Nectar of the Gods

Gwen C. Watkins

large format paperback - Published 21 August 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 >

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 >

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 >

Chez Max

Jakob Arjouni

hardback - Published 23 October 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 >

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 >

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 >

The Lipstick Killers

Lee Martin

hardback - Published 19 February 2009

Four sisters. All different. But when one is threatened by the killers of her husband, they close ranks to protect each other. There's stolen money, mayhem, guns and murder. Only, are they all to be trusted? Or does one of the sisters hold a secret that's too awful to disclose?

And who exactly are the Lipstick Killers? ... more >

Death Row Breakout and Other Stories

Edward Bunker

hardback - Published 19 March 2009

Death Row Breakout brings together seven previously unseen short stories that draw fully on Edward Bunker's incomparable experience of the U.S. prison system. - as James Ellroy says `by an ex-criminal, from the unregenerately criminal viewpoint...' ... more >

Cut Short

Leigh Russell

'A' format paperback - Published 26 March 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 - Published 23 April 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 >

Salt River

James Sallis

'B' format paperback - Published 23 April 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 >

Straight From the Fridge, Dad

Max Décharné

'Crown Quarto' format flexibind - Published 23 April 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

large format paperback - Published 23 April 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 >

Nectar of the Gods

Gwen C. Watkins

'A' format paperback - Published 21 May 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 >

Chez Max

Jakob Arjouni

'B' format paperback - Published 23 July 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 >