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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

A D Swanston

A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

A J Baime

A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

A J Pollard

A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

A L Berridge

Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

A L Gaylin

A Maxwell-Hyslop

A McArthur

A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

A S Webb

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

A. A. Dhand

A. A. Gill

A. A. Milne

A. Anatoli

A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

A. B. Poranek

A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
admillerbooks.com

A. D. Miller

A. E. Ellis

A. E. W. Mason

A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

A. Igoni Barrett

The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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LJ Ross

The twenty-fourth instalment in LJ Ross's globally bestselling DCI Ryan mystery series 
 
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Blood never lies... 
 
Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is living a nightmare. As one of the country's foremost murder detectives, Ryan knows he can face the worst of humanity and step into the darkest minds because, every night, he returns home to the loving arms of his wife, Anna. 
 
When he receives a call to say she's been arrested for the murder of a well-known author, he refuses to believe the evidence that seems to be piling up against her. Anna could never murder anyone. He's sure of it. 
 
Isn't he? 
 
With the case mounting against her, Ryan must search his soul to answer the question that seems to be on everybody's lips... 
 
Does he really trust the woman he married? 
 
Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit, set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape. 
 
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PRAISE FOR LJ ROSS 
 
"LJ Ross is the queen of Kindle" - Sunday Telegraph 
 
"She keeps company with the best mystery writers" - The Times 
 
"Holy Island is a blockbuster" - Daily Express 
 
"A literary phenomenon" - Evening Chronicle

Berwick

J.D. Brinkworth

Who is Nellie Thorne and why does she keep disappearing? Jane Pye and Simon Mash are on the case in this cosy crime mystery novel, perfect for fans of Janice Hallett and Robert Thorogood! 
 
 
'Fans of Richard Osman will love it!' Jonathan Ross 
'Like the dish in the title, I devoured it in one sitting' Sue Perkins---- 
 
Local schoolteacher Dev Hooper arrives home from work to find his girlfriend, Nellie Thorne, has vanished. 
 
But she's not the first Nellie Thorne to disappear. In fact, she's the fifth in fifty years. 
 
Enter Jane Pye and Simon Mash: a millennial couple who signed up for a private detective night class on a whim. When they're assigned Dev's case for their coursework, they quickly realise they’ve bitten off more than they can chew. 
 
Armed with just six weeks of notes, matching trench coats, and questionable detective skills, they set out to solve a case that has baffled Kent's police for decades. 
 
What links the missing Nellies? And why does everyone keep talking about ghosts!? 
 
Is it an open and shut case? Not on your Nellie… 
 
 
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‘A blissfully cozy mystery packed with funny moments and delightful little pleasures on each page’ Kelly Mullen, author of This is Not a Game 
 
‘A really funny read, with two very endearing detectives' Faith Martin, bestselling author of the DI Hillary Greene series and the Ryder and Loveday mystery novels

The Pie & Mash Detective Agency

Callie Kazumi

*Not Suitable For Vegetarians* 
 
'Sinister, stylish and utterly addictive' Lucy Rose 
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Ed is in trouble with the yakuza. He's gambled away all his money and his family is at risk. 
But just as he’s about to lose everything, he receives an offer he can’t refuse. 
 
A reclusive billionaire is looking for a private chef. The only catch: she has some. . . unusual tastes. 
 
As he prepares delicious dishes – fresh crab salad with a panko crumb, lamb shank dripping in red wine juice, sweet, fluffy soufflé pancakes – he realizes that each meal is a test, a challenge to satisfy an insatiable appetite. 
 
Caught up in a world more sinister than he could ever have imagined, Ed finds himself entangled in another debt. 
 
As the stakes grow, he must make a choice. 
Will he stay hungry? Or will he be greedy? 
 
Dinner is served. 
Eat Up. 
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'Sinister, stylish and utterly addictive, Greedy is a feast of a novel. It’s playfully fiendish and a seductive blood-soaked gourmet thriller you won’t be able to put down. I’m hungry for more from Callie Kazumi’ Lucy Rose 
 
'Callie Kazumi is one to watch' Alice Slater

Greedy

Jonathan Kellerman

The gripping new crime novel featuring Alex Delaware from the bestselling master of suspense. 
 
When a young woman is found dead at her kitchen table – with DNA belonging to her ex-boyfriend at the scene – psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis assume it’s an open-and-shut case. 
 
But the guy has an airtight alibi. Could an enemy from his shady past have framed him? 
 
Many miles away, a former LAPD officer is found brutally murdered in her garage. Her co-workers knew her as meticulously organized, but her house is full of junk and meaningless objects – except for the envelopes full of cash hidden within the chaos… 
 
But as Alex and Milo dig deeper, they discover shocking links between the victims. It soon becomes clear they have a complicated – and deadly – puzzle to solve. 
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Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times 
 
'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times 
 
'Jonathan Kellerman has delivered the goods again, adding another instalment to a series that shows no sign of running out of stea' Shots Magazine 
 
 
Jonathan Kellerman, New York Times bestseller, February 2024

Jigsaw

James Patterson

Detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson must divide and conquer when they’re sent to investigate two serious crimes. 
 
In Washington DC, John Sampson stands in a crater in the middle of a street and calls in the bomb squad for a suspected terrorist attack. 
 
In North Carolina, Alex Cross searches the apartment of a missing psychology grad student – his own son Damon. Has following in his famous father’s footsteps made Damon a target? 
 
From FBI headquarters to police stations, airplanes to murder scenes, the detectives track crimes committed hundreds of miles apart. 
 
It will take more than distance to weaken their unstoppable partnership. 
 
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PRAISE FOR THE ALEX CROSS SERIES 
 
'Alex Cross is a legend' HARLAN COBEN 
 
'Patterson never, and I mean never, disappoints' USA TODAY 
 
'Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it' LEE CHILD 
 
'Alex Cross... only gets better and better' LISA SCOTTOLINE 
 
'[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages' DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD

Cross and Sampson

Tom Hindle

THE GRIPPING NEW MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR. 
 
The trip of their dreams is about to end in murder. 
 
When five old friends are invited to join Abigail Blythe at the launch of her luxury hotel in the Costa Rican rainforest, they jump at the chance to spend a week in paradise. 
 
None of them have heard from Abigail since the summer they went backpacking in Central America as students – a trip that ended in disaster for one member of the group. . . 
 
Ten years may have passed, but old rivalries are never far from the surface. So when a body is discovered during the hotel’s launch event, it soon becomes clear that one among them must be responsible. 
 
Someone is desperate to keep an old secret hidden – whatever the cost. . . 
 
 
PRAISE FOR TOM HINDLE: 
 
'Brilliantly clever' Lucy Foley 
 
'Heir to Christie' Daily Mail 
 
'Clever, classy and captivating' Chris Whitaker

A Killer in Paradise

Laura Dave

The long-awaited follow-up to the global bestselling The Last Thing He Told Me, soon to be a major series on Apple TV+ (coming 2026). 
'GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. NOW.' 
A text from an unknown number. It's from Owen, Hannah's husband, who left her and his daughter Bailey without warning five years previously, and hasn't been seen since. 
 
Hannah saw him the previous evening though and although they didn't talk or even acknowledge each other, she knows she and Bailey are in danger. And that they need to leave their home in Los Angeles – and run. 
 
But why has Owen come back now? 
 
As Hannah drives north up the Californian coast, along minor roads where she and Bailey won't be seen, she wrestles with this question as well as who can be hunting them. 
 
Finally they come to an airport where they board a plane to Paris where Hannah has been told someone is waiting for them. 
 
Paris, a special city where Hannah and Owen had honeymooned; where she hopes she and Bailey will be safe; and where her and Owen's enemies are plotting their revenge ... 
 
Acclaimed author Laura Dave is back with an adrenalin-fuelled thriller you will never want to end. The gripping follow-up to the global bestseller, The Last Thing He Told Me. 
 
Love for The Last Thing He Told Me: 
‘You won’t want to miss this one’ HARLAN COBEN 
‘A tour de force of emotion’ REBECCA SERLE 
'The ultimate page turner' REESE WITHERSPOON 
'Powerful, intense and beautifully observed' T.M. LOGAN 
'A brilliant thriller' JANE CASEY

The First Time I Saw Him

Eva Macrae

'Outstanding and enthralling' Angela Marsons 
''Raw, authentic and utterly gripping' Caroline Mitchell 
'A dazzlingly good thriller' Marion Todd 
 
When Holly Campbell’s body is found on the train tracks at Glasgow Central, police quickly rule it a suicide. 
 
She’d had a troubled past. She’d tried before. 
 
But Sergeant May Mackay can’t let one detail go. If Holly never wanted to come home, why did she buy a return ticket? 
 
Driven by her own haunting loss and a promise to Holly’s grieving mother, May is determined to solve the mystery. 
 
But the deeper she digs, the more sinister the truth becomes. 
 
Someone is hiding a terrible secret. And they’ll do whatever it takes to keep it buried. 
 
Even if it means silencing May for good… 
 
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'Taut, tense, vibrant and beautifully written.' Ruth Mancini 
 
'Macrae has created a brilliantly Weegie cast of conflicted, tormented characters who have real emotional depth and coupled it to a plot with the pace of a runaway train. Once you're on board there's no way off.' Callum McSorley 
 
'Chillingly authentic with a protagonist to root for... I absolutely loved it.' Claire Wilson 
 
'Absorbing, gritty and real… this book was right up my street. Sergeant May Mackay was a breath of fresh air in the crime thriller arena. I can’t wait to read more about her.’ Mel Sherratt 
 
'Raw, authentic and utterly gripping. Eva Macrae drags you into Glasgow’s shadows and doesn’t let you out. Sergeant May Mackay is a force to be reckoned with.' Caroline Mitchell 
 
"Richly authentic with a protagonist to root for, A Death in Glasgow is a dazzlingly good thriller, dripping with heart and hope. One of the best books I’ve read this year." - Marion Todd 
 
“I had a little reading time and I chose to spend some of it with A Death in Glasgow which I absolutely loved. I read the book in one sitting and was captivated from the first line. Outstanding and enthralling.” Angela Marsons

A Death in Glasgow

Discover the new compelling novel from Sunday Times bestselling thriller writer, James Patterson... 
 
My name is Elinor Gilbert. And I am the Invisible Woman. 
 
Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI. 
 
Now, decades past solving crimes with the bureau, she is personally and professionally forgettable. 
 
Which is exactly what her former FBI boss needs. He disguises Elinor as a middle-aged nanny, and casts her as an agent on the inside of his investigation into a New York art dealer suspected of ties to organised crime. 
 
But as Elinor pushes toward the truth, her superpower - anonymity - risks doubling as a fatal flaw. 
 
The more the invisible woman integrates into her 'host' family, the more dangerously memorable she becomes. 
 
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PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 
 
'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER 
 
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 
 
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
 
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 
 
'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 
 
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL

The Invisible Woman

Jesse Kellerman

The electric new Clay Edison thriller from the New York Times bestselling, acclaimed father-son duo who write 'brilliant, page-turning fiction' (Stephen King). 
 
Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. 
 
He’s perfectly happy investigating calm, low-stakes embezzlement cases - that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a case only he can solve. 
 
Adam Valois, the missing son of a wealthy Los Gatos couple, was found floating dead in the Bay with a head injury and drugs in his system. The police have lost interest, ruling it a likely overdose. 
 
But as Clay digs deeper into Adam’s mysterious death, he begins to suspect darker forces are at play . . . 
 
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 Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times 
 
'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times 
 
'Jonathan Kellerman has delivered the goods again, adding another instalment to a series that shows no sign of running out of steam' Shots Magazine

Coyote Hills

Reese Witherspoon

Harlan Coben

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. 
 
 
In Gone Before Goodbye, the unique storytelling talents of Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben combine in one masterpiece of suspense fiction.

Gone Before Goodbye

'Alex Cross is a legend' HARLAN COBEN 
 
Discover the next book in the globally bestselling Alex Cross series... now the inspiration for the original series CROSS on Prime Video starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross. 
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Alex Cross thought serial killer Gary Soneji was dead and buried.But when a hidden cabin reveals a stash of gruesome trophies and diaries, Cross realises the Spider's evil influence has spread wider than he ever thought possible.The chilling truth soon becomes clear: Cross imprisoned the wrong man.As he studies the clues, Cross becomes enmeshed in a web of evil designed to ensnare him all along.Now he must retrace the steps of a long-ago investigation and face…the Return of the Spider.________________ 
 
 
PRAISE FOR THE ALEX CROSS SERIES 
 
'Patterson never, and I mean never, disappoints' USA TODAY 
 
'Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it' LEE CHILD 
 
'Alex Cross ... only gets better and better' LISA SCOTTOLINE 
 
'I wrote, "Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed' NELSON DEMILLE 
 
'[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages' DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD

Return of the Spider

(Alex Cross 33)

It would take a perfect plan to collect a billion-dollar ransom. 
 
So here’s the plan. 
 
Five innocent people. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment in time. 
 
Two children taken from a private school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills. 
 
A billionaire wants his family back. 
 
The cash, gold, jewels, crypto are all ready. 
 
There’s only one problem: Stubborn and brilliant FBI agent Nicky Gordon also has a plan. And she doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers. Not a dime. 
 
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PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 
 
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 
 
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 
 
'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 
 
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL 
 
'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN

Billion-Dollar Ransom

'A dizzying switchback thriller... Halston is a brilliant heroine' - The Times 
 
'The Picasso Heist is a thrilling, engaging, funny, at times moving, scintillating read' - Felicity Jones, Oscar-nominated actress and audiobook narrator 
 
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A rare masterpiece by Picasso is about to go to auction, and the whole world is watching. 
 
But bright art student Halston Graham sees an opportunity. One that could secure millions for her future – and freedom for her wrongly imprisoned father… 
 
To pull off the crime of the century, she must assemble an unlikely crack team: an expert in forgery, a ruthless mob boss, and an eccentric fashion designer. 
 
In a game where trust is a luxury and failure is not an option, will Halston’s brilliance be enough to outsmart her enemies? 
 
 
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PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 
 
'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER 
 
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 
 
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
 
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 
 
'Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 
 
'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN 
 
'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 
 
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL

The Picasso Heist

President Bill Clinton

Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever. 
 
The President of the United States is up for re-election. 
 
Her husband is on trial for murder. 
 
Is the First Gentleman a killer? 
 
A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question. 
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‘Bill Clinton reveals key White House details in murderous new political thriller… It’s a twisty thriller with plenty of inside jobs, political sabotage and many, many deaths’ USA Today 
 
'It's a novel that only those two could conjure up... gripping.' BBC Online 
 
‘I really enjoyed it, read it in just two sittings.’ Ross King, ITV Lorraine 
 
'Even better and more political than its predecessors... A gripping tale that leaps off the page’ Daily Mail____________________________ 
 
PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING'The political thriller of the decade' Lee Child'A bullet train of a thriller' A.J. Finn'A first-rate collaboration... Engrossing from page one' David Baldacci'This book moves like Air Force One. Big and fast' Michael Connelly'A big, splashy juggernaut of a novel ... truly authentic' Harlan Coben

The First Gentleman

Sophie Stava

Sloane Caraway is a liar. 
 
They are harmless lies, she tells herself, to make her own life a bit more interesting. 
 
So when she sees a child in tears in a playground one afternoon, she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee sting from his daughter’s foot. 
 
With this lie and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for Jay and Violet Lockhart who have everything: a beautiful brownstone house, a daughter in private nursery school, and long summers on an idyllic island just off the coast of New York. 
 
Sloane wants to be just like them. She wants their life and she’s prepared to lie about almost 
everything to get it. 
 
But Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and soon she begins to realise that all that’s picture-perfect about her employers hides a much more dangerous truth . . . 
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‘This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page. I just had to keep reading!’ Liane Moriarty 
 
‘From the first page until the final twist, Count My Lies is utterly gripping and unputdownable' Amy Tintera 
 
‘Readers will find themselves racing through the final, jaw-dropping pages, desperate to gather every last clue of this astonishing web of lies’ Katy Hays 
 
‘Get ready for a rollercoaster of twists’ Liv Constantine 
 
 
'Sharp, engaging, and unputdownable. Sophie Stava masterfully weaves suspense, deception, and heart into a brilliant, twisty thriller that keeps you guessing until the very last page. I devoured this in one day!' Trisha Sahklecha

Count My Lies

Blackball

Adam Hamdy

Private Tokyo

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades' LEE CHILD 
 
Cross Rivers is the kind of small town where everyone knows your name – and your secrets. 
 
Silas Tucker was destined for glory until a devastating accident brought him back to the place where his life fell apart. His father was gunned down on a deserted country road when Silas was just a boy. The killer never brought to justice. 
 
Now, teenage girls are vanishing and the Southern Mafia's shadow looms over his hometown. 
 
The community is terrified. The police need help. And Silas Tucker has nothing left to lose. 
 
When the law isn’t enough, sometimes you have to take justice into your own hands. 
 
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PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 
 
‘Nobody does it better' JEFFERY DEAVER 
 
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
 
'James Patterson is The Boss' IAN RANKIN 
 
‘Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 
 
‘Patterson is in a class by himself’ GUARDIAN 
 
‘One of the greatest storytellers of our time’ DAILY MAIL

Country Road Murders

Lisa Jewell

It was the night she almost died. 
 
Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - Jane senses she's in a bad place. She runs. 
 
Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing. 
 
A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her ... 
 
A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets ... Prepare to be hooked: it's the new Lisa Jewell thriller. 
 
 
Readers love Lisa Jewell: 
 
'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS!' MARIAN KEYES 
‘Lisa Jewell is on top-form' RUTH WARE 
'A master of her craft’ MICHELLE McDONAGH 
'[Lisa Jewell] is a genius' SABINE DURRANT

It Could Have Been Her

Rob Rinder

At MP-turned-wellness-guru Adrian Wells’ celeb-encrusted launch event for a bath salt ‘tub experience’ that promises to halt all signs of aging, someone is about to turn up the heat.As Adrian lowers himself into the architectural copper tub to showcase his miracle product in front of countless influencers, it soon becomes clear that something is amiss.The bath salt has been poisoned. And now Adrian is dead. His long-suffering assistant Jules is the prime suspect.Barrister Adam Green is tasked with Jules’s defence, and he quickly realises that there were many more people with a score to settle against Adrian.Can Adam win the day, or is he in too deep? 
_______________Praise for Rob Rinder'Hugely enjoyable!' Steve Cavanagh 
'Ridiculously entertaining' Tom Hindle 
'I did not want it to end' Heidi Perks 
'Strong storytelling with a murder mystery at its heart makes it one to treasure' Daily Mail 
'A pacy and gripping read' The Sun

The Defence

From the greatest thriller writer comes a new novel in the globally bestselling Michael Bennett series... 
 
In New York City, someone has planted a series of deadly bombs. 
 
In New Jersey, the National Guard is looted for explosives. 
 
In Montana, arson and murder rocks a quiet town. 
 
Two enigmatic brothers keep turning up in the wrong places. 
 
They insist they’re trying to make the world a better place. 
 
But with lives hanging in the balance, Detective Michael Bennett is called to investigate. 
 
Can he solve the case before their delusions lead to a nationwide disaster? 
 
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PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 
 
'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER 
 
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 
 
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
 
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 
 
'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 
 
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL 
 
'Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 
 
'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN

Delusional

The twenty-sixth thrilling novel in the globally bestselling Women's Murder Club series. 
 
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Beautiful young women are disappearing by the dozen. 
 
A celebration is cut short when a concerned father crashes Detective Inspector Lindsay Boxer’s party. His daughter is missing – and she’s not the only one. 
 
DI Lindsay Boxer has been tracking a chilling pattern: a Jane Doe washed ashore, a body in Golden Gate Park, a string of missing women across San Francisco. Someone is hunting the city’s most vulnerable, and the count keeps rising. 
 
When Lindsay reaches out to Interpol, their warning is stark: these cases are nearly impossible to solve, and the women are almost never found alive. 
 
But 'impossible' has never stopped the Women’s Murder Club before. 
 
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PRAISE FOR THE WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB 
 
'Packed with action... a compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters' SUN 
 
'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough. Great plot, fantastic storytelling and characters that spring off the page - all the right ingredients for a thriller!' HEIDI PERKS 
 
'Fast-moving, intricately plotted... Boxer steals the show as the tough cop with a good heart.' MIRROR 
 
'Terrific, high-octane, really pacy... every scene is a film, every character real, and every plot point leaves us breathless.' JO SPAIN

26 Beauties

Anthony Horowitz

From the global bestselling author of Moonflower Murders and Close to Death comes an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. 
 
 
‘Easily the greatest of our crime writers’ Sunday Times 
'Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz’ Crime Time FM 
'Anthony Horowitz is a national treasure' Ragnar Jónasson 
 
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The Word is Murder, the first book in the Hawthorne series, is about to be made into a major feature film. 
 
The actors have been cast, the script written, and filming has already started in Hastings. 
 
But when Hawthorne and Anthony visit the set, they find a far from happy family. 
 
The director’s pretentious, the screenwriter’s an eco-warrior, the two stars hate each other, and the producer has run out of money. 
 
And things are about to get much, much worse. 
 
In the middle of shooting, the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed – which leaves the real Hawthorne with no choice. He has to step in and investigate his own murder. 
 
Because the killer may not have got the right man. Was it Hawthorne himself who was meant to be the target? 
 
A Deadly Episode is a wild ride through a world that the author knows only too well, and the most personal case Hawthorne has had to deal with so far.

A Deadly Episode

Ruth Mancini

You were only seven years old when you witnessed your mother's murder. 
 
Although you did not see her attacker clearly, you are pretty sure who it was. 
 
Thanks to you, he went to prison for twenty years. 
 
Now he's out. 
 
And you are no longer certain that the man you identified that terrifying evening really was the killer. 
 
But if it wasn’t him, who was the stranger on the stairs? 
 
And can he now be coming for you? 
 
Inspired by a shocking real-life case, a gripping psychological thriller by a criminal defence lawyer who has seen it all. 
 
 
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Praise for Ruth Mancini: 
 
‘A thriller you won’t be able to put down’ Sun 
 
‘Ruth Mancini is fast becoming a master of the thriller genre' Laura Pearson 
 
'If you thought Ruth Mancini couldn't top The Woman on the Ledge think again…' Sabine Durrant 
 
‘Ruth Mancini has done it again. Smart, twisty and propulsive' Harriet Tyce 
 
'Ruth Mancini is like a British Jodi Picoult' Jennie Godfrey

The Stranger on the Stairs

Lee Child meets Tom Clancy in this tense new thriller from the world's bestselling thriller writer. 
 
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He's trained to fight America’s enemies overseas. 
Now the battle has come home. 
 
When a presidential candidate is assassinated during a summer retreat on Nantucket Island, the country is thrown into turmoil. 
 
Enter Rocket’s Red Glare – a covert unit so classified it doesn’t officially exist. Led by former Special Forces operative Nat Phillips, this team is built to respond when national security collapses. 
 
But what begins as a manhunt for a killer soon unravels into a global conspiracy stretching from Washington to foreign capitals. 
 
To save his country, Phillips must face the unthinkable – because the next war has already begun.

Rocket’s Red Glare

Kelly Mullen

Mix one old flame with a splash of suspicion for the perfect. . . murder. 
 
In the seaside haven of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Willa Keane’s marriage is in a rut. As a retired interior-designer-turned-influencer, she’s sure life begins at fifty-five, whereas her husband, Marty, is more interested in watching his beloved birds. 
 
So when Willa is invited to the opening of the chicest new cocktail bar in town, she hopes the evening will rekindle their flame. But arriving at the party, Willa is shaken to discover it’s being hosted by her charming ex-husband, Paul. 
 
The night is thrown into even deeper chaos when the bar’s enigmatic owner is found dead on the rocks below. A suicide message suggests there’s no foul play, but Willa’s heightened senses aren’t so sure. Now she must solve the mystery together with her husband…and her ex-husband. 
 
Can they find the killer before another victim is served their last cocktail?_____________ 
 
Praise for Kelly Mullen 
 
'I adored this deliciously twisty and wickedly sharp murder mystery' Lucy Clarke 
'Agatha Christie brought bang up to date' Clare Mackintosh 
'A thriller with a twist!' Cosmopolitan 
'Slick and witty' Daily Mail 
'Entertaining from start to finish' Jennie Godfrey 
'A stunning read. So gripping and atmospheric, I barely made it out alive' Steve Jones

A Murder in Eight Cocktails

A.C. Glass

In this gripping, atmospheric thriller, a woman becomes the only witness to a deadly crime . . . making her the next target. 
 
Maya Landry is in desperate need of a fresh start. 
 
Alone and heartbroken, she finds work as a caretaker at an exclusive ski resort for the elite in the mountains of Montana. Quiet and empty in the summer months, it's the perfect escape. 
 
All Maya wants is to be alone. But she's not alone on the mountain. Someone else is there. A killer with his next victim in his sights. 
 
After Maya finds a body, she must run for her life. One man tells her that he can save her. But can she trust him? Is he everything he claims to be? 
 
Only one thing is certain: the killer will stop at nothing. And Maya is the only witness to their crime . . .

The Hiding Season

Sabine Durrant

'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 
'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 
'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense, this is the perfect summer read’ LUCY CLARKE 
 
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Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb. He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. 
 
So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. 
 
It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. 
 
But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. 
 
As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. 
 
At least, it looks like an accident… 
 
Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant’s new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping.

Dead Heat

Viola Davis

Viola Davis and James Patterson have written an incredible courtroom drama and created the most unforgettable character in years. 
 
All rise…for Judge Stone. 
 
The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. Everything changes when she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. 
 
Criminally, it’s open-and-shut. 
 
Ethically, there is no middle ground. 
 
Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death. 
 
No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves. 
 
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An explosive legal thriller that will keep you turning pages until the stunning conclusion. 
 
James Patterson is 'the master storyteller of our times' - HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 
 
Viola Davis is 'one of the greats' - TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

Judge Stone

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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