Kate Mosse   July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange...

Caron HaasA few quirky questions about politics are: Which first lady fainted at her husband's inaugural ball? When and where did the term smoke-filled room originate?

Michael Dibdin In this masterpiece of psychological suspense, Italian Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen is dispatched to investigate the kidnapping of Ruggiero Miletti, a powerful Perugian industrialist. But nobody much wants...

Noboru Yoshimura and Philip AndersonPresents a series of apparent contradictions in Japanese business conduct. This book shows why behavior that appears inconsistent to the Westerner is perfectly congruous to the...

Iris Rainer DartA new novel about a central fact of adult life - the perils and passions of parenting in the 90s. Rick is a famous movie director on the...

Niall WilliamsBeginning in Ireland in the early years of the 19th century, the four Foley brothers flee across the country with their father and the large telescope he has stolen....

Charlotte MendelsonHome is a foreign country: they do things differently there.In a tiny flat in West London, sixteen-year-old Marina lives with her emotionally delicate mother, Laura, and three ancient Hungarian...

Walter ScottGuy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position.But the Scotland of this novel is...

Charlotte Wood   People went on about death bringing friends together, but it wasn't true. The graveyard, the stony dirt - that's what it was like now . . ....

Clive CusslerJuan Cabrillo skippers a disguised spy ship - for hire for covert missions. In this adventure he must find and seize a golden Buddha - the artifact and its...

Deborah WilesRuby Lavender and Miss Eula are a pretty good team, for a couple of chicken thieves. What other granddaughter-grandmother duo could successfully drive the getaway car for chickens rescued...

Michelle Bates and Susannah Leigh- A Horse for the Summer- The Runaway Pony- Stangers at the Stables