New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Penguin 06 Oct-Dec

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Penguin OCT-DEC 06

John Boyne Next of Kin Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141018798

Aristocrat, lover, gambler, and murderer - it is 1936, and London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. But the king is not the only member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic scion of a wealthy land-owning family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will. For Owen has run up huge gambling debts and casino boss Nicholas Delfy has given him a choice: find GBP50,000 by Christmas - or find yourself six feet under. So when Owen discovers that he has been cut out of the will in favour of his beautiful cousin Stella, it is time to prove just how cunning he can be, and Owen is nothing if not inventive even a royal crisis can provide the means for profit. Murder is in his blood . . .
It is 1936, and London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson.
Meanwhile charismatic aristocrat Owen Montignac, heir to the vast Montignac fortune, is awaiting the reading of his uncle Peter’s will. For Owen has run up huge gambling debts and Peter’s death has come not a moment too soon . . .
Except Peter has cut Owen out of his will. And with casino owner Nicholas Delfy on his back Owen comes up with a daring plot to pay off his debts. And he is nothing if not inventive – even a royal crisis can be the means to a murderous end . . .
Featuring an anti-hero to rival Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley, Next of Kin is the first in a trilogy of Montignac crime novels.

John Boyne is also the author of Crippen, The Thief of Time, The Congress of Rough Riders and the recent critically acclaimed novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. He lives in Dublin.

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Andrew Britton Heart of Betrayal Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141027967

When brutal terrorists strike at the heart of Washington, the usual suspects are blamed. But this time, America's worst nightmare has come true - the terror comes from within. Former 'black ops' soldier Jason March is the mastermind behind the vicious attacks. Only one man has the power to stop March's bloodlust - the man who trained him - Ryan Kealey. Once an elite but maverick Special Forces officer, Kealey must return to service. His mission is to hunt down his former pupil and end the killing ...

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Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment Pbk published December 2006 by Penguin at Ł5.00 ISBN: 0140455426

Tr.fr.Russian McDuff, David
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.

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Barry Eisler Choke Point Pbk published November 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141017635

Government assassin John Rain is a man trying to leave his violent past behind. But after tracking him down in Brazil, his former employers, the CIA, persuade him to take on a high-risk assignment and one to which his particular skills are well suited: to terminate with extreme prejudice a man who deserves to die. For Rain the death of an evil man offers a shot at redemption. But before he can even get close, Rain will have to draw on his formidable talents just to survive. Because he's not the only killer closing on the target and it could be that the entire mission is cover for an elaborate set up. From the casinos of Macao to the deadly backstreets of Hong Kong "Rain Storm" is a brilliantly realized international thriller: gripping, atmospheric, meticulously researched and adrenalin-filled. Martial arts expert and consummate covert operative, John Rain is, in the words of one reviewer, an action hero with all the right ingredients'. With shades of the Jackal, Bourne and Bond, thriller fans will recognize in John Rain a authentic new hero for the 21st century from a writer at the top of his game.

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Ian Fleming The Spy Who Loved Me Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 014102822X

Vivienne Michel is in trouble. Trying to escape her tangled past, she has run away to the American backwoods, winding up at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court. A far cry from the privileged world she was born to, the motel is also the destination of two hardened killers - the perverse Sol Horror and the deadly Sluggsy Morant. When a coolly charismatic Englishman turns up, Viv, in terrible danger, is not just hopeful, but fascinated. Because he is James Bond, 007 - the man she hopes will save her, the spy she hopes will love her...

With a new introduction by Nick Stone.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WW II. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Casino Royale Film tie-in Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028696

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Octopussy Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028343

For James Bond, British secret agent 007, international espionage can be a dirty business. Whether it is tracking down a wayward Major who has taken a deadly secret with him to the Caribbean; identifying a top Russian agent secretly bidding for a Faberge egg in a Sotheby's auction room; or ruthlessly gunning down an unlikely assassin in sniper's alley between East and West Berlin, Bond always closes the case - with extreme prejudice.

With a new introduction by Robert Ryan.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Casino Royale Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028300

'A dry martini,' Bond said. 'In a deep champagne goblet. Three measures of Gordons, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice cold, then add a thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?' 'Certainly, monsieur.' Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome; chillingly ruthless and very deadly, this, the first of Fleming's tales of agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply The Cypher' by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to retire' him. It seems that lady luck is taken with James. The Cypher has hit a losing streak. But some people just refuse to play by the rules and Bond's attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster and an unexpected saviour.

With a new introduction by Jeffrey Deaver.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Moonraker Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028335

At M's request, Bond has gone up against Sir Hugo Drax at the card table, on a mission to teach the millionaire and head of the Moonraker project a lesson he won't forget, and prevent a scandal engulfing Britain's latest defence system. But there is more to the mysterious Drax than simply cheating at cards. And once Bond delves deeper into goings on at the Moonraker base, he discovers that both the project and its leader are something other than they pretend to be...

With a new introduction by Michael Dibdin.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming For Your Eyes Only Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028254

Sudden emergencies and beautiful girls who aren't quite what they seem are the stock-in-trade of James Bond. And, when 007 is on the case there's only one thing you can be sure of the result will be thrilling. And, whether he's dealing with the assassination of a Cuban thug in America, the destruction of an international heroin ring, or sudden death in the Seychelles, Bond gets the job done, in his own suave and unmistakable style.

With a new introduction by Barry Eisler.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Dr No Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028270

Dr. No, a sinister recluse with mechanical pincers for hands and a sadistic fascination with pain, holds James Bond firmly in his steely grasp. Bond and Honey Rider, his beautiful and vulnerable girl Friday, have been captured trespassing on Dr. No's secluded Caribbean island. Intent on protecting his clandestine operations from the British secret service, Dr. No sees an opportunity to dispose of an enemy and further his diabolical research. Soon, Bond and Rider are fighting for their lives in a murderous game of Dr. No's choosing...

With a new introduction by Simon Winder.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028351

When Bond rescues a beautiful, reckless girl from self destruction, he finds himself with a lead on one of the most dangerous men in world - Enrst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. In the snow-bound fastness of his Alpine base, Blofeld is conducting research that could threaten the safety of the world. To thwart the evil genius, Bond must get himself the vital information he has gathered out of the base and keep away from SPECTRE's agents, which may require the help of someone who can handle herself at high speed...

With a new introduction by Val McDermid.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Diamonds are Forever Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028246

Meet Tiffany Case, a cold, gorgeous, devil-may-care blonde; the kind of girl you could get into a lot of trouble with if you wanted. She stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Bond is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter, the ice-maiden herself.

With a new introduction by Jonathan Kellerman.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming From Russia with Love Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028297

Every major foreign government has a file on James Bond, British secret agent. Now, Russia's deadly SMERSH organization has targeted him for elimination - they have the perfect bait in ravishing agent, Tatiana Romanova. Her mission is to lure Bond to Istanbul and seduce him while her superiors handle the rest. But, when Bond walks willingly into the trap, a game of cross and double cross ensues - with Bond both the stakes and the prize...

With a new introduction by Charlie Higson.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming You Only Live Twice Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028262

Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has gone to pieces as an agent, endangering himself and the lives of his fellow operatives. M, unwilling to accept the loss of one of his best men, sends 007 to Japan for one last, near-impossible mission. But Japan proves to be Bond's downfall, leading him to a mysterious residence known as the 'Castle of Death' where he encounters an old enemy revitalised. All the omens suggest that this is the end for the British agent, and for once, even Bond himself seems unable to disagree.

With a new introduction by Mo Hayder.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Live and Let Die Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028327

Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr. Big - master of fear, artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition - he knows that this criminal heavy hitter is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that, after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem, to the everglades and on to the Caribbean, 007 has realized that Big is one of the most dangerous men that he has ever faced. And no-one, not even the mysterious Solitaire, can be sure how their battle of wills is going to end...

With a new introduction by Louise Welsh.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Thunderball Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028289

When a stranger arrives in the Bahamas, the locals barely turn their heads, seeing another ex-pat with money to burn at the casino tables. But James Bond has more than money on his mind; he's got less than a week to find two stolen atom bombs hidden among the coral reefs. While acting the playboy, Bond meets Domino, sultry plaything of secretive treasure hunter Emilio Largo. In getting close to this Italian vixen, Bond hopes to learn more about Largo's hidden operation ...

With a new introduction by David Wolstencroft.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953 and thus started the astoundingly successful James Bond novels and films. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Goldfinger Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028319

Auric Goldfinger: cruel, clever, frustratingly careful, is a cheat at Canasta and a crook on a massive scale in everyday life. The sort of man James Bond hates. So it's fortunate that Bond is the man charged by both the Bank of England and MI5 to discover what this, the richest man in the country intends to do with his ill-gotten gains - and what his connection is with SMERSH, the feared Soviet spy-killing corps. But once inside this deadly criminal's organization, 007 finds that Goldfinger's schemes are more grandiose - and lethal - than anyone could have imagined. Not only is he planning the greatest gold robbery in history, but mass murder as well...

With a new introduction by Ben Schott.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953. Fleming died in 1964.

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Ian Fleming Man with the Golden Gun Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141028238

A brainwashed James Bond has tried and failed to assassinate M, his boss. Now, Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All' 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly free-lance hit-men in the world one Paco Pistols' Scaramanga, the Man with the Golden Gun. But, despite his licence to kill, 007 is no assassin, and, on finding the Scaramanga in the sultry heat of Jamaica, he decides to infiltrate the killer's criminal co-operative and realizes that he will have to take him out as swiftly as possible or 007 might just be the next on a long list of British Secret Service numbers that the Man with the Golden Gun has retired.

With a new introduction by Charles Cumming.

Born in London in 1908, Ian Fleming worked as a banker and journalist before serving in the British Naval Intelligence during WWII. He published his first novel Casino Royale in 1953. Fleming died in 1964.

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M R James Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł8.99 ISBN: 0143039393

Ed. Joshi, S.T.
The only annotated edition of M. R. James's writings currently available, "Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories" contains the entire first two volumes of James's ghost stories, "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" and "More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary". These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as "Count Magnus", set in the wilds of Sweden; "Number 13", a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; "Casting the Runes", a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film; "Curse of the Demon"; and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad", one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including "A Night in King's College Chapel", James's first known ghost story.

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M R James Haunted Dolls’ House & Other Ghost Stories Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł9.99 ISBN: 014303992X

Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it.

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Christobel Kent A Florentine Revenge Pbk published November 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141019751

Celia lives and works in Florence as a tour guide and thinks the forthcoming birthday celebrations for the young wife of wealthy businessman Lucas Marsh, will bring the usual mix of museums, galleries and exclusive shopping. But in the cold December weather a man's body is found in a disused swimming pool - a man who 15 years earlier was the chief suspect in an enquiry into the death of a six year old English girl. As Celia's working weekend progresses, she finds she is by no means alone in remembering the gruesome details of that terrible murder, and she and her companions seem unwittingly to get embroiled further and further into the mysteries surrounding a 15 year old grievance, and a very current murder.

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Toby Moore Death by Chocolate Pbk published November 2006 by Penguin at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0141016361

In the Twenty-First Century of Our Lord, Christ the Fit, it has been illegal to be fat for three years, except in Louisiana and Alabama, where they cling to their chicken-fried-fullest-fat-cream-sodden-gumbo-dunkin'-mall-waddling-livesas if their souls depended on it. Matt Devlin is a Health Enforcement Agent. His is humdrum work, busting the eateasys selling illegal burgers and chocolate, checking weight permits, issuing tickets and looking for humonsters, the really big ones. When a beautiful woman is found dead, dressed only in sweet-scented brown (made from the rarest cocoa bean) Homicide call for help. It looks like murder, but is it also a food crime?

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Daniel Silva Prince of Fire Pbk published November 2006 by Penguin at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141024151

On a bright, late-winter morning in Rome, a terrible explosion rips a hole in the Israeli embassy. Moments later, four gunmen cut down the survivors as they stagger from the burning building. Art restorer Gabriel Allon, working in Venice on an altarpiece, is hastily recalled to Israel and drawn back into the heart of the secret service he had hoped to leave behind. For the repercussions of the blast have led to a disturbing revelation: a dossier that strips away Allon's secrets and lays bare his history - a dossier that fell into terrorist hands. Now Allon must track an elusive master terrorist across a landscape drenched in generations of blood. And soon the trail turns in on itself, until - finally - he can no longer be certain who is stalking whom.

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Bram Stoker Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Tales Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł8.99 ISBN: 0141441712

Hebblethwaite, Kate, intro
Although Bram Stoker is best known for his world-famous novel "Dracula", he also wrote many shorter works on the strange and the macabre. This collection, comprising "Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories", a volume of spine-chilling short stories collected and published by Stoker's widow after his death, and "The Lair of the White Worm", an intensely intriguing novel of myths, legends and unspeakable evil, demonstrate the full range of his horror writing.

From the petrifying open tomb in "Dracula's Guest'" to the mental breakdown depicted in "The Judge's House'" and "Crooken Sands'", these terrifying tales of the uncanny explore the boundaries between life and death, known and unknown, animal and human, dream and reality.

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Bram Stoker Dracula Penguin Red Classic Pbk published October 2006 by Penguin at Ł5.99 ISBN: 0141024976

Purity is priceless. Count Dracula's castle is a hellish world where night is day, pleasure is pain and the blood of the innocent prized above all. Young Jonathan Harker approaches the gloomy gates with no idea what he is about to face. And back in England eerie incidents are unfolding as strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck. But can Harker's fiancee be saved? And where is the evil Dracula?

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