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Who She Was

The mysterious stranger seems perfect. But nobody knows who she is and what she has been compelled to do to survive. The gripping new bestseller from Tony Parsons. 
 
‘Vividly drawn and utterly engrossing’ Tom Hindle 
'Gripping and beautifully written, with atmosphere you could cut with a knife' Alex Michaelides 
'A cracking story ... keeps you hooked to the last page.' Heidi Perks 
‘If you like volatile characters and character-driven mysteries, this book is just the ticket. I devoured it in two days.’ Evening Standard 
‘…an intriguing Du Maurier-ish Cornwall mystery… a story of twists and turns’ Peterborough Telegraph 
‘Quite possibly his most assured outing yet.’ Barry Forshaw, Crime Time 
‘It’s a brilliant book’ Piers Morgan 
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A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night. 
 
Nearby, a young woman waits for morning, and for the estate agent to arrive with the keys to her new life in the peaceful fishing village. 
 
She carries with her no trace of the past she has left behind. 
 
Quickly she becomes an object of fascination among the locals; one in particular finds that he just can't stay away. 
 
But can anyone really have start afresh? 
What happened to this woman's old life? 
And what price did she pay to escape it? 
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Readers can't get enough of Who She Was . . . 
 
***** 'I read this book within 24 hrs of receiving. That's how good it is.' 
***** 'What a perfect book to discuss at a book club.' 
***** 'This is an absolutely beautiful book. Atmospheric doesn't even begin to describe the writing.' 
***** 'Wonderful characterization and a captivating novel.' 
***** 'Wow, what a great book! I loved everything about it. I haven't read Tony Parson's books for a while, and I now feel like I've missed out on some great reads.'

TONY PARSONS is a bestselling novelist and an award-winning journalist. 
His books have been published in over forty languages and his multimillion-selling novel 
Man and Boy won the Book of the Year prize in 2000. 
Most recently, he created the Max Wolfe crime series. 
The Murder Bag, the first Max Wolfe book, went to number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list and in 2023 was voted one of the 
100 best crimes books of all time by the readers of Dead Good Books. 
Tony lives in London with his family.

A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night. 
 
Nearby, a young woman waits for morning, and for the estate agent to arrive with the keys to her new life in the peaceful fishing village. 
 
She carries with her no trace of the past she has left behind. 
 
Quickly she becomes an object of fascination among the locals; one in particular finds that he just can't stay away. 
 
But can anyone really have start afresh? 
What happened to this woman's old life? 
And what price did she pay to escape it?

THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR

CAUTION: This book is addictive. What happens when the people next door know all your secrets - but you know none of theirs? By the number one bestselling author of Man and Boy and the Max Wolfe crime series. 
 
'Everyone needs to buy and read it.' Rob Rinder 
'Had me gripped from start to finish.' Jane Fallon 
'Creepy, paranoid and shocking.' Alex Michaelides 
'Twisty, insightful and completely absorbing.' Celia Walden 
'A brilliant, brilliant novel. Incredbily gripping and scary!' Susanna Reid, Good Morning Britain 
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How well do you know the people next door? 
 
You've moved to your dream home: a gorgeous honey-coloured house in the country. 
 
It's a new beginning: your chance to put the terrible truth of what happened to you in the city behind you. 
 
But your new neighbours have secrets of their own. 
 
Terrifying secrets. Unimaginable secrets. 
 
And when you learn about the previously happy family who lived - and died - in your house, you start to wonder how safe you really are . . . 
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'Tony Parsons strikes again with a new epic thriller... It's a nail-biter until the end!' That's Life 
'A brilliant page-turning thriller.' Piers Morgan 
'As elegant and vivid as ever' Daily Mail 
'Builds like a Hitchcock classic' Peterborough Telegraph 
'This one will keep you guessing' Heat 
'The sort of thriller you could read again and again' Belfast Telegraph 
'A creepy tale of a couple whose move to the country, to what they'd hoped was their little corner of paradise, turns into a nightmare' Choice 
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Readers are loving The People Next Door ... 
 
***** 'There's just no words really to describe how much I LOVED this book.' 
***** 'Great storytelling, tension-filled and very enjoyable.' 
***** 'Tony Parsons hooked me from the first few chapters, and I found it really hard to put down, I'd highly recommend it to any thriller lovers.' 
***** 'This book really twists and turns in a way that I love. I really enjoyed this book and would not hesitate to recommend it!' 
***** 'I couldn't leave the book for a minute until I'd discovered how it would all end ... A brilliant book.'

'The People next Door is an absolute triumph. I inhaled this book in just a couple of sittings. A creeping tale of hidden secrets that crackles with tension like static electricity. Full of gasp-inducing twists and a breath-taking climax. Just brilliant.'

'Twisty, insightful and completely absorbing'

Your Neighbour’s Wife

What do you do when your perfect life spins out of control? A gripping psychological thriller for fans of Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce and The Whole Truth by Cara Hunter.

What do you do when your perfect life spins out of control? A gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author Tony Parsons. 
 
'Hard to put down, I tore through it in two sittings. This tale of an illicit one-night stand with devastating consequences is a hugely enjoyable read.' ALEX MICHAELIDES 
 
'Bears comparison with his 2000 novel, Man and Boy ... Laced with humanity and the shadow of guilt, this is Parsons at his very best.' DAILY MAIL 
 
'Such a compelling read - and a brilliant depiction of both marriage and infidelity. There's unputdownable and there's walking-into-lamp-posts with the latest Tony Parsons in your hand.' CELIA WALDEN 
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Tara Carver seems to have the perfect life. A loving mother and wife, and a business woman who runs her own company, she's the sort of person you'd want to live next door to, who might even become your best friend. 
 
But what sort of person is she really? 
 
Because in one night of madness, on a work trip far from home, she puts all this at risk. And suddenly her dream life becomes a living nightmare when the married man she spent one night with tells her he wants a serious relationship with her. And that he won't leave her or her precious family alone until she agrees. 
 
There seems to be only one way out. 
And it involves murder... 
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'Emotionally powerful, beautifully written and observed, this is one to savour.' CARA HUNTER, author of Close to Home and All the Rage 
 
'Tony Parsons excels at presenting his narratives in the clearest possible prose while revealing the toughest of human emotions ... fast-moving and involving' LITERARY REVIEW 
 
'I can testify it is a real humdinger!' PIERS MORGAN 
 
'100% unputdownable. High on my list for a lockdown read so an ideal gift to send to your locked-down Valentines ... No gift like the gift of an up to the Insta moment page-turner' OLIVIA COLE 
 
'A roller-coaster read' BELLA

Ventures into fresh territory. Your Neighbour's Wife is at once a romance and a murder story

Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong girl.

#taken

London has a new detective - DC Max Wolfe is on the hunt and he means to get his man, whatever the consequences…

From the Sunday Times no.1 bestselling author, a brilliant page-turning new Max Wolfe thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing until the very last page.

Whip-fast, twisting like a moped in a traffic jam.

Parson’s work stands out because he creates memorable characters.

Pages that stick to the fingers ... as haunting as it is engaging

From the Sunday Times no.1 bestselling author, a brilliant page-turning Max Wolfe thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing until the very last page. 
 
‘Tense and human’ LEE CHILD 
‘Brilliant stuff’ PETER JAMES 
‘A cracking read’ PIERS MORGAN 
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#taken in the night 
 
They thought they were kidnapping the mistress of one of London’s most powerful gangsters. But they’ve taken the wrong woman. And crossed the wrong detective. 
 
#taken underground 
 
Detective Max Wolfe's hunt for the missing woman takes him from New Scotland Yard’s legendary Black Museum to the glittering mansions of career criminals, from sleazy strip joints to secret sex dungeons – and to unspeakably dark deeds committed decades ago. 
 
#taken to the limit 
 
It’s a world of family secrets, sexual jealousy, and a lust for revenge – which might also become Wolfe’s grave… 
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Readers cannot get enough of #taken . . . 
 
***** 'I read this with my mind darting from one scenario to another, my heart pounding, my pulse racing. If I could have read it in one sitting, I would have.' 
***** 'There are lots of twists and surprises along the way and I will definitely be reading the other books in this series.' 
***** 'A propulsive page-turner' 
***** 'A wonderful writer that brings a much needed warmth to a great detective series.' 
***** 'Parsons writes real, complicated, multi-dimensional characters and crimes . . . I am always a bit annoyed at the end of a book in the series because I am going to have to wait to see what happens next in his life.' 
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'A cracking read’ ITV, Good Morning Britain 
‘Eye-widening twists’ SOPHIE HANNAH 
‘A must-read’ JEFFERY DEAVER 
'Whip-fast, twisting like a moped in a traffic jam.' THE SUN 
'Pages that stick to the fingers' SHOTS MAGAZINE 
'Fast-paced, twisty ... will have you hooked from start to end.' CULTUREFLY

(DC Max Wolfe)

Girl On Fire

From the Sunday Times no.1 bestselling author, a brilliant page-turning new Max Wolfe thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing until the very last page.

What impresses about Girl on Fire is Tony Parsons’s almost old-fashioned mastery of storytelling. Moreover, he raises real issues of today and accompanies them with intelligent debate ... remarkably moving

The action bowls along exhilaratingly, with plenty of twists and hair-raisingly topical material… The upshot is the kind of big foot-to-the-floor read

Parson's latest novel is a master class on building a world, developing a plot and how to write a sequel.… An incredibly well written book...

If there were any doubts before, then this powerful novel will confirm that Tony Parsons sits in his rightful position among the top echelon of contemporary British writers.

A phenomenal read that I will happily shout about from the rooftops for the foreseeable future.

Girl On Fire is a hard-hitting story that… create[s] a realistic and suspenseful work of fiction.

A thrilling roller-coaster ride full of tension and suspense, jam packed with the very best of gritty crime action.

A page turning new thriller from the Max Wolfe series will keep you grappled and guessing until the end

His way of writing is so visceral and dynamic

Parson weaves a yarn that stands up to the best in the Crime Thriller genre

ALMOST HOME. BUT NOWHERE TO HIDE. From the number one bestselling crime-writer comes a brilliant, page-turning new DC Max Wolfe thriller. 
 
'Remarkably moving' The Times 
 
When terrorists use a drone to bring down a plane on one of London's busiest shopping centres, it ignites a chain of events that will draw in the innocent and guilty alike. 
 
DC Max Wolfe finds himself caught in the crossfire in a city that seems increasingly dangerous and hostile. 
 
But does the danger come from the murderous criminals that Max is tracking down? Or the people he's trying to protect? 
 
Or does the real threat to Max lie closer to home? 
 
'Tony Parsons puts you right there in every scene he writes. I love that kind of storytelling and I’m a D.C. Max Wolfe fan.' James Patterson 
 
'A relentless plot, evocative prose and compelling characters conspire to make this a must-read.' Jeffery Deaver 
 
'I've long been a fan of Tony Parsons' writing, and this is brilliant stuff.' Peter James 
 
‘Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic’ Lee Child 
 
'Great plotting, great characters and at least two eye-widening twists I didn't see coming’ Sophie Hannah 
 
'Simply superb plot and characters’ Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Die Last

From the UK no.1 bestselling author, a brilliant page-turning new thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing until the very last page.

Parsons is superb. He produces a riveting story from an unedifying subject which grips from start to finish. It horrifies, informs and thrills , and you cannot turn away until the very last page. Now that’s how a book should be

Parsons handcuffs you from the first page... written with a winning combination of horror and compassion - this is one Wolfe that really bites

Die Last [is] a fast-paced, cunningly plotted story about human smuggling and sex trafficking, written with headline-ripping immediacy

Fast-paced and darkly witty… Gripping Stuff

It was totally gripping and the pages slipped away

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A terrifying secret. A missing girl. 
 
As dawn breaks on a snowy February morning, a refrigerated lorry is found parked in the heart of London's Chinatown. Inside twelve women are discovered - all dead from hypothermia. 
 
But when DC Max Wolfe looks in the cab of truck, he finds thirteen passports. 
 
One woman has survived. Where is she? And what sort of danger is she in? 
 
The hunt for her will take Max into the dark heart of a terrifying world where nothing and nobody is safe ...

The Hanging Club

From the Sunday Times no.1 bestselling author, a brilliant page-turning new thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing until the very last page.

I've long been a fan of Tony Parson's writing and I'm really enjoying his genre move into crime fiction. This is brilliant stuff.

Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic.

Told with clarity and insight ... Confirms Parsons has earned a place at the very pinnacle of British crime writing.

A relentless plot, evocative prose and compelling portraits of the characters, good and evil, conspire to make this a must read.

This is Parson’s best crime novel so far and underlines his exceptional talent for sensing the zeitgeist.

If you haven’t already become a fan, the third outing for Max Wolfe is the perfect introduction to the London underworld that Tony Parsons has so vividly created. While expertly playing with the classic tropes of the detective genre, Parsons folds in live-streamed vigilante justice and a social media campaign to bring back the death penalty – meaning Wolfe’s cases couldn’t feel more of-the-minute

Had me gripped from the first chapter to the last sentence.

A cleverly plotted page-turner, with touches of Cracker and Nordic Noir, all soaked in the atmosphere of London’s murky back-streets

A gripping page-turning book that will demand your full attention

“Tony Parsons puts you right there in every scene he writes. I love that kind of storytelling and I’m a D.C. Max Wolfe fan.” – James Patterson 
 
 
 A band of vigilante executioners roam London's hot summer nights, abducting evil men and hanging them by the neck until dead. 
 
 As the bodies pile up and riots explode across the sweltering city, DC Max Wolfe hunts a gang of killers who many believe to be heroes. 
 
 And discovers that the lust for revenge starts very close to home ... 
 
Praise for The Hanging Club 
 
 “This is Parson’s best crime novel so far and underlines his exceptional talent” (Daily Mail) 
 "I've long been a fan of Tony Parson's writing…This is brilliant stuff" (Peter James) 
 
 "Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic" (Lee Child) 
 
 ‘Has all the ingredients and more: great plotting, great characters and at least two eye-widening twists I didn't see coming.’ (Sophie Hannah) 
 
 "If you haven’t already become a fan, the third outing for Max Wolfe is the perfect introduction to the London underworld that Tony Parsons has so vividly created…Wolfe’s cases couldn’t feel more of-the-minute" (GQ) 
 
 “A gripping page-turning book that will demand your full attention” (Irish Examiner) 
 
 “Fast paced and gripping” (Best Special Series) 
 
 “Parsons had me gripped from the first chapter to the last sentence” (Irish independent) 
 “A cleverly plotted page-turner, with touches of Cracker and Nordic Noir, all soaked in the atmosphere of London’s murky back-streets” (CSMA Club Life magazine) 
 
 
 Praise for Tony Parsons… 
 
 “It’s all as addictive as your favourite boxset…it contains more twists than a contortionist caught in a tornado” (The Shortlist) 
 
 "Told with clarity and insight ... Confirms Parsons has earned a place at the very pinnacle of British crime writing" (Daily Mail) 
 
 “Tense…with a dose of dry wit” (The Daily Express) 
 
 “A taut always engaging thriller” (The Sun) 
 
 “I put my life on hold while I was reading because I couldn't tear myself away from the gripping story... It's complicated, brutal but Tony Parsons has managed to weave the brutality into a truly brilliant story” (Bestselling Crime Thrillers) 
 
 “It's a brilliant crime novel, a thrilling procedural. Max Wolfe is a wonderfully endearing character, smart and tough and vulnerable, and with Scout (and Stan too) Tony has created so much warmth and tenderness, in a world, a genre, so often devoid of it. His research is wide, deep, impeccable - from forensics to the psychology, procedure to protocol. And boy does he know how to create suspense, and convincing plot lines, which snake and weave, and surprise right until the very end. This is a complex, shocking, very contemporary story, told with utter conviction and authority. I was hooked from page one. Crime writing has a brilliant new star” (Henry Sutton) 
 
 “Sometimes, rarely, you know from the first chapter or so of a novel that you're in the hands of a master story teller. In the case of Tony Parsons…we know this within the first few pages. A relentless plot, evocative prose and compelling (and wrenching) portraits of the characters, good and evil, conspire to make this a must-read" (Jeffery Deaver) 
 
 “Superbly crafted crime drama that grips from start to finish” (The Sunday Post) 
 
 “Fast paced and gripping” (The Scotsman) 
 
 ‘[Tony Parsons'] writing pedigree is first class. It shows in this terrific thriller, and Max Wolfe is a class act, a brilliant character that has to feature again ... Absolutely stunning!’ (Books Monthly)

The Slaughter Man

A murdered family. A dying serial killer. A missing child. DC Max Wolfe hunts a pitiless killer through the streets of London. By the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of The Murder Bag.

A murdered family. A dying serial killer. A missing child. DC Max Wolfe hunts a pitiless killer through the streets of London. By the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of The Murder Bag. 
 
'This is brilliant stuff!' Peter James 
'The colourful plot races through the pages' Times 
'A remarkable novel on multiple levels' Booklist 
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On New Year's Day, a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in north London, their youngest child stolen away. 
 
The murder weapon - a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered - leads Detective Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a killer who thirty years ago was known as the Slaughter Man. 
 
But the Slaughter Man has done his time, and is now old and dying. Can he really be back in the game? 
 
And was the murder of a happy family a mindless killing spree, a grotesque homage by a copycat killer - or a contract hit designed to frame a dying man? 
 
All Max knows is that he needs to find the missing child and stop the killer before he destroys another innocent family - or finds his way to his own front door ... 
 
Even the happiest of families have black, twisted secrets that someone is ready to kill for... 
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Readers can't get enough of The Slaughter Man . . . 
 
***** 'WOW !!!' 
***** 'It's just an altogether enjoyable read. I can't wait to go back and read the rest of the series.' 
***** 'If you enjoy intelligent, well written crime fiction, then add Max Wolfe to your reading list' 
***** 'An excellent and thrilling read.' 
***** 'Absolutely brilliant! This was something different altogether..........WOW!'

Told with striking clarity and insight, this novel confirms Parsons has earned a place at the very pinnacle of British crime writing

The second entertaining instalment in the Max Wolfe series... the colourful plot races through the pages and spreads its tentacles into the dark reaches of abuse

This blood thumping, heart pumping thriller confirms Tony Parsons has become one of our best crime writers. Brilliant! 10 stars

With its big ideas and adroit plotting, The Slaughter Man's position in the marketplace of fiction seems justly assured

Parsons had me gripped from the first chapter to the last sentence

Superbly crafted crime drama that grips from start to finish

Parsons’ novel has startling emotional power, the result of brooding poetry gliding across a propulsive narrative … A remarkable novel on multiple levels

It’s all as addictive as your favourite boxset…it contains more twists than a contortionist caught in a tornado

I've long been a fan of Tony Parsons's writing, and his sharp eye for detail, and I'm really enjoying his genre move into crime fiction. This is brilliant stuff!

I put my life on hold while I was reading because I couldn't tear myself away from the gripping story... It's complicated, brutal but Tony Parsons has managed to weave the brutality into a truly brilliant story.

A DC Max Wolfe Short Story

Fresh Blood

An exclusive short story featuring DC Max Wolfe from Tony Parsons, the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Murder Bag

An exclusive short story featuring DC Max Wolfe from Tony Parsons, the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Murder Bag 
 
The gruesome discovery of the body of an old man on Hampstead Heath leads DC Max Wolfe deep into gangland London. Could the dead man's connections to the Krays and the Richardsons be behind the killing? As Max delves deeper, he uncovers a new gang war, one that could have terrible consequences for him and the people he loves.

Dead Time

An exclusive short story featuring DC Max Wolfe from Tony Parsons, the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Murder Bag

An exclusive short story featuring DC Max Wolfe from Tony Parsons, the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Murder Bag. 
 
One am, Boxing Day. Snow falls, the city sleeps. 
 
Not DC Max Wolfe. He is looking out of his loft apartment at the deserted streets below. 
A van has just drawn up. Two men get out. Dressed in black and wearing ski-masks, they are dragging something. 
It’s a man. Half-naked. Half-dead. But still alive. 
Not for much longer. 
Soon Max Wolfe is hunting a gang of killers who decapitate their victims 
And this time it’s personal … 
 
Includes an exclusive sneak preview of Tony's new novel, The Slaughter Man.

The thrilling Richard and Judy Book Club pick (DC Max Wolfe)

The Murder Bag

The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this.

Propulsive ... If The Murder Bag marks the launch of a new crime series, count me in.

A tense debut crime novel with a dose of dry wit

Impressive, page-turning ... Told with conviction and at an ever increasing pace

Truly emotive crime-writing is a rarity, and The Murder Bag looks set to win Tony Parsons many new fans in the genre

Sometimes, rarely, you know from the first chapter or so of a novel that you're in the hands of a master story teller. In the case of Tony Parsons's brilliant new thriller, The Murder Bag, we know this  within the first few pages. A relentless plot, evocative prose and compelling (and wrenching) portraits of the characters, good and evil, conspire to make this a must-read. And I have two words for hero Max Wolfe: More. Soon.

Has all the ingredients and more: great plotting, great characters and at least two eye-widening twists I didn't see coming.

It's a brilliant crime novel, a thrilling procedural. Max Wolfe is a wonderfully endearing character, smart and tough and vulnerable, and with Scout (and Stan too) Tony has created so much warmth and tenderness, in a world, a genre, so often devoid of it.  His research is wide, deep, impeccable - from forensics to the psychology, procedure to protocol.  And boy does he know how to create suspense, and convincing plot lines, which snake and weave, and surprise right until the very end. This is a complex, shocking, very contemporary story, told with utter conviction and authority. I was hooked from page one.  Crime writing has brilliant new star.

Tony Parsons has fashioned a fiendishly plotted, chilling and unexpectedly moving thriller. The Murder Bag is pacy and passionate, often beautifully written, with a genuinely surprising final twist. Detective Max Wolfe has just the right balance of compassion and rage. I expect to see a lot more of Mr Wolfe.

Has reinvented himself as a gritty crime-writer … But there are two things that elevate Parsons’ novel: parenting is his speciality subject and it’s treated with a nuance largely absent elsewhere in crime fiction. And Parsons, a quintessential London writer, evokes his city with pungency and élan.

[Tony Parsons'] writing pedigree is first class. It shows in this terrific thriller, and Max Wolfe is a class act, a brilliant character that has to feature again ... Absolutely stunning!

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The gripping first novel in the DC Max Wolfe crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. Like Ian Rankin or Peter James? You'll love this. 
 
Twenty years ago, seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field. 
 
Now, they're being murdered one by one, in the most violent way imaginable. 
 
Detective Max Wolfe has recently arrived in the Homicide division of London's West End Central, 27 Savile Row. 
 
Soon he is following the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the internet and all the way to the corridors of power. 
 
As the bodies pile up, Max finds the killer's reach getting closer to everything - and everyone - he loves. 
 
Soon he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life...

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A delight . . . This is Parsons at his scintillating best: do not miss it.

This is another spectacular novel that takes the reader to dark places.

This is an exciting murder mystery with clever characterisation, interesting subplots and a climax that won’t disappoint!

Max Wolfe is back! This is the long-awaited seventh instalment in the popular crime series from the number-one bestselling author of Man and Boy. 
 
'This is Parsons at his scintillating best: do not miss it.' Geoffrey Wansell 
'A spectacular novel that takes the reader to dark places... I absolutely loved it' Natasha Harding 
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Emma Moon is out. 
 
She’s served 16 years for a notorious armed robbery that left two men dead – and enriched many more. 
 
But Emma Moon never talked. She kept the code. She never revealed who was with her on the day of the robbery. She never told who killed those two men. 
 
And now she is free – and everything has gone. Her family. Her share of the money. And her faithless husband. 
 
So Emma Moon is in a hurry. Because it is payback time. And after all those years inside, she has friends who will do anything for her. 
 
As the bodies of the innocent and the guilty pile up, only one detective stands between a career criminal and her quest for revenge. 
 
The same man who, as a fresh-faced policeman, arrested her all those years ago. 
 
Max Wolfe is back. 
 
Single parent to a teenage daughter, owner of an ageing dog, music lover, hopeless romantic - and a murder detective who has his own code of honour. 
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Praise for the Max Wolfe series... 
'Parsons is at the very top of his game' Matthew D’Ancona 
'An exciting murder mystery with clever characterisation, interesting subplots and a climax that won't disappoint!" Candis Magazine 
'Spectacular! Tense and human, fast and authentic' Lee Child 
'A must-read' Jeffrey Deaver 
'Eye-widening twists' Sophie Hannah 
'Brilliant stuff' Peter James 
A breakneck crime thriller” Woman's Own book club 
 
 
Tony Parsons, Sunday Times bestselling author, May 2024

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