It is 1932 and John Madden, former Scotland Yard inspector, is now a farmer in the peaceful Surrey countryside. Peaceful, that is, until he discovers the mutilated body of a small girl, Alice Bridger, hidden in a wood. Uneasy at the direction of police enquiries and convinced the killer has struck before, he quietly begins his own investigation.
And it is an investigation that will involve not only Scotland Yard but also the world of secret agents - and the German police. When a second body is found Madden's instinct is proved right - there is a multiple killer at large, and he has been covering his tracks for a number of years. The investigation leads to Germany - where the Nazis are on the brink of power. And the mutilated bodies the killer has left in his wake are just a shocking foretaste of the horrors to come ...

Rennie Airth was born in South Africa and worked for a number of years as a foreign correspondent for Reuters.

It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and alien continents in the search for a lost hope, an undying legend. In the blood and violence of New Crobuzon's most dangerous hour, there are whispers. It is the time of the Iron Council.

When Jan Hardy triumphs at Cheltenham little does she know that the year ahead will be the most traumatic and exciting of her life...A. D. O'Hagan wants Jan to train one of his most promising young horses, The Frozen North. The only problem is - however talented - the horse proves uncontrollable. Until that is, a young stable lad discovers his horse whispering talents. Meanwhile a violent robbery leads to an unexpected tragedy and a vicious rivalry - and Eddie, still recovering from a serious accident realises that his troubles are only beginnning...

From the hottest action writer on the planet, comes the fastest story ever told . . .

Imagine twenty fighter jets racing around, twisting, turning aerial track, ducking and weaving and overtaking at insanely high speeds, and you've just imagined a hover car race.

In the world of the near future, man travels everywhere in vehicles that hover four feet above the ground. Inevitably this brilliant new technology has inspired the latest super fast, competitive sport of hover car racing, whose feted superstars inhabit a glamorous world of wealth, celebrity and extreme danger. They are the hottest ticket in town. This is the story of Jason Chaser, a young newcomer from the Australian outback, as he battles for the respect and recognition he can only gain on the international circuits through courage and death-defying exploits on the track.

Originally published on the Internet in eight separate parts, bestselling author Matthew Reilly takes a side step from his ongoing sequence of mainstream action thrillers to provide an outrageously fast adventure featuring a younger hero who will appeal to fans of all ages.

Peter Robinson is one of the crime world's finest stylists. This is a collection that aims to explore hidden paranoia, challenge all that we take for granted, lure us to new, exotic places, and keep us up all night just waiting for the safety of the dawn.

Constantinople, 1035: Thorgils has become a member of the Uarangian lifeguard, which allows him to experience the glories of the richest city on earth. Under the leadership of warrior chief Harald Hardradi he witnesses a bloodthirsty battle with Arab pirates who are harassing the Byzantine shipping lanes in the Mediterranean and embarks upon a campaign launched to recover Sicily from the Saracens.
After years of travelling Thorgils retreats to Sweden, but is eventually summoned again to assist in coordinating the invasion of England together with William the Conqueror. In September 1066, a Norse fleet of three hundred ships sails towards England and the battle begins. A prophetic dream makes Thorgils warn the troops of the impending disaster at Stamford Bridge, but even he cannot turn aside what fate has decreed - the end of the Viking world has come.

Genocide: the systematic annihilation of a group of people for simply being who they are, whether in ethnic, religious or social terms. It has been with us since the beginning of history. The most widely-studied and catastrophic examples are, however, historically close: the Nazi Holocaust against the Jew, "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia, and tribal warfare in Rwanda. Genocide is unfortunately a key feature of the study of world history at nearly every level. The Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large. It traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity at specific groups or at least punishing those who have committed such crimes. It also delves into depictions and manifestations of the phenomenon, such as propaganda, sociological and philosophical explanations, literature, and film. This is the first comprehensive reference work to cover the international history of genocide and crimes against humanity (not only genocide or the Holocaust). Articles span the fields of history, film/drama, literature, law, psychology, sociology, and political science.

With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war, who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries?
When five women are brutally murdered in Sierra Leone, Reuter's correspondent, Connie Burns, questions the arrest of three rebel soldiers for the crimes. With little to go on, except her witnessing of a savage attack on a prostitute, Connie believes a foreigner's responsible, an ex SAS soldier.
Two years later in Iraq, the consequences of her second attempt to expose him are devastating. Terrified, degraded and destroyed, she goes into hiding in England where, in the process, she strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire, a loner whose reclusive nature has alienated her from the rest of the Dorset community where she lives. Seeing parallels between herself and Jess, Connie borrows from the other woman's strength and makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer ... knowing he will come looking for her ...