A womans charred body has been found inside a burned car atop a hill in Knoxville. Was this an accidental death or murder? Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton is on the case torching bodies to research how fire consumes flesh & bone. Days later he receives a mysterious package
- a set of cremated remains that seems entirely unreal. As Dr Brockton investigates he uncovers a truth too horrifying to believe... Little does Dr Brockton know that his research is about to collide with reality. Disgraced medical examiner & Dr Brocktons nemesis Garland Hamilton has escaped from custody on the way to his trial. So begins a deadly game of cat & mouse with Dr Brocktons life at stake. Finally running Hamilton to ground Brockton finds only the incinerated remains of his enemy or does he? The answer along with the renowned anthropologists ultimate test comes in a searing moment of truth.
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Convicted of a series of horrific crimes against young women in the up-market California town of Santa Barbara wealthy playboy Charlie Mendez has fled across the US border into Mexico. As one bounty hunter after another meets a grisly end at the hands of the murderous drug cartel his family have hired to keep him safe it seems that Mendez is one fugitive destined to remain beyond the reach of the law. Or at least thats how it looks until one determined victim persuades high-end security specialist Ryan Lock & his partner retired Marine Ty Johnson to take on the case. Plunged into a nightmare world where no one can be trusted least of all the authorities the two men discover a city more deadly than any war zone. Worse still when an attractive young American touristis snatched from the streets it appears that Mendez has returned to his old ways. But in order to stop him before he claims another victim will Lock & Ty have to pay the Devils Bounty? ...

He doesnt need Alex Riders girly gadgets. Hes much more fanciable than Andy Mc Nabs Boy Soldier. His adventures will take you to places even Wilbur Smith hadnt thought of. Soon after escaping an assassin that bursts from the shadows to try & kill him in the dark windswept grounds of his school in Dartmoor Max Gordon discovers that his explorer father has also gone missing. Max is determined to find him whatever dangers may lay in his path. A secret clue that his father has left leads Max to the inhospitable wilderness of Namibia & the discovery of a potential massive ecological disaster masterminded by the very powerful & completely ruthless businessman Shaka Chang. Whoever is behind Maxs fathers disappearance is determined to get rid of Max too. For good. The Devils Breath" is the first incredible book in a blockbuster new adventure series for boys & girls of 9+ with more plot twists & death defying action scenes than a Bond film. A world of stampeding buffalo lethal scorpions ancient tribes & prophecies awaits you..." ...

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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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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It was just a bit of fun a local legend. The Devils Footsteps: thirteen stepping stones & whichever one you stopped on in the rhyme could predict how you would die. It was a harmless game for kids
- & nobody ever died from a game. But its not a game to Bryan. Hes seen the Dark Man because the Dark Man took his brother five years ago. Hes tried to tell himself that it was his imagination that the Devils Footsteps are just stones & the Dark Man didnt take Adam. But Adams still gone. & then Bryan meets two other boys who have their own unsolved mysteries. Someone or something is after the children in the town. & it all comes back to the rhyme that every local child knows by heart: Thirteen steps to the Dark Mans door wont be turning back no more...
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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. ...