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Action, Adventure And Spy Books
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Empire of Silver
Conn Iggulden
September 2010 Book of the Month.
Conn Iggulden knows his history and knows how to tell a great story. This is the fourth in the Conqueror series and sees the sons of Genghis...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Long Time Coming
Robert Goddard
Luckily it hasn’t been a long time coming for the next gripping Robert Goddard novel and he is on top form in this new thriller. When Eldritch Swan is released from prison after 36 years he soon finds himself caught...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/2010
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Where the Dead Lay
David Levien
We meet PI Frank Behr of City of the Sun (excellent) again with linking cases that resolve some of Behr’s personal problems. At its centre is a mafia-like dysfunctional family, a vicious bunch brilliantly portrayed. This is indeed an...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Wolf of the Plains
Conn Iggulden
Author of the magnificent ‘Emperor’ series on Julius Caesar now turns his considerable talent to the life of Genghis Khan and his descendants. Another tale of high adventure, brutal times and ambitious people. Wonderful stuff with a lot of human...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2007
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Lords of the Bow
Conn Iggulden
The follow up to Wolf of the Plains following the life of Genghis Khan as he matures from the young warrior
of the previous book to the great conqueror he must become. A powerful
and fascinating story of a mesmerising historical...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
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Bones of the Hills
Conn Iggulden
Genghis Khan has built a powerful empire but must battle to retain power over his territories. Testing his sons, he sends them out as generals of various divisions not only to lead the armies but to see which of them...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/07/2010
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Bolt Action
Charlie Charters
This begins an action adventure series which you really should be with at the start. It’s brilliant for Gerald Seymour and Frederick Forsyth fans, with a load of fascinating detail about airports, the military and hi-jacking, characters you...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Emperor: The Field of Swords
Conn Iggulden
The third in this magnificent adventure series sees the crack in Caesar and Brutus’ friendship appearing and some of the possible reasons why former friends and colleagues turned. It’s history brought to life. Thrilling stuff, he’s a brilliant storyteller.
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2005
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Emperor : The Gods of War
Conn Iggulden
The fourth and final volume of the life of Julius Caesar. History brilliantly recreated, full of high adventure. It is sad to see the end of the series but his next, also about an ancient warrior, should be brilliant too....
Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 07/08/2006
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Nothing To Lose
Lee Child
Jack Reacher arrives in a small American town called Despair, adjacent to Hope! Made welcome by the powers in charge, he joins up with a woman police officer to find out what is happening at a large metal recycling plant...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/04/2009
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Assassin
Tom Cain
There are many Jack Reacher wannabes but there are none, in my opinion, to touch him. However, the hero here, Sam Carver, in his third outing, comes mighty close. He is a retired MI6 hit man and now he’s been...
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/08/2010
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Bryant and May on the Loose
Christopher Fowler
The seventh novel to feature the eccentric London detectives Bryant and May, and this is just as strange and compelling as the others. These books are a joy to read, clever, humorous, sensitive, informative and exciting. They also make you...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/06/2010
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The Last Kingdom
Bernard Cornwell
You may be familiar with Richard Sharpe from his many books or from the television series. But Cornwell is a prolific writer, he has written on the American Civil War, the Arthurian period, the Druids and even Regency romantic adventure....
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2005
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Killer of Men
Christian Cameron
The first of a new epic story from the author of the ‘Tyrant’ series. Greeks and Persians are poised on the edge of conflict. Arimnestos has been betrayed by his cousin and found himself a slave and this is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/08/2010
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The Cobra
Frederick Forsyth
The twelfth novel from this master of thriller writing. In the Cobra, ex CIA man Paul Devereaux is given a licence to stop the drug cartels by whichever means necessary....
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John Burnet of Barns
John Buchan
This is John Buchan's first full-length work of fiction written towards the end of the 19th century and set in the 17th century. It's a tale of adventure in the...
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The Power-House
John Buchan
The Power House, written in 1916, is the first adventure of the classic Buchan hero, the prosperous Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen, whose measured daily routine of 'flat,...
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Midwinter
John Buchan
Regarded as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Jacobites, spies and thrilling intrigue are brought together by the master of suspense. As Bonnie Prince Charlie marches his army...
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The Free Fishers
John Buchan
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, The Free Fishers is classic Buchan and his last historical novel. It's a fast-paced tale of treason, espionage and romance. You'll smile at the story...
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Mr Standfast
John Buchan
Bringing his firsthand knowledge of trench warfare and government subterfuge into play, John Buchan has created a cracking, classic thriller. Set during the First World War it illuminates brilliantly the...
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The Island of Sheep
John Buchan
This is the fifth and last Richard Hannay novel but was written and published a decade after the fourth Hannay adventure The Three Hostages just a year or two prior...
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The Three Hostages
John Buchan
This is the fourth of the five Richard Hannay novels and in it all of Buchan's strengths and weaknesses are on show. His use of motifs are most definitely his...
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The Mayan Codex
Mario Reading
The second in the Nostradamus trilogy from Mario Reading. We follow the story of Adam Sabir six months on from when we last encountered him. Jam packed with action, espionage,...
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The Afghan
Frederick Forsyth
Renowned for his research and attention to detail, this thriller also relies on coincidence which is unusual for this author. It stars the same Mike Martin as in The...
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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Fun, fast and very gripping. You know the story, and if you haven't read it by now then you really should.
A "Piece of Passion" from the publisher...
‘The mega-bestseller that brought...
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Bravo Two-zero
Andy McNab
This wasn’t the only book on the fated mission behind enemy lines in the first Gulf War, there was Peter Ratcliffe’s The Eye of the Storm and Chris Ryan’s...
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The Camel Club
David Baldacci
Heart-stopping suspense and breathtaking action built around a jaw-dropping White House conspiracy, The Camel Club is a genuine classic from one of America's most exciting thriller writers.Comparison:
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Child 44
Tom Rob Smith
Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
February 2009 Book of the Month.
Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming...
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Ice Hunt
James Rollins
We’ve been fans of James Rollins for quite some time now and his latest thriller is another fantastic, action packed adventure. He really knows how to build the tension and...
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The Twelve
Stuart Neville
July 2010 Debut of the Month.
The shout-line on the cover reads “Twelve Murders, Twelve Ghosts, Twelve Demands for Vengeance” and so our...
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Lustrum
Robert Harris
Shortlisted for the inaugural Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2010.
Rome 63 BC, power struggles, political machinations, physical intimidation, bribery, assassination and more in an exceptional historical thriller, superbly written....
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Turbulence
Giles Foden
Successfully blending one man’s fictional story with real life events and related by a flawed and anxious young scientist, this is a complex and gripping tale of weather and war...
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The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
The new bestseller from The Da Vinci Code author is about Freemasonry,
with the same mix of obscure history and fast-paced action we have come
to expect. I think these are...
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Lockdown
Sean Black
The first book in a new thriller series featuring action hero Ryan Lock, ex-soldier now security chief, here hired to protect the head of a high-tech bio-lab using animals for...
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Darkest Hour
James Holland
In a nutshell this is Sharpe (only it’s Sergeant Jack Tanner) for the Second World War, complete with evil nemesis in the shape of a company Sergeant Major (like Hawskwill)....
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Simple Genius
David Baldacci
I have a lot of time for this author who is now really concentrating on his career and going to produce at least two (on occasions three) novels a year...
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Prester John
John Buchan
Prester John is Buchan's first adventure story and is comparable in style and pace to Rider Haggard and Robert Louis Stevenson. Set in South Africa in 1900 it has a...
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