When a double agent in Cuba suddenly disappears, there is concern that he might have gone rogue, working against ROOM 59 and the world at large. But one of the agency's top spymasters has a blood tie to the operative in question, which leaves him...
Aria doesn’t understand why she keeps gaining weight and why her period is late. It seems obvious that she’s pregnant but she hasn’t had sex in months. A trip to the doctor confirms that she is indeed pregnant but how could she be? And who is...
The Princess of Burundi begins, benignly enough, with a morning jog. The run turns deadly when the jogger finds a mutilated body in the snow. The victim is soon identified as the town+s reformed troublemaker and an expert on tropical fish.Inspector...
After Domina Alys was made prioress, St. Frideswide's became little more than a guest-house for her relatives, the Godfreys. There was no peace to be had anywhere, especially for Sister Frevisse. Constantly tormented by Domina Alys, Frevisse was...
Fans of the Cat Who... series get
an intimate look at the private
lives of those extraordinary
Siamese cats Koko and Yum
Yum--the most unlikely, most
unusual, most delightful team in detective fiction.
In this charming collection of
feline antics,...
With The Private Sector (1971) Joseph Hone introduced readers to British intelligence officer Peter Marlow, who would be the protagonist of three further novels — all now reissued in Faber Finds.
Cairo, May 1967: Marlow is sent from London to...