Item category 1: Crime

Set against the steamy background of Hong Kong, China and the West, The Bourne Supremacy brings back Ludlum's most memorable hero with a vengeance when a murder is committed in a smoky cabaret. Ludlum's works include Trevayne and The Icarus Agenda.

Young, newly rich Verity Daniels claims to be receiving threatening demands for money from a mysterious caller. When Jake Runyon agrees to investigate he discovers that the case is nowhere near as clear-cut as it appeared.

Who is Jason Bourne? And why does he have $4 million in a Swiss bank account? This high-tension thriller, by the author of such works as The Scorpio Illusion, centres on a man who has lost his memory, and his search to find out why someone wants him dead.

Busy on an errand, Brother Cadfael has no time to think about the grand wedding which is to take place in the abbey church. The marriage does not look set to be a happy one, but before it can take place a savage killing occurs.

Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island.

In a momentous period of British history, the Great Detective and his faithful biographer, Dr John Watson, are up against an international conspiracy led by a disgraced English officer.

When shelter manager Lauren Vancouver finds out that her old mentor, Mamie Spelling, is an animal hoarder, she jumps to help re-home the cramped critters. But Mamie is also accused of murder when the CEO of the shelter network is found dead.

When shelter manager Lauren Vancouver finds out that her old mentor, Mamie Spelling, is an animal hoarder, she jumps to help re-home the cramped critters. But Mamie is also accused of murder when the CEO of the shelter network is found dead.

Five men. One robbery. A deadly game of greed, revenge and betrayal is about to begin. Fresh out of the SAS, Browning is down on his luck and owes £500,000. Then he is offered a lifeline - to steal £10,000,000 in gold & diamonds.

Two city clerks succumb to a powerful temptation to murder. To conceal it, they are forced into one crime after another. The grimness of thier situation reacts violently upon them, breeding and intense suspicion.