Item category 1: Crime

On the eve of her retirement, attorney Mikala Aulani is as vivacious as ever, eagerly anticipating a happy future with her partner. But if Kala has learned anything in 35 years of practicing law, it's that the truth can always surprise you.

Agatha has fallen in love again. This time it's the local gardener, George Marston, she has her eye on. When George is a no-show at a charity ball Agatha goes looking for him and finds he has been murdered.

Scotland in the 90's has a copy-cat serial killer, nick-named 'Johnny Bible' by the media. Rebus, investigating the murder of an oilman, travels north - pursued by a TV crew - and runs into the 'Johnny Bible' media circus head on.

From the author of Whirlpool, Terminal and Double Jeopardy comes the reissue of The Janus Man. Each of Colin Forbes' books have been published worldwide and translated into 30 languages.

A drug dealer is found battered to death in the outskirts of Oslo. A young Dutchman, covered in blood, is taken into custody but refuses to talk. A few days later a lawyer is found shot to death.

Randy Disher has been living with Monk's old assistant Sharona in Summit, NJ, working as the Chief of Police. But when the mayor, the city manager and the majority of city council are arrested for fraud, Disher finds himself acting as mayor.

Josie Giancola has become one of the country's leading experts on buttons. Her reputation draws a Hollywood starlet to her shop, but after the actress is murdered, Josie's cosy world is thrown into chaos.