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Cold Equations: Book One (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
By David Mack. 2012
Book One in the New York Times bestselling trilogy set in the expanded universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation!A…
BRAZEN HEIST Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew race to find out who has stolen Data’s android brother B-4—and for what sinister purpose. A BROKEN PROMISE One desperate father risks all for the son he abandoned forty years ago—but is he ready to pay the price for redemption? A DARING MISSION Against overwhelming odds, and with time running out, Commander Worf has only one chance to avert a disaster. But how high a price will he pay for victory?The Covenant of the Crown (Star Trek: The Original Series #4)
By Howard Weinstein. 1975
THE SHADDAN CROWN IS THE KEY TO POWER -- AND THE KLINGONS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE! An Enterprise shuttle is forced…
to crash-land in a violent storm on the barren planet Sigma 1212. Spock, McCoy and Kailyn, the beautiful heir to the Shaddan throne, survive in the near disaster. Pursued by primitive hunters and a band of Klingon scouts, they must reach the mountain where the fabulous dynastic crown is hidden. With the help of Spock and McCoy, and her own fantastic mental powers, Kailyn must prove that she alone is the true heir to the throne. Should they fail, they will open the door for Klingon takeover of the whole quadrant -- and the galaxy's hope to live long and prosper will fall in the shadow of a cruel tyranny!Seekers: Seekers #3: Long Shot (Star Trek: The Original Series #3)
By David Mack. 2015
The third novel in the acclaimed Original Series-era saga Seekers, by New York Times bestselling author David Mack!SCIENCE GONE MAD…Bizarre…
sensor readings lead the Starfleet scout ship Sagittarius to an alien world where efforts to harness a dangerous and unstable technology have thrown the laws of probability out of balance. Now, events that might have occurred only one time in a trillion are happening constantly—to deadly and dazzling effect. A PLANET IN PERIL…As disasters and miracles multiply globally at an ever-increasing rate, it’s up to Captain Clark Terrell and his crew to shut down the experiment-gone-wrong before its storm of chaos causes the planet’s destruction. But the odds against their success—and their survival—might be too great to overcome. ™, ®, & © 2015 CBS Studios, Inc. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Cold Equations: Book Two (Star Trek: The Next Generation #2)
By David Mack. 2012
Book Two in the New York Times bestselling Cold Equations trilogy set in the expanded universe of Star Trek: The…
Next Generation!A WAR OF LIES Three years after the disastrous final Borg Invasion, a bitter cold war against the Typhon Pact has pushed Starfleet’s resources to the breaking point. Now the rise of a dangerous new technology threatens to destroy the Federation from within. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew answer a distress call from an old friend, only to become targets in a deadly game of deception. To protect a vital diplomatic mission, they must find a way to identify the spies hiding in their midst, before it’s too late. But Worf soon realizes the crew’s every move has been predicted: Someone is using them as pawns. And the closer they get to exposing their enemy, the deeper they spiral into its trap…Jamie Saintclair embarks on another full-throttle historical adventure - an absolute page-turner! If you love Dan Brown, Chris Kuzneski and…
Scott Mariani - you will love this! READERS ARE LOVING THE SAMURAI INHERITANCE!"Loved this story. It went everywhere and then some. I was happily dragged along on the edge of my seat every step." - 5 STARS"Extremely riveting!!!" - 5 STARS"Another excellent page-turner from Mr Douglas." - 5 STARS*************************************** UNDISTURBED AND FORGOTTEN FOR DECADES. NOW IT'S RESURRECTED AND THREATENS US ALL. April 1943 - A Mitsubishi transport plane, carrying Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, plunges from the sky over the island of Bougainville. In a document case chained to his wrist is the greatest secret of the Second World War...December 2011 - Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is offered a lucrative commission: he has been tasked to find the preserved head of a Solomon Island warrior, missing from a German museum since 1945?The search takes Jamie from Berlin to Tokyo and with every turn the significance of the Bougainville skull becomes ever greater. Soon he realizes he's become involved in something much more important than finding a lost piece of history...Have you read The Doomsday Testament, The Isis Covenant and The Excalibur Codex, the previous Jamie Saintclair adventures?The Sailor's Ransom: A Bella Wallis Mystery (Bella Wallis Victorian Mysteries #2)
By Brian Thompson. 2009
London is alive with gossip about the thrilling new book by sensationalist author Henry Ellis Margam, but only a select…
group of people know that the real author is beautiful widow, and member of high society, Bella Wallis.One of her confidantes is the dashing Philip Westland, who comes to Bella now with a problem: his best friend Kennet is smitten with the heiress Mary Skillane but Mary's father, Sir William, has promised her to Robert Judd, a vulgar treasure-seeker. Mary is due to inherit the Skillane pearls, which are currently residing in a Cornsih bank vault, but it seems that the pearls were ill-gotten.Can Bella and her friends reunite the young lovers and escape the attention of the villainous Judd?Ruthless (Scott & Bailey #3)
By Cath Staincliffe. 2014
A community on the brink.An abandoned chapel burns. In this part of Manchester, destruction is not unusual. But this time,…
the body of a man lies inside.And it's down to Scott and Bailey to save them all...Detective Constable Rachel Bailey is struggling to come to terms with huge change, just as her partner, DC Janet Scott grapples with a horrifying tragedy. But they must put aside their own troubles if they are to solve this murder investigation. Especially when a second building goes up in flames...Running Blind (DI Helen Grace Novellas #2)
By M. J. Arlidge. 2017
New to the police force, WPC Helen Grace is assigned to her first clear-cut case. Sure there's something sinister beneath…
the surface, Helen has a bad feeling . . . but who's going to take the word of a rookie?Running Blind is an exclusive eBook novella featuring DI Helen Grace, from bestselling author M. J. Arlidge.Fresh out of Police College, 18-year-old WPC Helen Grace is the first to arrive on the scene of a fatal collision. Her colleagues see nothing amiss, convinced that the young man's death was a tragic accident. But Helen is not so sure. Who is their mystery victim? Why would he risk life and limb running across a busy highway? And what might he have been running from?There's a dark secret lurking amid the quiet fields of Hampshire, one that Helen is determined to uncover.In this ebook novella, rookie Helen Grace discovers what it's like to be a woman in a man's world, facing impossible odds as she races against time to save vulnerable lives.Robot (Penguin Science Fiction)
By Adam Wisniewski-Snerg. 2021
The first English-language publication of one of the greatest Polish science fiction novels of all time'We have given you life…
... so that you could discover a fraction of the great secret.'Is BER-66 a human or a robot? His controllers, known as 'the Mechanism,' tell him he is a living machine, programmed to gather information on the inhabitants of the strange underground world he finds himself in. But as he penetrates its tunnels and locked rooms, encountering mysterious doppelgangers and a petrified city, he comes closer to the truth of his existence. Considered one of the most important Polish science fiction novels of all time, Robot is a haunting philosophical enquiry into the nature of our reality and our place in the universe.'An instant classic which catapulted Snerg to the rank of Poland's best sf authors' Science Fiction EncyclopediaThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
By Arthur Conan Doyle. 2011
'Holmes,' I cried.'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded…
in climbing out of that awful abyss?' Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time! London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murderous individual with an air gun stalks the city. Among thirteen further brilliant tales of mystery, detection and deduction, Sherlock Holmes investigates the problem of the Norwood Builder, deciphers the message of the Dancing Men, and cracks the case of the Six Napoleons.The Red House Mystery
By A. A. Milne. 1922
Classic crime, at its very best.With a new introduction by Gyles Brandreth.The Red House is a country residence far removed…
from the world of the Hundred Acre Wood but its story has much of the same charm and wit. There is, of course, a murder, and when the local police fail to solve the crime, an amateur sleuth readily steps in. What follows is a delightful whodunnit with humour, excitement and a suitably surprising twist at the end.A. A. Milne loved detective stories and pays homage to Sherlock Holmes in his detective - the clever and charismatic Anthony Gillingham- and his assistant, Bill Beverley. This is classic crime at its very best.'I love his writing' P.G.WodehouseThe Rain-Soaked Bride
By Guy Adams. 2014
HOW DO YOU STOP AN ASSASSIN THAT CAN’T BE KILLED?Toby Greene is part of The Clown Service, a mostly forgotten…
branch of British Intelligence tasked with fighting paranormal threats. However, the Rain-Soaked Bride is no ordinary assassin. Relentless, inexorable and part of a larger game, merely stopping this impossible killer may notbe enough to save the day…‘The Clown Service is fun and rips along like thefinest episode of the old Avengers series’ The Independenton SundayThe Player's Curse: A Bella Wallis Mystery (Bella Wallis Victorian Mysteries #3)
By Brian Thompson. 2010
Bella Wallis – respectable society widow with a secret identity as a writer of sensationalist novels – is now happily…
engaged to the love of her life, Philip Westland. But Westland’s shadowy job, working for the British government, continually takes him abroad and away from the charismatic, impatient Bella. And then there is the matter of Westland’s sister’s incarceration in a French nunnery, a mystery about which he refuses to say a word.Bella is convinced that their future together can only be resolved by getting to the bottom of his secret. The resulting quest will take her from the Oval, and a vicious curse laid on champion batsman W.G Grace, to the desolate moors of Yorkshire, on the trail of some decidedly dangerous women and a surprisingly chatty hermit…A gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick,…
the UK's answer to Harlan Coben."Pace, pace pace is what Kernick does best" - DAILY MIRROR"Delights, excites and stimulates, and the only reason you consume it so quickly is because it's so damn good" - GQ"Fast moving and a gripping race to the dénouement." -- ***** Reader review"Great read, Simon Kendrick is a fantastic writer, kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through this book, couldn't wait to read every page." -- ***** Reader review"Completely compelling" -- ***** Reader review**************************************************************TWO COPS. ONE CITY. NO MERCY.Dennis Milne is a former cop and part-time assassin. He kills the bad guys - people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. Now he's in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who's made some deadly enemies.DI Tina Boyd is in Manila hunting down the man responsible for the death of her lover. She knows he's dangerous. She knows he's ruthless. But she's determined to bring him to justice - even if it kills her.Two cops with pasts that haunt them - and a present that could see them both dead.They are about to meet.And when they do, it's payback time.Part of the Spell
By Rachel Heath. 2012
In a small English town, everyone is silently struggling to be the person they think they should be. Tacita is…
pretending to ignore her husband's affair; Theresa is determined to stay so busy she won’t have time to feel guilty; and Stella just wants everything to stay the same. But when Sheila, a widow, mother and grandmother, disappears from the town, their private lives start to collide and change ...Panic Room
By Robert Goddard. 2018
‘Is this his best yet?...Full of sinister menace and propulsive pace with twisty plotting’ Lee ChildWHAT REALLY LIES WITHIN?High on…
a Cornish cliff sits a vast uninhabited mansion. Uninhabited except for Blake, a young woman of mysterious background, currently acting as housesitter. The house has a panic room. Cunningly concealed, steel lined, impregnable – and apparently closed from within. Even Blake doesn’t know it’s there. She’s too busy being on the run from life, from a story she thinks she’s escaped. But her remote existence is going to be threatened when people come looking for the house’s owner, rogue pharma entrepreneur, Jack Harkness. Soon people with questionable motives will be asking Blake the sort of questions she can’t – or won’t - want to answer.WILL THE PANIC ROOM EVER GIVE UP ITS SECRETS?Outside Chance
By Lyndon Stacey. 2005
Ben Copperfield is a freelance journalist who specialises in all things equine, so when he is called with the news…
that the hot favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup has been kidnapped, just a few weeks before the race, he wastes no time in following the story up. This could be the racing scoop of a lifetime.But as the date of the Gold Cup draws ever closer, it is unclear whether the missing horse is still alive. Where could a valuable racehorse be hidden for so long? And what is the secret from the owner's past that he is keeping from the police? Doggedly chasing the truth, Ben finds himself tested, both physically and psychologically, as he gradually uncovers a tale of prejudice, ambition and heartbreak.Out For Blood: The tense and addictive detective thriller set in Aberdeen (DI Eve Hunter #2)
By Deborah Masson. 2020
DI Eve Hunter is back in the edge-of-your-seat new detective thriller from Deborah Masson, winning author of the Bloody Scotland…
Crime Debut of the Year 2020.A young man, the son of an influential businessman, is discovered dead in his central Aberdeen apartment.Hours later, a teenaged girl with no identification is found hanged in a suspected suicide.As DI Eve Hunter and her team investigate the two cases, they find themselves in a tug-of-war between privilege and poverty; between the elite and those on the fringes of society.Then an unexpected breakthrough leads them to the shocking conclusion: that those in power have been at the top for too long - and now, someone is going to desperate lengths to bring them down...Can they stop someone who is dead set on revenge, no matter the cost?*****READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE DI EVE HUNTER SERIES'One of the best books I've ever read!''I loved DI Eve Hunter and her team''Without a doubt the best police procedural I have read in a long time''I cannot wait to see what else is to come in the DI Eve Hunter series''You won't want to stop reading this addictive crime novel''Fantastic characters that you'll fall in love with - I really couldn't put this book down!''Can't wait for the next one . . . and the next one . . . and the next one!''Out For Blood has everything you need in a crime thriller and more' Rebecca Bradley'DI Eve Hunter is truly a force to be reckoned with' David Jackson'This is first-class crime fiction' Marion Todd'Not to be missed, edge-of-the-seat stuff from a genuine rising star' Denzil MeyrickOne False Move
By Robert Goddard. 2019
What value can be put on a human mind?How Joe Roberts does what he does is a mystery. He has…
a brain that seems able to outperform a computer. To a games company like Venstrom that promises big profits if his abilities can be properly exploited. So they send Nicole Nevinson to track him down and make him an offer too good to refuse.But Venstrom aren’t the only people interested in Joe. His current boss, a shady businessman, is already making serious money out of Joe’s talents and isn’t going to let him go without a fight. And then there are other forces, with still darker intentions, who have their own plans for him.Almost before she knows it, Nicole’s crossed an invisible line into a world where the game being played has rules she doesn’t understand and where no-one can help her win.But win she must. Because the battle now isn’t just for Joe’s mind, it’s for Nicole’s life.On The Third Day
By Rhys Thomas. 2010
Society is on the brink of collapse. The Old World is vanishing, the New World is taking over. There are…
no rules. Not now that a deadly disease is spreading that causes its victims to turn violent. Previously loving people become murderous. No-one can tell who will turn and who will not. A work of force and dark brilliance - the perfect expression of the terrors of the 21st Century