The first of a new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century `It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it? But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ There are certain things that are best left unsaid. Though tragedy had touched the life of the wealthy Richard Abernethie, his sudden death seemed pretty unremarkable for a man of his age. So why would his sister wait until his funeral to say he had been murdered? When she is savagely killed with a hatchet the next day, her extraordinary remark suddenly takes on a chilling significance.
Mr Big is brutal, brilliant and feared worldwide. Protected by Voodoo forces and the psychic powers of his prisoner Solitaire, he is an invincible SMERSH operative at the head of a ruthless smuggling ring. James Bond’s new assignment will take him to the heart of the occult: to infiltrate this secret world and destroy Mr Big’s global network. From Harlem’s throbbing jazz joints to the shark-infested waters of Jamaica, enemy eyes watch Bond’s every move. He must tread carefully to avoid a nightmarish fate.
A breathless, real-time adventure’ San Francisco Chronicle A famous scientist is found dead, a strange symbol burned brutally into his skin. Many miles away in Rome, the world’s cardinals assemble to elect a new Pope. Somewhere in the Vatican, a bomb of vast power begins its countdown. Working out the puzzle against the clock, can Robert Langdon stop it detonating?
About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe’. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for the penetrating mind of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the strangest of cases.
NOW FILMED AS THE SECOND JACK REACHER MOVIE, STARRING TOM CRUISE Drop-out military cop Jack Reacher has finally hitch-hiked his way to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a home he ever had: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th Military Police. Reacher has no real reason to be here, except that he spoke to the new commanding officer on the phone. He liked Major Susan Turner’s voice. But now he’s arrived, she’s disappeared, and things are getting weird.
Isaac Bell must decide how far he’ll go to stop them, it’s a journey that can only end with the fateful first and final voyage of the Titanic itself. Praise for Clive Cussler ‘Cussler is hard to beat’ Daily Mail ‘Just about the best in the business’ New York Post ‘Nobody does it better . . . nobody!’ Stephen Coonts
one of the most well written crime thrillers I have ever read’ NetGalley reviewer ‘A very well written debut novel which had all the twists and turns and intrigue that you need.’ NetGalley reviewer ‘Totally unputdownable’ NetGalley Reviewer
READERS CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT KEEP HER QUIET ‘Lots of twists and turns, suspense and heart-stopping moments’ ‘The type of book that you GENUINELY can’t put down’ ‘Emma Curtis just gets better all the time’ ‘This book will suck you right in and you won’t want to stop reading’ ‘With each page I turned the intensity of this psychological thriller increased’
The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother’s pink scarf. Inspector Harry Hole is convinced there is a link between the disappearance and a menacing letter he received some months earlier.
In a world run by machines, humans are an endangered species. The Great War is over. The robots have won. The humans who survived have two choices: they can submit and serve the vicious rulers they created, or be banished to the Reserve – a desolate and hopeless slum camp. Now, following the orders of their soulless leader, the robots are planning to finish what the Great War started and conquer humanity’s last refuge. Six, whose family was killed with the first shots of the war, is a young woman with nothing left to lose.
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