Fiction

When MI5 agent-runner Liz Carlyle is moved from Counter-Terrorism to the Industrial Espionage Section, it looks very much as if she has been sidelined. While vetting the director of a top-secret research establishment in the Peak District, however, Liz realises that her subject is lying to her and is a potential blackmail risk. Other more malign forces have arrived at the same conclusion, and soon a lethal Intelligence game is in play. With Martine Charrat, her opposite number in the French secret service, Liz is drawn into a desperate race. But as Liz soon discovers, their unknown enemies hold all the cards.

When MI5 agent-runner Liz Carlyle is moved from Counter-Terrorism to the Industrial Espionage Section, it looks very much as if she has been sidelined. While vetting the director of a top-secret research establishment in the Peak District, however, Liz realises that her subject is lying to her and is a potential blackmail risk. Other more malign forces have arrived at the same conclusion, and soon a lethal Intelligence game is in play. With Martine Charrat, her opposite number in the French secret service, Liz is drawn into a desperate race. But as Liz soon discovers, their unknown enemies hold all the cards.

The novel takes place in a New York City condominium called Echo Terrace. The story is told through the eyes of the building's concierge, Farro Fescu, who acts as the general factotum and a quiet observer of the multi-ethnic, eccentric residents living inside.Through his daily interactions and mailbox collections, Farro uncovers the deeply intertwined lives, secrets, and vulnerabilities of an exotic cross-section of the world, including:

• An Egyptian-born plastic surgeon
• A retired German Luftwaffe pilot
• A grieving widow

Byron Winterleaf, a 23-year old white guy, is on the verge of losing his job as a translator at a Xhosa-themed restaurant. And during heavy rains his back garden in Observatory, Cape Town, is flooded, killing the marijuana plants that he'd been hoping to harvest for profit. But the flood also brings something else to the surface it's a bone, that much is clear, but whose? Susan Ridge, head of Restoring Dignity to Forgotten Minorities (RDFM) is adamant that it is the bone of a Khoi victim of the 1713 smallpox epidemic. She convinces Byron that his house should be converted into a museum, to honour these forgotten people. But it soon becomes apparent that Ridge's intentions are anything but honourable she is simply playing on a collective sense of guilt, in order to make a personal profit. Byron finds himself caught up in the middle of a cultural scam. However, this time it's not only his job at a restaurant that he stands to lose his house, the only sure thing in his life, becomes a battleground, and if he's unable to take control of the situation he stands to lose everything ...

This novel, set in England and Russia at the time of the Great War, tells the story of Alice Fry an independent woman in a world ruled by men and the two men who love her. In 1913, Alice meets Edward Cobb, eligible young son of a baronet, at an avant-garde party in Chelsea. They fall in love and get engaged, but Edward's family thinks Alice fast. When Alice's father becomes involved in a sexual scandal, Edward has to choose between Alice and his political career. He breaks off the engagement, not knowing that Alice is expecting his child. Desperate, Alice accepts the offer of a rich Russian, Baron von Rettenberg, to go to Russia as a governess for his children, while Edward enters an unhappy marriage. Alice gives birth to a son and yearns for Edward though the Baron von Rettenburg loves her. The Great War takes its terrible toll and the Russian Revolution explodes. Trapped by the Red Army in the Black Sea port of Novorossiik, Alice, her son and Rettenberg are saved by a member of the British Military Mission

It could be difficult being a liberal Afrikaner in South Africa in the dying days of apartheid, especially if you were a powerful newspaper owner. When an old college friend pays Alex Calder an unexpected visit he is drawn once more into the shady dealings of the City – and in particular back to Bloomfield Weiss, the investment bank he’d hoped he'd left well behind. For Kim is married to Todd van Zyl, son of South African newspaper tycoon Cornelius van Zyl. Todd wants Alex’s help to investigate the murder of his mother, shot at a game reserve eighteen years ago. Todd has always believed his mother was killed by guerrillas – but the recent discovery of a letter written by her shortly before her death now suggests a crime far closer to home. And it seems Alex’s old enemy at Bloomfield Weiss holds the key to the mystery. Unfortunately Todd’s suspicions have stirred up a nest of vipers – with deadly repercussions… See No Evil is the sequel to On The Edge, featuring Alex Calder.

Kay, at 44, has known marriage, motherhood, monogamy and, latterly, monotony. She's lived for 20 years and three months with a man who, at first, she thought magnificent. When she finds out about Brenda, her husband's lover, Kay decides to change her life.

A psychological suspense novel set in 1920s New York City during Prohibition, following a police precinct typist named Rose who becomes entranced by a glamorous and mysterious new colleague named Odalie.

The story follows Simon Ayot, a fast-rising English associate at a top Boston venture capital firm called Revere Partners. Just as Simon is about to close a major biotech deal, his father-in-law (who is also a senior partner at the firm) abruptly pulls the funding. When his father-in-law is subsequently found murdered, Simon quickly becomes the prime suspect and must navigate a dangerous web of high finance and deception to clear his name.

Set in Kent during 1940, the story takes place in the idyllic English village of Chilbury during the early days of World War II. As the local men leave for the front lines, the village vicar decides to close down the choir. In defiance, a group of resilient women come together to form an all-female choir, forging deep bonds and finding the strength to withstand the hardships and heartbreaks of the war.

The Church Split has not extinguished their love, but the demands of one man still stand in their way.

Capucine: Home to my heart - Janet Spaeth; Joie de Vivre - Lynette Sowell; Language of Love - Janet Lee Barton; Dreams of Home - Kathleen Miller

Gregor—a teenaged boy, the lone survivor of his family—is hiding from the Germans in the forest. He hides in a cave, where he meets a mysterious stranger who saves his life. He hides in the village, posing as a deaf-mute peasant boy. He hides among the partisans of the Jewish resistance. But where, he asks, is God hiding? And where can one find redemption in a world that God has abandoned? In a story punctuated by friendship and fear, sacrifice and betrayal, Gregor's wartime wanderings take us deep into the ghost-filled inner world of the survivor.

It's a small story, about: a girl - an accordionist - some fanatical Germans - a Jewish first fighter - and quite a lot of thievery

In the dark days of the Blitz, crime goes undercover...It is October 1940 and undertaker Francis Hancock is called out to Epping Forest to attend to the corpse of a young gypsy girl who has died suddenly. At the wake, a gypsy named Lily claims to see a vision of the 'Blessed Virgin'. Meanwhile the Military Police are looking for a German spy - Martin Stojka - who they believe is a Nazi spy. Then Lily is found stabbed through the chest. Could it be a crime of passion or cold-blooded murder? Is Martin Stojka who he says he is? There is someone lurking in the shadows who will stop at nothing to find what Martin has in his possession...

The story follows Paula, a dedicated suburban general practitioner (GP) who is deeply traumatized after her close friend and her friend's children are murdered by an estranged, violent husband. Haunted by feelings of guilt and the failure of the legal system to protect them, Paula faces a severe ethical dilemma when a patient arrives at her clinic showing clear signs of domestic abuse. Terrified of what will happen if the patient leaves her husband, Paula must decide how far she is willing to go—and if she can justify taking a life to save a life.

Freya North reunites her popular McCabe girls – sisters Cat, Fen and Pip – in her warm and sexy new novel.Despite their mother having run off with a cowboy from Denver when they were small, and having been brought up in a draughty house in Derbyshire by their eccentric uncle Django, the McCabe girls actually consider themselves very normal and well-adjusted.Pip is stepmother to 10-year-old Tom, Fen has a young baby and Cat has returned to England to start a family. Their mid 30s are promising to be a time of comfort and contentment. However, at their uncle’s 70th birthday party, an unexpected guest arrives. Old family secrets are unearthed.

The Narrative: The book is a deeply moving family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer growing up in war-torn Jerusalem during the 1940s and 1950s.The Core Conflict: It chronicles a young boy caught between a fussy, logical father and a romantic, dreamy mother, building up to the tragic pivotal moment of his mother's suicide when he was just twelve and a half years old.Historical Scope: Beyond a personal autobiography, it acts as a biography of Israel itself before and during its creation, sweeping through 120 years of family history across Vilna, Odessa, Poland, and Prague.

Colette Jones has had drink problems in the past, but now it seems as though her whole family is in danger of turning to alcohol. Her oldest son has thrown away a promising musical career for a job behind the counter in a builders' merchants, and his drinking sprees with his brother-in-law Bill, a pseudo-Marxist supermarket butcher who seems to see alcohol as central to the proletarian revolution, have started to land him in trouble with the police. Meanwhile Colette's recently widowered older brother is following an equally self-destructive path, having knocked back an entire cellar of homemade wine, he's now on the gin, a bottle a day and counting. Who will be next?

When he was the NYPD’s top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to know. He was called to the investigative hunt by the presumptuous arrogance of murderers – by their smug belief that they could kill without leaving a trace. There was always a trace, Gurney believed.

Born in the backwater bayous of Louisiana, beautiful Dana O'Malley fled the squalid farm and heavy work that had killed her well-born mother. With the pride and intelligence that was her heritage, Dana soon achieved wealth, fame... and the avid attentions of four different men.Set against the glittering panorama of the nineteenth-century South, here is the story of an indomitable woman who would let no man stand between her and destiny, who would let nothing keep her from discovering the secret of her birth...

It's 1960, in America, at a prestigious boys' public school. The school is a place of privilege that yet places great emphasis on its democratic ideals. A teenage boy in his final year at the school, on a scholarship, has during his time there learned to fit in with his adoptive tribe while concealing as much as possible about himself and his background. Class is ever present, but the only acknowledged snobbery is a literary snobbery. These boys' heroes are writers- Fitzgerald, Cummings, Kerouac. They want to be writers themselves, and the school has a tradition whereby once a term big names from the literary world are invited to visit. A contest takes place with the boys submitting a piece of writing, the winner getting to have a private audience with the visitor. When it is announced that Hemingway will be the next to come to the school, competition among the boys is intense, and the morals the school and the boys pride themselves on - honour, loyalty and friendship- become severely tested. No one writes more astutely than Wolff about the process by which character is formed, and here he illuminates the irresistible strength, even the violence, of the self-creative urge.

A state-of-the-art computerized killing machine bids to destroy world peace. Ed Howard discovers that he is confronting the world's most effective mercenary force, the East German Stasi, with the team he led into and out of Iraq, augmented by a female Korean agent.

From the author of "The Ninja". The shockwave still reverberates. This novel smashes out like a karate killer-blow. Age-old Japan is ready to be reborn.