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DS Aector McAvoy #2

by David Mark

Detective Aector McAvoy returns in a thrilling new case set in Yorkshire; a series of salacious murders has him on the hunt for a sadistic killer in David Mark's critically acclaimed series.

When "swinger"...

Rebellion

Spartacus #2

by Ben Kane

Spartacus and his ragtag army take on the mighty Roman army in a brilliant recreation of one of the best-known epics of the modern era   Spartacus has already done the impossible—not only has he escaped...

Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night

by James Runcie

The loveable full time priest and part time detective Canon Sidney Chambers continues his sleuthing adventures in late 1950's Cambridge. Accompanied by his faithful Labrador Dickens, and working in tandem with...

Hello America: A Novel

by J. G. Ballard

"This fable lifts a great freight of ideas effortlessly…The story of an expedition driven on by wishes of possession and power but guided internally by myths of America whose sources lie in the late 20th century."...

The Unlimited Dream Company: A Novel

by J. G. Ballard

"A remarkable piece of invention, a flight from the world of the familiar and the real into the exotic universe of dream and desire." -New York Times Book ReviewWhen a light aircraft crashes into the Thames...

The Stone Canal

The Fall Revolution #2

by Ken MacLeod

Life on New Mars is tough for humans, but death is only a minor inconvenience.  The machines know their place, the free market rules all, and only the Abolitionists object. Then a stranger arrives on New Mars,...

The Star Fraction

The Fall Revolution #1

by Ken MacLeod

Britain in the 21st century is a Balkanized mess. Moh Kohn is a security mercenary unaware that he holds the key to information which could change the world. Janis Taine is a scientist who needs Mohs help. And...

The Industry of Souls

by Martin Booth

The Industry of Souls is the story of Alexander Bayliss, a British citizen who was wrongfully arrested for espionage by the KGB in the 1950s and sentenced to twenty-five years of hard labor in the work camps...

The Icarus Girl

by Helen Oyeyemi

Jessamy Harrison is eight years old. Sensitive, whimsical, possessed of a powerful imagination, she spends hours writing, reading or simply hiding in the dark warmth of the airing cupboard. As the half-and-half...

Poppet

by Mo Hayder

Mo Hayder has for years been a master of chilling, seamlessly-plotted thrillers that keep the reader glued to the page long after lights out, and fresh off of winning the Edgar Award for Best Novel for Gone,...

Flashman's Lady

Flashman Papers #6

by GeorgeMacDonald Fraser

Volume VI of THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1842-45, reissued in B format paperback, in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of Flashman.

Dead Lions

Slough House #2

by Mick Herron

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers. The "slow horses," as they’re called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated...

Into the Void

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi #1

by Tim Lebbon

On the planet Tython, the ancient Je’daii order was founded. And at the feet of its wise Masters, Lanoree Brock learned the mysteries and methods of the Force—and found her calling as one of its most powerful...

The Doublet Affair

Ursula Blanchard #2

by Fiona Buckley

Ursula Blanchard is "audacious, intensely loyal, and beguiling," said Publishers Weekly of Fiona Buckley's historical sleuth in her mystery series debut. Now, the young, widowed lady-in-waiting is back, once...

The Fugitive Queen

Ursula Blanchard #7

by Fiona Buckley

It is 1568, three years since Ursula Blanchard exchanged her work as a spy in the service of her half sister, Queen Elizabeth, for the relative calm of married life. But when Elizabeth summons her, loyal Ursula...

Royal Mistress: A Novel

by Anne Easter Smith

Jane Lambert, the quick-witted and alluring daughter of a silk merchant, is twenty-two and still unmarried. When Jane’s father finally finds her a match, she’s married off to the dull, older silk merchant...

The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry

Ivy Beasley #4

by Ann Purser

From the author of the Lois Meade Mysteries...

Save the date: Ivy Elizabeth Beasley is ready to share her golden years and plans to wed Roy Vivian Goodman on the fifth of May. A spinster no more, the private...

The Enemy

Victor the Assassin #2

by Tom Wood

FIRST TIME IN PRINT

THE HIRED KILLER.

Victor, a former assassin-for-hire, has joined forces with a CIA special unit. His first assignment: Three strangers. Three hits. Fast and clean. Victor’s a natural...

The Green Man

by Kingsley Amis & Michael Dirda

Maurice Allington has reached middle age and is haunted by death. As he says, “I honestly can’t see why everybody who isn’t a child, everybody who’s theoretically old enough to have understood what death...

Silent Voices

Vera Stanhope #4

by Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves has thrilled readers everywhere with her critically acclaimed mystery series set in the Shetland Islands, which began with the award-winning Raven Black. Now, Cleeves is back with another compelling...