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The earth is in crisis following a series of sun flares that destroyed its natural resources. Drastic measures were taken to safeguard the future of humanity, but in a world of disease and high-level conspiracy, some must pay the ultimate price. James Dasher’s novels combine fast-paced action with intrigue, secrecy and betrayals, making the series a hit with adults and teenagers and inspiring a film series. Titles included are The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure and the prequel, The Kill Order. Young adult

Tess Gerritsen (b.1953) has a degree in anthropology, trained as a doctor and, since 1986, has been a best-selling author. Written with first-hand knowledge of trauma and autopsy, her books featuring the detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Dr Maura Isles are tense, chilling and gory thrillers. The six titles included in this set are: The Surgeon (Read more...) The Apprentice (Read more...) The Sinner (Read more...) Body Double (Read more...) Vanish (Read more...) The Mephisto Club (Read more...)

It’s London 1980 and Jane Tennison is feeling the pressure of being the first female detective at the Met’s Flying Squad. On discovering that a gang is planning a multi-million pound armed robbery, she puts her life on the line to stop them.

The three titles included in this set are: Rebellion's Message (Read more...) Dark Queen Rising (Read more...) The Almanack (Read more...)

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Rebus is retired with health problems, but when his daughter’s husband goes missing, he immediately drives his aged Saab to her home on Scotland’s windswept northern coast. The Inverness police are on the case, but as Rebus senses something secretive about the small, remote town, the detective instinct kicks in.

A deadly rockpool, a faceless body on a beach, an Adriatic holiday interrupted by an unusual couple – the ten short summertime mysteries selected for this volume are by classic crime writers including Ruth Rendell, Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L Sayers.

These ten short murder mysteries from masters of the genre including Ellis Peters and Dorothy L Sayers feature tales of missing jewels, festive dinners gone wrong, suspicious accidents at winter holiday resorts and Horace Rumpole for the defence.

Lizzie Rees seems to have died of natural causes, but her mother is not convinced. Coroner Harry Probert-Lloyd finds himself drawn into the mystery despite struggling with blindness and the threat of bankruptcy in this fourth novel in the Teifi Valley Coroner series, set in 19th-century Wales.

Aiming to create 'a place for busy minds to rest', Kathryn Nicolai presents a collection of seasonal short stories designed to calm the reader towards sleep. A series of unnamed narrators recount the small pleasures they find in everyday life – from watching a snowstorm from the sanctuary of a cosy living room to enjoying an alfresco summer supper by a moonlit lake.

This literary murder mystery sees the seemingly-innocent death of nonagenarian Peggy Smith becoming a perilous affair when it transpires Peggy was something of an expert on murder, and may have had a mysterious stalker.

The Imperial Assassin novels follow the adventures of the military scout Silus after he is recruited into the Arcani, an elite group of spies and killers, in the troubled Roman Empire of the early 3rd century AD. The four titles included in this set are: Emperor's Sword (Read more...) Emperor's Knife (Read more...) Emperor's Axe (Read more...) Emperor’s Spear (Read more...)

The seventeenth entry in the DSI William Lorimer series sees its hero dealing with the murder of a friend and ex-colleague. When two more ex-police are reported dead Lorimer must act fast – the next victim could be him.

Struggling author Libby and her best friend, lovelorn divorcee George, embark on a series of Christmas-themed dates around Whitecliff Bay to reinvigorate their respective writing and romantic lives – only to find more sparks flying than either of them expected.

Alison Willetts has survived a deliberately induced stroke. She can see, hear and feel, but is unable to move or communicate. World-weary, Country-and-Western loving detective Tom Thorne believes that, in leaving her alive, a killer has made his first mistake.

Widower, baker and expert potato farmer, Mr Doubler lives contentedly in his hilltop home until his only company, the housekeeper, is taken ill. With routine shattered, Mr Doubler has no choice but to re-enter the world, and begin again.

In the dystopian nation of Panem, a split-second decision propels 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen into the Hunger Games – a reality show in which teenagers representing each district must fight to the death. Her participation generates a shocking response, and a future no one dared imagine starts to unfold. Tackling themes including inequality, accountability and ethics, Suzanne Collins’ best-selling trilogy features on the BBC’s list of 100 most influential books. Young Adult The three titles included in this set are: The Hunger Games (Read more...) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Read more...) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Read more...)

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As Sir Maurice Newbury hurtles towards St Petersburg on the sleeper train, with his mission to collect a clockwork heart that could save his dying assistant, he becomes aware that sinister forces threaten the lives of everyone on board.

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Discovered in a Berlin cabaret in the Roaring Twenties, Madou becomes a Hollywood superstar. Her rise to fame, and anguish as her beauty fades, are observed through the eyes of her unglamorous daughter, who longs to escape her mother’s shadow.

Rudy Waltz accidentally committed manslaughter at the age of 12. Now 54 and living in Haiti, but still traumatized, he wonders if his ancestors were to blame – including his father, who unwittingly aided the rise of Adolf Hitler.

An audacious kidnapping followed by a bomb blast in downtown Atlanta drags medical examiner Sara Linton into the heart of a deadly conspiracy. When she too is abducted, her partner Will goes undercover, risking his own life to save hers.

Young wife Helene struggles to forge a life alone in Nazi-occupied Guernsey – her story is told through her daughter who, decades later, explores the long-buried truth of her mother’s life, and of her own father’s true identity.

Set in Cotswolds villages and farmhouses, Rebecca Tope’s mysteries find death and deception lurking within the tranquil countryside where Thea Osborne, accompanied by her spaniel Hepzibah, works as a professional house-sitter. Sometimes it seems that the absence of home owners activates malign forces in their neighbourhoods. The two titles included in this set are: Slaughter in the Cotswolds (Read more...) Blood in the Cotswolds (Read more...)

Anna Jacobs splits her time between Wiltshire and Australia, infusing her romantic novels with her experiences of both cultures. Adept at creating well-rounded, relatable characters, she writes sympathetically about the challenges posed by family life, emigration and relationships, and her stories always have a happy ending. The two titles included in this set are: Marrying a Stranger (Read more...) Licence to Dream (Read more...)

An author with a penchant for feisty, straight-talking heroines, Kitty Wilson has a love for and knowledge of life in Cornwall that is clear in her writing. With well-crafted characters and idyllic settings, her light-hearted novels follow the romantic trials and tribulations of the staff at Penmenna Village School. The three titles included in this set are: The Cornish Village School (Read more...) The Cornish Village School (Read more...) The Cornish Village School (Read more...)

When a colleague goes missing at a satellite launch facility, Martin Hepton suspects something is amiss, but the only person who believes him is his journalist ex-girlfriend. This early thriller is reissued with a new introduction by the author.

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Helena’s life seems ordinary, but she is hiding a dark secret: she and her mother were kept captive in an isolated cabin for years by her father. Later, when he escapes from prison, she must take desperate measures to save her family.

On holiday in the French Alps, Skye meets Johnny and a romance develops. Once Skye is home in Edinburgh, he disappears from her life, but Skye will stop at nothing to find him, and discover the secrets he’s hiding.

A journalist with a record of tracking down killers, Jack McEvoy is now a suspect in the murder of Tina Portrero, a woman he barely knew. Disturbed by the nature of her death he begins investigating it, and finds himself on the trail of a serial killer.

Trouble is stirring on the empire’s northern frontier. When his friend Atius goes missing in Germania, Silus is dispatched to the battle-torn region to rescue him and discover who is betraying Rome’s military secrets to the enemy.

Based on real events, meticulously researched and cleverly plotted, Alex Gerlis’s first series of Second World War espionage thrillers follows the MI5 spymaster Major Edgar, his Soviet counterpart Viktor Krasotkin, Special Operations Executives and ordinary people caught up in the European conflict, from the last weeks of peace in 1939 to the Cold War after 1945. The four titles included in this set are:The Best of Our Spies (Read more...) The Berlin Spies (Read more...) Vienna Spies (Read more...) The Swiss Spy (Read more...)

Set in the Teifi Valley where three counties (Carmarthenshire, Ceridigion and Pembrokeshire) meet, Alis Hawkins’s much acclaimed historical thrillers take us back to the mid-19th century, when policemen kept the peace, coroners investigated the corpses and, in the words of the author, ‘it was incredibly easy to murder somebody and not be found out’. The three titles included in this set are: Those Who Know (Read more...) None So Blind (Read more...) In Two Minds (Read more...)

Described by one critic as ‘a breath of fresh, tartan noir air’, Marion Todd’s thrillers introduce Detective Inspector Clare Mackay, formerly with Glasgow’s Major Investigations Teams, now relocated to St Andrews CID. She is a smart, tough, experienced investigator – so what is behind the move from big city to picturesque St Andrews? The three titles included in this set are: Lies to Tell (Read more...) See Them Run (Read more...) In Plain Sight (Read more...)

Lynne McEwan’s debut crime thriller sees DI Shona Oliver, recently moved to Dumfries, delving into a network of criminal activity involving a body recovered from the Solway Firth, local robberies, a large-scale drug bust and a people-trafficking ring.

Suspected of murder in London in 1554, petty thief Jack Blackjack tries to flee. With all the bridges blocked by a rebel army he is trapped in the city, and must find the real killer before his pursuers catch up with him.

First published in 1824, Hogg’s masterpiece tells how Robert Wringhim, a Calvinist youth, is persuaded to commit a series of murders by the shadowy Gil-Martin. Robert’s self-justification – that our acts are predestined by God – forms a scathing critique of religion.