Maura Ryan was the queen of the criminal underworld when she pulled off an audacious bullion robbery. Since then she's retired from a life of crime to be with the only man she's ever loved. But enemies from her past are closing in and they're about to learn that they should never cross Maura Ryan.

Martina Cole was born and brought up in Essex. Her first novel, Dangerous Lady, was an instant bestseller and became a highly successful TV drama series. Since then Martina Cole has written six more bestselling novels set in the criminal underworld, one of which, The Jump, was also made into a successful television drama.

As the sun sets, Chaucer's pilgrims find themselves lost in a Kent forest rumoured to be haunted. Huddled around the fire, trying to ignore the cries of screeching owls and other more frightening sounds of the night, the Clerk of Oxford agrees to tell a ghostly tale of love and death.

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Fran Varady is a private detective by accident rather than design. Now she's got a "real" job at a trendy pizzeria, she's back on track with her acting and she's even found a nice flat. But things aren't as straightforward as they seem and she finds herself up against a ruthless organization.

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Alex Delaware receives an envelope with no return address through the post. Inside is a three-ring binder with gold letters on it - the Murder Book. Full of macabre pictures of murders, taken at the scene of the crime, the album contains one picture marked "not solved".

John "Jett" Gavallan, a former fighter pilot and now the high-flying CEO of investment firm Black Jet Securities, is about to take Mercury Broadband, Russia's leading media company, public on the New York Stock Exchange. But rumours of fraud have suddenly surfaced about the company that could jeopardise the deal. And when his number-two man - fellow Desert Storm fighter pilot Grafton Byrnes - disappears in Moscow, Gavallan fears the worst. Plunging into a desperate search for his best friend, the renegade top gun finds himself trapped in a conspiracy that could shatter the delicate balance between nations and plunge the global economy into chaos. Hunted by the F.B.I. and a band of elite killers, Jett races from Palm Beach to Zurich to Moscow in his search for answers. But for this brave ex-commando haunted by visions of war, the truth comes at a terrible price. The First Billion is a knockout of a novel that will linger long after the final, shicking twist is revealed. .

Writer Kate Ivory can't believe her luck when she's head-hunted by a successful and modern publishing house. At long last it looks as if her days as a down-the-list romance writer are well and truly over. But it seems her good fortune is to be short-lived. Her new young editor, Neil Orson, falls victim to fraud and has to fight to clear his name and regain his reputation. And when the criminal responsible is found dead, Neil is the obvious suspect. It's up to Kate to find out who the real murderer is - and not just for Neil's sake!

Bubbles is back - and she's in trouble.
Janice has disappeared on her wedding day, and Janice's uncle has just turned up dead. Bubbles wants the story, but the only way to get the facts is to go undercover in Pennsylvania, as an Amish woman. Bubbles loves hunting down the facts, but doing so with no hairdryer or make-up is a nightmare. Especially when sexy photographer Steve Stiletto might turn up at any moment...