Lisa Jewell (Author)
Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins.
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for Alix's series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.
Alix agrees to a trial interview. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging.
Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has inveigled her way into Alix's life - and into her home.
Soon she begins to wonder who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?
Lee Child (Author)
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Andrew Child (Author)
Reacher never backs down from a problem.
And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Under the merciless desert sun, nothing is as it seems.
Minutes later Reacher is heading into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying to find her twin brother. He might have got mixed up with some dangerous people.
And Reacher might just need to pay them a visit.
Their leader has burrowed his influence deep into the town. Just to get in and meet the mysterious Dendoncker, Reacher is going to have to achieve the impossible.
To get answers will be even harder. There are people in this hostile, empty place who would rather die than reveal their secrets.
But then, if Reacher is coming after you, you might be better off dead.
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Better Off Dead is the 26th book in the internationally popular series.
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***
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'Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.' KEN FOLLETT
'If you haven't read any Jack Reacher, you have a treat in store . . . a hitchhiker without a phone, a one-man force for good.' The Times
'A contemporary version of the knight in shining armour . . . Reacher is a mythic figure.' Literary Review
'Jack Reacher is a wonderfully epic hero; tough, taciturn, yet vulnerable... Irresistible.' People
'Jack Reacher has long since earned his prominent place in the pantheon of cool, smart-talking American heroes.' New York Times
Lee Child & Andrew Child, Number 1 Sunday Times bestsellers, April 2024
Robert Harris (Author)
'A belter of a thriller' THE TIMES
'A master storyteller . . . an important book for our particular historical moment' OBSERVER
'His best since Fatherland' SUNDAY TIMES
'From what is it they flee?'
He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, 'They killed the King.'
1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. Having been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles the I, they are wanted and on the run. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture, dead or alive.
In London, Richard Nayler, secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice.
Act of Oblivion is an epic journey across continents, and a chase like no other.
'A ripping page-turner' FINANCIAL TIMES
'You could not do better than this' DAILY TELEGRAPH
James Patterson (Author)
They strike under cover of darkness, trigger no alarms, and leave no evidence behind.
Detective Alex Cross is hunting a killer who targets families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn't the only one investigating.
A charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the actions of 'The Family Man' that others have missed.
It's up to Cross to determine whether the writer's theories are fact or fiction.
Tess Gerritsen (Author)
*RIZZOLI & ISLES: NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX!*
Meet them in Tess Gerritsen’s bestselling series.
'Suspenseful and clever - nobody is who they seem to be in this shocking and fast-paced mystery.' KARIN SLAUGHTER
The nail-biting new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Have you met Rizzoli & Isles yet?
Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are investigating a gruesome and seemingly senseless murder. The victim was a respected, much loved nurse. But she was guarding a dangerous secret - a secret that may have lead the killer straight to her door.
Meanwhile, Jane's watchful mother Angela Rizzoli is convinced there's something strange, perhaps even dangerous, about her new neighbours across the street. The problem is, no one is listening to her. Not even her own daughter.
Ignored and frustrated, and with danger mounting in her neighbourhood, Angela may be forced to take action on her own . . .
'Outstanding - inventive, scary, and funny. Listen to Me is Gerritsen at her best!' KATHY REICHS
'Gerritsen walks that high wire between humour and suspense without ever falling off as she plays a great game of bait and switch with her readers.' LINWOOD BARCLAY
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Readers are raving about Listen to Me!
'Tightly woven plot, sharp characters and some laugh out loud scenes. LOVED IT' *****
'Twisting and turning with an intriguing plotline and maintaining a dark undercurrent throughout' *****
'This may have been my first Gerritsen book but it won't be the last!' *****
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Praise for Tess Gerritsen:
'Tess Gerritsen's clever plotting and medical knowledge give her thrillers that extra edge. Expect a white-knuckle ride to very dark places.'
PAULA HAWKINS
'Suspense doesn't get smarter than this.'
LEE CHILD
'Crime-writing at its nerve-tingling best.'
HARLAN COBEN
'Baby, you are going to be up all night.'
STEPHEN KING
'Gruesome, seductive and creepily credible.'
THE TIMES
'Hair-raising, nail-biting stuff.'
GUARDIAN
Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024
Andrew Hunter Murray (Author)
Sanctuary Rock is a perfect place.
A remote island, owned by a wealthy philanthropist who is building a brand-new world on the ruins of the old one.
Ben only came to the island to bring his fiancée Cara home. But when he arrives, he is rapidly seduced by the vision of a better way of life, as described by the charismatic and mysterious Sir John.
Before long, he decides to stay.
But the island holds darker secrets than he could ever have suspected.
Then he learns the only route back to the mainland is about to close for good.
And his own life may be in terrible danger...
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PRAISE . . .
'Imaginative and intriguing ... Sucks you in and doesn't let you leave until the very last page' Anthony Horowitz
'Smoothly written, thought provoking ... with an effective shocker of an ending' Guardian
'The considerable pleasure of this novel is in the getting from here to there' The Times
Terry Hayes (Author)
If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide - and when to shoot.
But some places don't play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane's experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet are such a place - a place where violence is the only way to survive.
Kane travels there to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West - but instead he meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction. A frightening, clever, vicious man with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart...
