Stark

Edward Bunker

'B' format paperback - Published 22 May 2008

Oceanview, Los Angeles, 1962.

Stark is a rat and a con-artist. Nobody's friend. The kind of guy Eddie Bunker met in San Quentin. Stark thinks he can beat the suckers and outsmart the cops. When a big score comes his way, he's lucky to escape with his life. Four others are not so lucky. ... more >

Now & Then

Robert B Parker

'A' format paperback - Published 25 September 2008

Spenser knows something's amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy's aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordan's abnormal behavior, Spenser agrees. A job's a job, after all. ... more >

Nectar of the Gods

Gwen C. Watkins

large format paperback - Published 25 September 2008

Sarah Bennett's wine import business is in trouble. Under attack from big business and malicioius wine reviewing she travels to the Barossa Valley in an attempt to fight back, she stumbles on a mysterious yet potentially devastating document that threatens the Australian wine industry and finds it's not just her business but her own life that is in terrible danger... ... more >

Chez Max

Jakob Arjouni

hardback - Published 25 September 2008

The setting is the year 2064.

Securely fenced off from the rest of the world, life in Euroasia and North America, except for a handful of suicide bombings and border disputes, is constantly improving. On the other side of the fence, countries are being exploited and wracked by regression, dictatorship, and religious fanaticism. People live in poverty and misery... ... more >

Conman

Richard Asplin

large format paperback - Published 25 September 2008

CONMAN is the story of young Neil Martin, a kindly family man. A bit geeky, a bit nerdy. If you met him, you would assume he runs a failing comic memorabilia store in London's Soho. Which he does. In order to bail himself out of a huge stock-ruining, poster sopping basement flood, he needs to claim on his insurance. Which he would do - if he'd remembered to pay his premium.

Terrified of losing everything – his wife Jane, his daughter, his business, his home – and scared to appear the dumb, working-class pleb that Jane's father always took him for, Neil reluctantly agrees to help Christopher - a passing confidence trickster - use his premises for a big sting. ... more >

Salt River

James Sallis

hardback - Published 23 October 2008

As Salt River begins, two years have passed since Turner's amour, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together on the porch of his cabin. Sometimes you just have to see how much music you can make with what you have left, Val had told him, a mantra for picking up the pieces around her death, not sure how much he or the town has left. Then the sheriff's long-lost son comes ploughing down Main Street into City Hall in what appears to be a stolen car. And waiting at Turner's cabin is his good friend, Eldon Brown, Val's banjo on the back of his motorcycle so that it looks as though he has two heads. 'They think I killed someone,' he says. Turner asks: 'Did you?' And Eldon responds: 'I don't know.' Haunted by his own ghosts, Turner nonetheless goes in search of a truth he's not sure he can live with... ... more >

The Resurrectionist

Jack O'Connell

hardback - Published 23 October 2008

Your only child is lost between this world and the next, and more than anything you want him back. A controversial doctor and a mysterious stranger claim they have the answer. Who do you trust? Are you willing to risk everything? Are you prepared to enter Limbo? ... more >

Straight From the Fridge, Dad

Max Décharné

'Crown Quarto' format flexibind - Published 20 November 2008

Containing thousands of examples of hipster slang drawn from pulp novels, classic noir and exploitation films, blues, country and rock'n'roll lyrics and other related sources from the 1920s to the 1960's, Straight From the Fridge, Dad lays down the righteous jive, perfect for all you hipsters, B-girls, weedheads, moochers, shroud-tailors, bandrats, top studs, gassers, snowbirds, trigger-men, grifters and long gone daddies. ... more >

Nectar of the Gods

Gwen C. Watkins

'A' format paperback - Published 22 January 2009

Sarah Bennett's wine import business is in trouble. Under attack from big business and malicious wine reviewing she travels to the Australia in an attempt to fight back. There she stumbles on a document that threatens the Australian wine industry and suddenly finds it's not just her business but her own life that is in terrible danger... ... more >

The Armageddon Trade

Clem Chambers

large format paperback - Published 22 January 2009

The mysterious Max Davas, emperor of trading, makes billions dealing US Treasuries using more computing firepower than NASA. - but now his models are telling him that something is about to go catastrophically wrong... ... more >

The Armageddon Trade

Clem Chambers

hardback - Published 22 January 2009

The mysterious Max Davas, emperor of trading, makes billions dealing US Treasuries using more computing firepower than NASA. - but now his models are telling him that something is about to go catastrophically wrong... ... more >

Chez Max

Jakob Arjouni

'B' format paperback - Published 19 February 2009

The world in the year 2064. Overpopulation? Famine? Religious wars? Dictatorships?

On the contrary. At least, not in the Eurasian and North American regions. Securely fenced off from the rest of the world, life in these areas, with the exception of a handful of suicide bombings and regular border disputes, is constantly improving... ... more >

Salt River

James Sallis

'B' format paperback - Published 19 March 2009

As Salt River begins, two years have passed since Turner's amour, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together on the porch of his cabin. Sometimes you just have to see how much music you can make with what you have left, Val had told him, a mantra for picking up the pieces around her death, not sure how much he or the town has left. Then the sheriff's long-lost son comes ploughing down Main Street into City Hall in what appears to be a stolen car. And waiting at Turner's cabin is his good friend, Eldon Brown, Val's banjo on the back of his motorcycle so that it looks as though he has two heads. 'They think I killed someone,' he says. Turner asks: 'Did you?' And Eldon responds: 'I don't know.' Haunted by his own ghosts, Turner nonetheless goes in search of a truth he's not sure he can live with... ... more >