New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Simon Schuster 08 July-Sept
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Simon Schuster JULY-SEPT 08

Mark Alpert Final Theory Pbk published July 2008 by Simon Schuster at £12.99 ISBN: 1847372406


Physics lecturer David Swift is summoned to hospital to comfort his dying mentor, a renowned scientist suffering from horrifying wounds. David is shocked when the old man dies after wheezing 'Einheitlichen Feldtheorie': The Destroyer of Worlds. The Theory of Everything. It was Einstein's lifetime quest to pin down a unified set of equations, combining physics of stars with the laws of atoms. He died without achieving this goal. Or did he? In the two hours after hearing these words, David's ex-wife and child are threatened; he's attacked by a Russian assassin, arrested by the FBI and nearly killed three times. But he's too busy running for his life to work out what it all means. Teaming up with his ex-girlfriend and an autistic teenager addicted to video games, David must work out what Einstein's theories could possibly be worth to the powers desperate for them - and if the world is ready for the consquences.

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Virginia Andrews Scattered Leaves Published September 2008 by Simon Schuster at £18.99 ISBN: 1847371485
After tragedy tears her family apart, Jordan March is shipped off by her domineering Grandmother Emma to live with Emma's long-forgotten sister. Shuttered in a rundown farmhouse, Aunt Frances is the strangest person Jordan has ever met. Why has Grandmother hidden away this fragile, harmless woman? Did Frances grow up much too fast, like Jordan did? In the shadows of the farmhouse, Jordan is about to unearth the shattering truth - with terrible and far-reaching repercussions for the March family.

With the publication of her first novel, FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC, Virginia Andrews became a bestselling phenomenon. Since then, readers have been captivated by more than forty novels in the Virginia Andrews' series. Her novels have sold over 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into 22 languages.

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Neil Cross Natural History Pbk published September 2008 by Simon Schuster at £7.99 ISBN: 1416522794


Strange things are happening in Monkeyland, the ailing Devonshire sanctuary that Patrick and his zoologist wife, Jane, took on in a bid to save their marriage. Their oldest female primate, the wise and gentle Rue, is found murdered in a corner of the compound. And a big, panther-like cat, preys around the park. It evades capture, lurking in the shadows and in the back of Patrick's mind. Private, threatening, elusive. With Patrick's son, Charlie, having left Monkeyland in disgrace, his wife on a field trip in Zaire and Jo avidly tracking the progress of the comet Hale Bopp with her tutor, Patrick is left alone with his black cat and his fears. Until one night something happens that is so shocking, so deplorable, that it rips apart everything Patrick had ever held to be true. They say that a parent's worse nightmare is to suffer the death of a child. But what if that's not true? Natural History is a work of exquisite tension. Building towards a climax so devastating it subverts every expectation, it is a brutally compelling investigation into what it is to be human, what it is to experience guilt - and what it means to be without it.

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Micheal Dobbs The Edge of Madness Published September 2008 by Simon Schuster at £17.99 ISBN: 1847372848
Cyber-warfare: the kind that brings nations to their knees, switching off energy lifelines, crippling the financial markets, starving leaders of authority. An old Russian nuclear reactor goes into Chernobyl-style meltdown while, on the other side of the world, the US Eastern Seaboard is plunged into darkness. No one knows - yet - who is responsible for the chaos. Hidden from view of the rest of the world, an extraordinary meeting of the US President, the Russian President and the British Prime Minister is about to take place. They have the weekend to save the world - and they must do it alone. Something serious is going on in Beijing. Military manoeuvres. Troops on the streets. It's as though the Chinese are preparing for the final thrust against their old enemies, bringing them to their knees in a war that will see not a single shot being fired.

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John Heale One Blood: Inside Britain's New Street Gangs Pbk published August 2008 by Simon Schuster at £12.99 ISBN: 184737249X

Britain's criminal gangs have changed. Their members are younger than ever before, with children as young as six joining them. The tragic slaying of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Liverpool in August 2007 proved that the consequences of gun crime affect every community. One Blood will be the first full-length study of Britain's new street gangs. The author has secured access to dozens of young people involved in the lifestyle, and every chapter will be based on first-hand testimonies of their day-to-day reality. There are contributions from psychologists, youth workers and the police, providing the most comprehensive analysis of what gang life does to society and individuals. With a strong narrative that travels the country, taking in the major cities of London, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool, as well as smaller cities like Bristol and Nottingham and provincial towns, One Blood will provide a startling impression of what life is like for those who belong to a gang. It will nvestigate how the authorities are attempting to combat the problem, analysing the social evils of which gang life is a symptom, not a cause.This explosive book will be an abiding portrait of an unfortunate section of British society, how it ended up this way, and what solutions are needed to tackle the problem.

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Medieval Murderers The Lost Prophecies (Medieval Murderers Group 4) Published July 2008 by Simon Schuster at £18.99 ISBN: 1847370926
See Review by Rafe McGregor Rafe's own site - www.rafemcgregor.co.uk
A mysterious book of prophecies written by a sixth century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages. Foretelling wars, plagues and rebellions, the Black Book of Bran is said to have predicted the Black Death and the Gunpowder Plot. But is it the result of divine inspiration or the ravings of a madman? A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome and untimely end.

BERNARD KNIGHT, a senior Home Office pathologist, is the author of nine books in the CROWNER JOHN series.
MICHAEL JECKS is the author of the TEMPLAR series, which describes life among the Devon peasants under King Edward II. Former police officer
SUSANNA GREGORY's novels feature MATTHEW BARTHOLOMEW, a Cambridge physician in the period immediately after the Black Death. Cornwall-based
IAN MORSON is the author of the FALCONER series, and
PHILIP GOODEN writes Shakespearean murder mysteries.

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Lynda Plante Deadly Intent Published September 2008 by Simon Schuster at £17.99 ISBN: 0743295749
Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western world. A Howard Marks character, but far more dangerous, his wealth, accrued through drug-trafficking, runs into millions. For the past ten years there has been no sighting of him. Has he gone to ground using an alias, or is he dead? When an ex-police officer from the murder squad is found shot in a dank squat, Anna Travis is pulled onto the case. As the body count rises and the investigation becomes ever more complex, suspicion falls on Fitzpatrick. Is he still alive and in the UK? Could he be the killer, with terrifying access to the most lethal drug in existence?

Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. Her novels have all been bestsellers internationally and she has won BAFTA, Emmy, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society Writers Awards. Her biggest television triumph has been PRIME SUSPECT starring Helen Mirren, and she is currently working on her latest series of TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION and THE COMMANDER.

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