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Crime Fiction Authors, Murder Mystery Books, Thriller Novel Reviews & True Crime at Tangled Web - Publisher Pan 08 April-June

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Pan April-June 08

Jackie Collins Hollywood Kids Pbk published June 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0330462458

First there was "Hollywood Wives", then there was "Hollywood Husbands". Now comes the outrageous "Hollywood Kids" - a tale of life lived to excess in the fastest lane of all. They're hot, they're edgy - young partners in privilege - partying hard for the American Dream. Until a murderer begins to stalk them. And tough New York detective Michael Scorsini starts looking for answers. In a devastating expose of Hollywood and all that goes on there, superstar author Jackie Collins cuts through to the heart of America's favourite playground and the new high rollers who live - and die - there.
'This saga of hard bodies in motion delivers the goods...sex, had frequently and dangerously...by beautiful young Hollywooders who drive fast cars and suffer the burdens of excessive money and fame' - "Publishers Weekly".

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Jackie Collins Hollywood Husbands Pbk published June 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 033046244X

Sleek cars, sexy women...but for Hollywood Husbands power is everything. In a small American town, a young girl is beaten by her husband, raped by his friends and left for dead. Years later, the Hollywood husbands may be the ones to feel the heat of her burning revenge. Manon Cable - macho superstar; Howard Soloman - star maker, star breaker; and, Jack Python - the hottest talk-show host in town.
'Her characters are as racy as Ferraris. Her plots as fast-moving as Porsches..."Hollywood Husbands" is like a box of chocolates. You feel a bit guilty but, God, you enjoy it' - "Daily Express".

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Jackie Collins Hollywood Wives: The New Generation Pbk published June 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0330462431

Loving, spending, succeeding - no one does it better than the Hollywood wives. They're a privileged breed - glamorous, beautiful and demanding. When life is this fast, there are no guarantees. Status is everything - and that's only as high as the box office of their husband's latest movie. Elaine Cont - wife of a fading star, who'll do anything to put his career back into orbit; Angela Hudson - a breathtakingly beautiful starlet with a wildly ambitious stud for a husband; and, Montana Grey - gorgeous renegade, she'll stop at nothing to make it in the male-dominated world on the other side of the camera.
"Hollywood Wives" is a scorching blockbuster that exposes the glittering bitchery of Beverly Hills - before racing to a chilling and unexpected climax...'Miss Collins at her raunchy best' - "New York Times".

Jackie Collins has been called a 'raunchy moralist' by the late director Louis Malle and 'Hollywood's own Marcel Proust' by Vanity Fair magazine. With over 250 million copies of her books sold in more than 40 counties, and with some twenty New York Times bestsellers to her credit, Jackie Collins is one of the world's top-selling novelists. She is known for giving her readers an unrivaled insiders knowledge of Hollywood and the glamorous lives and loves of the rich, famous and sometimes bad!

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Jackie Collins The Stud Pbk published June 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0330462415

Come to the nightspot where the beautiful people hang out, and meet: Tony Blake - your host and guide - and anything else you want him to be...Fontaine Khaled - jet-setting beauty - her face is her fortune and men are her weakness; Alexandra - her nubile step-daughter - determined to sample everything the big city has to offer. Like no book before or since,
"The Stud" gets to grips with the debauched and decadent lifestyles of society's high flyers. You won't believe your eyes...'Sexual athletics among the in-crowd' - "Sunday Times".

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Jackie Collins The Bitch Pbk published June 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0330462423

She's a woman who's never short of a man. And they call her...the bitch. Fontaine Khaled has an Arab millionaire among her yesterdays and hard-gambling Nico for all her tomorrows. Which only leaves the problem of choosing a man for today. From London to Las Vegas, Hollywood to Athens - she calls the shots from her plush limos and black satin sheets. She's a woman who always gets what she wants. She is The Bitch and she is in control. And that could never change - could it?
'Casinos, swimming pools, orgies, race horses, gangsters, sex-in-the-shower - it's all there!' - "Observer".

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Dick Francis Dead Heat Pbk published June 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 033045482X

'I wondered if I was dying. I wasn't afraid to die but, such was the pain in my gut, I wished it would happen soon.' The night before the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket sees the great and the good of the horse-racing community gathered for a prestigious black-tie Gala dinner. It is a fitting testament to the glamour of the occasion that top chef Max Moreton is cooking the evening's meal. Max is something of a celebrity in Newmarket circles. He is founder of the racing town's favourite Michelin-starred restaurant, the Hay Net.However, spending the night retching in the throes of agony is the last thing Max expects. But much worse is to come ...his food is suspected of putting twenty-four of the dinner guests in hospital. Max's pride and professionalism tells him all is not as it seems. Within hours, Max's restaurant is forcibly closed, his reputation teeters on the brink of ruin, and a court case looms. But the day is far from over, and soon Max Moreton finds himself desperately fighting for more than just his livelihood... "Dead Heat" is the latest searing, intrigue-filled blockbuster from the Grand Master of thriller writing.

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Peter F. Hamilton The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy 1) Pbk published May 2008 by Pan at Ł7.99 ISBN: 033044302X

At the centre of the Intersolar Commonwealth universe is a massive black hole. This Void is not a natural artefact. Inside there is a strange universe where the laws of physics are very different to those we know. It is slowly consuming the other stars of the galactic core - one day it will have devoured the entire galaxy. It's AD 4000, and a human has started to dream of the wonderful existence of the Void. He has a following of millions of believers. They now wish to Pilgrimage to the Void to live the life they have been shown. Other starfaring species fear their migration will cause the Void to expand again. They are prepared to stop the Pilgrimage fleet no matter what the cost. The Pilgrimage begins...

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Cora Harrison My Lady Judge: The First Burren Mystery Pbk published May 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0330445995

In the sixteenth century, as it is now, the Burren, on the western seaboard of Ireland, was a land of grey stone forts, fields of rich green grass and swirling mountain terraces. It was also home to an independent kingdom that lived peacefully by the ancient Brehon laws of their forebears. On the first eve of May, 1509, hundreds of people from the Burren climbed the gouged out limestone terraces of Mullaghmore Mountain to celebrate the great May Day festival, lighting a bonfire and singing and dancing through the night, then returning through the grey dawn to the safety of their homes. But one man did not come back down the steeply spiralling path. His body lay exposed to the ravens and wolves on the bare, lonely mountain for two nights... and no one spoke of him, or told what they had seen. And when Mara, a woman appointed by King Turlough Don O'Brien to be judge and lawgiver to the stony kingdom, came to investigate, she was met with a wall of silence...

'A lovely, balanced blend of historical detail and good story telling. This book is appealing in every way.' -
'An excellent historical novel with a most original leading character... A true Celtic feast.' - .
'Sister Fidelma would be delighted with her sleuthing "descendant"... well researched and written.' - Peter Tremayne, author of "The Sister Fidelma Mysteries".

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David Lawrence Down into Darkness Pbk published April 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0141014342

The naked body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree on a London roadside. Scrawled across her back, are the words dirty girl. Detective Sergeant Stella Mooney and the AMIP 5 squad are faced with a murder as baffling as it is chilling. With no means to identify the victim and no apparent motive, the case is blocked, until ...A man is found on a bench by the river, his throat cut back to the vertebrae. And, as before, the killer has left a trademark comment: Filthy Coward. Stella and her team can see there's a connection: but what? One victim is a young girl - maybe one of the hookers who work the Strip; the other a researcher for a prominent and controversial MP. More evidence is needed. And soon enough, it comes: another death; another message ...

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Andy Oakes Citizen One Pbk published April 2008 by Pan at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0330434438

This title is a sequel to "Dragon's Eye" and another story with Sun Piao. "Dragon's Eye" won the European Crime and Mystery Award and is now a worldwide success. Massmarket paperback rights of "Citizen One" has been sold to Pan MacMillan. Sun Piao is released from Ankang, the psychiatric hospital for Chinese dissidents, and demoted to working in the Vice Squad, ostensibly a non-job since the Chinese authorities claim there is no vice in the People's Republic. But, before you know it, he is trying to solve a string of murders of prostitutes, murders in which elite army officers are implicated. It is a case no one wants and no one wants solved since it spells danger to all involved. As his fellow PSB Officers are butchered, Sun Piao's investigations lead him to take on the princelings, the sons of the highest cadre in China, as he seeks justice for his colleagues and the murdered women. Finding the evidence that his superiors do not want him to find leads him to become involved in a power struggle between the old and the new guard.

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Minette Walters The Chameleon's Shadow Pbk published May 2008 by Pan at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0330449559

When Lieutenant Charles Acland is flown home from Iraq with serious head injuries, he faces not only permanent disfigurement but also an apparent change to his previously outgoing personality. Crippled by migraines, and suspicious of his psychiatrist, he begins to display sporadic bouts of aggression, particularly against women, especially his ex-fiancee who seems unable to accept that the relationship is over. After his injuries prevent his return to the army, he cuts all ties with his former life and moves to London. Alone and unmonitored, he sinks into a private world of guilt and paranoid distrust ...until a customer annoys him in a Bermondsey pub ...Out of control and only prevented from killing the man by the intervention of a 250-pound female weightlifter called Jackson, he attracts the attention of police who are investigating three 'gay' murders in the Bermondsey area which appear to have been motivated by extreme rage...Under suspicion, Acland is forced to confront the real issues behind his isolation. How much control does he have over the dark side of his personality? Do his migraines contribute to his rages? Has he always been the duplicitous chameleon that his ex-fiancee claims? And why if he hates women does he look to a woman for help?

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