Gnomologia is a book best suited to be kept on a coffee table and strives to explain many gnomological expressions. It comes from an ancient Greek word, known to have been used by Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates and others. It was a popular literary genre in the Middle Ages and Late Antiquity. In Simplified English: Word/s used to convey something other than the true meaning of the word/s. Does that 'tickle your fancy'? The book is written primarily for teenagers about to join the ...

A deadly game of cat and mouse - and the police aren't the ones doing the hunting. A gripping new serial killer thriller from the bestselling author of Cry BabyWhen police are called to a murder scene in the Liverpool suburbs, even the most jaded officers are disturbed by what they find.DS Nathan Cody, still bearing the scars of an undercover mission that went horrifyingly wrong, is put on the case. But the police have no leads, except the body of ...

'Incredibly chilling. A contender for THRILLER OF THE YEAR' Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle'A FAST-PACED and DARKLY DISTURBING thriller' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of Let Me Lie and I See YouYou can't choose your family. Or can you?Meet the Bensons. They're an ordinary couple. They wash their car, mow their lawn and pass the time of day with ...

WHAT IF THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THOSE YOU LOVE WAS YOURSELF?Introducing Detective Callum Doyle, in David Jackson's gripping and acclaimed debut novelWhere can you turn when your very presence brings death to those around you?That's the question Detective Callum Doyle is about to face. It begins with the calculated murder of his partner on a vacant lot. But more death is to follow, and when the chilling anonymous messages arri...

CROSS YOUR HEART AND . . . HOPE TO DIEA gripping serial killer thriller, p****erfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and M. J. Arlidge.There was a hate in this killer. A thirst for obliteration rather than a mere desire to end a life . . .A brutal murder takes place in the grounds of a Liverpool cathedral. A killer is on the loose, driven by a chilling rage. The victim: the last person you'd expect...

WHAT'S THE LIFE OF YOUR CHILD WORTH?"I finished it in one perfect sitting . . . One heck of a story" Joanna Cannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and SheepIt's every mother's nightmare - the abduction of her baby.That's how it starts for Erin Vogel when she is attacked and left unconscious in her apartment. When she awakes, it is to find that Georgia, her six-month-old daughter, has been...

Synopsis:In the near future (2034-2064) a young wizard graduates magic school and ends up getting up to some pretty whacky gigs thanks to having to fix a lot of problems including the death of Earth and meeting an Ancient alien civilization.It starts off as a small time town novel with Dortju graduting from Carnegi Wizard School in Dunfermline, Scotland. It's growing into a tale of intergalactic war (Star Wars type stuff).He starts his first foundation in 2034 with a n...

'So chillingly addictive you'll forget to breathe' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE ENDTHEY BELIEVE HIS LIES. SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH.You can't lie to Izzy Lambert. Her highly developed empathic abilities allow her to read people's emotions with terrifying accuracy - and consequences. As a child her insights sparked her parents' divorce. As an adult she avoids getting too close to people for fear of what she might lear...

A rapid-paced crime thriller packed with twists and turns, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Lee ChildIn New York's East Village a young girl is brutally raped, tortured and murdered. Detective Callum Doyle has seen the victim's remains. He has visited the distraught family. Now he wants justice.Doyle is convinced he knows who the killer is. The problem is he can't prove it. And the more he pushes his prime suspect, the more he learns that the man is cap...

A dark, shocking and relentlessly gripping thriller that will keep you up all night, for fans of M.J. Arlidge and Peter James.'Sara! Remember! Victoria and Albert. All I can say. They're here. They're-'These are the last words Sara Prior will ever hear from her husband.As DS Nathan Cody struggles to make sense of the enigmatic message and solve the brutal murder, it soon becomes clear that Sara is no ordinary bereaved wife. Taking the inves...

'The master of razor-sharp one liners. An absolute belter' - MANDASUE HELLER'Brilliant. This is British crime writing at its best' - MARK EDWARDS'May be his best yet' - WILL CARVERMY DAD SAYS BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN I BREAK IT...Daniel is looking forward to his birthday. He wants pie and chips, a big chocolate cake, and a comic book starring his favourite superhero. And as long...

Babe thought he had done all the right things. He works a respectable job, owns his own home, pays his taxes, and throws jury duty summonses in the trash just like every other fellow American. He even stays faithful to his promiscuous boyfriend. But even through all of the right things, he is unsatisfied with his life.Chance, an Eminem wannabe, drops his pants low and listens to hip hop to show his alliance with Black culture, but Babe has to learn to accept him as more than the “W...