To the casual onlooker Rufus Harms is a loser and a nobody. He has been in prison for 25 years for the brutal killing of a young girl. But a letter, smuggled to him by his brother, reveals the thread of a massive miscarriage of justice which threatens to unravel the fabric of the highest legal establishment in the country - the Supreme Court - and uncovers the horror of corruption and murderous self-interest at its core.

One man, down-at-heel lawyer John Fiske, as spiky as he is sharply intelligent, is determined to uncover the truth when his brother, a high-flying Supreme Court clerk, is brutally and seemingly randomly murdered. It is when Harms escapes from prison, and John Fiske makes a chilling connection, that they realise the enemy is buried deep within the American system of justice and is completely ruthless when protecting the truth ...

Tragedy strikes the Cardinal family when their car is involved in a terrible accident. Lou and her younger brother Oz survive, but the crash leaves their father dead and their mother in a coma. It would seem that their world has been shattered forever until their great-grandmother, Louisa Mae, agrees to raise the children on her Virginia farm.
Life is harsh in the Virginia mountains, where the land must be worked if one is to survive. But with the friendship of Jimmy `Diamond' Skinner and the compassion of local lawyer Cotton Longfellow, the children gradually rebuild their lives. Then their rural idyll is threatened by the discovery of natural gas on the mountain. Determined to protect her beloved farm from the ravages of big business, Louisa Mae refuses to sell, and soon the Cardinal family find themselves ensnared in another battle, to be played out in a crowded Virginia courtroom. A battle for justice, for survival, and for the right to stay together in the only place they know as home.

A stunning new thriller from the bestselling David Baldacci

David Baldacci has become one of the foremost thriller writers of our time, with his total mastery over plot, pacing and surprise securing international bestseller status for his previous books, Absolute Power, Total Control, The Winner, The Simple Truth and Saving Faith.

An FBI agent haunted by the slaughter of his team and the memory of his missing father must confront his demons in this eagerly awaited thriller. Web London roars into a dark alley one night with his FBI Hostage Rescue Team. Seconds later, the team is ambushed and every man is dead - except Web. As the FBI conducts their investigation, the suspicion surrounding Web deepens. Now, he needs help from an unlikely ally in his desperate search for the killer of his friends, and finds himself against a force determined to finish the job that began in the alley - killing the seventh and sole surviving member of Charlie Team, Web London.

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It is a little known fact that every diocese in Britain must appoint a Deliverance minister, answerable only to the Bishop, who deals with reports of disturbing psychological phenomena, occult malpractice and spiritual infestation. Some dioceses have to deal with as many as 100 cases a year. Many reports are fraudulent or open to rational explanation - but some are certainly not.

Phil Rickman's Midwinter of The Spirit is based on established spiritual procedure and is the second book to feature Merrily Watkins - single parent, nicotine addict and the Vicar of Ledwardine, a picturesque Herefordshire parish. Merrily is also Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, and it is not long before murder, suicide and psychic unrest begin to reflect an undying evil at work - which Merrily must confront, along with a dark secret which lies dose to the heart of the Anglican church itself.

'Anacute ear for dialogue and a talent for wickedly accurate Character cameos. A wonderful, enthralling read' Barbara Erskine, Daily Express

Phil Rickman was born in Lancashire and now lives in Herefordshire. He has won awards for his TV and radio journalism, and Midwinter of The Spirit is his seventh novel following Candlenight, The Man in the Moss, December,The Chalice and The Wines of Angels - all published by Pan.

For Rev. Merrily Watkins, as diocesan exorcist, her latest spiritual challenge will unfold in Radnor Forest, a place of ancient mystery and primeval ritual. The trouble starts when Betty and Robin Thorogood buy a farmhouse with a partly ruined church on its land. For their pagan religious practices provoke reaction from the local minister. The scene is now set for a modern witchhunt, and Merrily must tread very carefully in order to keep a lid on this cauldron. It also brings her up against an unexpected psychotic killer, as spiritual and physical conflict threaten to explode at Candlemas -the festival when the witch queen dons her crown of lights to celebrate the end of winter. Phil Rickman was born in Lancashire and lives on the Welsh Border. This is his third novel featuring Rev. Merrily Watkins.