New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Headline 07 July-Sept

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Headline JULY-SEPT 07

Frank Barnard Band of Eagles Pbk published August 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755325583

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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Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755338553

Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere, is in an uproar (good and bad) following vast inheritances from wealthy old families. Only "Cool Koko" knows what's happening ...and he's not telling. Jim Qwilleran thinks it's because he has more whiskers than ordinary cats, but who's counting? Meanwhile ...Koko meets a piano tuner. Polly goes to Paris. Qwill writes a play (an absurdist play titled "The Cat who got elected dog catcher"). And there's a mysterious death from a bee sting...

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John Carbone Last of the Good Guys Published July 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0755335791

Stunning concept, totally engrossing read - a new generation of Mafia thriller is born. All Marco wants is to be a stand-up guy; to make his way in the world without too much trouble. Right? But in 1970s New York, that's not so easy. Marco has the Mafia in his blood and at only sixteen years old he hears the streets calling. So he goes into business with a few guys - dealing a little pot. Then Marco's ruthless Uncle Tony gets involved. Uncle Tony is the man Marco most looks up to, but he wants Marco and his friends to help him out - just a little cocaine. A few more deals - and then Marco'll be set for life...But when it all goes wrong, it's more than Marco's life on the line. It's those he loves and the struggle to break free from the chains of crime which bind him...which stop him. Can he survive to be a good guy?

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G.K. Chesterton The Man Who Was Thursday (Headline Review Classics) Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755338863

A group of anarchists are under surveillance by Scotland Yard in Chesterton's hugely popular metaphysical thriller. The Supreme Anarchists Council is dedicated to overthrowing the world order. To keep their identities a secret, each of them has been named a day of the week. Gabriel Syme, an eccentric poet, is recruited by Scotland Yard to infiltrate the group. He tracks down the six men and manages to win a place on the council. But in a bizarre and surreal twist of events, Syme realises that five of the six members are not at all what they seem...

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Vena Cork Green Eye Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755324080

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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Paul Doherty The Poisoner of Ptah (Ancient Egyptian Mysteries 6) Pbk published August 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755328876

A new novel of murder in the reign of Pharoah Hatusu featuring Judge Amerotke as the crime-solver. At a peace treaty signing between Egypt and Libya in Thebes, three of Egypt's leading scribes die violently on the Temple forecourt, the victims of a vile poisoning. To add to the mounting unease, a prosperous merchant and his young wife are found drowned. Rumours soon sweep the imperial city. The Poisoner of Ptah has returned. It falls to Amerotke, Chief Judge of the Halls of Two Truths, to investigate these hideous crimes - his hunt for the Poisoner leads him to discover yet more suspicion and potential danger. This story sees the Judge pit his wits against a cunning opponent who seems intent on spreading his death-dealing powders. Amerotke enters the twilight world of glorious Thebes where life can be so rich and yet death so swift and brutal.

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Paul Doherty The Poison Maiden Published August 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 and Ł11.99 ISBN: 0755328760 and 0755328779

It is the year 1308: murder and mayhem are rife in the court of Edward II. The 'Poison Maiden' is rumoured to have arrived in England forcing Mathilde of Westminster to face her most dangerous opponent yet. England hovers on the brink of civil war. Edward II, his wife Isabella and the royal favourite Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, have been forced to retreat to the King's 'folly', as just an arrowshot away lie the Great Lords and Philip IV of France. They demand the King surrender Cornwall, so they can charge him with high treason. Edward is trapped, and worse, he has learnt that Philip has the 'Poison Maiden' on his side, a formidable spy who did untold damage during his father's reign. As Edward tries in vain to unmask the identity of the spy, Mathilde, handmaiden to the Queen, is called upon to assistance the King in his endeavours. Soon the crisis spills over into violence. The Lords attempt to take Cornwall by force and the King and his Court, including Mathilde, are forced to flee. As the enemy closes in, Mathilde finds herself embroiled not only in a brutal struggle for the English crown, but also for her own life.

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Janet Evanovich Lean Mean Thirteen Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł11.99 ISBN: 0755337573

This is the thirteenth in Janet Evanovich's series of bestselling novels featuring her lovable and hapless heroine, Stephanie Plum. The unforgettable characters, non-stop action, high-stakes suspense, and sheer entertainment of her Stephanie Plum novels define Janet Evanovich as unique among today's writers.

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Joseph Finder Power Play Published August 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0755342054
See Review by Chris High Chris High - Author Multi-media Promotion Service www.chrishigh.com

"Power Play" is the explosive new novel from Joseph Finder, the CEO of the corporate thriller - reminiscent of the film "Die Hard", this novel is a breathless, near real-time action, high-stakes adventure that you won't want to stop reading. Jake Landry is a junior executive at the Hammond Aerospace corporation - a steady, modest and taciturn man with a gift for keeping his head down, Jake also has a turbulent past that he would rather forget. Ordered to fill in for his boss at the annual company retreat, Jake is out of his element, surrounded by the arrogant, swaggering men who run the company and his only distraction is the CEO's special assistant - his ex-girlfriend. Then a group of local hunters crash the opening-night festivities. Soon the executives of the billion-dollar company are cut off from the rest of the world, trapped by men who have guns and a cunning plan to steal a vast fortune. But the hostage-takers aren't who they appear to be, and neither is Jake Landry. The only question is who is going to win the power play?

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Brian Freeman Stalked Published September 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0755335244

This is a taut, atmospheric and gripping thriller with on-going detective character Jonathan Stride working a murder case that's a bit too close to home! In Alabama, the luck of a convicted murderer is about to change. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he can't believe it when a chance to escape arises. Now on the loose, will he seek revenge on the woman who put him behind bars ten years ago? In Minnesota, detective Jonathan Stride's partner, Maggie Bei, wakes up suddenly in the middle of the night. A sufferer of recurring nightmares, the last thing Maggie expects in the dead of a cold winter's night is that her own home has become the scene of a violent crime!

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Brian Freeman Stalked Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł11.99 ISBN: 0755335252

This is a taut, atmospheric and gripping thriller with on-going detective character Jonathan Stride working a murder case that's a bit too close to home! In Alabama, the luck of a convicted murderer is about to change. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he can't believe it when a chance to escape arises. Now on the loose, will he seek revenge on the woman who put him behind bars ten years ago? In Minnesota, detective Jonathan Stride's partner, Maggie Bei, wakes up suddenly in the middle of the night. A sufferer of recurring nightmares, the last thing Maggie expects in the dead of a cold winter's night is that her own home has become the scene of a violent crime!

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Scott Frost Run the Risk Pbk published August 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755333926

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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Clio Gray The Roaring of the Labyrinth Published August 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0755331060

An astonishingly accomplished second novel, marking the arrival of an exciting new talent on the crime scene
Astonishment Hall, a country estate on the border between Durham and Cumbria, is full of weird and wonderful exhibitions. It is truly a place of wonder. But when a valuable exhibit is stolen from the Hall, it is only the first in a series of unpleasant and seemingly unconnected events. A bell tower is burnt to the ground, trapping a young boy inside, an outbreak of thefts plagues the valley, and a man is violently murdered and left to the crows and the snow. When his own investigations come to a dead end, the owner of Astonishment Hall, the Major, sends to London for help. And so Whilbert Stroop journeys north to try and find the answers to both his own search for a missing glass-worker, and the perplexing events at Astonishment Hall. Before long, Stroop finds himself embroiled in one man's terrifying and warped desire for vengeance against ancient wrongs, and another man's fight for survival.

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Sam Hayes Blood Ties Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755337336

"Blood Ties" is the breathtaking emotional thriller by Sam Hayes. It is January 1992. A baby girl is left alone for a moment; long enough for a mother to dash into a shop, and long enough for a child to be taken. Thirteen years later, solicitor Robert Knight's stepdaughter wins a place at a prestigious London school for the gifted. The only puzzle is his wife Erin's reaction. Why is she so reluctant to let Ruby go? Doesn't she want what's best for her? As Erin grows more evasive, Robert can't help but feel she has something to hide, and when he stumbles on mysterious letters, he discovers she has been lying to him. Somewhere in his wife's past lies a secret; a shocking secret that threatens to destroy everything!

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Kudos Spooks: Harry's Diary, Top Secret Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł12.99 ISBN: 0755333985

Harry Pearce is the enigmatic leader of the "Spooks" team. Mature and wise with unrivalled experience of dealing with the most senior members of the government and the intelligence community, Harry also has a healthy regard for courage, lateral thinking and mischief-making. Unknown to the rest of the team, it will come to light that Harry has been keeping a diary throughout his career at MI5. Whether this was eventually intended for publication or not is unclear, but it will chronicle in minute detail exactly what Harry was doing in his early career and how this lead to him heading up the "Spooks" team. It will also fill out the back story of what Harry thinks about the major operations that we have seen played out on the screen and what he has done to help his team behind the scenes. With topics ranging from what mission Harry was on in Northern Ireland to how he felt when Tom left and Danny died, Harry's Secret Diary will prove to be a fascinating insight into the world of "Spooks".

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Kudos Spooks: The Personnel Files Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0755333977

This exciting book will feature the complete personnel files of eight of the most popular characters from the BBC TV hit series, "Spooks". The characters featured will include Harry Pearce, Adam Carter, Ruth Evershed, Zafar Younis and Malcolm Wynn Jones from the current cast and the enduring popular Tom Quinn, Zoe Reynolds and Danny Hunter from the original line-up. The files will contain all the information that the fans could wish for, ranging from how the characters were recruited into MI5 to operational de-briefings and psychological treatment they have received and training they have endured. Each character will be brought to life in a way that the programme itself is unable to do as the book explores, in minute detail, the events that have shaped their lives and the effect their professional lives have had on them personally.

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Richard Laymon The Richard Laymon Collection: Amara and the Lake v. 17 Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0755331850

"Amara" - The Princess of Egypt, the once beautiful wife of Mentuhotep the First, lies in a museum. She has been dead for 4000 years. Or has she? Barney the night-watchman is the first to discover that the mummy's coffin has been broken open. But Barney won't be able to tell the authorities. The dead can't testify to anything. Now Amara is free again and nothing can stop her...
"The Lake" - Leigh yearns for a summer of excitement by the lake. But instead she stumbles into a legacy of terror which will shatter her life...Eighteen years on, Deana has no knowledge of her mother's troubled past. But when the horrors of the past meet the perils of the present, both mother and daughter are plunged into a nightmare of blood and terror from which there is no escape.

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Paul Magrs Something Borrowed Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł11.99 ISBN: 0755332903

Brenda must face her demons, but first she needs to get to the bottom of the sinister goings on that threaten to overcome an all-too-quiet seaside town. When poison pen letters start flying around the quiet lanes of Whitby, trouble is in store for Brenda and Effie. And with Jessie the Zombie Womanzee, trips down memory lane and amorous ghoul hunting, literary minded and strangely youthful professors of Icelandic history, as well as a terrifying encounter with bamboo wickerwork gods from the dawn of time, even Brenda's ample cup is running over. But her most challenging battle is the one she must fight with herself - or, at least, parts of herself!

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Gregory Maguire Son of a Witch Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł12.99 ISBN: 0755341554

For everyone who fell under the wicked spell...Back in the land of Oz, Gregory Maguire introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead, Liir is tended to at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by a silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape - but what of her powers? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enought to grow up?

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David Morrell Scavenger Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755337182

See Review by Bernard Knight ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series

David Morrell's "Creepers" was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. "Scavenger", Morrell's latest novel, takes us on a roller-coaster ride as Frank Balenger, the resolute but damaged hero of "Creepers", now finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death as he leads a high-tech scavenger hunt for a decades-old time capsule. To save himself, and the woman he loves, Balenger must play by the rules of a god-like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. But sometimes the past is buried for a reason. As modern technology is layered over the dusty artifacts of earlier times, the result if a surreal palimpsest, one which contains the secret of survival for Balenger and a handful of unwilling players who race against the game's clock to solve the puzzle of the time capsule, only to discover that time is the true scavenger. Morrell's trademark action sequences are embedded with fascinating historical clues that make "Scavenger" a true page-turner and a mesmerizing literary experience.

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Andrew Nugent Second Burial Pbk published September 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755332482

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Sergeant Molly Power of the Irish Police Force Murder Squad is on duty when the call comes in. A young African man, Shad, has been attacked and left for dead on the Dublin Mountains. He crawls to the nearest house and raises the alarm, but he dies later in hospital. Shad's injuries are strange and deeply disturbing. Was he the victim of a racist attack, sadism, a punishment, or some mysterious sacrificial ritual? Inspector Quilligan and Molly Power launch a murder investigation - it is like none they have ever experienced before. Shad's younger brother, Jude, is grief-stricken and mystified by his brother's cruel death. He swears a solemn oath to find his brother's killer, but the more he uncovers about Shad's life and relationships outside their Nigerian community, the more he realises how dangerous and twisted some people can be!. In this compelling and moving story of callous murder and a brother's loss, Andrew Nugent brilliantly depicts the cultural diversity of Dublin and with wit and charm reveals the strength of faith and community when confronted with naked ruthlessness.

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Martin O'Brien Jacquot and the Fifteen Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł11.99 ISBN: 0755335074

When dark jealousies surface on the French Riviera during Rugby team reunion, Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot suspects that someone is out for revenge. Marc Dombasle is a successful businessman and multi-millionaire. He was also the captain of the French Rugby team that beat England at Twickenham twenty years earlier. To mark the anniversary of this celebrated victory, Dombasle organises a reunion for the members of the winning team. When Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot receives his invitation to attend the party he is reluctant to indulge in past victories, but an old friend persuades him and he makes his way to the millionaire's sumptuous Cote d'Azur home. But petty jealousies and past rivalries soon re-surface and when one of Jacquot's old team-mates commits suicide in a pool-side cabana, his suspicions are aroused. Of the original fifteen players, only eleven of the team now remain alive. Is there a killer amongst them?

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Martin O'Brien Jacquot and the Master Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755335058

In a sensual region of France, a crime detective like no other...Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot of the Cavaillon Regional Crime Squad is called to an artist's retreat in Provence, a luxury hill-top hotel where a young woman, it seems, has been murdered. There are bloodstains, but no body. The mystery deepens as Jacquot begins his investigation. Among the guests are those who have both means and motive, with personal secrets, hidden agendas and their own dangerous liaisons to conceal. Some of these people are very powerful indeed, and none of them take kindly to Jacquot's probing questions. Looming over them all is a celebrated and reclusive artist whose masterworks are priceless, a monster who torments all those who seek to bask in his glory. When a summer storm isolates the hotel, and not one but two bodies are found, passions start to run high!

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Charlie Owen Horse's Arse Pbk published July 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755336844

It is the 70s and Horse's Arse is the affectionate name for Handstead New Town, a North London overspill and an unholy dump. The Police use it as a penal posting -- all the bad egg coppers end up there. Worst amongst the residents of Handstead are the Tree Top Mafia, a gang of violent thugs who terrorise their neighbourhood. They and the officers doomed to serve at Handstead wrestle constantly for dominance. This is the story of some of those police officers - the Grimm Brothers, Psycho, Bovril, Pizza, Piggy Malone and others, a group of hooligans in uniform and their journey through excess, despair and finally some form of salvation. Police officers like these used to exist but their like have passed on. Only accounts like this one serve to remind us that once upon a time police officers took the law into their own hands!

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Laura Thompson Agatha Christie: An English Mystery Published September 2007 by Headline Review at Ł20.00 and Ł20.00 ISBN: 0755314875 and

A N Wilson, The Daily Mail, August 2007 'this new book by Laura Thompson is a triumphant success. She has true sympathy for her subject, she loves the books and she has managed in some intuitive way to make a completely convincing portrait of Agatha Christie the inner woman'
Evening Standard 'This splendid account of her life and work is unlikely to be bettered'

A passionate and accomplished writer, Laura Thompson now turns her highly acclaimed biographical skills to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, thirty years after her death Christie's books still sell over four million copies worldwide a year. Thompson describes the Edwardian world in which she grew up, explores the relationships she had, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the mysteries still surrrounding Christie's life - including her disappearance in 1926. Agatha Christie is a mystery and writing about her is a detection job in itself. But, with access to all of Christie's letters, papers and writing notebooks, as well as interviews with her grandson, daughter, son-in-law and their living relations, Thompson is able to unravel not only the detailed workings of Christie's detective fiction, but the truth behind her private life as well.

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