Nick Stone left the Special Air Service in 1993, five years after being involved in the shooting of IRA terrorists in Gibraltar. Now working for British Intelligence, he discovers the seemingly senseless murders of fellow SAS soldier Kev Brown and his fam I ly in Washington, DC. Only Kelly, seven years old , has survived-and I mmediately the two of them are on the run from unidentified pursuers.

1807. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe wants to leave the army. One last job 'is offered to him. Go to Copenhagen, deliver a bribe and so stop a war. It seems easy. But nothing is easy in a Europe stirred by French ambitions. The Danes possess a fleet that could replace every warship the French lost at Trafalgar, and Napoleon's forces are gathering to seize it. The British have to stop them, while the Danes insist on being neutral.

John Mortimer
Rumpole Of The Old Bailey

Of incisive wit, Rumpole features in these short stories: Rumpole and the Younger Generation, Rumpole and the Alternative Society, Rumpole and the Honourable Member, Rumpole and the Married Lady, Rumpole and the Learned Friends and Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade. He writes in hope of making a bob or two that the taxman, or She Who Must Be Obeyed (Mrs Rumpole), won't benefit from.