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A
Dysfunctional Success by Eric Goulden
August 2003 - £9.99
The antidote to showbiz biographies from the man who found fame (if
not fortune) as Wreckless Eric on Stiff records back in the 1970s.
'A National Treasure' - Jonathan Ross
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A Man's Enemies by Bill James
September/October 2003 - £15.99/£7.99
The follow-up to Split sees Simon Abelard (his intelligence section's 'token black') teamed up with a raw woman recruit to solve the murder of one of the section's own officers.
Spys & Adventure |
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A White Arrest by Ken Bruen
October 1998 - £6.50
The first part of Bruen's landmark White trilogy, set in South London and featuring less than clean cops Brant and Roberts.
Crime & mystery |
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Audacious
Perversion by Mark Sanderson
September 1998 - £6.50
"An elegantly written and stylish black comedy - a new Kind Hearts
and Coronets set among the cocaine-snorters of the late Nineties."
- Evening Standard
Crime & mystery
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Baby
Oil & Ice: Striptease in East London edited
by Laura Clifton;
photographs by Sara
Ainslee & Julie Cook
August 2002 - £25.00
A stunning book containing 176 pages of full colour photographs,
interviews and writing from those involved in this disappearing
industry.
Art/photographic/erotic
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Blitz
by Ken Bruen
August 2002 - £6.99/£15.00
The fast moving
follow-up to the ‘White Trilogy’: The Brixton-based police
squad is suffering collective
burn out and
to make matters worse, there's a serial killer on the loose, targeting
cops.
Crime
& Mystery
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Charlie's
Choice by Brian Freemantle
November 1997- £9.00
The
First Charlie Muffin Omnibus: Charlie Muffin / Clap Hands, Here
Comes Charlie / The Inscrutable Charlie Muffin. The first three
stories of the down-at-heel spy collected in one volume.
Thriller & Adventure
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Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer by Maxim Jakubowski
January 2004- £7.99
On the death of a minor league writer, a mysterious woman is called in to investigate his life and to find his lost memoirs, lest they incriminate people in high places. She is hardly prepared for what she stirs up...
Crime & Mystery/Erotic |
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Crime
in the City edited by Martin Edwards
September 2002 - £6.99/£15.00
The
official anthology of the Crime Writers' Association, featuring
new stories from
Crime & Mystery
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Cunt
by Stewart Home
May 1999- £7.50
Stewart
Home's controversial novel was banned by many booksellers and its
cover could be the first not to be allowed a title (stickers included!).
Abrasive and darkly witty: essential reading for psychopaths, sociopaths
and anyone else interested in publishing.
Modern Fiction
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Dancing
With Mermaids by Miles Gibson
September 1997- £7
Set
close to the poisonous swamps at the mouth of the River Sheep, the
town has been isolated from its neighbours for centuries. But mysterious
events are unfolding...
Miles Gibson's mesmerising second novel.
Modern Fiction
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DNA
Cowboys Trilogy by Mick Farren
September 2002- £10/£15
Three
cult science fiction classics together and available for the first
time since the 1970s. With influences that range from Star Trek
to Kung Fu and from the Marquis de Sade to Sam Peckinpah, cult author
Farren created a bizarre universe that stands the rigours of time.
Science Fiction
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Don't
Think of Tigers edited by Peter Guttridge
June 2001
- £7.50/£15
The
writers featured in this anthology are all winners of First Edition,
a writing competition and mentoring scheme. The mentors include
Alan Brownjohn, Chaz Brenchley, Stella Duffy, Tobias Hill and Russell
James.
Modern Fiction
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Down & Out in Shoreditch & Hoxton by Stewart Home
February 2004- £7.99
A slice-and-dice splatter novel in which time-travelling streetwalkers hump their way from trendy east London of today back to the skid row mutilations of the Jack the Ripper era.
Modern Fiction |
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Double
Take by Mike Ripley
April 2002 - £6.99/£15
The scam is alive and well and about to depart
from Heathrow Airport… The first hilarious stand-alone
novel from the creator of the best-selling Angel series, Double
Take tells how to rob Heathrow Airport and get away with it.
Crime & Mystery
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Einstein by Miles Gibson
June 2004- £6.99/£15.00
Charlie is woken one night to be told it's the end of the world. So what's he supposed to do about it? A wry, funny and ultimately revealing novel from the author of The Sandman and Mr Romance .
Modern Fiction |
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End of the Line by KT McCaffrey
August/September 2003 - £6.99/£15
A tough case of multiple murder for Irish investigative reporter Emma Boylan. 'A really good read, this thriller gripped my attention from page one and held it until the end.' – Books Ireland
Crime & Mystery |
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The
Erotic Novels Set by Maxim Jakubowski
January 2002 - £12.99
Signed, numbered limited edition (250) box set containing a unique
booklet, plus 'It's You That I Want To Kiss', 'Because She Thought
She Loved Me' Andean Tenderness Express'.
Erotic/Crime & Mystery
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First
of the True Believers by Paul Charles
April 2002 - £7.50/£15
A novel concerning The Beatles. A decade in the life of Theodore
Hennessy – the drummer who almost made it into The Beatles
– interspersed with the story of the early days of the Fab
Four themselves.
Modern Fiction
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Fresh
Blood - Combined Set
edited by Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski
June 2001 - £10
All three landmark anthologies collected in one set for only £10.
Not available for sale outside the European Union.
Crime & Mystery
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Fresh
Blood 2 edited by Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski
November 1997- £8
Second landmark anthology of top British crime writers. Features
original stories from John Baker, Christopher Brookmyre, Ken Bruen,
Carol Anne Davis, Lauren Henderson, Charles Higson, Phil Lovesey,
Iain Sinclair, RD Wingfield and more.
Crime & Mystery
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Fresh
Blood 3 edited by Mike Ripley & Maxim Jakubowski
October 1999- £8
Third landmark anthology of top British crime writers. Features
original stories from Lee Child, Minette Walters, Martyn Waites,
Paul Charles, Peter Guttridge, Phil Andrews, Rob Ryan and more.
Crime & Mystery
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Green For Danger edited by Martin Edwards
October 2003 - £7.99/£15.00
The official Crime Writers' Association Anthology 2004 featuring stories from Andrea Badenoch, Robert Barnard, Carol Anne Davis, Reginald Hill, Michael Jecks, Ruth Rendell and more.
Crime & Mystery |
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Grief
by John B Spencer
June 2003 - £7.99/£15
The
final novel, completed just weeks before John B Spencer's tragic
death in March 2002 and his best. Again, set in the West London
he'd lived in all his life, 'Grief' is a potent mix of drama, humour
and tragedy that will stay with you long after the final page is
turned.
Fiction /
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The
Hackman Blues by Ken Bruen
November 1997 - £7
Ken Bruen's powerful second novel is a gritty and grainy mix of
crime noir and Urban Blues that greets you like a mugger stays with
you like a razor-scar.
Crime & Mystery
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Hissing
of the Silent Lonely Room by Paul Charles
September 2001 - £7.50/£15
When a woman’s body is discovered in a gas-filled flat in Primrose
Hill, north London, it looks like just another suicide. But Detective
Inspector Christy Kennedy isn’t so sure. The fifth Kennedy
mystery.
Crime & Mystery
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Ike Turner: King of Rhythm by John Collis
November 2003 - £9.99
Ike Turner is best known as 'Mr Tina Turner' but in a career that began in the pre-rock'n'roll R&B era and which has spanned over 50 years, he was one of rock's most infuential musicians. This is the first biography of the man and his music.
Music/Biography |
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I've
Heard the Banshee Sing by Paul Charles
September 2002 - £7.50/£15
After
the butchered and dismembered body of an elderly man is discovered
in Camden Town’s Black Cat Building,
DI Christy Kennedy's
sixth case takes him back to his Northern Ireland homeland to investigate
a mystery with roots in the past.
Crime & Mystery
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It's
Not A Runner Bean by Mark Steel
September 1996 - £5.99
Subtitled 'Dispatches from a Slightly Successful Comedian'. From
his standpoint behind the microphone, columnist and comedian Mark
Steel is in the perfect position to view all human existence.
Biography
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The
Jook by Gary Phillips
July 2002 - £6.99/£15
LA's Zelmont Raines has slid a long way since those winning touchdowns
brought him lucrative endorsement deals. Crack, booze, a paternity
suit and some shady investments in gangsta rap. Can things get any
worse?
Crime & Mystery
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Judas Pig by 'Horace Silver'
February 2004- £7.99
An explosive first novel from a former career criminal, Judas Pig comes with authenticity stamped all the way through. Dark and vivid, bleak, yet often funny and always beautifully-written, it is a book that will stay with you forever.
Crime & Mystery |
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The Justice Factory by Paul Charles
January 2004- £7.99/£16.99
The seventh Detective Inspector Christy Kennedy mystery. When attending a funeral in a rain-drenched churchyard, Kennedy is as shocked as anyone by the surprise that awaits them and which leads to his most difficult case to date.
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