Hodder And Stoughton

The chilling novel from the author of the critically acclaimed "The Poison Tree", now in paperback. 'Erin Kelly's first thriller... was widely praised with some reviewers comparing her work to Daphne du Maurier. Her second... is nearer in spirit to Ruth Rendell's work' "Spectator"...

The debut crime novel from Clark, who was the prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial. Set in LA, it follows Rachel Knight, a Deput DA specialising in high profile cases....

Set in New Orleans, DEVIOUS features NYT bestseller Lisa Jackson's beloved Detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya. When a troubled novice is found garrotted in St Marguerite's cathedral, the first detectives called in are Bentz and Montoya. The deeper the investigation goes, the eerier it gets. More nuns are brutally slaughtered and Bentz is sure...

The mesmerising sequel to the NYT bestselling Girls of Paper and FireThe Girls of Paper and Fire did the impossible.They escaped.But out in the unforgiving wild, hunted like prey, Lei and Wren learn that the most terrifying prisons have no walls.'Full of appealing new characters, wild twists and heartbreaking sacrifices, it's a novel that's...

Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe...

We have the impression that the solar system is perfectly regular like a clock, or a planetarium instrument. On a short timescale it is. But, seen in a longer perspective, the planets, and their satellites, have exciting lives, full of events - for example, did you know that Saturn's moon, Titan, boasts lakes which contain liquid methane surrounded...