12 bodies riddled with bullets in the sewers of Hong Kong, and one evil genius who outwits the cops at every turn. His threat - a continued escalation of terrorism until his blackmailing demands are met. For Chief Harry Feiffer and his crew at the Yellowthread Street Police Station in the most notorious section of Hong Kong, that is only the beginning of the nightmare. As the city is paralysed with fear and tempers reach breaking point, Feiffer is thrust into the spotlight as the prime suspect. The fourth title in this classic series of suspense, atmosphere and pungent fun. 288 page paperback.

A history lesson they'll never forget - and neither will you. Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she's seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until her colleague Chris, until recently her fiancé, is found dead, brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations, the building explodes, wiping out all evidence of the crimes, and nearly killing Mattie and her team. She soon realises that a masked killer is picking off Chris's childhood friends, one by one, and destroying the trail, but who wants the past buried so badly? What is the truth about that slaughterhouse, and will Mattie become the killer's next victim? 485pp, paperback.

P.I. Craig Gisto, head of the latest branch of Private, is enjoying the glamorous launch party with his new team when their celebrations are interrupted by the bloodied arrival of a boy with his eyes gouged out. The boy is the kidnapped son of one of Australia's richest men, but investigating his death isn't their only pressing case. The rock star Micky Stevens is convinced someone's trying to kill him, and believes Private are the only ones who can help. As if that wasn't enough, someone is murdering the wealthy wives of the Eastern Suburbs, in the most brutal way imaginable. If they don't catch the killer soon, the next victim could be someone close to Private. 453pp, paperback.

The Olympic Games are under attack. Only Private the world's most exclusive detective agency can save them. July 2012. The Games have arrived in London and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee is found brutally murdered, Peter Knight, head of Private London is called to the scene. Private are working with the organising committee on security for the Games, so Denton Marshall was a valuable client, but there is a more personal link - Denton was also the fiancé of Knight's mother. He is devastated by the murder but it soon becomes clear that this is no isolated incident. The killer is targeting the Games itself, and the lives of everyone involved are under threat. Told with breakneck speed. 497pp in paperback with fairly large print.

When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky, he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest investigation agency. In a city of over 13 million he has his work cut out at the best of times, but now someone is killing seemingly unconnected people, strangled in a chilling ritual, with strange objects placed carefully at their death scenes. As Santosh and his team race to find the killer, an even greater danger faces Private India that could threaten the lives of thousands of innocent Mumbai citizens. 473pp, paperback.

Unsolvable cases, unsolvable murders - Jack Morgan is the No. 1 suspect. Since the former US Marine started Private, it has become the world's most successful detective agency, but when his former lover is found murdered in Jack's bed, Jack is instantly the number one suspect. With his team stretched to breaking point and Jack fighting for his life, he finds himself strong-armed by the mob into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals, and Jack realises he is facing his most powerful enemies ever. 455pp, paperback.

Jack Morgan cannot refuse an offer when the head of the world's foremost investigation agency is invited to meet Princess Caroline, third in line to the British throne. He boards his Gulfstream jet and flies straight to London. The Princess needs Morgan's skills, and his discretion. Sophie Edwards, a close friend of the royal, has gone missing and she must be found before the media become aware of it. Morgan knows that there is more to this case than he is being told. What is the Princess hiding? 409pp, paperback.

The killing won't stop until someone's paid the price. Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. Her baby daughter Emma has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood to the front door. Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood, but most worrying of all, her mother is missing. When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer, but she has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for? And where is her mother? Suspended from duty, Faith turns to her work partner Will Trent and together he and Sara Linton must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a vicious murderer with only one thing on his mind. 'Razor-sharp plotting and forensic details.' 466pp in paperback.

When Atlanta Police Detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious Grady Homes, he finds himself faced with one of the most brutal killings of his career - a woman found in the stair well in a pool of her own blood, her body horribly mutilated. As a one-off killing it's shocking, but when it becomes clear that it is just the latest in a series of similar attacks, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is called in. Michael is forced into working with Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team, a man he instinctively dislikes. 24 hours later, the violence Michaels sees around him every day explodes in his own back yard. A brilliantly paced thriller. 514pp in paperback.

An unflinchingly grim and unputdownable novel set in Mexico in which the activities of a prolific serial killer go practically unnoticed in a country where homicide is quotidian. Hundreds of murders, multiple cover-ups. One cop and one activist. Can they really bring down the narcos? Mexico - Ciudad Real is in crisis. The economy is in meltdown, a new war between rival cartels is erupting and a serial killer is murdering hundreds of female workers. Fuentes, the detective in charge of investigation, suspects that most of his colleagues are on the payroll of his chief suspect, narco kingpin, El Santo. But if he is going to stop the killings he has to convince fiery union activist Pilar to ignore all her instincts and work with him. But in a city eclipsed by murder, madness and magic, can she really afford to trust him? 424pp, paperback.