Simon Shepherd

The story is set 100 years from now when the European Union is leader of the free world.

One evening in 1967, Thomas Penmarsh lost everything he valued. Now, 25 years, on he sleeps in a room with a barred window, looked after by Cousin Esmond. This psychological drama hints at madness, fear and sudden death without spilling a drop of blood.

It is said that the Devil once danced in Bleeding Heart Square. Formerly the site of a medieval palace, it is now a decaying North London cul-de-sac. There, in a lodging house, live a collection of tenants with equally colourful histories.

Investigating a series of assaults and child abductions in the bleak autumn days outside Sweden's rural Gothenburg, Detective Inspector Erik Winter races against time to discover a link between the cases when his own family's safety is threatened. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

Two wicked short story collections including stories as creepy as an ordinary looking camera that turns out to have evil powers, a bus ride home that turns into your worst nightmare, and a mysterious computer game that absolutely nobody would play.

30-something Hugh Emerson seems to have it all: a glamorous barrister wife and his own highly regarded publishing house. But when his top-selling author gets involved in a tabloid scandal, Hugh is in serious financial trouble.

A journey of discovery through our natural world. Bushcraft and survival legend Ray Mears takes us on his own lifetime's journey through the natural world, into the British countryside and across continents, and shows us how to tune our senses, enhance our experience of nature, and understand our place within it.

Guiding us through practical fieldcraft tips, Ray brings us up close with creatures we share our planet with, and reveals how we can learn from them, from the stealth of the leopard to the patience and stillness of the crocodile, and even the colour-changing camouflage of the octopus. With Ray as your companion, you will unlock the hidden secrets of the wild and begin to see, instead of merely look.

The butterfly species of the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland and several are virtually extinct. This book charts the author's quest to find all 59 species, from the Adonis Blue to the Dingy Skipper.