David Baldacci
Hour Game

Following their collaboration in Split Second, ex-Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have gone into partnership and are investigating the theft of some secret documents at the residence of the incredibly wealthy Battle family. It seems like a straightforward case of domestic burglary, but soon they begin to suspect links to a larger, more terrifying event shaking the prosperous town of Wrightsburg to its core.

'Baldacci is back inform, and King and Maxwell reappear in this absorbing, complex mysterythriller that spins in unexpected directions . . . a snappy surprise ending will have Baldacci's many fans remember why they love this author so much'- Publisher Weekly

' Baldacci's plotting, as ever, is formidably accomplished'- Sunday Times

Julian Barnes
Arthur & George

Arthur and George grew up worlds apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur becomes a doctor, then a writer; George a solicitor in Birmingham. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, while George remains in hard-working obscurity. But as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events which made sensational headlines at the time. With a mixture of intense research and vivid imagination, Julian Barnes's novel brings to life this long-forgotten case that featured Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the world's greatest detective.

Arthur & George was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize and was serialised on BBC Radio 4's 'Book at Bedtime'.

For sixteen-year-old Lizzie McDougall, life in the Glasgow tenements comes as a culture shock after her sheltered upbringing in the Highlands. But for her father, who has just lost his job, Glasgow offers employment. It also enables Lizzie to work in a factory as a seamstress - and it opens her horizons to new friends as well. Especially the spirited Pearl, who introduces Lizzie to her boyfriend, Willie, and her cousin, the handsome, happy-go-lucky Jack. And Jack is a real bobby-dazzler.

' Entertaining romantic fiction . . . a good book at bedtime'- HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW