A government inspector, Mr Carrington, is given a tour of a top-secret rehabilitation centre for violent criminals. The centre utilizes a radical new technique for treating prisoners, which makes extravagant claims of success, but uses brutal methods in order to achieve them. During the tour, Carrington discovers that everything in the facility is not as it seems, and its staff might be hiding a dark secret...

Jim is basically your average sixth-form drop-out: he drinks too much, and earns too little; he's gradually working out that he'll never be the famous boxer he dreamt of being as a kid, and he's bored out of his mind.Falling under the malevolent influence of Huckleberry Finn and Iggy Pop - as well as that of Carl, a tattooed night-shift worker who holds a peculiar fascination over him - Jim decides to drop out of society, and he embarks on a drink and drug-fuelled adventure into th...

A stunning 20th anniversary paperback edition of the groundbreaking first Tom Thorne novel, a case that changed crime fiction forever . . .Alison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear and feel but she is completely unable to move or communicate. In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe the killer's made his first mistake.Then DI T...

The fourth in the detective series featuring DI Geraldine SteelWhen the bodies of two black girls are discovered in North London, the pressure is on to find a killer before the case divides the local community.But motive seems to go far beyond race in DI Geraldine Steel's first investigation in the nation's capital.Two teeth were extracted from each victim, and when this information is leaked to the press, there is a media frenzy over the unusual MO...

Part One of SEASON OF DESIRE, a fiercely passionate five-part serial novel by Sadie Matthews which will excite all fans of FIRE AFTER DARK, BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE and FIFTY SHADES OF GREY.Freya Hammond is used to people fulfilling her every whim. Wealthy and spoiled, she lives a butterfly existence of fashion and parties and is accustomed to getting her own way. Which is why the new bodyguard is riling her. Miles Murray is ex-SAS and obeys her instructions with barely...

Just after ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for ‘Wolf Hall’, she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary.Originally published in the London Review of Books, this diary by the acclaimed author Hilary Mantel explores in forensic detail her loss of dignity, her determination, the concentration of the senses into an animalistic struggle to get through, and the attendant hallucinations she was plagued by during her stay in hospital.Wi...

What is the secret formula for love?Hector, our intrepid psychiatrist, sets off on a new globe-trotting mission - and this time he's looking for LOVE. One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies has employed him to track down their brilliant scientist, Professor Cormorant, who has disappeared abroad with the secret of a modern-day love potion. Leaving behind his troubled relationship with girlfriend Clara, Hector's adventure takes him to the Far East and in...

As featured on Loose Women's Loose Books as their November book club pick.The Liar's Chair is Rebecca Whitney's stunning psychological thriller debut set in Brighton.Who can she trustIf she can't trust herself?Rachel Teller and her husband David appear happy, prosperous and fulfilled. The big house, the successful business . . . They have everything.However, control, not love, fuels their rel...

From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Lorna Byrne.In this short ebook Lorna, who sees angels with as much clarity as the rest of us see people, tells of the special angels she sees at Christmas.She movingly describes the Christmas angels she has seen since she was a child, dropping balls of light onto each and every home, helping us to reconnect with our memories of Heaven.Lorna tells of the blessing angels who she sees walking down from the sky at thi...

With the suspense of JEFFERY DEAVER, the tension of THOMAS HARRIS and as gripping as M. J. ARLIDGE, The Mayfly is a breathtaking new thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last page.A mutilated body discovered in the woods. A murderous plan conceived in the past.A reckoning seventy years in the making . . .When lawyer Charlie Priest is attacked in his own home by a man sear...

A young woman is forced to question everything she thought she knew, when a family tragedy leads to a series of startling revelations … and dark secrets. A stunning and emotive psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Cliff House and The Storm.'Beautiful, seamless writing, Jennings has a magic warmth and addictive quality that keeps you reading on and on' Lucy Atkins'Hauntingly beautiful' Clare Mac...

A short ebook exclusive story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Christmas for BeginnersBeth and Michael have worked hard all their married life to give their children everything they want. It hasn't been easy but it's been worth it. Now, as Beth enjoys quality time with her family on their beach holiday, she knows she has a lot to be thankful for. But it's not until she's faced with her biggest challenge yet that Beth really begins to understand how luck...