New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
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06 Oct-Dec
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
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OCT-DEC 06
Claire Allen
Protection
Published November 2006 by Headline at £18.99
ISBN: 0755307429
Marina is homeless, and struggling to
keep her son, Oscar, out of care. Liam
has received a letter from the father he
has not seen for twenty years - the
father who is in prison for his mother's
murder. Hannah is an elderly widow
running a B&B peopled by memories
rather than guests. When Marina steals
a dealer's stash of money and takes
a train to the end of the line, the lives of
all three unexpectedly intersect. But will
they find a way through their fears and
suspicions to help each other?
Claire Allen was born in Liverpool in 1970. She studied English and Theatre Studies at Warwick University and went on to do a postgraduate diploma in art history. Claire now lives in London and teaches English at The City Lit. The Mountain of Light is her first novel.
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Frank Barnard
Blue Man Falling
Pbk published November 2006 by Headline at £11.99
ISBN: 0755325540
This is a thrilling novel about World War II fighter pilots during The Battle of France in 1939-40. When war was declared on 3 September 1939, No. 1 Squadron was posted to Franc, to help the BEF halt the German advance. The Squadron is hardy, intensely loyal, and at the beginning of the campaign, hugely successful in shooting down German planes when they are often outnumbered. Then the offensive begins in earnest, the losses mount, and the horror of the retreat to Dunkirk gives a whole new meaning to the concept of total war. Told through the experiences of an English pilot, Kit Curtis, who dreams of gallant deeds and personal glory, and a more battle hardened American, Ossie Wolf, this is "Band of Brothers" for the RAF, a no-holds-barred, action packed war thriller.
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Frank Barnard
Band of Eagles
Published December 2006 by Headline at £19.99
ISBN: 0755325567
Continuing the brilliant World War Two fighter pilot series - this time the theatre of war is the incredible story of the Siege of Malta. Summer 1941. The tiny island of Malta, held by the British and a crucial supply point for the Allies, has become the most bombed place on earth. The Germans and Italians want to destroy it. For the fighter pilots of the RAF, initially equipped with ageing Hurricanes and outnumbered in the air, defeat seems almost certain. Flight commanders, Englishman Kit Curtis and American Ossie Wolf make an unlikely alliance. Both have survived the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain but Curtis remains idealistic and eager to prove himself. Wolf, by contrast, is ruthless and thrives in the chaos of imminent invasion. But as each man is tested to the limit, they come to share a common purpose and fresh understanding. The experiences of these pilots and their comrades are vividly conveyed in a novel of compelling pace and power, made still more real by meticulous research that captures the spirit of the time. By turns brutal, funny, tragic and heroic here is a spellbinding tour de force, a brilliant sequel to the best-selling Blue Man Falling.
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Kelly Braffet
Last Seen Leaving
Published November 2006 by Headline at £19.99
ISBN: 0755321553
When Miranda crashes her car at night
on a lonely highway, she is picked up
by a stranger who seems to have plans
for her. But no one realises Miranda is
missing: she and her mother, Anne,
have fallen out of touch, and her father
died years before.
Then Anne tries to contact her
daughter, and finds no one has heard of
her for months. Maybe Miranda doesn't
want to be found. Maybe her highway
rescuer is unconnected to rumours of
a serial killer who preys on young
women. Maybe her mother will find
her in time.
Mavbe not.
Kelly Braffet was born in California, and has lived in Arizona, rural Pennsylvania, England and New York. She has a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from Columbia University. She currently lies in Brooklyn.
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Martina Cole
Close
Published October 2006 by Headline at £18.99
ISBN: 0755328590
The outstanding new novel from
the only author who dares to tell it
like it is.
Martina Cole is acclaimed for her
hard-hitting, uncompromising and
haunting writing, as well as her
extraordinary success. In CLOSE, she
reveals the unseen side of the criminal
fraternity - the story of the women left
behind as they try to keep their families
together while their men are in prison.
With the compelling and ruthlessly
honest style that makes her unique,
Close is a stunning novel that will
break publishing records in 2006.
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Vena Cork
Green Eye
Published December 2006 by Headline at £19.99
ISBN: 075532398X
Artwork by: Jacket Design & Photograph: © www.headdesign.co.uk
Vena Cork burst onto the crime scene
with her first novel THORN which
prompted the literary critics to rave:
`a gripping edgy novel, she hooks the
reader from the start' Colin Dexter;
`one of those rare and energetic books
you can't put down yet don't want to
end' The Times;
'compelling, dark-hued,
a sinister sense of menace' Guardian;
,an outstanding debut' Time Out;
`look
no further for a real sense of menace'
Daily Mirror;
`you'll be gripped' Marie
Claire.
Now with her new novel, in
which she explores the fear and paranoia
of jealousy,Vena Cork is sure to be
a bestseller.
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Micheal Dobbs
First Lady
Published October 2006 by Headline at £17.99
ISBN: 0755326830
Michael Dobbs returns to the subject that made him a household name - the high drama and machinations of the political world. This is House of Cards for the 21st century, an insider's view of the dynamics of power by a writer who has had a privileged seat at the court of government for many years. This time the king maker is a woman, Virginia Edge, mid-thirties, attractive, self-sufficient, ambitious. Knowledge is power and she gleans it from the Other Half Club, a lunching group for Opposition parliamentary wives, and the gay network at Westminster. This is the story of her transformation from dutiful political wife to masterful manipulator of the entire political process at Westminster. She is a woman who is driven by the failings of men and the greed of others to take over their system and undermine it, to repay them in kind. In this battle, she has two great allies - the intuition and determination of a wronged wife, and the blind ineptitude of Westminster men. But, as Ginny discovers, there is a high price to pay for reaching to the very top...
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Paul Doherty
The Queen of the Night
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £6.99
ISBN: 0755328817
Artwork by: Cover illustration: Lee Gibbons Jacket © www.headdesign.co.uk
The new Roman mystery from the
Summer, 314 AD, and Rome is shocked
by a series of violent abductions. The
sons and daughters of the powerful are
kidnapped and held for ransom. At the
same time, veteran soldiers who served
Constantine along the Great Wall in
northern Britain are being murdered.
And their corpses are mutilated in
a barbaric way just like that practised by
the Picts against whom they fought so
many years ago...
`This rich tale ...seeps authenticity and
is written with wonderfully efficient
style. A gem of an historical thriller'
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
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Paul Doherty
The Waxman Murders
Published December 2006 by Headline at £19.99
ISBN: 0755328825
Artwork by: Jacket illustration: Sally Yaylor Jacket © www.headdesign.co.uk
In 1300 the `Carta Mysteriosa', a highly
valued collection of detailed maps and
sea charts, is stolen at sea. The rulers of
Europe are desperate to find them, and
when Wilhelm Von Paulents arrives in
England apparently in possession of
them, Hugh Corbett is sent to negotiate
their sale. But a mystery illness and then
a series of violent murders lead him into
a far more dangerous world...
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Paul Doherty
The Waxman Murders
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £11.99
ISBN: 0755328833
In 1300 the `Carta Mysteriosa', a highly
valued collection of detailed maps and
sea charts, is stolen at sea. The rulers of
Europe are desperate to find them, and
when Wilhelm Von Paulents arrives in
England apparently in possession of
them, Hugh Corbett is sent to negotiate
their sale. But a mystery illness and then
a series of violent murders lead him into
a far more dangerous world...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 0755334396
The greatest detective of them all is back...'He is the Napoleon of Crime...He is the organiser of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city'. Holmes must face many wicked adversaries as he grapples with the crimes that beset London and afar, but none so deadly as Professor Moriarty. Moriarty - the only man who can, perhaps, defeat the great Detective, forever.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 075533437X
The greatest detective of them all is back...'Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim of a murderous assault this morning which has left him in a precarious position'. When an assassination attempt is made on the great detective's life, it seems that no one can escape the death and dread which blights Britain...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 0755334418
The greatest detective of them all is back...'"Holmes!" I cried. "Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?'. The Great Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead and devoting his life once more to examining the criminal complexities of the capital. But his old enemies are watching his every move. Watching, waiting, plotting...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 0755334434
The greatest detective of them all is back...'About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe'. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for Sherlock Holmes' penetrating mind. For even in the gloom Holmes sees and observes everything...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of Four
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 0755334493
The greatest detective of them all is back...'Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement'. Whilst the seamy streets of London drown in a sea of smog, Sherlock Holmes sinks into a cocaine-induced melancholy, until Miss Mary Morstan presents him with a most intriguing case, leading Holmes into an epic pursuit of the truth...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 0755334450
The greatest detective of them all is back...'Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face'. Death by natural causes? Sherlock Holmes knows that Sir Charles Baskerville's demise was due to no such thing. Was he killed by a phantom hound or is this the work of a calculating murderer?
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 0755334353
The greatest detective of them all is back...'I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart'. Scandal, treachery and crime are rife in Old London Town. A king blackmailed by his mistress, dark dealings in Opium dens, stolen jewels, a missing bride - these are cases so fiendishly complex that only the great Sherlock Holmes would dare to investigate.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study in Scarlet
Pbk published December 2006 by Headline at £4.99
ISBN: 0755334477
The greatest detective of them all is back...'There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it'. Arriving in the wilderness of London, Dr. John Watson finds himself lodging at 221b Baker Street with one Sherlock Holmes. A corpse has been discovered and scrawled in blood across the walls is the word RACHE - revenge. Watson is baffled by the case, but for Holmes the game is afoot...
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John Francome
Free Fall
Published October 2006 by Headline at £17.99
ISBN: 0755326938
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Judith Rhodes
Matt Reynolds' racing yard is renowned
for winners, but the stable jockey has
recently run some disappointing races.
So Matt gives the yard's apprentice, Zoe,
the chance to prove herself. Zoe's soon
on a winning streak but not everyone's
thrilled about her success - Matt's wife
Claire is jealous of her, while rival
jockey Nicky bitterly resents the
competition. When tragedy strikes in
Matt's yard, no one is beyond suspicion
- and a web of corruption, lies and
deadly envy is gradually revealed...
Ex-National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francome is a broadcaster on racing for Channel 4 and has established himself as one of the front runners in the racing thriller stakes. He lives in Berkshire.
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Brian Freeman
Stripped
Published November 2006 by Headline at £19.99
ISBN: 0755325362
From the author of' Immoral
comes an electrifying thriller of sex,
money and secrets
Two murders have shocked the city
of Las Vegas - a celebrity assassinated
during a fling with a prostitute, and a
schoolboy killed in a brutal hit-and-run.
Two victims with nothing in common,
two deaths without a motive. Detectives
Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are
under pressure to get these crimes out
of the headlines. But exposing the truth
might just get them killed. Because
there are only two ways to go in Vegas.
You can hit the jackpot. Or you can
get stripped...
This guy can tell a story'
Brian Freeman had a very successful career in marketing before he became a full-time writer. His fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals.
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Scott Frost
Run the Risk
Published December 2006 by Headline at £19.99
ISBN: 075533390X
A fast-paced, furious read, in Run The Risk Scott Frost delivers an exciting and explosive debut novel featuring Lieutenant Alex Delillo. Lieutentant Alex Delillo is at her wits' end, her teenage daugher is playing up and her workload is backing up. A local shopkeeper is shot to death and an explosion almost kills her partner. When the prime suspect in the homicide dies in an elaborate suicide car bomb, Delillo is led to one man, an elaborate and skilled bomber, eager to play a game with potentially devastating consequences. As Alex tracks her prey, he strikes at Alex's heart and takes the one person that she holds dear, Lacy, her daughter. Alex must use all her skills, training and knowledge to track the killer, and find Lacy, but as the clock ticks downs, the terror escalates and Alex is led to a fiery showdown where she will be forced to make a choice that will change her life forever.
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Scott Frost
Run the Risk
Published October 2006 by Headline at £19.99
A fast-paced, furious read, in Run the Risk Scott Frost delivers an exciting and explosive debut novel featuring Lieutenant Alex Delillo.
Lieutentant Alex Delillo is at her wits' end, her teenage daugher is playing up and her workload is backing up. A local shopkeeper is shot to death and an explosion almost kills her partner. When the prime suspect in the homicide dies in an elaborate suicide car bomb, Delillo is led to one man, an elaborate and skilled bomber, eager to play a game with potentially devastating consequences. As Alex tracks her prey, he strikes at Alex's heart and takes the one person that she holds dear, Lacy, her daughter. Alex must use all her skills, training and knowledge to track the killer, and find Lacy, but as the clock ticks downs, the terror escalates and Alex is led to a fiery showdown where she will be forced to make a choice that will change her life forever.
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David Gibbins
Crusader Gold
Pbk published October 2006 by Headline at £11.99
ISBN: 0755329279
The elusive Crusader Gold: the greatest prize missing from the final bloody conflict of the Crusades. For many it is the Jewish menorah, the huge golden candlestick looted by the Romans in AD70 when they sacked the Temple in Jerusalem and marched through Rome in triumph. It was carried off to Constantinople. Now, nobody knows where it is. Some Jewish activists today think it survived and is concealed in the Vatican. Some think it took another altogether more extraordinary turn, at the beginning of history itself ...Jack Howard is the only man who can find out. But the clock is ticking against him. Will ancient history give up one of its darkest secrets? The quest to find out takes him from the fall of the Roman Empire to the last days of Nazi power - and uncovers a trail more thrilling than anyone could have imagined.
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Ann Granger
A Rare Interest in Corpses
Pbk published November 2006 by Headline at £6.99
ISBN: 0755320441
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Bernard Knight
ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series
This is a gripping Victorian crime novel set in the heart of London from a highly respected author. It is 1864 when Lizzie Martin takes up the post of companion to a wealthy widow who is also a slum landlord. Lizzie is intrigued to learn that her predecessor as companion disappeared, supposedly having run off with an unknown man. But when the girl's body is found in the rubble of one of the recently demolished slums around the prestigious new railway station at St Pancras, Lizzie begins to wonder exactly what has been going on. She has re-made the acquaintance of a childhood friend, now Inspector Benjamin Ross, and with his help starts to investigate, risking her life to unearth the truth about the death of a girl whose fate seems interlinked with her own.
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