Crime & Thriller

The excerpts confirm this is a sequel featuring Lo Blacklock at a hotel where she receives a mysterious note to visit Suite 11, but do not provide enough plot detail about the central conflict to write an accurate, spoiler-conscious synopsis.

Beloved TV star Anna Finbow stands trial in a sensational celebrity libel case that has captivated the entire country. A young woman on the periphery holds secret knowledge that could decide the outcome, but her own hidden past makes coming forward dangerous.

Human suspicion. AI manipulation. Who can you trust when truth has no meaning? DCS Kat Frank returns to work at the Future Policing Unit after a tragic loss, only to find herself thrust into a new high-profile case. On the night of Halloween a local MP is found murdered, with a taunting message written in binary code that seems to target Kat specifically: Catch me if you can. The victim's anti-AI sentiments suggest a political motive, and as Kat investigates with her partner AIDE Lock - the world's first AI detective - she finds herself once again battling her own prejudices about the technological future he represents. But when a cyberattack takes out the National Grid, Kat and Lock have to race against the clock to track down the hacker before thousands die. Tangled in a web of suspicion and deception, Kat must choose who and what to believe when the truth seems to defy both instinct and logic. Can she set aside her old doubts and put her faith in her AI partner one last time? Or will this case send Lock down a path she just can't follow - a path that will leave humanity behind for good? PRAISE FOR JO CALLAGHAN: 'Terrifyingly timely and provocative' VAL McDERMID 'The most original crime novel you'll read this year' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Just brilliant!' LISA JEWELL 'Sharp, perceptive writing and a brilliant new take on the detective duo' T. M. LOGAN 'Everything you could hope for in a thriller: heartbreaking, intelligent, deftly plotted and so original' FIONA CUMMINS 'A fresh take on the buddy-buddy cop trope... Provocative and compelling' VASEEM KHAN 'Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling. Take a bow, Jo Callaghan' CHRIS WHITAKER

Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully separated-by twenty-two miles of ocean-from the troubles of Los Angeles County. But now a threat is coming to his safe haven. Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, Stilwell and his deputies watch a plane land in the middle of the night at the Airport in the Sky, a remote airstrip in the mountains. A duffel bag of drugs is dropped and the deputies move in, but things quickly go sideways. While Stilwell chases the fleeing pickup man into the mountainside brush, shots are fired on the runway and the plane flies off. An internal inquiry follows, putting Stilwell on the bench until he is cleared of responsibility for the disastrous operation. But he is determined to find out who brought deadly violence to his island, and begins his own secret investigation into the drug deal gone wrong. While under orders to remain in the sheriff's substation, he finds in the lost and found a valuable backpack that was never claimed. He traces it to a woman who disappeared while hiking on the island four years ago. But then why was the pack only turned in two months back? Now thoroughly intrigued, he follows the mystery all the way to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit and Detective Renée Ballard. Stilwell and Ballard work the case from both sides of the channel, and soon realize they are on the trail of a criminal who revels in taunting the authorities. Meanwhile, frustrated at being shut out of an investigation on his own island, Stilwell risks his already shaky standing in the department to pursue a case whose reach is wider than he ever imagine. CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: 'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' IAN RANKIN 'The best mystery writer in the world' GQ 'A superb natural storyteller' LEE CHILD 'A master' STEPHEN KING 'America's greatest living crime writer' DAILY EXPRESS 'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town. Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise and swathed in thick layers of dust, the skeletal town is all but abandoned, with just a handful of residents clinging onto what remains. After years of scorning those who left the Ridge behind as it fell into ruin, Ro never imagined she'd become one of them. But everything changed when she lost her son. Five years ago, Sam vanished while visiting during a break from college, leaving behind a rental car with his belongings inside. Sam had loved Carralon Ridge, and had been working on an oral history of the town to preserve its legacy before it vanished altogether. It wasn't long after his disappearance that the rest of the family began to crumble away too. But when Ro returns to Carralon Ridge to be with her husband and daughter on the anniversary of Sam's disappearance, she begins to suspect that something important was overlooked in his case. Because while nothing can stop Carralon Ridge from dying, someone seems to want to make sure that its secrets die with it.

From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which drew him into the dangerous criminal underworld that lies beneath London's glittering surface. In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain's spy agency, captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury tower on the bank of the river Thames. At 2:24 a.m., he jumped into the river. In a quiet London neighbourhood several miles away, Rachelle Brettler was worried about her son. Zac had told her that he had gone to stay with a friend, but then he did not come home. Days later, a police car pulled up and two officers relayed the dreadful news: Her son was dead. In their unbearable grief, Rachelle and her husband, Matthew, struggled to understand what had happened to Zac. He had his troubles, but in no way seemed suicidal. As they would soon discover, however, there was a lot they did not know about their son. Only after his death did they learn that he had adopted a fictitious alter-ego: Zac Ismailov, son of a Russian oligarch and heir to a great fortune. Under this guise, Zac had become entangled with a slippery London businessman named Akbar Shamji, and a murderous gangster known as "Indian Dave." As the Brettlers set about investigating their son's death, they were pulled into a different and more dangerous London than the one they'd always known, and came to believe that something much more nefarious than a suicide had claimed Zac's life. But to their immense frustration, Scotland Yard seemed unable-or unwilling-to bring the perpetrators to justice. In a bravura feat of reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe chronicles the Brettlers' quest, peeling back layers of mystery and exposing the seedy truths behind the glamorous London of posh mansions and private night clubs, a city in which everything is for sale, and aspirational fantasies are underwritten by dirty money and corruption. London Falling is a mesmerizing investigation of an inexplicable death and a powerful narrative driven by suspense and staggering revelations. But it is also an intimate and deeply poignant inquiry into the nature of parental love and the challenges of being a parent today, a portrait of a family trying to solve the riddle not just of how their son died, but of who he really was in life.

What if the only way to prevent a murder is by confessing to it? Jemma Stelling has confessed to a crime - one she can't have committed. She has an unshakeable alibi: when Marianne Upton was stabbed to death outside her home, Jemma was at the police station confessing to a deadly obsession with Marianne and a plan to kill her in precisely the way she was killed. So is Jemma innocent? Or is she an ingenious, cold-blooded murderer?

"The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other..." A taut, electrifying thriller about a woman determined to avenge her sister's murder-and the killer who must confront his own ghosts Birdie Keller wakes one freezing January morning to the news she's been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. She leaves for London with a pistol and a plan: to find this man and make him pay. But every story has two sides. Jimmy can sense he's being hunted. He knew Birdie a long time ago, in a life she'd sooner forget, and he isn't the only one with something to hide. As the two circle each other in a heart-stopping game of cat and mouse, they plunge into a murky world of family secrets, betrayals, and unsolved mysteries. A tense, spellbinding page-turner, The Sunshine Man twists its way through the web of lives left shattered after a terrible crime and crafts an unforgettable tale of loss and revenge.

Charming, drily humorous and intelligently crafted, Quantum of Menace, the first in a brand-new James Bond spin-off series, will appeal to Bond fans and readers of Murder Before Evensong, The Thursday Murder Club and Slow Horses. 'Punchy, witty, smart and thrilling' JANICE HALLETT 'Cosy crime goes high-tech... Brilliant' REVEREND RICHARD COLES Q is out of MI6...... and in over his head After Major Boothroyd (aka Q) is unexpectedly ousted from his role with British Intelligence developing technologies for MI6's Double O agents, he is adrift, unsure of his place in a world where the stakes aren't always life or death. But when he learns that his childhood friend, renowned quantum computer scientist Peter Napier, has died in mysterious circumstances, Q is drawn back to his sleepy hometown of Wickstone-on-Water. Frustrated by the police, who consider the case closed, Q is compelled to investigate, starting with a cryptic note Napier sent him on the day of his death. Q soon discovers that Napier's ground-breaking work may have attracted sinister forces... but can he decode the truth before danger closes in? 'Even if you're not a Bond fan, you can't fail to enjoy this solidly plotted and unexpectedly funny blend of nostalgia and new technology' THE GUARDIAN 'A witty, clever addition to the Bond renaissance' HEAT MAGAZINE

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl. Following his "resurrection walk" and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty. Representing the victim's family, Mickey's case explores the mostly unregulated and exploding AI business and the lack of training guardrails. Along the way he joins up with a journalist named Jack McEvoy, who wants to be a fly on the wall during the trial in order to write a book about it. But Mickey puts him to work going through the mountain of printed discovery materials in the case. McEvoy's digging ultimate delivers the key witness, a whistleblower who has been too afraid to speak up. The case is fraught with danger because billions are at stake. It is said that machines became smarter than humans on the day in 1997 that IBM's Deep Blue defeated chess master Garry Kasparov with a gambit called "the knight's sacrifice." Haller will take a similar gambit in court to defeat the mega forces of the AI industry lined up against him and his clients.

An unforgettable collaboration between an award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and the and #1 internationally bestselling writer Harlan Coben. 'A tour de force thriller. Coben and Witherspoon are a dream team!' Lucy Foley 'Full of jaw-dropping twists and turns' Lisa Jewell 'Savvy, smart and suspenseful' Val McDermid Maggie McCabe is on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge. But now, after a devastating series of personal tragedies, Maggie is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy - as well as absolute discretion. Halfway across the globe, one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfils her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself - or she will be the next one who is... Gone Before Goodbye. Praise for Gone Before Goodbye: 'Heart-racing, twist-loaded, and impossible to put down' The Real Book Spy 'Breathlessly accomplished with a plot that surprises and moves in equal measure' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time 'Gone Before Goodbye is a dynamic, riveting and twisty thriller-complete with a heroine that you'll absolutely love' Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me 'Witherspoon and Coben are a match made in literary heaven' USA Today 'This dream-team collab has smash hit written all over it!' Fabulous 'There were twists and turns I didn't expect and I really didn't want this to end' 5-star reader review 'Trust me, you're going to want to read this!' 5-star reader review

The propulsive and powerful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train, now available in paperback. "The best Paula Hawkins yet-by a tense and haunting mile." -Lee Child Welcome to Eris: An island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge... A masterful novel that is as page-turning as it is unsettling, The Blue Hour recalls the sophisticated suspense of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith, and cements Hawkins's place among the very best of our most nuanced and stylish storytellers.

The stunning new psychological thriller from novelist and multi-award winning film actor Richard Armitage. You can't escape your past. The cut always reopens. In the sleepy village of Barton Mallet, the old ruins of Blackstone Mill watch over the residents and their quiet lives. Ben Knot and his friends are looking forward to a summer of fun and freedom once their last year of high school is over. The class of 1994 have been through a lot together, but teasing turns to bullying when the Knot gang targets young Mark Cherry. As violence escalates, the group fractures and tragedy strikes. Before the summer is over, one of them will be killed. Murdered by someone they called a friend. Thirty years later, Ben is an award-winning architect who has moved his family back to Barton Mallet. His girlfriend, Dani, is a lovely stepmother to his children-budding actor Nate and star athlete Lily-but even though the family is happy, Ben has never been able to forget the tragedy of the past. And it's a past that is quickly coming back to haunt him, with the murderer's imminent release from prison. Ben's glittering career is also starting to tarnish as some shady business deals have put him on the path to bankruptcy. With the killer's parole date approaching-and the banks calling in their loans-Ben struggles to keep a grip on his perfect life. When Nate lands the leading role in a new horror film, Dani jumps at the chance to propel him towards stardom. But when the film crew descends on the village, the dream starts to turn into a nightmare. The film is not quite what it seems. Ben's children are being pushed to the limit, and his paranoia makes him question the film makers' motives. Ben is desperate for answers and will stop at nothing to keep his family safe. If the first cut is the deepest, then the last cut is going to end it all.

Two best friends, one secret that could end the world. 'Now I'll tell you what happened, as best I can. No spin. No agenda. If I get something wrong, it's not because I'm being evasive or trying to protect Sebastian. It's simply because I'm still trying to understand what happened today... It's to explain, as best I can, what Sebastian has done, and why tomorrow when you wake up, it will be the end of the world.' Political hatchet man Charlie will do anything to protect Sebastian, his best friend and a member of Australia's parliament. Friends since school, they've always had each other's backs. But then a single phrase in Mandarin is spoken in Sebastian's ear, and he does the unthinkable. As Charlie tries to piece it all together - from their youth spent in Hong Kong to the recent past in Beijing - things in the outside world start to fall apart too. Planes can't land, the phone lines go down and the power is out. Then the Secret Intelligence Service comes knocking. What the hell did Sebastian do?

The excerpts confirm this is the seventh Washington Poe novel and mention a sniper striking at random with seventeen unrelated victims, but do not provide enough plot detail to write a complete, accurate synopsis meeting the requirements.

'Steve Cavanagh's twists hit you between the eyes. You never see them coming' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'This guy is the real deal. Trust me' LEE CHILD 'An absolute page turner' SHARI LAPENA 'A fantastic thriller writer' MARK BILLINGHAM Elly Parker had everything. Perfect husband. Perfect apartment. Perfect friends and the perfect job. As an internet celebrity - famed for her random acts of kindness - everyone knew it. So when a betrayal causes her to lose it all, millions of people are watching. But even at her lowest, Elly will always help someone in need. Which makes her the perfect target for a sadistic game. Because as she soon learns, you can never trust a stranger - and a seemingly random encounter plunges her into a nightmare worse than she ever imagined. The only person she can turn to is conman turned trial lawyer Eddie Flynn, who must take on a case where nothing is what it seems. With the most cruelly ingenious mind manipulating events from the shadows, everyone is in danger - including Eddie and his family. 'Twists and turns galore. Not to be missed.' DAILY MAIL 'Steve Cavanagh is known for his twisty, baroque plotting, but seems to have surpassed himself here...ingenious' SUNDAY TIMES, BEST THRILLERS OF 2025 'This crime thriller is fast and relentless and the plot throws some real shockers. Fill your lungs before you start - you're in for a breathless ride' THE SUN 'Cavanagh writes some of the best legal thrillers in the business with killers plots....sleep-stealingly brilliant' DAILY MIRROR The award-winning, Sunday Times Top Five bestseller returns with a brand new thriller featuring the unforgettable Eddie Flynn. Praise for Steve Cavanagh: 'Unputdownable' ALEX MICHAELIDES 'Will keep you guessing until the very end' IAN RANKIN 'The ultimate treat for crime fiction fans' JANICE HALLETT 'Books this ingenious don't come along very often' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'An absolute humdinger of a thriller - fiendishly clever and totally compelling' TM LOGAN 'Gripping' THE SUN 'If you read the first eight pages you'll be hooked' THE TIMES 'The real magic is in Steve Cavanagh's hypnotic storytelling power' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Cavanagh is a genius... page-turning stuff' EVENING STANDARD 'A masterclass in misdirection' THE GUARDIAN

'Fascinating and thought provoking with some genuine surprises and incredibly clever ideas that kept me thinking about it long after I finished it... a Japanese Black Mirror!' Ajay Chowdhury, author of The Waiter Some mother-in-laws are hard. This one might be murder. Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It's not just a case of them rubbing each other up the wrong way - there is definitely something suspicious going on. But Miyako isn't exactly what she seems either. Her husband has no idea about her past life as a secret agent. When she decides to use her professional skills to investigate her mother-in-law, the delicate equilibrium of their lives is thrown wildly out of balance. Many decades later, in a future world where electronic communication has been irrevocably compromised, confidential messages must be delivered by trusted couriers like Mito. But one delivery pulls Mito into a conspiracy beyond his wildest imaginings, and forces him into a race against time to defeat a world-changing technological threat. Seesaw Monster contains two sharp, thrilling linked novellas - SEESAW MONSTER and SPIN MONSTER - from the bestselling and multi-award-winning writer Kotaro Isaka, internationally celebrated for his offbeat humour and inventive talent for twists. PRAISE FOR KOTARO ISAKA: 'Unlike anything you're likely to have read before... white-hot with double-crosses' Financial Times 'Entertaining... high-speed... with lots of twists and turns' The Times 'Thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian

New York lawyer Nora Carleton faces her most dangerous case yet when two suicide bombers plot to kill innocent civilians. The thriller weaves together courtroom drama and the threat of political extremism in a contemporary American setting.

Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor-a Jane Doe identifiable at first only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. At the same time, a report of poaching on a protected reserve turns into a case fraught with violence and danger as Stilwell digs into the shady past of an island bigwig. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, Stilwell doggedly works both cases. Though hampered by an old beef with an ex-colleague determined to thwart him at every turn, he is convinced he is the only one who can bring justice to the woman known as "Nightshade." Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city. Propulsive and atmospheric, Nightshade launches a brand new character into the Connelly universe, and proves without question that Michael Connelly is "the undisputed master of the modern crime novel" (Real Book Spy).

Irmine et Helbrand, deux frères assassins descendant d'un ancien peuple guerrier, vivent dans les ombres de la plus grande cité du royaume de Palerkan. alors qu'ils se croient à l'abri des persécutions dont ont souffert leurs ancêtres, leur passé sanglant les rattrape, sous les traits d'un borgne qui semble nourrir pour eux de sombres projets. Et tandis que la guerre menace d'embraser le monde. Que les puissants tissent de noires alliances. Ils vont devoir choisir un camp. Leur martyre ne fait que commencer...

" Une nouvelle intrigue formidablement réussie." Le Point " Addictif!" Lire-Magazine littéraire Valentin Verne, inspecteur en charge du Bureau des Affaires Occultes, doit résoudre une nouvelle affaire: un médium aurait recours au spiritisme et à de mystérieux pouvoirs extralucides pour ramener à la vie de la fille de Ferdinand d'Orval, un noble très fortuné. Tables tournantes, étranges apparitions, incarnations inexplicables... Mystification ou réalité? Des bas-fonds parisiens aux salons de la haute société, des espions de Vidocq aux troublants mystères du spiritisme, l'auteur nous entraîne dans un polar crépusculaire et addictif.

Prix Maison de la Presse 2021 "LE roman historique de l'année. Vous ne le lâcherez pas." Gérard Collard - Le magazine de la santé Automne 1830, dans un Paris fiévreux encore sous le choc des Journées révolutionnaires de juillet, le gouvernement de Louis-Philippe, nouveau roi des Français, tente de juguler une opposition divisée mais virulente. Valentin Verne, jeune inspecteur du service des mœurs, est muté à la brigade de Sûreté fondée quelques années plus tôt par le fameux Vidocq. Il doit élucider une série de morts étranges susceptible de déstabiliser le régime. Car la science qui progresse, mêlée à l'ésotérisme alors en vogue, inspire un nouveau type de criminalité. Féru de chimie et de médecine, cultivant un goût pour le mystérieux et l'irrationnel, Valentin Verne sait en décrypter les codes. Nommé par le préfet à la tête du « bureau des affaires occultes », un service spécial chargé de traquer ces malfaiteurs modernes, il va donner la preuve de ses extraordinaires compétences. Mais qui est vraiment ce policier solitaire, obsédé par la traque d'un criminel insaisissable connu sous le seul surnom du Vicaire? Qui se cache derrière ce visage angélique où perce parfois une férocité déroutante? Qui est le chasseur, qui est le gibier? Dans la lignée des grands détectives de l'Histoire, de Vidocq à Lecoq en passant par Nicolas le Floch, un nouveau héros est né. "Un roman policier addictif" Biblioteca

*The #1 Irish bestseller* The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author 'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction' ERIN KELLY 'Oh. My. God.' RUTH WARE 'I LOVE it - it is completely MAGNIFICENT' MARIAN KEYES 'Utterly brilliant' LIZ NUGENT

From bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, comes a new novel in the bestselling Magpie Murders series in which editor, Susan Ryeland, uncovers the clues in an Atticus Pünd mystery to solve a murder. 'A masterclass in mystery writing' Ragnar Jónasson 'Expect plenty of puzzles, red herrings and juicy murders' Express 'Horowitz is a genius' Terry Deary Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder. She's edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she's come close to being killed. Now she's back in England and she's been persuaded to work on a third. The new 'continuation' novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children's author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago. Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriam's killer inside his book, Susan knows she's in trouble once again. As Susan works on Pünd's Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she uncovers more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world - until suddenly she finds that she has become a target herself. It seems that someone in Eliot's family doesn't want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it. More love for Marble Hall Murders: 'Diabolically clever' New York Times 'The computer isn't born that can out-plot Horowitz' The Daily Telegraph 'Worthy of Agatha Christie' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review '[A] page-turner of a puzzle' Washington Post 'Horowitz is one of the great masters of the contemporary page turner' Andrew Marr 'Anthony Horowitz is one of my all-time favourite authors. Marble Hall Murders is a beautiful read' Ryan Tubridy Readers love Marble Hall Murders: 'A must-read!' 5-star reader review 'One of the top crime books of 2025' 5-star reader review 'Absolutely brilliant!' 5-star reader review 'Smart, gorgeously written and compelling' 5-star reader review 'An excellent whodunnit' 5-star reader review 'Absolute perfection' 5-star reader review

" Tu l'as laissée mourir... " Christine Steinmeyer croyait que la missive trouvée le soir de Noël dans sa boîte aux lettres ne lui était pas destinée. Mais l'homme qui l'interpelle en direct à la radio, dans son émission, semble persuadé du contraire... Bientôt, les incidents se multiplient, comme si quelqu'un avait pris le contrôle de son existence. Tout ce qui faisait tenir Christine debout s'effondre. Avant que l'horreur fasse irruption. Martin Servaz, de son côté, a reçu par la poste la clé d'une chambre d'hôtel. Une chambre où une artiste plasticienne s'est donné la mort un an plus tôt. Quelqu'un veut le voir reprendre du service... ce qu'il va faire, à l'insu de sa hiérarchie et de ses collègues. Et si nos proches n'étaient pas ce que nous croyons?? Et si dans l'obscurité certains secrets refusaient de mourir? Non, n'éteignez pas la lumière, ou alors préparez-vous au pire... Après les grands succès de Glacé et du Cercle, Bernard Minier revient avec un thriller sur la manipulation et l'emprise, en explorant nos cauchemars les plus intimes, nos phobies et nos obsessions...

"A breathtaking novel of ROMANCE, MYSTERY, AND TWISTS that will shock you...I love this book so much." -Reese Witherspoon "A WILDLY TALENTED writer." ―Emily St. John Mandel "SPELLBINDING...Exceptionally imagined, thoroughly humane." -Washington Post "Abounds with EVOCATIVE nature writing." -The New York Times Book Review An ENTHRALLING new novel from the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore. Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again. But Rowan isn't telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it's too late-and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together. A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.

Your house is on fire. What do you save? You have seconds to decide. If everything is about to burn, what do you rescue first? 'Gripping' Daily Express 'Full of twists and turns' That's Life 'Another winner... Plenty of twists, the odd conspiracy theory to ramp up the pace. Insider glimpses into the media and art world add fascination' Press Association When the West End Gallery in London's fashionable Coal Drops Yard is set alight, the fire service must use the list of paintings lodged with it - a grab list - to snatch the key pieces of art from the flames. But something has been altered. It's the wrong list. Then the ashes reveal another tragedy: an unidentified dead body. Someone who shouldn't have been in the gallery. Crusading journalist Famie Madden wants to know who it is and why they were there. Soon it becomes apparent that the ashes are hiding much more than they should be - and that this is much more than a casual act of arson... Bestselling author and legendary broadcaster Simon Mayo has created a spellbinding contemporary thriller. He weaves a story ripped from today's newspapers that will take Famie far from the pages of her website into a murderous family saga stretching back over centuries. Praise for Simon Mayo 'Mayo spools out his many twists and turns skilfully' Observer 'Simon Mayo is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the thriller world' The Times 'The characters are well observed, the dialogue effortless and the twists and turns never-ending' Daily Mail

In this darkly humorous detective story, plagued by death on his conscience, Happy Doll has committed himself to a simple, spiritual life; that is, until a tragic and brutal murder forces his hand and sets him back on the bloody path of retribution and justice. After narrowly escaping with his life at the hands of a murderous Hollywood pimp, detective Happy Doll, bullet-ridden but healing, has landed on a remote Mexican beach. In a humble shack and with his dog for company, Doll settles into a peaceful idyll of Buddhist study. But then trouble, as it always does, comes to paradise. Doll is the witness to a murder for which he is framed, and now, with an expired passport and the Mexican authorities on his tail, he must sneak across the border back to L.A. by any means necessary, with the goal of bringing the true murderer to justice. But it's not just trouble that expels Doll from paradise! His dark past reaches for him, like a hand from the grave, old enemies want him dead, including the Jalisco Cartel, and Doll, a reluctant instrument of mayhem, yearns to end this cycle of violence and tip the karmic scales in his favor. But how can he do this without getting blood on his hands? Karma Doll marks the third installment in a madcap, bloody, and impossibly fun series, bringing us back in the good company of Happy Doll: a beloved, introverted anti-hero who has taken more hits to the head than a linebacker, yet still always manages to come out on top.

"Her best book yet." -Harlan Coben The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage...... and revenge. Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there... but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can't sleep, and he can't write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible - a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife. Wives think their husbands will change but they don't. Husbands think their wives won't change but they do. "Magnetic and jaw-dropping." -Mary Kubica, bestselling author "Unforgettable." -Chris Whitaker, bestselling author

'This guy is the real deal. Trust me.' LEE CHILD 'Top notch thrills and courtroom drama' SHARI LAPENA 'Steve Cavanagh's twists hit you between the eyes. You never see them coming' ANTHONY HOROWITZ Daniel Miller murdered fourteen people before he vanished. His wife, Carrie, now faces trial as his accomplice. The FBI, the District Attorney, the media and everyone in America believe she knew and helped cover up her husband's crimes. Eddie Flynn won't take a case unless his client is innocent. Now, he has to prove to a jury, and the entire world, that Carrie Miller didn't know her husband's dark side. But so far, Eddie and his team are the only ones who believe that she had no part in the murders. With his wife on trial, Daniel Miller is forced to come out of hiding to save her from a life sentence. He will kill to protect her and everyone involved in the case is a target. Even Eddie Flynn... Praise for the award-winning, Sunday Times bestseller Steve Cavanagh: 'The ultimate treat for crime fiction fans' JANICE HALLETT 'Steve Cavanagh's twists hit you between the eyes. You never see them coming' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'A gripping, twisty thriller' IAN RANKIN 'This guy is the real deal. Trust me' LEE CHILD 'Steve Cavanagh writes the best hooks in the business' MICK HERRON 'The real magic is in Steve Cavanagh's hypnotic storytelling power' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Cavanagh is a genius' EVENING STANDARD 'A great author' MARTINA COLE

In seven days Jet Mason will be dead. Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old and back living with her parents, she's still waiting for her life to begin. I'll do it later, she always says. She has time. Until Halloween night, when she is violently attacked by an unseen intruder, suffering a catastrophic head injury. Doctors are certain that within a week, the injury will trigger a deadly aneurysm. Jet never thought of herself as having enemies. But now she looks at everyone in a new light: her family, her former best friend turned sister-in-law, her ex-boyfriend. She has at most seven days, and as her condition deteriorates, she has only her childhood friend Billy for help. But nevertheless, she's absolutely determined to finally finish something: Jet is going to solve her own murder.

"From the million-copy bestselling author Lucy Clarke, a sun-soaked thriller on the Moroccan coast where deadly secrets threaten to breach the surface. High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House: a sanctuary for travelers chasing sunshine and waves. But the idyll hides a dark mystery. And when Bea washes in, seeking refuge after a dangerous encounter in Marrakesh, she soon gets caught in the current. A woman her age-who stayed in the same area, walked the same beaches, met the same guests-disappeared one year earlier, vanishing without trace. Somewhere inside The Surf House lies the truth-but there'll be a price for uncovering it"--

Todo lo que Aura Reyes necesita es continuar con vida diez minutos más. No es tarea fácil. Las otras son cuatro, son más fuertes y ella -una figura acorralada en el patio de la cárcel- nunca ha sabido defenderse demasiado bien. O tal vez sí. UNA HUIDA SIN TREGUA Porque Aura tiene que recuperar a sus hijas. También a sus amigas. Y por eso ha trazado un plan que arranca dentro de diez minutos. Así que no. No tiene ninguna intención de morir hoy. DEJARSE ATRAPAR NO ES UNA OPCIÓN

On July 2, 2022, two criminals execute a carefully planned robbery of a famed Geneva jewelry boutique-but their "perfect" heist quickly unravels. What begins as a domestic thriller expands into an intricate mystery where nothing and no one is quite what they seem.

From the author of In the Blink of an Eye, the Sunday Times bestseller, winner of the CWA ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock are back in a cutting-edge new thriller. The truth will always come out, but at what cost? Fresh from successfully closing their first live case, the Future Policing Unit are called in to investigate when a headless, handless body is found on a Warwickshire farm. But as they work to identify the victim and their killer, the discovery of a second body begins to spark fears that The Aston Strangler is back. And as the stakes rise for the team, so do the tensions brewing within it. When DCS Kat Frank is accused of putting the wrong man behind bars all those years ago, AIDE Lock - the world's first AI Detective - pursues the truth about what happened with relentless logic. But Kat is determined to keep the past buried, and when she becomes the target of a shadowy figure looking for revenge, Lock is torn between his evidence-based algorithms and the judgement of his partner, with explosive results. When everything hangs in the balance, it will all come down to just how much an AI machine can learn, and what happens when they do... PRAISE FOR JO CALLAGHAN: 'A new force to be reckoned with in crime' Daily Mail 'An outstanding talent' Jane Casey 'Callaghan writes with such intelligence; interspersing humour with moments of utter heartbreak' Nikki Smith 'An amazing writer' Frances Quinn

"NSFW Gatsby." -Book of the Month "A sizzling beach read about the misdeeds of the rich." -Wall Street Journal "The novel on every beach towel this summer, all summer, everywhere." -Esquire America's most perfect town hides its darkest secrets in this "lurid" and "propulsive" novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Frey (New York Times Book Review Podcast) - a world where privilege, sex, scandal, and murder lurk beneath a flawless veneer. New Bethlehem, Connecticut. Picture-perfect lawns, manicured hedges, and multi-million dollar homes present a carefully curated facade. But beneath the designer yoga gear and country club memberships lies a darker reality. In this world of excess, best friends Devon and Belle have it all-beauty, money, status. But they want something more. Something dangerous. Something that makes them feel alive. Their solution? A party-a meticulously curated gathering of New Bethlehem's elite, from a desperate ex-NFL quarterback to a hockey coach with a penchant for married women, and a ruthless Wall Street "closer" who wields his wealth like a weapon. One night. An ultra-elite swingers party. Multiple betrayals. And a murder that will shatter New Bethlehem's carefully constructed facade. Enter a world of troubled opulence and sharp betrayal that's reminiscent of "The White Lotus," "Your Friends and Neighbors," and "Big Little Lies"-a world of spectacularly badly-behaved rich people where money can buy anything...until it ruins everything. An addictive page-turner where rich people behaving badly has never been so entertaining.

In this stunningly twisty thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce's college days comes back to haunt him. His memory is clear, but all these years later, the facts don't add up...which is something he cannot ignore. Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There's a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn't know what happened. His screams drown out his thoughts--and then he runs. Twenty-two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who's working off his debts by doing low level surveillance jobs and teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom. Anna. It's unmistakably her. As soon as Kierce makes eye contact with her, she bolts. For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment since that terrible day. His investigation will bring him face-to-face with his past--and prove, after all this time, he's nobody's fool.

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A masterclass in espionage thriller fiction from the heir to John le Carre for fans of Mick Herron, Charles Cumming and David McCloskey. Meet 'a female agent for our times', disgraced MI5 operative Slim Parsons. 'SURPRISING, ENGROSSING, WITH A BLAZING MORAL ENERGY' Rory Stewart 'READS LIKE IT WAS DRAWN FROM TODAY'S HEADLINES' Paul Vidich 'ONE OF BRITAIN'S FINEST SPY WRITERS' Daily Mail Slim Parsons is all but burned. Her last deep cover job for MI5 ended with a life-and-death struggle on a private jet that caused her to go on the run from both the deadly target and her angry bosses in the Security Service. They say that violence comes too easily to her; that she's bordering on delinquent and unsuitable for the roll of an MI5 operative. Yet she is recalled and asked to infiltrate a news website that's causing alarm in the highest circles. It is staffed by a group descended from wartime codebreakers operating from an unassuming office block near Bletchley Park. Operation Linesman looks like a come down, the curtain on a brilliant career in the shadows. However, she accepts the assignment on condition that the Security Service searches for her missing brother. Linesman turns out to be anything but simple. Her personal loss, her previous deep cover role, and a threat to MI5 itself from her original target come together in a three-way collision. And all the while she is watched by someone even deeper in the shadows than she is.

Six Friends. One Game. One Murder. Can You Tell Fact from Fiction? 'The master puppeteer of literary crime' JANICE HALLETT - May, 1999: Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday. The host insists they play a game. Each will write a story about one friend murdering another. Points are given for plausibility. No secret, grudge or affair is off limits. Six stories. Six murders. And now six unexpected motives. Because this game is about to get murderously real... - 'Today's greatest exponent of playful detective fiction' GUARDIAN 'A new spin on the traditional country house murder... when the style is this good, it's worth the investment' Irish News Praise for Alex Pavesi's sensational bestseller, Eight Detectives 'One of the year's most entertaining crime novels' Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month 'So, so clever... Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!' Sarah Pinborough 'A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction' Mail on Sunday 'A box of delights... Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end' New York Times

Bestselling French author of psychological suspense Karine Giebel makes her American debut with this dark and haunting novel about the unbreakable bond between two brothers, both treated unfairly by the world-for fans of Karin Slaughter and Stieg Larsson. "I'm so stupid. I barely have a brain at all." Léonard knows he isn't like the other kids in his class, and he understands all too well that the world can be relentlessly cruel to those who are different. Sometimes Léo wishes he could go far away, to beautiful Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands-where his fierce older brother, Jorge, lives. He dreams of being reunited with Jorge, who will protect him from the torments of his daily life. But sometimes dreams can turn into nightmares... Loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Glen Affric is a profound story about differences, friendship, and the power of love to withstand abuse and oppression-a story that plunges us into the darkest recesses of the human soul and introduces us to characters we'll never forget.

'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game." MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES IN COLD CASES, IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU. IT'S THE WAITING. LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels. But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight... With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city's library of souls. Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others... An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer. CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: 'A superb natural storyteller' LEE CHILD 'A master of the genre' STEPHEN KING 'An incredible writer' RICHARD OSMAN 'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' IAN RANKIN 'Nobody writes a better modern thriller' EVENING STANDARD 'One of the world's greatest crime writers' DAILY MAIL

'A bookworm's treat.' Sunday Times 'Unforgettable.' Wall Street Journal 'An entertaining cat-and-mouse thriller. 'Daily Telegraph' 'Smart, funny and deliciously dark.' Guardian 'Delicious' New York Times ** One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 ** ** A New Yorker Book of the Year ** The wildly twisty and devilishly clever new thriller from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plot. Not many first-time novelists get a profile in the New York Times. Then again, few first-time novelists come with the backstory of Anna Williams-Bonner: recent bride of a wildly successful writer who took his own life even as his fame seemed on the ascent. Anna's book is climbing the bestseller lists. But when someone leaves a cryptic note for her at a book signing, she realises that not all the attention is positive. For years, Anna's been keeping secrets about her past: what if someone knows the truth? She will do anything to keep what she values most: the right to her own story. If you liked The Plot... 'Insanely readable.' Stephen King 'Breathtakingly suspenseful.' Megan Abbott 'Smart, surprising and stealthily unsettling. ' The Times 'So clever, so taut, so dazzling.' Lisa Jewell You'll love The Sequel. Readers are loving The Sequel: 'The most delicious binge ever.' 'This is the kind of book Patricia Highsmith would have written.' 'Dark, brilliant... [with] several twists which I never saw coming.' 'Intriguing... I guarantee you'll have a book hangover after this one!' 'Kept me guessing the entire time, I would definitely recommend it.'

new Sherlock Holmes novel, endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate. 'A wonderfully entertaining, high-speed, high-stakes adventure with two, no FOUR and more, characters from classic detective fiction! An accomplished tribute, true to the spirit of Conan-Doyle, but with a thrillingly original story and enough accomplished inventiveness to captivate and satisfy' Janice Hallett Two adversaries. One deadly alliance. Together, can they unlock the truth? Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson have been hired by actor George Reynolds to help him solve a puzzle. George wants to know why the audience who comes to see him perform are the same people, only wearing different disguises each night. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what? Meanwhile, Holmes' archenemy, Professor James Moriarty is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up. But their investigation puts them in the way of Holmes and Watson and it's not long before all four realise that they are being targeted by the same person. With their lives on the line, they must form an uneasy alliance in order to unmask the true villain. With clues leading them to a conspiracy far greater than any of them expected, who can be trusted - and who will survive? 'Beautifully written and perfectly capturing the Holmesian spirit. And, yes, sometimes I side with Prof. Moriarty, and I don't care who knows it. Love an evil genius...' Vaseem Khan 'Holmes and Moriarty is a rip-roaring thriller, fast-paced and twisty as the greatest detective and the greatest criminal become unlikely allies against the most formidable foes' Martin Edwards

The body of eighteen-year-old TV personality Caitlin is found abandoned on a remote beach at the head of An Loch Dubh - the Black Loch - on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis. A swimmer and canoeist, it is inconceivable that she could have drowned. A SECRET Fin Macleod left the island ten years earlier to escape its memories. When he learns that his married son Fionnlagh had been having a clandestine affair with the dead girl and is suspected of her murder, he and Marsaili return to try and clear his name. A RECKONING But nothing is as it seems, and the truth of the murder lies in a past that Fin would rather forget, and a tragedy at the cages of a salmon farm on East Loch Roag, where the tense climax of the story finds its resolution. The Black Loch takes us on a journey through family ties, hidden relationships and unforgiving landscapes, where suspense, violent revenge and revelation converge in the shadow of the Black Loch.

From Rachel Kushner, two-time finalist for both the Booker Prize and National Book Award, a novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France-a propulsive page-turner filled with dark humor. Creation Lake is a novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and clean beauty who is sent to do dirty work in France. "Sadie Smith" is how the narrator introduces herself to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to her lover, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian she has met by "cold bump"-making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone she targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what her "contacts"-shadowy figures in business and government-instruct. First, these contacts want her to incite provocation. Then they want more. In this region of old farms and prehistoric caves, Sadie becomes entranced by a mysterious figure named Bruno Lacombe, a mentor to the young activists who believes that the path to emancipation is not revolt but a return to the ancient past. Just as Sadie is certain she's the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story. Written in short, vaulting sections, Rachel Kushner's rendition of "noir" is taut and dazzling. Creation Lake is Kushner's finest achievement yet-a work of high art, high comedy, and unforgettable pleasure.

The case of a missing Black college student who has disappeared from her all-white sorority pulls Darren out of an early retirement; the third and final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning New York Times-Bestselling author Attica Locke. Texas Ranger Darren Mathews isn't sure he's been a good cop, but believes he's got a shot at being a good man-if he manages to dodge the potential indictment hanging over his head and if he, from here on out, pledges allegiance to the truth. It's a virtue the country appears to have wholly lost its grip on, but one Darren sees as his salvation. He is in the midst of remaking his life with the woman he loves, hoping for the peace of country living at his beloved farmhouse, when he is visited by someone who couldn't hold the truth on her tongue if it was dipped in sugar, a woman who's always been bent of tearing his life apart. His mother. Armed with a tall tale about a missing Black college student, Sera (whose white sorority sisters insist she isn't missing at all). Darren must decide if his can trust his mother is telling the truth-and what her ulterior motive may be, and what if that motive has to do with a grand jury deciding his fate. Darren gets his hooks into the investigation, along the way discovering things about Sera's family and her hometown that are odd at best, vaguely sinister at worst. Hamstrung by local law enforcement and the Texas Rangers who likewise doubt the account of a missing girl, if Darren wants answers, he'll need help from the person whom he swore to never trust again-his mother. In this emotionally stirring conclusion to the singular Highway 59 series, Darren reckons with his life's purpose as he's forced to choose between his own peace and the higher call to do good.

"Tu as sûrement entendu parler des Enfers? Là, c'est pareil, mais le diable lui-même ne comprendrait pas ce qu'il se passe ici." " Je suis certain que nous avons réveillé leur satané Sisu. - Je ne parle pas leur langue, camarade. - Et je ne pourrais te traduire ce mot, car il n'a d'équivalent nulle part ailleurs. Le Sisu est l'âme de la Finlande. Il dit le courage, la force intérieure, la ténacité, la résistance, la détermination... Une vie austère, dans un environnement hostile, a forgé leur mental d'un acier qui nous résiste aujourd'hui. " Imaginez un pays minuscule. Imaginez-en un autre, gigantesque. Imaginez maintenant qu'ils s'affrontent. Au cœur du plus mordant de ses hivers, au cœur de la guerre la plus meurtrière de son histoire, un peuple se dresse contre l'ennemi, et parmi ses soldats naît une légende. La légende de Simo, la Mort Blanche.

'ONE OF THE FINEST MYSTERIES I HAVE EVER READ' Rob Rinder, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Trial 'A TANTALISING MYSTERY FOR WORD SLEUTHS AND CRIME FANS ALIKE' Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal A coded letter. A missing woman. A truth waiting to be found. When an anonymous letter is delivered to the Clarendon English Dictionary office, it becomes rapidly clear that this is not the usual word-related enquiry. Instead, the letter hints at sinister events linked to a particular year. For editor Martha Thornhill, the date can mean only one thing: the summer her brilliant older sister Charlie went missing. Ten years on, Martha and her family are no closer to unravelling the mystery of Charlie's disappearance - until now. As more letters arrive, Martha and her team follow the linguistic clues to a troubling truth. It seems Charlie was keeping a powerful secret, and that someone is desperate to keep it well and truly buried. Guilty by Definition is a love letter not only to language but to the city of Oxford, wrapped within an intriguing mystery of a missing woman and considering the emotional aftershocks of her disappearance on those left behind. Guilty by Definition was a Sunday Times bestseller August 2024

'A killer read with twist after twist!' JANICE HALLETT 'A typically shape-shifting psychological thriller.' THE TIMES 'So many great twists and a truly chilling villain... Swanson's best one yet.' MARK EDWARDS 'The talented Mr Swanson does it again.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT After an unexpected, whirlwind romance, quiet librarian Martha married Alan. But when she thinks she sees his mask slip, she starts to fear that his frequent travels might be a cover for something far more sinister. As she secretly starts to map his movements she unearths a string of dead women, but could these two things really be linked? Unsure of her own instincts, Martha turns to an old friend, Lily Kintner, who once helped her escape a toxic relationship in grad school. But what Martha doesn't know is that Lily has a dark side of her own... 'A clever, ingenious, edge-of-your-seat thriller.' LIV CONSTANTINE 'The stakes are high, the body count is higher, and yet I would still follow Lily anywhere.' STACY WILLINGHAM 'Menacing and exciting [...] It makes for a riveting entertainment.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'Clever, scary, endearing and plotted like clockwork' CRIME TIME

Two childhood best friends. Torn apart by tragedy. Reunited by their search for the truth. Even if finding it means losing each other forever... A SWEEPING COMING-OF-AGE TALE, AN EPIC LOVE STORY AND A SEARING THRILLER - ALL UNFOLDING ON A VAST CANVAS The Sunday Times Bestseller The New York Times Bestseller The British Book Awards Nominee The BBC Between The Covers Book Club Selection 'A tour de force' GUARDIAN 'An absolutely must-read' GILLIAN FLYNN 'A wonderful book' RICHARD OSMAN 'Entirely shattering' BONNIE GARMUS 'Luminous and heartbreaking' OBSERVER 'A brilliant work of art' JODI PICOULT 'Two people are less lost than one...' There is a moment when childhood ends. For Joseph 'Patch' Macauley and Saint Brown, it comes late one summer as Patch is abducted from their hometown. Devastated, Saint devotes her days to finding her best friend. Held in total darkness, Patch is hopeless and alone - until he feels a hand in his. Though he never sees the girl, they fall in love. When he escapes, he's left with only her voice and name - and promises to spend the rest of his life searching for her. As Saint's heart breaks for the boy she lost - and the man he becomes - she will shadow his journey, to uncover the truth behind who took him. Over a lifetime driven by obsession, Patch and Saint must sacrifice everything for redemption, justice, and, ultimately, love - even if that means losing each other forever... 'It's as good as everyone says. I have absolutely no doubt it's the book of the year' JENNIE GODFREY 'I've never read anything quite like it. This book will stay with you for a very long time' LUCY FOLEY 'My book of the decade' DAWN O'PORTER 'I absolutely loved it' SARA COX 'Kept me frantically turning the pages' KRISTIN HANNAH 'Breathtaking' RUTH JONES 'Amazing. Haunting. Unforgettable' PATRICIA CORNWELL 'A book to lose yourself in... A huge achievement' ALEX MICHAELIDES 'Epic in every sense of the word - and some of the best characters I've ever passed my time with' ABIGAIL DEAN 'A masterpiece' ANDREA MARA 'The sort of book that only comes along once in a decade' ABIR MUKHERJEE 'The best thriller I've ever read' i NEWS 'One of the best books I've ever read' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

Winner of the Fingerprint Award 2025 for Crime book Shortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel 2025 'Macabre and wry' Telegraph 'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker 'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today' Peter James Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he needs you to listen. You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder... He'll tell you about a man who was tied to a tree and stoned to death, a man who had tattooed himself with a code so obscure, even the gifted analyst Tilly Bradshaw struggled to break it. He'll tell you how the man's murder was connected to a tragedy that happened fifteen years earlier when a young girl massacred her entire family. And finally, he'll tell you about the mercy chair. And why people would rather kill themselves than talk about it... Poe hopes you've been paying attention. Because in this story, nothing is as it seems... MORE PRAISE FOR MW CRAVEN: 'Craven renders the darkness of the human condition with immense skill, ratcheting the tension to a nails-on-chalkboard pitch. Don't turn out the lights.' Vaseem Khan 'The kind of novel that inspired me to write fiction in the first place. A guaranteed great time.' Chris Brookmyre 'Darkly entertaining' The Telegraph 'If you haven't read any M.W. Craven yet, fix that immediately' S. A. Cosby 'I've been following M.W. Craven's Poe/Tilly series from the very beginning, and it just gets better and better' Peter Robinson 'Poe and Tilly books are a joy' Steve Cavanagh 'In Tilly and Poe, M.W. Craven has created a stand-out duo who are two of the most compelling characters in crime fiction in recent years' Fiona Cummins 'Darkly comic... Thrilling' The Independent 'Clever, sophisticated, utterly gripping thriller from one of the best writers around' Mari Hannah 'Craven has unleashed Ben Koenig into the thriller world. Long may he raise hell in the pages. A superb thriller that will have everyone talking, and gasping.' David Baldacci 'Paging Lee and Andrew Child: you've got company' The Times

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gripping new case for Nora Carleton written by the former director of the FBI with an unmatched knowledge of the legal world - no one writes a legal thriller quite like James Comey... THE LAWYER DOESN'T NEED TO SAVE HER CLIENT. SHE NEEDS TO SAVE HERSELF. Nora Carleton left her career as a federal prosecutor in New York to keep her daughter safe. She thought she was moving away from danger - until she finds herself implicated in the brutal murder of her new colleague. Helen and Nora were working on a confidential assignment involving stolen client funds. They were in the middle of their investigation when Helen's lifeless body was found at the bottom of a canoe. Nora knows this is an attempt at a cover up by some very dangerous people who want both women silenced. She knows she must finish what she started or face two awful fates: A life behind bars or a death sentence of her own... Readers love WESTPORT: 'Riveting and authentic... reads like Grisham.' Daily Mail 'A gripping read.' Telegraph 'A clever, twisting thriller.' Sun 'Vivid characters and dialogue.' The Times 'A really good mystery, expertly told... I was hooked.' Joseph Finder Reviews for James Comey: 'Brimming with authority.' Michael Connelly 'A masterful blend of legal thriller, police procedural and psychological drama.' Jeffery Deaver 'A bold new talent.' Harlan Coben

'A clever, witty, and fast-paced whodunit. I read it in one sitting' Harlan Coben 'Mesmerizing!' Lisa Gardner The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie in this utterly gripping novel from New York Times bestselling author Ally Condie! Ellery Wainwright was excited to spend her anniversary with her husband at the luxurious resort at Broken Point in California. But now she's traveling solo. To add insult to injury, there's a wedding at Broken Point scheduled during her stay. As Ellery tries making the most out of her trip, she starts to realise that this place, though beautiful, is unsettling. Then Ellery discovers the body of the groom floating in the pool in the rain. Before the police can reach Broken Point, a mudslide takes out the road to the resort, leaving the guests trapped. When another guest dies, it's clear something dark is brewing. Everyone at Broken Point has a secret. And everyone has a shadow. Including Ellery. Don't miss the book everyone is talking about; The Unwedding was the June 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick! Readers LOVE The Unwedding: 'Dead bodies, brutal secrets and a fabulous view - The Unwedding is proof that Ally Condie knows exactly what we love and what we fear. Come take a wonderful rollercoaster of a trip, but don't expect much sleep.' Brad Meltzer 'A knife's-edge whodunit that's as much a thriller as it is an exquisite meditation on grief and loss.' Nicola Yoon 'This novel has it all; mystery, love, hate, and friendship. Wonderful read!' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A classic mystery for a modern world - I couldn't put it down!' Ally Carter 'Kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. A clever and suspenseful mystery where everyone has something to hide.' Megan Miranda 'Such a fun mystery that kept me thinking who the murderer could be. I didn't see it coming. I really enjoyed this book. Great job, Ally!' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Ally Condie's dazzling debut The Unwedding is a wild and mysterious suspense novel that will have you turning pages long into the night with the lights on!' Adriana Trigiani 'Kept me entertained from start to finish.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth. Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on - until now, when two federal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is. According to the agents, Greg is still alive-and has been placed at the scene of a double homicide, making him their main suspect. Shocked, Myron needs answers. Myron and Win, longtime friends and colleagues, set out to find the truth, but the more they discover about Greg, the more dangerous their world becomes. Secrets, lies, and a murderous conspiracy that stretches back into the past churn at the heart of Harlan Coben's blistering new novel.

Dans l'univers hostile du Grand Nord, personne ne vous entend crier. NORFERVILLE, LE NOUVEAU FRANCK THILLIEZ: Détective et criminologue à Lyon, Teddy Schaffran apprend que le corps de sa fille a été découvert dans une ville minière très isolée du Grand Nord québécois, Norferville. Morgane a été sauvagement mutilée, abandonnée dans la neige non loin d'une réserve autochtone. Sans réfléchir, Teddy plaque tout pour se rendre sur place, bien décidé à comprendre ce qui s'est passé. Là-bas, Léonie Rock, une flic métisse, est mise sur l'affaire. Elle est alors contrainte de renouer avec cet endroit coupé de tout où elle est née et où, adolescente, trois inconnus l'ont violée. Un retour vers son enfer, alors que les températures frôlent les -20°C. Ensemble, ces deux êtres éprouvés par la vie vont se démener pour trouver des réponses malgré l'inhospitalité de la nature et des hommes. Découvrez le nouveau thriller de Franck Thilliez, roi du roman policier français. UN NOUVEAU ROMAN AMBITIEUX: Ce roman policier s'ancre dans un décor à couper le souffle: le Grand Nord québécois, là où le froid extrême rend l'isolement plus terrible encore. Un thriller passionnant! Norferville: Roman policier de Franck Thilliez. Roman nouveauté 2024.

How do you solve a murder... when everyone has the same motive? From global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. 'Easily the greatest of our crime writers' Sunday Times '[Horowitz is] a master puppeteer' The Times 'Anthony Horowitz is an absolutely exceptional writer' Daniel Mays 'Incredible plotting, richly layered and wonderfully intricate. I inhaled it' Liz Nugent 'Another delightful outing with Hawthorne and Horowitz. Each one is more inventive than the last' Shari Lapena 'Anthony Horowitz is a national treasure' Ragnar Jónasson Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live in London. And Riverview Close - a quiet, gated community - seems to offer its inhabitants the perfect life. At least it does until Giles Kenworthy moves in with his wife and noisy children, his four gas-guzzling cars, his loud parties and his plans for a new swimming pool in his garden. His neighbours all have a reason to hate him and are soon up in arms. When Kenworthy is shot dead with a crossbow bolt through his neck, all of them come under suspicion and his murder opens the door to lies, deception and further death. The police are baffled. Reluctantly, they call in former Detective Daniel Hawthorne. But even he is faced with a seemingly impossible puzzle. How do you solve a murder when everyone has the same motive? More love for Close to Death... 'The Lord of television mystery' LA Times 'A clever murder mystery...playful and twisty. Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz' Crime Time FM 'Spectacularly good fun, wickedly clever, with a pinch of the macabre, this is everything you could wish for from one of our top crime writers.' The Sun 'Just when you thought Horowitz couldn't further stretch his boundary-bending Daniel Hawthorne detective series, he concocts yet another way to involve readers in his story' The Washington Post 'The mystery is inventive, elegant and smart' The Telegraph 'Sheer genius... A joy from start to finish' Independent 'Whodunnit heaven' Financial Times 'An absolutely engrossing tale... Kudos to anyone who can figure this one out!' Starred Booklist 'An exceedingly entertaining and inventive mixture of humour and suspense.' Wall Street Journal 'Gloriously artificial, improbable, and ingenious. Fans of both versions of Horowitz will rejoice.' Kirkus Reviews 'Turns the closed-circle mystery inside out' New York Journal of Books 'The master of the mystery' Style 'The king of the clever whodunnit' Good Housekeeping 'A delirious concoction that transplants a Christie-style mystery into the present' Crime Time 'An excellent entertaining thriller' The Afterword Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024 One of the Wall Street Journal's best mysteries of 2024

Winner of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024 Winner of the Crime Writers' Association ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2024 One detective driven by instinct, the other by logic. It will take both to find a killer who knows the true meaning of fear... When the body of a man is found crucified at the top of Mount Judd, DCS Kat Frank and AIDE Lock - the world's first AI detective - are thrust into the spotlight with their first live case. But when they discover another man dead - also crucified - it appears that the killer is only just getting started. When the Future Policing Unit issues an extraordinary warning to local men to avoid drinking in pubs, being out alone late at night and going home with strangers, they face a hostile media frenzy. Whilst they desperately search for connections between the victims, time is running out for them to join the dots and prevent another death. And if Kat and Lock know anything, it's that killers rarely stop - until they are made to. 'Confirms Callaghan as a new force to be reckoned with in crime' Daily Mail 'Jo Callaghan is an outstanding talent' Jane Casey 'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' Nikki Smith 'A smart, agile, immaculately plotted and moving thriller that is unswervingly gripping and scary, and at the same time beautifully tender and humane' Nicci French 'With Leave No Trace, Jo Callaghan cements her status as a crime fiction force to be reckoned with' Caz Frear 'Brilliant, rapidly paced and plotted... Another masterpiece' Imran Mahmood 'Every bit as smart, compelling and insightful as her debut... A terrific read!' Gytha Lodge 'Jo Callaghan has done it again in this intricately plotted, humorous and incredibly moving thriller... I absolutely loved it' Laura Marshall 'Balanced, nuanced, intelligent, provocative' Amanda Reynolds 'Another exciting and thought-provoking book from Jo Callaghan that combines cutting-edge tech with a classic police procedural... Hugely human and big-hearted. Brava!' Sarah Hilary

Totally original and utterly compelling, with a voice all of its own, this is the outstanding new thriller from the no.1 internationally bestselling author of The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides. "The king of all unreliable narrators, [with] enough twists and turns to power two novels" DAVID BALDACCI "A proper, grown-up thriller that exudes class from every page... A very special book" JANICE HALLETT "A classic, twisting, brilliant murder mystery. Clever, and fiendishly fun" CHRIS WHITAKER 'There were seven of us in all, trapped on the island.One of us was a murderer...' On a small private Greek island, former movie star Lana Farrar - an old friend - invites a select group of us to stay. It'll be hot, sunny, perfect. A chance to relax and reconnect - and maybe for a few hidden truths to come out. Because nothing on this island is quite what it seems. Not Lana. Not her guests. Certainly not the murderer - furiously plotting their crime... But who am I? My name is Elliot Chase, and I'm going to tell you a story unlike any you've ever heard. PRAISE FOR ALEX MICHAELIDES 'A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read - with a twist that blew my mind' Lucy Foley 'I read it in two nights and savoured every luscious word, every grim encounter, every startling twist' David Baldacci 'The perfect thriller. I quite literally couldn't put it down' A. J. Finn 'One of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read... one of the most shocking, mind-blowing twists in recent memory' Blake Crouch 'Absolutely brilliant... I read it in a state of intense, breathless excitement' Stephen Fry

For readers of Gillian Flynn and A. J. Finn comes the thriller of the year: the dark and twisty tale of a young woman who commits murder with her eyes wide open and her brain still asleep. THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME What if your nightmares weren't really nightmares at all? We spend an average of thirty-three years of our lives asleep. But what really happens, and what are we capable of, when we are sleeping? Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive--and she hasn't woken up since. Dubbed "Sleeping Beauty" by the tabloids, Anna suffers from a rare psychosomatic disorder known to neurologists as "resignation syndrome." Dr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. His methods represent the last possible hope of solving the infamous "Anna O" case by waking Anna up so she can stand trial. But the doctor must be careful treating such a high-profile suspect--he's got career secrets and a complicated personal life of his own. As Anna shows the first signs of stirring, Benedict knows he must determine what really happened and whether Anna should be held responsible for her crimes. Only Anna knows the truth about that night, but only Benedict knows how to discover it. And they're both in danger from what they will discover.

Elly Parker had everything. Perfect husband. Perfect apartment. Perfect friends and the perfect job. As an internet celebrity - famed for her random acts of kindness - everyone knew it. So when a betrayal causes her to lose it all, millions of people are watching. But even at her lowest, Elly will always help someone in need. Which makes her the perfect target for a sadistic game. Because as she soon learns, you can never trust a stranger - and a seemingly random encounter plunges her into a nightmare worse than she ever imagined. The only person she can turn to is conman turned trial lawyer Eddie Flynn, who must take on a case where nothing is what it seems. With the most cruelly ingenious mind manipulating events from the shadows, everyone is in danger - including Eddie and his family.

Le Maître des Limbes: vos rêves lui appartiennent. Un roman vertigineux, entre le récit d'espionnage, le thriller et le fantastique. Que se passe-t-il réellement lorsque vous vous endormez? Quand vous plongez au coeur de vos rêves, êtes-vous certain de ne pas être manipulé? Il existe, aux quatre coins du monde, certains individus dotés d'une incroyable aptitude: ils peuvent contrôler les rêves des autres. En tentant de percer le secret de nos songes, plusieurs personnages vont faire une découverte qui pourrait changer à jamais le cours de l'histoire. Lee, une journaliste, enquête sur le virus du Marchand de sable, une étrange épidémie qui ne touche que des enfants. Gabriel, un adolescent narcoleptique isolé des autres, a la sensation qu'il peut visiter et modifier les rêves d'inconnus. James, à la tête de l'empire pharmaceutique ONIR, poursuit en secret des expériences débutées trente ans auparavant... Tandis que la CIA et la NSA se mènent une guerre secrète pour obtenir le contrôle des Limbes, au plus profond de leur sommeil, nos héros devront choisir leur camp. Une bataille se prépare, car qui contrôlera les rêves, contrôlera le monde.

"M.Chattam joue à n'en plus finir avec nos nerfs. Dans ce genre d'exercice, il est imbatable." Le Figaro Magazine "Du grand art. Un thriller cynique et palpitant" Le Parisien "M.Chattam conjugue thriller trépidant et reflexion pertinente sur [le] monde médiatique." Paris Match Alors que des millions de téléspectateurs regardent le 20h sur la chaîne nationale, un homme masqué, la voix déformée, prend en otage le présentateur vedette. Si le direct est coupé, il le tue. Maxime Chattam orchestre une véritable course contre la montre où s'affrontent le cynisme des médias, les jeux de pouvoir et les scrupules moraux. Jouant avec brio sur les ressorts psychologiques autant que sur l'action, il déploie dans ce nouveau roman tout son art de maître du suspense.

Everyone has secrets, but not everyone has remorse… A terrible accident. Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse, when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a traumatic brain injury. They say she jumped from a bridge and plunged over twenty feet to the train tracks below. A shocking revelation. When a witness comes forward with new details about Caitlin's fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was a crime committed? Did someone actually push Caitlin, and if so, who... and why? No one is safe. Meghan lets herself get close to Caitlin until she's deeply entangled in the mystery surrounding her. Only when it's too late, does she realize that she and her daughter could be the next victims...

From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband's Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world. "The premise is irresistible-a woman on a flight from Hobart to Sydney begins predicting the age and manner of death of her fellow passengers. Beautifully written, this propulsive novel has a serious theme. Could be a great... present for that special someone."-Stephen King "A riveting story so wild you don't know how she'll land it, and then she does, on a dime."-Anne Lamott AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Life is full of twists and turns you never see coming. But what if you did? Flight attendant Allegra Patel loves her job, but today is her twenty-eighth birthday and she'd rather not be placating a plane full of passengers unhappy about a long delay. There's the well-dressed man in seat 4C desperate not to miss his daughter's musical. A harried mother frantically tries to keep her toddler and baby quiet. Honeymooners still in their wedding finery dream of their new lives, while a chatty emergency room nurse dreams of retirement. Suddenly a woman traveling alone stands. She walks down the aisle making predictions about how and when passengers will die. Some dismiss her, they don't believe in psychics. Some are delighted with her prophecies! Their lives will supposedly be long. Others are appalled. Then: a few months later, the first prediction comes true. Intricately plotted, with the wonderful wit Liane Moriarty has become famous for, Here One Moment brilliantly looks at friends, lovers, and family and how we manage to hold onto them in our harried modern lives.

In a wealthy Geneva suburb, Sophie Braun lives with her family in an idyllic lakeside villa, while across town two criminals prepare to rob a prestigious jewelry store. The novel weaves between timelines to reveal how these seemingly separate worlds are dangerously connected, unraveling the hidden darkness beneath the neighborhood's polished surface.

When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.

"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way… I used to clean other people's houses-now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills… The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?

The Final Curtain brings the story of Detective Kaga to a surprising conclusion in a series of rich, surprising twists with a confounding murder in Tokyo connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga's own mother. A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, only to die alone in an apartment far away, leaving her estranged son with many unanswered questions. Now in Tokyo, Michiko Oshitani is found dead many miles from home. Strangled to death, left in the bare apartment rented under a false name by a man who has disappeared without a trace. Oshitani lived far away in Sendai, with no known connection to Tokyo - and neither her family nor friends have any idea why she would have gone there. Hers is the second strangulation death in that approximate area of Tokyo - the other was a homeless man, killed and his body burned in a tent by the river. As the police search through Oshitani's past for any clue that might shed some light, one of the detectives reaches out to Detective Kaga for advice. As the case unfolds, an unexpected connective emerges between the murder (or murders) now and the long-ago case of Detective Kaga's missing mother. Praise for the Detective Kaga series 'Clever and charming' The Sunday Times 'Keigo Higashino combines Dostoyevskian psychological realism with classic detective-story puzzles reminiscent of Agatha Christie and E.C. Bentley' Wall Street Journal 'Keigo Higashino again proves his mastery of the diabolical puzzle mystery with Malice, a story with more turns, twists, switchbacks and sudden stops than a Tokyo highway during Golden Week' New York Times Book Review

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman convicted of killing her husband. Inspiration for the #1 TV show on Netflix, The Lincoln Lawyer series.​ Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing most claims will be false. Bosch pulls a needle from the haystack: a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy, but who still maintains her innocence. Bosch reviews the case and sees elements that don't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing quick justice in the killing of one of its own. Now Haller has an uphill battle in court, a David fighting Goliaths to vindicate his client. The path for both lawyer and investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened and will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from finding the truth. Packed with intrigue and courtroom drama, Resurrection Walk shows once again that Michael Connelly is "the most consistently superior living crime fiction author" (South Florida Sun Sentinel).

A bold and unpredictable debut thriller set in the biotech world (and deceptive beauty) of Switzerland, by acclaimed actor Richard Armitage. Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has taken a step back from work to spend more time with her family. Movie nights with her husband Daniel and their daughter Maddie are a welcome respite from the scrutiny of the world's press. As much as it hurts, it's good to be able to see her father more too. He's suffering from Alzheimer's and needs special care. Sarah has started to show tell-tale signs of the disease too. She's been experiencing blackouts and memory loss. It's early days but she must face the possibility that she won't be there to see her daughter grow up. Daniel, a neuroscientist himself, is doing his best to be supportive but she already knows that she will have to be the strong one. For all of them. So when Sarah is invited to be the guest of honour at a prestigious biotech conference in Geneva she declines, wanting to stay out of the public eye-that is until Daniel shows her the kind of work that the enigmatic Mauritz Schiller has been developing. Flown first class to the spectacular alpine city and housed in a luxury hotel, Sarah and Daniel are thrust back into the spotlight. As they try to shut out the noise of the public media storm, in private Sarah is struggling with her escalating symptoms. And the true extent of what Schiller has achieved is a revelation. This is technology that could change medicine forever. More than that, it could save Sarah's life. But technology so valuable attracts all kinds of interest. Wealthy investors are circling, controversial blogger Terri Landau is all over the story, and someone close to Schiller seems bent on taking advantage of the situation for themselves. Sarah feels threatened and does not know who to trust-including herself. Far from being her lifeline Schiller's technology may be her undoing. As events spiral out of control, Sarah and Daniel are faced with the ultimate question: how far would you go for someone you love?

'Nobody does crime like James Ellroy... One of Ellroy's best works in years' Sunday Times 'This is the master of darkness at his incomparable best - simply impossible to put down' Daily Mail Los Angeles. August 4, 1962. The city broils through a mid-summer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker's looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The freewheeling Freddy O. Tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives by the maxim "Opportunity is Love." Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroe's death and the kidnapped starlet to be a poisonous riddle that only he has the guts and the brains to untangle. We are with him as he tears through all those who block his path to the truth. We are with him as he penetrates the faux-sunshine of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and the shuck of Camelot. We are with him as he falters, and grasps for love beyond opportunity. We are with him as he tracks Marilyn Monroe's horrific last charade through a nightmare L.A. that he served to create - and as he confronts his complicity and his own raging madness. It's the Summer of '62, baby. Freddy O.'s got a hot date with history. The savage Sixties are ready to pop. The Rolling Stones proclaim it best: We're just a shout away. The Enchanters is a transcendent work of American popular fiction. It is James Ellroy at his most crazed, brilliant, provocative, profanely hilarious, and stop-your-heart tender. It is a luminous psychological drama. It is an unparalleled thrill ride. It is resoundingly the great American crime novel. 'This entire book is one gleefully violent foul-mouthed research note. It's vivid, gripping, surreal' Spectator

'Book of the Year' in The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Spectator, Sunday Express, TLS, Irish Times* 'Pure class' Ian Rankin 'Pitch-perfect' Lee Child 'A powerful standalone spy thriller from a true contemporary master' Daily Telegraph Trying to investigate the Secret Service is like trying to get rid of the stink of dead badger. Hard. For two years the government's Monochrome inquiry has produced nothing more than a series of dead ends. The Service has kept what happened in the newly reunified Berlin under wraps for decades, and intends for it to stay that way. But then the OTIS file turns up. What classified secrets does it hold? And what damage will it create? All Max Janácek knows is that someone is chasing him through the pitch-dark country lanes and they want him gone. WE ALL HAVE JOBS TO DO IN THE DAYLIGHT. IT'S WHAT YOU DO IN THE SECRET HOURS THAT REVEALS WHO YOU REALLY ARE. 'Wonderful... high action, a spinning moral compass, and hidden motives on every page' Michael Connelly *Mick Herron's The Secret Hours was a Sunday Times Number Four bestseller in hardback in the second week of September 2023

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down

'Prophet is a blast' Sunday Times 'Brilliant. Hypnotically enthralling... I loved it' CHRIS WHITAKER A mysterious event An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. More and more objects materialise: toys, fairground rides, pets and other treasured mementos of the past. A weapon like no other The deaths quickly follow. A devastating weapon - Prophet - is bringing these memories to life, then stifling innocent people with their own joy. But nobody knows who created it, or why. A fight for the future Sunil Rao and Adam Rubenstein are tasked with investigating this strange new reality. After a troubled past together, they are drawn closer than ever to defend what they both hold most dear... 'A fast-paced techno-thriller...immense fun' Guardian 'A thrilling dystopian novel' TIME READERS LOVE PROPHET: 'It's a wild ride and I loved it!' 'What an amazing novel...totally compelling' 'An endlessly inventive sci-fi thriller' 'Thoroughly enjoyable...full of action, drama, sci-fi twists' 'Absolutely brilliant'

How do you choose between right or wrong, family or justice when the crime is so close to home... 'McAllister stunned me - and she will stun you too' Jodi Picoult OLIVIA: 22 years old. No history of running away. Last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And never emerging. JULIA: Detective Chief Inspector Julia Day ought to be out hunting for Olivia. After all, missing person's cases are a race against the clock. Only this one is different. Because someone just threatened Julia: Find Olivia, and we'll take your daughter... 'A first-class thriller' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Jaw-dropping, stunning' DAILY EXPRESS 'A sure-fire hit' ADELE PARKS 'This is McAllister at the height of her powers' ERIN KELLY PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' LISA JEWELL 'I am totally in awe. This is one story I will not forget' HEIDI PERKS 'Genre-bending and totally original. A tour de force!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'This is bravura novel-writing' IAN RANKIN 'Extraordinary' HARRIET TYCE Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. 'Glorious' New York Times Book Review 'The compelling energy of a crime thriller and the sharp wit of social satire' Guardian 'Whitehead's crime series is one of the most enjoyable streaks in recent fiction' Telegraph 'This novel has it all' Mail on Sunday 1971, New York City. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is going bankrupt, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney is trying to keep his head down, his business up and his life straight. But then he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up an old police contact, who wants favours in return. For Ray, staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated - and deadly. 1973. The old ways are being overthrown by the thriving counterculture, but Pepper, Carney's enduringly violent partner in crime, is a constant. In these difficult times, Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem, finding himself in a world of Hollywood stars and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook - to their regret. 1976. Harlem is burning, while the country gears up for the Bicentennial. Carney is trying to come up with a celebratory July 4th advertisement he can actually live with, while his wife Elizabeth is campaigning for her childhood friend, rising politician Alexander Oakes. When a fire seriously injures one of Carney's tenants, he enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it, navigating a crumbling metropolis run by the shady, the violent and the utterly corrupt. 'Fast, fun, ribald... with a touch of Quentin Tarantino' Sunday Times 'A delight' Financial Times 'Hugely enticing' Independent

Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff, sinking to the bottom with twelve passengers still trapped inside. A desperate rescue operation races against time to reach the survivors before their air runs out.

'The plot goes like a train... vivid and compelling' Ian Rankin One chance to crack the case. A million ways to lose. Federal prosecutor Nora Carleton has spent years building a case against a powerful New York mobster. She finally has a star witness whose testimony will lock the defendant away for good. But the courtroom is an unpredictable place. While the killing of a disgraced former governor appears unconnected to the trial, the fallout from his death means a guilty verdict hangs in the balance. Desperate to stop the mobster walking free, Nora investigates the darker side of the city to find out how everything connects. The more she uncovers, the deeper the corruption runs. And Nora knows better than most that the truth is a fragile thing - especially in court. Drawing on James Comey's thirty years in federal law enforcement, Central Park West is a fast-paced thriller, bursting with tension and authenticity - perfect for fans of John Grisham. Reviews for Central Park West 'An accomplished debut.' Sunday Times 'A great read. Brimming with been-there-done-that authority... James Comey knows this world like the back of his hand. And he delivers it with the addictive style of an expert storyteller.' Michael Connelly 'A masterful blend of legal thriller, police procedural and psychological drama.' Jeffery Deaver 'A gripping plot, and breathless pacing combine for a truly outstanding debut - one that announces a bold new talent in the mystery genre.' Harlan Coben 'Grabs the reader from the opening scene and doesn't let go.' Douglas Preston Readers love the Nora Carleton series! 'Mafia, murders and with enough twists to send me up a few blind alleys... thrilling' 'One of those books that I just couldn't put down' 'Brilliant and fast paced' 'Has the feel of early John Grisham' 'A high octane ride... Absolutely every you could wish for in a thriller'

David and Cheryl Burroughs are living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, a three year old son named Matthew - when tragedy strikes one night in the worst possible way. David awakes to find himself covered in blood, but not his own - his son's. And while he knows he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts him behind bars indefinitely. Five years into his imprisonment, Cheryl's sister arrives - and drops a bombshell. She's come with a photograph that a friend took on vacation at a theme park. The boy in the background seems familiar - and even though David realizes it can't be, he knows it is. It's Matthew, and he's still alive. David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible - save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night. Readers are loving I Will Find You... 'A thrilling roller-coaster ride' 5-star reader review 'Harlan at his absolute best!' 5-star reader review 'Couldn't put it down' 5-star reader review 'Extremely action packed, absolutely heart pounding' 5-star reader review 'Such an amazing writer' 5-star reader review 'An electrifying game of cat-and-mouse' 5-star reader review Praise for Harlan Coben... 'Unbelievably brilliant' RICHARD OSMAN 'A GREAT writer' JOHN GRISHAM 'Never lets you down' LEE CHILD 'Simply one of the all-time greats' GILLIAN FLYNN 'The modern master of the hook and twist' DAN BROWN 'One of the world's finest thriller writers' PETER JAMES 'The king of the thriller novel' JACK EDWARDS I Will Find You was a Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller 14/01/2024

"The inventive Mr. Swanson never lets the willing reader down. With The Kind Worth Saving, he surpasses his own high standard." - Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal In this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson, a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, but little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him. There was always something slightly dangerous about Joan. So, when she turns up at private investigator Henry Kimball's office asking him to investigate her husband, he can't help feeling ill at ease. Just the sight of her stirs up a chilling memory: He knew Joan in his previous life as a high school English teacher, when he was at the center of a tragedy. Now Joan needs his help proving that her husband is cheating. But what should be a simple case of infidelity becomes much more complicated when Kimball finds two bodies in an uninhabited suburban home with a FOR SALE sign out front. Suddenly it feels like the past is repeating itself, and Henry must go back to one of the worst days of his life to uncover the truth. Is it possible that Joan knows something about that day, something she's hidden all these years? Could there still be a killer out there, someone who believes they have gotten away with murder? Henry is determined to find out, enlisting help from his old nemesis Lily Kintner-but as he steps closer to the truth, a murderer is getting closer to him, and in this hair-raising game of cat and mouse only one of them will survive.

Habiter trois villes différentes? Posséder trois identités reconnues? Aimer trois femmes intensément? Avoir trois vies par semaine. Pour tirer les fils de ce nouveau suspense qui mêle les thèmes de l'exil, la vengeance, la multiplicité d'une vie... l'unique Michel Bussi. Un mort Deux disparus Trois femmes amoureuses Un corps est retrouvé dans la vallée de la Meuse, au cœur des Ardennes. Accident, suicide, meurtre? La révélation de l'identité de la victime plonge la capitaine Katel Marelle dans la sidération. Renaud Duval menait-il... trois vies par semaine? Trois femmes attendent son retour. Chacune revendique d'être son unique amour. Ensemble, elles vont tenter de percer l'énigme d'une impossible triple vie... Mais comme dans un théâtre d'illusions, des ombres rôdent, prêtes à se venger. Qui sait la vérité? Qui manipule? Qui tire les ficelles? Méfiez-vous des fils invisibles... Une intrigue vertigineuse pour un grand suspense de Michel Bussi.

The brilliantly twisty mystery from Jane Harper, the bestselling author of The Dry and Force of Nature, now major films starring Eric Bana. 'A fantastic crime writer' - Bella Mackie, author of How To Kill Your Family In Exiles, Investigator Aaron Falk finds himself drawn into a complex web of tightly held secrets in South Australia's wine country. A mother disappears from a busy festival on a warm spring night. Her baby lies alone in the pram, waiting for a return that never comes. A year later, Kim Gillespie's absence still casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather to welcome a new addition to the family. Joining the celebrations on a rare break from work is federal investigator Aaron Falk, who begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. As he looks into Kim's case, long-held secrets and resentments begin to come to the fore, secrets that show that her community is not as close as it appears. Falk will have to tread carefully if he is to expose the dark fractures at its heart, but sometimes it takes an outsider to get to the truth... Exiles is a New York Times and Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller and the final Aaron Falk mystery, following on from The Dry and Force of Nature. Praise for Jane Harper 'An avalanche of suspense' - David Baldacci 'Addictive storytelling' - Ann Cleeves 'A hugely gifted writer' - Marian Keyes 'Exceptional' - Jane Casey 'Outstanding' - C.L. Taylor 'Spellbinding' - Ian Rankin 'A stunningly atmospheric read' - Val McDermid 'Brilliantly paced' - Susie Steiner 'I devoured it in a day. Her best yet!' - Liane Moriarty 'Phenomenal' - Chris Whitaker

A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city. Bret Easton Ellis's masterful new novel is a story about the end of innocence, and the perilous passage from adolescence into adulthood, set in a vibrantly fictionalized Los Angeles in 1981 as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers throughout the city. Seventeen-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasingly unsettling preoccupation with the Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer to Bret and his friends, taunting them-and Bret in particular-with grotesque threats and horrific, sharply local acts of violence. The coincidences are uncanny, but they are also filtered through the imagination of a teenager whose gifts for constructing narrative from the filaments of his own life are about to make him one of the most explosive literary sensations of his generation. Can he trust his friends-or his own mind-to make sense of the danger they appear to be in? Thwarted by the world and by his own innate desires, buffeted by unhealthy fixations, he spirals into paranoia and isolation as the relationship between the Trawler and Robert Mallory hurtles inexorably toward a collision. Set against the intensely vivid and nostalgic backdrop of pre-Less Than Zero L.A., The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction, the real and the imagined, that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret's life at seventeen-sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage. Gripping, sly, suspenseful, deeply haunting, and often darkly funny, The Shards is Ellis at his inimitable best.

"Grabs you on the first page and doesn't let go until you reach the end." -Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me A husband's disappearance links two couples in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing, Mary Kubica Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend's house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found. Lily Scott, Nina's friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her husband, Christian, the two decide that nobody can find out what happened leading up to Jake's disappearance, especially not Nina. But Nina is out there looking for her husband, and she won't stop until the truth is discovered. "Rich with detail and a mounting, almost suffocating sense of dread, Just the Nicest Couple is a dark and twisted exploration of loyalty, family, and how far we'll go to protect the ones we love." -Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here Don't miss Mary Kubica's newest novel, She's Not Sorry, where an ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient's frightening past... Look for these other edge-of-your-seat thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica: The Good Girl The Other Mrs. Local Woman Missing She's Not Sorry It's Not Her

As seen on BETWEEN THE COVERS **In development for the screen with Neal Street Productions** 'THE MOST ORIGINAL CRIME NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'THIS HAS TO BE A STRONG CONTENDER FOR CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR' T. M. LOGAN In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock, Kat's instincts come up against Lock's logic. But when the two missing person's cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active, Lock is the only one who can help Kat when the case gets personal. AI versus human experience. Logic versus instinct. With lives on the line can the pair work together before someone else becomes another statistic? In the Blink of an Eye is a dazzling debut from an exciting new voice and asks us what we think it means to be human. 'This has to be a strong contender for crime debut of the year - sharp, perceptive writing and a brilliant new take on the detective duo' T. M. LOGAN 'A fresh and intriguing detective double act - I fell hard for all-too-human Kat and her AI colleague Lock... a riveting cold case mystery told with compassion and verve' LOUISE CANDLISH 'Everything you could hope for in a thriller: heartbreaking, intelligent, deftly plotted and so original' FIONA CUMMINS 'Jo Callaghan makes her entry into the crowded police procedural genre with a fresh take on the buddy-buddy cop trope. In the Blink of an Eye predicts the near future when police officers and their AI counterparts will work hand-in-holographic-hand. The human-AI interactions between the lead protagonists as they pursue their quarry are illuminating and, at times, hilarious. Provocative and compelling. A TV series seems a certainty' VASEEM KHAN 'In the Blink of an Eye is fresh, innovative and very very clever. Flawlessly paced, plotted and researched, it's laugh out loud, heart-achingly sad and doesn't have a dull moment. I raced through it. Simply sensational' M. W. CRAVEN 'The kind of fresh and fearless debut I just adore. Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling. Take a bow, Jo Callaghan' CHRIS WHITAKER 'I started reading this morning and ten hours later I've finished it! It's so, SO good - really properly compelling, impossible to put down - I was desperate for the solution to the mystery - but so human and moving and massively thought-provoking on what makes us human' LAURA MARSHALL 'A standout debut with a unique and thrilling take on the detective novel. Engaging, exciting and superbly readable. I loved it' SARAH HILARY 'In the Blink of An Eye captured me from the first page and kept me enthralled until the last. Jo Callaghan shakes up the police procedural with a truly original premise that is both compelling and filled with heart. Highly recommended' OLIVIA KIERNAN

Maya was in high school when her best friend Aubrey mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man, Frank, they'd been hanging around with all summer. Seven years later, Maya is just managing to move on, but her past comes back to haunt her when she discovers a recent YouTube video in which a woman suddenly keels over in a diner sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged back into the trauma that has defined her life, Maya heads to her small Berkshires hometown to finally figure out the truth about what happened. With guidance from the half-written book by the father in Guatemala she never knew, Maya's quest for answers forces her to relive that fateful summer, finally leading her back to Frank's cabin in the woods.

Printemps 1832. Une épidémie de choléra terrorise la population parisienne. La « peur bleue », comme on l'appelle, provoque des centaines de morts et suscite les plus folles rumeurs. Sinistre hasard: une série de meurtres atroces décime au même moment le quartier pauvre de Saint-Merri. Les victimes sont poignardées avant d'être amputées d'un organe. Qui peut tuer ainsi, prélevant poumon, foie ou rein? Un maniaque? Face au risque de panique, l'inspecteur Valentin Verne explore toutes les pistes. Secondé par Aglaé et deux récentes recrues, l'Entourloupe, escroc repenti, et Tafik, ancien mamelouk des armées napoléoniennes, il traque la vérité dans les rues de Paris et ses recoins les plus obscurs.

'Plotting that takes the breath away' IAN RANKIN 'A fantastic thriller writer' MARK BILLINGHAM 'Steve Cavanagh's twists hit you between the eyes. You never see them coming' ANTHONY HOROWITZ A GIRL IS MISSING. SOMEONE IS LYING. WHO IS DEADLIER... Leonard Howell's worst nightmare has come true: his daughter Caroline has been kidnapped. Not content with relying on the cops, Howell calls the only man he trusts to get her back....THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH... Eddie Flynn knows what it's like to lose a daughter and vows to bring Caroline home safe. Once a con artist, now a hotshot criminal attorney, Flynn is no stranger to the shady New York underworld....OR THE ONE WHO BELIEVES A LIE? However, as he steps back into his old life, Flynn realizes that the rules of game have changed - and that he is being played. But who is pulling the strings? And is anyone in this twisted case telling the truth...? A missing girl, a desperate father and a case that threatens to destroy everyone involved... Praise for the award-winning, Sunday Times bestseller Steve Cavanagh: 'This guy is the real deal. Trust me' LEE CHILD 'The ultimate treat for crime fiction fans' JANICE HALLETT 'Steve Cavanagh writes the best hooks in the business' MICK HERRON 'The real magic is in Steve Cavanagh's hypnotic storytelling power' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Cavanagh is a genius' EVENING STANDARD 'A great author' MARTINA COLE

"Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect--her. Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer in this unputdownable and heart-pounding mystery from an author whose "propulsive prose keeps readers on the hook and refuses to let anyone off until all has been revealed" (Shelf Awareness)"--

What happened to Lara Marteinsdóttir? Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lára spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. The mystery becomes Iceland's greatest unsolved case. What happened to the young girl? Is she still alive? Did she leave the island, or did something happen to her there? Thirty years later in August, 1986, as the city of Reykjavík celebrates its 200th anniversary, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lara's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, and with the eyes of Reykjavík upon him, it soon becomes clear that Lara's disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved...

This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga introduced in Volume One. Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case which terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything-some even their lives. Will the culprits ever be brought to justice? More importantly-what is justice?

Todo lo que Aura Reyes necesita es continuar con vida diez minutos más. No es tarea fácil. Las otras son cuatro, son más fuertes y ella -una figura acorralada en el patio de la cárcel- nunca ha sabido defenderse demasiado bien. O tal vez sí. Porque Aura tiene que recuperar a sus hijas. También a sus amigas. Y por eso ha trazado un plan que arranca dentro de diez minutos. Así que no. No tiene ninguna intención de morir hoy... Tomado de la contracubierta del libro.

John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. "A breathtaking update on the McDeeres and the life they made... Grisham, in vintage form, ratchets up the suspense in this winning sequel." -The Wall Street Journal What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is found in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America's favorite storyteller. It is now fifteen years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him as far as Istanbul and Tripoli, Mitch finds himself at the center of a sinister plot that has worldwide implications. Once again Mitch's colleagues, friends, and family are targeted. Mitch is a master at staying one staying one step ahead of his adversaries, but this time there's nowhere to hide. Don't miss John Grisham's latest novel, Camino Ghosts, and the upcoming Framed, his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man!

Agent Seventeen, the most infamous hitman in the world, has quit. But whoever wants to become Assassin Eighteen must track him down and kill him first. So when a bullet hits the glass inches from his face, he knows who fired it - doesn't he? But the sniper isn't the hardened killer he was expecting. It's Mireille - a mysterious, silent child, abandoned in the woods with instructions to pull the trigger. Reuniting with his spiky lover, Kat, Seventeen must protect Mireille, and discover who sent her to kill him, and why. But the road he must travel is littered with bodies. And the answer, when it comes, will blow apart everything Seventeen thought he knew.

"It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs. Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything... That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go..."--Provided by publisher.

"The action is hot and realistic and you can smell the grease on the guns....Action is the name of Hadfield's game and he delivers." -The Globe and Mail "His high-octane depiction of aerial dogfights stirs memories of Top Gun." -The Times (UK) "A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner... Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!"-Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author From the author of the #1 bestselling thriller The Apollo Murders comes the supersonic hunt for a shadowy Soviet defector. Israel, October 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below... and promptly disappears. NASA Flight Controller and former top US test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground-and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents. The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets' mythical "Foxbat" MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz needs to tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse-bringing the defector into the heart of the United States' most secret test site-and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way. For Chris Hadfield's second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris's CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world's top fighter pilots.

"Un thriller nemaivăzut de la Millenium încoace." - L'Obs La Universitatea din Salamanca, un grup de studenți la Criminologie descoperă existența unui ucigaș care era sub radar de câteva decenii și care își pune în scenă victimele inspirându-se din picturile renascentiste. La Madrid, anchetatoarea Lucia Guerrero își găsește partenerul răstignit pe un Calvar și pornește pe urmele bărbatului supranumit „ucigașul cu lipici". Toți se vor confrunta cu propriul trecut, cu cele mai profunde frici și cu un adevăr mai abominabil decât toate legendele și miturile. Un festin literar pe care-l veți savura pe nerăsuflate și care are teama, misterul, teroarea și angoasa ca feluri principale. Pictura barocă este aperitivul incitant, iar mitologia - desertul opulent. "Lucia Guerrero are aceeași hotărâre de războinică obstinată ca și Lisbeth Salander a lui Stieg Larsson." - L'Obs "Legende tulburătoare, picture baroce, Metamorfozele lui Ovidiu, spirite tulburate: toate se aliniază într-o poveste complexă... și absolut terifiantă." - Le Journal de Quebec "Cititorii se vor bucura de noua călătorie oferită de acest maestru al thrillerului și cu siguranță se vor atașa de Lucia, puțina lumina dintr-o lume tenebroasă." - Le Figaro "Cred că, odată ce cititorii o vor cunoaște, o vor iubi pe Lucia la fel cum îl iubesc pe Martin Servaz. Nu se preface nici în acțiuni, nici cu emoțiile ei. Le trăiește pur și simplu, este autentică." - Bernard Minier

Stevie Bell solved the case of Truly Devious, and now she's taking her detecting skills abroad when she becomes embroiled in a mystery from 1990s England. Another pulse-pounding and laugh-out-loud stand-alone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson. Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn't going well. Her boyfriend, David, is studying in London. Her friends are obsessed with college applications. With the cold case of the century solved, Stevie is adrift. There is nothing to distract her from the questions pinging around her brain-questions about college, love, and life in general. Relief comes when David invites Stevie and her friends to join him for study abroad, and his new friend Izzy introduces her to a double-murder cold case. In 1995, nine friends from Cambridge University went to a country house and played a drunken game of hide-and-seek. Two were found in the woodshed the next day, murdered with an ax. The case was assumed to be a burglary gone wrong, but one of the remaining seven saw something she can't explain. This was no break-in. Someone's lying about what happened in the woodshed. Seven suspects. Two murders. One killer still playing a deadly game.