Urbane Publications is an independent publisher of non-fiction and business books as well as a selection of bestselling crime, thriller, contemporary and literary fiction.
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Mark Grenside began his working career straight out of school at Lloyds of London, specializing in Kidnap, Ransom and Extortion Insurance. At 25 it was time for a career change and to dump the suit and tie so he started his media career working for Jim Henson and The Muppets....
The Player meets Get Shorty in this thrilling debut from Mark Grenside. An LA screenwriter is killed shortly after completing his latest script, FALL OUT - a thriller destined to be a blockbuster but written with a secret double purpose. Echoing events from the past the screenplay is sent to...
The stunning new thriller from the authors of Serial Damage. In a sleepy country village, Detective Inspector Robin Marshal - now in retirement - is nearly killed by a stranger. His friend Alice, a police psychiatrist, discovers that the murder attempt was almost certainly ordered by a terrifying criminal, 'Big Mack',...
The new book in the bestselling Hannah Weybridge thriller series! Dulwich library is the scene of a grisly murder, followed swiftly by another in Manchester, the victims linked by nothing other than their Australian nationality. Police dismiss the idea of a serial killer, but journalist Hannah Weybridge isn't convinced. She is...
Dan Brown meets Andy McNab in Chris Parker's gripping new thriller series. Early in its history, the Roman Catholic Church established a secret sect of elite spies and killers tasked with protecting the Church, its secrets and its treasures - the Mystiko Kataskopos, shortened to the MK. Members of the...
Murder and deceit abound in the exotic backstreets of India in Julie Newman's compelling new thriller. Samantha is a journalist who longs to investigate the big stories that will launch her career. In a search for her 'big break' she comes across a little reported press story in India of...
The first book in the Tom Hunter thriller series. Ted Denton’s explosive debut novel is an exhilarating action thriller pitching the privileged seductive world of a professional sports’ agent against a backdrop of political double dealing, corporate corruption and brutal violence. A young Daniel Ratchet arrives in Spain to begin...
Ted Denton was offered a bursary at an early age to serve as a commissioned officer within the British armed forces. Fascinated with both geo-political relations and bipartisan negotiation, he has engaged with international governments, political faculties and Non-Governmental-Organisations (NGOs). Ted has forged an exciting career through founding a private international...
In a desire to impress the people who visit his workshop, renowned artist The Painter, employs a gardener to create an inspirational landscape which includes a labyrinth, an orange grove and Moorish-inspired fountains. They develop an intimate relationship and the Painter, whose life and talent had become increasingly dissipated, finds...
The vaunted Red Mako, the new symbol of Brexit Britain, is about to launch to a fanfare of political grandeur, but not all are convinced it was worth the price. Barely escaping a botched mission with her life, Lucie Musilova is assigned a low profile case to regain her superior’s...