Elizabeth Aston
The True Darcy Spirit

Disgraced, then disowned by her family, Cassandra Darcy is alone and penniless in London, where an attractive young lady attempting to make a life for herself is regarded with deep suspicion. However, a chance meeting with one of her Pemberley cousins brings her not only friendship but the chance to support herself through her talent for painting. The lively, wicked world of Regency London is full of artistic and amorous possibilities and dangers that test her Darcy determination and spirit to the utmost. Cassandra tries courageously to meet the challenge, but can she overcome the prejudice that surrounds her to achieve the happiness she deserves?

M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham

He was a hairdresser to dye for. The local ladies all deem Mr John a wizard, so when Agatha finds a few grey hairs on her head - and the rinse she tries at home turns her hair purple - she makes a beeline for the handsome Evesham hairdresser. And as well as sorting out her hair it soon becomes clear that the charming man also has designs on her heart - but their budding romance is cut short when Mr John is fatally poisoned in his salon. Once again Agatha finds herself embroiled in a murder case. Was it one of Mr John's many lady clients, all of whom divulged to him their darkest secrets? It's time for Agatha to get to the root of this hair-raising mystery!

Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. Top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite firm that specialises in the 'valuation' of companies ripe for acquisitions. He thrives on the energy of New York and the intensity of his work, and his infatuation with the elegant, beautiful Erica. For a time, it seems that nothing will stand in the way of his meteoric rise to success. But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his relationship crumbling and his exalted status overturned. Allegiances are subsequently unearthed, proving themselves more fundamental than money, power and maybe even love.

'Beautifully written and superbly constructed' - Philip Pullman