Salt River

James Sallis

'B' format paperback with flaps - Published 21 January 2010

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 >

Straight From the Fridge, Dad

Max Décharné

Crown Quarto format - flexibind - Published 22 October 2009

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 >

Conman

Richard Asplin

'B' format paperback - Published 23 September 2009

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 >

Sea Change

Robert B Parker

'A' format paperback - Published 23 July 2009

When a woman's partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it at first appears, and identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be a difficult and emotionally charged investigation... ... more >

The Armageddon Trade

Clem Chambers

'A' format paperback - Published 23 July 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 >

Widow's Walk

Robert B Parker

'A' format paperback - Published 18 June 2009

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Cut Short

Leigh Russell

'A' format paperback - Published 18 June 2009

The park - a place where children play, friends sit and gossip, people walk their dogs or take a short cut to avoid the streets. In the shadows a predator watches - and waits - and chooses a first victim. But someone has seen the killer and comes forward as a witness – someone whom the killer must stop at all costs. ... more >

The Resurrectionist

Jack O'Connell

'B' format paperback with flaps - Published 9 June 2009

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 >

The Lipstick Killers

Lee Martin

'A' format paperback - Published 21 May 2009

Queenie Doyle ruled over south London gangland and her four daughters – Frankie, Mags, Sharon and Roxie - with an iron fist. ... more >

B is For Beer

Tom Robbins

203 X 135mm Printed Paper Case with jacket and printed endpapers - Published 7 May 2009

Have you ever wondered why your daddy likes beer so much? Have you wondered, before you fall asleep at night, why he sometimes acts kind of "funny" after he's been drinking beer? Maybe you've even wondered where beer comes from, because you're pretty sure it isn't from a cow. Well, Gracie Perkel wondered those same things. ... more >

Nectar of the Gods

Gwen C. Watkins

'A' format paperback - Published 23 April 2009

When wine trade businesswoman turned sleuth Sarah Bennett stumbles upon an audacious plot to hijack the billion-dollar Australian wine industry, she uncovers a bloody trail of corruption and murder that threatens to destroy her. ... more >

Chez Max

Jakob Arjouni

hardback - Published 26 March 2009

2064 - Securely fenced off from the rest of the world, life in Euroasia, 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 >

The Armageddon Trade

Clem Chambers

hardback - Published 5 March 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 >

Hugger Mugger

Robert B Parker

'A' format paperback - Published 19 February 2009

Spenser is back and embroiled in a deceptively dangerous and multi-layered case: someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and the Boston P.I. travels to Georgia to protect the two-year old destined to become the next Secretariat. ... more >

Potshot

Robert B Parker

'A' format paperback - Published 19 February 2009

Boston PI Spenser returns - heading west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, a former mining town reborn as a paradise for Los Angeles millionaires looking for a place to escape the pressures of their high-flying lifestyles. Potshot overcame its rough reputation as a rendezvous for old-time mountain men who lived off the land, thanks to a healthy infusion of new blood and even newer money. But when this western idyll is threatened by a local gang - a twenty-first-century posse of desert rats, misfits, drunks and scavengers - the local police seem powerless. ... more >