'Murder was not altogether a bad thing', mused Lieutenant Kramer of the Trekkersburg Murder Squad. But this one was. A twelve-year-old boy is found strangled and hideously mutilated. It looks like the work of a sex killer. Read More...

At first, it looked much like any other dead body. Breathtaking in its own way, of course, but nothing special... Then he saw that it far exceeded his expectations. He saw the arm bones fractured by a knot that must have been tightened by nothing less than a giant of a man, a human gorilla ... Read More...

With vivid detail Jean Levi paints a court world of luxury, decadence and cruelty. At the same time he charts the means by which the first Emperor united immense populations within a totalitarian state of extraordinary complexity... Read More...

Superintendent Bone - a most unusual detective - discovered that many people wanted Nanny Gray dead. Not just those heirs of Sir Gareth Herne who were passed over when he left all his money to his old nurse. Read More...

The history of the Third Reich still commands a degree of fascination for modern readers like no other period in the history of any other country in the twentieth century. the demonic personality of Adolf Hitler, the brutality and terror of his regime before and during World War II will be a constant source of fascination for historians and all readers for generations to come. Read More...

The Fighting Man in World War II. Training, discipline, morale, food, shelter, fear, life and death in the combat zone... here is the actual human experience of the Allied front line soldier in the most destructive war in history. Read More...

Only when it's too late does Mike Powell realise that he's wasted his talents as a jockey and spoilt his marriage. His riding career is in decline; his beautiful wife, Tessa, has left him. And, to cap it all, he's almost bankrupt, having tried to build a future by pinhooking. Then, on the way to the annual sportsperson awards ceremony, Mike is killed in a car crash. When his old friend Jed Harvard discovers that Mike's estate has been left to an American called George Parker - a man he's never head of before - his suspicions are aroused. Read More...

In 1973, Iain Forward was framed for murder. Finally released from prison, he's obsessed with the desire to find out who framed him, and why. His loyal wife Alison begs him to put the nightmare behind him so they can build a future together. But Iain can think only of the past - of the mysterious events in Singapore that led to his arrest. Read More...

John de St Jorre reconstructs a unique period, marked by its creative energy, its spirit of innovation and its humour. He shows us the undergrowth of literature bursting forth into jungle life. Read More...

When the body of a young man is discovered on the slopes of Mount Lycabettus, it is initially assumed that a pack of wolves is responsible for his death. But tramachus, an aspiring student at Plato's academy, has been murdered and Heracles, known as the 'Deciphererof Enigmas', is called into help unravel the truth. Read More...