Lynda La Plante

DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can't seem to find his place in the world - until he's drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down. In the aftermath of a fire at an isolated cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remains of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes.

Jack's search leads him deep into a murky criminal underworld - a world he finds himself surprisingly good at navigating. But as the line of the law becomes blurred, how far will Jack go to find the answers - and what will it cost him? 

Ex-police officer Lorraine Page witnesses an event which could help her old colleagues in their hunt for a serial killer. Against her will she is drawn into the investigation and is forced to confront her own past actions.

Colin Burrows, recently sent to prison for burglary, knows that his four year sentence means that he will miss the birth of his first child. His cell-mate Barry hatches a plan to get Colin out of jail for the birth. It's a plan so crazy that either it will fail and get both men in deeper trouble, or it might just work. Quick Reads.

In 1973 Jane Tennison, aged 22, leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy to be placed on probationary exercise in Hackney. In a male-dominated, chauvinistic environment, she has to learn fast to deal with shocking situations, with no help or sympathy from her superiors. Then comes her involvement in her first murder case...

'The Colonel' was rumoured to be the mastermind behind many successful robberies for the last forty years. Edward de Jersey is a wealthy man, whose pride is his stud farm. When he faces financial ruin he resurrects his criminal past, and uses the internet to put together a team of experts to pull off an audacious heist.

A wealthy entrepreneur suddenly finds himself at the centre of a political scandal. With his reputation in tatters, and shunned by his so-called friends, he determines to take his revenge on these fickle socialites. X rated, contains graphic violence and explicit sex.