to equal him in efficiency, inventing a table of weights and drops. A noose would last for about 12 executions and sections of it were often sold off to collectors with a taste for the macabre. Berry went on to execute a number of notorious convicts, including names associated with the Ripper murders. 452pp, paperback, photos. £12.99 NOW £4


70462 THE DEVIL AND


SHERLOCK HOLMES by David Grann


Subtitled Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession, here are 12 great real-life mysteries. A Polish detective trying to determine whether an author planted clues to a real murder in his post-modern novel; an arson investigator racing to prove whether a man about to be executed is innocent; and scientists


stalking a sea monster. All these tales are true. In one story we enter the secret world of sand hogs digging water tunnels under New York City or the riddle of an ageing but ageless baseball star. As Sherlock Holmes said, ‘Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.’ 338pp in paperback. £12.99 NOW £4


68883 QUEST FOR RADOVAN KARADZIC by Nick Hawton


For over a decade Radovan Karadzic, former Bosnian Serb President and Europe’s most wanted man, evaded the combined efforts of Western intelligence agencies. He travelled with apparent impunity, even making TV appearances in his guise as a guru of alternative medicine. That he was finally apprehended on 18 July 2008 was due in no small part to the efforts of journalist Nick Hawton. He met secret service agents who recruited him and became acquainted with the Karadzic family at their home in Bosnia, interviewed the Serbian politicians who held the levers of power and met those who had lost everything in the Bosnian war that Karadzic had helped to spark. Photos, 226pp in paperback.


£14.99 NOW £3 69586 STAND AND DELIVER! A History of


Highway Robbery by David Brandon Of appeal to all readers interested in the murky underside of history, and particularly those with a dramatic turn of mind, this book investigates the economic, social and technological factors that made highway robbery an extremely lucrative way of earning a living. These thieves were really nothing but bandits, who were often gratuitously violent, so why have they come to be regarded as swashbuckling heroes? How come that the highwayman is largely perceived as a romantic, glamorous and gallant figure? This entertaining and authoritative book will go a long way to answering all these questions. 219 paperback pages with b/w plates.


£9.99 NOW £4 70351 DELUSION: The True


Story of Victorian Superspy: Henri le Caron by Peter Edwards Fenianism was an escalating concern at the Foreign Office in the latter 19th century, and it was well known at the time that Irish rebels living in the US had targeted the British Dominion of Canada. In 1866, Colchester born Thomas Beach was a Lieutenant in the US


Army and, becoming aware of the Fenian threat, used family connections to become a spy for the British government. Thus started a web of intrigue which enveloped the White House and Whitehall, as Thomas Billis Beach, alias Henri le Caron, became a cloak-and- dagger operative who for 25 years infiltrated the Irish revolutionary movement in the US, risking his life, career and family for Queen and country. A Victorian James Bond, Henri le Caron relied not on gadgets but his wits - death was just one false move, one misplaced glance, one intercepted message away. Everybody had something to hide, as le Caron realised and used to full advantage. Archival photos. 344pp. £21.95 NOW £6


70711 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH: Inside the Hidden World of the Pathologist edited by Sue Armstrong


For those who watch crime series on TV, pathology is to do with cutting up dead bodies to find out who stabbed or poisoned them. Not so, or not exclusively so. Pathology is now also the cornerstone of modern medicine. It is the science that has progressively replaced the myth, magic and superstition of traditional beliefs. Pathologists are vital members of the clinical team, responsible for around 70% of all diagnoses in the UK National Health Service today. It is they who determine exactly what kind of cancer a patient is suffering from and what stage a tumour has reached, they who are responsible for recognising new diseases such as AIDS, SARS and bird flu when they first appear in a population, they who identify the bacterium, virus or other organism responsible for an outbreak of infection in a community and they who will be tasked with investigating why a seemingly healthy baby dies soon after birth. This enlightening book profiles some of the world’s most eminent and pioneering pathologists, telling awesome stories of mysterious illnesses and miraculous scientific breakthroughs. It is also crammed full of extraordinary characters, from the forensic anthropologist with his own Body Farm in Tennessee to the doctor who had a heart- and-lung transplant and ended up using her own lungs for research. 375 compelling paperback pages. £12.99 NOW £4


69913 HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr and the


International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides


James Earl Ray was a thief and con man who made a successful escape from the fearsome Missouri State Penitentiary, created a new identity for himself and became convinced of his mission to kill Martin Luther King. During the course of some nine months in the late 1960s, Ray trailed King as he journeyed all over the country bringing his message of goodwill to all men, and finally caught up with him in Memphis on 4th April 1968. There followed the most extensive manhunt in American history, ending with Ray’s final capture in London. 459 paperback pages. £16.99 NOW £3.50


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Created Frankenstein by Andy Dougan In the winter of 1818, the year in which Mary Shelley’s book was published, the sensational story of a strange experiment that had taken place at the University of Glasgow swept through the city’s streets. Its architect and performer was Andrew Ure, a man who was at the very forefront of scientific knowledge in his day. His travels took him into dark and unexplored places and set him at odds with the religious establishment. Ure tried to bring back to life the executed murderer Matthew Clydesdale and his attempt caused sensation and scandal in equal measure. From the Ancient World to the latest medical developments, by way of 18th century galvanists and others who believed they stood on the threshold of immortality, here is a compelling study of a subject that has engrossed man for thousands of years. 210pp in paperback, woodcut illus plus photos. £9.99 NOW £3.75


69827 DALI & I by Stan Lauryssens Rumoured to be a movie-in-the-making with Pacino as Dalí, this exposé of art world skulduggery comes from a man who was jailed for selling fake Dalí masterpieces. A magazine editor, who liked his literary efforts, offered Lauryssens a job as Hollywood correspondent, which entailed cutting and pasting published interviews with stars to create “new” exclusives. His “interview” with Dalí fooled a local financier, who appointed him his art- investment manager. Lauryssens realised just how easily the public could be conned and he was soon mocking up Dalí prints for gullible trillionaires, gaining access to people like Gilbert Hamon whose exclusive print deal with Dalí allowed him to churn out unlimited “signed” copies. But Interpol was also interested in the market for “genuine fake” and “fake fake” Dalís, and Lauryssens’ luck finally ran out. 224pp. £16.99 NOW £5


70152 GAOL: The Story of Newgate, London’s Most


Notorious Prison by Kelly Grovier


The actual building of Newgate Prison has long since disappeared but it is still vivid in the public mind, thanks to the huge number of poems, plays, paintings and novels that, more than any other structure in British history, it has inspired. By piecing together the lives of forgotten figures as well as re-


examining the prison’s links with more famous individuals, from Dick Whittington to Daniel Defoe, this thrilling history recreates that haunted place. For over 800 years, it was the grimy axle around which British society slowly twisted. It was immortalised by Charles Dickens in his novels. Here, legendary outlaws such as Robin Hood and Captain Kid met their fates, here playwrights Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlow sharpened their quills and flamboyant highwaymen like Claude Duval and James Maclaine made legions of women swoon. Here, it lives again! 332 paperback pages illustrated in b/w. £10.99 NOW £4.50


69909 CSI - THE INTERACTIVE MYSTERY by Anthony Zuiker


Three neat gunshot wounds pierce the immaculate dress shirt of property tycoon Melvin R. Bledsoe. The sleuths produce six close-ups of the body for the reader’s inspection and deduction, while a bloodstained book of Haiku verse is a further mysterious piece of evidence reproduced in facsimile for the armchair detective’s consideration. Bledsoe’s wife Charlotte was away at a spa weekend and is over-keen to ascribe the crime to burglars. But could there be a second woman in Bledsoe’s life? Then another body turns up. As the story unfolds, there are evidence folders and the reader is invited to point the finger. 72pp, colour photos, wallets and pullouts. £16.99 NOW £5


69925 SHERLOCK HOLMES HANDBOOK: The Methods and Mysteries of the World’s Greatest Detective by Ransom Riggs From analysing fingerprints and decoding ciphers to creating disguises and faking his own death, readers will learn exactly how Sherlock Holmes solved his most celebrated cases. As a bonus, there is a host of trivia about the master detective and his universe. Why did Holmes never marry? How was the real Scotland Yard organised? Was cocaine really legal back then? And why were the British so terrified of Australia? 224 pages with evocative line drawings. £11.99 NOW £3


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71089 GOOD AS DEAD by Mark Billingham Hailed as Billingham’s best book yet, this is chilling and clever action which takes place over three days. Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent’s on her way to work. It’s the last place she expects to be met with violence, but she is about to come face to face with a gunman. The hostage-taker is desperate to know what happened to his beloved son who


died a year before in youth custody. By holding Helen at gunpoint, he will force a reinvestigation into his son’s death. One man knows the case better than any other - DI Tom Thorne. As the body count rises, Thorne must race against time to bring a killer to justice and to save a young mother’s life. 520 page perfect crime novel. £7.99 NOW £3.50


71150 WYLDER’S HAND by J. Sheridan Le Fanu


First published in 1864, this is one of Le Fanu’s most popular novels that has been largely neglected until now. It is a nerve-jangling tale of jealousy and murder for fans of the grisly. The Wylders and the Brandons share a history of intermarriage, bitter rivalry, villainy and madness. The wedding of Mark Wylder to his rich and beautiful cousin Dorcas Brandon was to inaugurate a harmonious new era at Brandon Hall. But as the ceremony draws near, Mark disappears without a trace, leaving Dorcas in shock and the assembled family in a


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state of severe agitation. When Mark’s letters arrive back at the Hall postmarked from Europe, the sinister figure of Captain Stanley Lake emerges from the wings to claim Dorcas as his own. 502pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


71104 THE RETRIBUTION:


The New Tony Hill Thriller by Val McDermid


By the creator of TV’s ‘Wire in the Blood’ here is an unforgettable and chilling introduction or reintroduction to the world of Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler Tony Hill’s life whose evil surpasses all others - Jacko Vance. Now Jacko is back in Tony’s life, more twisted and cunning than ever


and focussed on wreaking revenge on Tony and DCI Carol Jordan for the years he has spent in prison. Tony doesn’t know when Jacko will strike or where, all he knows is that he will cause him to feel more fear than he has ever known, and devastates his life in ways he cannot imagine. 496pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


71085 DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X


by Keigo Higashimo ‘The Japanese Steig Larsson’ according to The Times, this Japanese thriller has sold over two million copies. Yasuko lives a quiet life, a good mother to her only child. When her ex-husband appears at the door without warning one evening, her comfortable world is shattered. When Detective Kusanagi of Tokyo


Police tries to piece together the events of that night he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated because nothing quite makes sense. A national obsession in Japan, the book has been made into a cult film. If you like riddles inside enigmas, and an ending with a killer twist, try it out. 440pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


70073 HODD by Adam Thorpe ‘Hodd’ turns romantic legend on its head. The narrator, an elderly monk, recalls his boyhood as a minstrel in the Greenwood, following a half-crazed bandit called Robert Hodd who believed himself above God and beyond sin. But as the monk slowly reveals Hodd’s true nature as a murderous felon, he must also wrestle with his own conscience, for it was his youthful ballads that elevated the outlaw into a popular hero. A fascinating and complex novel. 307pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3


70402 THE CASE OF THE MAN WHO DIED LAUGHING by Tarquin Hall


On the lawn of a grand boulevard in central Delhi early one morning, the Hindu goddess Kali appears and plunges a sword into the chest of a prominent Indian scientist, who dies in a fit of giggles. Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator, and master of disguise, doesn’t believe the murder is a supernatural


occurrence. He sets out to prove who really killed Dr Suresh Jha. To get at the truth, he and his team of undercover operatives - Facecream, Tubelight and Flush - travel from the slum where India’s hereditary magicians must be persuaded to reveal their secrets to the holy city of Haridwar on the Ganges. 309pp. Paperback.


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Mystery by Brian Thompson Bella’s life is dedicated to punishing evil-doers by exposing them as thinly disguised characters in the books she writes under a male pseudonym. Her confederates include Captain Quigley, her ‘fixer’, his shady assistant Murch who specialises in ‘gently persuading’ baddies to spill the beans, and the dashing Philip Westland, who may be a government spy. Can Bella ignore her own affairs of the heart and concentrate on gathering material for her next bestseller, whilst feistily eluding a brutal threat to her life? 232 pages. £12.99 NOW £3.50


68850 AN ARSENE LUPIN


OMNIBUS by Maurice Leblanc Enter Arsène Lupin, Gentleman - Cambrioleur, the ‘Prince of Thieves’, one of the most daring and dashing individuals who ever lifted a diamond necklace from under the noses of the authorities. Young and handsome, laughing his way through difficulties and danger, Lupin is also the master of disguise and languages. His sense of humour and conceit make life difficult for the


police who attribute most of the major crimes in France to Lupin and his gang of ruffians and urchins. Maurice Leblanc’s stories are lively and witty, occasionally taking on the air of burlesque, especially when Lupin pits his wits against the English detective named variously ‘Holmlock Shears’ and ‘Herlock Sholmes’. These are significant tales in the history of crime fiction but, more importantly, they are great fun. 739 paperback pages. New from Wordsworth. ONLY £3


58200 A CHARLIE CHAN OMNIBUS by Earl Derr Biggers


A family secret leads to murder in a house without locks... Someone is prepared to kill to procure a valuable set of pearls, and a parrot fluent in Chinese knows too much... A Scotland Yard Inspector is about to close his final case, but someone is prepared to kill to keep the mystery unsolved... Three very different crimes, with one thing in common... He’s Honolulu’s greatest detective – prepare to savour the wisdom of Charlie Chan. From Hawaii to San Francisco, no crime is too baffling, no clue too insignificant for Charlie. Long out of print, Charlie Chan’s first three cases, ‘The House Without a Key’, ‘The Chinese Parrot’ and ‘Behind That Curtain’, have been collected in one volume. Paperback, 641pp. ONLY £3


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71217 A GRAVE IN THE COTSWOLDS by Rebecca Tope Thea Osborne and her loyal spaniel Hepzie are still pursuing their occupation as house-sitters, despite the disastrous incidents of the past. At the moment they are staying in the late Greta Simmonds’ house which is currently between ownership. But when a body is discovered in a nearby field, Thea finds herself


embroiled in a murder investigation. After befriending the undertaker Drew Slocombe, she soon finds she has aligned herself with the police’s only suspect. A classic English village mystery set in Gloucester. 413pp in paperback.


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71218 A MARKET FOR MURDER by Rebecca Tope


The peace of a small West Country village is rudely shattered when a bomb explodes in the local supermarket. Karen Slocombe, a member of the Food Chain Group and staunch supporter of local produce, would normally not care for the loss of a supermarket, but she does take offence to such violence in which she and her daughter were very nearly caught up. A few days later Karen witnesses the horrifying murder of an adjacent stallholder at the local farmer’s market and begins to wonder why she keeps finding herself in the middle of a crime scene. 444pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


71219 BLOOD IN THE COTSWOLDS by Rebecca Tope


Thea and her faithful spaniel Hepzie have taken on a house-sitting assignment in the charming Cotswolds village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets, and when a skeleton is discovered at the roots of an old beech tree, Thea is grateful for the presence of her partner DS Phil Hollis. It is a mystery as to whom the bones belonged and soon theories and rumours abound in the ‘quiet’ countryside. 444pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


70011 SLAUGHTER IN THE COTSWOLDS by Rebecca Tope


Thea throws herself into house-sitting for Babs and Cedric Angell in Lower Slaughter following her beloved father’s death. Although it is lonely, she has her spaniel Hepzie for company, and keeping the house in order and looking after the family’s menagerie of animals does the trick for a short period of time. But when her prickly older sister turns up, after witnessing an horrific killing, the timeless tranquillity of the village vanishes, replaced by the sinister connotations of the town’s name. 405pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


70429 TO FETCH A THIEF by Spencer Quinn


Chet the dog has smelled a lot of unusual things in his years as a trusted companion and partner to PI Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the exotic scent he encounters when an old-fashioned travelling circus comes to town. Bernie scores tickets for this less-than- greatest show on earth because his son Charlie is crazy about elephants. The only problem is that Peanuts, the headlining pachyderm of this particular one-ring circus, has gone missing along with her trainer. Stranger still, no one saw them leave. Bernie and Chet are hired by Popo the Clown who has his won reasons for finding out what has become of the missing duo. 307pp. £15.99 NOW £4.50


PETER JAMES Chillers from the Master Storyteller


71234 HOST by Peter James


Brilliant scientist Joe Messenger believes that people can be made to live forever. Knowing the human body can be frozen indefinitely, he devises a way of downloading the human brain to a super computer called ARCHIVE. But his wife is worried by his preoccupation with ARCHIVE which seems to be developing a distinct and sinister personality of


its own. Just as Joe is on the brink of a scientific breakthrough, a series of macabre accidents befall him and his family. A menacing thriller about the power of future communications. 624pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


71232 ALCHEMIST by Peter James


At first, Monty Bannerman didn’t believe the journalist who came to her door with a far-fetched story on the pharmaceutical giant that had just taken over her Nobel Prize-winning geneticist father’s laboratory. But within a few short weeks events are making his apparently fantastic claims look horrifyingly like the truth. Behind the respectable façade of a multi-national which calls itself the ‘World’s Most Caring Company’ lies an outrage against the whole human race. A chiller from the master storyteller. 676pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


70177 DENIAL by Peter James When actress Gloria Lamark takes her own life, her devoted son Thomas is broken hearted. Something must be wrong with a world in which such a tragedy is allowed to happen. How could her high-profile media- star psychiatrist have failed to save such a special person? Dr Tennent has a lesson to learn - a very painful one. Michael is caught up in the first flush of love, but has no idea how dangerous romance can be. Both Michael and Thomas will do anything for the women they love. An utterly believable thriller. 498pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


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