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A sensational classic: this chilling tale of Siberian espionage is 'the best thriller I've ever read' (Philip Pullman) ranking with 'The Silence of the Lambs, Casino Royale and Smiley's People' (Spectator).
'Hugely thrilling, brilliantly written, perfect ... I didn't want this book to end.' (Anthony Horowitz)
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP PULLMAN
Kolymsky Heights. A Siberian hell lost in endless night: the perfect setting for an underground Russian research station. It's a place so secret it doesn't officially exist; once there, the scientists are forbidden to leave. But one scientist is desperate to get a message to the outside world. So desperate, he sends a plea across the wildness to the West in order to summon the one man alive capable of achieving the impossible ...
'Sensationally good ... One of the great thrillers of the last century.' (Charles Cumming)
'As significant as ... le Carré in bringing a gritty new realism to the thriller.' (Sunday Telegraph)
'A breathless story of fear and courage.' (Daily Telegraph)
Casper Laing, the young, fiery and brilliant Professor of Semitic Languages, is asked to decipher an ancient parchment found in Israel. Piecing together its mysterious fragments, his translation soon reveals directions to a shrouded location. Believed to be the secret hiding place of the True Menorah, an ancient and priceless Jewish candelabrum, the Jordanians and Israelis begin a frantic race to claim the prize. Surrounded by violent and treacherous rivals, Casper is enjoined on a deadly adventure deep into the burning Negev desert.
A Long Way to Shiloh (1966), Lionel Davidson's third novel, was a Book Society Choice and won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award as well as the Crime Critics' Award for Best Thriller of the Year. Published in the USA as The Menorah Men, it was a no. 1 bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. It further cemented his reputation as one of the pre-eminent genre writers of his generation, and was described by the Guardian as 'first-rate' and by the New York Times as 'a supple delight in which learning, wit and style are beautifully integrated.'
The award-winning debut thriller from the bestselling author of Kolymsky Heights
'Quite simply the best thriller writer around.' Spectator
Nicolas Whistler is young, bored and in debt. When an opportunity to make some money arises, he can't turn it down. He is sent to Prague to carry out a simple assignment, but he soon finds himself trapped between the secret police and the clutches of the mysterious Vlasta. Whether he likes it or not, Nicolas is now a spy.
'Fast-moving, exciting, often extraordinarily funny.' Sunday Times
'Brilliant. Don't miss it.' Observer
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From the bestselling author of Kolymsky Heights
'I devoured it.' Anthony Horowitz
With an introduction by Anthony Horowitz
A filmmaker is reported dead near Mount Everest. His brother, Charles Houston, is convinced he's alive and is determined to find him. It's a dangerous expedition. He travels from India to the forbidden land of Tibet. In the Yamdring monastery, he discovers an emerald treasure guarded by a woman with a deadly secret. But the Chinese army is coming...
'I hadn't realised how much I had missed the genuine adventure story until I read The Rose of Tibet.' Graham Greene
'Thrilling . . . a perilous journey across Tibet in search of a missing brother.' Jake Kerridge, Telegraph
Januar 1949: Der britische Filmemacher Hugh Whittington soll auf einer Expedition in der Nähe des Mount Everest ums Leben gekommen sein. Doch sein Stiefbruder Charles gelangt an Informationen, die ihn an Hughs Tod zweifeln lassen. Er ist entschlossen, nach Tibet zu reisen und ihn zu finden, doch die Grenzen des Landes sind abgeriegelt. Auf gefährlichen Pfaden gelangt Charles schließlich ins verbotene Land, wo sein Bruder sich in einem Kloster aufhalten soll. Doch statt auf Hugh trifft er dort auf eine faszinierende Frau mit einem tödlichen Geheimnis …
Inmitten der sibirischen Steppe liegt ein Geheimnis begraben, von dem nur eine Handvoll Menschen wissen: ein unterirdisches russisches Forschungslabor. Offiziell existiert es nicht, und wer einmal dort ist, wird es nie wieder verlassen. Doch der Biologe Rogatschow weiß, dass das, was dort geschieht, nicht im Eis verborgen bleiben darf. Er schickt einen verschlüsselten Hilferuf an den einen Mann, der die Wahrheit ans Licht bringen kann: Dr. Johnny Porter, eigenwilliger Einzelgänger indianischer Abstammung, Mikrobiologe und Sprachgenie, begibt sich auf die lebensgefährliche Mission nach Sibirien …
'Beautiful, lyrical, sensitive and meaningful . . . It deserves to be read and re-read.' Los Angeles Times
Two deadly enemies - a young Arab rebel and a Jewish runaway - meet in a remote valley to begin a quest.
Both have been taught since infancy to hate; to attack for self-defence. But something incredible is happening to them, something that not even the fierce shelling of the Six-Day War can intrude upon. For they are on a fantastic mission, a mission both believe has been set for them by God . . .
Gripping, exciting and incredibly poignant, Smith's Gazelle is an intriguing thriller from a master of the genre.
'Beyond question the book of the year.' Spectator
Chaim Weizmann was a great man, one of the founders of modern Israel. He was also a chemist of international repute. His work in the thirties led him to a cheap way of synthesising oil. But politics took over and it seemed Weizmann had died without passing on his revolutionary knowledge.
In the oil-starved seventies, it falls to Igor Druyanov to reconstruct that magic formula. And the chase is on, for the news will overturn the Middle East . . .
Tense, intelligent and stylish, The Sun Chemist is gripping spy thriller from a true master of the genre.
The Chelsea Murders (1978) was Lionel Davidson's seventh novel, earning him the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger Award and prompting the Daily Telegraph to declare, 'Lionel Davidson is one of the best and most versatile thriller writers we have.'
A terrifying, grotesque figure bursts into a young art student's room. Head covered with a clown's wig, face concealed by a smiling mask, it wears the rubber gloves of a surgeon. The girl is seized, chloroformed, suffocated and - horrifyingly - beheaded. This is only the beginning of a series of murders terrorising London's fashionable bohemia. The police target three avant-garde filmmakers. One of them is mocking the other two, and openly taunting the police as well. But which of them is behind these appalling crimes?
Fast paced, terrifying and gripping, this is a page-turning thriller from a master.