Authors: The Siege of Trencher's Farm--Straw Dogs
Gordon Williams (24 page)
“Will those nasty men be sent to gaol for killing our pussy cat?”
George looked at Louise. Their eyes met above Karen’s head. It was only one of the questions they never wanted to have to answer.
Gordon Williams was born in Paisley and is the author of over twenty books, of which
From Scenes Like These
was shortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize. He has also written extensively for television, has worked as a journalist and as the commercial manager of Chelsea FC.
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ANNO DRACULA
KIM NEWMAN
It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. His polluted bloodline spreads through London as its citizens increasingly choose to become vampires.
In the grim backstreets of Whitechapel, a killer known as ‘Silver Knife’ is cutting down vampire girls. The eternally-young vampire Genevieve Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club are drawn together as they both hunt the sadistic killer, bringing them ever closer to Britain’s most bloodthirty ruler yet.
“Anno Dracula
is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead.” —
The New York Times
“
Anno Dracula
will leave you breathless... one of the most creative novels of the year.” —
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“Newman’s prose is a delight, his attention to detail spellbinding” —
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THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed detective stories. The
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THE BREATH OF GOD
GUY ADAMS
A body is found crushed to death in the London snow. There are no footprints anywhere near it. It is almost as if the man was killed by the air itself. This is the first in a series of attacks that sees a handful of London’s most prominent occultists murdered. While pursuing the case, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves travelling to Scotland to meet with the one person they have been told can help: Aleister Crowley.
As dark powers encircle them, Holmes’ rationalist beliefs begin to be questioned. The unbelievable and unholy are on their trail as they gather a group of the most accomplished occult minds in the country: Doctor John Silence, the so-called “Psychic Doctor”; supernatural investigator Thomas Carnacki; runic expert and demonologist, Julian Karswell...
But will they be enough? As the century draws to a close it seems London is ready to fall and the infernal abyss is growing wide enough to swallow us all.
A brand-new original novel, detailing a thrilling new case for the acclaimed detective Sherlock Holmes.
THE HOUND OF THE D’URBERVILLES
K
IM
N
EWMAN
Imagine the twisted evil twins of Holmes and Watson and you have the dangerous duo of Professor James Moriarty—wily, snake-like, fiercely intelligent, terrifyingly unpredictable—and Colonel Sebastian ‘Basher’ Moran—violent, politically incorrect, debauched. Together they run London crime, owning police and criminals alike. When a certain Irene Adler turns up on their doorstep with a proposition, neither man is able to resist.
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