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Stephen Leather

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Martyn Read

The Assassin – the world's most successful contract killer. Ice cool, accurate and elusive. An anonymous professional with a unique calling card – one bullet in the head and one in the chest for each of his targets. An ex-member of the SAS, Mike Cramer is the perfect sacrificial bait. When the FBI discover the next name on the assassin's hitlist, Cramer is set up to take his place. But Cramer's past has caught up with him. Ex-IRA extremist Dermot Lynch blames Cramer for his lover's death, ...

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Stephen Leather

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Martyn Read

The plan is so complex, the target so well protected that the three snipers have to rehearse the killing in the seclusion of the Arizona desert. Cole Howard of the FBI knows he has only days to prevent the audacious assassination. But he doesn't know who the target is or where the crack marksmen will strike. Former SAS sergeant Mike Cramer is also on the trail, infiltrating the Irish community in New York as he tracks down Mary Hennessy, the ruthless killer who tore his life apart. Unless ...

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Leslie Thomas

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Martyn Read

Brought to you by Penguin.The war, they said, would be over by Christmas. That was in 1939, and it is now January 1944. An exhausted Britain faces another year of conflict.Meanwhile, small coastal villages in Devon are facing an invasion from an army just as foreign as that of the Germans. The Americans are smart, well-fed and well-equipped, and they have swept the bewildered citizens of South Devon from their homes in deadly earnest rehearsal for D-Day.

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Terry Gregson

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Thora Hird, Avis Bunnage, Joe Gladwyn, Kenneth Connor, Megs Jenkins, Pearl Hackney, Jon Glover, Lockwood West, John Livesey, Martyn Read, Michael Tudor Barnes, Barbara Miller, David Ryall, Full Cast

Vintage comedy drama starring Dame Thora Hird as straight-talking Hilda Springett, one very determined widow…Treat yourself to this vintage sitcom from the 80’s, full of charm and humour starring the inimitable Dame Thora Hird as the strong-willed yet lovable Hilda Springett. This is a laugh-out-loud drama about the antics of a group of fun-loving pensioners making the most of life. Hilda believes everyone should have a purpose. However, she also believes her purpo...

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Stephen Leather

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Martyn Read

Tony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she is his adopted daughter, the perfect all-American girl – and the past is another country. Or so it seems. But Mersiha has been trained to kill. And when she discovers that Freeman's company is subject to a sinister takeover bid, she decides to help. Whatever the risks. The consequences of her actions are lethal – for Mersiha has unearthed a conspiracy of terrifying proportions…

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Jean Paul Sartre

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David Haig, James Fleet, Zoe Wanamaker, Imogen Stubbs, Ciarán Hinds, David Collings, Tony Robinson, Miriam Margolyes, James Wilby, Miles Anderson, Stella Gonet, Josette Simon, Christian Rodska, Christopher Scott, John McAndrew, Martyn Read, Full Cast

A selection of the renowned French philosophers Sartre’s plays.This collection features several dramatisations of Jean-Paul Sartre's works, including The Roads to Freedom, No Way Out (or "Huis Clos"), Assassins and Nekrassov. These productions showcase Sartre's exploration of existentialism, freedom, and political themes. Notable cast members include David Haig, James Fle...

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Stephen Leather

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Russell Boulter

The "Chinaman" understood death. Jungle-skilled, silent and lethal, he had killed for the Viet Cong and then for the Americans. He had watched helpless when his two eldest daughters had been raped and killed by Thai pirates. Now all that was behind him. Quiet, hard-working and unassuming, he was building up his South London take-away business. Until the day his wife and youngest daughter were murdered by an IRA bomb. Then he began to ask the authorities who were the men responsible, what w...

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Stephen Leather

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Paul Thornley

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The Spider Shepherd Thrillers

A GLOBAL CABAL OF HITMEN. ONE MAN STOOD IN THEIR PATH.'Two things to make a Summer afternoon great: a Stephen Leather novel, and a cold beer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider keeps getting better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best series I have ever read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A group of professional killers, known as The Office, are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent, hitting targets amongst the wealthiest and m...

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Stephen Leather

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Paul Thornley

Buckle up for Underdogs, an adrenaline-fueled action-thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and James Patterson.‘He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real’ – DAILY MAIL'A writer at the top of his game' – SUNDAY EXPRESS'Kickass action, high stakes and nail-biting excitement. Underdogs delivers on all with flyin...

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Stephen Leather

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Paul Thornley

Marianne is an assassin. One of the best in the business. Except killing isn't her business - it's her way of getting revenge. Revenge that has been a long time coming. But there are dark forces who want to use Marianne for their own ends. Dark forces who will do whatever is necessary to acquire her skills. But what they don't know is that Marianne has a secret. A secret that could be the death of them all.

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Leslie Thomas

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Lyndsay Sandison

Brought to you by Penguin.The new tale of love and life, rich with humour and pathos, from our best loved storyteller. From the prison cell where Chloe Smith, 43, is awaiting trial for the merciful murder of the only man who ever loved her with honesty, she recalls the men in her life who lied to her. She remembers her adored father, who drank too much; the loss of her virginity at Stonehenge to a schoolboy, her marriage to petty crook Zane Tomkins, the Isle of Wig...

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Stephen Leather

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Paul Thornley

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Spider Shepherd

Across Britain, violent criminals are walking free – cases derailed by sharp-suited defence lawyers and soft-touch judges – and public fury is reaching breaking point. Into that anger step the New Crusaders, a shadowy group that hunts down offenders who have slipped through the net and delivers their own brand of punishment live across social media to millions of cheering followers. To some, they're heroes. To the government, they're terrorists. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd of MI5 is tasked with ...