London in the eighteenth-century is a city of extremes: squalor and superstition vie with the elegance and enlightnment as the capital's brilliant architect Nicholas Dyer, is commissioned to build several new churches in the aftermath of the Great Fire . . . two hundred and fifty years later, the legacy of the past lives on, as CID Detective Hawksmoor investigates a series of macabre murders.

As well as the title story, there are three stories that make up The Forbidden Word, and also these stories: The Creak, Lingerie 'Nasty! Don't Touch!', For Fear Of . . ., Silly Mid-on and Blitz

Kathy Reichs
Fatal Voyage

When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, is one of the first on the scene. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one. Putting normal life on hold, Tempe and her colleagues must painstakingly identify the victims. However, a chance discovery concerns her . . .