ELIZABETH CORLEY: GRAVE DOUBTS (Allison & Busby August 2006) Sergeant Louise Nightingale is the model police officer; calm, composed and always in control. All that changes when she takes part in a police sting to trap the prime suspect in a series of killings. The killer has been preying on young women and Nightingale is the perfect bait, but nothing goes according to plan as she finds herself alone with the killer when her colleagues struggle to get to her in time, and she is attacked. Suddenly, Nightingale is in the very nightmare world she tries to protect others from, and her worst fears are about to come true.

Elizabeth Corley is a welcome addition to the Allison & Busby list - one of the UK's most exciting young crime authors. Corley's plot is intricate: full of twists and turns, and grips from the very first sentence. Elizabeth was born and brought up in West Sussex. Married, with a stepdaughter, she manages to balance her passion for crime-writing with a successful position as Chief Executive,Europe, for a global investment company, dividing her time between London, Germany and France. A one-time vice president of the Crime Writers' Association, Elizabeth is an active member of the organisation yet still finds time to puruse her outside interests of travel, gardening and music. He previous titles include Requiem Mass and Fatal Legacy

EMMA COLE: EVERY SECRET THING (Allison & Busby September 2006) ) A moving love story and a thrilling story of the quest to uncover a hushed-up murder, moving betweenpresent-day London and Canada and the dangerous, double-crossing streets of war-time Lisbon. A debut thriller from a prize-winning author. Emma's previous books have been translated into several languages, selected for the Mystery Guild, condensed by Reader's Digest and Marianne, her second novel, won the prestigious Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize.

Emma Cole is the thriller-writing alias of Canadian novelist Susanna Kearsley. A former museum curator, she brings her own passion for research and travel to bear in her books, weaving history with modern-day intrigue in a way that, in the words of one reviewer, "tells the story of the past and illuminates the present." As Susanna Kearsley, she has written several novels of suspense, including The Shadowy Horse, The Splendour Falls, and Marianna, which won the prestigious Catherine Cookson Literary Prize. She lives in Ontario, Canada.