An unoccupied flat. A freshly dressed bed. The body of a young woman laid out neatly on the duvet. The dead girl looks familiar – troublingly familiar – but Detective Inspector Cassie May can't place her. And to compound her troubles, Cassie has just started dating the flat's owner, James Flynn.When her boyfriend is accused of murder, an ambitious young DI risks her career – and her life – by defying her bosses, the security services, and a crime syndicate, to prove the innocence o...

Written by Meyer Lansky’s grandson, this definitive portrait of the legendary “Mob’s Accountant” chronicles the singular life of the business entrepreneur who built a gambling empire, perfected money laundering, established a more efficient Mafia, and changed the course of organized crime forever—featuring never-before-seen personal letters, photographs, and firsthand stories.Meyer Lansky was more than a co-founder of the Mafia. He was a truly transformative figure...

‘SJ is a genius with her brush and colour. She concocts a world that is as warm as she is.’ – Helena Bonham Carter‘SJ’s rare gift of seeing deeply, and of translating what is seen into something precious and lasting, is what makes her works so special.’ – Lulu GuinnessSeasonal Living is the perfect companion for anyone who delights in the changing seasons – a compendium of beautiful ideas, inspiration and practica...

His past is criminal. His future’s classified. A gripping and action-packed spy adventure, for fans of and Alex Rider and Young Bond. ??Son of a notorious crime boss, 15-year-old Zac Thorne broke the sacred rule: never snitch. Now his family wants him dead, his identity is wiped clean, and he's buried deep in protective custody. That's until Python, a top-secret government agency, gives him a way out. ?Zac is not wild about working for the law, but it could...

Jay is thrust into a fight for survival as the virtual world of Apocalypta begins to leak into reality in this heart-pounding teen thriller from award-winning author SJ Wills.Apocalypta is the hardest game Jay has ever played, so when a cheat link pops up on his screen mid-battle he can’t resist downloading it. With the help of Life Hack, Jay races ahead of his friends to the final level. But when he spots and NPC acting strangely, an uns...

A missing shipment of weapons for China and the murder of an aspiring scientist kick-start a madcap dash through the world of seances, prizefighting, cutting-edge technology, Holmesian cameos, and many disguises.London, 1924. Judge Cheng Gao Shang has been sent by Sun Yat Sen’s government to look into the death of Dee Ren Jie, the larger-than-life investigator who had kept the local Chinese community safe. But Dee isn’t dead; he’s hiding out with his friends Lao Sh...

Alex Rider for a new generation.When Zac and the other agents of Python infiltrate an exclusive birthday party on Italy's Amalfi Coast, they expect to be laying low and gathering intelligence. Instead, they find themselves wrapped up in a plot to murder the guest of honour.Stuck between two rival families, Zac, Jameela, Ted and Nikos must identify and stop the potential killer before midnight, or risk triggering an all-out gang war.But with danger c...

Explores the great diversity of Catholic people and musical styles in the early American Republic from the wilderness of Maine, through the bustling cities of Boston to Baltimore, among immigrants from France and Haiti, to the rolling hills of KentuckyAs the first comprehensive look at Early American Catholic musical culture, The Wilderness and Cities Raise Their Voices provides a broader perspective than earlier studies of specific hymn collections. It th...

There's nothing more exclusive than murder.Tommy Baxter arrives on an exclusive island in the Caribbean ready for a week of extreme luxury and unrivalled pleasures. He’s part of a very select, international group of teens whose close-knit families are the world’s most elite … and most powerful.Except he’s not really Tommy Baxter. He’s a con artist looking to uncover dirt on these glitterati so he can extort them for big money. But “Tommy” soon real...

The nightmare is BACK…Christine Lucas woke every morning with no memory of the day before.Her name, her past, her family – all of it vanished overnight. Every morning, she woke believing she was still young, dependent on the man who told her he was her husband.And Christine believed him.But the man beside her was Mike Lynford: the man who had violently attacked and almost killed her, leaving her with catastrophic amnesia.

Meyer Lansky was more than a cofounder of the Mafia. He was a truly transformative figure, a key player who balanced criminal enterprise and legitimate business, ushering in a "Golden Age" of the Mafia that lasted half of the twentieth century. His impact lives on today—in the lavish casinos of Las Vegas, the offshore banking strategies of major global industries, and the countless Hollywood films like The Godfather Part II and Bugsy, with Lansky portrayed by actors Lee S...

An unoccupied flat. A freshly dressed bed. The body of a young woman laid out neatly on the duvet. The dead girl looks familiar – troublingly familiar – but Detective Inspector Cassie May can’t place her. And to compound her troubles, Cassie has just started dating the flat’s owner, James Flynn.When her boyfriend is accused of murder, an ambitious young DI risks her career – and her life – by defying her bosses, the security services, and a crime syndicate, to prove the innocence o...