SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I just howled. Bloomin' love you' Giovanna Fletcher'You're hilarious. Thank you for making me laugh every day' Mrs HinchWhen does Mary Effing Poppins arrive?Laura Belbin survived hitting her thirties (oh, to be wrinkle-free again), anxiety (just), motherhood (two adorable little shits) and the new body that went with it (a left tit that sags slightly mo...

A 13-year-old girl is raped, and Neil is assigned to the case. Shortly afterwards, a university student is attacked in a similar way, though this time the rapist wore a mask. Could the two crimes be connected? Or is it just coincidence? Neil must get to the bottom of the case before the attacker strikes again. One of the hardest hitting Beat novels makes for a gripping read, full of twists. Also features the first appearances of series characters Inspector Paul Grace and Neil's new girlfri...

Racist cops, bent lawyers and broken romances confront Ben Shipman in this gripping, hard edged mystery from the author of 'Bone and Cane'. A violent attack on an alternative bookshop leads to an incendiary situation on the streets of Nottingham, where young police officers confront prejudices of every kind. With a new afterword by the author describing the events that this story was based on.'David Belbin is one of the finest crime writers around today' - James Craig

When Julian moved to the city with dreams of being a famous actor, he had no idea what he was getting into.Behind the glitzy facade of well-paying jobs and nightclubs, there is a whole other world of addiction and isolation. All the actors are fake and no one is who they seem. After landing the biggest role of his career, things only get worse when he becomes involved with drugs and people begin to disappear. London is a place of many layers. Some get lost in those layers.M...

The classic best seller by the author of 'The Pretender' and the Bone & Cane novels remains as relevant as ever.'Affairs between teachers and pupils are incredibly common,' says the author. 'They're often treated as a joke. But this isn't a funny story.'Rachel has a crush on her new English teacher. Mike fancies Rachel too. Neither plans to do anything about it. Then a school play brings them closer together. Really Close.Romeo and Juliet is a very romantic play, bu...

Nottingham, 1997. Sarah Bone is a Labour politician with a hidden radical past, about to face the election battle of her life. She also has a radical ex-boyfriend, Nick Cane, just released from prison for growing and selling cannabis. They're brought together again when Sarah campaigns successfully for the release of Ed Clarke, a wrongfully imprisoned 'murderer', only to be sexually assaulted on the night she celebrates his release with him. Is she responsible for a terrible injustice?

The beginning of The Beat, Belbin's groundbreaking police procedural series, finds Clare Coppola about to go on patrol for the first time when her own home is broken into. A fast paced mystery from the author of the best selling Bone and Cane series, this story introduces a cast of young police officers investigating the disappearance of a fifteen year old girl in inner city Nottingham. Is she with a boyfriend or is something more sinister going on? With a new afterword by the author....

There is a serial arsonist at large, going by the name of Phoenix. First Clare Coppola's old school is hit and then Hyson Green library. What will be the next target? Clare is determined to find Phoenix, but it is hard to track down someone with no apparent motive. A slow burning mystery that features the return of Ian Jagger and introduces dubious politician Roger Wellington. With a new afterword by the author about the writing of the novel.

'We have almost no university literature in the UK. David Belbin is ideally placed to help start it off, and this book is a valuable addition to the YA range. Anyone who has been or is at university will relate to the characters. The full range of experiences from that first year after leaving home are all here - isolation, friendship, sex, loyalty, heartbreak, happiness, despair. Some succeed, some fail; of them struggle. The book is full of honesty and insight, and you never know until t...

When 19-year-old Scott Travis is found battered to death, the police are baffled. Probationary police officer Clare Coppola delves deeper into Scott's past and a murky history emerges. Scott was a blackmailer. His victims included a medical student, a former prostitute and even a police officer. Which of them was desperate enough to kill to keep their secret hidden? Could it be somebody very close to home?A fast paced mystery from the author of the best selling Bone and Cane series...

Shame, shame we know your nameDo we own it? Being a woman that is. Do we fuck! We live in fear of how we look, what we eat, how we age and what we do. Wow, it's 2022 and we're still churning out that same old shit.I've been told as you get older you care less. Fucking great. I can't wait to be menopausal with skunk-like grey track lines in my hair, saggier tits, and miserable as shit. I don't know about you, but I'd quite like to have that experience - the ...

Have you ever been overtaken at work by someone with fewer qualifications? Have you ever wondered how some people move effortlessly up the career ladder, while others stall at each rung?Drawing on 27 years' experience since the publication of Meredith Belbin's bestselling book, Management Teams - Why They Succeed or Fail, Belbin have produced a book to answer all these questions and more.The secret starts with knowing who you are, how you behave, and how you intera...