Archive for the ‘Crime & Horror’ Category

The Reapers - John Connolly

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects. A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis’s blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss. Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?

Alistair MacLean Collection - 3 Books

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense come three very different but equally exciting and gripping adventures. Travel with Alistair Maclean to the high-octane world of 1970s Formula One, the Gypsy Caravans of Provence and the world’s greatest circus in Cold War Europe… Hang on to your seat, wherever you go with Alistair Maclean, the journey is guaranteed to be fast and furious!

Bernard Knight Collection - 10 Books

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

In this collection, Bernard Knight combines his 40-year career as a Home Office pathologist, during which he performed over 25,000 autopsies, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the 12th century to deliver an immensely gripping series of medieval thrillers that will appeal to all fans of the murder mystery genre. Featuring Crowner John, Devon’s first county coroner, the series twists and turns through a range of malicious murders and sinister threats and set against an incredibly authentic backdrop, the plots quickly absorb the reader and leave them guessing to each satisfyingly unexpected ending. This collection will certainly provide enough fuel to feed the addiction of a murder mystery fan throughout the long dark winter!

Classic Crime Collection - 10 Books

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Starring a fine cast of characters from Bulldog Drummond and Carruthers to Sherlock Holmes and Gabriel Syme, fans of crime fiction will be delighted to get their hands on this fabulous set of classics. In addition to household names, like Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe, you’ll also find lesser known - but equally worthy - inclusions, such as Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s classic Victorian spine-tingler Lady Audley’s Secret and G.K. Chesterton’s chilling and spellbinding classic The Man Who Was Thursday. Each one a masterpiece in its own right, as a collection the ten crime classics come together to form a library of some of the best ever books published in this genre. Miss it at your peril!

A Highland Christmas - M.C. Beaton

Thursday, November 5th, 2009


There’s no holiday from crime for PC Hamish Macbeth. He has a full agenda of things he has to make right before the church bells toll… there’s a frightened old woman who needs help, stolen holiday goods to be retrieved and the town needs a great big dose of good old-fashioned festive cheer.

The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Six years in the writing, The Lost Symbol is Dan Brown’s extraordinary sequel to his internationally best-selling Robert Langdon thrillers, Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code. Nothing is ever what it first appears in a Dan Brown novel.

Set over a breathtaking 12 hour time span, the book’s narrative takes the reader on an exhilarating journey through a masterful and unexpected landscape as Professor of Symbology, Robert Langdon, is once again called into action. Expertly researched and written with breakneck pace, The Lost Symbol once again demonstrates why Dan Brown is the world’s best-selling thriller writer.

New Ian Rankin Collection

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009


This stunning collection of number one bestsellers features a mixture of Inspector Rebus, Jack Harvey and classic Ian Rankin novels, all from the pen of one of the most respected and bestselling thriller writers in the world. Fast-moving, powerful and compulsive, Rankin’s storytelling is unmatched and his popularity unrivalled.

Chris Ryan Collection - 3 Books

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Josh Harding, a battle-hardened SAS soldier, is working undercover on antiterrorist operations, tracking the leaders of al-Qaeda. He wakes up in a ditch in the wilderness of Arizona. His memory has gone and the police are hunting him for murder… Blackout is a terrifyingly realistic story of what happens when technology and terroism combine and is just one of three gripping novels in this introductory pack from ex-SAS officer, Chris Ryan.

Mary Higgins Clark Collection - 10 Books

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

When Kay Lansing marries widower Peter Carrington, she is well aware of the rumours surrounding the mysterious death of Peter’s first wife, who was found floating in the family pool ten years ago, pregnant at the time. Peter is a chronic sleepwalker who suffers from periodic nightmares, so when the police arrive at the door with a warrant for Peter’s arrest in connection with another murder, Kay begins to fear that she has married a sleepwalking murderer and resolves to find out the truth… Are the two deaths linked? And why does a melody that Kay cannot identify keep playing in her head? Recognised as the Queen of Suspense, I Heard That Song Before is just one of the thrilling murder mysteries featured in this introduction to Mary Higgins Clark.

Hamish Macbeth Collection x 10 Books

Monday, July 13th, 2009

When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters’ strangled body is fished out of the river, Hamish thinks he may well be in over his head for he knows that secrets are dangerous, knowledge is power, and killers when cornered usually do strike again… From the author of the incredibly popular Agatha Raisin novels, comes a deliciously brilliant, delightfully entertaining collection of ten Hamish Macbeth murder mysteries. For the fan of the fictional detective, this charming, practical and quietly heroic PC is sure to become a firm favourite. And to the fan of Scottish village life, these evocative, gentle and quaint stories are sure to find their mark too! Warm, witty, reassuring but unpredictable, these perfectly constructed mysteries are very hard to fault.