Robinson

It's Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call 'Milk Sickness'. 'My baby boy...' she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal...

This is a historical journey in pursuit of the history, legend and lore of vampires. Where do they come from? Why do they have so much appeal today? As "Twilight" hits the book charts and billboards, and "True Blood" is on TV there are vampires in downtown clubs and never has it been more fashionable to be pale. M J Trow looks at the story of...

The Mammoth Book of Tattoos 500 contemporary colour photographs, featuring the work of 80 of the world's leading tattoo artists. It is now estimated that as much as 10% of the population in the UK and USA carries a tattoo. The huge recent growth in tattoo culture has in turn led to an influx of new talented artists, advancements in pigments and...

The killer's depravity is insatiable. What he does to his victims is unthinkable. Homicide detective turned P.I. Frank Quinn has seen this M.O. before. A demented ritual, it's the work of Daniel Danielle--a notorious serial killer who blurs the line between male and female, human and monster. Danielle disappeared ten years ago. Is a copy cat...

New York Times bestselling author John Lutz brings back homicide detective Frank Quinn in a serial killer thriller full of twists, violence, and dark suspense. The beautiful young woman standing in detective Frank Quinn's office can't possibly be alive. He knows she was a victim of the serial killer known as the Carver, an unidentified slayer who...

Detective Gunnhildur sets to investigate two seemingly separate cases, but uncovers some disturbing links. Top class crime writing, set in Iceland....