Quick Reads

Colin Burrows is desperate. Recently sent to prison for burglary, he knows that his four year sentence means that he will miss the birth of his first child. Sharing a cell with Colin is Barry Marsden. Unlike most of the inmates, Barry actually likes prison life, and is upset that he will have to ...

It is possible to get the life you really want. You just need the right approach. Over the last 30 years as an entrepreneur James Caan has learnt what it takes to build a successful business, and the same strategy for success can be used to build successful lives. Here, he provides his strategy.

This is the call he is always ready for. They've had word of a planned attack. That's why he's back here, opposite some suit who's trying to tell him what he needs to do. But he knows exactly what's required. Four men. Plain clothes. Eyes peeled. Three targets. Two cases. One car. Gibraltar isn't...

A beautiful young woman is found murdered on a river bank, and Detective Harriet Blue is convinced she's the next victim of the worst serial killer Sydney has seen in decades. But the more Harriet learns, the more she realises this murder is not what she first thought. And her own life might be t...

Kit de Waal and her brother and sisters had a hard childhood in the West Midlands. Her Irish mother didn't feed them, didn't believe in Christmas or birthdays, and thought the world would end in 1975. Her father saved all his money to return to the Caribbean, where he planned to make a new life w...

Roy Grace and his family have left Sussex behind for a week's holiday in France. The website promised a grand house, but when they arrive the place is very different from the pictures. And it soon becomes clear that their holiday nightmare is only just beginning. An old enemy of Roy, a lowlife cr...

What really goes on in a school full of unruly children? Could you travel all over the world for work? Whether we love it or hate it, work has a huge impact on our lives and in recent times working life has totally changed. From builder to baker to social care worker, these writers let us know.

Pippa Jones seems to have it all. The only thing that the high-flying career girl is missing is love. When she spots a gorgeous man who seems to be following her everywhere she goes, she wonders if fate is trying to throw them together. But with her job on the line can she afford to make time for...

Martin Thomas is not happy: the view he loves is about to be blocked by an ugly building. Deciding to take action, he forms a protest group but finds himself running for his life when things go wrong.

Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut he rents with a few of his mates. As a policeman, it is a welcome break from his daily life. One weekend he's down there on his own when he notices a girl. He's young and single and she catches his eye. But during this weekend, both Jenna and C...