Black TideWhen journalist India Kane agrees to accompany a Greenpeace ship called Sundancer in its pursuit of a whaling fleet, she has no idea what awaits her. Buffeted by high winds and blinded by freezing fog, by the time they spot the huge tanker bearing down on them it is simply too late. Eight crewmembers are lost. Ned, one of India's closest friends, is among them. When it emerges that the tanker that rammed Sundancer is unregistered a kind of ghost ship,

when he awakes from his coma

has set fire to her husband's belongings after discovering a heart-breaking betrayal - yet her fierce bravado hides a past she doesn't want to talk about

and his growing respect for the stubborn leadership of Alfred

Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others

there are thefts of paintings and pottery

Mark Hardie's brilliant detective duo return in his gripping second thriller

yet never fails to entertain

A Discworld Tale of One City

Little but rope holds the disintegrating hull together

No one knows who to trust

What Cotton discovers amid the stifling heat and dust could just tilt the emerging balance of post-war power

a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black and her terrible purpose