Special Branch Detective Constable John Gallagher is seconded to a British Home Office Statistical Unit for what he considers a minor violation of trust. He's not well pleased; he knows nothing of statistics and had been hoping for a much less boring end to his year. To this very day, the summer of 1966 is revered by all of England as the year the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy came back to the home of football but behind all the excitement another, deadlier, game was being played, one with ...

Almost a decade after finding himself working for a shadowy Government department, ex-Detective John Gallagher is sent on a task that will become his most testing yet. Armed only with a two inch revolver, 12 bullets, some cryptic clues and a sense of humour, his mission is to assist a high ranking East German foreign intelligence operative to defect to the West.

When an enigmatic assassin arrives in the bustling city of Liverpool, DCI Thurstan Baddeley is ensnared in a high-stakes game stretching beyond organized crime. As tangled clues unravel, he questions the price of truth and journeys through layers of deception, discovering that trust is fragile and the path to justice is anything but clear.

The Box joins the Leveller Trilogy and the John Gallagher duology to form The Leveller Series.There's no flashes, no bangs, no explosions or car chases, not even a slammed door. Just the high-pitched squeal, odd deep gurgle and long slow whine from an increasingly malfunctioning toilet cistern.Due to an ill-conceived attitude, it's now the working home of Thurstan Baddeley, England's finest detective, as he delves into the world of cold cases.Welcome to the occasionall...

British espionage. Two notable things happened in England in the Summer of 66. The nation's soccer team won the coveted World Cup amid much national rejoicing. The other remained completely unknown – a deadly Cold War game of cat and mouse, one with serious implications should John Gallagher lose.

With nothing to do and too much time to do it in, DCI Thurstan Baddeley agrees to delve into the sudden death of an old man for one of his team who thinks it suspicious - a 'something or nothing' job. Meanwhile, 'normality' returns to the streets of Liverpool with the body of an accountant found hanging under a canal bridge, and the murder of a prostitute. To cap it all, and further add to the distractions, Thurstan begins to suspect he has another problem: the return of an old adversary.

The MIT's DCI Thurstan Baddeley reluctantly recognises the return of an old adversary but as if that wasn't enough, there's a complication in their equation, an encrypted clue, a puzzle that leads to a personal and professional dilemma for them both.

Almost a decade after finding himself working for a shadowy Government department, ex-Detective John Gallagher is sent on a task that will become his most testing yet. Armed only with a two inch revolver, 12 bullets, some cryptic clues and a sense of humour, his mission is to assist a high ranking East German foreign intelligence operative to defect to the West.

The twelfth heart-pounding thriller in Stephen Leather's bestselling Spider Shepherd series.In what could be his highest-profile mission ever, Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is called in to prevent the assassination of a head of state on British soil.As an MI5 agent, Spider is used to going undercover, but when he's asked to assume the identity of the contract killer hired to take out President Vladimir Putin, he knows he'll become a wanted man.And things ar...

Stephen Leather's first hard-hitting, Dan 'Spider' Shepherd thriller, set in one of the most notorious and corrupt of British prisons.Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line. Working for an elite undercover squad he has lied, cheated and conned in order to bring Britain's most wanted criminals to justice.But when a powerful drugs baron starts to kill off witnesses to his crimes, Shepherd is given his most dangerous assignment yet. He h...

Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series.Death of a Policeman: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryLocal police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth. Blair suggests that Cyril Sessions, a keen youn...

A determined young police constable goes it alone against an enigmatic killer and her bosses in a series debut for fans of Sophie Hannah and Tana FrenchThe Burning Man. It's the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London's parks. And now there's a fifth.Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable, keen to make her mark on the murder task f...