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Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.A collection of both classic intrigue and intrepid self-examination, For Your Eyes Only packs full, vibrant worlds into five classic tales."From a View to a Kill" whisks Bond to the French countryside where he must go undercover to expose a deadly secret-intelligence plot, and in "For Your Eyes Only," 007 is absorbed into a private vendetta of Ms, blurring the lines between the personal and professional. In "Quantum of Solace," Bond attends a dinner party in the Bahamas and learns how passion can soon twist into cruelty, while "Risico" forces the secret agent to fight for the lesser of two evils in a smuggling war set amid the Mediterranean. Finally, "The Hildebrand Rarity" lands 007 in an old-fashioned murder mystery at sea, where even he has a secret to keep.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6sJamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over.On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider. Together they will combat a local legend the natives call "the Dragon," before Bond alonemust face the most punishing test of all: an obstacle course - designed by the sadistic Dr. No himself that measures the limits of the human bodys capacity for agony.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligenceagency SMERSH in Ian Flemings masterful spy thriller, and the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favourite books of all time.SMERSH stands for "Death to Spies" and theres no secret agent theyd like to disgrace and destroy more than 007. But ensnaring the British Secret Services most lethal operative will require a lure so tempting even he cant resist. Enter Tatiana Romanova, a ravishing Russian spy whose "defection" springs a trap designed with clockwork precision. Her mission: seduce Bond, then flee to the West on the Orient Express. Waiting in the shadows are two of Ian Flemings most vividly drawn villains: Red Grant, SMERSHs deadliest assassin, and the sinister operations chief Rosa Klebb - five feet four inches of pure killing power.Bursting with action and intrigue, From Russia with Love is one of the best-loved books in the Bond canon - an instant classic that set the standard for sophisticated literary spycraft for decades to come.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.Set apart from the other books in Ian Flemings James Bond series,The Spy Who Loved Me is told from the perspective of a femme fatale in the making - a victim of circumstance with a wounded heart.Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, seems a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger shows - a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up - the tables are turned.Still reeling in the wake of Operation Thunderball, Bond had planned for his jaunt through the Adirondacks to be a period of rest before his return to Europe. But that all changes when his tire goes flat in front of a certain motel...

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.James Bond is not a superstitious man, but its hard not to feel unnerved in the presence of Mr. Big. A ruthless Harlem gangster who uses voodoo to control his criminal empire, hes also one of SMERSHs top American operatives. Mr. Big has been smuggling British pirate treasure to New York from a remote Jamaican island - and funneling the proceeds to Moscow. With help from Solitaire, Mr. Bigs beautiful and enigmatic Creole fortune teller, and his old friend Felix Leiter, 007 must locate the crime lords hideout, sabotage his operation, and reclaim the pirate hoard for England.From the jazz joints of Harlem to the shark-infested waters of the Florida Everglades, Live and Let Die sends Bond headlong into the exotic.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.The tragic end to James Bonds last mission - courtesy of Ernst StavroBlofeld - has left 007 a broken man and of little use to the British Secret Service. At his wits end, M decides that the only way to snap his best agent out of his torpor is to send him on an impossible diplomatic mission to Japan. Bonds contact there is the formidable Japanese spymaster Tiger Tanaka, who agrees to do business with the West if Bond will assassinate one of his enemies: a mysterious Swiss botanist named Dr. Guntram Shatterhand.Shatterhand is not who he seems, however, and his impregnable fortress - known to the locals as the "Castle of Death" - is a gauntlet of traps no gaijin has ever penetrated. But through rigorous ninja training, and with some help from the beautiful and able Kissy Suzuki, Bond manages to gain access to Shatterhands lair. Inside lurks certain doom at the hands of 007s bitterest foe - or a final chance to exact ultimate vengeance.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.In the aftermath of Operation Thunderball, Ernst Stavro Blofelds trailhas gone coldand so has 007s love for his job. The only thing that can rekindle his passion is Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo, a troubled young woman who shares his taste for fast cars and danger. Shes the daughter of a powerful crime boss, and he thinks Bonds hand in marriage may be the solution to all her problems. Bonds not ready to settle downyetbut he soon finds himself falling for the enigmatic Tracy.After finally tracking the SPECTRE chief to a stronghold in the Swiss Alps, Bond uncovers the details of Blofelds latest plot: a biological warfare scheme more audacious than anything the fiend has tried before. Now Bond must save the world once againand survive Blofelds last, very personal, act of vengeance.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.As the super patriot and war veteran whos bankrolling Britains top secret Moonraker rocket program, Sir Hugo Drax should be above reproach. But theres more to this enigmatic millionaire than he lets on. When M suspects Drax of cheating at cards in an exclusive gentlemans club, he sends Bond in to investigate. But exposing the deception only enrages Drax - and now 007 must outwit an angry man with the power to loose a nuclear warhead on London.The mysterious death of the head of security at Draxs missile base gives Bond the perfect opportunity to go undercover to find out the secret agenda of the supposed British war hero. With the help of another agent, the lustrous Gala Brand, 007 learns the truth about Draxs battle scars, his wartime allegiances - and his murderous plans for the deployment of Moonraker.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.Auric Goldfinger is the richest man in England - though his wealth cantbe found in banks. Hes been hoarding vast stockpiles of his namesake metal, and its attracted the suspicion of 007s superiors at MI6. Sent to investigate, Bond uncovers an ingenious gold-smuggling scheme, as well as Goldfingers most daring caper yet: Operation Grand Slam, a gold heist so audacious it could bring down the world economy and put the fate of the West in the hands of SMERSH. To stop Goldfinger, Bond will have to survive a showdown with the sinister millionaires henchman, Oddjob, a tenacious karate master who can kill with one well-aimed toss of his razor-rimmed bowler hat.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.The last collection of James Bond adventures from Ian Fleming, Octopussy and The Living Daylights features four tales of intrigue that push 007 to the limit and find the secret agent questioning where he can go from there...In "Octopussy," a former operative in the Second World War must face the consequences of past sins when James Bond knocks on the door of his Caribbean fortress, and in "The Property of a Lady" Bond deciphersthe elaborate codes of a Sothebys bidding war in order to catch a KGB agent. "007 in New York" takes Bond to the titular city to warn an ex_x0002_agent of her boyfriends secret KGB affiliation. And "The Living Daylights" sends Bond to Berlin to protect a British agent before an assassin strikes.

In a near future, where civilisation has collapsed, a government of youth has taken power in North America. All older people deemed responsible for the cataclysmic climate emergency are relocated, but a breakaway group escapes exile to seek freedom at devastating costThe dystopian future landscape of The Forcing comes with a heightened realism that grips and shakes you provocative and insightful, visceral and terrifyingSciFi Now Book of the MonthA superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed worldThe TimesSmart, gripping, and all too plausible announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John ChristopherTim GlisterThe jaw-dropping, passionate and provocative climate-emergency thriller from one of the worlds leading environmental scientists.___________Civilisation is collapsingFrustrated and angry after years of denial and inaction, in a last-ditch attempt to stave off disaster, a government of youth has taken power in North America, and a policy of institutionalised ageism has been introduced. All those older than the prescribed age are deemed responsible for the current state of the world, and are to be relocated, their property and assets confiscated.David Ashworth, known by his friends and students as Teacher, and his wife May, find themselves among the thousands being moved to new accommodation in the abandoned southern deserts thrown together with a wealthy industrialist and his wife, a high court lawyer, two recent immigrants to America, and a hospital worker. Together, they must come to terms with their new lives in a land rendered unrecognisable.As the terrible truth of their situation is revealed, lured by rumours of a tropical sanctuary where they can live in peace, they plan a perilous escape. But the world outside is more dangerous than they could ever have imagined. And for those who survive, nothing will ever be the same again_________A compelling, moving story of survival in a dying world a novel that might have actually predicted our futureEwan MorrisonA bold, beautifully written and imagined novel about an all-too plausible future Paul Hardisty is a visionaryLuke McCallinHardisty is a fine writerLee ChildAn excellent blend of deep suspense, thriller and to be honest horror. The message within it is all too plausible, the solution to the problem distinctly chillingJames OswaldFierce, thoughtful, deeply humane and always compelling the tension builds from page one and never relentsDavid Whish-WilsonOutstanding! Thrilling and thought provoking. If theres any justice, this book will be HUGE!!!Michael J MaloneA clear-eyed reckoning with social and political currents we dont like to examine tough, suspenseful and action-packedJock SerongThe book Ive been waiting and hoping forPaul WatersWhat readers are sayingStark, gripping, often poignantRiveting and suspensefulA twist I didnt see comingDark and disturbingI got a real Atwood vibeA masterpiecePowerfully toldFull of paceAn author at the very top of his craftThe biting intensity of a thriller and the majestic world-building of a classic dystopian tale

Jade Daniels faces down a brutal serial killer in his award-winning and pulse-punding tribute to the golden era of horror cinema and Friday the 13th from the New York Times-bestselling, multiple-award winning Jones.Four years after her tumultuous senior year, Jade Daniels is released from prison right before Christmas when her conviction is overturned. But life beyond bars takes a dangerous turn as soon as she returns home, when convicted serial killer, Dark Mill South, seeking revenge for thirty-eight Dakota men hanged in 1862, escapes from his prison transfer into a blizzard, just outside of Proofrock, Idaho.Dark Mill Souths Reunion Tour began on December 12th, 2019, a Thursday.Thirty-six hours and twenty bodies later, on Friday the 13th, it would be over.

From the author of The Boatmans Daughter, a gripping, achingly atmospheric tale about the horrors that lurk in the dark corners of family history. And a young woman striving to break free of that tragic past.Nellie Gardner is looking for a way out of an abusive marriage when she learns that her long-lost grandfather, August Redfern, has willed her his turpentine estate. She throws everything she can think of in a bag and flees to Georgia with her eleven-year-old son, Max, in tow.It turns out that the "estate" is a decrepit farmhouse on a thousand acres of old pine forest, but Nellie is thrilled about the chance for a fresh start for her and Max, and a chance for the happy home she never had. So it takes her a while to notice the strange scratching in the walls, the faint whispering at night, how the forest is eerily quiet. But Max sees what his mother cant: Theyre no safer here than they had been in South Carolina. In fact, things might even be worse. Theres something wrong with Redfern Hill. Something lurks beneath the soil, ancient and hungry, with the power to corrupt hearts and destroy souls. It is the true legacy of Redfern Hill: a kingdom of grief and death, to which Nellies own blood has granted her the key.From the author of The Boatmans Daughter, The Hollow Kind is a jaw-dropping novel about legacy and the horrors that hide in the dark corners of family history. Andy Davidsons gorgeous, Gothic fable tracing the spectacular fall of the Redfern family will haunt you long after you turn the final page.

A dazzling collection of retold and original fairy tales from fifteen acclaimed and bestselling YA writers, including Tracy Deonn and Melissa Albert.A dazzling collection of fifteen original and retold fairy tales from acclaimed and bestselling writers.Fairy tales have been spun for thousands of years and remain among our most treasured stories. Weaving fresh takes and unexpected reimaginings, At Midnight brings together a diverse group of celebrated writers to breathe new life into our beloved traditions.Dahlia Adler, "Rumplestiltskin"Tracy Deonn, "The Nightingale"H.E. Edgmon, "Snow White"Hafsah Faizal, "Little Red Riding Hood"Stacey Lee, "The Little Matchstick Girl"Roselle Lim, "Hansel and Gretel"Darcie Little Badger, "Puss in Boots"Malinda Lo, "Frau Trude" Alex London, "Cinderella"Anna-Marie McLemore, "The Nutcracker"Rebecca Podos, "The Robber Bridegroom"Rory Power, "Sleeping Beauty"Meredith Russo, "The Little Mermaid"Gita Trelease, "Fitchers Bird"and an all-new fairy tale by Melissa Albert

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austens radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.Among the writers who have approached nearest to the manner of the great master, we have no hesitation in placing Jane Austen. Thomas MacaulayPride and Prejudice is the best novel in the language. Anthony TrollopeI used to think that men did everything better than women, but that was before I read Jane Austen. I dont think any man ever wrote better than Jane Austen. Rex StoutElizabeth Bennet has but to speak, and I am at her knees. Robert Louis StevensonRead again, and for the third time at least, Miss Austens very finely written novel of Pride and Prejudice. That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. Sir Walter Scott

A luxurious journey aboard the Orient Express turns into a race against time when a murder is committed. Detective Hercule Poirot interrogates the suspects during a long stop in the mountains of Yugo

LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEBLACKWELLS BOOK OF THE YEARMesmerisingSunday TimesMagnificentGuardianMonumentalThe TelegraphLeigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of the earths first life forms - what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings.Her discovery leads Leigh to the Mojave desert and an ambitious new space agency. Drawn deeper into the agencys work, she learns that the Atlantic trench is only one of several related phenomena from across the world, each piece linking up to suggest a pattern beyond human understanding. Leigh knows that to continue working with the agency will mean leaving behind her declining mother and her younger sister, and faces an impossible choice: to remain with her family, or to embark on a journey across the breadth of the cosmos.Utterly compellingThe Times, Books of the YearProfound and thrillingNew Statesman, Books of the YearA far-reaching epicFinancial Times, Books of the Year

"1984 - the novel marking the end of communism." George Orwells 1984 revolves around Winston Smith, an office worker who performs censorship duties in Oceanias Ministry of Truth as a small cog in the wheel of a monstrous state apparatus. For years, doubts have been gnawing at him about the legitimacy of the system in which even a blink of the eye can cost him his life. The novel begins with the first step towards putting this initially purely intellectual resistance into action: Winston opens a diary. He subsequently falls in love with a young female colleague, and together they begin a love affair that, in the dictatorship that invades every aspect of life, is in itself an act of high treason. Even though they have different views on the society they live in, they are united by the rejection of its narrow moral corset and the desire for individual freedom and, not least, a right to love and feel. While Winston understands HOW the machinery of tyranny works, he does not understand WHY the massive effort of its surveillance and repressive apparatus is undertaken. When they decide to seek contact with the underground opposition and eventually end up in the hands of the repression apparatus of the state, Winston learns the true background of Oceanias society. Until his death, George Orwell was a convinced socialist - all the greater was the effect his work, published in 1949, had on the political left of the time. On the political left, the Soviet Union was seen as the realisation of Marxs ideas, the workers paradise that would free the enslaved masses from their shackles. Orwell was one of the few leftists of his time who dared to shake this narrative. Under the impression of the undeniable terror of Stalinist rule and its cynical, opportunistic cooperation with fascist and capitalist foreign countries, he criticised the hypocrisy and inhumanities of the real communism with Animal Farm and 1984.

Autumn clouds are drawing in over the village of Askham, at the edge of the picturesque Lake District, and mourners, including Simmy Henderson, are heading to the funeral of Humphrey Craig. Taking a quiet moment later to visit the grave and admire the flowers with her florists eye, Simmy meets two women: academic Lindsay Wilson and ninety-year-old matriarch Pauline Parsons.Just twenty-four hours later, Mrs Parsons is found dead on Askham Fell, and Simmy faces questioning at Penrith police station. An accusation has been made, but if Simmy is to avoid arrest for a murder she did not commit, she will have to uncover the killer herself.

A young man arrives in a small town, hoping to leave his past behind him, but when he takes a job in a peculiar old shop, and meets a lonely single mother, everything changes with devastating consequences. A chillingly hypnotic gothic thriller and a mesmerising study of identity and obsession.This chilling gothic tale explores the dark corners of identity beautifully written and a real page-turnerC J CookeDark, lyrical and intriguingFiona CumminsLike Stephen King on crack the most accomplished book Ive read this year. Dark, gothic as hell, and genuinely scaryM W CravenEerily atmospheric, with brilliant characterisation really gets under your skinCultureflyFear blisters through this town like a feverWhen Teddy Colne arrives in the small town of Rye, he believes he will be able to settle down and leave his past behind him. Little does he know that fear blisters through the streets like a fever. The locals tell him to stay away from an establishment known only as Berry & Vincent, that those who rub too closely to its proprietor risk a bad end.Despite their warnings, Teddy is desperate to understand why Rye has come to fear this one man, and to see what really hides behind the doors of his shop.Ada moved to Rye with her young son to escape a damaged childhood and years of never fitting in, but shes lonely, and ostracised by the community. Ada is ripe for affection and friendship, and everyone knows it.As old secrets bleed out into this town, so too will a mystery about a family who vanished fifty years earlier, and a community living on a knife edge.Teddy looks for answers, thinking he is safe, but some truths are better left undisturbed, and his past will find him here, just as it has always found him before. And before long, it will find Ada too.An utterly chilling psychological horror of modern-day witchcraft, possession, murder and madnessEssie FoxCompelling and dark draws you in from the very first pageHeather DarwentTwisted, toxic and deeply dark, this gives off Needful Things vibes and that ending is just *perfect*Lisa HallThis book sucks you in from the first spine-tingling chapter and weaves a dark, twisted and compelling sense of forebodingClaire AllanWhat readers are saying*****Im shook. This book is a force a masterpieceAn ending that left me slightly dumbstruckAs delightful as it is dark, with beautiful turns of phrase that can be at once both buttery soft and sharp as a knifeIntense, creepy and utterly chillingA story that will creep under your skin and leave you desperately unnervedStartling and incredibly intenseExactly what I look for in a gothic thriller!Deliciously darkIt shook me to the coreDark, chilling, with a touch of geniusTwisted and unnervingBeautiful and lyrical prose brings the setting to life and creates a pulsing tensionThis book creeps up on youCaptivating and claustrophobic