There is a fine line between genius and insanity.In this dangerously overpopulated world, terrorism and fanaticism reach boiling point.Against a background of terrorist plots, political intrigue and espionage, the lives of three powerful women become inextricably entwined.Fleur Nichols, a beautiful and astute investigative journalist, Wenna Cavendish, an ambitious senior MI5 officer and Simone Gofre, a brilliant lesbian virologist, leave their marks...

The Hunters (A police detective Thriller)'To follow… the brilliantly inspired tracking of Hill's two detectives is a joy, apart from the brainteasing pleasure of accepting the author's challenge to identify the murderer.'London Evening News'Staunton walked out into the field. He stopped about twenty yards in, squatted down on his haunches and stared at the ditch where the girl's body had been found. Then he was motionless for a while, absorbing the deta...

The Fanatics (A Political Hostage Thriller)'A really good thriller writer…'The Daily TelegraphA terrorist unit brings sudden death to London.They have instructions to assassinate the two leaders of the new radical CDP (Christian Democrat Party).After gunning down one CDP leader in his Westminster flat, the pair set off to execute the other but the appearance of the police forces the pair to avoid capture by seizing the Rever...

This book describes the reaction of the common people to some of the tumultuous events which occurred in Northamptonshire and shaped England's history, and how this gave rise to many colourful folklore traditions. Especially rich in dialect, vocabulary, legends, and wondrous stories that have been handed down through the ages, the character of Northamptonshire and its people is firmly rooted in its folklore. There are tales of literary folk and noblemen, but always at the ...

The Washermen. (A Commander Allan Dice Thriller)'Peter Hill has done it again—a fast moving, action-packed thriller involving the secret service, the police, and underworld criminals.'Coventry Evening StandardThree ruthless 'Washermen' arrive in England from Hong Kong.Their task is to disrupt the protection rackets operated by the 14K Triad in central London, which they proceed to do with ruthless and ingenious efficiency.Br...

They all want feisty British journalist Fleur Nichols dead.The CIA think she is a Jihadist sympathiser.The Jihadists think she is a CIA informant.She is on the hit list of a renegade assassin.But the biggest threat of all is the deadly virus that has been let loose on the world, leading to the closure of international borders and the imposition of martial law.If that wasn't enough her partner has been killed by a suicide bomber in Pa...

The Liars (a bizarre Murder Mystery)'Lies, gossip, and jealousy fail to deter two of Scotland Yard's finest in this entertaining mystery with an extra twist or two...or three.'Pittsburgh PressWhen the battered body of fisherman Denis Kerkin is found hanging by one leg from an ancient stone gibbet, blunt cockney Detective Chief Superintendent Staunton and the talented and amorous Detective Inspector Wyndsor of New Scotland Y...

The Enthusiast.'Peter Hill does a fine job with character, plot, atmosphere and suspense.'Publishers WeeklyJohn Williams thought he was alone on the bleak face of Moel Celyn in Snowdonia, Wales, until the first sighting bullet cracked into the rock close beside him, seconds later he was dead… And the police had scarcely begun their investigation when a second victim falls to a rifle shot as accurate and as apparently purposeless as before.Sent from ...

Discover the forgotten revolution that shaped our world...In the shadow of castles and cathedrals, amid the tumult of crusades and conquests, a quiet revolution transformed Europe. The 12th Century Renaissance reveals this hidden turning point in Western civilization—a remarkable intellectual awakening that laid the foundations for our modern world.This groundbreaking book challenges everything you thought you knew about the Middle Ages. Long befor...

Crowns in Conflict: The Plantagenet-Capetian Dynasties presents a groundbreaking reexamination of medieval Europe's most consequential royal rivalry – a centuries-long struggle that shaped the foundations of England and France while laying the groundwork for the modern nation-state.Drawing on extensive primary sources, this meticulously researched work reveals how the prolonged competition between these powerful dynasties was far more than a series of battles and marriages...

History of Political Thought in the Middle Ages offers a riveting intellectual journey through one of history's most misunderstood periods—revealing how the political ideas we take for granted today were forged in the crucible of medieval Europe. Far from the "Dark Ages" of popular imagination, this groundbreaking book illuminates the rich, sophisticated political theories developed between the fall of Rome and the dawn of the Renaissance.Drawing on previously overlooked s...

The Savages (A Murder Thriller)'This is a taut, handsome job, beautifully written, full of real characters and acute observations.'The New York TimesWhen Colonel Bannister-Coates, an experienced Intelligence officer, fails to return to his Oxfordshire village home and his immaculate clothes are discovered dressing a scarecrow in a roadside field, there is a flurry of anxious activity in Whitehall.Detective ...