When Shorty Mathews leaves prison after two years he goes to visit 'nice little bit' Alice, only to find that she has been strangled. Shorty panics and goes on the run, leaving the city behind and hitching rides with lorry drivers, going through various adventures before returning to London.

Wolf Hadda's life has been a fairytale. From humble origins as a Cumbrian woodcutter's son, he has risen to become a successful entrepreneur, happily married to the girl of his dreams. A knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison, abandoned by friends & family, Wolf retreats into silence.

Matt Hunter's life has already been blown away once. At the age of 20, he got into a fight outside a party and accidentally killed someone. That momentary lapse of reason cost him four years in jail and a small sliver of his soul. But when he got out he set about rebuilding his life. He carved himself a job as a lawyer and married a beautiful woman. The break in the road seems to have only made him a stronger person. However, when he receives a strange...

Two days before Shadow is released from prison, his wife, Laura, dies in a car crash. On his release he encounters Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a former god and king of America. Together they embark on a strange journey through the heart of the USA.

One of Dickens's greatest novels, 'Great Expectations' is also one of his most autobiographical stories, as the young protagonist Pip escapes from his troubled childhood experiences to learn for himself the perils of love, the dangers of wealth, and how to sort his friends from his enemies.

Harriet Blue used to be a detective. Now she?s inmate 3329. Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop - as Harriet is learning on a daily basis. So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who put her inside. But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old child have gone missing. He?s ready to offer Harriet a deal: find...

When she was a child, Lindsey Rosa's life was governed by the rules of an extreme separatist sect know as the Fellowship. But, as Lindsey grew, so too did her awareness of the outside world. In this book she recalls the heartbreaking choice she had to make in choosing between the family she loved and her need for a 'normal' life.

Blonde and beautiful, Lily King is back on the scene - and not in a good way. Lily killed her and husband did time for it. At least, that's the story. Everyone believes it. But Lily knows it's not true. She knows she was fitted up by someone close to her. Now, she's just hit 30, she's out, and she doesn't do forgiveness.

British prisoners have to endure the most inhumane and barbaric conditions imaginable, so why do so many of them keep going back? Former inmate and documentary maker Chris Atkins has spent the last six years tracking the fortunes of a dozen repeat offenders to understand why the state fails to keep them out of trouble. Featuring funny, wild and poignant stories, 'Time After Time' exploits Chris's unprecedented access to the criminal underworld to...