Early one tranquil morning in Cambridge, a college porter is found murdered in a punt At first, events point to a solution being found within the college itself, as rampant sexual jealousies are uncovered in the hothouse of a closely knit college society
As the background of the victim is investigated, however, a second death turns the inquiry in a different direction - towards a violent and secretive world, that of the elite Air Operations Regiment. Bewick uncovers the real reason for the murders, but will he be able to prevent a third?

On the surface it seems a simple case: a group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates - and finds that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation's diamond mines. With its military team, Striker, out of commission, Op-Center must reinvent itself - and head straight into the crossfire of an African war. A powerful profile of America's defence, intelligence and crisis management technology, Tom Clancy's Op-Center is the creation of Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik - inspiring this and other gripping novels.

This book celebrates the greatest of all postwar British fictional icons. For too long the Bond films have overshadowed their literary source - the bizarre, baroque world of Ian Fleming. Full rein is given in this anthology to Fleming's wonderful creations - the deranged villains, their horrifying associates and their surreal lairs; from Dr. No's guano island to Blofeld's Garden of Death. Full attention to is paid to the girls, cars, food, drink and cigarettes consumed by the books' brutal, resourceful hero. From the first Bond novel, "Casino Royale" to the last to be fully finished, "You Only Live Twice", there is an extraordinary zest and ingenuity to Fleming's imagination and "My Name's Bond..." allows readers to see perhaps as never before the author's remarkable abilities. He was, above all, a creator of great set pieces and it is these that are surely at the root of the films' great and lasting success.

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A dark tale of a man who probably killed his mother by mistake, but accuses his father. Writing his memoirs after 20 years in an asylum, Spider describes how his long-suffering mother discovered his father in the shed with a prostitute, and details the disturbing consequences.

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The return of V 1 Warshawski

When Lottie Herschel went to England as a child, she had to leave her family behind. Now living in Chicago, Emily wants to keep the past in the past, but is forced to look back when a young Jewish man claims to be related to a figure from her past. VI has to protect her friend - but from whom?