Iain Banks daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End in a former factory due to be knocked down in a few days. Ken Nott is a devoutly contrarian vaguely left wing radio shock-jock living in London. After a wedding breakfast people start dropping fruits from a balcony on to a deserted carpark ten storeys below then they start dropping other things; an old TV that doesnt work a blown loudspeaker beanbags other unwanted furniture... Then they get carried away & start dropping things that are still working while wrecking the rest of the apartment. But mobile phones start ringing & theyre told to turn on a TV because a plane has just crashed into the World Trade Centre. At ease with the volatility of modernity Iain Banks is also our most accomplished literary writer of narrative-driven adventure stories that never ignore the injustices & moral conundrums of the real world. His new novel displays his trademark dark wit buoyancy & momentum. ...

The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god. Frankenstein lives! & so too does his monstrous creation! but this creature of legend is a monster no more & his scarred face bears witness to his makers wrath. His name is Deucalion. As a devastating hurricane approaches New Orleans Victor Helios once know as Frankenstein has unleased his benighted creatures onto the streets. As New Orleans descends into chaos his engineered killers spin out of control & the only hope rests with Victors first & failed attempt to build the perfect human whose damned path has led him to the ultimate confrontation with his pitiless creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victors malignant mind could have imagined
- an indestructible entity that steps out of humankinds collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us. This is a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time.
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The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god. Frankenstein lives! & so too does his monstrous creation.. .but this creature of legend is a monster no more & his scarred face bears witness to his maker's wrath. His name is Deucalion. As a devastating hurricane approaches New Orleans Victor Helios once know as Frankenstein has unleased his benighted creatures onto the streets. As New Orleans descends into chaos his engineered killers spin out of control & the only hope rests with Victor's first & failed attempt to build the perfect human whose damned path has led him to the ultimate confrontation with his pitiless creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor's malignant mind could have imagined
- an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind's collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us. This is a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time.
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Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District & now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper the blazes are best left to the firefighters even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub Cooper is on the case
- & he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide. & the second is a corpse newly dead... What links the three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible
- & how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper & his rival DI Diane Fry its the most twisted investigation of their lives...and with an ingenious killer pulling the strings it could also be their last. Drenched in atmosphere & danger Stephen Booths relentless new thriller builds to a shock finale that will catch even the most seasoned suspense readers off guard.

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Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District & now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper the blazes are best left to the firefighters even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub Cooper is on the case
- & he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide. & the second is a corpse newly dead... What links the three deaths? Where are the missing bodies? Who is responsible
- & how do the raging fires fit in? For Cooper & his rival DI Diane Fry it's the most twisted investigation of their lives...and with an ingenious killer pulling the strings it could also be their last. Drenched in atmosphere & danger Stephen Booth's relentless new thriller builds to a shock finale that will catch even the most seasoned suspense readers off guard.

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Now it's the turn of the weres & shifters to follow the lead of the undead & reveal their existence to the ordinary world. Sookie Stackhouse already knows about them of course
- her brother turns into a panther at the full moon she's friend to the local Were pack & Sam her boss at Merlotte's bar is a shifter. At first the great Were revelation seems to go well
- then the horribly mutilated body of a were-panther is found outside Merlotte's. Though Sookie never cared that much for the victim no one deserves such a horrible death so she agrees to use her telepathic talent to track down the murderer. But what Sookie doesn't realise is that there is a far greater danger than this killer threatening Bon Temps: a race of unhuman beings older more powerful & far more secretive than the vampires or the werewolves is preparing for war.. .

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Sookie's got just a month before the next full moon to find out who wants her brother dead
- & to stop the fiend! Sookie Stackhouse
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An antiques dealer is burned with a blowtorch & executed with a single shot to the back of the head. The only clues at the scene are a scrap of paper & an unusual choice of gun. Ex-cop Zatopek Zed van Heerden has just seven days to solve the case
- an almost impossible task made even harder when he discovers that until a few years ago there was no proof that the victim even existed.. .
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At Gottfried Academy just one kiss will take your breath away. Desire. Danger. Destiny. Little did I know that this is what I would find at Gottfried Academy. Coming from sunny California the mist-shrouded Academy was a shock with its strange customs ancient curriculum & study of Latin
- the language of the dead. Then I discovered that the school has more than one dark secret...I also discovered Dante. Intelligent elusive & devastatingly gorgeous most people cant decide whether they love hate or fear him. All I know is that when were together Ive never felt more alive
- or more afraid.

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ONE COP. ONE KILLER. TWO CAPTIVES OF THE PAST. Mat Joubert once a rising star of the South African police force had it all. Then his wife was murdered & his hopes died with her. Alcoholic depressed & overweight he is a shadow of his former self. Then a new killer appears on the streets of Cape Town murdering at random. Mat throws himself into the case viewing it as his last chance for redemption. But as their shared desire for revenge threatens to destroy both him & the mysterious killer he is hunting Mat soon learns that he is not the only one with ghosts to lay to rest.. . ...