Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic." In The Games Goldblatt delivers a magisterial history of the biggest sporting event of them all: t…
Superintelligence asks the questions: what happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The h…
Trapped at a desk job, Charlie Muffin uncovers a deadly KGB plot Charlie Muffin is too good an agent to be working a desk, but after a bust-up with his new director, he has been relegated to clerk work. Among the heaps of papers, though, Charlie stu…
1081. William's bloody conquest is over and Britain is under Norman rule. But one bastion of resistance remains: Wales. A divided land where brother fights brother and kings battle for power. The English use this to further their own ends, and while…
Rock climbers can't afford to make careless mistakes. But Detective Inspector Nick Dixon's former climbing partner, Jake Fayter, died doing just that. Or so it seems. Dixon suspects foul play, but his only leads are unreliable accounts of something…
When Laura Newman is offered a senior position with an up-and-coming Australian chocolate company, she and her husband, Jamie, are in no place to turn it down.After all, Jamie has just left his newspaper job after an epic meltdown, and Laura is slow…
Disavowed spy Charlie Muffin wages war against his former employers.Charlie Muffin has come back to England. The ex-spy, a veteran of 25 years' service to the Crown, was last seen in Berlin, where an attempt on his life by his own organization led t…
Imprisoned for treason, Charlie Muffin hunts for a way out - by crossing a line. After a trumped-up trial, Charlie Muffin lands in jail for treason - ready to learn the secrets of his fellow inmate, a convicted British traitor. Nobody expected KGB a…
A gripping tale of jealousy, obsession, and murder, from the #1 bestselling author of The Magpies.When Andrew Sumner meets beautiful, edgy Charlie, he is certain his run of bad luck has finally come to an end.But as the two of them embark on an inte…
As the Soviet Union dissolves, a long-buried secret puts Charlie's life in danger - again. Charlie Muffin shouldn't be condemned for mourning the end of the Cold War. For decades the KGB provided him with endless professional success and now that it…
Richard J. Evans's gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 to the unification of both Germany and Italy, from the Russo-Turkish wars to the Balkan upheavals that brought this…
While recovering at his uncle's estate from wounds sustained in the Sudan, Jack Cameron--a loyal Scottish captain in the British army--is haunted by the words of a dying officer: one of Her Majesty's Black Dragoons is aiding the slavers they were se…
Nothing could keep Christopher and Rebecca apart: not her abusive parents, or even the fiance she brought home after running away to England. But when World War II finally strikes the island of Jersey, the Nazi invaders ship Rebecca to Europe as par…
An RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award nominee.In the autumn of 1940, four children meet on a train. Behind them is London, under heavy aerial attack; ahead of them is a ship bound for the safe shores of Canada. Arthur has promised his mother not t…
In 1926 the British government was worried about revolution. Two million people are about to go on strike and class warfare is about to erupt. Tom Hankey is caught between his love for Judy, a bright young thing, and Kate, a fireball agitator. Broug…
Isobel Swan, a sixth form student, has been murdered. First, her ring finger is severed, then her throat is cut.With the investigation going nowhere fast, Detective Inspector Nick Dixon is sent undercover as a trainee teacher into Isobel's boarding…
Ciudad Ju rez, Mexico, is the most dangerous city in the world. And when a mission to break the local cartel's grip goes wrong, Isabella Rose, the Angel, finds herself on the wrong side of prison bars. Fearing the worst, Isabella plays her only rema…
Dating isn't easy these days. Just ask hapless singletons Jamie Newman and Laura McIntyre, two thirtyish Brits who are trying to remain positive in the face of all of the awkwardness, chaos, and humiliation that pave the road to finding love.Jamie,…
A trainee jockey has been kicked to death by an aggressive stallion at the local stables. Deemed an accidental death, the case is closed. But when the jockey's brother returns from active service, he sparks an armed siege, demanding the investigatio…
In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the wife of parliamentary candidate Tom Perry is brutally murdered in an apparent burglary gone wrong.With the by-election campaign about to start in earnest, and the festive season in full swing, torrential rain…
Anger and pain brought them together, but their passion might just set them free.Dimitri wants only one thing: revenge. His stepfather, Hendrix, has caused him nothing but pain and heartache. At last Dimitri can take something--someone--important to…
An epic tale of love, loss and revenge set amidst the turmoil of Scotland after Shakespeare's Macbeth.The rebellion is over, Scotland has its rightful king, and the battlefields lie still--for now. Fleance, son of Banquo, has brought a new dawn to S…
The year is 1665. Black Death ravages London. A killer stalks the streets in a plague doctor's hood and mask...When a girl is gruesomely murdered, thief taker Charlie Tuesday reluctantly agrees to take on the case. But the horrific remains tell him…
The highly anticipated sixth book in the bestselling DI Nick Dixon Crime Series.The body of an elderly man is found in an abandoned World War Two pillbox beside the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. With no obvious motive and no credible suspect, DI Nic…
The first in the bestselling Danish series of historical mysteries The newly crowned King Cnut of Denmark has conquered England and rules his new empire from Oxford. The year is 1018 and the war is finally over, but the unified kingdom is far from p…
Fleance is the son of Scottish thane Banquo, friend and then victim of the ruthless Macbeth. Ten years have passed since his father's brutal murder and still Fleance lives in hiding in the woods of northern England--his identity cloaked, his birthri…
Meet Zoe and Greg Milton, a married couple who have let themselves go. Zoe was a stunner in her high school days, but the intervening decades have added seventy pounds, and removed most of her self-esteem. Greg's rugby-playing days are well and trul…
In 1941, the United Kingdom faced its darkest hour: It stood alone against the Germans, who had chased British forces out of France, Norway, and Greece. All it had left were desperate measures--commando raids, intelligence coups, feats of derring-do…
Gruffydd ap Cynan is missing, his army scattered. Twelve long years have passed since the king was taken prisoner and his people think him long dead.In the dirty shadows of Chester Castle, a beaten prisoner looks up from the squalor of the street. D…
The Quiet Woman begins when two people conspire to steal a fortune in cash. It ends in double murder. The payroll of the Jauncey Engineering plant is missing. According to the guard, found bound and gagged at the scene, two trusted employees, Harold…
Hidden in London is a legendary power. A fabled chest guards secrets more precious than gold.But in 1666 secrets are deadly, and London is burning...Charlie Tuesday is the city's best thief taker. But one case still eludes him, a mysterious key entr…
Isabella Rose, the Angel, is used to surprises, but being abducted is an unwelcome novelty. She's relying on Michael Pope, the head of the top-secret Group Fifteen, to get her back.When ISIS get involved, the situation becomes even bleaker. Isabella…
Fifteen years ago, Sam Becker's sister was killed, a tragedy that haunts him to this day--particularly as his best friend, Marcus, was jailed for her murder.Driving home from the bittersweet celebration of what would have been her thirtieth birthday…
Almost everyone swears, or worries about not swearing, from the two-year-old who has just discovered the power of potty mouth to the grandma who wonders why every other word she hears is obscene. Whether they express anger or exhilaration, are meant…
1135 AD. Wales is a broken land. Many of its true-born rulers are in hiding, or married into noble English families. But, though low and dim, a flame of vengeance still burns...In the southern kingdom of Deheubarth, Gerald of Windsor governs. Firm b…
Despite their respective job woes, things are good for Jamie and Laura Newman. After all, they're madly in love, newly married, and having loads of hot sex; what could go wrong? Plenty.When Laura vomits on prospective employers during an important j…
Eighteen years have passed since the first manned mission to Earth arrived from Venus. With the first colonists already establishing themselves across the bright, sunny world of clear blue skies and wonderlands of towering mountains and ice deserts,…
The crime-solving duo known as the King's Hounds--Halfdan and his master, Winston--are investigating a possible plot against King Cnut by onetime enemy-turned-ally Jarl Thorkell. Joined on the arduous journey by Winston's woman, Alfilda, and Athelin…
King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multipl…
To prevent the escalating possibility of the Russian mob getting its hands on the main ingredient to build an atomic bomb, British agent Charlie Muffin is sent to Moscow, where he must go undercover as an arms trader to infiltrate leading Russian Ma…
When siblings Dan and Hayley Daley inherit their late grandmother's derelict Victorian farmhouse, it seems like a dream come true. All they have to do is fix the place up and sell it for a tidy profit Except--as anyone who has renovated an old house…
With rapid globalization, the world is more deeply interconnected than ever before. While this has its advantages, it also brings with it systemic risks that are only just being identified and understood. Rapid urbanization, together with technologi…
Back at work for British intelligence, Charlie's Japanese assignment might just be his last.... Charlie Muffin was once the toughest agent in British intelligence. He wasn't strong, fast, or charming, but he knew how to survive. When his agency bran…
The highly anticipated seventh novel in the bestselling DI Nick Dixon Crime Series.A man has been mutilated and left to drown on the incoming tide, handcuffed in his van. With the murder bearing a striking resemblance to a string of sadistic killing…
An Amazon Charts bestseller.In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers.December 1943. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family's summer cottage was filled with laughter. Now, as deep dri…
When insurance assessor John Piper calls at the Daveys' flat in Hampstead, he has no idea that his visit will turn out to be anything but an ordinary professional appointment. But it would seem that someone else had already visited Flat 2A that Satu…
In this fresh and provocative view of a seven-million-year evolutionary journey, Finlayson demonstrates the radical implications for the interpretation of fossils and technologies and shows that understanding humans within an ecological context prov…
