Adventure

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...

Simon Scarrow / The Eagle's Prophecy (Eagles of the Empire 6)

 IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!THE EAGLE'S PROPHECY is the powerful sixth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire seires. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Praise for Simon Scarrow's gripping novels:...

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)

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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...

Ben Coes / Coup d'Etat

 Ex-Special Agent Dewey Andreas has retreated to rural Australia to escape the turbulent forces he once fought against. US National Security Advisor, Jessica Tanzer, has her own reasons for wanting him home. But there is someone else who has a much...

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...

Jason Bradbury / Dot Robot

 'Congratulations, Jackson. Welcome to MeX.' Dot.com billionaire Devlin Lear, founder of the top-secret defence force MeX, has been watching Jackson Farley. He knows he has found a digital genius.Along with three other brilliant gamers from...

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...

Simon Scarrow / Day of the Caesars (Eagles of the Empire 16)

 The Sunday Times bestsellerAD 54. Claudius is dead. Rome is in turmoil. And two brave heroes of the Roman army face the challenge of their lives.Simon Scarrow's DAY OF THE CAESARS is not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell...

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...

John Farrow / City Of Ice

  A bomb explodes in a busy Montreal street. A mob lawyer blown apart, an innocent child murdered. Watching and powerless to provent it is Montreal's most illustrious policeman - Emile Cinq-Mars. Then the corpse of a young man, Artinian, is found...

Gabriel Tallent / My Absolute Darling

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR * A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR * A METRO BOOK OF THE YEAR'The year's must read novel' The Times'One of the most important books you'll pick up this decade' Harper's Bazaar'An outstanding book that could be this year's A Little...

Scott Mariani / The Babylon Idol

 FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR`Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch' Andy McDermottTHE HUNT IS ONWhen a sniper leaves Ben Hope's friend fighting for his life, the former SAS major...

Suzanne Glass / The Interpreter

  IT ALL STARTED WITH HER VOICE. NOT HER WORDS, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT HERS. . . SO IT BEGAN NOT WITH WHAT SHE SAID OR HOW SHE SAID IT, BUT WITH SOME QUITE INTANGIBLE QUALITY IN HER VOICE. The interpreter is Dominique, a genius with language, who...

Wilbur Smith / Those In Peril (Hardback)

 Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major oil producers with global reach. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel's private yacht is hijacked by African pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year...

Matthew Reilly / The Six Sacred Stones (Hardback)

 After their thrilling exploits in Matthew Reilly's bestseller Seven Ancient Wonders, super-soldier Jack West and his loyal team of adventurers are back, and now they face an all-but impossible challenge. For a mysterious ceremony in an unknown...

John Grisham / The Brethren (Hardback)

 In a minimum-security prison, three inmates - former judges calling themselves the Brethren - practice law, dispense jailhouse justice, and hatch money-making scams. From the author of "A Time to Kill", "The Firm" and "The Testament", comes this...

James Patterson / You've Been Warned (Hardback)

 A creepy thriller from internationally bestselling novelist James Patterson.For Karen Burns, a talented young photographer, it was only natural to go to New York to chase her dreams. And it was only normal - just to pay the rent while she waited...

John Le Carre / The Mission Song (Hardback)

 Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo, is the ever-innocent, twenty-nine-year-old orphaned love-child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Educated first at mission school in the East Congolese...

Valerio Massimo Manfredi / The Tower

 70 AD. A group of Roman soldiers crossing the Sahara desert is destroyed by a ferocious and mysterious presence hidden in a solitary tower at the extreme borders of the sea of sand. The sole survivor, the Etruscan seer Avile Vipinas, is...

Stephen Coonts / Hong Kong

 The US Consul-General in Hong Kong, Virgil 'Tiger' Cole, was Jake Grafton's bombardier-navigator during the Vietnam War, and both have come a long way since: Grafton has risen to Rear Admiral, commanding a US aircraft carrier; Cole has become an...

Chris Ryan / Alpha Force: Hunted : Book 6

 Target: Ivory Hunters Alpha Force - an elite five-member squad of highly trained young people - head to Zambia to compete in an extreme sports contest. They discover a horrifying threat to the local wildlife and immediately snap into action. But...

Ann Carroll / Rosie's Last Adventure

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Gore Vidal / The Smithsonian Institution

 Good Friday, 1939, and T., a sixteen-year-old schoolboy, arrives at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. The museum is closed, but T. manages to slip in, and it would appear that somehow, he is expected. An old man, Bentsen, shows him around,...

Dale Brown / Air Battle Force

 Maverick pilot Patrick McLanahan takes aerial warfare into unknown territory in an explosive new adventure from the bestselling author of FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG, WARRIOR CLASS and WINGS OF FIRE.On America's newest combat base McLanahan and his crew...

Evelyn Anthony / The Relic

  Yuri Varienski, a Ukrainian emigre in Jersey, bequeaths to his daughter, Lucy, a gold filigree cross, to be taken to a former dissident leader, Volkov, now exiled in Geneva. Innocently accepting her father's trust, Lucy doesn't know she will be...