Like any small community, Linchester has its intrigues: love affairs, money problems, unhappy marriages. But the gossip is elevated to new heights when young Patrick Selby dies on the very night of his beautiful wife's birthday party. The whole neighbourhood was there, witness to the horrible attack of wasp stings Patrick suffered at the end of the evening. But did...

When Professor Allan Grant is found stabbed to death, all the evidence points to an obsessed student, 21-year-old Laurie Kenyon. She sent him passionate letters, stalked him, watched him through his study window. And after the murder, she wakes up in her dormitory, covered in blood and clutching the knife that killed him, with no memory of the brutal crime....

Who would have believed that Alice Whittaker's life could change? She was thirty-seven, rich but dowdy, with no career. Her life a lonely failure, she had got by with the one thing she did have: money. Then handsome Andrew Fielding came into her life and just as suddenly her beautiful friend Nesta vanished from it, leaving behind a trail of...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'A real cracker of a story, fast-paced and extremely well written' 5***** Reader Review 'Gripping . . . Dick Francis holds you to the final chapter' 5***** Reader Review 'Excellent gripping story with a lot of twists' 5***** Reader Review ______ When Kelly Hughes...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'A fast-paced, exciting, gripping thriller' 5***** Reader Review 'One of Dick Francis's best . . . A real page-turner' 5***** Reader Review 'Deeplysatisfying from beginning to end' 5***** Reader Review ______ Jockey and amateur photographer Philip Nore knows all too well how it feels...

'Sara slept with the enemy but survived. She was one of the lucky ones. Any woman contemplating leaving a violent relationship would do well to read this book' ERIN PIZZEY She is a stranger in a small town. She changed her name. Her looks. Her life. All to escape the most dangerous man she ever met. Her husband. ...

Trapped in her seventeeth-century past, a brilliant writer exacts an ancient revenge in the twentieth... A child wanders, lost and alone, in the maze of New York... A lottery ticket turns up a winning combination of love and death... ...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by David Monteath and Gabrielle Nellis-Pain. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Newton. 'The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible... He changes with the styles in fiction but he never goes out of fashion. He is the really permanent citizen of...

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED - HIS FIRST NOVEL, A POWERFUL STORY OF MYSTERY AND REDEMPTION Within the self-contained world of the Willow Glen nursing home there are two extraordinary people. One is there to give care, the other to recieve it. Together they form a bond of love and trust that transcends their expectations...

A classic of the crime genre, A Fatal Inversion plunges you into the darker side of humanity with a plot that will keep you guessing throughout! 'An absolute winner . . . a gripping read from start to end' Daily Mail 'Brilliant. Vine has the kind of near-Victorian narrative drive' Sunday Times 'I defy anyone to guess the conclusion' Daily...

Joe caught Klein flush in the stomach and ripped upward with both hands. Blood spurted from his mouth... SUICIDE HILL It was simple... and diabolical. Simply select a bank manager, kidnap his girlfriend, then hold her hostage until you've cleaned out the bank. At first, it was almost a game. But it turned into an orgy of violence, rape and...

From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a strange, seductive and suspenseful psychological thriller with a cunning final twist that will get right under the skin. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon. 'She is incapable of writing a sentence that is not invested with mystery and fear... I was totally...

1953-1983: 30 years of American society, from the hope of Eisenhower's presidency, to the kinky flower generation, through the death of the dream, Charles Manson, the beginning of the twisted nightmare and the moral backlash of the 80s. One Man's crimes span these years and the length and breadth of America. Martin Michael Plunkett - of genius level intelligence, articulate,...

Harry Morgan was hard - the classic Hemingway hero - rum-running, gun-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in the Depression. He ran risks, too, from stray coastguard bullets and sudden double-crosses. But it was the only way he could keep his boat, keep his independence, and keep his belly full... This classic novella was turned into a...