Adventure

Madge Swindells / Hot Ice

  When Sienna Sheik is brutally kidnapped on her wedding day, Christine Winters does everything in her power to save her. And when she is headhunted by an agency that specialises in criminal investigations and terrorism, she is given the perfect...

Frank Barnard / Blue Man Falling : A riveting World War Two tale of RAF fighter pilots

 Capturing the startling contradictions of a time when people were at their best and their worst, Blue Man Falling brings to life the exhilaration and fear of aerial warfare with astonishing power and narrative skill. Above all, Frank Barnard lays...

Karen Perry / Your Closest Friend : The twisty shocking thriller

 'This brilliant binge-read thriller has a real roller coaster of an ending' HeatKeep your friends close. And your enemies closer.Cara shouldn't have survived the attack. But at the last moment, a stranger snatched her to safety.In the hours that...

James W. Huston / The Shadows of Power : A Novel (Hardback)

 Lieutenant Ed Stovic, an F/A-18 pilot, is vectored to intercept Algerians who are defending their newly claimed two-hundred-mile territorial limit. During a dramatic, high-stakes dogfight, the Algerians open fire and Stovic shoots down one of the...

Faye Kellerman / The Burnt House (Hardback)

 The sixteenth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye KellermanA plane crashes in unexplained circumstances and the mystery deepens when police investigate. The owners know nothing...

Wilbur Smith / King of Kings (Hardback)

 An epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together two of Wilbur Smith's greatest families in this long-awaited sequel to his worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun.Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne...

David Masiel / The Western Limit of the World (Hardback)

  At fifty-nine, Harold Snow has seen his share of death. Now serving on a decrepit tanker whose papers are as suspect as its seaworthiness, a weary Snow feels the end is creeping closer than ever. When the tanker is refused entry to the Bay of...

Wilbur Smith / Vicious Circle (Hardback)

  When Hector Cross's life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before. A terrorist group has re-emerged -- like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock. Determined to fight back, Hector...

Jodi Compton / Sympathy Between Humans (Hardback)

  On the streets of Minneapolis, Sarah has worked everything from vice to missing persons. But six months after the death of a small-time criminal in rural Minnesota, Sarah is still protecting the identity of a killer. And now, a zealous D.A.'s...

James Patterson / Sail (Large Paperback)

  As Peter Carlyle waves his wife, children and brother-in-law off on a sailing holiday, all they have in mind is lying back and relaxing. But as a violent storm breaks out, an explosion causes the boat to vanish without a trace and the family...

Jeffery Deaver / The Twelfth Card : Lincoln Rhyme Book 6 (Large Paperback)

 Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. Geneva is also the target of a ruthless professional killer.Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his...

Scott Mariani / The Martyr's Curse

 THE ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch' Andy McDermottAN ANCIENT CURSE. A SHOCKING MASSACRE.A THREAT TO UNLEASH THE ULTIMATE...

Chris Ryan / Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target : Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier (Large Paperback)

 The first book in the Chris Ryan Extreme series.Former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner has fought the Regiment's deadliest enemies, in some of the most desolate places on earth. And he's always won. Now he's about to face his toughest challenge yet...

Jennifer Egan / Manhattan Beach (Large Paperback)

 The long-awaited novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to the house of a man who,...

Jack Higgins / Without Mercy (Large Paperback)

 From the master of suspense, a fierce thriller of terrorism, murder and revenge.In Higgins' acclaimed bestseller DARK JUSTICE, intelligence operative Sean Dillon and his colleagues in Britain and the United States beat back a terrible enemy, but at...

Eric Van Lustbader / Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception (Large Paperback)

 The BOURNE DECEPTION picks up where THE BOURNE SANCTION left off. Jason Bourne's nemesis, Arkadin, is still hot on his trail and the two continue their struggle, reversing roles of hunter and hunted. When Bourne is ambushed and badly wounded, he...

Alexander McCall Smith / The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection (Large Paperback)

  Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade, The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author, Mr Clovis Andersen, and what if he were to come to Botswana? That seems a...

Douglas Preston / The Wheel of Darkness : An Agent Pendergast Novel

  Perched like a black crow on a crag in the most hostile depths of the Himalayas stands a monastery. For a thousand years the monks have kept guard. Now their sanctum has been violated, the secret carried off. After a millennium of hiding from...

Bernard Cornwell / Warriors of the Storm (Last Kingdom Series - Book 9 )

 The ninth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.A hero will be forged from this broken land.As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.A fragile peace is about to be broken...King Alfred's son Edward and formidable...

Andy Remic / Quake

  A world where nuclear warheads can be hidden in a briefcase ...A world where bio-plagues are held suspended in a teardrop ...On an Earth where conventional armies are powerless to defend against the devastation wrought by single assassins, the...

Kenneth Gregory / The Polaris Whisper : The Steel of the Norse, the Faith of the Christian White Cross Followers - a Path to War

 [This is] a consistently entertaining debut that fuses together some understated, but well crafted, fantasy elements with a compelling historical adventure. This will be a favourite winter read of mine for some time. this is a book that whips along...

Alexander McCall Smith / A Conspiracy Of Friends

 Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico is an oasis of old-fashioned civilisation, its inhabitants considerate and peace-loving. But beneath the polite exterior seismic change is stirring.Barbara Ragg makes an eye-popping discovery about her stolid Scottish...

Eoin McNamee / Resurrection Man (Hardback)

  This is a novel about violence taken beyond society's bounds and how that society confronts it. The novel follows the career of Dessie Kelly, the resurrection man, a violent and ruthless Protestant killer roaming the streets of Belfast. He...

Robert Gregory Browne / Kiss Her Goodbye (Hardback)

 ATF Agent Jack Donovan has two ambitions in life: take down cult leader Alex Gunderson after years of violent mayhem, and reconnect with his daughter Jessie, who has somehow managed to slip from his life. Unfortunately for Jack, none of his...

John Gilstrap / Nathan's Run (Hardback)

  A media frenzy erupts when a 12-year-old boy kills a guard at a detention centre. He calls up a radio station to give his version of events and America and the media believe his claim of self-defence. A stranger, meanwhile, is determined to...

James Pattinson / Sea Fury (Hardback)

  It was an oddly assorted company of passengers that boarded the S.S. Chetwynd in Hong Kong and Singapore to take passage to Fremantle. The old vessel, operated by a line that had a poor reputation, was the kind of ship that could hardly attract...

Sara Keays / The Black Book (Hardback)

  The House of Commons holds many secrets, but the biggest secret of all is the Black Book, where scandalous information about the Members of Parliament is kept. Jo is working for the Chief Whip, when the book falls into the wrong hands. How far...

John T Phillifent - The Man from UNCLE No 8 : The Mad Scientist Affair - Vintage PB

Cooraclare Castle, County Clare is the unusual setting for this adventure, which finds Solo and Kuryakin, UNCLE's top pair of crime busters, caught up with a crazy scientist. 'He has invented a beer which makes men foolhardy so that they do desperate...

Wilbur Smith / War Cry (Hardback)

 `That time is upon us. I can feel it coming. That evil barbarian will not be satisfied until he has engulfed the whole world in war and death. I fear for us all.'In a triumphant return to his much-loved Courtney series, Wilbur Smith introduces us...

James Patterson / The Lake House (Hardback)

  Frannie O'Neill's life turned upside down when six incredible children blew in on the wind. Rescuing them from the school that created them took all her courage and cunning, but the children captured her heart. Now the young flock wants to go...

Jeffery Deaver / The Empty Chair (Hardback)

  Rhyme and Amelia are drafted in as forensic experts to help find two woman kidnapped by the Insect Boy. They manage to find him, then Amelia, convinced of his innocence, breaks him out of jail. Her actions are to have disastrous consequences...

Joan Brady / Bleedout (Hardback)

  Hugh Freyl is a blind lawyer, scion of Illinois' most influential family. He recounts this story from the grave. David Marion is Freyl's protege and a young convicted killer whose release from prison Freyl has orchestrated. He now stands...

Wilbur Smith / The Triumph of the Sun (Hardback)

 In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, The Mahdi or "Expected One". The British are forced to...

John Grisham / The King Of Torts (Hardback)

 Reluctantly, Clay Carter takes on what seems to be the mundane case of a young man charged with a random street killing. But when digging into his client's background, he stumbles upon a horrendous conspiracy and finds himself in a situation that...

John Grisham / The Rainmaker (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Dick Francis / Second Wind (Hardback)

 Meteorologist Perry Stuart's weather knowledge and accuracy has given him high status among forecasters. When he is offered a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small plane he learns more secrets from the flight than windspeeds, and back home in...

Jeffery Deaver / The Twelfth Card : Lincoln Rhyme Book 6 (Hardback)

  Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. Geneva is also the target of a ruthless professional killer. Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his...

Tom Clancy / Red Rabbit : INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN (Hardback)

  Tom Clancy returns to Jack Ryan's early days, in an extraordinary novel of global political drama. Long before he was President, Jack Ryan was a novice CIA Analyst. One of his first assignments was to debrief a high-level Soviet defector who...

Wild Horses (Hardback)

  This thriller by the author of "Decider" concerns a case of mistaken identity set against the background of the making of a film about racing.       All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy...

Chris Ryan / Killing for the Company : Just another day at the office... (Large Paperback)

 Former SAS legend Chris Ryan brings you his sixteenth novel and it is full of all his trademark action, thrills and inside knowledge.2003. Invalided out of the SAS Chet Freeman makes his living in high-end security, on a temporary contract for an...

James Patterson / Judge and Jury (Large Paperback)

  It's the trial of the decade -- Dominick Cavallo, the modern-day Godfather, has finally been put in the dock, and there's enough evidence to make it certain he'll be convicted. Heavy security surrounds the courtroom, and Nick Pellisante, the...

John Grisham / The Summons (Large Paperback)

 Ray Atlee, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, is forty-three and newly single. His father, a very sick old man who lives the life of a recluse in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi, was once a beloved and powerful official...

Andy McNab / Recoil (Large Paperback)

  Recuperating in Switzerland after a job that cost the life of one of his closest friends, exdeniable operator Nick Stone is looking for a quiet life. But when his private life starts to disintegrate, Nick is reluctantly forced back into action...

Jasper Fforde / Something Rotten : Thursday Next Book 4

 The fourth book in the ingenious Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde.'Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original' - Sunday Express on Lost in a Good BookThursday Next, Head of JurisFiction and ex-SpecOps...

David Donachie / The Contraband Shore

 1787. Captain Edward Brazier, recently paid off from his frigate and comfortably off with prize money, he is headed to Deal to propose marriage to the young and lovely widow Betsey Langridge. He must navigate the bustle of the town'snarrow streets...

Steven Galloway / Ascension

 From the beloved, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, a beautiful, suspense-filled novelAs a young Romany boy in Transylvania in the early years of the twentieth century, Salvo Usari's mother and father are killed in a...

Jon Robinson / Anywhere (Nowhere Book 2)

 'We're miles from anywhere, and we don't have a clue where we're going' Deep in a snow-covered forest Alyn, Jes, Ryan and Elsa have escaped from prison. Now they're being hunted.They quickly realise they have a special talent - they can control...

Douglas Preston / The Book of the Dead : An Agent Pendergast Novel

 The final battle between good and evil. Only one will survive...The New York Museum of Natural History receives their stolen gem collection back...ground down to dust. Diogenes, the psychotic killer who stole them in DANCE OF DEATH, is throwing...

Charlotte Lamb / Deep and Silent Waters

 Laura would never have gone to Venice had she known Sebastian would be there: despite his animal magnetism, the director of the film for which she's been nominated best supporting actress - and her former lover - has an aura of darkness and death...

Amanda Robson / Guilt

 'Another brilliant read from Amanda Robson. A dark, addictive and compelling page turner!' B A PARIS, bestselling author of BEHIND CLOSED DOORSThe number 1 bestseller is back!Your sister. Her secret. The betrayal.There is no bond greater than blood...

John Matthews / The Last Witness

  Elena Waldren has a secret that she's built fences around for the last twenty-nine years and kept from everyone. Through her work with an aid agency, her fears about the plight of a young girl placed with a nearby family finally set her on a...

John Buchan / Greenmantle

  In Greenmantle (1916) Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, travels across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah. He is joined by three more of Buchan's heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S...