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One night, Arthur Bryant witnesses a drunk middle-aged lady coming out of a pub in a London backstreet. The next morning, she is found dead at the exact spot where...

When an elderly lady is found inside her own house with her lungs full of river water, London's Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in to search for a logical solution....

Gathered here are essays by J. M. Coetzee on South Africa, Madison Smartt Bell on Haiti, Thomas Mallon on the New York Public Library, Ann Beattie on the Florida Keys,...

A generous, entertaining, intimate look at Gore Vidal, a man who prided himself on being difficult to know Detached and ironic; a master of the pointed put-down, of the cutting...

When Karen Drew is found sitting in her wheelchair staring out to sea with her throat cut one chilly morning, DI Annie Cabbot, on loan to Eastern Area, gets lumbered...

As volunteers clean up after a huge outdoor rock concert in Yorkshire in 1969, they discover the body of a young woman wrapped in a sleeping bag. She has been...

Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of an eleven-year-old girl are discovered buried deep in the caves of Derbyshire's Peak District. Close by the body lies a crudely-carved...

When David marries Tessa he feels life is starting all over again. He gets a transfer to a small police station in mid Wales, leaving behind the stresses of inner-London...

Alejandro Ballesteros, a young Spanish art historian, arrives in a wintry, misty Venice to study Giorgione s painting 'The Tempest', the subject of his thesis and the centre of his...

From the author of POWER OF HER OWN and DYING TO SCORE, a new thriller featuring Detective Sergeant Kate Powers who finds herself in the middle of a messy case...

Journalist Jill Francis and Inspector Richard Thornhill undertake a baffling investigation of criminal perpetration set against the background of the Welsh border town of Lydmouth in the 1950s.

On the eve of the Festivities, Claudia Seferius is actually heading in the opposite direction, but then, even beautiful young Roman widows have to act when their vineyards are threatened....

THE A TO Z OF SPORT is unique: nothing as comprehensive has ever appeared before. It covers more than one hundred sports, with the treatment of some of the nation's...

The key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain - just as in life the key to happiness lies in making the best of what...

Following his trek along the length of the Nile River, explorer Levison Wood takes on his greatest challenge yet: navigating the treacherous foothills of the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain...

Early one morning at St. Anselm's church in Philadelphia, a parishioner sneaks the body of his dead wife into the sacristy and commits suicide. His wife, a severe diabetic, is...

How can Christians engage meaningfully with history In an age underpinned by the idea that life is about self-invention and fulfilment, contemporary Western culture holds that the past has little...

In this electrifying new novel from the bestselling author of The Devils Feather, British lieutenant Charles Acland returns home from Iraq, but his serious head injuries are only the outward...

'A brand name in computer science' (New York Times), David Gelertner has revolutionised computing with his work in the field of parallel processing. In this provocative new book, he urges...

Does every group have a leader? Does every pattern have a central cause? Most people tend to think so. Increasingly, decentralized models are being chosen for the organizations and technologies...

Telecommunication has never been perfectly secure, as a Cold War culture of wiretaps and international spying taught us. Yet many still take their privacy for granted, even as we become...

Sitting on a riverbank, with rod and line, must count as one of the most relaxing and enjoyable - yet occasionally frustrating - experiences known to man. Chris Yates discovered...

When is the last time you climbed a tree? Went pond-dipping? Picked blackberries? Held a snail race? Or tracked down a badger set? If the answer is 'can't remember', or...

A fully illustrated, authoritative encyclopedia for children to learn about themselves, their world and beyond. Stimulating, popular topics, such as sport, animals and space, are organised into sensible, easy-to-use sections.

Advance praise for Computers Ltd. 'An enlightening and entertaining explanation, written by a profound computer scientist and master expositor. A must read for inquisitive minds.' Michael Rabin, Professor of Computer...

Exactly a century ago, intelligence agencies across Europe first became aware of a fanatical German nationalist whose political party was rapidly gathering momentum. His name was Adolf Hitler.From 1933, these...

This is the latest in the Arnold Landon series in which Northumberland based archaeologist Landon finds himself mixed up in a drugs related murder and the seemingly innocent activities of...