Collection: Adult fiction

Ambrose Ashley, Philip's cousin, guardian and god, married Rachel in Italy, and died there. Jealous of his marriage and grief-stricken by his death, Philip prepares to meet his cousin's widow with hatred in his heart.

The year is 1140 and England is torn by the strife of civil war. After her village is raided, Catrin is rescued by Oliver Pascal and taken to Bristol Castle. There she meets Ethel, who offers to teach her the art of midwifery.

Two years ago Jack Morgan - the head of the renowned worldwide investigation firm Private - was in charge of security for the World Cup in Bazil. During the championship final, the action nearly spilled from the field into the stands. Fortunately, Jack and his team averted disaster on football's ...

Set in Nigeria during the 1960s, this novel contains three main characters who get swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. It is about Africa, about the end of colonialism, about class and race, and the ways in which love can complicate these things.

Soon after her honeymoon, the dysfunctions of Ellie's in-laws start to reveal themselves, and her mother-in-law becomes the third person in her marriage. The arrival of her baby son sets off a chain of events that threatens everything Ellie has always dreamed of.

Alex Cross was happy to leave the FBI, but now he can't seem to keep away. When his former partner Sampson calls on him for help to solve a series of brutal rapes, Cross reveals some dark truths. Michael Sullivan, the deadly hitman from his past, has returned, and he has a chilling new plan.

Called in to investigate an aspiring actress accused of staging her own abduction, psychologist Alex Delaware is indifferent when it seems as though the case is going nowhere. When the girl is savagely murdered, Alex's seemingly straightforward brief becomes a lot more complicated.

Her mother's dying request takes Mary Yellan on a sad journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. With the coachman's warning echoing in her memory, Mary arrives to find Patience a changed woman, cowering from her overbearing husband, Joss Me...

'Pistols for Two' contains 11 stories of the Regency. They feature affairs of honour between bucks and blades, rakes and rascals; and affairs of the heart between heirs and orphans, beauties and bachelors - all the romance and intrigue of the age.

As the preparations for the invasion of France in June 1944 move into high gear, the French Resistance is required to increase activities against the German infrastructure. Leading her group into repeated action is Liane de Gruchy, the most wanted woman in France, commanded by her controller and ...