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Salvation Boulevard

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Larry Beinhart

£14.99 19 Aug 2008 Hardback Nation Books

The murder victim: an atheist. The accused: Muslim. The lawyer: Jewish. The detective: Born Again Christian. A thriller about death, faith, and God--from one of America's best mystery writers.

Angel in the Full Moon

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Jack Taggart Mystery

By Don Easton

£6.99 19 Aug 2008 Paperback Dundurn Group Ltd ,Canada

Features undercover Mountie whose quest for justice takes him from the sunny,tourist-laden beaches of Cuba to the ghettos of Hanoi. This title presents a story that is fraught with raw human emotion.

In Secret Service

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel

By Mitch Silver

£6.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback Simon & Schuster

Mitch Silver's thrilling debut novel in which Ian Fleming's world of spies, passion and danger comes back to life when a young woman inherits a dangerously explosive non-fiction Fleming manuscript that documents the scandals, sex, lies, and treason surrounding the British royal family during World War II.

Do Time Get Time

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrei Rubanov

£12.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Old Street Publishing

A Perfect Evil

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Alex Kava

£3.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Harlequin Mills & Boon

Serial killer Ronald Jeffreys was executed for three murders. Three months after his death, the body of a boy is found, killed in the same style as Jeffreys' victims. Is there a copycat killer on the loose? Or is this the real thing?

Murder Plot

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lance Elliot

£3.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Harlequin Mills & Boon

With the caustic Inspector Masson looking over his shoulder, he is soon uncovering the murky secrets of the seemingly normal members of the Thornton Heath Horticulture and Allotment Association in his hunt for the killer. And even Lance himself will discover that the past has a nasty habit of not staying buried forever.

A Narrow Escape

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Faith Martin

£3.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Harlequin Mills & Boon

Under internal investigation for corruption Oxfordshire DI Hillary Greene is fighting to save her career. When a body is found in the canal, she knows she's only been given the case as it's a straightforward matter of accidental death. But when her investigation throws up more sinister elements, she realises this is bigger than anyone expected.

Streetwise

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Joseph Soyinka Mystery

By Chris Freeman

£3.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Harlequin Mills & Boon

Police detective Joseph Soyinka made many enemies fighting police corruption in Nigeria but he refused to be intimidated - until his wife was killed. But when a vulnerable girl is killed and his colleague framed for her murder, Joseph finds that old instincts die hard indeed, and he's soon on the trail of a vicious killer.

Runaway Minister

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nick Curtis

£3.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Harlequin Mills & Boon

It should have been a routine protection operation. But when the Croatian Foreign Minister is kidnapped on British soil by a known assassin, maverick DPU agent Charlie Paddon and his partner Alex Chappell are dispatched to rescue the minister and capture the perp - dead or alive.

The Judas Sheep

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stuart Pawson

£34.95 15 Aug 2008 Audio Cassette Magna Large Print Books

Ghost of a Chance

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Hepburn

£39.95 15 Aug 2008 Audio Cassette Magna Large Print Books

The Caller

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Alex Barclay

£34.95 15 Aug 2008 Audio Cassette Magna Large Print Books

Murder at the Villa Rose

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By A.E.W. Mason

£11.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Magna Large Print Books

Lieutenant Abls

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Matthew J Duffin

£9.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback James A Rock & Co. Publishers

Separate from the World

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Ohio Amish Mystery

By Paul L. Gaus

£17.50 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Ohio University Press

As another college year draws to an end, Professor Michael Branden is weary after nearly thirty years of teaching. Sitting in his office on a warm spring day, he receives an unexpected visit from an Amish man who claims his brother, a dwarf like himself, has been murdered.

Where Truth Lies

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Christiane Heggan

£6.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Harlequin Mills & Boon

The Herring Seller's Apprentice

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By L. C. Tyler

£19.99 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Magna Large Print Books

Blood Money

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Chris Collett

£19.99 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Magna Large Print Books

Maxwell's Match

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By M.J. Trow

£19.99 15 Aug 2008 Hardback Magna Large Print Books

Thicker Than Water

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lindy Cameron

£8.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Bywater Books

"Kit O'Malley is smart-mouthed, sharp-witted, and sexy."-Val McDermid

Kit O'Malley, the Australian PI with the mean right hook, is smarter, tougher, and more dangerous than ever, and she is on the scene when a corpse belonging to a member of a notorious Melbourne crime family is found at her local bar. Asking the right questions of the wrong people sees Kit and her friends dragged into serious danger. Blood Guilt and Bleeding Hearts, the first two Kit O'Malley mysteries, are also available from Bywater Books.

Lindy Cameron lives on the Mornington Peninsula outside Melbourne, Australia.

Material Evidence

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cairnburgh Mystery

By Kirton, Bill

£8.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Bywater Books

"Bill Kirton has put together a fine debut with intense plotting, strong characters and just the right touch of acid in the dialogue . . . a structure and depth that is rare in a first book make this a cracking page-turner. The denouement, when it comes, will shake you."-The Press and Journal (Scotland)

Detective Chief Inspector Carston, newly arrived in the town of Cairnburgh, near Aberdeen, Scotland, must solve the enigma of Stephanie Burnham's personality before he is able to uncover the shocking truth about her death.

The Pianist's Hands

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Eugenio Fuentes

£11.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Arcadia Books

Breda, Spain, is in the midst of the housing boom that has swept up the country. Although there are differences of opinion and the ambitious project is not without risk, the expectation of sumptuous profits drives the partners to continue. Then the corpse of one of the partners is discovered inside one of the newly constructed buildings.

Death of a Snob

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By M.C. Beaton

£5.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Constable and Robinson

Jane Wetherby offers PC Hamish Macbeth a holiday at her health farm on the isle of Eileencraig. Unfortunately Eileencraig is inhabited by hostile islanders. The party includes Morag Todd, a snob who criticizes everything. When Morag is found lying at the foot of a cliff with a broken neck, it is up to Hamish to solve the death of a snob.

Death of a Hussy

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By M.C. Beaton

£5.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Constable and Robinson

Maggie Baird is neither kind or generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside it, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All five had been houseguests at her luxurious Highlands home - Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband.

Death of a Perfect Wife

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By M.C. Beaton

£5.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Constable and Robinson

Hamish Macbeth is savouring the delights of a Highland summer, but soon his happy life goes to hell in a hand basket. Trixie Thomas moves into Lochdubh with her cowed husband in tow. Soon the town's menfolk are up in arms and Macbeth must solve Lochdubh's newest crime - the mysterious poisoning of the perfect wife.

Perfect Night

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Grimsdale

£12.99 14 Aug 2008 Hardback Orion Publishing Co

A wonderfully assured and compelling thriller about a documentary film-maker who unknowingly captured a secret that governments are willing to kill for

Casanegra

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Tennyson Hardwick Story

By Tananarive Due, Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes

£8.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Atria Books

In this gritty, provocative mystery, Tennyson Hardwick lives on the fringes of the good life in Hollywood. But in the wake of his father's stroke, Tennyson has to save himself from taking a fall for murder. In the process he discovers his hidden talents--the hard way. Atria Books

The Great Grease-Tailed Shaven Pig Hunt

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Christopher Brookmyre

£11.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

Bad language. Scatalogical humour. Razor wit. Convoluted plot. High readability. It's the new Christopher Brookmyre novel.

Kill-devil and Water

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrew Pepper

£11.70 14 Aug 2008 Electronic Book Orion Publishing Co

By the author of The Last Days of Newgate. Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields of Jamaica.

The Law and the Lady

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wilkie Collins

£8.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

The Hound of the Baskervilles

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

£4.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

£6.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

Simple Justice

12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Morgan Wilson

£11.99 12 Aug 2008 Paperback Bold Strokes Books

Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, "Simple Justice" introduces Benjamin Justice, a hard-drinking West Hollywood crime reporter who's down on his luck. After reluctantly joining a murder investigation, he falls in love, but with the wrong man--the man who becomes his prime suspect.

Blood Lines

08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Grace Monroe

£6.99 08 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

Blood is thicker than water - and far more deadly !

House of Shadows

08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Medieval Murderers

£6.99 08 Aug 2008 Paperback Simon & Schuster

Five intriguing interlinked mysteries from the Medieval Murderers group

Blue Religion

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Mystery Writers of America Anthology

By Michael Connelly

£11.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Quercus

Blue Religion

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Mystery Writers of America Anthology

By Michael Connelly

£15.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Quercus Publishing Plc

A collection of stories tracing the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. It includes such stories as "Skinhead Central" in which an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for their retirement, and "Winning".

The Chatham School Affair

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas H. Cook

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Quercus Publishing Plc

Henry Griswald is haunted by a long-buried secret: the truth behind the event the world knew as the Chatham School Affair, a controversial tragedy that destroyed five lives, shattered a quiet community, and forever scarred the young boy.

Don't Ask

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Donald E. Westlake

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Quercus Publishing Plc

Dortmunder has a job offer. He's been hired by third parties to pull off heists in the past, but never to lay his hands on anything this peculiar. It is the 800 year old femur of a 16-year-old girl who, having been killed and eaten by her own family, was made a saint by the Church.

Diamond Dove

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Adrian Hyland

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Quercus Publishing Plc

Emily Tempest is back at Moonlight Downs, the community where she grew up, half in the Aboriginal world, half in the white. And true to form, there's trouble. Within hours of her arrival an old friend is brutally murdered and mutilated and an old enemy is the only suspect, until Emily starts asking questions.

Our Lady of Pain

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Elena Forbes

£12.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Quercus Publishing Plc

When a young woman's naked body is discovered deep in the snowy undergrowth of Holland Park, ritualistically bound and gagged, the only clue is a verse from a bizarre poem found stuffed in her mouth. The woman is Rachel Tenison, a wealthy West End art dealer, who outwardly seemed to lead a normal, fulfilled life.

A Good Hanging

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

Twelve Inspector Rebus mysteries from the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author.

Beggars Banquet

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

Brilliant collection of short stories from No.1 bestselling author Ian Rankin

In the Dark

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mark Billingham

£11.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

A uniquely disturbing thriller from the bestselling creator of the Inspector Thorne novels

In the Dark

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mark Billingham

£14.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Little, Brown Book Group

A uniquely disturbing thriller from the bestselling creator of the Inspector Thorne novels

Sudden Death Sudoku

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Katie McDonald Mystery

By Shelley Freydont

£13.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Running Press

Presents a murder mystery which is based around the hugely popular Sudoku craze. Featuring heroine Katie McDonald - a member of 'the Institute of Theoretical Mathematics' and master puzzle solver - this title features Sudoku puzzles.

The Sudoku Murder

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Katie McDonald Mystery

By Shelley Freydont

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Running Press

Katie McDonald takes some time off from her job and returns to her hometown to help her mentor try to save the Avondale Puzzle Museum. But when she finds her friend dead at his desk, she becomes the de facto curator of the museum and chief suspect in the professor's murder.

Envoy of the Black Pine

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Clio Gray

£19.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Headline Publishing Group

A stunning new crime novel from this award-winning writer

Murder's Immortal Mask

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Doherty

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

In the fourth novel in Paul Doherty's acclaimed Ancient Roman series featuring Claudia, secret agent of Empress Helena, a killer stalks the streets of Rome

Nightshade

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Doherty

£11.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

The sixteenth brilliant novel in the acclaimed Hugh Corbett series. Corbett must travel to Essex to investigate Lord Oliver Scrope and obtain the 'Sanguis Christi', treasure Scrope stole from the Templar Order after the fall of Acre.

Nightshade

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Doherty

£19.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Headline Publishing Group

Pretty Dead Things

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Barbara Nadel

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

Perfect Family

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Pam Lewis

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

Haunted by the mystery of the last few moments of Pony Carteret's life, Perfect Family "is a novel bristling with menace, with a shocking revelation at its heart.

Centurion

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Simon Scarrow

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

CENTURION was on the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list for several weeks, reaching the No. 2 position

Second Violin

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Lawton

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The making of Troy, John Lawton's unconventional London policeman

Exit Music

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The brilliant new Rebus novel from the master of British crime.

The Flood

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The book that began Ian Rankin's phenomenal career

The Naming of the Dead

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 16th Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' [Daily Mirror]

Fleshmarket Close

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 15th Inspector Rebus novel from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author

A Question of Blood

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 14th Inspector Rebus novel - and No.1 bestseller

Resurrection Men

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 13th Inspector Rebus novel from No.1 bestselling author Ian Rankin

The Falls

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 12th Inspector Rebus bestseller - a powerfully gripping novel where past and present collide...

Set in Darkness

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 11th Inspector Rebus novel from the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author.

Dead Souls

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 10th Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's best crime novelist' [Daily Express]

The Hanging Garden

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 9th Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author

Black and Blue

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 8th Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling, award-winning author

Let it Bleed

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 7th Inspector Rebus novel from the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author

Mortal Causes

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 6th Inspector Rebus novel - 'an outstanding creation' [Sunday Telegraph]

The Black Book

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 5th Inspector Rebus novel from the award-winning No.1 bestselling author

Strip Jack

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 4th Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author - 'unmatched in the field of British crime fiction' [The Times]

Tooth and Nail

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 3rd Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's best crime novelist' [Express]

Hide and Seek

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The 2nd Inspector Rebus novel from 'arguably Scotland's finest living writer' The Times

Knots and Crosses

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ian Rankin

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

The very first Rebus novel from No.1 bestselling author of EXIT MUSIC.

The Turnaround

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By George P. Pelecanos

£12.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Orion Publishing Co

A stunning new novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers...

The Final Murder

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Anne Holt

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

A daring tour de force, as Anne Holt takes the art of the detective story to another level.

Tempting Evil

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Allison Brennan

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Allison Brennan's second book in her PRISON BREAK trilogy.

The Blood Pit

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kate Ellis

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Piatkus Books

The 12th Wesley Peterson crime novel...and they just get better and better!

Strangers in Death

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By J.D. Robb

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Piatkus Books

The latest case to test the wits of Lt Eve Dallas

Seeking the Dead

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kate Ellis

£19.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Piatkus Books

First in a brand new police procedural crime series from popular author Kate Ellis

A Mysterious Affair of Style

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Sequel

By Gilbert Adair

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Faber and Faber

London, 1946: An actress is murdered, not just on camera but in full view of a crowded film set. Only six people had an opportunity to administer the poison yet not one of them had a conceivable motive.

Days of Atonement

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Gregorio

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Faber and Faber

Three children are massacred in their beds. The corpse of their mother is discovered in a dockside warehouse. Then the husband is killed while out on field manoeuvres. Hanno Stiffeniis, a Prussian magistrate, goes to investigate, seeking to discover how the crime was committed. But only Hanno's wife, knows what happened in that cottage.

Smoke Screen

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sandra Brown

£11.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

The Night of Knives

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jon Evans

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

In Evans's fourth scarily plausible thriller off the beaten track, kidnap in the Congo is just a smokescreen for a devastating conspiracy.

All the Colours of Darkness

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Robinson

£11.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Chief Inspector Banks returns in number one bestselling Peter Robinson's new crime novel.

All the Colours of Darkness

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Robinson

£16.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Chief Inspector Banks returns in number one bestselling Peter Robinson's new crime novel.

In the Dark

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mark Billingham

£11.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

A uniquely disturbing thriller from the bestselling creator of the Inspector Thorne novels

In the Dark

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mark Billingham

£14.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Little, Brown Book Group

A uniquely disturbing thriller from the bestselling creator of the Inspector Thorne novels

The Blood Detective

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dan Waddell

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Penguin Books Ltd

As dawn breaks over London, the body of a young man is discovered in a Notting Hill churchyard. The killer has left Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster and his team a grisly, cryptic clue. However, it's not until the clue is handed to Nigel Barnes, a specialist in compiling family trees, that the full message becomes spine-chillingly clear.

A Dying Light In Corduba

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lindsey Davis

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Arrow Books Ltd

Nobody was poisoned at the dinner for the Society of Oliver Oil Producers of Baetica, though in retrospect this was quite a surprise... Inimitable sleuth Marcus Didius Falco is back with a vengeance. On one night, a man is killed and Rome's Chief of Spies left for dead. This leaves no one except Falco to conduct the investigation.

Time to Depart

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lindsey Davis

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Arrow Books Ltd

Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed on of Rome's top criminals. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falcoput the evil Balbinus aboard ship. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate.

Last Act in Palmyra

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lindsey Davis

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Arrow Books Ltd

The spirit of adventure calls Marcus Didius Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. He's picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia the snake dancer as he searches for Sophrona, her lost water organist. With the Chief Spy Anacrites paying his fare, Falco knows anything can go wrong.

Poseidon's Gold

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lindsey Davis

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Arrow Books Ltd

Set in Rome AD 72: Marcus Didius Falco returns home from a six-month mission to the German legions. But trouble is in store for him: his apartment has been wrecked by squatters and an ex-legionary friend of his colourfully heroic brother Festus is demanding money, allegedly owed him as the result of one of Festus' wild schemes.

The Draining Lake

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Arnaldur Indridason

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Vintage

In the wake of an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake drops suddenly, revealing the skeleton of a man half-buried in its sandy bed. It is clear immediately that it has been there for many years. There is a large hole in the skull. Yet more mysteriously, a heavy communication device is attached to it.

The Carnival Master

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Craig Russell

£12.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Arrow Books Ltd

Jan Fabel thought he was finished with death. Instead, while he is preparing for a new career outside the police, a Cologne murder detective asks for his help in tracking down the Carnival Cannibal, a terrifying serial killer who has killed each year for three years at the start of Cologne's world-famous annual Carnival.

Crime Scenes

05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By David Stuart Davies

£2.99 05 Aug 2008 Paperback Wordsworth Editions Ltd

A collection of short stories that includes tales of murder, mystery and mayhem in a variety of styles and tones from the time-honoured whodunnit to the psychological chiller to the history mystery to the crime procedural to the noir thriller to the gangster epic and the darkly humorous narrative.

A Charlie Chan Omnibus

05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Earl Derr Biggers

£2.99 05 Aug 2008 Paperback Wordsworth Editions Ltd

Includes the titles "The House Without a Key", "The Chinese Parrot", and "Behind That Curtain".

The Glass Devil

05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Helen Tursten

£7.99 05 Aug 2008 Paperback Soho Press Inc

"An exciting account of a triple homicide."-"The New York Times Book Review"

"Highly recommended."-"Library Journal" (starred)

Pastor Sten Schyttelius, his wife, and his son, a schoolteacher, have been shot dead. Could this be the work of a cult of Satanists, as the clues left by the murderer indicate? Detective Inspector Irene Huss is on the case.

Helene Tursten's Irene Huss mysteries have been highly praised and have been made into a film and a TV series. Tursten was born in Gteborg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband and daughter.

Murder by the Sea

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lesley Cookman

£6.99 04 Aug 2008 Paperback Accent Press Ltd

When a body is discovered on a rocky little island in the middle of Nethergate Bay the media swoop on the seaside town. Soon an enquiring hack discovers that local resident Fran Castle, has previously aided the police using her psychic abilities.

White Dog

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Temple

£6.99 04 Aug 2008 Hardback Quercus Publishing Plc

Jack Irish has a new job, hunting for evidence that might save the sculptor Sarah Longmore from going down for murder. Jack soon discovers there was nothing straightforward about Mickey Franklin's death, and between the case and his own dealings with dodgy racehorses, falls headlong into a world of shady deals, sexual secrets and country rednecks.

The Death Chamber

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sarah Rayne

£6.99 04 Aug 2008 Paperback Simon & Schuster

The mesmerising new psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of SPIDER LIGHT

Death of a Garage Sale Newbie

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sharon Dunn

£18.95 04 Aug 2008 Hardback Thorndike Press

Since when do three women, bonded together by the need to clip coupons and be first at door buster sales, solve crimes? Since the fourth member of the Bargain Hunters Network was found dead.

Lost in Juarez

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Douglas Lindsay

£5.99 04 Aug 2008 Paperback Long Midnight Publishing

When his latest book is shelved due to government interference, Lake Weston a Bob Dylan-addicted children's author decides that it is time to stand up for personal rights. The book within a month is banned under an obscure paragraph of anti-terror legislation. The media is curious about the author of the book; the government, however, knows.

Pussyfoot

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Carole Nelson Douglas

£6.99 04 Aug 2008 Paperback Saint Martin's Press Inc.

Midnight Louie is on the prowl again - and the game is definitely afoot when petite public relations freelancer Temple Barr finds herself at a striptease convention, up to her spike heels in muscle-bound males, siliconed females... and murder. As Temple tracks the killer, Midnight Louie pursues his own investigation.

The Killing Circle

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrew Pyper

£18.99 04 Aug 2008 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers

A spine-chilling, mind-twisting new psychological thriller in which a writing circle is haunted by a serial killer, from the acclaimed author of Lost Girls

Doc Savage Vol: #20 "The Thousand-Headed Man" & "The Gold Ogre"

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£7.12 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Nostalgia Ventures

The Shadow Vol: #21 "The Plot Master" & "Death Jewels"

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£7.12 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Nostalgia Ventures

In the Absence of Honor

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Proebstle, Jim

£12.06 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Emerald Book Co

Destroying Angel

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Larson, Charles M.

£16.46 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Zyrus Press

If It's Not One Thing, It's a Murder

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wolfe, Liz

£4.37 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Medallion Press

Skye Donovan has a life of structure and predictability after 22 years of marriage. Upon discovering another woman's underwear in her home, she suspects her husband is fooling around. She realizes her suspicions are both right and wrong when she walks in on him--and his boyfriend. Skye now finds herself confronting a new reality--she needs to start life over, find a new job, move to a new place, break the news to her teenage daughter, and worst of all, start dating again. Just when Skye thinks she has her best friend to help her through it all, corpses begin turning up--and that same friend is the prime suspect. To make things worse, she soon finds herself dealing with a handsome detective, a sexy writer, a pagan wedding, an unexpected pregnancy, and a new career. Now, amidst the chaos, she must exonerate her friend before the murderer strikes even closer to home.

The Angel's Promise

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lenoir, Frederic Cabesos, Violette

£8.76 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Pegasus Books

The international bestseller and award-winning thriller that takes its reader on a richly imaginative journey to the depths of Mont-Saint-Michel.
Rising out of the sea on a rocky isle off the coast of France, the church and abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel have withstood the harsh northern weather--and withheld its darkest medieval mysteries--for one thousand years. Until now.
Now a young, brilliant archeologist, Johanna, has begun to uncover and explore secrets that have long lain buried at the sacred site. In ancient ritual, in foreboding visions, in an expedition at once metaphysical and archeological, Johanna ardently researches the past only to discover that its bizarre, murderous history has begun to be repeated in the present. Reality becomes an elusive, dangerous place, and it leaves Joanna with no one she can fully trust.

Uncertain Endings: Literature's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Penzler, Otto

£8.21 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Pegasus Books

"Otto Penzler knows more about crime fiction than most people know about anything."-Robert B. Parker ?? An anthology of challenging riddle mysteries that leave the solution-if there is one-to a different kind of detective: the reader. Uncertain Endings collects the most para-doxical puzzle stories ever written and guarantees to baffle even the most astute aficionado.

Stuff Dreams are Made of

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Don Bruns

£15.50 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Oceanview Publishing

When Reverend Preston Cashdollar and his travelling tent revival come to town, James and Skip reinvent themselves - as holy rollers. But these two aren't seeking salvation; they're seeking the Almighty dollar. After all, Cashdollar's prosperity gospel draws thousands of people with open minds - and open wallets.