Translated By David L. Koral

'A beautifully constructed tale that grows scarier by the page' Kirkus Reviews

Elise Andioli had the perfect life: She was managing a popular movie theatre, engaged to be married and surrounded by friends. But her world was turned upside down when a terrorist bomb causes her to lose her voice, sight and flancd as well as making her quadriplegic.
At first Elise is trapped by her suffering, but she is intrigued when an odd little girl called Virginie befriends her outside the local supermarket. The girl seems to have strange knowledge of a series of grisly murders that have been haunting the town, and she blames 'Death from the Woods' for snatching a missing boy called Michael. Only hours later, his death is confirmed on the local news. Shortly after, Virginie informs Elise that she is the next target.
Elise learns more and more about the murders from overhearing conversations around her. But how will she make them understand she is next? For Elise, her fight to recover soon becomes a fight to survive as she is targeted by the mystery killer.

Brigitte Aubert's use of the first person not only chills the reader but can be incredibly amusing. Elise's remarkable sense of humour stops you from being overcome with sympathy, but evokes a sort of pride at the way she can poke fun at her condition without depressing. Aubert's writing is easy to follow and grabs the reader's imagination with her amazing use of imagery. Brigitte is extremely popular in France and is widely considered as one of the most talented thriller writers of her time. The novels she published in France have all soared to fame, and it is hoped that her UK debut of Death from the Woods will be as successful.

Fourth novel in the highly-acclaimed harry devlin crime series. On Leap Year Day in 1964, an attractive teenager called Carole Jeffries was strangled in a Liverpool park. The killing caused a sensation: Carole came from a prominent political family and her pop musician boyfriend was a leading exponent of the Mersey Sound. When a neighbour confessed to the crime, the case was closed. Now, more than thirty years later, Ernest Miller, an amateur criminologist, seeks to persuade lawyer Harry Devlin that the true culprit escaped scot free. Although he suspects Miller's motives, Harry has a thirst for justice and begins to delve into the past. But when another death occurs, it becomes clear that someone wants old secrets to remain buried. At any price.

At one of the Proms, Sara Selkirk is horrified to discover her first cello teacher, Joyce Cruikshank, on her uppers and alone. Reluctantly, Sara takes her in - putting strain on her relationship with DCI Andrew Poole.
The sudden death of a Japanese tourists sets in motion a train of events that could prove hazardous for more people than even the police realise. In an effort to relieve the pressure on Andrew and herself, Sara gets a position for Joyce as the resident music therapist for the wealthy clientele of the Sulis Clinic, where her pianist friend James Ballantyne is recovering from a painful ulcer.
The Sulis is run by Dr Stephen Golightly, who believes that the combination of modem medicine, homeopathy and the beautiful surroundings of the historic spa town of Bath constitute the essential wellbeing of body and spirit - as well as totally organic, home-grown food.
But death seems to follow Joyce, all the way to the Sulis.

Praise for Morag Joss' previous novels
'Both literate and sardonic, filled with persuasive characters' The Sunday Times (Funeral Music)
'A mesmerising psychological thriller set in beautiful surroundings, it suggests that Joss is the most persuasive chronicler of the city perhaps best known to some as Jane Austen's stamping ground' The Times (Fearful Symmetry)
'Morag Joss writes -with razor sharp, wry observation' Bath Chronicle (Fearful Symmetry)

Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of an eleven-year-old girl are discovered buried deep in the caves of Derbyshire's Peak District. Close by the body lies a crudely-carved clay artefact of a sinister jackal-headed creature. In the ensuing police investigation, the secrets surrounding a group of now grown-up schoolchildren and their sinister 'Egyptian game' are gradually revealed. Secrets which have remained buried for almost twenty years. Secrets which will emerge with unexpected and devastating consequences.

'Templeton's a considerable writer, both intelligent and intuitive' Literary Review
"An enjoyably macabre tale ... Finely-written and strongly characterised' Oxford Times on Past Praying For
'Aline Templeton presents the reader with an appealing heroine ... Self-aware and intelligent' Donna Leon, The Times on Past Praying For

'[Trow] is a consummate plotter, not afraid to tread new ground, and his Maxwell stories exude compassion and wit in equal measure' Yorkshire Post

Peter Maxwell is about to celebrate the Millennium. Not the one everybody else celebrated - that was last year. His is the mathematically and historically correct version - 31 December 2000. But when the doorbell rings, it's no New Year reveller: it's the body of an old woman who, on a night of unseasonal mildness, has been frozen to death. The dead woman was Elizabeth Pride, who lived alone near Cisbury Ring, in the folds of the Sussex Weald. Rattled by the corpse on his own doorstep, Maxwell investigates and uncovers a sinister web of intrigue that focuses on a local Sports Club. At the dawn of the 21st century, Maxwell seems to have stumbled onto something every rational soul believed to be buried with the past - witchcraft.

Born in South Wales, M.J.Trow was educated at Warwick, London and Cambridge. He is now a teacher of History and lives in a Victorian vicarage on the Isle of Wight with his wife and son. As well as the Maxwell series, Trow is the author of thirteen Inspector Lestrade crime novels and the non-fiction bestseller on the murder of Derek Bentley, Let Him Have it, Chris.

I sat down on one of the couches. 'So, Stepfather,'I said. 'Who did you kill?' He didn't kill anyone!' Mother snapped. 'Don't be silly!'
I sighed. 'Okay. So who didn't you kill?'

Marcus Corvinus doesn't seriously think that his stepfather is a murderer: Priscus wouldn't hurt a fly. But he did discover the corpse and left fingerprints all over the murder weapon, so proving the old man's innocence presents quite a challenge. Not at all Marcus's idea of a holiday...
The victim had enemies enough, a cuckholded husband among them. As usual, Marcus needs the brains of his lovely wife Perilla to untangle the more complex threads of the investigation: but even so, he catches many a red herring before hooking the murderer.
Once again David Wishart has used his extensive knowledge of classical history and culture as the rich background to a complex and intriguing murder mystery. The likeable, laddish Marcus Corvinus is something of a cult figure on the historical crime fiction scene and his latest adventure show him in cracking form.