Maris Matherly-Reed is one of New York's most respected editors working for her father's firm Matherly Press. Matherly Press is very much a family concern: her father owns the company, her husband is President and publisher. Maris herself is an Executive Vice-President but she still enjoys the thrill of finding and nurturing new talent. Envy, the story of a destructive jealous rivalry and revenge between two friends that leads to murder, is one of the most exciting finds that Maris has come across in recent years. Intrigued enough by the opening chapter to offer a contract she finds herself longing to meet the mysterious PME. Parker Evans is not what she expected at all. Confined to a wheelchair and obsessively protective of his privacy, he is, however, happy to work with his new editor to finish his book. But as Maris confronts the knowledge that her seemingly perfect husband is having an affair, she finds herself falling under Parker's brooding spell. But like most first novels, there is more than a little of Parker's own story in Envy. And his plans extend far beyond literary success...

When Nicholas Peverell returns home after visiting King Henry VIII and finds his steward murdered, he decides to launch his own investigation. Learning of a conspiracy against the King which may be linked to the murder, Peverell must hunt down the traitors before King Henry visits Peverell Manor.

Susan Hepburn was born in Nottingham but has lived in Gloucestershire for almost twenty years. She has written for magazines and radio as well as doing voice work for radio commercials and various types of audio-visual presentation. She also plays tenor saxophone in a rhythm and blues band. Missing is Susan Hepburn's first novel.

Germany, July 1990. The Berlin Wall has fallen, communism is collapsing, and a brave new democratic era seems just over the horizon. But in Berlin and Moscow, communist hardliners are taking counter-measures, preparing for the future, making sure they retain their devious hold on power. Axel, a reform-minded KGB officer, decides to leak secret Soviet plans to sabotage the future reunified Germany to a British journalist. In the ensuing chase across Europe, he calls for help on the journalist's wife, Katherine, with whom he had an affair in Moscow ten years earlier. Should Katherine help him now? Can she trust a former KGB officer, let alone the lover who abandoned her, leaving her nothing but ten years of silence...

With a business to run, a son to raise and a complicated personal life, Nina Reilly is a renegade lawyer used to having as much drama in her own home as the courthouse. And now she now has a make-or-break case on her hands.
But Nina is wholly unprepared for her latest client - sixteen-year-old Nikki Zack is a teenager with a chip on her shoulder and revenge in her heart. When Nikki is arrested for her uncle's murder, Nina comes to her aid and takes the case, all the while feeling she's getting in over her head. Since Nina's old flame, Paul Van Wagoner, is the best private investigator around, she elicits his help. As the case gets more interesting and trusts are broken, Nina realizes her own life is on the line. Time is running out for Nina, Nikki and everyone involved.

April in the Sierra, the ski season is almost over and it is the perfect weather for gamblers. Nina Reilly, the sole practitioner at Lake Tahoe and developing a reputation as an erratically brilliant local lawyer, hears their stories all day long: stories about their wins, their divorces, the bankruptcies, the purse-snatchings, the week-long binges and the overdoses. It is not a pretty picture. Then one gambler gets murdered, and suspicion falls on the winner of the biggest jackpot in Tahoe's history, Nina's new client - and a girl who won't tell anyone her name...

Perri O'Shaughnessy is the penname for two sisters, Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy, who live in Hawaii and Califomia respectively. Pamela graduated from Harvard Law School and was a trial lawyer for sixteen years. Mary is a former editor and writer for multimedia projects.

Still suffering from the pain of her husband's infidelity, Jordan Sloan is also haunted by the long-ago murder of her father. When she learns that his killer has been paroled she fears his revenge. Although everyone thinks she's being paranoid, Jordan knows better. But as she struggles to prove to others that her fear of Mallory is justified, only she is aware of the dark secret of her relationship with him. All the while, a mysterious stranger seems intent on contributing to Jordan's unravelling...

'Susie Hollins may have been no great shakes as a karaoke singer, but I didn't think that was enough reason for anyone to want to kill her.' Charlie Fox makes a living of sorts teaching self-defence to women. It's a skill she picked up of necessity having been kicked out of the army for reasons she prefers not to go into. So when Susie Hollins is found dead only a few hours after she mistakenly tussles with Charlie at the New Adelphi Club, Charlie knows it's only a matter of time before the police come calling. Only the police reveal that the unlucky Hollins has become the latest victim of the homicidal rapist stalking the local area. Charlie finds herself inadvertently drawn into the investigation when the Adelphi's enigmatic owner Marc Quinn offers her a job. Viewed as an outsider by the existing all-male security team, her suspicion that there is a link between the club and the serial killer doesn't exactly endear her to anyone. Charlie has always taught her students that it's better to run away from a danger than fight unnecessarily. But when the killer starts taking a very personal interest in her it becomes clear that he isn't going to give her that option...

Meet Mike Daley. Ex-priest. Ex-public defender. Ex-husband. And ex-partner at Simpson & Gates, one of San Francisco's most prominent law firms. Now he's on his own, setting up a private practice on the wrong side of town. When his best friend and former colleague is charged with a brutal double murder, Daley has his first client - and is instantly catapulted into a high-profile case involving the prestigious law firm that just booted him out.
The victims are one of Simpson & Gates's most powerful partners and a beautiful young associate. There's a suicide note on the partner's computer, but neither the police nor the ambitious district attorney believe it's authentic - they think the man they've arrested is the killer. It's up to Daley to prove them wrong.
As Daley prepares his case, he not only begins to uncover the firm's dirtiest secrets, but he also discovers that his friend, too, has a lot to hide... Daley comes to realise that ambition, politics, greed, and long-standing grudges will play just as important a role in the outcome as truth and justice. This is the real world of law practice at work, and it is ruthless...

"With a winning protagonist and a gripping plot, Siegel's debut is sure to make partner at its first choice firm: the expanding empire of Turow, Grisham and Badalcci" Publishers Weekly
"It shouldn't take Siegel long to join the best-selling firm of Turow and Grisham" Booklist

The legal team of Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez has a new, high-profile case. Their client is none other than the arrogant and ambitious DA of San Francisco, who has been found dazed and incoherent in a hotel room with the dead body of a young male prostitute sprawled across his bed.

When Gordon Hilcock discovers the body of Sean O'Farrell, Detective Den Cooper is more than happy to cast the farmer in the role of chief suspect as Gordon is currently dating Den's ex-girlfriend Lilah. But Den has reckoned without Lilah's determination to protect her new lover.