Michael Connelly, international No,l Bestselling author of Angels Flight, is back with a new pulse-pounding thriller that is his most surprising and challenging to date. But this time the hero is not a cop but a hard-boiled female ex-con who is lured back to a life of crime.
Void Moon is a breathtakingly original thriller set in glittery, surreal Las Vegas. Cassie Black; a feisty, yet vulnerable ex-criminal - breaks her parole for a set up that is too good to ignore. But the bait which persuades her to return to her old profession of robbing casino gamblers of their winnings turns out to be a scam that may cost her the one thing she holds dearer than her own life.
Connelly's idea for the character of Cassie came to him whilst working as a Police Reporter for the L.A. Times. An LAPD officer told him about a notorious 'hot-prowler' who was working the Sunset Strip, going into hotel rooms while people were sleeping and stealing their money, jewellery and lap-tops. According to Connelly:
'It made me think about the possibilities and the skill, though misplaced, it takes to undergo this sort of crime. I was looking for a new challenge and decided on this story, the challenge being to make a burglar - a criminal - sympathetic to the reader. ' The challenge has been fulfilled. Cassie's escape from a contract killer who somehow knows her every move in advance keeps you riveted until the very last page. This is Michael Connelly at his very best!

'Michael Connelly is ont of the top crime writers of the decade and should be better known to British readers. His laid-back, emotionally bruised Los Angeles detective, Harry Bosch, is a memorable creation ' The Times
'Michael Connelly...twists the Plot until it screams. Unputdownable is a word I rarely use, but I have to apply it to this riveting book' Sunday Telegraph
'Brilliantly done: one of the finest examples this side of the Atlantic, of what used to be called 'police procedurals ' Daily Telegraph
'No-one writes a better modern thriller than Connelly. Guaranteed to keep you riveted until the very last page' Time Out
'The strongest crime series being written in America now' Spectator
'Exemplary LA-based thriller... exciting, authentic, grimly satisfying' Literary Review 'The plot is cunning, the language stirringly authentic and the excitement almost unbearable. Connelly's high reputation should increase ' Frances Fyfield, Mail On Sunday

Meet Elvis Cole. Vietnam veteran, private eye who carries a .38 and is determined never to grow up.
Fifteen-year-old Teri Hewitt has been left holding the babies now that her dad, Clark, has disappeared without trace. She wants Cole to find him. The search reveals a chronically unemployed drug addict caught up in counterfeiting seams and mixed up with the Russian mafia and Vietnamese gunmen. As the action heads towards a gunfight in Disneyland and Cole dodges his almost-girlfriend's husband, Indigo Slam shapes up into the most entertaining and exciting American crime novel for years.

'Far and away the most satisfying private eye novel in years. Grab this one - it's a winner' Lawrence Block
'Elvis Cole is an appealing character and Crais's style is fresh and funny' Sue Grafton

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'Enough meat for at least three novels and all of it done to a turn. Funny, fast, eventful' Literary Review

Brian Gallagher's sensational debut is a stylish and witty tale of infidelity, revenge and tropical fish. Set in Dublin, home of the Celtic Tiger, Callagher reveals the lengths to which the Celtic Tigress will go when betrayed.

When Julie returns home unexpectedly early from a week at a health farm, the first thing she sees is a lemon yellow Wonderbra hanging from the doorknob. There could be an innocent explanation, but the sight of her husband Ronan lounging by the swimming pool with a strange blonde suggests otherwise:
There is a trollop in the air. A trollop who divests my husband of his marriage vows, then attempts to cleanse her damned soul in the fruity balm of lemon. A trollop hung up on lemon-yellow Wonderbras.
What's~ wrong with plain ordinary white?
Who is this person?
I turn up the label Size 36D. Now I'm the first to praise generously where praise is due, especially if I am flattened by the competition. But when it is a proven fact that generous breasts are one of Ronan's most important life priorities it's not so easy.
In fact, I want to take a knife and slash everything in sight.
Fuelled by rage, betrayal and alcohol, Julie decides that revenge is best enjoyed piping hot. She gets mad. She gets even. Then she gets a life...
Written with sparkling wit and energy, Brian Gallagher's first novel is original, sexy, funny ... and written by a man.

The Cold War is history. The old players of the secret world must dance to new tunes and for new masters. Those that fail, die.
Set in the Caribbean sea and Central America, Aftermath tells the story of post Cold War in which multi-nationals wield the power of nations and political double-dealing and institutional incompetence are rife. Opening with a ferocious terrorist attack in Guatemala, the most blood stained corner of the CIA's Central American fiefdom, Cuba's master of Terrorism - Estoban Tur - is deemed responsible. He has transgressed the new rules and must pay the price. The CIA's Bergman sets the bait and, forced out of retirement, ex-agent Trent discovers that only the certainty of betrayal has remained a constant.

Aftermath is both frighteningly knowledgeable and a blistering tale of today's world of espionage - a world of deceit, in-fighting, and breath-taking violence. This is the fifth of Simon Gandolfi's fast-paced action thrillers featuring the ex-agent, Trent.

The frightening new novel from the author of The Perfect Husband.

In Texas, a serial killer is executed, taking with him the identity of his only child. In Boston, an unconscious nine-year-old girl is found, full of morphine and unable to remember anything about her past. Twenty years later she is about to discover who she really is.

Jerusalem Lane is a hangover - untouched by developers it is a little piece of Dickensian London, its inhabitants mainly refugees from pre-war central Europe. So could elderly Meredith Winterbottom really have been killed for the politics of another age? Detective Sergeant Kolla must find out.

Barry Maitland was born in Scotland and brought up in London. After studying architecture at Cambridge, he practised and taught in the UK before moving to Australia where he is Professor of Architecture at the University of Newcastle.

A mysterious death at an exclusive clinic - but is it suicide or murder? Detective Kolla leaps at the chance to investigate, but is abruptly taken off the case when her initial inquiries reveal the likelihood of foul play. There seems to be a cover-up - and it stinks to high heaven.

Barry Maitland was born in Scotland and brought up in London. After studying architecture at Cambridge, he practised and taught in the UK before moving to Australia where he is Professor of Architecture at the University of Newcastle.