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...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'Riveting from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review 'Nothing beats a good Francis, and this is as good as they come' 5***** Reader Review 'An excellent thriller. Spellbinding up to the end' 5***** Reader Review ______ When inventor Stephen Scott abruptly fires his winning...

Joe Lassiter is an ex-FBI investigator bent on revenge . His sister and young nephew have been murdered and the killer hospitalised. Despite warnings from the police Lassiter will stop at nothing to discover why. His search leads him to uncover an attempt by the Vatican to destroy all traces of a discovery that has sent them into such an...

'One of his best works for a long time' Sunday Times 'Another strong performance by a writer who know exactly what he's about' Publisher's Weekly 'A cunningly constructed action thriller . . . the story is terrifying and timely and grips you to the end' Daily Telegraph _______________________________ From the world-renowned, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal and...

Rubble lives in a caravan and works on a battery farm. Totally oblivious to the outside world, he spends his days disposing of the sick and injured chickens. But all the while he dreams of a life in the army - despite the fact his numerous applications have been rejected. Then one day a mysterious visitor arrives and sees Rubble's...

Henry Wilt, tied to a daft job and a domineering wife, has just been passed over for promotion yet again. Ahead of him at the Polytechnic stretch years of trying to thump literature into the heads of plasterers, joiners, butchers and the like. And things are no better at home where his massive wife, Eva, is given to boundless and...