A superb, lightning-paced thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of NO TIME FOR GOODBYE.

Anita Margolis has vanished. Dark and exquisite, Anita's character is as mysterious as her disappearance. But with no body and no apparent crime, seemingly there's nothing to be investigated. Until Wexford receives an anonymous note claiming 'a girl called Ann' was killed the very night Anita disappeared.

When an ancient mummy is discovered in the basement of a museum in down-town Boston, excitement starts to mount. Under the glare of a media frenzy, the mummy is taken to hospital for a CT scan. Forensic pathologist Maura Isles is also invited to attend.

As Berlin prepares for the 1936 Olympic Games, Bernie is caught between violently opposing factions in a story that comes full circle in 1950s' Cuba.

The discovery of Elizabeth Nightingale's broken body in the woods near her home could not have come as a bigger shock. Called in to investigate, Chief Inspector Wexford quickly determines that the Nightingales were considered the perfect couple - wealthy, attractive and without an enemy in the world.

The number 35, the Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. When two police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A scene which leaves one of them dead and the other fighting for her life, and career.

When lawyer, Jenny Cooper, is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she's hoping for a quiet life to recover from a divorce, but the office she inherits from the deceased contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence. She embarks on a lonely crusade for justice that threatens not only her career but also her sanity.

August 1939, the last hot days of a perfect English summer - war is now certain, this week, next week or soon. Lord Edward Corinth, newly married, is determined to spend these last days of peace quietly with Verity in their new house, The Old Vicarage, in the sleepy Sussex village of Rodmell - a honeymoon of sorts.

Mia's always been the glamorous one. And now she's a model. Mia can't resist the illegal thrills that come with fame. When disaster strikes, Mia's look-alike sister, saves her career. She's even got someone to fall in love with her - a man Mia wants almost as much as she wants to be a supermodel. That's something Mia will never, ever forgive.

Somebody in Laos is wooing and wedding country girls - and then killing them on honeymoon and binding their bodies to trees. The horror of what this monster does to his victims leaves a bad taste in the mouths of Dr Siri and his morgue team and they vow revenge.

Detective Sherlock Holmes attends a seance to unmask an impostor posing as a medium, Sebastian Melmoth, a man hell-bent on obtaining immortality after the discovery of an ancient Egyptian papyrus. It is up to Holmes and Watson to stop him and avert disaster.

Katrina Marino is about to become America's most infamous murder victim. This title tells Katrina's story, and the story of her killer as well as the story of Katrina's neighbours, those who witnessed her murder and did nothing.

Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger and Dr Watson meet their match when the streets of London are left decimated by a prolonged alien attack. Who could be responsible for such destruction?

A young Sherlock Holmes arrives in London to begin his career as a private detective, catching the eye of the master criminal, Professor James Moriarty. Enter Dr Watson, newly returned from Afghanistan, soon to make history as Holmes' companion.

Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he's good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and, possibly, his entire life.

One night a young woman disappears ...In broad daylight a retired teacher is stabbed to death ...In a small-town beauty parlor two women are butchered ...Three baffling cases, linked only by a lack of motive until psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis stumble upon a clue.

They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects. A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map.

Death comes creeping up on you... The latest chilling bestseller from the author of HIDE.

Twenty years after creating Kay Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell has written her most extraordinary novel yet