The President's son and daughter have been kidnapped and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. Just days later a deadly contagion in the DC water supply threatens to cripple the capital, and Alex fears that these events could signal the beginning of the most devastating terrorist attack the US has ever experienced. With each passing hour the window for solving both crimes narrow, and Alex must make a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes in. High octane stuff and relentlessly exciting. 500 page paperback.

Curiouser and curiouser... Kristen, a researcher for the Lewis Carroll Brotherhood, discovers extraordinary pages from Carroll's diary revealing a hidden chapter of his life: the truth surrounding the writer's real relationship with Alice Liddell which could rock Oxford to its core. However, after an accident, Kristen joins forces with mathematics student G to decipher what shadows lurk behind the salacious pictures sent to the Brotherhood and to survive the murderer circling closer to anyone who delves too far into Carroll's life. No one is safe in this thriller novel by the author of The Oxford Murders, inspired by the strange stories surrounding Carroll's life. Dive into G's mind as you read his observations that take in everything from an illustration of a raven on a noticeboard to the slightest change of mood in his interviewees' expressions. Sit with him in his study as he reads a book on Carroll to try and solve the puzzle: 'To make the DEAD LIVE' which was buried among the Wonderland creator's history of participating in spiritualist gatherings, claiming he had been able to photograph ghosts. Explore G's watering holes across Oxford, from a meeting with an inspector at The Eagle and Child or greeting a professor at the Little Clarendon pub who is holding court with an eager student over a pint of beer. This cerebral and exciting novel from Guillermo Martínez, winner of the Planeta prize, will draw readers into the mystery and have them scouring every page for a clue that will stop the murderer in time. 284pp.

His heart began to thud, his throat to close and he tried to pull his body from the pool. 'I'll help you', said his killer said. He felt no pain. A young teacher sips a hot chocolate, blissfully unaware that his first taste condemns him to an agonising death. The community around him is devastated, and suspiciously protective of their own. No one is better equipped to see through the lies than homicide detective Eve Dallas, but she is distracted by the arrival of her husband Roarke's ex-lover, an impossibly glamorous vixen, determined to steal Roarke back. But Eve's personal life must wait when a second murder victim is found and everyone's eyes turn to the perfect school at the heart of it all. The secret will soon be out. 469pp, paperback.

The location of the glymera's notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx with clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth and embarks on a journey under the earth to learn a terrible truth, and meet a male who changes everything forever. The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. He helps Nyx because he cannot help himself and after she discovers what happened to her sister, getting her back out becomes a deadly mission for them both. United by passion they work together on an escape plan for Nyx even though their destiny is to be forever apart, and as the Black Dagger Brotherhood is called upon for help, and Rhage discovers he has a half-brother who is falsely imprisoned, someone is plotting the deaths of them all. Sexy and unique, 'utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic', Ward builds an elaborate world of its own mythology, with a strong female lead character. This series has achieved cult popularity with its archaic language and solid back stories. 351pp, large softback.

A terrifying novel about the nature of grief, sexual obsession and stalking which was made into a major TV drama on Channel 5. The lives of Rosalie Douglas and her teenage daughter Maddie are changed forever when they meet Jed, a beautiful, charismatic young man at Bereavement Counselling. Inexplicably and self-destructively, Maddie holds herself accountable for her brother's drowning accident in Thailand. Jed moves into their lives and home, calming the tensions between mother and daughter. Lover and confidante to a besotted Maddie, gentle surrogate son to a grateful Rosalie, on the surface their lives are transformed, but underneath a deadly and morally corrupt triangle is taking shape. Rosalie commits an unspeakable act which forces her to unravel the truth behind the beautiful stranger in their midst, the truth behind the death of her son and the true extent of just how far she's prepared to go to save what remains of her family. A chilling psycho-drama, haunting and atmospheric. 359pp, paperback.

The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her 18th birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, an Rachel's cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself. The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in, and with the help of Betteredge, the Robinson Crusoe-reading loquacious steward, the mystery of the missing stone is ingeniously solved. 448pp. Paperback.

A collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 short stories featuring the arch-sleuth. Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London swathed in eddies of fog and illuminated by gaslight, is to be found the remarkable chracter of Sherlock Holmes and his staunch companion and chronicler, Doctor John H. Watson. 416pp. Paperback.

When a rock star, a fashion designer, a software tycoon and a millionaire heiress are all murdered in mysterious circumstances, Detective Lindsay Boxer is quicky assigned to the high-profile investigation. Few people are as interested when a local hero, 'Bagman Jesus', is found brutally executed. Reporter Cindy Thomas however becomes fascinated by his story. He was loved by so many, so who would want to kill him? Could the down-and-out Samaritan have been hiding a dark secret? Both Lindsay and Cindy need the help of their fellow members of the Women's Murder Club, but with tensions running high, will the friends be strong enough to stick together or will the strain tear them apart? Appearances can be deceiving... 471pp, paperback.

A psychopathic killer targets San Francisco's women and children - they will be the first to die. A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. With no witnesses, Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence - a cryptic message scrawled across the windscreen in blood-red lipstick. That same night the wife of an A-list actor Marcus Dowling walks in on a cat burglar who is about to steal millions of dollars' worth of precious jewels. In just seconds there is an empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. Before Lindsay and the Women's Murder Club can piece together either case, one of the killer's forces Lindsay to put her own life on the line. Action-packed with a charismatic cast of characters, the book finishes with a strange shock ending, putting in place several threads for the 10th WMC novel and we have it in stock, code 90695. 455pp, paperback.

Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime - a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that there not only is no trace of the criminals, but that the victim may have been keeping secrets. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting her biggest case of her life - a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki's career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, Yuki is forced to choose between trusting her best friend or following her instinct. 505pp, paperback.