Catrin Collier
Broken Rainbows

It is 1942, and America's entry into the war brings dramatic changes to Pontypridd. Colonel David Ford and his South Carolina regiment descend on the town to discover themselves billeted in a community of women starved of male company. Some are delighted at the influx of young American men, but there's also resentment, particularly among the miners and the few soldiers fortunate enough to be given leave. As tensions rise, it is not only the single girls who find themselves affected.

Robert Crais
The Monkey's Raincoat

Ellen Lang has lost something very valuable indeed-her husband and young son. The case seems simple enough, but PI Elvis Cole and his sociopath sidekick aren't thrilled by the prospect of another straightforward domestic. But all is not what it seems. The search down the seamy side of Hollywood's studio lots and sculptured lawns soon lands Elvis and Joe deep in a world of drugs, sex and murder. Things are looking up.

Michael Dobbs
Whispers Of Betrayal

Colonel Peter Amadeus is a national hero. Veteran of the Falklands War and almost every military engagement the British have fought in a quarter of a century. But the nation no longer wants him and Amadeus feels betrayed. He wants an apology from the government, But this is not a government that believes in apologising. So for Amadeus it becomes a matter of honour. And retribution. Only one man stands between the capital and disaster-Tom Goodfellowe, MP.