South-east London gangland meets the alternative lifestyle of a travelling fair. Jet Heywood is a fairground boxer past his prime who, after a street brawl, finds himself nursing a head wound. His brother...

The entire story is narrated into an iPhone. Why? Crosby Ravensworth is so busy he can't make time to scatter his father's ashes, nor to sort out the dysfunctional family he hoped he'd left behind, nor...

A black comedy set in the Swinging Sixties (1963-4) and revealed through the diaries of a doctor – 35 years old and still a virgin – whose curious obsessions drive him to start murdering his patients.Doctor...

In late Victorian England, two fathers must choose between daughters and sons.Man's Estate, the third in the Croome saga, takes place in 1893 when the story splits between lives in the growing town of...

This collection of six stories has been brought together for the first time within one book. Five are set in London, though the first brings some of his London characters out for a day's shooting in the...

1891. Victorian England. In the small country town of Croome where the local lead mine is losing money, the year begins with a tragic drowning.Recently arrived in Croome the new vicar, Matthew Rolfe,...

"When beauty's the prizeWhat mortal fears dying?"Tim Hawk plans his assassinations well, rehearsing them with cool detachment, and his professionalism makes him a rising star in Kazan's gang. Hawk's only...

Paul and Fay have little in common. He is well-paid and comfortable while Fay, after breaking up with Roper, her violent boyfriend, has nothing left but her young daughter. On the night Paul rescues her...

A violent and sexy thriller – but then, it is about the internet porn industry. Russell James is 'not only a connoisseur of fear and menace,' said the Erotic Review, 'he would have us look at this unconsoled...

John Leighton, owner of a fine estate in the Cotswolds, lives well – when we meet him he is 'warmly encased in leather-lined Le Chameau boots, neat Habicht binoculars slung loose around his neck, and...

After five years she's back: the girl Nick Chance fell for at school. She went on to university, while he stayed in Bristol and tried to make a career in rock groups. Now he plays sax in a jazz/rock group,...

Reissue of the first book from the British crime writer whom Ian Rankin would later call 'The Godfather of British Noir'.The hero of this tense thriller has been lying low in the urban decay of south-east...

After ten years away, ex-boxer Floyd Carter comes back for his brother's funeral, and to decide what's to be done with his other brother, the lumbering Ludo whose mental age is barely twelve. But if Ludo...

Coming of age in Victorian England.In 1887, twelve-year-old orphan Lucy Richards is taken secretly into the care of a half-pay captain in an isolated farmhouse several miles from the small town of Croome....

'Lord Clive' bought his lordship at a 'Lord of the Manor' sale where titles fetch anything from two thousand to two hundred thousand pounds. Why not buy another cheap and sell it high? Why stop at only...

In a quiet London street, a gunman holds his little child as hostage until, after a dramatic police siege, the smoke clears to reveal a sickening outcome. Firearms Officer Abi Wilde is suspended. As if...

There are two main threads to the book: a modern crime story and the recollections of an 85-year-old woman with dark secrets in her past. Set during the British General Election of 1997 when Tony Blair...

On the night Parliament burnt down, a child was conceived out of wedlock, a baby was abandoned, and another thrown into the Thames.The year is 1834 and J.M.W. Turner is sketching Parliament in flames....

If you thought the bloodthirsty Jacobean tragedy, The Changeling, could not be made any more shocking, you haven't read this version, written by the man Ian Rankin called 'The Godfather of British Noir'....

What secrets lurk in her battered trunk of theatrical souvenirs? Find out in this illustrated confessional from stage star Maggie King (assisted by Russell james).On the eve of the Second World War Maggie...

In this new thriller from Russell James a 21st century quest for sunken treasure is interlaced with love and tragedy from the time of the Spanish Armada. King Philip's quest to defeat and subdue upstart...

From one of Britain's masters of crime writing, here are two stories to whet your appetite, presented in bargain-price format. The title story, Lost, introduces the only detective to be given a lead role...

From one of Britain's masters of crime writing, here are two stories to whet your appetite, presented here in bargain-price format. The first, A Piece of Cake, has been anthologised several times already,...

This swirling tale contains all the hallmarks of the classic Victorian 'Shocker': a mystery, a romance and, for one family, lives transformed. We have embellished it with the addition of critiques and...

Rick Miller, magnat de l’industrie pornographique, et Tony Iles, propriétaire tentaculaire d’établissements de plaisir, règnent sur la nuit londonienne. Deux types en acier trempé (rital contre cockney),...

Three hundred years ago, on an isolated island in Long Island Sound, Satan tried to open a doorway to Hell. Now he's returned to finish the task.A black speedboat arrives at the small island community...

"A masterfully crafted, horrifically powerful story. Expect the unexpected in this deliciously twisted tale." - Cemetery DanceBrian Sheridan may be losing his mind.Asleep, he’s plagued by dreams of murder,...

A Demon Hunter with a gift that becomes a curse. A Demon that hunts the hunter. A thrilling tale of darkness and vengeance for fans of the TV series 'Supernatural'."A thrilling game of supernatural cat...

Five quite different romances from the 1890s, issued now for the first time in book form – with original Victorian illustrations. The recently rediscovered author Nicola Nickleby wrote a number of surprisingly...

A comprehensive guide to Charity Gift Books – books in which famous contributors gave their work for free and from which all profits went to charity.Back in the last century (especially in wartime) many...