Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again ten years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease & now they turn elsewhere for protection to pagan ritual & magical potions. It is a ripe atmosphere to be exploited by the mysterious Sorcerer an anonymous magician whose increasing influence seems certain to oust both civil & church leaders from power. One murder another unexplained death a font filled with blood a desecreated grave
- all bear the hallmarks of the Sorcerers hand only the identity of the magician remains a mystery. A mystery which Matthew Barthlomew must solve before he loses his reputation.. .and his life.
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In the heart of summer in the dead of night something wakes you. The house is quiet. The children are sleeping. The kitchen is empty. Except for the body on the floor. A series of brutal home invasions is terrorizing the Peak District. Until now the burglars havent left a clue. This time theyve left a corpse. But as the death toll rises two intrepid cops begin to suspect that the robberies
- & the murders
- are not what they seem. Beneath the scorching summer sun a dangerous game is in play.. .and a merciless killer is hiding in plain sight. Packed with twists suspense & danger The Devils Edge is a gripping thriller to rival the very best of Peter Robinson & Peter James. PRAISE FOR STEPHEN BOOTH A modern master Guardian Wonderful Daily Mail One of our best storytellers Sunday Telegraph

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FBI agent Sean Reilly & archaeologist Tess Chaykin heroes of Raymond Khourys bestselling Templar novels return in another edge-of-your-seat thriller that reaches from present day back to 1700s Mexico
- & possibly beyond. What if there was a natural drug previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America capable of inducing an experience so momentous
- & so unsettling
- that it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization? What if powerful forces on both sides of the law got wind of that drug & launched a vicious uncompromising pursuit to possess it? In Raymond Khourys million-copy-selling Templar novels Reilly & Tess traveled the globe to unravel ancient mysteries with present-day ramifications. In The Devils Elixir they find themselves dragged into a race
- against the clock against a brutal drug kingpin known as El Brujo"
- the sorcerer
- & even against government authorities
- to merge two divergent trails one several hundred years old the other as current as a heartbeat that could drag humanity to the brink of self-destruction. Packed with the nonstop suspense & unexpected twists Raymond Khoury fans delight in The Devils Elixir is destined for bestseller lists everywhere."






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Have you ever wanted to bury a secret so deeply that no one will find out about it? With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries? Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger to the worlds troublespots including the vicious civil unrest in Sierra Leone & the war in Iraq. But as she begins to suspect that a foreigner is using the chaos of war to act out sadistic fantasies against women her efforts to bring him to justice leave her devastated. Degraded & terrified she goes into hiding in England & strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire a loner whose reclusive nature may well be masking secrets of her own. Connie draws from the other womans strength & makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer.. . Knowing he will come looking for her.. . ...

Hannah Swensen has to admit life is pretty sweet. Things are going well in the romance department & her bakerys delectable confections are selling as fast as she can bake them. Even her good friend Claire is head over heels with her new husband Reverend Bob Knudson. If only they could find time to take their honeymoon! When Bobs childhood friend Matthew Walters comes to town it seems like divine intervention. Matthew like Bob is a Lutheran minister with a stubborn sweet tooth. Since hes on sabbatical Matthew is happy to fill in for Bob while he & Claire take that long-awaited honeymoon. It sounds like the perfect plan
- until Hannah finds Matthew face-down in a plateful of Devils Food Cake a single bullet in his head. It will take some sleuthing to sift out the killer but Hannah is sure of one thing: even the most half-baked murder plot can be oh so deadly...
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Clive Cussler author of the best-selling Dirk Pitt" novels " Crescent Dawn" & " Treasure of Khan" & co-author Paul Kemprecos place their hero Kurt Austin at the centre of a tangled web of conspiracy & ambition in " Devils Gate" the ninth novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. Deep beneath the Eastern Atlantic Ocean lies an extraordinary underwater burial ground of ships & planes... When Kurt Austin & the NUMA team set out to rescue a Japanese cargo ship from a gang of ruthless pirates they are immediately plunged into a mystery. For after the pirates scuttle the ship they fought so hard to take their own corsair suddenly bursts into flames mid-getaway. As Austin & the team investigate this curious turn of events they uncover a scheme involving the deadly ambitions of an African dictator the creation of a weapon of terrible power a kidnapped CERN scientist & a deep-water graveyard holding a lost aircraft & its precious cargo. As a terrifying & audacious plan to bring the worlds major nations to their knees is set in motion only Kurt Austin
- the right man in the right place at the right time
- can stop it..." The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea exotic locations cutting-edge science & page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the Isaac Bell adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA files" series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " Fire Ice" " White Death" " Lost City" " Polar Shift" " The Navigator" " Medusa" & " The Storm"."

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On September 11 we will destroy one of your cities with a nuclear weapon. A nuclear warhead disappears. A chilling broadcast follows. A country waits in fear. Yet the broadcast deceives. & with the worlds eyes fixed on America the true target is dangerously exposed. Agent Brooke Chandler senses the decoy & raises his concern. His superiors are not prepared to listen. Unless he can convince them one cataclysmic flash of light will signal a dark new dawn of civilization. ...

1593: The dreaded alchemist black magician & spy Dr John Dee is missing... Terror sweeps through the court of Queen Elizabeth for in Dees possession is an obsidian mirror a mysterious object of great power which legend says could set the world afire. & so the call goes out to celebrated swordsman adventurer & rake Will Swyfte
- find Dee & his feared looking-glass & return them to London before disaster strikes. But when Will discovers the mirror may help him solve the mystery that has haunted him for years
- the fate of his lost love Jenny
- the stakes become acutely personal. With a frozen London under siege by supernatural powers the sands of time are running out. Will is left with no choice but to pursue the alchemist to the devil-haunted lands of the New World
- in the very shadow of the terrifying fortress home of Englands hidden enemy the Unseelie Court. Surrounded by an army of these unearthly fiends with only his sword & a few brave friends at his back the realms greatest spy must be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice
- or see all he loves destroyed.




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It is 1958 & the Sputnik satellite has taken a dog up into space; back on earth five-year-old Andy has a new sister Elaine
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Is this Heaven.. .or Hell? Estranged identical twins Daniel & Max have a complex relationship so when Daniel goes to visit his bi-polar brother in a remote & expensive Swiss recovery clinic he has no idea what really lies in wait for him. Lulled by the routine & peacefulness of the clinic Daniel finds himself unquestioningly accepting Maxs plea for help in taking care of some business & the brothers swap places for a few days. But soon Daniel realises Max isnt coming back & that the clinic is far from a place of recovery. Struggling to get anyone to believe who he really is Daniel finds himself trapped in a cruel & highly secretive prison: this is no sanctuary its a living nightmare.. . With the atmosphere of Shutter Island & the intensity of Jussi Adler-Olsen immerse yourself in this relentlessly compelling psychological thriller from one of Swedens bestselling crime authors. ...