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Richard Hannay is an ordinary man caught in extraordinary circumstances. A bored expatriate returning to London, he finds his life upended when a mysterious American stumbles into his flat with a terrifying secret—a secret so dangerous that men are willing to kill for it. When the man is murdered, Hannay becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to flee for his life. Pursued by both the police and a shadowy network of spies, he races across the rugged landscapes of Scotland, deciphering cryptic clues and dodging deadly enemies.

DI Duke Lyons is a man on the edge. Between his failed marriage, the pressures of policing, and a ruthless nemesis taunting him, his hard-earned sobriety is being tested. When seventeen-year-old May Whitehead vanishes from the streets of Halifax, Lyons thinks he’s seen it all before; just another runaway teen with a chaotic home life. But his new partner, DS Annie Lockley, isn’t convinced. Newly transferred as a punishment, and desperate to prove herself, she believes May is the latest target of a sadistic predator stalking vulnerable sex workers.

In December 1864, five men stood on the desolate shore of a subantarctic island watching their ship break apart in the waves and sunken rocks as they contemplated an uncertain fate, In the constant presence or icy rain and howling wind, the crew of the Grafton spent the next twenty months both enduring and leveraging the unforgiving elements of Auckland Island as they awaited a rescue ship that never arrived.

An apocalypse threatens humankind. A highly infectious, lethal, genetic, virus is detected that attacks mankind and mammals. The Government must act, and whilst the authorities struggle to find a cure, they have to plan for the worst. As the disease spreads it is not clear how many will, or will not, survive, nor what the survivors will have to do to live.

Seonag Ruane never believed her father died in an ambush. She knows he was betrayed by men he trusted. Driven by her mother’s grief and her own need for vengeance, Seonag will do whatever it takes to discover the truth. Even risk her own life. Her plan for revenge never included falling in love with the sweet-tongued pirate who shared his secrets late at night.

John was a pretty easy going kind of a guy. Work from home desk job. Single dad to a precocious but overall tolerable daughter. Doing ok for himself in most ways by the standards of the old world. Then the System arrived. The everyday world he's known for decades has changed so he must change as well. He will need friends and allies to help keep himself and his daughter safe. He has to find ways to synergise his teleportation power with the abilities of the rest of his team as they fight off waves of monsters.

When Isabel Hartmann hikes to the idyllic Sandaig beach on Scotland's west coast, the last thing she expects to discover is the dead body of a German tourist. Suddenly, the translator finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. DI Robert Campbell faces a mystery: a tourist shot dead in a remote location and no motive for murder. The picturesque Highland village of Glenelg becomes the centre of the investigation, and Campbell soon discovers that everyone has a secret, and no one is who they claim to be.

Former US army ranger Roger O’Neil is living quietly on his Montana ranch with his family, raising horses and teaching his children to appreciate the simple life. With his horrid past behind him, he wants nothing more than to live the American dream. But, that dream will come at a high price. America is at the brink of war with Russia. Roger is pursued by a mysterious agent and reluctantly recruited into a new CIA clandestine unit.

A fascinating four-volume collection from the private journals of four distinguished historical figures, presented in a dramatised setting.

In the final thrilling installment of The Time Bubble series, the team faces their greatest peril yet. It’s been over half a century since teenagers Josh and Charlie first discovered the time portal in the tunnel that launched a lifetime of adventures. Now retired, and living in his new country pad with his wife, Alice, Josh is forced to face the reality of the impending mortality of the ageing team, as the first of them passes on, unexpectedly. With his time travel and mind-transference technology, he stresses to the surviving members of the team that none of them needs to die.

A love story set against the backdrop of the First World War, the events in Lethbridge unfold in disparate locales, from London to Boston, from Maine to Niagara Falls, from the trenches of wartime France to the military hospitals of England. Yet the lives of its three protagonists come together in one place: the frontier western Canadian city of Lethbridge, Alberta. Inspired by a true story, Lethbridge author Terry McConnell tells the tale of an English lad abandoned by his family, and a young American escaping the tyranny of his own father.

When a woman’s body is discovered posed in a grotesque tableau, DI Mike Stone knows he is not looking at a textbook crime of passion or circumstance. Everything about the scene says it is only the brutal beginning of a killer’s dark story about to stampede its way through the center of Birmingham.

Prue Clemonte loves history. When Prue returns to Ivy Hatch after her grandmother's death, she has no idea just how much the village's history is about to change her life. With endless secrets and ancients feuds, Prue must uncover memories to discover the village's history. As Prue inherits The Vintage Bookshop of Memories, she discovers a diary which details her mother's thoughts, memories, and secrets. The shop is like stepping into her mother's mind, and Prue is determined to restore the shop.

Immortal King is a hard-hitting action adventure urban fantasy title written by Sebastian Ford. A new take on King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. It is set in the modern day but with many stories and characters from most of human history.

London private investigator Jack Barclay is on the trail of financier Tom Stanton, who has disappeared with £1 million of clients’ money, leaving his desperate wife and children behind. Stanton’s Parisian mistress, Danielle, is also involved with the boss of a drug smuggling cartel and Stanton is seduced into laundering money for them. When £4 million of drug money goes missing and Tom is the prime suspect, he and Danielle go on the run.

The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and thought-provoking science fiction masterpiece set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity’s existence has been compressed into a mere eight days. Following the tragic yet heroic journey of Sim, a boy born into a dying cave society, Bradbury explores the fragility of life, the relentlessness of time, and the desperate yearning for freedom and meaning.

There is an urban legend in Wrexham which tells of something not quite human. Forever on the peripheries of society, he stalks the night, living amongst the shadows and feeding on the scraps. His sallow complexion and reddened grin led to the sinister moniker Colours the Clown. Stories forged around the campfires and graveyards of this vicious bogeyman and, gradually, his savage notoriety bloomed. Meanwhile, Bernie Davies is seeking one last haul before the holidays; he has habits he needs to fuel.

Dominic hates humans almost as much as he hates vampires—almost. A strange vampire girl shows up, much to Dominic's annoyance. When his alpha takes the vampire girl under his wing, he can't understand it. When the alpha steps down from the company, he appoints Dominic to replace him. Sydney Sandilands is perfect for the position. He is overqualified and will be a great asset to the company—that is until Dominic gets there and realizes that Sydney is not a man, but a woman—he can't work with a woman! Especially not a woman that looks like her, smells like her. His wolf wants her.

There was only one time in her life that Lady Claresta Copeland enjoyed the freedom of nobody knowing who she was—when she attended a masquerade ball disguised as Juliet. There, she met her Romeo. The romance lasted not above an hour before her maid yanked her away but Claresta cherished that night and thought never to see her Romeo again, until he appeared before her in London.

Amid rumors that threaten her father's already precarious position, Lady Elizabeth Graham is forced to marry the leader of her clan's most powerful enemy. The betrayal runs deeper as she is thrust into a loveless marriage with a man who's touch makes her burn.