11 Feb
Sylvia Plath died 1963. An American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author. Best known for her poetry, and her death which mirrored an attempted suicide in The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel. Read books by Sylvia Plath
Read the opening extract of the brand new Lauren DeStefano book before its publication on 16/02/2012
Agent 6 Tom Rob Smith
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Agent 6 is the third in Tom Rob Smith's trilogy about a former MGB agent, Leo Demidov. His stunning debut Child 44, set in Russia in... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/01/2012
Siege Simon Kernick
February 2012 Book of the Month.
One of Britain’s top writers has in Siege created a real edge-of-your-seat race against time thriller. A top London hotel is being held hostage along with everyone... Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
Pantheon Sam Bourne
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A truth unearthed by Jonathan Freedland, who writes under the pseudonym Sam Bourne, is the idea at the centre of this explosive WW2 thriller. While we thought... Format: Hardback - Released: 16/02/2012
Other Featured Books this Month
Revenge of the Red Square Mark Penny, Jonathan Penny
A fast and furious comedy classic, Revenge of the Red Square is the hilarious sequel to The Golden Pig, and is a comic tour de force. Format: Paperback - Released: 12/01/2012
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum
The latest instalment in the most famous thriller series of them all. Bourne is back, and this time the stakes are higher than ever... When Robert Ludlum died in 2001 we all feared the incredible character of Jason Bourne he... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
The Last Four Things Paul Hoffman
The Last Four Things is the second thrilling instalment in this remarkable blockbuster trilogy that began with the awesome The Left Hand of God.
Paul Hoffman has crafted an epic narrative that will stand amongst the
greats of heroic... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
White Heat M. J. McGrath
Nothing on the tundra rotted ...The whole history of human settlement lay exposed there, under that big northern sky. There was nowhere here for bones to hide. On Craig Island, a vast landscape of ice north of the Arctic Circle,... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2012
The Winds of Folly Seth Hunter
1796: Nathan Peake, captain of the frigate Unicorn is sent with a small squadron into the Adriatic to help bring Venice into an Italian alliance against the French. He establishes a British naval presence, harrying the French corsairs that swarm... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
Prince Rory Clements
Spring 1593. England is a powder keg of rumour and fear. Plague rages, famine is rife, the ageing Queen's couriers scheme: Elizabeth's Golden Age is truly tarnished. Meanwhile Spain watches and waits - and plots. Into this turmoil a small... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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Let Bernard Cornwell sweep you back to Arthurian times, or into the heat of battle with Richard Sharpe. Sail the high seas with Patrick O'Brien. Raise your pulse-rate with Michael Crichton. Experience the adrenaline of combat with Andy McNab. Feel the clear and present danger of Tom Clancy's thrilling Jack Ryan stories... Live on the edge with Lee Child's itinerant hero Jack Reacher? Whether your taste runs to traditional derring-do (Jack Higgins) or contemporary intrigue (Dan Brown), the martial (Chris Ryan) or the naval (Douglas Reeman), the political (Richard North Patterson) or the medical (Robin Cook), we'll make sure you know all you need to know to make your reading life one long adventure. So don't just sit there!
The Road Cormac Mccarthy
January 2012 Guest Editor Simon Lelic selects The Road...
Technically and philosophically, this is probably not McCarthy’s best book. His masterpiece, probably, is Blood Meridian – although I also...
Hold Tight Harlan Coben
Winner of the Specsavers ITV3 Crime Thriller Bestseller Dagger 2009.
If you are a Coben fan then this stand-alone thriller is just what you’ve been waiting for, it is certainly...
Fair Game Stephen Leather
Kidnapping is one of the cruellest crimes - lives are put at risk for cold, hard cash. But when Somali pirates seize the crew of a yacht off the coast...
The Wreckage Michael Robotham
In London, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz rescues a young woman from a violent boyfriend but wakes next morning to find that he's been set up and robbed. As he tracks down...
Dead Men's Harvest Matt Hilton
When Rink is ambushed by a team of highly skilled killers, Joe is pretty sure his friend is being used as bait. And the intended prey is Hunter himself. Joe...
Hannibal: Enemy of Rome Ben Kane
In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated
Carthage, their only serious rival for power in the Mediterranean. Now a
brilliant young Carthaginian general, called Hannibal, is...
Shift Tim Kring, Dale Peck
It's 1963 and America as a country is at a crossroads: Vietnam, the civil rights movement, the Cuban missile crisis, the sexual revolution, FBI, CIA, LSD - and a promise...
Buried Secrets Joseph Finder
January 2012 Book of the Month.
The second book in international bestseller Joseph Finder's new series, featuring corporate investigator Nick Heller. Heller is...
God of War The Epic Story of Alexander the Great Christian Cameron
The story of how Alexander the Great conquered the world - first crushing Greek resistance to Macedonian rule, then destroying the Persian Empire in three monumental battles, before marching into...
Catch Your Death Louise Voss, Mark Edwards
January 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
A shining example of the power of self-publishing, this was an eBook sensation in 2011 and...
The Month Before's Featured Books
The Legion Simon Scarrow
July 2011 eBook of the Month.
August 2011 Book of the Month.
The bestselling author of...
Praetorian Simon Scarrow
December 2011 eBook of the Month.
Centurions Macro and Cato are caught up in treachery and murder in ancient Rome in the eleventh...
The Gods of Atlantis David Gibbins
October 2011 eBook of the Month.
A thrilling standalone sequel to Atlantis, David Gibbins'
international bestseller of high-action adventure, marine archaeology
and...
The Little Girl of the Favela M. K. Bates
Part crime, part love story, set against a vividly painted and exciting backdrop of Brazil, Germany
and England. It's a debut novel worth a second look.
More Than You Can Say Paul Torday
November 2011 Book of the Month.
Very different from his previous novels but this tightly written story with a PTSD suffering ex soldier...
The Secret Soldier Alex Berenson
December 2011 eBook of the Month.
The brand new John Wells thriller from New York Times no.1 bestseller Alex Berenson. This is high...
Sanctus Simon Toyne
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
The certainties of the modern world are about to be blown apart by a three thousand year-old conspiracy nurtured by blood and lies...
Spiral Paul McEuen
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
December 2011 Debut of the Month.
It’s not surprising that academic turned author, Professor Paul McEuen,...
The Killing Way Tony Hays
November 2011 Book of the Month.
A grim and gritty novel, set in 5th century Arthurian Britain, that will appeal to fans of...
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