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John Rutherford, bookseller and sometime novelist, discovers the bludgeoned corpse of a policeman one evening while taking a stroll in a rainstorm. The overturned bicycle is what first catches Rutherford's eye before spotting PC Johnson's body sprawled on the sodden ground of Phantom Coppice. When Inspector Charlton is called in to find the murderer, he realises that the perpetrator of this crime may be prepared to go to extreme lengths to cover their tracks.

A kidnapped daughter. A ruthless enemy. Alex Morgan's impossible choice. The daughter of a world-famous judge has been kidnapped by Serbian war criminals. Only one man can bring her back. Black-ops agent Alex Morgan has been authorized ‘weapons free' to do whatever it takes, but soon he faces...

A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Barbara Erskine is a born storyteller. The tales in 'Encounters' illustrate her extraordinary talent for capturing the spirit of a place and drawing us into the...

When the holiday romance ends, the real business begins. Sydneysider Abbey Parker, 42, arrives on an idyllic island resort in the Maldives. Her marriage is over, it's her first holiday alone, and an identity crisis is looming. Her solution? A complimentary bottle of champagne and a swim in the...

IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE THEY GRADUATED...BUT REVENGE NEVER GETS OLD. The Class of 2000. The Actress. The Techie. The Bimbo. The Sportsman. The Bad Boy. The Writer. The Singer. The Lecturer. The Musician. The Mature Student. The Weirdo. But who is The Murderer? It's Bathory University's 25-year...

Ein grausamer Mord, das alles zerstören könnte. Streng gehütete Geheimnisse, die ans Tageslicht gelangen. Ein Bündnis, das die Gesellschaft verändern wird. Auf Joaquims Jacht erholen sich alle Lords von den vergangenen Wochen. Doch der Zustand eines Lords scheint sich nicht zu ändern: Der von Neptuno. Seine Lage ist immer noch kritisch. Wird er wieder aufwachen? Statt vor seinem Vater zu fliehen, entscheidet sich Joaquim für einen anderen Weg. Einen Weg der Täuschung, um das Vertrauen seines Vaters zurückzuerlangen, bis alles eskaliert.

Is mankind on the menu? Meet Thaddeus Cutter. He’s a two-bit private detective struggling to get by on Kapamentis – a high-tech alien metropolis whose citizens consider humans little more than vermin. There’s no sun, it rains all the time, and business is so bad he can’t even afford the...

Eine List, die tödlich endet. Jemand, der seine Vergeltung nehmen will. Und eine Liebe, die alle Grenzen überwindet. Eine weitere Intrige sorgt für Unruhen. Das Schloss wird angegriffen und ehe Joaquim mit seinen Lords Madison in Sicherheit bringen kann, wird er von ihr getrennt und findet sich hinter Gittern wieder. Doch wer steckt wirklich hinter dem perfiden Plan, Joaquim von Madison und seinen engsten Vertrauten zu isolieren? Denn mittlerweile befinden sich sehr viele Feinde auf dem Spielfeld, von denen nicht jeder eine Maske trägt.

Organised thematically according to each killer's twisted passion, Faces of Evil chronicles the crimes of 20 of the most infamous – and less well-known – serial killers of the late 20th and early 21st-centuries, unpicking their means, motives and methods ... and attempting to understand what drove their horrific lust for murder.

Ein grausamer Mord, der alles in der Gesellschaft verändert. Eine langjährige Schuld, die beglichen wurde. Ein Teufel, der sich als Verbündeter ausgibt. Joaquim wurde verhaftet, während Madison und den anderen Lords die Hände gebunden sind. Der Einzige, der dieses Chaos aufhalten kann, befindet sich auf offener See in einem Motorboot. Während Madison und die Lords zuvor eine Auszeit genießen konnten, bricht nun wie in keinem Moment zuvor ein heftiger Orkan über sie herein. Denn Madox ist wieder frei und seine Abrechnung mit seinem Cousin wird grausamer als je zuvor.

What you see isn’t always what you get. Elle Littlewood can barely believe her luck when her producer tells her about the chance to get her hands on a dilapidated chateau in Aix-En-Provence, France for a rock bottom price. It seems too good to be true, but as a home interiors influencer, she...

Meat and metal. Bone meets chrome. Street gangs. Glamour models. Console jockeys. With tensions between mankind and the other species of the Ministerium at an all-time high, the human citizens of Kapamentis will take whatever cybernetic advantage they can get. But when a string of patients wind...

A quiet neighbourhood of London is about to be shattered. Normally little happens in these mixed streets of families, retirees, podcasters and gossips. A little group create a community garden. An ageing journalist writes nature columns. A left-wing Scotsman longs for the glory days when he...

From the highly acclaimed author of The Shackleford Sisters, Beverley Watts, comes an exciting new series featuring the next generation. The Shackleford Legacies are a delightful dance of romance, humour, mystery and fun... Lady Roseanna Atwood was not looking forward to the annual weekend...

When Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor declares war on the pagans of Denmark, Pomerania and the Baltic lands, he is unaware of the true might of the storm he is about to unleash. Meanwhile, in a small fjord in the north of Norway, a young Norse warrior is about to embark on a journey that will...

The highly-anticipated fourth installment in the Kapamentis Crime series, from bestselling science-fiction author T.W.M. Ashford...

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...

1982. Nearly 3 years after 52 Americans were taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran, student protestors once again attack a western embassy – this time the British, just a week after the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist and his Russian counterpart. The Israelis, the British and other western enemies are suspected. Four months later, the Head of Bonn Station for MI6 is murdered along with his family. Forty years later, ex-SAS officer Tom Miller, now working in MI7's Black Ops unit, receives a call from an Iranian terrorist group about an impending terror attack.

Beyond the horizon, a new battle awaits. In the heart of a tempestuous sea, where the Atlantic roars with untamed fury, an ambitious Norse leader casts his fate into the unknown. When Leif Wolf Killer sets sail on a raid to lands shrouded in mystery, he seeks glory and treasure but soon finds...

Bloomsbury presents Buy, Run, Build: A guide to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition by Charles Skinner, read by Tom Alexander. ‘This book is fun to read, exciting to apply, and profitable to implement.’ John Kay, economist Buying an established company – rather than creating a start-up...