"A fast-paced noir thriller. The Ice Maiden deserves a spot at the top of your reading list." -Best ThrillersGet ready for a pulse-pounding thrill ride that will leave you gasping for breath! The Ice Maiden, the first book in the Doug Bateman Thrillers series, is a must-read for fans of gripping thrillers.Maine State Police detective, Doug Bateman, is struggling to keep his life together after the death of his son and the unraveling of his marriage. But when a mutilated corpse is discovered in the local lake, he sees a chance for redemption. Teaming up with a talented new deputy from the Sheriff's office, Bateman throws himself into the investigation, only to discover that the killer is playing a twisted game with them.As the body count rises and Bateman's relationship with his colleague heats up, he must race against time to catch the ruthless killer before he claims more innocent lives.With its authentic setting, unexpected romance, and spine-tingling thrills, The Ice Maiden will keep you guessing until the very end. If you love fast-paced police procedurals with complex characters and a heart-pumping plot, then you won't want to miss this crime thriller by B.D. Smith. Order your copy now and discover why critics are raving about The Ice Maiden!

Augustus: Son of Rome forges action and adventure with politics and philosophy. This superb story is drenched in both blood and wisdom - and puts Foreman on the map as the coming man of historical fiction.' Saul David, author of the Zulu Hart series. Eagles Rising. Books 1 & 2 in bestselling author Richard Foreman's epic Augustus series are now available in this must-have collective edition.
AUGUSTUS: SON OF ROME 'Augustus: Son of Rome' tells the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar and the rise of his heir, Gaius Octavius, as he journeys to Rome from Apollonia. We see a boy grow into a man as Octavius develops the moral courage, intelligence and ruthlessness that will finally see him become Augustus, Emperor of Rome.
The pen and sword will be employed to defeat his enemies and Octavius will earn the name of "Caesar".
Yet Rome will exact its price - and triumph will be accompanied by tragedy.
Julius Caesar, Cicero, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Brutus and Marcus Agrippa all feature in this epic adventure, which will appeal to fans of Shakespeare, Plutarch and Conn Iggulden alike.
AUGUSTUS: SON OF CAESAR Caesar is dead - murdered by Marcus Brutus and his fellow conspirators.
Mark Antony now holds power in Rome, through his position as consul and the legions under his command.
Brutus has fled the capital, along with Cassius Longinus. Cicero is a shadow of the force he once was.
The Senate are unable or unwilling to oppose Antony but Octavius, Caesar's heir, is daring to defy Rome's new dictator.
Octavius - along with Marcus Agrippa and the centurion Lucius Oppius - must first negotiate the treacherous politics of the capital and then recruit an army, in order to defeat their enemies.
War is inevitable. The fate of Rome will be decided on the battlefield rather than in the Forum.
Caesar is dead. Long live Caesar.
Recommended for fans of Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane and Simon Scarrow. Richard Foreman is the bestselling historical novelist of the Sword of Rome and Sword of Empire series. He has also written Band of Brothers: The Complete Campaigns, based upon Henry V and the Agincourt campaign, as well as a series of novels charting the rise of Augustus Caesar and Marcus Agrippa (Augustus: Son of Rome and Augustus: Son of Caesar). He lives in London.
Praise for Spies of Rome: Blood & Honour
"An arresting opening that leads into a thoroughly gripping story. Impressive research and understanding of the period allows Richard Foreman to move so seamlessly and effectively from historical epic to historical detective thriller. A must read for fans of Steven Saylor." Peter Tonkin, author of 'The Ides'. Praise for 'Raffles: The Complete Innings':
'Classy, humorous and surprisingly touching tales of cricket, friendship and crime.' David Blackburn, The Spectator. Praise for 'Band of Brothers: Complete Campaigns':
'Escapism at its best... A great read that tells much about the style of war and how the individuals fought, I can recommend this!' Michael Jecks, author of 'Fields of Glory'.

Books 25 to 28 in the Sam Reilly Action and Adventure Thriller series!25. Dragon's BreathIn 1974, local farmers outside Xi'an, China, discovered an army of more than 8,000 life-sized ancient terracotta warriors buried in a series of pits. Historians believed that the warriors were placed there to guard the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.The historians were wrong. The Terracotta Army was there to prevent the evil buried within from ever surfacing again.26. The Vostok EnigmaIn East Antarctica, a team of scientists drilled a hole in the Vostok ice sheet to take a sample of the subterranean lake 2.2 miles below the surface.Within hours, elite military teams from the U.S., Great Britain, Russia, and Australia had converged on the site – which meant somebody had revealed what they had really discovered buried beneath the snow…27. Skeleton CrewA freak accident causes one of the largest cargo ships in the world, the Trident GS, to run aground while transiting the Suez Canal in Egypt.Maritime salvage expert Sam Reilly is flown in to find out what went wrong, and how to re-float the ocean-going behemoth. Something about the accident just doesn’t seem right…28. The Midas VaultA group of cave divers exploring the deepest recess of a previously unexplored section of the Chevé Cave Mexico – one of the deepest caves on Earth – sent a message up from the bottom of the flooded cave, via a sealed bottle that floated to the surface.HELP!

A long-lost manuscript may reveal the past—or destroy the future—in "a wildly imaginative thriller that fans of Dan Brown and Steve Berry will love" (Phillip Margolin, New York Times–bestselling author).   Lee Nicholson is ready to take the academic world by storm, having discovered a sonnet she believes was written by William Shakespeare. But when she reads the poem on the air, the words put her life in peril and trigger a violent chase—with stakes that reach far beyond the cloistered walls of academia.   Buried in the language of the sonnet, in its allusions and wordplay, are secrets that have been hidden since Elizabethan times, secrets known only to the queen and her trusted doctor, but guessed at by men who seek the crown and others who seek the world. If the riddles are solved, it could explode what historians know of the great Elizabeth I—and release a terrifying pandemic.   Lee's quest for the answers buried in the sonnet keeps her one step ahead of an international hunt—from the police who want her for murder, to a group of men who will stop at nothing to end her quest, to a madman who pursues the answers for destructive reasons of his own.   As this intelligent thriller moves back and forth between Tudor England and the present day, Lee begins to piece together the meaning behind Shakespeare's words, carrying the story to its gasp-out-loud conclusion.   "Imaginative plotting and depth of character distinguish this centuries-spanning thriller." —Publishers Weekly   "Will have you on the edge of your seat . . . a roller-coaster ride of a book." —C. W. Gortner, international-bestselling author of The Last Queen

Johnstone Country. Where the Dead Sleep Cold.HAVE COFFIN, WILL TRAVEL On his latest bullion run for the Reverend’s Temptation Gold Mine, Shotgun Johnny crosses paths with three desperate strangers. One is an old man. The other is his daughter Dixie. The third is the old man’s son, Jake Teal, a bank robber who’s wanted dead or alive. Thing is, Jake is already dead—stuffed in a pine box on his family’s wagon. Now every bounty hunter in the state is after his body . . .BRING OUT YOUR DEAD Johnny feels bad for the grieving family and agrees to escort them to Pueblo for a proper burial. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished. A sudden snow storm turns the trail into a frozen hell—but that doesn’t stop the bounty-hunting devils who want to cash in on Jake’s corpse. Some of them think Dixie knows where he hid the cash from his last bank job. Or maybe they’re really after Johnny’s cargo of gold. Either way, they all could end up dead on arrival . . .