It’s October 2005, post 9/11 and the States are at a low point of the Bush presidency. Lula, part Muslim, part Christiam is finding a settled life in New Jersey, far away from her native Albania.

In South Florida, everyone wants to get a head. But not just any head. A very famous human head–severed and snugged away in a cryonic container. A head that could spark a revolution and change the course of history....

One moment Annie Roszkowski’s closing the bar at Sitka Lillie’s and sharing a cup of coffee with the last customer; the next moment she’s running naked across a barren Alaskan island pursued by three wealthy hunters and a pack...

First published in 1944, and now reissued with a new section of black and white plates, this book has become a classic on its subject, and may be said to have started a revival of interest in the English...

When three young women are discovered strangled and mutilated in a Glasgow park, it is up to DCI Lorimer to find their killer. Frustrated by a lack of progress in the investigation, Lorimer is forced to enlist the services...

June 1941. Dutch diplomat Oscar Verschuur has been posted to neutral Switzerland. His family is spread across Europe. His wife Kate works as a nurse in London and their daughter Emma is living in Berlin with her husband Carl,...

Told in short, crisp chapters, it’s the story of Jesse Stone, a 34-year-old ex-cop who just lost his LAPD job and his marriage due to a drinking problem. The book opens as Stone leaves California for his new job...

Fictional American playwright, William Lammiter, travels to Rome to come to terms with his broken engagement with Eleanor Halley. He discovers, however, that she is now the fiancee of Count Luigi Pirotta. Whilst there he has a chance encounter...

Drinks in hand, a group of neighbourhood women gather around a fire pit to enjoy a rare child-less Saturday night. Giddy with freedom, they drink too much, share secrets they wish, perhaps, they hadn’t, and enjoy getting to know...

Betty Mahmoody and her husband, Dr Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody (‘Moody’), came to Iran from the USA to meet Moody’s family. With them was their four-year-old daughter, Mahtob. Appalled by the squalor of their living conditions, horrified by what she...