18 Fiction …Traditionally for men


74832 FROM A BUICK 8 by Stephen King


Another mesmerising classic chiller from one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. There is a secret hidden in Shed B in the state police barracks in Statler, Pennsylvania, a secret that has drawn troopers for years to look at its chrome fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system. ‘Come close, children, and see the living


crocodile’: a vintage ’54 Buick Roadmaster. Young Ned Wilcox has started coming by the barracks, mowing the lawn, washing the windows, shovelling snow. It’s the boy’s way of holding on to his father’s memory. One day Ned peers through the windows of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers. He deserves answers and the secret begins to stir… 478pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3.50


74833 FULL DARK, NO


STARS by Stephen King For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cosy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Harry Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness, if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival. And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her


husband’s dark and terrifying secrets. He is not the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins, now he is heading for home... What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime? These are fine stories to take with us into the night and with a bonus short story from the number one bestselling author. 453pp in paperback omnibus. £8.99 NOW £3.50


74863 THE FEAR INDEX by Robert Harris


The time has come to make a killing. In the secretive inner circle of the ultra-rich, Alex Hoffmann is a legend. He has developed a method of playing the financial markets that generate billions of pounds, a system that thrives on panic and feeds on fear. Then in the early hours of one morning, his life is threatened when a terrifying


intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside home. So begins a waking nightmare of violence and paranoia as Alex attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him before it is too late. An intoxicating thriller from the bestselling author of Fatherland. 385pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


73307 IMPRIMATUR


by Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti 11th September 1683, and Rome is a city on a knife- edge. Its citizens await news of the Battle of Vienna, the forces of the Islamic Ottoman Empire laying siege to the defenders of Catholic Europe, and there is the spectre of plague in the city, with a famous tavern, the Locanda del Donzello all’Orso, under quarantine. One of those detained, Atto Melani, is a spy in the service of the Sun King, Louis XIV. He enlists the help of a fellow detainee, a young serving boy, and together they discover a network of tunnels beneath the city. Their nocturnal journeys in the Roman underworld lead them to some startling discoveries, including a deadly enmity between Louis XIV and Pope Innocent XI. 568pp. £16.99 NOW £6


73153 UNUSUAL USES FOR OLIVE OIL


by Alexander McCall Smith The fourth book in the Professor Dr von Igelfeld series, here we find the celebrated author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs and pillar of the Regensberg Institute of Romance Philology thoroughly vexed by the undeserved rise of a rival, the self- styled “Professor” Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer, owner of a one- legged, three-wheeled dachshund


called Walter. Not only that, but his colleagues have been making waspish remarks behind his back concerning his unmarried state. 203pp, paperback. £7.99 NOW £2.75


73466 SING AS WE GO by Margaret Dickinson Kathy Burton longs to escape the drudgery of her life as an unpaid labourer on her father’s farm. With only the local church choir and the occasional dance at the village hall for amusement, she yearns for the bright lights. Spurning one proposal of marriage, Kathy goes to live in the city where she finds employment in a department store and is captivated by the sophisticated and handsome floor manager. Kathy plans her wedding but the day is ruined when Tony is called up to fight before another date can be arranged. 454pp, paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.50


73472 SUFFRAGETTE GIRL by Margaret Dickinson


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When Florrie Maltby defies her father by refusing to marry Gervase Richards, she sets off a chain of events that will alter her life. Instead, she goes to London and becomes involved with the suffragette movement. Imprisoned for her militant actions, she goes on hunger strike and with her health deteriorating, there is one person who can save her - Gervase. Only the outbreak of the Great War puts a halt to her activities. 488pp, paperback.


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74679 THE LAST DON by Mario Puzo


By the author of the classic bestseller 'The Godfather' we find ourselves in a corrupt world where crocked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal. One man has power over them all. Here is a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios and their powerful reach into Hollywood and


Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family's past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins. 482pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £4


74862 THE DOGS OF RIGA by Henning Mankell


A Wallander thriller by this powerful crime writer. It is winter in Sweden when Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip- off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, both dressed in expensive suits, both shot dead. They were criminals, victims of what seems to have been a gangland hit but what


appears to be an open-and-shut case soon takes on a far more sinister aspect. Wallander travels to Riga in Latvia, where he is plunged into an alien world of police surveillance, scarcely veiled threats and lies. Doomed always to be one step behind the shadowy figures he pursues, only Wallander’s obstinate desire to see that justice is done will bring the truth to light. Riga is a haunted place here described with a sort of creepy detail that makes you shudder. 342pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £4


74868 THE MAN FROM


BEIJING by Henning Mankell The master of the Swedish crime thriller and author of the Wallander mysteries sets this gripping political thriller and compelling detective story in a sleepy hamlet in the north of Sweden. The local police make a chilling discovery - 19 people have been brutally slaughtered. Unprecedented in Sweden’s history,


the police are under incredible pressure to solve the killings. When Judge Birgitta Roslin reads about the massacre she realises that she has a family connection to one of the couples involved and decides to investigate. After the police make a hasty arrest, it is left to her to find the source of a 19th century diary and red silk ribbon found near the crime scene. What she will uncover leads to an international web of corruption and a story of vengeance that stretches back over a hundred years. Beware the grisly opening scene. 554pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £4


73326 SKY’S DARK LABYRINTH: A Novel by Stuart Clarke


Journalist, author and broadcaster Stuart Clarke has devoted his career to presenting the thrilling science of astronomy to the general public. At the dawn of the 17th century the Sun and the rest of the heavens revolved around the Earth, as created by God and documented in His word, the Bible. The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth dramatises the stories of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), a German Lutheran who was the first to distil the movements of the stars and planets into mathematical laws and whose mother was accused but acquitted of witchcraft, and Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). As a Catholic, Galileo tried to claim Kepler’s work for his own Church, but soon found himself tangled in a web of intrigue that originated from the Vatican itself. 284pp. £12.99 NOW £3


73443 KILLIGREW AND THE GOLDEN


DRAGON by Jonathan Lunn A rollicking tale set in 1849. Reckless, some would say foolhardy, acts of bravery are not uncharacteristic of HMS Tisiphone’s second lieutenant Kit Killigrew. So when he is instrumental in capturing the infamous Chinese pirate Zhai jing-mu and releasing his beautiful his hostage Peri Dadabhoy en route to Hong Kong, no one is truly surprised. There, Killigrew is free to enjoy its many pleasures, not least of which is Peri. But then the prisoner escapes and Killigrew becomes embroiled in a dangerous race to stop the pirate exacting his revenge on those responsible for his arrest. 469pp, paperback. £6.99 NOW £2


73722 AN IRISH COUNTRY GIRL by Patrick Taylor


Mrs Kinky Kincaid is the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled doctors. A trusted figure in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, it often seems as though Kinky has always been there. She was once Maureen O’Hanlon, a farmer’s daughter growing up in Country Cork. Maureen had a gift of seeing into the mystic realm of fairies, spirits and even the dreaded banshee. As she grows into a young woman, Maureen finds herself torn between love and her fondest aspirations, for the future is a mystery even for one blessed with the sight. 319pp, paperback. $14.99 NOW £4.75


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


…Traditionally for women


74823 A VILLAGE DILEMMA by Rebecca Shaw


From the author of ‘The Village Green Affair’, is another of the Turnham Malpas series. The villagers are celebrating their annual Stocks Day when an unwelcome visitor arrives. Bryn Fields, one- time licensee of the Royal Oak, fled four years ago under the worst possible circumstances. The villagers are determined to find out why he is back and discover that he


plans to use the village as a key attraction for visiting Americans. For the rector and his wife, Peter and Caroline, there are more serious problems to cope with when their twin children start asking about their real mother. Having agonisingly accepted the result of Peter’s indiscretion 10 years before, Caroline finds that facing up to it again now is almost unbearable. 294pp in paperback.


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74876 VILLAGE GOSSIP by Rebecca Shaw For the locals in the village of Turnham Malpas the rural peace is shattered when a visitor comes to stay. Hugo, an old friend of Jimbo and Harriet’s at the local store is a famous actor, and has come to the village to recuperate from a serious illness. Hugo is soon bored with the day- to-day pattern of country life and when he meets Caroline, the rector’s wife, he is instantly attracted to her. Soon he has agreed to direct and star in a play with the villagers as his supporting cast and Caroline as his leading lady. Before long the villagers’ lives are turned upside down - a marriage wrecked, a proud man humbled and two people are brought closer together as gossip, scandal and jealousy mount. 271pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


74843 MY DAUGHTER, MY


MOTHER by Annie Murray In 1984 two young mothers meet at a toddler group in Birmingham and as their friendship grows they share with each other difficulties and secrets. Joanne is a sweet, shy girl, increasingly afraid of her husband. The lively, promising man she married has become hostile and violent and she is too ashamed to tell anyone. When her mother Margaret is suddenly rushed into


hospital, the bewildered family find that there are things about their mother of which they had no idea. Margaret was evacuated from Birmingham as a child and spent years avoiding the pain of her childhood. Sooky has already been through one disastrous marriage and is back at home living with her parents. Her mother refuses to speak to her and Sooky realises that emotions are far more complicated and that her mother may be in need of her help. 535pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £4


73717 THE WHITE WOMAN ON THE GREEN BICYCLE by Monique Roffey


Newlyweds George and Sabine Harwood arrive in post- independence Trinidad from England in 1956. Struggling with loneliness, exhaustion and the challenges of racial segregation at the dawn of a new political era, Sabine finds some comfort in expressing her hopes and dreams in letters to Eric Williams, Trinidad’s charismatic new leader. The letters are never sent, but when George finds them many years later the discovery sets off a devastating series of consequences as other secrets from their marriage emerge. 439pp, paperback. $16 NOW £3


74435 COUNTRY WIVES


by Rebecca Shaw There is trouble afoot in Barleybridge. The vet’s practice, which normally runs so smoothly, is disrupted by the new locum, Dan, who seems to be annoying just about everyone with his abrupt manner. The wives connected to the practice are determined that something has to be done. Kate who works there finds she rather likes Dan’s no-nonsense approach.


She is determined to go to vet college and has already made some difficult decisions to fulfil her dream. It is Dan, with a sad secret of his own, who helps her come to terms with her new situation. 263pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.25


74062 THE FIGHTING MAN by Gerald Seymour


A former SAS soldier, sickened by the West’s treatment of the Kurds after the Gulf War, Gord Brown has found new purpose helping the Guatemalan Resistance against the brutal military dictatorship. As his ragged army marches through the jungle and across the high mountains towards Guatemala City, a hopeless dream looks to become a burning reality. But the forces pitted against them are formidable, and the Guatemalan government also have a Gulf War veteran on their side, a man who Gord has met before. 414pp. Paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.75


23775 ISLAND OF SHEEP by John Buchan


In this, his final adventure, Buchan’s hero Richard Hannay becomes embroiled in one of the most hazardous escapades of his life. Two men are honour bound to help the tormented Valdemar Haraldsen, and a third decides to mastermind the whole affair out of sheer love of adventure and a dislike of villains. In the final event, the fate of Haraldsen and his three redoubtable defenders rests on the undaunted bravery of two children. This thriller reflects a fundamental faith in the magnanimity of human nature. 208pp. Paperback. ONLY £2


74855 THE BELLS OF BOURNVILLE GREEN by Annie Murray


Continuing the saga begun in Chocolate Girls, here is a story of families whose lives are intertwined. It is 1962 and pretty 17 year old Greta finds life at home hard. She has no father and loathes her mother’s latest boyfriend. She is happiest at work with her friends at the Cadbury factory where she is popular with the boys. When her missing vixen of a sister Marlene turns up during the worst winter for decades, Greta decides that she has to get away, and the only escape route is marriage. She soon finds out however that life with her old class mate Trevor is not as she had hoped and freedom and happiness still elude her. She finds herself on the streets, pregnant and homeless, until her mother’s friends take her in and provide the safe secure haven she has never known. That is until tragedy strikes. 503pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50


74857 THE BOLEYN


INHERITANCE by Philippa Gregory The year is 1539. Henry VIII must take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. Although she is fascinated by the glamour of the court, she can sense a trap closing in around her. Katherine Howard meanwhile is to flirt her way to the throne, but her kinswoman Jane Boleyn is


haunted by the past and the Boleyn inheritance of suspicion, betrayal and death. These three young women must try to survive in the most volatile court in Europe. Another number one bestseller from this gifted storyteller who brings the Tudor court to life. 518pp in paperback.


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74869 THE QUEEN’S FOOL by Philippa Gregory Into the treacherous Tudor court walks Hannah Green, a


bookseller’s daughter with a gift to read more than his banned books. Entangled in the schemes of the handsome traitor Robert Dudley, she is sent as a Holy Fool to spy on the Princess and finds a complex woman driven by a fatal desire to turn England back to the true faith. Meanwhile her half-sister Elizabeth waits to take advantage of any


mistake she makes. Torn between her infatuation with Dudley and duty to her family, Hannah must find a safe way through tumultuous times, when the wrong religion is a death sentence, science and magic are one, and true love is a fatal weakness. 490pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


75045 PHILIPPA GREGORY: Set of Two by Philippa Gregory


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72115 HANNIBAL: Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham


Capturing the panoramic scope of what would become known as the Second Punic War (218-202BC), from Hannibal’s famous elephant-mounted crossing of the Alps to the savagery of battles like Trasimene and Zama, this epic novel chronicles a titanic struggle through the actions of individual characters - Hannibal, his nemesis Publius Scipio, their princes, generals and foot soldiers, friends, lovers and wives. 640pp, paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


73721 THE YOUNG WAN by Brendan O’Carroll Before she was the mammy, before she had Chisellers, and before they made her a granny, Agnes Browne was Agnes Reddin, a young girl or young wan, growing up in the Jarrow in Dublin. Together with her soon-to-be lifelong best friend Marion Delany, young Agnes manages to survive the indignities and demands of Catholic school, the unwanted birth of siblings, days spent in the factories and markets and nights in the dance halls as rock ‘n’ roll invades 1940s Dublin. But on the eve of her wedding night, the Jarrow is alive with gossip. Will Agnes be turned away at the altar? For the whole parish knows Agnes’s not-so-well-kept secret. 208pp, paperback. Remainder mark. $14 NOW £6


73723 A DUBLIN STUDENT DOCTOR: An Irish


Country Novel by Patríck Taylor MD Many readers will be familiar with the adventures of the pugnacious general practitioner Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly. In the 1930s, fresh from a stint in the Royal Navy Reserve, and much against the wishes of his disapproving father, Fingal goes to Dublin to study medicine. Fingal still manages to find time to box, play rugby and romance a grey-eyed nurse called Kitty O’Hallorhan. Fingal is warned not to become too attached to his patients, but can he truly harden himself to the suffering he sees all around him? 492 pages, maps.


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73464 ROME: The Coming of the King by M. C. Scott


Sebastos Pantera, known to his many enemies as The Leopard, is the spy the Emperor Nero uses only for the most challenging and important of missions. Hunting alone, trusting no one, he must find the most dangerous man in Rome’s empire and bring him to bloody justice. But his prey is cunning and ruthless. Saulos has pledged to bring about the destruction of Rome and her provinces and now fate, good luck and planning have given him the means to do so Pantera has a new ally, a king in the making who could change the future of his people and a man he can finally trust. First they must attempt the impossible, an assault on an invulnerable fortress. 492pp, paperback. £7.99 NOW £2


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