Maigret and the Minister'Once alone in his office, he went over and opened the window as if being in charge of this case made him gasp for a breath of fresh air It made him feel almost fond of the petty thieves, maniacs, swindlers and offenders of all kinds that he usually had to deal with.' Maigret has no taste for politics, or politicians, but when he is summoned to a clandestine meeting by a desperate government minister one evening, he finds himself drawn into an

menacing and heart-wrenching

Steve Jay is a fireman on the edge

The endless rotstorm rages over the ruins of the Ferron Empire

Reggie Love has been practising law for less than five years

But when she fails to uphold her end of the agreement

he finds himself morbidly fascinated by her train wreck of a marriage

It is a dark time for clairvoyants

Horn's search takes him from neon-lit ocean-front piers to wooded canyons

elegiac and finely crafted' SUNDAY TIMES

so he's a little disoriented to find himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine'

From the author of A Place of Greater Safety

and Madrid lies ruined