"Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero. The other children in this book are nasty little beasts, called- Augustus Gloop - a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt - a spoiled brat; Violet Beauregarde - a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee - a boy who only watches television. Clutching their Golden Tickets, they arrive at Wonka's chocolate factory. But...

Disavowed spy Charlie Muffin wages war against his former employers Charlie Muffin has come back to England. The ex-spy, a veteran of twenty-five years' service to the Crown, was last seen in Berlin, where an attempt on his life by his own organization led to international embarrassment. They had expected Charlie-a disheveled, middle-aged survivor of every double cross in the book-to die easily. Instead, he disappeared.   But after months on the...

Charlie Muffin has been approached to mastermind a 4.5 million dollar protection job for Tsar Nicholas II's priceless stamp collection. Charlie has no way of knowing that the Romanov stamp exhibition has been staged entirely by the FBI to capture Giuseppe Terrilli, a Florida businessman with a passion for stamps. The Tsar's stamp collection debuts in New York as the Terrilli's mob assembles in Florida to organize the theft of the collection. The robbery...

First, a fishing trawler runs aground on the Massachusetts shore. Then a young scuba diver sent to investigate the wreck is found dead in the water. Doc Adams, a friend of the dead diver, sets out through the stormy seas and blood-flecked sands of Cape Cod to plumb a murder he should have prevented. There he uncovers a hidden treasure in illegal arms and is nearly killed in the process. Doc lets the world think he's dead, the better to hunt for the...

Back at work for British intelligence, Charlie's Japanese assignment might just be his last Charlie Muffin was once the toughest agent in British intelligence. He wasn't strong, fast, or charming, but he knew how to survive. When his agency branded him a traitor, he eluded their pursuit for years. After eventually proving his innocence, he's invited back into The Firm. But only just.   Consigned to a monotonous desk job, it takes months for Charlie...

An authorized agent again, Charlie Muffin must thwart an assassination attempt that could turn the tides of the Cold War It could be the most sensational defection of all time. The head of the Russian KGB's cipher section comes with every code, every plot, every secret. But his most startling disclosure of all is that the Russians are planning a shocking assassination.   But the defector doesn't know who. Or where. Or how. Or when. All Charlie knows...

A disliked innkeeper is murdered during the Ketterick Arts Festival.

A spree of brutal robberies forces Charlie Resnick to confront the darkest moment of his past It starts with five professional thieves. At their first robbery, they press a sawed-off shotgun against a bank manager's head, and leave with nearly forty thousand pounds. They repeat the trick three times, raking in nearly half a million in cash. They have yet to kill, but with each raid they come closer to taking their bounty in blood.   The Nottingham...

There's a slasher loose in the corridors of a large urban hospital. His knowledge of anatomy is matched by his skill with a surgical blade, and his attacks are fast, furtive, and fatal. Among a welter of suspects, it's Resnick's job to keep him from killing again.