House Odds
Mike LawsonWashington, D.C., fixer Joe DeMarco has been asked to handle a lot of difficult situations over the years for his boss, congressman John Mahoney. But nothing has ever been quite so politically sensiti …
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Hue 1968
Mark BowdenRRP: £14.99
By January 1968 the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which ‘the end begins to come i …
None of My Business
P. J. O'RourkeRRP: £8.99
After decades covering war and disaster, bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P. J. O’Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet? business, investment, finance and the political chicanery behind t …
Sourdough
Robin SloanRRP: £10.99
It’s like Fight Club meets The Great British Bake Off – NPRLois Clary is a software engineer. She codes all day and collapses at night into her sofa, her human contact limited to the two brothers who …
The Baby Bible
Bec JuddRRP: £16.99
What you’re not expecting, when you’re expecting …Bec Judd has been pregnant quite a lot: three pregnancies, three deliveries and four gorgeous newborn babies. From carrying a baby, delivering it, f …
The Lost War Horses of Cairo
Grant Hayter-MenziesRRP: £14.99
In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil and misery.Brought to t …
The Second Child
Caroline BondRRP: £9.99
Chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo’A carefully crafted and utterly compelling tale of lost opportunity and impossible choices.’ Amanda Brooke, author of The AffairWhy do you love your ch …
The Wanderer
Michael RidpathRRP: £8.99
From the million-copy bestselling author, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, and The Killing.’Michael Ridpath is trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thrill …
Before Her Eyes
Jack JordanRRP: £8.99
She can’t see the killer But the killer can see her…Naomi Hannah has been blind since birth. Struggling with living in a small, claustrophobic town, Naomi contemplates ending her life. But then she …
Dust
Martha Grimes‘Grimes’s love of the offbeat, the whimsical and the absurd makes [the Richard Jury series] utterly unlike anyone else’s detective novels.’ (Washington Post)Billy Maples, former patron of London’s fin …
The Grave Maurice
Martha GrimesFrom the confines of his hospital bed, Inspector Jury is seeking refuge from Nurse Hannibal’s constant speculations about his chances of survival when his friend, and partner in crime (prevention), Me …
The Man With a Load of Mischief
Martha GrimesTwo pubs. Two murders. One chocolate-box village convinced of its own perfection – until now.Long Piddleton is an unlikely setting for a crime, and yet it’s the scene of two. With one dead body upende …
The Old Fox Deceiv'd
Martha GrimesIn Rackmoor, a Yorkshire fishing village, the twelfth night of Christmas comes to a dramatic and disturbing end when the corpse of a young woman is discovered. Once again, Inspector Jury’s assistance …
The Old Wine Shades
Martha GrimesOver the course of three nights, Harry – a stranger who sits down next to Jury one night in a London pub – spins a complicated story about a good friend of his whose wife, son and dog disappeared over …
The Winds of Change
Martha GrimesWhen an unidentified five-year-old girl is shot on a grimy street in London, Jury knows this will be one of the hardest investigations of his career. He is joined by his colleague DI Johnny Blakeley, …
Advice for the Dying (and Those Who Love Them)
Sallie TisdaleRRP: £10.99
Award-winning writer and nurse Sallie Tisdale offers a lyrical, thought-provoking yet practical perspective on death and dying in this frank, direct and compassionate meditation on the inevitable.____ …
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