When Paul Stokes runs out of choices, his only path is betrayal. The fragile peace is holding. Behind the scenes, the Israelis are competing for dwindling water resources as Jordan and Palestine face drought. Daoud Dajani has the solution to Jordan's water problems and is bidding against the British for the privatisation of Jordan's water network. When journalist Paul Stokes befriends Dajani's sister, Aisha, British intelligence agent Gerald Lynch realises Paul offers access to the man threatening to drain Israel's water supply and snatch the bid from the British. Blackmailed by Lynch...

Alexander McNabb's Dubai based blog, Fake Plastic Souks, has charted an erratic little course over the years. Like a little pea green boat, it has bobbed on the waves of opulence and the stormy seas of the global financial crisis, throwing inane commentary and half-thoughts out to the benefit of a tiny audience. This wholly irrelevant collection contains the best of the second two years of Fake Plastic Souks.

Alexander McNabb's Dubai based blog, Fake Plastic Souks, has charted an erratic little course over the years. Like a little pea green boat, it has bobbed on the waves of opulence and the stormy seas of the global financial crisis, throwing inane commentary and half-thoughts out to the benefit of a tiny audience. This wholly irrelevant collection contains the best of the first two years of Fake Plastic Souks.

Twenty years ago, Pat used to make bombs for the IRA. He doesn't want to do it again today...
In a world where travellers are made walk barefoot through airport security in case there's a bomb in their heels and we're told 100ml of liquid is dangerous, what happens when a man capable of making bombs that weigh a tonne is torn out of retirement and forced to resume his old trade?
Carnage. That's what.
Pat O'Carolan has been a farmer these past twenty years, living on a remote smallholding with his ghosts and occasional visits from his beloved niece. When he's forced by Somali...

Robyn's recent past is missing. And she's not sure she wants it back. Robyn Shaw has amnesia, a recent trauma so great her mind has veiled her memory. When she starts a new life teaching at a research institute devoted to exceptionally gifted children, the last thing she expects is for those blocked events to be lying in wait for her. Plagued by dreams of death and blood that threaten to overwhelm her, Robyn is fragile and vulnerable. When she meets student Martin Oakley plucking sparrows from the air and breaking their necks, she is pitched into a vicious battle that threatens her grasp of...

Poppy's Nanny is coming to stay for Easter which is brilliant but there's been a burglary in the neighbourhood and a priceless painting has been stolen. Will Poppy's house be next? How can she and Nanny keep a four hundred year old painting of a girl eating an egg safe when the nation's sneakiest criminals have their eyes set on it? Poppy and Nanny are on the case, but the stakes are about as high as cheese can get Can Poppy save the day?