Collection: Paperback Crime

Abstract: The second novel in the 'Inspector Lynley mystery' series. An isolated Scottish mansion is the venue for a reading of a controversial new play. But on the first evening, the playwright is savagely murdered. One of the suspects is Helen Clyde - the woman Lynley loves.

Abstract: Set in London and Greece, this is the sequel to Sidney Sheldon's "The Other Side of Midnight".

Abstract: When the Rev. Merrily Watkins is offered a job in delivery ministry, or exorcism, she can hardly refuse. The bishop is keen to see a woman in the job but the retiring exorcist strongly objects and goes out of his way to make life difficult for her.When offered the post once styled 'dioc...

Abstract: In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us close to the sometimes zany (but always threatening) experiences of big-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder. The setting is Richmond, Virginia, where former Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been...

Abstract: Keller is a regular guy, a solid citizen. He goes to the movies, watches the tube, browses the art galleries, and works diligently on his stamp collection. But every now and then a call from the breezily efficient Dot sends him off to kill a total stranger. He takes a plane, rents a car...

Abstract: Kate Brannigan, feisty Manchester-based PI, is back, investigating the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before Long she's up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery -- and murder. But when a favour for a friend puts Kate's own life in danger, bi...

Abstract: April 1986 : American F-111 warplanes bomb the Al Azziyah compound in Libya where President Gadhafi is residing. A 16-year-old youth, Asad - Arabic for "lion " - loses his mother, two brothers and two sisters in the raid. Asad sees himself as chosen to avenge not only his family but his...

Abstract: Harvard Professor Robert Langdon, visiting Paris, is called in when the curator of the Louvre is murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langton and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are amazed to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and bey...