A sizzling, twisting crime thriller about a deadly business.Smoking kills – but a bullet is quicker…Anti-smoking activist Susan Farrell reluctantly agrees to spy on Big Tobacco. She discovers too late who she can trust – and who she can't.Tobacco boss Tony Burton ends up fighting for his company's existence, and his own life, in this fast-paced crime thriller. Will he win or lose?On a roller coaster ride between London, Birmingham, P...

A unique collection of stories from bestselling authors Angela Marsons, Rob Sinclair, Joy Ellis, Louise Beech and many more!Written in the Stars is a festive charity anthology with short stories from a variety of authors, including international bestsellers and award-winning writers. There's something for everyone, with tales that will make you laugh, make you cry, or make you sleep with the light on. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's...

Take a walk down Birmingham's main street, at the heart of England, and experience 400 years of historical fiction, fantasy, time travel, crime and comedy.An unlikely threesome re-enact Jaws on the Brindley Place canals; a Polish immigrant escaping the 1980 Solidarity crackdown tries to find a new life; Parliamentarians battle with cavaliers in the Battle of Digbeth; an old man tries to solve a murder mystery from the 1970s; a secret paramilitary unit track down a monster that live...

"A delicious tale of jealousy, ambition, competition, sex and skulduggery..."After the interview - business gets personal...Job interviews can be hell. This is the story of Andrew Aycliffe's thirst for revenge.It's also the tale of Jed Gardner, an IT genius who prefers computers, music and trains to human beings – that is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But she's about to marry a boring beancounter.Three love triangles, two murders and a fraud case l...

On the 21st June 2007 Alexandra Kavanagh left home,chatted to her neighbour, got onto the DART, arrived at Dalkey train station and disappeared . . .Tom is distraught. His wife is missing, his world has fallen apart and his only focus is on finding her.For seventeen years, Jane has cared for her son Kurt, her eccentric sister Elle, and her cantankerous mother Rose.The only person she doesn’t care for is herself.Elle is an artist and recognised as a g...

A timely and topical thriller which looks at the seedy back dealings of criminals and the police.An addictive read for fans of P.J.Tracey and Peter Robinson.A terrifically fast-paced novel that has you hooked from the first chapter with a captivating central female lead who you can’t help rooting for. Join Marie Donovan as she races for the truth…As a covert officer specialising in ‘deep cover’ operations, Marie Donovan works amongst the most dangerous criminals in ...

LOVE BY NUMBERS is the story of April, a young career woman whose experiment to control her heart leads to unexpected consequences for her and the friends she draws into her complicated 'love square'.How to Fall in Love with Someone YOU Choose. (Why not, if you have a broken man-picker?)Choose an available, compatible guy-friend (who doesn't turn you off) and rewire your brains for a hot and heavy romance.Get emotional while watching a sad movie....

From the New York Times–bestselling author: A story of one man's awakening and "a heartfelt reminder of the many people whose struggles are never known" ( The Plain Dealer).Jesper Humlin, a poet of middling acclaim and underwhelming book sales, is facing a crisis. His boy-wonder stockbroker has squandered Humlin's investments, and his editor, who says he must write a crime novel to survive, starts pitching and promoting the nonexistent book despit...

Ever get the feeling you don’t really belong in your family, that you’re completely different to your relatives?That’s how 30-year-old interior decorator Harri Ryan has felt since she was a child despite being close to George, her twin brother, and loving parents Gloria and Duncan.It’s the second time Harri has tried to marry her fiancé James, and the second time she’s had a panic attack, ended up in hospital in her wedding dress and the celebrations have to be called off.

The Husband is a gripping human story of love in its many guises, of losing everything and ultimately - in the small Midlands village of Glanmilish - of rediscovering the meaning of family.Marian Lescher's steady if predictable life in her native Chicago is upended when she is unexpectedly swept into a love affair with Irishman Daniel Lynch, a star medic renowned for his charismatic personality. Soon she has divorced her husband and, in the throes of newfo...

A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011One of The Telegraph's Best Fiction Books 2011Far from London's crime and pollution, Hanmouth's wealthier residents live in picturesque, heavily mortgaged cottages in the center of a town packed with artisanal cheese shops and antiques stores. They're reminded of the town's less desirable outskirts—with their grim, flimsy housing stock and chain stores—only when their neighbors have the presumption to claim also...

Three sinister and creepy tales by Anthony Horowitz, a master storyteller and the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series.Gary hates the countryside - why did his mum have to bring him here to stay with his gran? It's boring and prickly and field after field, it all looks the same - especially when you're lost...Kevin loves computer games, but this latest game (Smash Crash Slash 500 Plus) breaks all the rules, and now Kevin is part of the game...Howard is ...