Evelyn Anthony ---The Legacy -- Bantam (0593 03659X) £15.99
When Christina Nordholm met the wealthy English widower, Richard Farrington in Stockhlom, it was an encounter that changed her life. Richard, after the suicide of his wife, had left his turbulent, hate-filled eldest son, and the subservient younger one and gone on a cruise round Scandinavia. There he fell in love with Christina and she returned to England with him as his wife.
Ten Years later he died, leaving Christina and her young daughter the legacy of a great house, land, money and a priceless Hebrew manuscript - and also leaving his vindivtive son, Alan, who vows to break the will that has disinherited him.
Evelyn Anthony began writing in 1949, penning a string of successful historical novels before turning her talents to creating the superbly crafted thrillers for which she is now so highly acclaimed.
Lawrence Block ---The Cancelled Czech-- No Exit Press Pbk (1 874061 58 0) £4.99 Out November 7th
The second in the series featuring Evan Micheal Tanner - the man whose sleep centre was destroyed in the Korean war - and hasn't slept a wink since. Tanner loves lost causes and beautiful women. The FBI has a thick file on him; the CIA taps his 'phone..... and a super-secret intelligence agency want him to be their man!
He is simply the best at what he does........if you haven't read him before, you've wasted a lot of time. Begin now. Mostly Murder
Molly Brown --- Invitation to a Funeral --- Vista Pbk (0 575 60036 5) £5.99 Out November 7th. See Review 
Restoration London: when spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn casts Elizabeth Decker as the lead in her new comedy, she immediately regrets it. The Earl of Rochester has a very large bet with the Duke of Buckingham that he can turn Elizabeth into the best Actress on the London stage, and he has offered to bring Aphra in on the deal. However, even with special coaching from Nell Gwynn, the prospect of winning seems remote: she is a truly terrible actress.
But there are other, more dangerous matters afoot; and the deaths of two brothers, one in Aphra's privy, turns out to be linked to the discovery of a secret document which could, unless Aphra moves quickly, plunge England into another civil war........
P.F.Chisholm --- A Surfeit of Guns -- Hodder (0 340 67160 2) £16.99
Set in Carlisle in 1952, this is the third mystery thriller to feature one of crime fiction's most engaging sleuths, Sir Robert Carey, on a dangerous mission across the Scottish border in search of stolen guns.
Celia Dale --- Sheep's Clothing -- Virago Crime Classics Pbk (1 86049 252 5) £5.99
Murder can happen to the most ordinary people. Old ladies, alone in their bedsits with their savings, can be easy prey when faced with two nice women who say they are from the social services......
I can't think of anyone whose stories of suspense I appreciate more. Ruth Rendell
Victor Davis --- The Ghostmaker -- Gollancz ( 0 575 06314 9) £16.99 Out November 28th
Captain Jack Boulder was his regiment's rifle champion, and runner-up for the Queen's Prize. Now, thanks to a spot of unauthorised freelance activity in Northern Ireland, he's just plain mister, running a gun club in the City.
So when the spooks send him £500 in the post just for picking up the phone and listening, he listens. In spite of the ruthlessness with which the army dumped him, the notion of serving his country still means something to him, and of course it's flattering to be told that you're the only man for the job.......
Ruth Dudley Edwards --- Murder in a Cathedral --- HarperCollins (0 00 232597 7) £14.99 Out November 21st
For many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High-Church gays, So when Norm Cooper, an intolerant, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed Dean, there is shock, fear and outrage.
David Ellworthy ,the politically innocent new bishop, is distraught at the prospect of war between the two factions. Desperate for help, he cries on the shoulder of his old friend, the redoubtable Baroness Troutbeck, who forces her unofficial troubleshooter, Robert Amiss, to move into the Bishop's palace. Amiss, Troutbeck and the cat Plutarch address themselves in their various ways to the bishop's problems, which very soon include a clerical corpse in the cathedral............
Praise for Ten Lords a Leaping
Edwards puts the knife into the House of Lords with majestic aplomb Mike Ripley, Daily Telegraph
Mayhem, the recurring sight of masks and jaws dropping, and a marvellously rueful grand finale. John Coleman, Sunday Times.Dorothy Salisbury Davis --- A Death in the Life -- Virago Crime Classics Pbk (1 86049 064 6) £5.99
Julie Hayes is looking for excitement when she sets herself up as a tarot-reader in Manhattan's seamier side. But she hasn't calculated on murder, which thrusts her into a role she didn't expect.
A muscular hand and an unflinching eye for the darkest secrets of our souls. Sara Paretsky
.Celia Fremlin ---The Hours Before Dawn -- Virago Crime Classics Pbk (1 86049 223 1) £5.99 See Review 
Serious, highly intelligent entertainment, beautifully written with wit and humour. Celia Fremlin's writing defies the proceess of ageing. She will make men uncomfortable and women reassured......She is the original exponent of the domestic time bomb. Frances Fyffield.
Frances Fyfield --- Without Consent --- Bantam (0 593 04078 3) £15.99 Out 14th November See Review
When Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey's protogee, DS Ryan, is accused of rape he refuses to defend himself or to account for his movements. That Ryan himself had been investigating rape cases seems to make his behaviour even more inexplicable. Bitterly disappointed in his friend, Bailey is equally furiouswith his fancee, Crown Prosecutor Helen West, who takes the philandering Ryan's guilt as read.
But as the case against Ryan gathers momentum, a shadowy figure starts to impinge on the protagonists lives. A man who is obsessed with the legal definitions of rape, a man whose profession gives him access and intimate contact with vulnerable women, a man who cleverly humiliates his victims leaving them wondering if they had indeed asked for it , a man whose attacks leave no physical trace.
In her sixth West and Bailey novel, France Fyfield is on the top of her form, depicting a world where the mundane events of everyday life coexist alongside the bizarre and unexpected.
Elizabeth George --- In the Presence of the Enemy -- Bantam Pbk (0 553 40846 1) £5.99 ) Out November 7th See Review
As the editor of a popular left-wing tabloid, Dennis Luxford has made a career out of exposing scandal and destroying reputations. When he is offered the chance of breaking another government sleaze story and boosting the circulation of his paper still further his hesitation seems inexplicable. But at the heart of this particular scoop lies the kidnapping of a ten-year-old girl: Luxford's daughter.
Plenty of chill factor.....This story is gripping from start to finish Daily Mail
The reader is in for a page-turning treat. Sunday Times
Rochelle Krich --- Speak No Evil -- Hodder (0 340 68048 2) £16.99
Los angeles attorney Debra Laslow, defending a rapist, is increasingly terrified when a series of lawyers are murdered one by one, and their tongues cut out.....A first British publication for acclaimed American writer Krich.
David Lindsey --- Requiem for a Glass Heart -- Little Brown (0 316 88102 3) £9.99 Out November 7th
Irina Ismaylov kills men and women. For her victims, death comes unexpectedly and she leaves no trace of her presence behind, because each assasination is unique and ingenious. Irina does not kill for pleasure or for money. She kills at the behest of Sergei Krupatin, the Russian crime lord who exerts a monstrous hold over her. Irina is desperate to escape Krupatin, but before she can she must carry out one last, deadly mission. And this time, Irina's odds of survivng seem impossible.
FBI special agent Cate Cuevas, still in mourning, has just learned of a devastating betrayal by her slain husband. Wounded and shaken, she is sudddenly plunged into the most dangerous assignment of her career. The leaders of the three great international crime organisations are to meet in Houston. But the FBI has a chance to stop this unholy alliance, if Cate Cuevas can infiltrate the Russian contingent - and if she can get out alive.
John Malcolm --- Into the Vortex --- HarperCollins (0 00 232621 3 ) Out November 21st
When Tim Simpson goes to Notting Hill Gate to meet four strange men who claim to have a large and important Wyndham Lewis painting in prospect for him, he tells no one about it, for back at White's bank, where Tim runs the Art Fund, the atmosphere of crisis and change is not receptive to the teasure-seeking excursions Tim finds so congenial. All is not well at the bank: the notorious Piers Hargreaves , a powerful and disruptive tycoon, has been brought into the bank's orbit and threatens major upheaval.
Events begin to take a sinister turn, and soon one of the strange men is killed by a hit-and-run driver, and another looses his life just as Tim seems to have found a connection between him and the unlikely rural source of a large painting whitewashed over for use as a pantomime backdrop.......
Horace McCoy ---I Should Have Stayed Home -- Serpent's Tail Midnight Classic Pbk £6.99 Out November 14th
The acclaimed expose of Hollywood in the 1930s: the gigolos, the starlets, the fan magazines and the glitter. I Should have stayed Home tells the story of two jobless roomates and movie extras, Ralph Carson and Mona Matthews. After Mona gains notoriety for cursing a judge during a friend's trial, she and Ralph are introduced to Hollywood society. Ralph battles with his own corruption and loss of principle, while Mona serves as his concience, warning against himself and the temptations of success.