He never should have got into it in the first place. But when you need money, sometimes you do things you wouldn't ordinarily think of doing. Nothing illegal, nothing like blackmail, something just a shade this side.... At least that was the way Barney Calhoun had it figured. It looked like the easiest ten thousand bucks he'd ever make. And she was lovely, though in the end she leg him to murder....An ex-cop turned private eye ought to know all the answers on how to commit the perfect crime. But somewhere along the line he slipped up, and before he realized it they had him where the hair was short....

Douglas focuses his expertise on predatory crimes, primarily against women. With a deep sense of compassion for the victims and an uncanny understanding of the perpetrators, Douglas looks at the obsessions that lead to rape, stalking and sexual murder through such cases as Ronnie Shelton, the serial rapist who terrorised Cleveland; Joseph Thompson, New Zealand's South Aucland rapist; the stalking and killing of television star Rebecca Schaeffer; and New York's notorious 'Preppie Murder'

Tragedy strikes the New York based Cardinal family when their car is involved in a terrible accident. Twelve year old Lou and seven year old Oz survive, but the crash leaves their father dead and their mother in a coma. It would seem their world has been shattered forever until their great-grandmother, Louisa Mae, agrees to raise the children on her Virginia mountain farm.

When Kevin Taylor joins the Manhattan criminal law firm of John Milton and Associates, he's hit the big time. At last, he and his wife can enjoy the luxuries they've so desired - a chauffeur-driven limo, a stunning home in the very building Mr Milton himself lives in. Little does Kevin realise he's joined a brotherhood of blood. John Milton assigns Kevin one of the most notorious cases of the year, along with a file that had been put together prior to the crime......

Recipes for murder from the master chefs of crime: Stanley Ellin, Ruth Rendell, Paul Gallico, Oliver La Farge, LP Hartley, Washington Irving, Richard Dehan, Walter Besant and James Rice, GB Stern, Roger Zelazny, Agatha Christie, HC Bailey, Nicholas Blake, Roy Vickers

A wealthy socialite has been murdered. Now the killer - a consummate professional - must tie up a few loose ends. One is a witness. The other is Lucas Davenport, the cop on the case. Of all the criminals Davenport has hunted, none has been as efficient or as ferociously intelligent as the woman who's hunting him.....

All through the Night' sees the return of two of Mary Higgins Clark's best loved characters: Alvirah and Willy, amateur sleuths who are caught up in a mystery that calls on all their skills and experience. Willy has been looking forward to playing Santa at the after-school centre set up for children of working parents, and Alvirah has been busy with rehearsals for the Christmas pageant. But suddenly a shadow falls upon the Christmas cheer. The centre is threatened with closure, a deathbed legacy gives the promised replacement home to others, a valuable chalice - long missing - is spotted at the centre before disappearing again, and a desperate woman turns up, begging for help tracing the baby she abandoned seven years before. And in a final blow, the young girl who is to play Mary in the Christmas pageant vanishes without a trace

A young woman probing into the mysterious circumstances of her husband's death receives a message from a medium claiming to be his channel in Mary Higgins Clark's bestselling thriller.

After the death of Vourniass Lycern, child-bearer to the Seriattic Royal Household, her twin sons have grown up separately and in ignorance of their relationship. As a result, both believe they are rightful heir to the position of Monosiell - head of Seriatt's Royal Household. When the existing Monosiell dies suddenly, the race is on to claim the position...

Vourniass Lycern - a conosq of the three-sex Seriattic race - holds the key to peace between Earth and Seriatt, and thus the continuation of the lucrative illegal arms trade conducted by General William Myson. When Lycern decamps to the Affinity Group, Myson orders experienced Military Intelligence Officer Alexander Delgado to fetch her. Delgado, however, sees the mission as an opportunity to engender a much greater level of change......