Ben Bova Titan Published February 2006 by Hodder at £18.99 ISBN: 0340823968

Titan Alpha has landed: the most complex man-made object to reach Saturn's largest moon. The ten thousand men and women of Habitat Goddard are once more at the frontier of science. From their huge, artificial paradise hanging in orbit above Saturn, some of them dream of landing on Titan's surface. Others will do anything to prevent such a landing. And yet others have darker, secret plans. But almost immediately, Titan Alpha goes silent. And minor, inexplicable faults start to affect Goddard. Is there a basic design flaw that could threaten the lives of everyone on board? Or has one of the many malcontents exiled to space decided to sabotage the probe or even the whole expedition? The newest chapter in Ben Bova's epic of space exploration brings to vivid, awe-inspiring life a barren world of swirling smog, frozen methane seas - and perhaps even a new sentient life form.

Sandra Brown Chill Factor Pbk published February 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340836423

Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town - the kind of place where criminal activity is usually limited to parking violations. Until now. Four women have disappeared in two years. A blue ribbon left near the spot where each was last seen. There are no other clues. And now another young woman has disappeared without a trace. Lilly Martin is trying to outrun a snowstorm when her car skids on the icy road and strikes a man as he emerges from the woods on foot. Lilly recognizes the injured man as Ben Tierney, whom she met the summer before. They've no choice but to wait out the storm in the cabin, but as the hours of their confinement mount, Lilly begins to wonder if the greatest danger to her safety isn't the blizzard outside, but the mysterious man right beside her.

Jodi Compton Sympathy Between Humans Pbk published March 2006 by Hodder at £3.99 ISBN: 0340828714
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Jodi Compton is from Northern California, but lived for three years in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the main setting for her novels. She has worked for the Minneapolis bureau of the Associated Press, and as a sub-editor at a newspaper on California’s central coast. In the latter position, she closely followed crime and courts news on the wires, and during this time wrote her first novel, The 37th Hour.

John Connolly Black Angel Pbk published February 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340837675
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Meg Gardiner Crosscut Pbk published January 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340829400

Born in Oklahoma and raised in Santa Barbara, California, Meg Gardiner practised law in Los Angeles after graduating from Stanford Law School.

Elizabeth George With No One As Witness Pbk published March 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340827483
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Stephen King The Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla Pbk published January 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340836156

Stephen King Cell Published February 2006 by Hodder at £17.99 ISBN: 0340921447

Stephen Leather Cold Kill Published February 2006 by Hodder at £18.99 ISBN: 0340834102

Stephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full-time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as Londons Burning, The Knock and the BBCs Murder in Mind series. You can find out more from his website, stephenleather.com.

David McKeowen Grip Pbk published January 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340752335

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Sara Paretsky Fire Sale Published March 2006 by Hodder at £12.99 ISBN: 0340839082 Artwork by: Cover photograph: © John Ross/Untitled

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Sara Paretesky is the author of thirteen previous books, including eleven V. I. Warshawski novels. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association.

Jodi Picoult Keeping Faith Published January 2006 by Hodder at £12.99 ISBN: 0340838043

Hot on the heels of her Richard & Judy smash-hit "My Sister's Keeper", Jodi Picoult's latest drama tells the compelling story of an ordinary little girl with an extraordinary gift, who finds herself at the centre of a huge media controversy. For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, and Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden divorce, Mariah struggles with depression and Faith begins to confide in an imaginary friend. At first, Mariah dismisses these exchanges as a child's imagination. But when Faith starts reciting passages from the Bible, develops stigmata, and begins to perform miraculous healings, Mariah wonders if her daughter - a girl with no religious background - might indeed be seeing God. As word spreads and controversy heightens, Mariah and Faith are besieged by believers and disbelievers alike, caught in a media circus that threatens what little stability they have left. What are you willing to believe? Is Faith a prophet or a troubled little girl? Is Mariah a good mother facing an impossible crisis - or a charlatan using her daughter to reclaim the attention her unfaithful husband withheld?

Karen Robards Superstition Published January 2006 by Hodder at £18.99 ISBN: 0340895748

Aline Templeton Cold in the Earth Pbk published January 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340838558

Death is in the air. Death is on the ground. Death is everywhere for the people of Galloway.
As a catastrophic virus devastates the Scottish countryside, killing cattle and destroying lives, Detective Inspector Marjory Fleming finds herself at the stormy heart of a troubled, trapped community. Pyres are built, infected animals are burnt, and farmland is dug up as burial ground. But the all-pervasive stench of death develops a horrifying, unfamiliar edge when human remains are dug up near the small market town of Kirkluce. Thousands of miles away in New York City, a woman called Laura resolves to unearth the dark secrets of her past. Determined to discover the truth behind her older sister's disappearance fifteen years ago, her journey takes her back to Galloway, to a world of suspicion, fear and menace. A dead body, a missing girl, and a mysterious family's dangerous obsession with bull running provide a sinister backdrop to DI Fleming's first murder investigation. And as the cold shadow of death looms ever larger over this quiet corner of rural Britain, one thing becomes clear: it won't be her last.

Harry Turtledove Settling Accounts Drive to the East Pbk published February 2006 by Hodder at £6.99 ISBN: 0340826886

It is 1942, and the Confederate States of America are locked in a tangle of jagged, blood-soaked battle lines with the United States of America. In Richmond, dictator Jake Featherston is shocked by what his own aircraft have done in Philadelphia - killing U. S. president Al Smith in a barrage of bombs. But he presses ahead with a secret plan on the dusty plains of Texas, where a so-called detention camp hides a far more evil purpose. The United States face a furious thrust by Confederate army into Pennsylvania. But with the industrial heartland under siege, Canada in revolt and US ships fighting against the Japanese in the Sandwich Islands, the most dangerous place in the world may be overlooked.

Jill Paton Walsh Debts of Dishonour Published February 2006 by Hodder at £18.99 ISBN: 0340839198 Artwork by: Cover photograph:© Michael Little/Trevillion Images

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David Wolstencroft Contact Zero Published January 2006 by Hodder at £10.00 ISBN: 0340895586

The hotly anticipated follow-up thriller from the author of "Good News Bad News" and the creator of Spooks. Who, what or where is Contact Zero? Deep in the mythology of the Service, whispered in training, clung to in moments of despair, is the belief that it is out there, the last chance saloon. You think you're beaten, betrayed and utterly alone, but maybe you're not. Maybe you get your one shot at rescue, if not redemption. Contact Zero: run by members of the Service, for members of the Service. When an operation is mortally compromised in David Wolstencroft's fabulous second novel, four first-year probationary agents, cut adrift in four corners of the world, must put Contact Zero to the test. But first they have to find it. And maybe one of the youngsters isn't quite as innocent as the others...