A Prisoner of Birth: Jeffrey Archer
If you were one of the millions of people who enjoyed Kane and Abel, you won't want to wait to get stuck into A Prisoner of Birth, which is very much in that vintage Jeffrey Archer mould. Two individuals from different ends of the social scale connect in London, and within hours their fates are bound together. When Danny goes on trial for murder, Spencer is counsel for the prosecution. Thus they face each other in a courtroom, in a dramatic confrontation that will have lifelong repercussions for them both.

Child 44: Tom Rob Smith
In Stalin's Russia, where everything is for the best and model citizens are the rule, can such a thing as a serial killer exist? MGB officer Leo Demidov believes so, despire his superiors' attempts to persuade him otherwise. An officer in Stalin's State Security force, Leo refuses to denounce his wife as a traitor and is banished from Moscow to Siberia. There, working in the local militia, he comes across a suspicious death. He dreads that a serial killer is murdering children, but in a regime that won't admit to the existence of such evil, he must pursue the truth alone -- and on the run.

The Choice: Nicholas Sparks
A tale about love found and lost, and the choices we hope we'll never have to make. Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, Nicholas Spark's new novel tells the story of Travis Parker, a small-town veterinarian who's perfectly content with the active life he leads -- until Gabby Holland becomes his neighbour. Gabby is in love with her boyfriend of three years and is planning the wedding she's always dreamed about, but the friendly connection between her and Travis is just a beginning. As time goes by, their relationship becomes something quite different -- with much higher stakes...

The Crystal Skull: Manda Scott
A Mayan legend has it that thirteen crystal skulls are hidden across the globe and, if they can be brought together, they will stave off the destruction of mankind. This belief, and the existence of a crystal skull in the British Museum, sparked the imagination of Manda Scott, acclaimed author of Boudica, a novel about early Britain. In The Crystal Skull the heroine is a Yorkshire lass named Stella, who demands an unusual wedding present from her partner, Kit -- entry to a secret cave that he calls 'the cathedral of the earth'. This beguiling adventure moves between Cambridge, Yorkshire and South America, and delves deeply into a past civilization.