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15 Seconds - Andrew Gross

15 Seconds
Andrew Gross

Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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May 2012 Book of the Month. If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over by a traffic cop who is then shot by someone else leaves surgeon Henry Steadman framed for murder and on the run trying to prove his innocence. It's thrilling stuff. Visit our Facebook page and have the chance to win a copy of 15 Seconds... Our Book of the Month this month is the gripping '15 Seconds' by Andrew Gross, and we're giving 10 lucky fans the chance to WIN a signed copy! Click here to find out more...

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller

Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2012
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Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012. A breathtakingly original rendering of the Trojan War - a devastating love story and a tale of gods and kings, immortal fame and the human heart.

Rome : The Eagle of the Twelfth - M. C. Scott

Rome : The Eagle of the Twelfth
M. C. Scott

Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2012
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M. C. Scott makes these ancient landscapes jump off the page, with bold and brutal storylines inhabited by touchingly real and compelling characters. After a particularly bloody and catastrophic defeat, the ill-fortuned Twelfth Legion loses its treasured eagle. It is up to Demalion of Macedon and his most trusted legionnaires to risk everything in the fight to get it, and their honour, back. Great read for fans of Simon Scarrow, Robert Harris and Conn Iggulden.

Rome : The Coming of the King - M. C. Scott

Rome : The Coming of the King
M. C. Scott

Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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The second in an excellent Roman historical series following the adventures of the very real Sebastos Pantera, who in AD 65 was Emperor Nero's most trusted and most effective spy. These books are meticulously researched and bring to life the politics, religion and social history of Roman times with fascinating and intriguing stories. Great read for fans of Simon Scarrow, Robert Harris and Conn Iggulden.

Icebreaker - John Gardner

Icebreaker
John Gardner

Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Bond reluctantly finds himself recruited into a dangerous mission involving an equally dangerous and treacherous alliance of agents from the CIA, the KGB and Israel's Mossad... James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of Honour5. Nobody Lives Forever6. No Deals, Mr Bond 7. Scorpius8. Licence to Kill9. Win, Lose or Die10. Brokenclaw11. The Man from Barbarossa12. Death is Forever13. Never Send Flowers14. Seafire

For Special Services - John Gardner

For Special Services
John Gardner

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The second instalment of John Gardner's Bond series sees Bond join forces with CIA agent Cedar Leiter for some more thrilling adventure. James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of Honour5. Nobody Lives Forever6. No Deals, Mr Bond 7. Scorpius8. Licence to Kill9. Win, Lose or Die10. Brokenclaw11. The Man from Barbarossa12. Death is Forever13. Never Send Flowers14. Seafire

Licence Renewed - John Gardner

Licence Renewed
John Gardner

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The first of John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'. James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of Honour5. Nobody Lives Forever6. No Deals, Mr Bond 7. Scorpius8. Licence to Kill9. Win, Lose or Die10. Brokenclaw11. The Man from Barbarossa12. Death is Forever13. Never Send Flowers14. Seafire

Nobody Lives For Ever - John Gardner

Nobody Lives For Ever
John Gardner

Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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In Nobody Lives Forever, the fifth in Gardner's bestselling series, Fleming's superspy is at the top of his game. James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of Honour5. Nobody Lives Forever6. No Deals, Mr Bond 7. Scorpius8. Licence to Kill9. Win, Lose or Die10. Brokenclaw11. The Man from Barbarossa12. Death is Forever13. Never Send Flowers14. Seafire

Role of Honour - John Gardner

Role of Honour
John Gardner

Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Gardner's stunning reinvention of Bond secured critical acclaim and blockbusting sales around the world. Role of Honour, the fourth book in the series, kept 007 at No.1. James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of Honour5. Nobody Lives Forever6. No Deals, Mr Bond 7. Scorpius8. Licence to Kill9. Win, Lose or Die10. Brokenclaw11. The Man from Barbarossa12. Death is Forever13. Never Send Flowers14. Seafire

Dead Water - Simon Ings

Dead Water
Simon Ings

Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
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May 25, 1928: Over the frozen seas of the Arctic, an airship falls out of the sky. Among the survivors is a young scientist on the verge of a discovery that will redefine physics. October 3, 1996: Through the dusty industrial towns of India's Great Trunk Road, a disgraced and disfigured female detective starts tracking a criminal syndicate whose tentacles spread from forgery to smuggling to piracy. Her life has been ruined, but she will have her revenge. December 26, 2004: On the island of Bali a tsunami washes up a rusting container. Locked within this aluminum tomb are the mummified remains of a shipping magnate missing for 29 years, and a hand-written journal of his last days. December 13, 2011: Off the coast of Sri Lanka, a tramp steamer is seized by pirates. The captain has his wife and son aboard, and their survival depends on following the pirates' every demand. But what can they possibly want with his worn-out ship and its cargo of junk? We know what they want. We know the ship was carrying a Dead Water cargo, and we know Dead Water is the key to everything. We could spin a thousand stories from this toxic Cold War secret but there's only one of them that can really make a difference. And this is it.

A Deniable Death - Gerald Seymour

A Deniable Death
Gerald Seymour

Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Two men who hate each other are committed to working together on a job far more dangerous than they knew when they signed up.These men are surveillance experts, lying in a mosquito-infested Iranian marsh for days, part of a huge international operation designed to kill a celebrated maker of the roadside bombs which kill so many British soldiers.And if things to wrong, as far as Her Majesty's Government is concerned, their part in the plot is totally deniable.Gerald Seymour expertly explores the moral compromises of the secret world upon which we rely for our everyday security - and the amazing reserves of courage which ordinary people can find in extraordinary circumstances.

Hellfire - James Holland

Hellfire
James Holland

Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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An impenetrable Axis spy circuit could be compromising any hope the Allies have of stemming the Nazi tide. Jack Tanner, recovering from wounds in a Cairo hospital, is astonished to receive a battlefield commission which will propel him into a very different world when he returns to action. Fit once more, he finds himself facing the full onslaught of Rommel's latest offensive. In its aftermath, Tanner and his trusty sidekick Sykes are recruited to work behind the Axis lines in a desperate attempt to take the fight to the Nazis. But the murky world of subterfuge, deceit and murder they find themselves in is a million miles away from the certainties of the battlefield and somehow they must discover who they can trust in the cat-and-mouse world of counter-espionage. Hellfire sees Tanner fighting his way through his most dangerous adventure yet - one that takes him from the dark backstreets of Cairo to the open Mediterranean and finally to one of the decisive clashes of the entire war - the Battle of Alamein.

An Agent of Deceit - Chris Morgan Jones

An Agent of Deceit
Chris Morgan Jones

Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Ten years ago, journalist Ben Webster had his investigation into a corrupt Russian business in Kazakhstan crushed, the cost of his scrutiny a terrible tragedy ...Now employed by a private London intelligence agency, Webster's interest is piqued when a client asks him to expose the dealings of shadowy Russian oligarch Konstantin Malin. Before long Webster finds himself fixated by Malin and by his front man Richard Lock. But how far is he willing to risk the wellbeing of his family? And that of Lock himself? Against a background of Moscow, London and Berlin a journey of impossible decisions begins ...