When the Russians learn that the British ambassador to Moscow is to return to London as the Prime Minister's personal adviser they give orders to the KGB that he is to be drawn into the Soviet net. If they are successful, their plans for Britain can be accomplished. Special Forces tells the story of the KGB's operation led by a Moscow actor and broadcaster, one of their officers, whose charm and sophistication are part of his skills. Neither the KGB, nor the Politburo could have envisaged the final outcome of their carefully calculated use of lovely and specially trained girls. Or what would, and does, happen when the ambassador returns to London.

Just before Christmas Inspector Laurence Erskine finds himself involved in the arrest of a political group which poses a threat to a Lebanese businessman living in London. The terrorists apparently follow this up with the murder of the man's sister who is attending the same art club as Erskine's girlfriend, WPC Judith Pullen - first introduced to Vivien Armstrong's many fans in Close Call and Sleight of Hand. Then a copycat murder claims a second victim during the art club's course held at a country house near Bath. Judy suspects both deaths cannot be politically motivated, and enlists the help of her old boss, now retired, the irascible Yorkshireman Ralph Arnott. Between them they discover the secret of the art club murders.

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From the author of The Money Makers comes a thriller in which the financial stakes are high and the personal stakes are even higher.

A young scientist, Cameron, has an idea which could revolutionize medicine. She believes that she has only to publish it for her findings to change the world. A dynamic but maverick financier, jasper, sees the potential, but convinces her that truth alone is never enough: it takes money, nous and competitive savvy.
They embark on a business venture with one aim: to build a stockmarket company worth 100 million pounds - big enough to survive assault, strong enough to market Cameron's technology to the entire world.
The story becomes a race to the stockmarket - and a battle to survive.

Praise for The Money Makers:
'An incredible story - the new Jeffrey Archer.' Radio 5 Live
'A thrilling grown-up fairy tale.' Evening Standard
'A fast-moving story of greed and redemption: Daily Telegraph

Every year Fay Marlow dreads her birthday, and resists the efforts of her sister Ellie and of her four daughters to turn it into a family occasion. It is a constant reminder of the pain and betrayal of that distant birthday, in 1973, when her first husband, the glamorous Jeremy Page, abandoned Fay and their baby daughter Laura. Even though Fay is married again, to Jeremy's friend Patrick, she can never forget her first love. So when Jeremy returns out of the blue to the small town of Rushyford, twenty years later, Fay's daughters, and their aunt Ellie, have good reason to feel uneasy...

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US research station, McMurdo, Antarctica: the oldest of the scientists the rescue team discovers is forty-five, and yet, physically, all are bowed, wizened, white-haired. Autopsies reveal that their bodies have aged like those of ninety-year-olds. A desperate world-wide, rivalry-riven search involving amongst others the British, Americans, Russians and the French begins for a cure to the unknown ageing disease, believed to be a prehistoric virus uncovered by the thawing of the polar and Greenland ice caps. An international crisis committee starts an equally desperate and politically influenced attempt to cover up the findings and keep hidden from the public a horror that could cause international panic.

London, 1940. As the Blitz takes grip, a young and naive policewoman is promoted beyond her abilities and experience, to work in C.I.D. She is to take the place of the men going off to war. Soon Suzie Mountford is caught up in a case of serial murder that augurs to be more sinister and more complex - and more dangerous - than anything she has bargained for.

First introduced to readers in Fire Angels, this marks the return of an appealing duo of investigators who are the perfect foil for each other.

Vain Hope is set in a plushly expensive clinic specialising in cosmetic surgery, ruled over by the ruthlessly efficient Carla Robins. When the Harmony Clinic's top surgeon, handsome Saul Ravenscroft, is found brutally murdered, tongues soon begin to wag. For Carla was having an affair with Saul...

Intelligent and attractive, young graduate Jill Allbright is finding it difficult to get a job in the male dominated world of engineering. In desperation, she takes up a position as late-night cleaner in the local Aberdeen offices of global oil company, Oltech. Late one night she answers the phone whilst cleaning the Managing Director's office, and suddenly finds herself thrust into the high-powered, ruthless world of the oil business. She is recruited to uncover an insider plot to bring about the downfall of Oltech and all who work for it. In a search that leads her to Miami and the charms of the CEO's son, Benjamin Hochmeister, it's up to Jill to use her headstrong charms and courageous will to seek out the culprits and save the future of Oltech. In so doing, Jill is embroiled in a chain of events which will threaten to alter her life for good as well as for bad...

Danny Magill is just about a perfect son. He has everything going for him: looks, grades, athletic ability, and a practically guaranteed admission to the college of his choice. Then the police come pounding at the Magills' door and arrest Danny for a shocking crime, shattering his family's apparently perfect world. But as Danny's mother, Jess, probes more deeply into the circumstances of his arrest, she discovers that things may not have really been 'perfect' for quite some time. How could this nightmare be happening to this boy? This family? This town? And how will they all survive? Judith Kelman's gripping psychological novel goes beyond the question of guilt or innocence to explore what the ties that bind are really made of.

At six foot two, blonde hair, blue eyes, she was a marketing man's dream. Jack Dryden was that man. Employed by a consortium of investors and the mysterious Dr Serafin to maximise their return on investment in this natural athlete, he plans to make them at least twenty million when Goldine Serafin emerges from the secrecy of her training camp to win three gold medals at the Moscow Olympics. At first sight his job seems too good to be true, but the more he finds out, the more worried he becomes - about the cruel and unusual training methods employed, about Goldine, and about a history that goes back to the Nazi Germany of the 1930s, and preparations for the 1936 Olympic Games. Just what kind of experiment is Dr Serafin conducting, should Dryden intervene... or can he?

Britain's Raj seems to totter on the brink of disaster. Invasion threatens from the north, a rebellious southern princeling plots insurrection in a distant province, and Ogilvie's regiment is called to the rescue. Battling a horde of rebels against overwhelming odds, the young Captain must protect his men from the mad egotism of a temporary commander - and he must also avert a sudden and catastrophic end to his own military career.

From the author of The Devil's Advocate comes a psychological thriller of unimaginable evil.

When an attempt is made to kidnap the only daughter of the Sultan of Kharram and his English wife, their reaction is to get her out of the country as quickly as possible to a safe haven - the home of her maternal grandfather in England. But she still has to be protected, and Jessica Jones of Special Branch is appointed to the task. Despite her vast experience of protection work, JJ and her team soon discover their task is far more dangerous than they supposed. Worse, it slowly dawns on her that Princess Karina - Poor Darling to her mother - is by no means the innocent young girl she appears. In her efforts to protect her charge and prevent incipient revolution in Kharram, JJ finds herself engaged in a deadly battle of wits and bullets, murder and mayhem...

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In the affluent London street of Paragon Walk,an unspeakable and baffling crime was committed: a young woman was raped and murdered. Once again the incomparable team of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte set themselves against a vicious killer. As the elegant masks of the aristocratic suspects begin to slip, it becomes appallingly clear that something ugly lurks behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk - something that could lead to more scandal, more murder...

This is the long-awaited first UK paperback edition of the third in Anne Perry's acclaimed series of whodunits, enabling fans old and new to trace the career of Thomas Pitt, who recently made his television debut. Further programmes are currently in development.

'Perry has a wonderful feel for period and remains utterly convincing.' Guardian

Lois Meade, as local cleaner in the village of Long Farnden, has a close and intimate knowledge of many of its inhabitants. She doesn't encourage gossip, but when local spinster, Gloria Hathaway is brutally strangled, it seems that Lois is in the unique position to find out invaluable information about the murder. She begins to investigate the strange goings-on in her clients' lives and why they were all so closely connected with the dead woman. However, in the process she not only uncovers many hidden secrets within the village, but also within her own family. Danger also lurks close by as Lois becomes embroiled in the deeply hidden passions and emotions smouldering beneath the facade of idyllic village life.

Autumn 1941: General von Blintoft, a much-decorated veteran of the highly successful Russian campaign, arrives in Belgrade to assume command of the German forces occupying the recently conquered country; accompanying him are his wife and daughter. His orders are to pacify Yugoslavia. However, when his wife is killed by a sniper's bullet meant for himself, von Blintoft is consumed by a hatred for the people who could commit such a crime and is determined to avenge her death. They find out that the assassination squad is commanded by the legendary English officer, Tony Davis, and he and his mistress, Sandrine Fouquet are consequently made the object of a vendetta. When the Germans attack the town of Uzize, Tony and the leader of the Partisans, Croat General Tito, are faced with the daunting task of planning a counter-attack. Amidst an atmosphere of treachery, betrayal and double-dealing, they must now try to save the imprisoned Sandrine from certain torture and death...

It's July 1478, and business is good for Bristol's bakers during the lead up to Lammastide - 'Loaf-mass', the ancient harvest festival. But the shady Jasper Fairbrother's baking days are over when he's found face down with a knife in his back. Suspicion immediately falls on the mysterious Breton who'd arrived that day and had been seen having an argument with Fairbrother. But when it emerges that the Breton is also a suspected Lancastrian spy, Roger the Chapman wonders if suspicion of murder is merely a convenient pretext for the authorities to hunt down the Breton. True, there is no reason for Roger to take an interest in the case, and should he when he ought to be peddling his wares to provide for his new baby boy? But his curiosity and sense of justice is piqued - and before he finds out who murdered the baker, he is to become more than a little personally involved as some of the things nearest and dearest to his heart come under threat.

When the major radio transmitter in Scotland blew up, Malcolm Mockingham, Minister of Home Affairs in an independent Scotland, was still partially paralysed after a fanatic's attack. Cabinet and country were divided, and the economy was sinking toward bankruptcy. The explosion was the first move by Bondi, a giant American telecommunications corporation, in its attempt at a political coup. The coup was designed to permit the takeover of Scotland's industrial power and acquire her major land holdings. Mockingham and other independent-minded ministers are seized and a puppet government is installed as a "front" for Bondi. However, not everyone accepts the new order, and a group of people loyal to Scotland and to the former government enlist the aid of Mockingham and others to begin the dangerous task of setting up a counter-coup.

"Highly recommended for fans of English mysteries or police procedurals in any setting" Booklist on The Golden Mile to Murder

Beginning in the early 1960's, TRIO is the story of three young unmarried Catholic women forced to give up their babies for adoption. Megan, lively and in love with sweetheart Brendan; Caroline, a shy nature-loving girl who fell pregnant on her first date; and secretary Joan whose boss has no intentions of divorcing his wife. The three meet up in St Ann's home for Unmarried Mothers and become close as they share the difficult wait for the birth - and the loss – of their babies. Three hopeful mothers-to-be, approved by the Adoption Society, also wait for news from St Ann's that a child is available. Kay and Marjorie who have each been trying for a family for years without success; and Lillian, who after three miscarriages has been warned that further pregnancies will seriously endanger her health. The three little girls are born, relinquished and placed with their adoptive families. TRIO follows the lives of these mothers and daughters over the ensuing years.! TRIO explores the relationships of the adoption triangle with honesty, flair and compassion. At a time when society's understanding of the meaning of the family and family ties is undergoing radical change, and when new legislation will allow birth relatives access to support in tracing the children they relinquished, this topical book explores the issues of identity, blood relations, love and loss.

Zany and eccentric PI Jordan Lacey takes on her new case with verve and ingenuity. She is hired to follow Sonia Spiller, a woman suspected of a compensation fraud against a Latching department store. And then there's a second surveillance case in the same department store - to track down vanishing stock, posing as a temporary sales assistant. It's Christmas and Jordan even helps DI James buy a present for his mother. But when a man spins to his death on Hell's Revenge, a high-tech, scary funfair ride, Jordan realises the cases are horribly linked. The plot thickens as Jordan herself is accused of being a stalker, a JCB destroys the bowling pavilion revealing some grisly remains and one of her friends gets beaten up. Jordan is even trapped in a watermill wheel - but will the dashing DI James come to her rescue?