The man who broke into Auschwitz. When he was captured in France in 1940 Sergeant-Major Charles Coward launched his own private war against the Germans (although he was being held as a prisoner-of-war). For several years he was the most incredible amateur espionage and sabotage agent of World War Two, opposing the Nazis while sending back vital information to England. He escaped from captivity nine times and was, eventually, sent to Auschwitz III (a labour camp just five miles from Auschwi...

When George Spencer, a salesman trouble-shooter, managed late one night to catch the last seat on a charter plane at Winnipeg, there was nothing to distinguish the flight from hundreds of others which take place all over the world every day. The fifty-odd passengers were ordinary, intelligent people out to enjoy themselves at an important ball game. The crew were well-trained and efficient. The aircraft was a four-engined luxury plane of the type you would see at any large airport.T...

Originally published in 1981 and long out of print, Mike McQuay’s novelization of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York is a pulp thrill ride that expands upon the film’s dystopian world with material cut from the final production.It is 1997 and a nearly destroyed New York City has become a walled prison for over three million convicted criminals who have lost, but survived, a brutal war against the United States Police Force. In this maximum security pris...

One of the finest and most influential horror writers of the twentieth century, Richard Matheson has left his stamp on the collective imagination. Here are more than twenty of Matheson's most memorable tales of fear and paranoia, personally selected by the author himself. Many of these stories have already entered into popular culture, including the title story, which became a landmark episode of The Twilight Zone, and "Duel," the nail-biting tale of man versus machines that inspi...

Master storyteller Arthur Hailey's #1 New York Times bestseller is a turbocharged thriller about America's automobile industry, from the bottom up."[Hailey] has the natural storyteller's gift of keeping a reader avidly turning the pages." — The New York Times Book ReviewFord. Chrysler. General Motors. They were the Big Three, accused by critics of greed, monopoly, and ab...

The #1 New York Times –bestselling author's classic novel of life and death drama inside a major American hospital—"easy to read and hard to stop reading" ( Kirkus Reviews )."The author of Airport and Hotel has the natural storyteller's gift of keeping a reader avidly turning the pag...

Two nations' leaders prepare for a third world war in this classic thriller from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Airport and Hotel ."[Hailey] has the natural storyteller's gift of keeping a reader avidly turning the pages." — The New York Times Book ReviewA call from the ...

Terrorists target a TV anchorman and his family in the #1 New York Times –bestselling author's thriller set in the high-pressure network news industry."[Hailey] has the natural storyteller's gift of keeping a reader avidly turning the pages." — The New York Times Book ReviewAnchorman Crawford Sloane, a respected reporter who made his name as a Vietnam War correspondent, t...

Two men battle to become the CEO of one of America's largest banks in this classic thriller by a #1 New York Times –bestselling author: "A suspenseful story replete with the kind of offbeat research that only Hailey seems to be able to exhume. Remember the fascinating minutiae in Hotel and Airport . He does even better for banking!" (

A death row confession sparks an investigation that will tear Miami apart in this "engrossing thriller" from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author ( Booklist )."[Hailey] has the natural storyteller's gift of keeping a reader avidly turning the pages." — The New York Times Book ReviewDetective-Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a forme...

The #1 New York Times –bestselling classic thriller about an airport thrust into chaos by a whiteout blizzard: "A spellbinder" ( The Denver Post ).The basis for the 1970s disaster movie franchise.As a raging blizzard wreaks havoc at Lincoln International Airport outside Chicago, airport and airline personnel try to cope with this unstoppable force of natu...

The #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Hotel and Airport "hits with another blockbuster," a terrorist takedown of California's power grid ( The Observer ).In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California's Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An...