Political / legal thriller

Fade to Grey

Fade to Grey

John Lincoln

Gethin Grey is the man you call when there’s nowhere else to turn. His Last Resort Legals team investigates miscarriages of justice. Gethin is running out of options: his gambling is out of control, his marriage is falling apart and there’s no money left to pay the wages…Izma M was sent down years ago for the brutal murder of…

No Place of Refuge

No Place of Refuge

Ausma Zehanat Khan

The Syrian refugee crisis just became personal for Inspector Esa Khattak and Sergeant Rachel Getty. NGO worker Audrey Clare, sister of Khattak’s childhood friend, is missing. In her wake, a French Interpol Agent and a young Syrian man are found dead at the Greek refugee camp where she worked. Khattak and Getty travel to…

Ungentlemanly Warfare

Ungentlemanly Warfare

Howard Linskey

A soldier and a spy, an officer but not quite a gentleman, Captain Harry Walsh is SOE’s secret weapon. Loathed by his own commanding officer, haunted by the death of his closest friend and trapped in a loveless marriage, Harry Walsh is close to burn out when he is ordered to assassinate the man behind the ME 163 Komet, Hitler’s miracle…

One Law For the Rest of Us

One Law For the Rest of Us

Peter Murphy

When Audrey Marshall sends her daughter Emily to the religious boarding school where she herself was educated a generation before, memories return – memories of a culture of child sexual abuse presided over by a highly-regarded priest. Audrey turns to barrister Ben Schroeder in search of justice for Emily and herself. But there are…

Condor

Condor

James Grady

Now a major MGM TV series starring Max Irons, William Hurt and Mira SorvinoTwo iconic espionage thrillers featuring special agent CondorA breakneck, ticking-clock saga of America on the edge of a startling spy world revolution. Set in the savage streets and Kafkaesque corridors of Washington DC, Condor…

Judge Walden: Back in Session

Judge Walden: Back in Session

Peter Murphy

Judge Walden is back, to preside over five new cases at Bermondsey Crown Court.Retired resident judge Peter Murphy takes us back to the world of criminal trials in South London for another session with Charlie keeping the peace between his fellow judges – Marjorie, ‘Legless’ and Hubert – while fighting off the attacks…

Walden of Bermondsey

Walden of Bermondsey

Peter Murphy

When Charlie Walden took on the job of Resident Judge of the Bermondsey Crown Court, he was hoping for a quiet life. But he soon finds himself struggling to keep the peace between three feisty fellow judges who have very different views about how to do their job, and about how Charlie should do his. And as if that’s not enough, there’s…

Last Days of the Condor

Last Days of the Condor

James Grady

Look in the mirror. You’re nobody. You know pursuing the truth will get you killed. But you refuse to just fade away. You’ve been designated an enemy of the largest secret national security apparatus in America’s history. All assassins’ guns are aimed at you. And you run for your life, branded with the code name you made iconic: Condor….

And Is There Honey Still For Tea?

And Is There Honey Still For Tea?

Peter Murphy

1965. The British Establishment is reeling after a series of defections and acts of treachery by high- ranking intelligence officers. When Francis Hollander, an American academic, accuses Sir James Digby QC, a baronet and leader of the Bar, of being a Soviet spy, Digby retains Ben Schroeder and his head of Chambers to represent him….

A Matter for the Jury

A Matter for the Jury

Peter Murphy

It is 1964 and Ben Schroeder, first introduced in A Higher Duty, is building his career at the Bar; juggling the demands of different challenging cases, while trying to allow a little romance into his life.Ben is already defending a vicar, accused of indecent assault on a choir boy, when he is plunged into a capital murder…