Cinnamon dreams of escaping her unstable mother and over-powering Grandmother into the world of the theatre; Ice has no real voice or presence in life until she discovers her ability to sing; grief-stricken Rose submerges herself in the world of academia following the death of her father and Honey's strict and protected childhood is shattered through the discoveries made in her musical journey. We follow four teenage girls moving beyond the confines of their upbringings through their respective musical or dramatic talents, which bring them together towards a shared destiny.

'You must watch your back most carefully when someone you trust steps behind you...'
Hugh Freyl is a blind lawyer, scion of Illinois' most influential family. He recounts this story from the grave. David Marion is Freyl's protege and a young convicted killer whose release from prison Freyl has orchestrated.
He now stands accused of Hugh Freyl's murder.
None from Freyl's powerful inner circle will stand up for David's innocence. The perfect scapegoat for their misdoings, he alone bears the burden of proof.
Revealing the inner-workings of an untouchable elite with all their tricks, entitlements and intricate financial schemes, Brady shows us a place that could be any small American city - a place where innocence can backfire and where fear is the only effective weapon against a corrupt government.
An extraordinarily gripping and suspenseful novel set in the state capital of Illinois, Joan Brady's web of financial conspiracy and political corruption will rank her alongside Le Carre and Turow as the very best of contemporary thriller writers.

Despite the pharaoh Sesostris's determation, despite the combined efforts of his generals who are searching, in vain, for the culprit, despite daily prayers and the devoted care of the queen and the seven priestesses of the goddess Hathor, the beautiful acacia tree of Abydos is dying.
But the most mysterious of the priestesses, the one who haunts the nights of young Iker the scribe, has an idea: to save the 'Tree of Life', a new pyramid must be built at Dachur, dedicated to Osiris. Sesostris agrees, and plans are afoot to begin building. But what Sesostris doesn't know is that a triple conspiracy has been hatched against him. On the one hand, the Herald, the bearded devil who preaches to the desert tribes, has decided to seize power by having the pharaoh murdered. On the other, at the king's court, an ambitious, thieving traitor has only one solution: to get rid of his master. Finally Iker himself, deceived by appearances, believes that the moment has come to settle his scores. The conspirators only have to await their opportunity ...

The anthology centres around a piece of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ, which falls into the hands of Geoffrey Mappestone in 1100, at the end of the First Crusade. The relic is said to be cursed and, after three inexplicable deaths, it' finds its way to England in the hands of a thief.
After several decades, the relic appears in Devon, where it becomes part of a story by Bernard Knight, set in the 12th century and involving his protagonist, Crowner John. Next, it appears in a story by Ian Morson, solved by his character, the Oxford academic Falconer, and then it migrates back to Devon to encounter Sir Baldwin (Michael Jecks). Eventually, it arrives in Cambridge, in the middle of a contentious debate about Holy Blood relics that really did rage in the 1350s, where it meets Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael (Susanna Gregory). Finally, it's despatched to London, where it falls into the hands of Elizabethan players and where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.

The first woman is found on the riverbank. The second in an isolated farmhouse. Both have been savagely beaten, the skin flayed from their bodies, their throats cut.
For both victims, there's a DNA match. Charlie Pope, a convicted sex offender recently released from mental hospital, has cut off his leg bracelet and disappeared. Now all Davenport has to do is find him.
But something about this case doesn't smell right. The killings were calculated and methodical. Pope on the other hand is of low mental intelligence, incapable of the forethought and planning these murders would require.
All the evidence points to Pope - but Davenport knows it just doesn't fit. Can he prove his instincts are right, and track down a killer as cunning as he is deranged?

1992: A seasoned captain in the Parachute Regiment and ex-SAS officer, 44-year-old Jeff Hawkins is summoned to Bosnia, where he is assigned to keep the UN aid convoys running at all costs. But Hawkins soon realises he's been pitched into a task far more complex and dangerous than he ever imagined. His new Company commander isn't up to the job; his colleague in Liaison is tied up with the British Secret Service and running his own agenda; the uneasy alliance of local Muslims and Croats against the Serbs is about to break down with the arrival of Islamic fundamentalist fighters from Afghanistan. Then there's the small matter of mercenaries for hire and the CIA stirring the pot for their own ends. Only the arrival of the winter snow in the rugged mountains of Bosnia brings a welcome lull to the mayhem. But it also brings another huge problem: it is vital that one massive convoy runs the gauntlet of the fighting along the icy mountain roads, breaking the siege of Sarajevo with vital provisions and medical supplies before Christmas. And that it makes the return trip, bringing orphans, the sick and elderly back to safety. Defying all odds, the twin-air horns of a hundred trucks blast defiantly as their giant wheels begin to roll on a journey to hell and back ...