8 Crime Fiction
CRIME FICTION I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sign of Four
69532 WALTENBERG by Hedi Kaddour
An espionage thriller set between World War One and the Berlin Wall’s collapse, this is an excellent and complex novel. In an effortlessly flowing translation by David Coward, the story covers the years 1914-1991, from the hopes of the Edwardian era being dashed by the First World War and great disappointment in the failure of the experiment of Communism. It is the compelling tale of Michael
Lilstein, an East German spymaster and Auschwitz survivor who recruits a mysterious young Frenchman to act as a mole, much to the interest of the CIA. Intertwined with this story is the relationship between a German novelist and an American singer, and the friendship between the novelist and a French journalist. 660pp in bumper paperback. £9.99 NOW £4
67927 MEDUSA / THANKSGIVING: Set of Two by Michael Dibdin
The first novel ‘Medusa’ is an Aurelio Zen mystery. A group of cavers exploring abandoned military tunnels in the Italian Alps find human remains at the bottom of a deep shaft. Everyone assumes the death was accidental until the body is stolen and the Defence Ministry puts a news blackout on the case. ‘Thanksgiving’ is a novel about love, sex, death at midlife and the power of the past. Anthony is a British journalist whose American wife Lucy has suddenly died. Grieving and haunted, he becomes obsessed with her youth and the years he missed before he met her. 280 pages and 180 pages respectively in softback. £13.98 NOW £4
67956 DEATH OF A PILGRIM The 8th Lord Francis Powerscourt Murder
Mystery by David Dickinson It is 1907. Young James Delaney is dying in a New York hospital and the doctors and nuns see no hope. So, when his life is spared, his tycoon father takes it as a miracle and organises an extended family pilgrimage to the resting place of the boy’s name saint, Saint James
the Greater, in Santiago de Compostela, the greatest pilgrimage site of the Middle Ages. But, as the family sets out, one of them dies in suspicious circumstances, and Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate. Then the modern-day pilgrims’ progress is punctuated by further bizarre deaths. 320 pages with map. £18.99 NOW £4
68432 BOOKED FOR MURDER
by V. L. McDermid
Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the ‘Teen Dreams’ series? Her murder was the exact replica of one from her forthcoming book and only three people knew the plot of that unpublished novel - her literary agent, her editor and her ex- girlfriend, Meredith. In an effort to clear Meredith, detective Lindsay
Gordon delves beneath the glittering façade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer. While hobnobbing with industry notables, Lindsay encounters an unsavoury mix of soured relationships, desperate power plays, underhand fraud and seething rivalries. Who wanted Penny dead? 327pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3
68440 CORE OF EVIL by Nigel McCrery
From the creator of ‘Silent Witness’ and ‘New Tricks’, McCrery here creates one of the most memorable monsters in crime fiction. A predatory killer. A damaged detective. A terrifying discovery. Violet Chambers takes tea with her friend Daisy. Black hellebore is remarkably potent. It won’t be long now. Diagnosed with a rare neurological condition, DCI Mark
Lapslie is alienated from his family and unable to work in close proximity to others. Given a case no one else wants, this is his last chance. As her crimes go undetected and the body count rises, Violet is losing touch with who she thinks she is. Will Lapslie get there in time? 389pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50
68559 FROM THE DEAD by Mark Billingham This disturbing thriller blindsides the reader with its brilliant ending and Tom Thorne is a wonderful creation from Billingham. A decade ago, Alan Langford’s charred remains were discovered in his burnt-out car. His wife Donna was found guilty of conspiracy to murder her husband and sentenced to ten years in prison. But just before she is released, Donna receives a nasty shock - an anonymous letter containing a photo of her husband. The man she hates with every fibre of her being, the man she paid to have murdered, seems very much alive and well. How is it possible that he is still alive? Where is he? Who sent the photo, and why? 475pp in paperback.
£7.99 NOW £3.50
68578 ONE CORPSE TOO MANY by Ellis Peters
Brother Cadfael is asked to administer rites to a group of executed prisoners and discovers he has an extra body to deal with. In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael
from the quiet world of his garden and herbarium to the bloody battlefield. Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving the 94 defenders loyal to the Empress to hang as traitors. With a heavy heart, Cadfael agrees to bury the dead. The extra corpse tells Cadfael that the killer is both clever and ruthless. 314pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3.50
66781 MYSTERIOUS WORLD
OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Bruce Wexler
Sherlock Holmes appeared in over 60 short stories and novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Ignatius Doyle from 1887 to 1927. In 1893 in The Final Problem he and his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, plunged to their deaths over the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. However, public
pressure and financial necessity saw him return, and the stories remain classics to this day. This book is a one-of- a-kind companion volume which brings to vibrant life the master detective and the crime-ridden streets of Victorian London with the enthusiasm of an avid Holmes fan and over 150 colour and b/w images. Here are the cases and enemies, real-life murder weapons of the period and much more. 192 pages, 8¾”×12". £8.99 NOW £5.50
68700 GENTLEMAN CAPTAIN by J. D. Davies In his famous History of England published in 1848, Lord Macaulay said “There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles II. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.” This masterful historical nautical fiction touches on this time. It is 1662, and with Cromwell dead and Charles II back on the throne after three years of civil strife, it is a time of divided allegiances, intrigue and downright treachery. With rebellion threatened in Scotland, what the king needs are officers that, above all, he can trust, to sail north to deal with the threat. Matthew Quinton fits the bill. Son of a prominent royalist family, he is loyal, if inexperienced. His first command was sunk off the coast of Ireland, so he is desperate to complete his second mission without loss of life or honour. But aboard HMS Jupiter the young gentleman captain is faced with a surly and resentful crew and has but a few upon whom he can rely. US first edition, 2009, 320pp. £15.99 NOW £6.50
68702 GOLIATH BONE: A
New Mike Hammer Novel by Mickey Spillane with Max Allan Collins
Just before he died in 2006, Mickey Spillane had not quite finished his last Mike Hammer novel, with Mike back after a 12 year hiatus. He passed the incomplete manuscript to his great friend Collins (author of Saving Private Ryan, amongst many others) to complete and this is
the result. Hammer’s biggest and most dangerous case yet begins when he halts the violent robbery of a pair of college sweethearts. It transpires that they have stumbled onto a remarkable archaeological find - the perfectly preserved femur of the biblical giant Goliath. 274pp.
$23 NOW £5.50
62730 CASEFILES OF MR J. G. REEDER by Edgar Wallace
Let us introduce you to the enigmatic J. G. Reeder, a timid, gentle middle-aged man who carries a furled up umbrella and wears an old-fashioned flat-topped bowler hat. He is one of the great unsung sleuths of mystery fiction, created by the prolific Edgar Wallace, the ‘King of Thrillers’. Reeder is a cold and ruthless detective who credits his success to his ‘criminal mind’ which allows him to solve a series of complex and audacious crimes and outwit the most cunning of villainous masterminds. Contains the first three volumes in the Reeder canon: two novels, Room 13 and Terror Keep and the short stories The Mind of J. G. Reeder. 434pp. Paperback. ONLY £3
68311 SWIMSUIT
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro A breathtakingly attractive supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels’ parents receive a horrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they board the first flight to Maui and begin the hunt for their daughter. Ex-cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter for the LA Times, gets the assignment. All the while, the killer sets the stage for his next production, to a place where beauty and murder collide and unspeakable horrors are hidden within paradise. 408pp.
£18.99 NOW £5.50
68458 SHADOWS AND LIES by Marjorie Eccles It is 1910 and the bloodstained body of an unknown woman is found in the grounds of Sir Henry Chetwynd’s Shropshire estate. It has an unexpected impact on the lives of Sir Henry and his family. But it is not only the family whose lives lie under a shadow - Hannah, living in London, has lost part of her memory after being involved in a serious accident. As she attempts to piece together the fragments of
those missing years, it seems that the events in Shropshire could hold the key. The delicate narrative reveals the lives and deceptions concealed beneath the veneer of polite Edwardian society. 332pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.50
67562 PURE IN HEART: A Simon Serrailler Mystery
by Susan Hill
In a magnificent thrilling novel about the realities of police work and a human being’s need for family, a little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home waiting for his lift to school. A severely handicapped young woman hovers between life and death. An ex-con finds it impossible to go straight. And at the centre of it all stands Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler, the dashing detective. A realistic, gritty, gut- wrenching crime novel arising from character and circumstances. 370 paperback pages with map. $13.95 NOW £4
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EARLY LEARNING FOR CHILDREN
I have found that the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
- Harry S. Truman
69615 WIPE-CLEAN ACTIVITY: Times Tables by Igloo Books
A totally brilliant idea and beautifully produced, brightly illustrated wipe clean book. Children will have lots of fun learning the 12 times tables and follow the outlines and arrows to help children practise writing with the help of appealing illustrated characters and objects. All the activities reinforce learning and then just wipe it off and the fun begins all over again. Slim large softback, colour, special pen included. Some of the sums have missing parts and there are lots of animals for you to draw. Just trace the dotted lines and then decorate them. Suit ages three and up. £4.99 NOW £2.50
69596 BABY EINSTEIN
WRIST BOOKS by Scholastic For babies aged nine months and up, here are some unique plush miniature books which have wrist loops with Velcro fasteners. They can be worn as wrist rattles or
attached to car seats, prams, pushchairs or belt loops. Newborns discovering their feet will get a ‘kick’ out of wearing them on their ankles! Using the mirror, encourage baby to mimic the emotions portrayed on each page. Point out specific parts of the face - nose, eyes, tongue etc. - and name them for baby, then ask him to find the same body parts as he looks at himself in the mirror. Turn a trip to the supermarket into an exciting adventure. Ask baby if they can find smooth and bumpy fruit or ask your child to look out for opposites. Produced in collaboration with Walt Disney, there are two felt fabric monkey books in each pack.
£6.99 NOW £3
68450 I WANT TO BE A WIZARD: Book and Activity Pack by Igloo Books
Tiny Harry Potters aged 3+ will love this purple and gold activity pack which includes a 24 page storybook, 40 magical holographic stickers, a purple cloak (washable polyester), a wizard hat and a book of spells. Great value for money. £10.99 NOW £6
68876 LET’S COLOUR! ON THE FARM by Jo Joof
Moo cow, piglet and horse are among the farmyard friends to quickly stick, flick and have fun with. Here are friendly farm animals to colour in, or flick the corners of the pages and see the little horse gallop! In the set come six coloured pencils, each with the lovely illustrations and designs of Jo Joof. Suit ages 2 and up. ONLY £3
68961 DISNEY MEGA-FUN
BUMPER BOOK BAG by Playhouse Disney
In a big tough purple vinyl and clear plastic case, here are four books and eight coloured pencils in a pack. Meet your Playhouse Disney friends in My First Activities, Adventure Puzzles, Sticker Sleuths including Tigger and Pooh, and Colouring Fun Time with Mickey Mouse, Goofy
and Daffy Duck. All softbacks. £9.99 NOW £4
68952 TWO BUGGY BOOKS: Colours, Words by Priddy Books
On a sturdy red elastic coil with bright yellow Velcro fastener, each brightly coloured board book is designed to be attached to the baby’s pram or buggy. There is a system in learning bright colours for duckling, orange for carrots, red for ladybird, green for frog in the Colours book and ball, car, cat, dog, apple and flower in the Words book. Great value box set of two, CE safety approved.
£5.99 NOW £3 68983 MY GREAT BIG STICKER AND
ACTIVITY BOOK by Igloo Books To suit ages three plus and with a CE safety mark, the big card pages contain no less than 150 colour press out models and stickers for hours of fun and learning. Packed with dot-to-dot activities, mazes, matching games, spot-the-difference puzzles, and things to make and do, like a dinosaur television where you will only need pencil, scissors, a cardboard box, cardboard tubes, crayons or felt tips, paper and tape. Then you can draw and design your own series of animated cartoon characters. Great quality. £9.99 NOW £4
68447 FLIGHT TEST LAB: Helicopters by Paul Beck
Build and launch four different helicopters or create your own designs. Mix and match the parts to assemble a Black Hawk, a search- and-rescue ‘copter, a helitanker and a police chopper. The kit includes 20 mix and match plastic parts in bright colours, a power launcher
with rip cord and a 32 page illustrated softback detailing the science and technology of flight. Designed for children aged eight to adult. $17.95 NOW £7.50
67996 TRAVEL NOTEBOOK: Stationery and Stickers
16 perforated airmail letters, 16 colourful stickers to seal your letter featuring the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, binoculars, laden cars, aeroplanes etc., space for 48 names, addresses, phone and emails of your closest friends and relatives, blank pages for your sketches
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complete with space for date and location of your journey. On quality bright white paper, here is a daily log to note the date and the best things you saw, itineraries to complete in a weekly fill-it-in-yourself calendar, a dedication page, suggested clothing, toiletries and recreational items to take and a paper wallet for mementoes. Spiral bound softback. Suit ages ten to adult.
ONLY £3
67378 RECORD BREAKERS by Igloo Books
From Zeppelin airships to The Sprit of St. Louis, here are fascinating facts about flight’s first record breakers, intrepid pioneers to transatlantic flights. There are actual simple press out plane models to make of the Blackburn Monoplane and The Sprit of St. Louis. To suit ages five plus. Large softback, apologies for sticker. £2.99 NOW 90p
67385 SHAUN THE SHEEP STICKER SCENE BOOK
More sheep shenanigans as we peel off 60 colourful stickers from our favourite farmyard friends to create our own wild and woolly scenes for the adventurous ovine. There are 12 fun backgrounds familiar from Aardman animations. Large softback to suit ages three plus. £3.99 NOW £2.25
68956 CHALKBOARD ACTIVITY: Farm by Igloo Books
Again selected for its quality and CE safety mark, kiddies aged three plus will love to use the four coloured pieces of chalk on these very special wipe clean pages! Again and again you can decorate the countryside pictures and see how many different animals there are to find. Join the dots to reveal the farmyard scene, help the horse find his way to the stables by drawing a line to show him the way along the maze and learn step-by- step how to draw a pig, complete with wiggly tail. Copy the duck on the grid and share the fun as you play the Tractor Racing game on the final page and much more.
£5.99 NOW £3
ENTERTAINMENT / SHOWBIZ
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.
- Alfred Hitchcock
69487 HAPPY HOOFER by Celia Imrie ‘The Spirit of Mischief had again entered my soul…Having now left the entire washroom totally devoid of all plugs, I calmly returned to the arithmetic class, and sat down at my desk, hugging the secret of my naughtiness to my bosom. Again my heart brimmed with joy, almost to the point of ecstasy.’ In love with Rudolph Nureyev and ballet, Celia left school at the age of 16 with virtually no qualifications but has become one of our finest and funniest actresses on stage, TV and screen. She has been adored for her roles in Acorn Antiques, Dinner Ladies, The Calendar Girls and Nanny McPhee, as the oboe-playing Miss Jewsbury in the film Oranges are Not the Only Fruit and was the young teenager in the controversial Shelter poster in 1971, the modern day Madonna and Child. Here she recounts a life hurtling into adventures both on stage and off, partying on the Tube, her deep friendships with acting colleagues like Helena Bonham Carter and Pam St. Clement, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent and Victoria Wood. Whether it’s finding herself on stage with half the scenery stuck to her cardigan, or being kidnapped on the way to a location, somehow she emerges from the chaos that can lie in her wake almost unscathed. A mad chaotic biography about a mad chaotic profession, packed with a sense of mischief, fun and almost unruffled determination. 307pp in paperback with many colour photos.
£8.99 NOW £4.50
69478 DAVID LEAN: A Biography by Kevin Brownlow
A massive biography of the director of Dr Zhivago, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia. It is also a landmark work on the cinema by the film editor and author Kevin Brownlow, in a vast scholarly and entertaining enterprise. David Lean found his first great success as a director of the appropriately titled Great Expectations. There followed his legendary black and white films of the 1940s and his four-film movie collaboration with Noël Coward. Lean’s 1955 Summertime took him from England to the world of international movie making and the stunning series of spectacular colour epics that would gain for his work 27 Academy Awards and 56 Academy Award nominations. All are classics, the above-mentioned plus of course A Passage to India, 16 pages of scenes from his colour films, 32 pages from his black and white movies plus other photos. Outsize softback, 810pp. £25 NOW £11
69506 TUG ON THE THREAD: From the British
Raj to the British Stage by Diana Quick
Part family memoir, part detective story and part social history of the British in India, an elegy for a lost father, and an actor’s
autobiography, Diana Quick has put her heart and soul into her book. She has carried out a huge amount of research and it is impressive to see how she managed to find out
what happened to her grandmother during the Sepoy Uprising of 1857. Her father was not the only one in denial of his mixed-race ancestry - ‘Be sure you marry a pure-blooded Englishman.’ The memory of this inexplicable command to nine year old Diana Quick by her grandfather was to remain buried for years. It was not until she played Julia Flyte to Lawrence Olivier’s dying Lord Marchmain in ‘Brideshead Revisited’ that it resurfaced, setting Diana Quick on a quest to uncover the enigma of her father’s family in India. A thoughtful work and a noble endeavour. 317pp in paperback with photos.
£8.99 NOW £4
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