Books from Orion

  • Bad Choices: The most hilarious book about female friendship of 2021 from the bestselling author of HOT MESS
    By Lucy Vine

    'I got it from a sofa in a Daniels' department store. I just think people in London will get me more. And there are so many boys, I'm bound to get laid on a constant rotation!' 'Bound to,' Zoe says agreeably, moving to the mirror and ...

  • Hit Factories: A Journey Through the Industrial Cities of British Pop
    By Karl Whitney

    Simon Goddard, Simply Thrilled: The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records (Ebury Press, 2014), 5. Paul Morley, 'Orange Juice: The Sneer That Says Wish You Were Here', NME, 4 October 1980. 6. David Cavanagh, The Creation Records Story: ...

  • The Price of Murder
    By John D. MacDonald

    On the surface, they seem like three very different people: Danny Bronson, a cunning ex-con struggling to go straight; his brother, Lee, a former Gridiron star turned college professor; and Johnny Keefler, a crooked parole officer who lives ...

  • The Genesis Quest: The Geniuses and Eccentrics on a Journey to Uncover the Origin of Life on Earth
    By Michael Marshall

    A young Harvard graduate student named Colleen Cavanaugh heard about this and realised there must be bacteria living in the worms' guts, which obtained energy by converting hydrogen sulphide into sulphur. Cavanaugh guessed that this was ...

  • Untitled Landay 2 Of 2
    By William Landay

    Untitled Landay 2 Of 2

  • The Strangler
    By William Landay

    It's 1963 and the Boston Strangler has already claimed a dozen victims. But for three brothers, death is about to come a lot closer to home. Joe - the cop...

  • No One Can Change Your Life Except For You: The Sunday Times bestseller
    By Laura Whitmore

    I remember once I had an email from Meg Matthews (she of Oasis's 'Wonderwall'muse fame and, just as important, a spokesperson for women's issues). I didn't know Meg at the time, but she was asking me if I wanted to try out veganism and ...

  • The Hit List: You live an ordinary life, so why does someone want you dead?
    By Holly Seddon

    ... pester you.' The stereo reads 17:37. As she reverses out of Noah's drive, Marianne tries to picture what she would have been doing at this exact time a year ago. The memory is blank, the black box recorder removed for her own good.

  • No Good Deeds
    By Laura Lippman

    When the body of Federal Attorney Gregory Youssef is found dumped on the edge of Baltimore, every cop in the city is determined to catch his killer.

  • Christina Jones Two Great Novels Omnibus
    By Christina Jones, Jones Christina Staff

    Christina Jones Two Great Novels Omnibus

  • Stealing the Show
    By Christina Jones

    When Nell Bradley discovers a set of dilapidated gallopers ¿ an antique roundabout with carved horses ¿ for sale, she is delighted.

  • Second Chance: The Autobiography
    By Mark Todd

    second to John Whitaker and Milton in the grand prix at Hickstead – and things don't get much better than that – and for a few heady days I was leading rider at the Spruce Meadows show in Calgary with a couple ofthird places.

  • Pay Days
    By Bill James

    Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his amoral superior Assistant Chief Constable Desmond lles face a political and personal dilemma when they suspect fellow Officer Nivette of taking bribes from underworld...

  • The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper
    By Jonathan Wilson

    In thefilm, which,while far from conventional, sticks far more closely to the template of the detective storythan the overtly existentialist novel, the man Bloch speaks to in the stadium is a policeman and he is inhishome townrather ...

  • The Impossible Dead
    By Ian Rankin

    Laird deigned to meet Kaye's eyes at last. 'You're a cheeky little bastard, aren't you?' 'Depends on the situation, sir.' Kaye sensed that he was standing in front of a man who believed in the troops under his command and would defend ...

  • The Complete Rebus Collection: Eighteen Books
    By Ian Rankin

    No, just leave him be. I'll be there as soon as I can. What was your address again?' At the end of the call, she stomped out of bed and started to dress. 'Mrs Laird's husband says he's on the way out this time,' she said.

  • 10 Great Rebus Novels
    By Ian Rankin

    Yes, hello, Mrs Laird. Is he now? Is that right? It isn't maybe just flu?' Rebus checked his watch. Nine thirty.It was Patience's turn to do standby emergency for her group practice. 'Aha,'she was saying, 'aha,' as the caller talked on.

  • Maverick One: The True Story of a Para, Pathfinder, Renegade
    By David Blakeley

    In a flash Powell had grabbed the bloke and dragged him outside. As he wentbyme,I could tellthat theSerb was out of his head on drink or drugs, andhestank of stale sweat and worse. The bloke was minging.

  • Death Warrant: Kenneth Noye, the Brink's-Mat Robbery and the Gold
    By Will Pearson

    This time, he ran.Will Pearson's searing, no-punches-pulled page-turner takes us from the grimy back streets of Peckham via secret Spanish villas and a Cosa Nostra Florida condominium to the high life in Switzerland, playing an expert light ...

  • Deadly Perfume
    By Kenneth W. Thomas

    Deadly Perfume