Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer about a notorious Russian double agent Slade set in Iceland & Malta. RUNNING BLIND The assignment begins with a simple errand
- a parcel to deliver. But to Alan Stewart standing on a deserted road in Iceland with a murdered man at his feet it looks anything but simple. The desolate terrain is obstacle enough. But when Stewart realises he has been double-crossed & that the opposition is gaining ground his simple mission seems impossible...THE FREEDOM TRAP The Scarperers a brilliantly organised gang which gets long-term inmates out of prison spring a notorious Russian double agent. The trail leads Owen Stannard to Malta & to the suave killer masterminding the gang. Face to face at last with his opponents Stannard must try to outwit both men
- who have nothing to lose & everything to gain by his death...
Includes: a unique bonus
- A Matter of Months a previously unpublished short story about a murder in a casino.



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Everyone knows Danny Powell was born to run. But no one knows Danny dreams of beating the fastest man on the planet. Until one day Danny accidentally lets it slip & thats it. His ambition is out there
- & everyones laughing at him. Except what if Danny could be the next 100m world champion? With the Olympic Games on his doorstep theres only one way to find out. Will Dannys family & friends cheer him over that finishing line
- & watch his dream come true? This title comes from an award-winning chief sports reporter for The Times". Owen will be reporting on the Olympics for " The Times" lending even more authority as the author of this series in the lead-up to the Games. The 100m mens final is the one of the most popular Olympic events & " Running for Gold" features non-fiction facts & figures woven into an inspiring fictional story."

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Can you imagine being trapped in your own body? Able to see & hear everything going on around you but unable to move or speak
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Daisy Davenport has it all
- stunning looks spectacular house seriously gorgeous boyfriend. But when her father is sent
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Very funny very honest & very emotional whether you're in serious training or thinking about running for the bus this book will make you want to put on your trainers. Alexandra Heminsley had high hopes: the arse of an athlete the waist of a supermodel the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms & bored of yoga she decided to run. Her first attempt did not end well. Six years later she has run five marathons in two continents. But as her dad says you run with your head as much as with your legs. So while this is a book about running it's not just about running. You could say it's about ambition (yes getting out of bed on a rainy Sunday morning counts) relationships (including talking to the intimidating staff in the trainer shop) as well as your body (your boobs don't have to wobble when you run). But it's also about realizing that you can do more than you ever thought possible. Very funny very honest & very emotional whether you're in serious training or thinking about running for the bus this is a book for anyone who after wine & crisps for supper a few too many times thinks they might.. .just might.. .like to run like a girl. ...

One second in time may separate the great athlete from the merely good. Seb Coe has made every second count. From an early age he has been driven to be the best at everything he does. Since the moment Coe stood alongside a scrubby municipal running track in Sheffield he knew that sport could change his life. It did. Breaking an incredible twelve world records & three of them in just forty-one days Seb became the only athlete to take gold at 1500 metres in two successive Olympic Games (Moscow 1980 & Los Angeles 1984). The same passion galvanised Coe in 2005 when he led Britains bid to bring the Olympic & Paralympic Games to London. He knew that if we won it would regenerate an East London landscape & change the lives of thousands of young people. It has. Born in Hammersmith & coached by his engineer father Coe went from a secondary modern school & Loughborough University to become the fastest middle-distance runner of his generation. His rivalry with Steve Ovett gripped a nation & made Britain feel successful at a time of widespread social discontent. From sport Coe transferred his ideals to politics serving in John Majors Conservative government from 1992 to 1997 & developing sharp elbows to become chief of staff to William Hague leader of the Party from 1997 to 2001 & finally a member of the House of Lords. Running My Life is in turns exhilarating inspiring amusing & extremely moving. Everyone knows where Sebastian Coe ended up. Few people realise how he got there. This is his personal journey. ...

One second in time may separate the great athlete from the merely good. Seb Coe has made every second count. From an early age he has been driven to be the best at everything he does. Since the moment Coe stood alongside a 'scrubby' municipal running track in Sheffield he knew that sport could change his life. It did. Breaking an incredible twelve world records & three of them in just forty-one days Seb became the only athlete to take gold at 1500 metres in two successive Olympic Games (Moscow 1980 & Los Angeles 1984). The same passion galvanised Coe in 2005 when he led Britain's bid to bring the Olympic & Paralympic Games to London. He knew that if we won it would regenerate an East London landscape & change the lives of thousands of young people. It has. Born in Hammersmith & coached by his engineer father Coe went from a secondary modern school & Loughborough University to become the fastest middle-distance runner of his generation. His rivalry with Steve Ovett gripped a nation & made Britain feel successful at a time of widespread social discontent. From sport Coe transferred his ideals to politics serving in John Major's Conservative government from 1992 to 1997 & developing 'sharp elbows' to become chief of staff to William Hague leader of the Party from 1997 to 2001 & finally a member of the House of Lords. Running My Life is in turns exhilarating inspiring amusing & extremely moving. Everyone knows where Sebastian Coe ended up. Few people realise how he got there. This is his personal journey. ...

Aspiring actress & part-time private investigator Fran Varady knew there would be maximum disruption when her friend Ganesh decided to modernise his uncle's newsagents starting with the washroom. But she isn't prepared for the nightmare that begins when an agitated passer-by asks to use it: hours later he's found stabbed to death leaving a message for Fran to meet him & a mysterious roll of film hidden behind the old pipes.. . Fran realises that whoever wanted the negatives knows where they were hidden. & probably where they are now. With her police protection more a hindrance than a help an old friend Tig on the verge of collapse & the builders wreaking havoc in the shop can Fran find out why someone is prepared to murder for the negatives
- before they find her?
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The Running Sky" records a lifetime of looking at birds. Beginning in summer with clouds of breeding seabirds in Shetland & ending with crepuscular nightjars like giant moths in the heart of England Tim Dee maps his own observations & encounters over four decades of tracking birds across the globe. He tells of near-global birds like sparrows starlings & ravens & exotic species like electrically coloured hummingbirds in California & bee-eaters & broadbills in Africa. In doing so he brilliantly restores us to the primacy of looking the thrill of watching & takes us outside again & again to stand
- with or without binoculars
- under the storm of life over our heads & to marvel once more at what is flying about us."

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Marine Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Swanson is sent into Pakistan where an international team of medical workers has been executed in order to cover up a deadly terrorist secret. In the aftermath of great floods a doctor on a relief mission in northeastern Pakistan discovers the remains of a collapsed bridge that reminds him of a bridge near his childhood home in Ohio. He snaps a mobile phone picture & sends it to his sister just before his entire team is slaughtered. His sister is Beth Ledford a Coast Guard sniper who suspects that the answer to the mystery of her brother's death is in that cellphone picture. No one believes her until she finds Swanson & the secret special operations team known as Task Force Trident. When Kyle takes Beth into Pakistan to investigate they find the true secret behind the mass murder
- what may be the last best hope of victory by al-Qaeda & the Taliban over allied forces. Now the two snipers have their sights set on one man an American diplomat who has become the biggest obstacle to victory in the war on terror. The only question is: which of them gets to pull the trigger?
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