8 Crime Fiction


69625 PUPPET ON A CHAIN by Alistair Maclean


The classic thriller which will get your heart pumping triple time. Paul Sherman of Interpol’s Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king. With enormous skill, the atmosphere is built up - Amsterdam with its canals and high houses, stolid police, psychopaths, women in distress and above all, murder. 314pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


69624 LAST FRONTIER by Alistair Maclean Dr. Jennings, a noted scientist in possession of a precious secret, has gone over to the Soviet Union. It’s Michael Reynolds’ mission to get him back. To penetrate behind the Iron Curtain and reach his quarry is difficult enough, but to bring out a man uncertain, elderly and too well known is impossible. Until Reynolds discovers, within that terrifying organisation, there are men ready and able to help. These dedicated Hungarian patriots, resourceful and when necessary, as ruthless as their enemies, could be the key to his success in this deadliest of missions. 410pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


70211 THE WIRE IN THE


BLOOD by Val McDermid The international bestseller from the Manchester crime writer who enters into the warped mind of the deviant criminal. Young girls are


disappearing around the country and there is nothing to connect them to one another, let alone the killer whose charming manner hides a warped and sick mind. Nobody gets inside the messy heads of serial killers like Dr Tony Hill. Only


one officer comes up with a concrete theory which is ridiculed, until one of their numbers is murdered and mutilated. For Tony Hill, the murder becomes a matter of personal revenge and, joined again by colleague Carol Jordan, he embarks on a campaign of psychological terrorism. 486pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


69581 RIDDLE OF THE RIVER by Catherine Shaw


Who is the young woman found drowned in the river like the lovelorn Ophelia? Cambridge undergraduate Vanessa Weatherburn suspects she may have been an actress but that raises questions of its own. Not too long ago actresses were synonymous with prostitute, but in this new Victorian era actresses are received in some of the best houses. Have notions of respectability really changed so much or are the newfound female freedoms merely masking social expectations that, for women at least, are no less restrictive than their elaborate bustle and tiny corsets? US first edition, 352pp in paperback. $14.95 NOW £5


69571 LIBRARY PARADOX by Catherine Shaw


A famously anti-Semitic professor has been killed, shot in his own library and the police, eager to close the books on the murder, have arrested a young Jewish man who was conveniently on the scene. This is 1896, and with the notorious Dreyfus Affair in the news, Vanessa Weatherburn has real questions about his guilt. Finding the truth will take Vanessa deep into London’s Hassidic community, where she struggles to understand the customs of a foreign country. But the effort will pay off as it sheds some surprising light on a peculiar passion of Vanessa’s, a problem in mathematical logic posed by Bertrand Russell, known as The Library Paradox. US first edition in paperback. 339pp with one map. $14.95 NOW £5


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 £4.50


69983 FRIEND OF THE DEVIL by Peter Robinson


The victim is no older than Banks’s own daughter. Just 19, she is found raped and strangled in the dark tangle of cobbled alleyways they called The Maze. There is no shortage of suspects, and Banks finds himself missing DI Annie Cabbot. Their personal problems aside, he could do with her sharp instincts on this case. But Annie has troubles of her own. On loan to the Eastern Area, she has been called to investigate the cold-bloodied killing of a woman in a wheelchair. On the face of it, the two deaths have nothing in common. The 17th book in the popular Inspector Banks series. 515pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


69966 BAD BOY by Peter Robinson The 19th book in the Inspector Banks series. If DCI Alan Banks had been in his office when his old neighbour came calling, perhaps it would have turned out differently. Perhaps an innocent man would still be alive. And perhaps Banks’s daughter wouldn’t be on the run with a wanted man. But Banks is on holiday, blissfully unaware of the terrible chain of events set in motion by the discovery of a loaded gun in a young woman’s bedroom, and his daughter’s involvement with the ultimate bad guy. 430pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


70170 AFTERMATH by Peter Robinson Number 35 at The Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street but it is about to become infamous. Two police constables are sent to the house following the report of a domestic disturbance and they stumble upon a truly horrific scene which leaves one of them dead, and the other fighting for her life and career. The identity of a serial killer, the Chameleon, has finally been revealed. But his capture is only the beginning of a shocking investigation that will test Inspector Alan Banks to the absolute limit. 515pp in paperback.


£6.99 NOW £3


70394 THE A.B.C. MURDERS: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie


Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death in her shop. Next to die is Betty Bernard in Bexhill - strangled with her own belt. Then, Sir Carmichael Clarke’s skull is smashed in in Churston. Clearly a serial killer with an alphabetical bent is on the loose, and an urgent hunt is launched for the fiend dubbed the A.B.C. murderer. The taunting notes inspector Hercule Poirot receives are even more disturbing than the A.B.C. railway guide that the methodical killer leaves at the scene of each crime. Racing against the clock, Poirot tries to decipher each cryptic message and get one step ahead of this exceedingly clever and ruthless killer. 252pp.


$12 NOW £4 70418 MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN: A


Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot is en route from Calais to Nice on the Blue Train when he finds himself at the centre of a vexing crime. A young American woman, Ruth Van Aldin Kettering, is found brutally murdered on board the train. The killer is still at large and it is up to Poirot to pick him or her out of a cast of suspicious characters. Among them are Ruth’s husband, Derek Kettering, to whom she was unhappily married and an exotic dancer with a taste for a man just like Derek. As he persues the killer, Poirot encounters several passengers with a keen interest in a large, legendary ruby that Ruth possessed, a gift from her wealthy father. 317 pages. $12 NOW £4


70350 DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie


Linnet Ridgeway has it all: beauty, brains, money, and a new, handsome husband. Unfortunately, her husband’s jilted ex-fiancée - and Linnet’s former best friend - has followed them their fashionable Egyptian honeymoon cruise, and seems to be shadowing the couple’s every turn. When Linnet is murdered, the killer seems to be obvious - until the suspect produces an airtight alibi. Soon, all of the other passengers on board, including an American lawyer, a nervous chambermaid and a Communist, are suspects in the case. Hercule Poirot must call upon all of his skills of reason and deduction to crack the case before the murderer strikes again. 351 pages.


$12 NOW £4


70420 THE ROUGH COLLIER by Pat McIntosh Set in Scotland, 1493. A body is discovered in the peat - is it witchcraft or just plain murder? Gil Cunningham was up in the roof space of his mother’s house, teaching his new young wife sword play when the peat-cutters came to report the dead man. They believed the corpse to be that of Thomas Murray, a coal worker missing from the estate of Sir


James Douglas, Gil’s godfather. But Murray’s wife claims it must be someone else, while Sir James’s steward, the officious David Fleming, suspects witchcraft. But who is the corpse? 329pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


69532 WALTENBERG by Hedi Kaddour


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An espionage thriller set between World War One and the Berlin Wall’s collapse, this is an excellent and complex novel. 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 novelist and a French journalist. 660pp in bumper paperback. £9.99 NOW £3.50


68559 FROM THE DEAD by Mark 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


56600 SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE HENTZAU AFFAIR by David Stuart Davies


Colonel Sapt of the Ruritanian Court journeys to England on a secret mission to save the country from anarchy. His mission is to engage the services of Rudolf Rassendyll once more to impersonate the King while the monarch recovers from a serious illness. But Rassendyll has mysteriously disappeared. In desperation, Sapt consults Sherlock Holmes who, with his faithful companion Watson, travels to the Kingdom of Ruritania in an effort to thwart the plans of the scheming Rupert of Hentzau in his bid for the throne. 128pp. Paperback. ONLY £3


29430 SHADOWS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES edited by David Stuart Davies


Meet The Crime Doctor, Professor Augustus S.F.X.Van Dusen - The Thinking Machine, Max Carrados - the incredible blind detective, the repulsive but brilliant Skin o’ My Teeth, and the natty, ingenious French sleuth Eugene Valmont. The stories include: The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe, The Stolen Cigar Case by Bret Harte, The Swedish Match by Anton Chekhov, Nine Points of the Law by E.W. Hornung, The Ghost at Massingham Mansions by Ernest Bramah and The Great Pearl Mystery by Baroness Orczy. 384pp. Paperback. ONLY £2


70427 THEREBY HANGS A TAIL by Spencer Quinn


Chet and his human companion Bernie have both had some setbacks in life - Bernie in combat, Chet in K-9 school, but together they make a team like no other. Here they are called on to investigate threats made against an unlikely target - a petty, pampered show dog named Princess. But what seems like a joke turns into a serious case when Princess and her owner are abducted. To make matters worse, Bernie’s on-off girlfriend reporter Susie disappears too. 309pp. £15.99 NOW £4.50


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70679 DRACULA’S HEIR: An Interactive Mystery by Sam Stall


In 1897, Archibald, Constable & Company published Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the most famous horror novel of all time. For


EARLY LEARNING


70972 PHILIP ARDAGH’S BOOK OF ABSOLUTELY


USELESS LISTS by Philip Ardagh


Bestselling writer of the Eddie Dickens children’s novels, Philip Ardagh has plundered the deepest corners of his brain to bring you a delightfully pointless tome and thoroughly excellent wonderful stuff for absolutely every day of the year. Let’s pick 12th May. 1907: Author and creator of The Saint


Leslie Chartris is born. Damsels in distress (who do not get rescued) include Andromeda, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty aka Princess Aurora, Snow White and the Dragon’s captive. The last one was the princess rescued from a dragon by St. George himself. For each there is a short line of where they fit into our mythological and historical knowledge which widens with every page. Learn some sugary facts like a teaspoon of sugar contains around 15 calories, learn about Nelson, Trafalgar and his column, Wellington boots, genuine headlines like Freddie Staar Ate My Hamster, the children of Charles Dickens, famous Moores (Alan, Gordon, Grace, Henry, Bobby, Julianne, Mary-Tyler and Michael), strange-but- true facts about hair and Battersea Dogs Home. 517pp in illustrated chunky softback. £6.99 NOW £3


70305 MICKEY MOUSE


CLUBHOUSE FOIL FUN SET by Disney


When we say foil, we mean big card pages, almost mirror like as they really are foil colouring boards. The book also incorporates 11 pages to colour in, ten colouring crayons with a Mickey Mouse design on the wrapper and four foil bookmarks featuring Goofy, Daffy Duck,


Disney and Minnie Mouse. Suit ages 3+. ONLY £4


70447 BEST BEAUTY BOOK EVER by Parragon


With a gorgeously glam make up bag included with the book in a nylon, pink with a flowery design and the book itself is on a huge sturdy spiral binder. For little girls aged 10 and up there is space to fill in your name, age, hair colour, eye colour, height, show size, star sign and best friends and to stick a photo of yourself looking totally gorgeous on the first page. There are some fab ideas for home-made beauty products, quizzes like which kind of shoes you most like wearing - trainers, strappy sandals or fluffy slippers - if your face is round try sunglasses that are long and narrow, routines to keep your skin clean, toned and moisturised, make up DIY, which vitamins are good for your hair, nails and skin, new hair styles depending on the shape of your face. £6.99 NOW £2.75


69957 PET SCIENCE


by Veronika Alice Gunter and Rain Newcomb A fun activity book for youngsters aged 12 to 112 which is designed to be fun for you and your pet. Snakes, paw prints, long term memory in dogs, four footed weather forecasting, detecting rabbit paw prints, finding out if your caged bird is happy, finding out what makes your pet ‘talk’ with howls, yowls and meows, what makes your cat’s eyes change size and colour and his night vision and how with a little patience and an outgoing parrot, you can teach him to talk and which are the best words to train him on. 80 pages, fully illus in colour.


£9.99 NOW £2.25 69115 LITTLE CHILDREN’S


MUSIC BOOK by Fiona Watt Graceful chords and dancing notes float from inside Badger’s piano as he presses on the keys. Little ones aged two and over will love this storybook where they can press the actual button on the page to hear


each musical instrument play. Fox plays his violin, Weasel plucks at his guitar strings, Mole taps the metal bars on his glockenspiel. Hear the animals rehearse and then perform together on the final page as the concert begins as the sun sets in the forest. Replaceable Battery included, just pull the tab to activate. £9.99 NOW £5


69558 DIARY OF AN EGYPITIAN QUEST by Nicholas Harris


An interactive adventure tale which includes a dramatic colour poster in the wallet at the end of the book. Josh and Maisie are two adventure- loving kids who discover a mysterious small door at the back of their grandfather’s bookcase. As


they squeeze through the doorway they travel back in time. Join in their fun as you lift the flaps, find maps, charts, booklets and letters and other items attached to the pages. A guide to hieroglyphs in colour, even a letter to the reader at the beginning. Suit ages 10+. $14.99 NOW £4.50


70640 LIAR! LIAR! PANTS ON FIRE! by Jan Payne


If you believe that stinky farts come from eating smelly foods, an aquarium in Japan has installed a toilet for the fish, that you can’t go kayaking down a river in a pumpkin, that a cockroach can run around without a head, and that a Venus fly trap can spit out bugs it doesn’t like, you may do very well with spotting the truth among the lies in this terrific puzzle book. As you go through the book decide which of the incredible statements are false and add up your score at the back. 128pp, cartoons. Ages 10 to adult. £7.99 NOW £3.25


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reasons still debated by scholars, the first chapter was cut from the book just weeks before publication. Dracula’s Heir begins ten years after the horrific events described in the original novel. Jonathan and Mina Harker are happily married and enjoying life in Bixby. Meanwhile their friend Dr John Seward is tracking a string of crimes - a 14 year old girl sleepwalks out of her parents’ house and disappears into the night. Two ‘accident victims’ are found drained of their blood, yet there is no crime scene evidence to explain its loss. With eight removable clues including a newspaper, a death certificate, a private journal and the original first chapter to help you solve the crime and test your powers of deduction. Woodcut illus. 80pp. Suit ages 11 to adult.


$24.95 NOW £5


70457 CHUGGINGTON ADVENTURE PACK Hours of fun packed into one easy-to-carry case! Join Wilson, Koko, Brewster and all your other Chugginton friends for stories, puzzles and sticker fun! Koko’s sticker activity book lets you play along with the story as you fill in the missing bits of pictures - place the trains on their backgrounds and see the story come to life! Don’t use all of those stickers just yet though, as there’s also a fold- out Play Scene which can be used as a mini poster for your wall! You can arrange the sticker however you like on the background to create your very own Chugginton scene. Wilson’s Activity Time is packed with all of your favourite puzzles - mazes, word jumble, dot-to-dot and wordsearches, along with several pages just waiting to be coloured in. Four felt tip pens, four sticker sheets, two activity books and one play scene. Ages 3+. £6.99 NOW £3.50


69853 ACTIVITY BOOK FOR A LITTLE PRINCESS BACKPACK


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Pink satin like a ballet pump, this backpack has adjustable straps and contains two colouring books, one activity book, a pencil, pen, eraser, sharpener, crayons in primary colours, ruler, stencils and sticker sheet. With CE safety mark. Limited stocks so hurry! £5.99 NOW £4


70515 MY WONDERFUL WEEK: Wall Planner and Storybook by Winnie the


Pooh and A. A. Milne There is a magical story to read on the reverse side of a beautiful long wall planner which pulls out in card pages from this book. There are over 80 colourful stickers to help you plan your week with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and


friends, all from the Disney series and based on the drawings by E. H. Shepard. Read about Pooh’s first day at school and fun in the school playground. Colourful design.


£4.99 NOW £2


70463 COLOURING AND ACTIVITY FUN PACK by Disney


Produced with the Playhouse Disney channel, join all your Disney friends and lend a hand to Handy Manny and hang out with your pals at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. There is one giant puzzle, 12 colouring pages, six coloured pencils and 30 stickers in this value pack.


£3.99 NOW £2


70484 LAUGH-OUT-LOUD JOKE BOOK by Dick Crossley


In the traditional Ladybird design, here is a mini book to help you laugh your hooves off! What game do mice like best? Hide and squeak! What do you give a poorly budgie? Tweetment! With zany fun illustrations, two or three jokes per page in slim Ladybird original style hardback with dedication page. £1.99 NOW £1


70486 LET’S MAKE CARDS by Sue Hunter-Jones


Our need for cards is endless - whether it be for birthdays, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, thank you notes or weddings. Follow the simple step-by-step instructions, with both photographs and enlightening illustrations, to create of 30 fabulous cards. Each design is categorised by skill level, ranked from one star to three stars, making their difficulty clear. It also includes ideas for appropriate messages to write. 250 stickers and press-out templates. 3+ years, 47 pages, with an additional two pages of templates and one page of stickers.


£5.99 NOW £3


70454 DISNEY PIXAR CARS 2: Copy Colour by Parragon


Get ready for a wild ride! If you want to have perfect coloured pictures of Lightning McQueen, Finn and all the other cars you know from the Disney movies, now you can with your own super cool colouring book. Best of all are four double-ended large crayons stuck to the front of this 48 page large softback of colouring fun. £3.99 NOW £2


70504 SHAUN THE SHEEP AMAZING 3D WOOLLY VISION by Egmont


A big colourful story book for which you will need to pop on the amazing 3D glasses inserted in the front cover. See Shaun and his friends in 3D and seek out the hidden puzzles. There are plenty of quizzes to tackle and you can even make your own 3D pictures. Shaun and Bitzer rescued Timmy and the Naughty Pigs! Rearrange the letters to see what they used to save him and the clue is in what Shaun is holding. Suit ages 5+. Very large colour softback. £3.99 NOW £2.25


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