The Seven Dials Mystery - When a practical joke at the Seven Dials Club turns out to be murder, Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent and Jimmy Thesiger try to work out the meaning of the seven clocks they find at the scene.

Dear Me Peter Ustinov - Ustinov's beautifully crafted autobiography is told with exquisite wit and insight. From his birth in 1921, it spans his extraordinary career as actor, playwright, film star and director. Eccentric relatives, school masters, sergeant majors and manic Hollywood moguls are all brought unforgettably to life.

House Of Cards - When Francis urquhart decides to fight for the ultimate political job - Prime Minister - he begins a silent, deadly campaign to eliminate every other candidate from the running. He'll stop at nothing, including murder.

Sleep Pale Sister - When Effie was a child, she posed for domineering and puritanical Victorian artist Henry Chester. Now, ten years later, Effie is drawn into an underworld of blackmail, intrigue and revenge...

Why Didn'T They Ask Evans - When Bobby Jones goes to retrieve a golf ball at the bottom of a cliff, he little suspects he will find a dying man there. With his last breath the man gasps, 'Why didn't they ask Evans?', so Bobby and his friend Frankie set out to find the answer.

Shake Hands Forever - Wexford could discover no motive, no reason and no suspect - all he had were his intuitive suspicions. Probably he was reading meaning where there was none; probably Angela Hathall really had picked up a stranger, a stranger that had killed her. But why such doubt? Was Wexford becoming cynical and untrusting - or was this simply one of the most ingenious crimes he had ever tackled?Ruth Rendell sets available

The Rector'S Wife - When Anna's husband fails to gain promotion to Archdeacon, she takes a job in a supermarket. It's frowned upon, but Anna discovers that independence and attentions of three men give her a growing appetite for life.

Light Of The Moon - War-torn France, and a young English girl is parachuted into the occupied territories to help set up a Resistance network while a young German officer, invalided out of action, is sent to join the forces, ordered to track down and destroy any anti-German activity. It was inevitable that Evelyn and Paul should meet; inevitable that their meeting should lead to tragedy. But out of pain came passion, out of disillusionment, love... Elizabeth Buchan once again sets her tale against an unforgettable era in history and shows the triumph of the human spirit against everything that seeks to destroy it.

Fury - Walter Leroy Himes will go to the electric chair unless someone proves him innocent. Lehane Sample lied at his trial, and the FBI want their pound of flesh, but no-one will listen to the other side of the story. When journalist Frank Corso gets involved, the clock starts ticking.

Missing Persons(Hetty Wainthro - Until her little setback today, she had done very well. A professional detective would have booked hours, claimed his fares and refreshments, and been denied the use of a Senior Citizen's Gadabout Card. A professional detective would have worked out expensive for Frank, who was a great one for getting everything at cut price. Was there a market for such a service? Would the local paper take an advertisement? 'Lost Ones Found! Reliable and Discreet Mature Female Detective. ' She worried about the 'Female'. Would 'Lady Detective' be better, or might it suggest one of the aristocracy slumming? And with these musings Hetty Wainthropp of unadmitted but certainly senior years, begins her new career. David Cook, with his brilliant eye for observation, creates a cast of characters both comic and tragic that lifts the detective novel to new heights - and Patricia Routledge is Hetty Wainthropp; Hetty the foolish. Hetty the scatterbrained. Hetty the detective.

Secret Adversary - Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are 'young adventurers, willing to do anything'. When their first assignment puts them in mortal danger, they have to use all their wits to save not only their own lives, but that of the mysterious 'Jane Finn'.

The Breaker - Twelve hours after a woman's body is washed up on a South Coast beach, her traumatised daughter is found 20 miles away. Why was Kate killed, yet her daughter was allowed to live?

The Willows At Christmas - Toad is not looking forward to Christmas one bit. The dreaded Mrs Fleshe is coming for her annual visit. This year, however, Toad's friends plan to rescue him...Age 6+

The Dark Eyed Girls - Three girls growing up in the 1970's come to terms with the harsh realities of life: sweet, gentle Liv marries a dangerously unstable man; cynical, pragmatic Katherine throws herself into her career and a risky affair; and Rachel marries against her parents' will.

News From No Mans Land - This third riveting volume of John Simpson's autobiography is rich in anecdote and filled with extraordinary encounters with remarkable individuals including his famous walk into the Afghan capital, Kabul.

London:Fire And Pestilence - This part of Ackroyd's biography of London covers the city's ability to regenerate and re-invent itself, illustrated by human and physical phenomena: disasters and plagues, political turmoil and riots, fires and the Blitz.

She Stoops To Conquer - This lively comedy was first staged in 1773, and it remains a favourite of English theatre. Here, Alistair Simand Claire Bloom head the cast in a hilarious tale of embarrassment and confusion.

The Unexpected Guest - This mystery first opened as a play. It's the story of a houseful of murder suspects, chanced upon by an unexpected guest who crashes in dense fog.

Spitfire Ace - This is the story of the glorious few who flew the almost mythic aeroplane of World War II - the Spitfire. A vivid picture of Britain's finest hour and the men involved is painted by some of the 35 remaining veteran pilots.

My Side - This is a rare chance to get under the skin of the man behind the headlines. Here's the truth about the awe-inspiring footballer in his own words, an intimate insight into the background, his family and his trendsetting lifestyle.

The Art Of Travel - This entertaining tour of the philosophical questions behind our desire to travel calls upon such guides as Gustave Flaubert and John Ruskin. A witty work that explores the capricious nature of our emotions.

Perfectly Pure And Good - This complex title is a cross between a ghost story, moral fable and a psychological drama. Widowed lawyer Sarah Fortune must sort out the muddled legal affairs of the Pardoe family, but as she discovers their secrets, she reveals some of her own.

English Verse - This collection contains seven centuries of verse, capturing the continuing richness of English poetry. It includes the work of Thomas Hardy, Wordsworth, Dylan Thomas, Philip Larkin and Seamus Heaney, among others.

My Name Escapes Me - These marvellously entertaining diaries, written in Guinness's later life, record not just daily events, but his musings on the theatre, film, church and family life, as well as amusing accounts of his friendships with Lauren Bacall, Alan Bennett and Barry Humphries, among others.

By Heart: 101poems To Remember - These 101 poems, which span four centuries are some of our most enduringly popular. They were chosen by Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, both as personal favourites and because they are suited to committing to memory.

Put On By Cunning - There's nothing Chief Inspector Wexford likes better than an open-and-shut-case, and the death of flautist Sir Manuel Camargue seems to be one. But Wexford has niggling doubts. What does he plan to do?

Code To Zero - The year is 1958 and America is about to launch its first satellite from Cape Canaveral. Nearby, a man wakes up in a railway station, with no idea who he is - or was. Slowly he uncovers the truth.

Porterhouse Blue - There's an ill wind blowing through the halls of Porterhouse College. It brings 144 inflated condoms and Sir Godber, the new master, who wants to get rid of all the college's most revered institutions.

The Choir - The worldly Dean of Alldminster will restore his beloved cathedral even if it means sacrificing the Choir School to pay for it. But Alexander Troy, the School's headmaster, has his own ideas - shared by many others...

Murder Is Easy - The village of Wychwood-under-Ashe has a reputation for witchcraft and folklore. When one of its residents is found dead, there's a bewildering cast of suspects.

Blue At The Mizzen - The twentieth book in Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed series chronicles the adventures of Blue Rear Admiral Jack Aubrey on a mission to Chile. Vivid with the salty tang of life at sea, O'Brian's writing also brings alive the sights and sounds of revolutionary South America.

Murder At The Vicarage - The unflappable sleuth's passion for gossip - and cheerful recognition of the worst side of human nature - leads her to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, St. Mary Mead's most loathed magistrate, has been found shot through the head. But it isn't the "pompous old brute's" murder that raises eyebrows, but rather the scandalous secrets it exposes. Those secrets are about to put St. Mary Mead on the map - and send Miss Marple on the trail of a killer with something to hide.

H Wainthrop Women Of The Year - The supergran sleuth gets a case that's right up her street when she investigates the strange goings on in a village whose residents have all been receiving poison pen letters.

Last Seen Wearing - The statements in front of Inspector Morse appear to confirm the bald, simple truth: that after leaving home to return to school one day, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold? Until two years after her disappearance, that is, when somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence for the case.

The Scolds Bride - The police assume it's suicide after the discovery of Matilda Gillespie's body, but when her diaries are discovered, everything changes.

An Evening With Joyce Grenfell - The quintessential English comedienne, Joyce Grenfell enjoyed a 30-year career in journalism, cinema and television. This live recording includes many of her famous monologues affirming her comic genius.

Falling Angels - The poignant tale of two very different families, this is an intimate novel of childhood friendships, sexual awakenng and human frailty, set at the turn of the century.

Plough The Furrow - The passionate tale of a female farmworker's search for security in the Lincolnshire countryside as the Great War casts its shadow.

Burning Shore - The passionate love of a beautiful French aristocrat for a courageous South African aviator is begun and extinguished in the blazing skies of war-torn France. But Centaine de Thiry is bent on realising some of the dreams which she and Michael Courtney had shared?Fantastic Wilbur Smith Sets available

Red Sky In The Morning - The mysterious young Anna appears bedraggled and afraid in the marketplace of a small Lincolnshire town. Her arrival will change the lives of kindly farmer Eddie Appleyard, his tyrannical wife Bertha and their young son Tony. Margaret Dickinson herself warns listeners to 'have a couple of boxes of tissues handy!'

The Case Book Of Sherlock Holm - The masterful stories in this collection relate Holmes and Watson's involvement in four intriguing cases, including The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, The Adventure of the Creeping Man, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone and The Adventure of the Three Gables.

Lair - The mutant white rat had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. They dominated the others, the dark-furred ones, who foraged for food and brought it back to The Lair. Now the rats were restless, tormented by a craving they would not satisfy. But the white slug-like thing that ruled them knew. Its two heads weaved to and fro and a stickiness drooled from its mouth as it remembered the taste of human flesh?

Borrowed Time - The master storyteller weaves a dangerous web of intrigue in this bestseller. Robin Timariot's brief encounter with Louise Paxton only hours before she was brutally murdered sucks him into the tortured relationships of her family and friends.

The Virgins Lover - The lives of Elizabeth I, Queen of England and the wife of her oldest friend - the man she knows she shouldn't really love - are bound together.are bound together.'Gregory is a mesmerising storyteller' - Sunday TelegraphDUE FOR RELEASE IN LATE OCTOBER 2004.PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW

Ricky - The lovable couch potato of 'The Royle Family' tells the story of his life, which has included stints as a plasterer, banjo player, stand up comic, political activist, award-winning actor and guest of Her Majesty's prison service!

Ted Hughes Reading His Poetry - The late Poet Laureate reads a selection of over 50 poems that span the first 20 years of his literary career, from the publication of 'Hawk in the Rain' in 1957. Includes the powerful 'Wodwo and 'Crow'.

Firewall - The incendiary thriller from this best selling author. Only in fiction can Andy McNab reveal what he knows about clandestine operations and operational methods.

Four Quartets - The four parts of Eliot's epic poem are 'Burnt Norton' , 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding'. They are a meditation on the spiritual and philosophical that preoccupied the author for much of his life.

Classic Poems - The greatest British poets ¿ Browning, Kipling, Tennyson, Auden, Eliot, Dylan Thomas and others ¿ are read by the finest voices of the recording age, including James Mason and Sir John Gielgud.

Enduring Love - The calm, organised life of Joe Rose is shattered forever by a freak ballooning accident in the Chilterns. His brief meeting with Jed Parry is about to change Joe's life forever.'The unputdownable book is an unswitchoffable listen'. -The Express

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