at first sight, and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe - a game that's about to go too far. 
 
STINGRAYS 
(with Duane Swierczynski) 
When a teenager goes missing on a Caribbean beach, the local police are baffled. It's up to the Stingrays, a world class team that solves the unsolvable, to unearth the truth: a truth that no one will believe. 
 
NOONERS 
(with Tim Arnold) 
Everyone who knows Tim says he's a good guy. But the popular advertising exec has a problem: a lot of the people who know him are getting murdered. And by the time he figures out why, Tim won't feel so good anymore.

The Palm Beach Murders

Four weeks, five parts, one thrilling story. 
 
Part one of a gripping five-part murder mystery from bestselling thriller writer James Patterson, with exclusive extra content. 
 
No. 7 Ocean Drive is a multimillion-dollar beachfront house in the Hamptons, but its beautiful exterior hides a horrific past. This house was the setting for a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty and rumoured to be cursed, it's known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance. 
 
Detective Jenna Murphy has moved to the area to escape her troubled past and rehabilitate a career on the rocks. But when a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned Murder House, Jenna becomes involved in a case that at first seems open and shut, but reveals more secrets than she could possibly imagine. 
 
As more bodies surface and Jenna is drawn deeper into the dark history of No. 7, she must risk her own life to expose the truth – before the Murder House claims another victim.

Murder House: Part One

John Harvey

Short stories from the masters of crime fiction. 
 
Little is perfect for the men in these seventeen crime stories and nothing is straightforward. The worlds they inhabit are as different as a deprived London housing estate and a rundown jazz joint in Manhattan, but each of them is striving to determine what is right, what will give them dignity, what will earn them self-respect. Some succeed. Others fail. 
 
In this acclaimed collection of stories, John Harvey has gathered together some of the very best names in contemporary crime writing. Together these writers answer what it is to be a father, a son, a man. Authors are: Mark Billingham, Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, John Harvey, Reginald Hill. Bill James, Dennis Lehane, Bill Moody, George P. Pelecanos, Peter Robinson, James Sallis, John Straley, Brian Thompson, Don Winslow, Daniel Woodrell, and a novella by Andrew Coburn.

Men From Boys

Karin Slaughter

‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ TESS GERRITSEN 
‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ MICHAEL CONNELLY 
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A genre-defying short story from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Will Trent novels 
 
As an intrepid adjudicator of World Records, Mindy Patel has met lots of strange people in lots of strange places. But none stranger than the Swampers of the Georgia bayou. Mindy has braved the oppressive August heat in search of Remmy Rothstein. If the photos are indeed accurate, she might be about to certify Remmy as the World Record Holder for Longest Tongue in the World . . . and maybe even the Widest! 
 
First Mindy meets Remmy’s half-brother, Buell Rabinowitz, surely the world’s only one-legged, albino, Jewish African American. Then she makes the acquaintance of Remmy’s mother, a foul-mouthed old woman with an impressive beard. 
 
But none of this prepares her for an eyeful of Remmy: a man who measures up to his singular reputation in ways that will change the course of Mindy’s life . . . 
 
'Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line' is also available as part of a bundle with 'Go Deep' and 'Necessary Women'

Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line

A Short Story

Eliot Pattison

The news that a venerated teacher has been murdered sends an unlikely band of outcasts into the remote northern reaches of the Tibetan plateau. Two old Tibetans travel to restore the spiritual balance disturbed by violent death. A sullen resistance fighter races to battle a new foe. But Shan Tao Yun, former Beijing investigator and newly released from four years of prison camp, sets out to find justice. In the dangerous borderlands of western China, however, justice is elusive. Vengeful officials, soldiers, smugglers, secret Buddhists and the remnants of the proud Muslim clans all stand in the way of Shan's pursuit of a serial killer whose terrible motives lie buried in the Tibetan struggle.

Water Touching Stone

A brand new bundle of hard-hitting crime thrillers from Sunday Times bestselling author James Patterson. 
 
NYPD Red 
Every cop wants to be part of NYPD Red. It is the elite team in New York’s police department, handling the cases involving the most important and high-profile individuals in the city. It’s Detective Zach Jordan’s dream job, but he’s about to step into a nightmare. 
 
In the middle of a New York film festival, a maniac begins a very public and very brutal killing spree targeting Hollywood’s biggest stars. Zach is assigned a new partner, Detective Kylie MacDonald, who is also his ex-girlfriend. But they’ll need to put their history aside to have a chance of stopping this homicidal psychopath before he brings New York City to its knees. 
 
NYPD Red 2 
A vigilante serial killer is on the loose in New York City, tracking down and murdering people whose crimes have not been punished. The number of victims grows, and many New Yorkers secretly applaud the idea of justice won at any price. 
 
NYPD Red Detective Zach Jordan and his partner Kylie MacDonald are put on the case when a woman of vast wealth and even greater connections disappears. Zach and Kylie have to find what's really behind this murderer's rampage while political and personal secrets of the highest order hang in the balance. But Kylie has been acting strange recently – and Zach knows whatever she's hiding could threaten the biggest case of their careers. 
 
NYPD Red 3 
Hunter Alden Jr. has it all: a beautiful wife, a brilliant son and billions in the bank. But when his son goes missing and he discovers the severed head of his chauffeur, it’s clear he’s in danger of losing it all. 
 
The kidnapper knows a horrific secret that could change the world as we know it. A secret worth killing for. A secret worth dying for. 
 
New York’s best detectives, Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald, are on the case. But by getting closer to the truth, Zach and Kylie are edging ever closer to the firing line…

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