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Crime Fiction Authors, Murder Mystery Books, Thriller Novel Reviews & True Crime at Tangled Web - Publisher Headline 08 July-Sept

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Headline July-Sept 08

Frank Barnard To Play the Fox Published August 2008 by Headline Review at £19.99 ISBN: 0755338901

North Africa, 23 October 1942. The eve of El Alamein, the battle that turned the Second World War. The greatest artillery barrage in the history of warfare is about to be unleashed. Within twelve days the Axis forces will be in full retreat, their dreams of controlling the Mediterranean and seizing the Suez Canal shattered. RAF fighter pilots, Englishman Kit Curtis is in an unarmed photo-reconnaissance Spitfire, reporting Axis movements, and Ossie Wolf, American volunteer, is seconded to fly in a covert operation behind enemy lines. Since they flew together during the Siege of Malta, both men have taken different paths, Curtis following his conscience, Wolf insouciant and headstrong, killer in the air, liability on the ground. But Alamein unites them in a desperate struggle for survival. And together they encounter the commander of the Axis forces, the Desert Fox himself.

Frank Barnard trained as a journalist before moving into public relations. He worked as managing director for major international consultancies before quitting at 50 to write full time and race cars. He is married with two children and four grandchildren with whom he enjoys sailing and sea-fishing near his home in Rye, Sussex.

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Colin Bateman Murphy's Law Pbk published August 2008 by Headline at £7.99 ISBN: 075534362X Artwork by: Cover drsign: Push. Front cover TV images © Corbis/Rick Gayle

His thick and fast-growing medical file says he should be retired, but Detective Martin Murphy wants to get back on the streets, doing what he does best.
Murphy has been given one last chance. After a terrible experience working undercover in Northern Ireland, hes in London, and about to fail another psychological assessment. While his life spirals out of control, his boss sends him back undercover to expose a gang of diamond thieves who have just burnt a security guard alive. As he gets closer to the gangs leader, Murphy realises their plans are more ambitious and more deadly than anyone expected...

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Duncan Campbell The Paradise Trail Pbk published July 2008 by Headline Review at £7.99 ISBN: 075534247X

A witty, wildly funny, poignant and, at times, tragic novel about the passing of an age where nothing seems to matter until the hard, cruel, real world comes knocking at the door. It's 1971, and the travellers who end up in the flea-pit Lux Hotel in Calcutta are determined to have a good time. Theres ex-public schoolboy Gordon, the cool American Larry, a weird pair of Australians, and Freddie Braintree, the acid casualty. But is he who he seems to be? Their scene is innocence and inner journeys, experimentation and a lust for new experiences. But theres a war going on between India and Pakistan and a mysterious hippie killer is lurking in the dark alleyways of the city. Meanwhile Hugh, the straight one who is trying to build a career, is covering the war for a British newspaper but he hasn't a clue what he is doing, and the shocking massacres and brutality he witnesses cast a long shadow over all their lives.

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Michael Clynes A Brood of Vipers Pbk published September 2008 by Headline at £6.99 ISBN: 0747244758

Spring 1523. Benjamin Daunbey and his rapscallion servant, Roger Shallot, are summoned to London. A Florentine envoy, Lord Francesco Abrizzi, has been murdered and King Henry is determined to unmask the perpetrators of this outrage. In London, Shallot experiences King Henry’s rage, the insults of the Abrizzis and a murderous attack. Shallot, a born coward, wants to crawl away and hide, but the King and Wolsey insist that he and Benjamin go to Florence, find Abrizzi’s assassin, deliver a secret message, and bring back a Florentine painter. It sounds simple enough – but the reality is murderously different.
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Paul Doherty Murder's Immortal Mask (Ancient Rome Mysteries 5) Pbk published August 2008 by Headline at £6.99 ISBN: 0755338448

September 314 AD and once more death strikes the sprawling streets of Imperial Rome in Paul Doherty's new Claudia novel.
When two prostitutes are found murdered - their bodies ripped open and their right eyes gouged out it's feared a notorious killer, the Nefandus, has returned. Rumoured to be an imperial officer, he once waged bloody murder amongst Rome's prostitutes but vanished before his identity could be discovered. Has he reappeared, or is someone working in his guise?
Desperate to retain order, the Empress Helena turns to her most trusted agent, Claudia. Helena commands her to discover the truth behind the Nefandus, before Rome descends further into chaos and confusion.

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Paul Doherty Nightshade Published August 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755338391

January 1304 and Hugh Corbett, devoted emissary of King Edward I, has been charged with yet another dangerous mission.
Scrope, an unscrupulous manor lord, has reneged on his promise to hand over a priceless ornate cross he stole from the Templars during the Crusades. Furthermore, he has massacred as heretics fourteen members of a religious order, whose corpses now hang in the woods near Mistleham inEssex. The King, determined to restore order sends Corbett to Mistleham in his stead. But as Corbett reaches the troubled village, it becomes obvious that the situation has worsened. A mysterious bowman has appeared, killing townspeople at random. Is one of the Brethren responsible, or have the Templars arrived to wreak revenge? Can Corbett restore Mistleham to peace, and return the treasure to the King, before further blood is shed?

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Alex Dryden Red to Black Published July 2008 by Headline at £17.99 ISBN: 0755344995

A spy thriller, a love story and a chilling look at a resurgent superpower...
At the dawn of the new millennium, Finn, an MI6 spy, and Anna, a colonel of the KGB, have been sent to spy on each other. Instead they find a love that becomes to only truth they can trust. A source deep within the Kremlin tells Finn of a plan, hatched in the depths of the Cold War, to dismantle the edifice of the communist state and to bring about the rise of a new imperium within Russia: a plan to control the whole of Europe. Finn's masters in London are blinded by the new wealth pouring out of Russia and he must leave the Service and work in secrecy to uncover the deadly threat it poses to the freedom of every one of us.

Alex Dryden is a writer and journalist with many years experience in security matters. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Dryden watched the statues of Lenin fall across the former Soviet Union. Since then he has charted the false dawn of democracy in Russia as the country morphed into the world’s most powerful secret state. Dryden’s knowledge of the secret world in this new and growing East-West conflict makes Red to Black seem like an insider’s view.

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John Francome Final Breath Published September 2008 by Headline at £17.99 ISBN: 075533728X

A gripping new racing thriller from bestselling author John Francome
It's been over a year since Danny Clark's girlfriend Kirsty died in a horrific diving accident in the Caribbean. Danny was plunged into a time of bitter mourning but now he's back on his feet, with a lot of help from Kirsty's best friend, Tara. In fact, Danny has fallen for Tara in a major way. Danny's godfather Adrian Spring, who runs a racing stable, isn't at all happy about this. He can't help wondering how much Tara knows about the secrets that died with Kirsty. Secrets he'd prefer stayed secret for ever. Tara herself is uneasy: unconvinced that Kirsty's death was an accident, she fears that she might fall victim to a fatal 'accident' herself. And she's never been the paranoid type…

Ex-National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francome is a broadcaster on racing for Channel 4 and is one of the UK's leading authors of racing thrillers.

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Brian Freemantle Stalked Pbk published July 2008 by Headline at £6.99 ISBN: 0755335260

A taut, atmospheric and gripping thriller with on-going detective character Jonathan Stride working a murder case thats very close to home...Lieutenant Jonnny Stride knows his partner Maggie is in trouble when she reports a deadly crime on a bitter winter night. Maggie's obviously hiding a terrible secret, but she isn't the only one. A seductive young woman has disappeared, leaving behind a trail of lurid fantasies and a cryptic message. With his ex-cop girlfriend Serena, Stride uncovers a sordid web of violence and voyeurism someone is determined to keep secret. As they hunt for a killer, a predator with a vicious past is hunting them. Every step they take is bringing them closer to a showdown, amid howling winds and blinding snow -- where survival is measured in seconds...and crimes can be buried for ever.

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David Gibbins The Last Gospel Pbk published August 2008 by Headline at £6.99 ISBN: 075534734X

History is full of secrets. Secrets that have remained hidden for thousands of years. And we have no idea what many of them are. We know they're there, under the ground, at the bottom of the ocean, hidden away, just waiting for someone to unlock them." Enter Jack Howard, one of the greatest archaeologists of his day, a man who never stops believing, never gives up hope that out there might be the next big discovery. But when he and his best friend Costas are interrupted during a dive off the coast of Sicily that might possibly reveal the final journey of St. Paul, Jack has no idea what lies in store...Their journey takes them to one of the great lost libraries of antiquity, destroyed by the eruption of Pompeii, into the heart of ancient Rome and the holiest sites of Jerusalem. Their quest? So earthshattering that there are men who would kill anyone and anything in their path to conceal this secret...the secret of the origins of Christianity itself, and of THE LAST GOSPEL.

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Ann Granger A Mortal Curiosity Published July 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755320484

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The second novel in Ann Granger's wonderfully atmospheric Victorian mystery series.
Lizzie Martin, lady's companion, has been sent from London to the New Forest to comfort a young woman whose baby has tragically died. A sad enough task, but things take an even darker turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the garden, and the young woman is discovered beside the body, crying and covered in blood. Not knowing where else to turn, Lizzie calls upon her friend Inspector Ben Ross from Scotland Yard to solve the horrific crime.

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Clio Gray Envoy of the Black Pine Published August 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755343530

An enthralling mystery of dangerous secrets, desperate men and macabre murderApril 1808, and a storm sweeps across the islands of the Baltic Sea and on towardsEngland, destroying thevillage ofLittle Slaughter as it goes". Into this ruined land comes missing-persons finder Whilbert Stroop, on the trail of a lost miniature library and the man who was its protector. Almost crossing paths with Stroop is Griselda Liit, a refugee from Little Slaughter, carrying her fathers secrets back to Hiiumaa, the island of her birth. And so begins an intricate tale that leads Stroop from flooded valleys through sinister printworks to a strange island archipelago in theBaltic Sea. Once there, he must unravel the increasingly tangled strands of past and present that surround the islands, and delve into a mysterious world of hidden tree-chapels, ancient Brotherhoods, insurrection, piracy, and death.

Clio Gray was born in Yorkshire, brought up in Devon and now lives in Scotland where she works in her local library. She has won prizes for many of her short stories, including the prestigious 2006 Scotsman & Orange Short Story Award for 'I Should Have Listened Harder', which can be downloaded from the Scotsman website.

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Sam Hayes Unspoken Published July 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755337344

A secret is about to destroy a family in Sam Hayes' breathtaking follow-up to BLOOD TIES...Mary Marshall would do anything for her daughter Julia. A devoted grandmother to Julia's children, she's always been the rock her family can rely on. Until now. Mary has a past Julia knows nothing about, and it's come back to haunt her!Murray French is walking a tightrope. A solicitor struggling with an alcohol problem, he's about to lose his wife Julia and his children to another man: someone successful, someone they deserve. Someone who's everything he's not. Can he ever get his family back? Just when Julia Marshall thinks life is starting to turn around, she stumbles upon the brutalised body of a girl she teaches. And as the terrible present starts to shed light on her mother's past, Julia realises her family's nightmare is only just beginning…

Sam Hayes grew up in the Midlands but has also lived in Australia and America. She now lives in a Leicestershire village with her husband and three children. She is a full-time writer.

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Wendy Holden Filthy Rich Pbk published August 2008 by Headline Review at £6.99 ISBN: 0755325133

The eagerly awaited and brilliant new novel from bestselling author Wendy Holden.Thebeautifulvillage ofAllsopseemed shire bliss? WhenMary meets Monty, heir to a stately pile, happiness seems assured. But as the mansion crumbles, passion wanes along with the heating . Bankers wife Beth swaps Notting Hill for weekends at a bijou cottage. They only offered a smidgeon over the asking price. So why dont the locals like them? Eco-harridan Morag is the terror of the village, with her objections to everyone and everything. ber-WAG Alexandra needs a footballers mansion and fast. There must be a Hello!-tastic country pile with spa, champagne bar and parking for six SUVs somewhere? Ambitions clash when the village launches an allotment project and no one escapes the bitter struggle over sex, power and money which threatens to blight more than everyones carrots.

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Michael Jecks The Templar, the Queen and Her Lover (Knights Templar) Pbk published July 2008 by Headline at £7.99 ISBN: 0755332849

Bloody revenge on the streets of Paris threaten Baldwins royal mission in the next novel in this brilliant medieval crime series.
Isabella, Queen of England, has been dispatched to France in an attempt to bring about peace between the two countries, and Baldwin must accompany her. But the day after their arrival, a servant is found murdered, with Baldwins dagger lying next to the body. As Baldwin struggles to prove his innocence, the killer strikes again. With so many English enemies gathering in Paris, will Baldwin be able to expose the culprit in time to protect the English King?

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Michael Jecks The Prophecy of Death (Knights Templar) Published July 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755344146

1325: There is turmoil in England. But could the Prophecy of St Thomas's Holy Oil save King Edward? It is believed that the king who is anointed with it will be a lion among men: he will conquer France, unite Christendom and throw the heathens from the Holy Land.
King Edward II has rejected his wife, Queen Isabella, confiscated her income, exiled her servants and taken away her children. Yet even now she is in France to negotiate peace with her brother, King Charles IV. Meanwhile, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock return from France with an urgent instruction for the King. Before long Baldwin and Simon find themselves at the centre of a deadly court intrigue involving the most powerful and ruthless men in the country, who will stop at nothing, not least murder, to achieve their ambitions…

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Jonathan Kellerman Devil's Waltz Pbk published September 2008 by Headline at £7.99 ISBN: 0755342917

It's a living hell...Twenty-one-month-old Cassie Jones has spent most of her short life in and out ofWesternPaediatricsHospital. Cassie is persistently, seriously ill and when no amount of testing can identify the cause, her doctor is lead to a disturbing diagnosis Cassies mother could be making her daughter deliberately sick. Child psychologist Alex Delaware is brought in to make an independent assessment of the Jones family. But Alexs attempts to find the answers and save a young girls life will reveal a terrifying circle of corruption, abuse and murderous hatred.
After a distinguished career in child psychology, Jonathan Kellerman turned to writing full-time, and there are now over thirty million copies of his novels in print. He is also the author of two volumes of psychology. He lives in Southern California with his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, and their four children.

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Jonathan Kellerman Private Eyes Pbk published August 2008 by Headline at £7.99 ISBN: 0755342909

From the internationally bestselling Jonathan Kellerman comes an explosive thriller featuring the legendary psychologist Alex Delaware
What lies behind closed doors?
Gina Prince was set to be a huge Hollywood star. But a vicious acid attack left her facially scarred and her acting career in tatters. Crippled by fear, Gina hid from the world, refusing to leave her home, for two decades.
Twenty years on and Ginas daughter, Melissa, contacts Psychologist Alex Delaware, desperate for him to help her mother. But before Alex can do anything Gina gets into her car and disappears. Now Alex is locked in a search that will lead him into a grotesque labyrinth of hidden histories and desires…

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Jonathan Kellerman Silent Partner Pbk published July 2008 by Headline at £7.99 ISBN: 0755342828

A vintage performance from the world's number one psychological thriller writerDr Sharon Ransom is the most beautiful woman in the room; she's also the most troubled. So when former lover, Psychologist Alex Delaware, bumps into her at a lavish LA cocktail party, though still attracted to her, fear of reviving unhappy memories prevents him from offering the help she seems so desperate for. Hours later, Sharon's body is discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Tortured by guilt, Alex wants answers. As his investigation begins, dark memories of his past with Sharon emerge, and a present full of madness, murder and sexual violence unfolds.

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Pam Lewis Perfect Family Pbk published August 2008 by Headline Review at £7.99 ISBN: 0755332075

This is a story of a family secret with deadly consequences.
When Pony Carteret is found drowned in the waters of Lake Aral her family is quick to accept a verdict of accidental death, but something doesn't seem to fit: how could Pony, an able and experienced swimmer, die within feet of their exclusive holiday home while her toddler son played on the shore? Pony's death opens a whole Pandora's box of questions: who is her son's father? Who was the man a neighbour saw arguing with her only hours before she died? What had she meant to tell William, her older brother, whom she had summoned to the house that day? William is absolutely shattered by his favourite sister's death, and as he begins to challenge the official version of events he makes a devastating and very personal discovery. And how should he respond to keith Brink, a stranger who spoke at Pony's funeral, and has now begun to insinuate his way into the life of their vulnerable younger sister, Mira?

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Steve Martini Shadow of Power Published August 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755309316

The latest electrifying Paul Madriani thriller from a master at the top of his game - Madriani once again finds himself under pressure as murder reaches deep into the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Some people will do anything to influence the Supreme Court. They will sweet-talk and seduce, beg, borrow and steal, all as a matter of course. Killing is different though, isn't it?
Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and provocateur who loves the kinds of controversy that makes headlines. As author of a new book which claims that Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Constitution support racial discrimination, he knows he's adding fuel to the fire. When Scarborough is found dead in a hotel room and a young man with connections to hate groups is charged with first-degree murder, defense attorney Paul Madriani is offered a case he can't pass up.
Amid the glare of the cameras, Madriani must pursue an elusive witness within the confines of the Supreme Court itself, a search that threatens the very foundation of government.

Steve Martini, a former trial attorney, has worked as a journalist and capital correspondent in the California State House in Sacramento. He has been engaged in both public and private practice of law. He lives on the US West Coast.

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Barbara Nadel Pretty Dead Things Pbk published July 2008 by Headline Review at £7.99 ISBN: 0755335635

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When Emine Aksu, the flamboyant wife of an Istanbul style guru, suddenly goes missing, Inspector Cetin Ikmen's investigation leads him deep into her strange and colourful past.Emine was a hippie when she was younger, who wholeheartedly enjoyed the liberated lifestyle that swept across the city when the western Europeans flooded into Istanbul in the sixties. According to her husband, Emine never really left behind the free love pleasures she discovered back then and he suspects she was visiting an old friend at the time of her disappearance. Meanwhile, Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is called to a terrifying scene at the art deco Kamondo Stairs in the old banking district of Karakoy. The skeleton of a woman has been discovered in one of the large plant containers. Could these two bizarre incidents be linked?

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Barbara Nadel Ashes to Ashes Published July 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755336208

As London suffers at the hands of the German Luftwaffe during the height of the Blitz, undertaker Francis Hancock suddenly finds himself caught up in the middle of a terrifying web of murder and
abduction. It's the 29th December 1940, the night that Hitler has chosen to destroy London under a barrage of flaming incendiary bombs. Their main target - St Paul's cathedral - is where Francis Hancock is sheltering from the onslaught. But the First World War veteran doesn't just have bombs to contend with on this night. A young girl, who wasalso shelteringin the cathedral,mysteriously goes missing. Then some of those charged with protecting the building are brutally murdered. Francis must face both his own demonsand fears in his struggle to catch those responsible and bring them to justice…

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Patterson J & Ledwidge M The Quickie Pbk published July 2008 by Headline at £7.99 ISBN: 0755335724

James Patterson takes us on a twisting roller-coaster ride of thrills in his most gripping novel yet. Lauren Stillwell is not your average damsel in distress. When the NYPD cop discovers her husband leaving a hotel with another woman, she decides to beat him at his own game. But her revenge goes dangerously awry, and she finds her world spiralling into a hell that becomes more terrifying by the hour. In a further twist of fate, Lauren must take on a job that threatens everything she stands for. Now, she's paralyzed by a deadly secret that could tear her life apart. With her job and marriage on the line, Lauren's desire for retribution becomes a lethal inferno as she fights to save her livelihood - and her life. Patterson takes us on a twisting roller-coaster ride of thrills in his most gripping novel yet. This story of love, lust and dangerous secrets will have reader's hearts pounding to the very last page.

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Patterson J & Gross A A Women's Murder Club Omnibus Pbk published August 2008 by Headline at £12.99 ISBN: 0755343468

1ST TO DIE The electrifying first novel in this explosive series, introducing homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer. She's tough, but even she's shocked by the honeymoon murders. A brutal maniac is slaughtering newlywed couples. Lindsay turns to Claire, a coroner, Cindy, a journalist, and Jill, an attorney for help solving this terrible case; the legendary Women's Murder Club is born.
2ND CHANCE
Lindsay Boxer is back. When a little girl is shot outside a San Francisco church, she knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder club. Together they track down a mystifying killer who is to turn his pursuers into his victims....
THIRD DEGREE
The death of three people when a townhouse explodes into flames is only the beginning of a wave of violence in San Francisco; it seems that whoever is behind it is intent on killing someone every three days. Even more terrifying, a member of the Women's Murder Club is now a target, and Lindsay Boxer learns of a secret so dangerous and unbelievable that it could destroy them all.

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Patrick Quinlan The Drop-off Published July 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 075533549X

A gripping and twisting treat of a novel for fans of Tarantino and Elmore Leonard. Smoke Dugan, one-time bomb-maker for the mob, is on the run. It's not easy to keep a low profile when you've got your girlfriend (Lola), her best friend (Pamela) and a retired professional assassin (Cruz) with you; and if you're carrying $2.5 million in cash, you can be sure the people the money belongs to won't let the trail go cold. The tiny Caribbean island of Saint Mark's seems a safe bet, but that's reckoning without the unexpected presence of ex-Navy Seal Stone, an old enemy of Cruz. Stone has heard of the massive finder's fee placed on Cruz's head by Big Vito back in New York, so he's very motivated. Soon the rest of the mob is on the way and the scene is set for a game of cat and mouse amid the palm trees and on the high seas. Who will end up swimming with the sharks?

Patrick Quinlan grew up in New York, the youngest child in a big, noisy Irish-American family. He has worked in journalism and politics. He lives on the coast of Maine.

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Veronica Stallwood Oxford Menace Published September 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 0755326415

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When two of Kate Ivory's friends, members of a team working at an Oxford University biotechnology unit, start to receive smoke bombs through the letterbox and discover that slanderous letters about them are being circulated, Kate is intrigued and disturbed. Working where they do, her friends are used to the high security necessary to ward off animal activists. But this time there is a difference: there is nothing random in the choice of victims, and the attacks are growing more sophisticated. The team is in danger of being disbanded and if this happens the important project they are working on will come to an end. Is this just another phase in the war between scientists and the Animal Liberation Front or is there a different - and dangerous - group at work And if so, do they have an ulterior motive for trying to sabotage the project Novelist and amateur sleuth Kate is persuaded to find out who is behind the dirty tricks, before her friends' careers, and even their lives, are put at risk...

Veronica Stallwood was born in London, educated abroad and now lives near Oxford. In the past she has worked at the Bodleian Library and more recently at New College Library.

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Ronnie Thompson Screwed: Behind Bars, Doing Time, Life as a Prison Officer Pbk published August 2008 by Headline Review at £6.99 ISBN: 0755316665

"My name is Ronnie Thompson. Being a prison officer was something I used to be proud of. I soon realised the truth of what it's like working as a screw, though. It's a fucking headache. Corruption, danger, violence. Welcome to my world."
Ronnie Thompson was just an ordinary guy. That is, until he became a prison officer. By the time he started work at HMP Romwell, he realised he was actually a nurse, a copper, a probation officer, a carer, a councillor, a social worker and, of course, an incarcerator all in one. Oh, and a punch bag for the cons and bosses. In "Screwed", Ronnie tells it like it is. He reveals what really goes on behind bars - the times when force is necessary and used, and when it is unnecessary but still used. He exposes the underworld of bent screws, the drugs they traffic, the firms they work for and what they get paid for their sins. He shows how it is left down to a small group of officers to control an over-flowing prison, keep an eye out for corrupt governors, and dodge the deluded human rights campaigners. Ultimately, he shows us that being a good screw doesn't always mean sticking to the rules...

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Hannah Tinti The Good Thief Published July 2008 by Headline Review at £12.99 ISBN: 075532949X

Set in the wild, seamy and extremely strange America of the nineteenth century: a historical novel so brilliantly-written, so richly involving and so touching that you never want it to end.Young Ren is missing his parents and a hand and doesn't know what happened to any of them. So he is beginning to fear that he will never be claimed from his cold New England orphanage: that his dream of a family -- of a life -- will come to nothing. But one day a glamorous stranger arrives at the orphanage. To Ren's astonishment, the handsome, charming Benjamin Nab says he is his brother. He says he has come to bring him home. And even when his stories grow more and more extraordinary, when he puts Ren's life in danger again and again and sets him first to theft and then to grave-robbing, Ren cannot quite abandon hope. that one day all the hunger and danger and unwanted excitement will be worth it, that he will find a family, at last. But whether Benjamin is to be trusted is another story!

Hannah Tinti grew up in Salem, Massachusetts. Her stories, including the acclaimed collection ANIMAL CRACKERS, has made her one of America's most promising young writers, and this, her first novel, has been hotly anticipated. She is the editor of the multiple award-winning One Story magazine and lives in New York.

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Peter Tremayne The Council of the Cursed (Sister Fidelma Mysteries 19) Published July 2008 by Headline at £19.99 ISBN: 075532840X

When Bishop Leodegar of Autun calls upon the church leaders from western Europe to attend a council, itis to be a meeting haunted by sudden death and intrigue. It's AD 670, and the Council of Autunis meeting to discuss serving a final devastating blow to the Celtic Church. But when a conflict betweentwo delegate results in the murder of the chief delegate from Hibernia, the entire Council is in danger. Sister Fidelma and her companion, Brother Eadulf, arrive in Autun to act as advisors to the Irish delegation. Between the autocratic Bishop Leodegar and the malignant abbess, Mother Audofleda, a web of sinister intrigue soon spreads. The theft of a priceless reliquary box, the disappearance of women and children and rumours of a slave trade make this one of the most sinister puzzles that Fidelma and Eadulf have ever faced…

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