Flaubert's novel scandalized its readers when it was first published in 1857, and it remains unsurpassed in its unveiling of character and society.

Andrea Hayes put terrorism behind her when a bomb she made for the IRA killed a group of innocent children. Now, years later, her settled life is dramatically curtailed when her daughter is kidnapped & she has to fall back on her old trade to save her.

A bomb goes off in a small town in the west of America and FBI agent Alex Cross is summoned in to help investigate. Calls from an anonymous villain do little to explain the violence as reports come in of similar bombings across the globe. An Askews Gold 2004 title.

Maria is an ambitious young graduate about to embark on a journey round the world with friends. Her life is a million miles from that of her early childhood in Manchester. A life she had escaped from when her mother was murdered. When a letter informing her that she has inherited a property arrives, it changes all her plans.