Blood LiesDido loads baby Ben and his toys into the van and drives down to rural Somerset to spend a couple of restful weeks with a cousin. Ally and her husband have moved there to keep an eye on his old parents who live in the local manor house where, four years ago, the family's youngest son shot and killed an intruder in the library. He is about to turn up after having served a term for manslaughter. And there are all sorts of chickens coming home to roost

And while Magna Carta might be the answer their prayers for peace

At the heart of the organisation he most despises

And hell do whatever it takes to keep her with him

sexism and the politics of a divided America into an explosive brew

In the capital

a forebear of Adeline's

When a celebrated government official is found dead after his surprise birthday party

Jacob Grossman: who disappeared in 1972 and has never been seen since - until now

Determined to find out more

For his wife Daphne

And when a vital message encrypted with a notoriously unbreakable code is intercepted

' Vlado Petric