This is knock-out classic horror about the loneliest town offNevada's Interstate 50-and the scariest.

For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out - and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense. The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a gruelling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports competition. Roadwork: An immovable man refuses to surrender to the irresistible force of progress. The Running Man: TV's future-favourite game show, where contestants are hunted to death in the attempt to win a $1 billion jackpot.

On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the HollywoodHills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty yearsearlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirsup memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. Asthe investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautifulrookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning canbreak them apart--or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the casetakes a few hard turns. Suddenly all of L.A. is in an uproar, andBosch, fighting to keep control, is driven to the brink of anunimaginable decision.

The pivotal sixth instalment in King's bestselling epic fantasy saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life. In the next part of their journey to the tower, Roland and his band of followers face adversity from every side: Susannah Dean has been taken over by a demon-mother and uses the power of Black Thirteen to get from the Mid-World New York City. But who is the father of her child? And what role will the Crimson King play? Roland sends Jake to break Susannah's date with destiny, while he himself uses 'the persistence of magic' to get to Maine in the Summer of 1977. It is a terrible world: for one thing it is real and bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'SALEM'S LOT. SONG OF SUSANNAH is driven by revelation and by suspense. It continues THE DARK TOWER series seamlessly from WOLVES OF THE CALLA and the dramatic climax will leave readers desperate to read the quest's conclusion.

Sizzling David Baldacci's novels have been called "sizzling"(USA Today) and "superior" (Houston Chronicle). Now Baldacci isback, with the story of a death row inmate, a Supreme Court clerk,and a crime that is costing people their lives... TerrifyingMichael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prisonletter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. NowMichael's brother, a cop turned attorney, is coming to Washingtonto find out why his brother was murdered-and what it had to do witha crime that Rufus Harms committed twenty-five years before...Simply the Best In his new novel of corruption, romance, family,and justice at the heart of the American republic, David Baldaccitakes us on a journey of harrowing conspiracy-and proves once againthat in the realm of suspense, he is in a league of his own. TheSimple Truth It's never what it seems...

In his latest work, Antony Beevor—bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 and one of ourmost respected historians of World War II— brings us the true,little-known story of a family torn apart by revolution and war.Olga Chekhova, a stunning Russian beauty, was the niece ofplaywright Anton Chekhov and a famous Nazi-era film actress who wasclosely associated with Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow forBerlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev tobecome a Soviet spy—a career she spent her entire postwar lifedenying. The riveting story of how Olga and her family survived theRussian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, andthe Second World War becomes, in Beevor’s hands, a breathtakingtale of survival in a merciless age.

Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the impending storm, it's just a normal summer's day - with Frisbees flying, lawn mowers humming and barbeques grilling. As the paperboy makes his round, he is unaware of the chrome red van idling up the hill ...Soon the residents will be caught up in a game of wills as the regulators arrive in force to face a child whose powers of expression are just awakening. If you like THE REGULATORS, don't miss DESPERATION, written as an unidentical pair.

In the fifth novel in King's bestselling epic fantasy series, the farming community in the fertile lands of the East has been warned the wolves are coming back. Four gunslingers, led by Roland of Gilead, are also coming their way. And the farmers of the Calla want to enlist some hard calibers. Torn between protecting the innocent community and his urgent quest, Roland faces his most deadly perils as he journey through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower.

Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB bandedtogether to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabalof powerbrokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieveworldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty isback--and the only man with the power to stop it may have alreadyrun out of time.... CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on thetrail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminateits ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money andstone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy.From the Hamptons to London's Belgrave Square, Matarese assassinshave already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all whostand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible tostop--until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victimssurvives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the casewide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agentBrandon Scofield--the only man who has ever infiltrated

The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed.Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat.But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial.A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding.

Thinner' - the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek. Billy Halleck, prosperous if overweight citizen, happily married, shuddered then turned angrily away. The old woman's death had been none of his fault. The courts had cleared him. She'd just stumbled in front of his car. Now he simply wanted to forget the whole messy business. Later, when the scales told him he was losing weight, it was what the doctor ordered. His wife was pleased - as she should have been. But . . . 'Thinner' - the word, the old man's curse, has lodged in Billy's mind like a fattening worm, eating at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, comes violence.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine . . . He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes; he was only a cop . . . Cujo is a huge Saint Bernard dog, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. Then one day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole. Except it isn't a rabbit warren any more. It is a cave inhabited by rabid bats.And Cujo falls sick. Very sick. And the gentle giant who once protected the family becomes a vortex of horror inexorably drawing in all the people around him . . .

When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs. Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose. Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible. But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs - and Kyra can feel them too....

It's not just a game when you're running for your life. Every night they tuned in to the nation's favourite prime-time TV game show. They all watched, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the rich. They all watched the ultimate live death game as the contestants tried to bet not the clock, but annihhilation at the hands of the Hunters. Survive thirty days and win the billion dollar jackpot - that was the promise. But the odds were brutal and the game rigged. Best score so far was eight days. And now there was a new contestant, the latest running man, staking his life while a nation watched.

"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love--and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch

Baldacci's instant New York Times bestselling thriller is thestory of a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists who gather to findthe hidden truth behind the actions of the power elite inWashington, D.C.

Three Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights Adventures. One SpecialPrice The million-copy "New York Times" bestselling trilogy, now inone deluxe omnibus edition. Volume One includes the complete novels"Heirs of the Force," "Shadow Academy," and "The Lost Ones."

Creating George Stark was easy. Getting rid of him won't be ...The sparrows are flying again. The idea - unbidden, inexplicable - haunts the edge of Thad Beaumont's mind. Thad should be happy. For years now it is his secret persona 'George Stark', author of super-violent pulp thrillers, who has paid the family bills. But now, Thad is writing seriously again under his own name, and his menacing pseudonym has been buried forever. And yet ...the sparrows are flying again, and something is terribly wrong in Thad Beaumont's world.

Is it possible to fully know anyone? Even those we love the most? What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime? For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Dave Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness - if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival. And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband's dark and terrifying secrets - he's not the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins. And now he's heading home ...Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.

Only two rival spies—and one mysterious woman—can stop them:Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov, KGB. They share a genius forespionage—and a life of terror and explosive violence. Swornenemies, they have vowed to terminate each other—yet now they mustbecome allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills andice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle ofkillers, the Matarese.