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Vatican City, 29 September 1978: the world wakes to the shocking news that Pope John Paul I is dead, just a month after his accession.Thirty years later, in London, young journalist Sarah Monteiro receives a mysterious package. Enclosed is a list of names and a coded message.Moments later a ..

An ancient secret worth killing for...During the Middle Ages, rumours about an ancient Egyptian text spread like wildfire among alchemists. Known as the Emerald Tablet, this sacred text was said to contain the secret of creation. Some claimed it was crafted by the Egyptian god Thoth. Others clai..

Eight hundred years ago a Crusader in the Holy Land discovered a gold box. Under a veil of secrecy it was transported to England and hidden, the clues to its whereabouts embedded in sixteen cryptic lines of verse. For centuries it has been rumoured the treasure was none other than the Ark of the Cov..

Remember the woman you used to be ...Alice is twenty-nine. She is whimsical, optimistic and adores sleep, chocolate, her ramshackle new house and her wonderful husband Nick. What's more, she's looking forward to the birth of the 'Sultana' - her first baby.But now Alice has slipped and hit he..

Bavaria, 1886King Ludwig II, infamous for his eccentric behavior, is declared insane by his government and removed from his throne. A day later, Ludwig's corpse washes up in the shallows of Lake Starnberg. Rumours about the cause of the tragedy abound, but few people know why Ludwig was really k..

Jonathon Payne and David Jones are back in the fray in this page-turning, blockbusting new instalment from Chris Kuzneski, bestselling author of Sword of God, Sign of the Cross and The Lost Throne.When the prophetic writings of sixteenth-century apothecary Nostradamus begin to ring alarmingly tr..

One night a young woman disappears...In broad daylight a retired teacher is stabbed to death...In a small-town beauty parlor two women are butchered...Three baffling cases, linked only by a lack of motive until psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis stumble upon a clu..

Nick Hornby returns to his roots - music and messy relationships - in this funny and touching new novel which thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England's bleak east coast and is in a relationship ..

When Kit and Adam's marriage ended, Kit felt completely lost. But now, a year on, her life is back on track. She has a new home, the perfect job - working for a famous novelist - two wonderful children and is on good terms with her ex-husband.Then Steve - attentive, charming, the perfect gentlem..

In three days time it will all be too late…New York City - present day.Mike ByrneWants to know who framed him for murder.The New York Police DepartmentWant Byrne locked up.The United States Secret ServiceWant Byrne dead.Detective Jenni MartinezWants her gun and he..

An English couple, Perry and Gail, are taking an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. By seeming chance they bump into a Russian millionaire called Dima who owns a peninsula and a diamond-encrusted gold watch. He also has a tattoo on his right thumb, and wants a game of tennis.Wh..

‘Gripping storytelling. Features all the hallmarks Scandi-book fans have come to adore’ Guardian on Mercy by Jussi Adler-OlsenAt first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unr..