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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 
 
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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.

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Richard Osman

"A wedding. A code. A murder. Time is ticking . . . Your move." 
 
It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. 
 
But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it. Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?

The Impossible Fortune

Harlan Coben

The gripping new mystery thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author behind the Netflix sensation and TV series Fool Me Once. 
 
* NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX TV SERIES NETFLIX, STARRING JAMES NESBITT, RUTH JONES AND MINNIE DRIVER* 
 
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YOUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING AND SHE'S MADE IT CLEAR SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND. 
 
One day you see her, frightened and clearly in trouble. 
 
So you approach her, beg her to come home. 
 
She runs. 
 
And you do the only thing a parent can do. You follow. 
 
Because she’s your daughter, and you’ll do anything to protect her. 
 
EVEN IF IT MEAN RISKING YOUR LIFE TO SAVE HERS … 
 
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Praise for Harlan Coben... 
 
'HARLAN COBEN never ever lets you down' LEE CHILD 
'HARLAN COBEN: simply one of the all-time greats' GILLIAN FLYNN 
'HARLAN COBEN is the modern master of the hook and twist' DAN BROWN 
'HARLAN COBEN is unbelievably brilliant' RICHARD OSMAN 
'HARLAN COBEN is a GREAT writer' JOHN GRISHAM

Run Away

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. 
 
But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. 
 
Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. 
 
Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?

The Thursday Murder Club

(The Thursday Murder Club 1)

Dan Brown

The global bestseller featuring symbologist Robert Langdon, from the author of THE DA VINCI CODE and 'master of the intellectual cliffhanger' (Wall Street Journal) Dan Brown. 
 
Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of an astonishing scientific breakthrough. The evening’s host is billionaire Edmond Kirsch, a futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. 
 
But Langdon and several hundred guests are left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated evening is suddenly blown apart. There is a real danger that Kirsch’s precious discovery may be lost in the ensuing chaos. With his life under threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao, taking with him the museum’s director, Ambra Vidal. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch’s secret. 
 
To evade a devious enemy who is one step ahead of them at every turn, Langdon and Vidal must navigate the labyrinthine passageways of extreme religion and hidden history. On a trail marked only by enigmatic symbols and elusive modern art, Langdon and Vidal will come face-to-face with a breathtaking truth that has remained buried – until now.

Origin

(Robert Langdon Book 5)

From the author of the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon Book 5)

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB 
 
A cunning killer. A race around the world. 
An iconic new detective team is born. 
 
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Solving murders. It's a family business. 
 
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers the pub quiz and afternoons at home with his cat Trouble. His days of adventure are over – that’s his daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. 
 
Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul, which makes being a private security officer to billionaires the perfect job. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending Steve an SOS... 
 
As a breakneck race around the world begins, can they stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy? 
 
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PRAISE FOR RICHARD OSMAN 
 
‘Brilliantly suspenseful’ JEFFERY DEAVER 
 
‘Deplorably good’ IAN RANKIN 
 
‘Funny, clever, compelling’ HARLAN COBEN 
 
‘I smiled a million times’ MARIAN KEYES 
 
‘Warm, wise and witty’ VAL MCDERMID 
 
‘Osman just gets better’ SHARI LAPENA 
 
'This is a sitcom-meets-Bond, and a fine murder mystery’ DAILY EXPRESS 
 
‘The twistiest, turniest tale told with all of Richard Osman’s trademark wit and warmth’ RED 
 
'The entertainment value is sky-high' i NEWS 
 
'Thursday Murder Club fans, you are in for a treat' PRIMA 
 
'Much as with the earlier books, I read We Solve Murders in a few pleasured gulps' SUNDAY TIMES 
 
'The thing that shines through in Osman’s writing is that he really likes people and revels in all their foibles and eccentricities ... a delightful read' OBSERVER 
 
‘The rightful king of crime’ i

We Solve Murders

Jeremy Front

Simon Brett

Bill Nighy returns as the actor and amateur sleuth, Charles Paris 
 
Bored, broke and reduced to baring all as a life model, Charles Paris is relieved to land a role in a new sitcom – even if it is woefully unfunny. But no sooner has filming begun than things start to go wrong. First a charmless PA dies in a freak accident, then the young, cocksure director bites the dust. Once again, Charles finds himself on the case, hunting for clues from a host of showbiz suspects including an insecure, ego-ridden TV detective, a director suffering a midlife crisis, an ex-Bond girl and National Treasure, and her cognitively confused rock star husband. 
 
As the pound shop Poirot investigates, Frances (his semi-detached wife), and Maurice (his worse-than-useless agent), are furious. Following a skiing accident, Maurice has moved in with them, and is proving to be the house guest from hell. As tensions rise at home and on set, can Charles work out who is killing off the cast and crew – and more importantly, stop Frances from murdering Maurice? 
 
Jeremy Front’s witty drama stars Bill Nighy as Charles Paris, with Suzanne Burden as Frances and Jon Glover as Maurice. 
 
Credits 
Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett 
Directed by Sally Avens 
Technical producers: Peter Ringrose & Alison Craig 
Production Coordinator: Luke MacGregor 
 
Cast 
Charles – Bill Nighy 
Frances – Suzanne Burden 
Maurice – Jon Glover 
Ash Amos – Phaldut Sharma 
Judy Gilmore – Christine Kavanagh 
Stevie Dean / Howard Langridge – Tony Turner 
Scott / Argyll / Art Tutor - Joseph Ayre 
Sadie – Maggie Service 
Cheryl – Anna Spearpoint 
Barmaid – Abbie Andrews 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 27 January – 17 February 2025 
 
© 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Charles Paris: Situation Tragedy

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

Lee Child

Andrew Child

Jack Reacher is a former major in the US Military Police who, since leaving the army, has drifted round the wide open spaces of America, hitchhiking or on buses, wherever the whim takes him. He has no permanent address, no job, no family ties, no car, no luggage, no mobile phone, no credit card - all he carries with him is a folding toothbrush. 
Reacher is never looking for trouble, but somehow trouble always find him. He is the ultimate hero for our troubled times, with a keen moral compass and sense of justice, even if he is often prepared to take the law into his own hands: he says he doesn't want to put the world to rights, he just doesn't like people who put it to wrongs.

Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had got there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure. 
 
Jack Reacher wakes up, alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. 
 
The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. 
 
His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. 
 
A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . . 
 
'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' MICK HERRON 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, In Too Deep is the 29th book in the internationally bestselling series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

In Too Deep

(Jack Reacher 29)

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. 
 
An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. 
 
As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. 
 
With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be the last devil to die?

The Last Devil To Die

The Thursday Murder Club 4

Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed. 
 
They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window - a fall which generates some unexpected attention. 
 
That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army's representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy. 
 
Reacher may be an exceptional military investigator, but office politics aren't what gets him up in the morning. As he races to identify a cold-blooded killer and uncover a secret that stretches back 23 years, he must navigate around his new partners. 
 
Will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way . . . or his way?

The Secret

Jack Reacher, Book 28

James Patterson

The Sunday Times bestseller 
 
Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect. With her beautiful baby daughter and doting husband, Joe, she felt nothing could go wrong. 
 
But when Lindsay discovers everything she knows about Joe is a lie, she is reeling from his betrayal just as a wave of mysterious heart attacks strikes seemingly unrelated victims across San Francisco. 
 
And at the trial of a bomber Lindsay and Joe worked together to capture, his defence raises damning questions about Lindsay and Joe's investigation. 
 
A deadly conspiracy is working against Lindsay and soon she could be the one on trial. . .

16th Seduction

A heart-stopping disease - or something more sinister? (Women’s Murder Club 16)

Anthony Horowitz

Secrets can kill. 
 
Smooth-tongued divorce lawyer Richard Price is bludgeoned to death at his London home. 
 
Scrawled on the wall beside the body: the number 182. 
 
What does it mean? And who was at his front door just minutes before he died and while he was still talking on the phone? 
 
Confronted with this most baffling of mysteries, the police are forced to turn to private investigator Daniel Hawthorne. 
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'EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS'Sunday Times 
 
'My favourite literary hero at the moment is Anthony Horowitz' Shari Lapena 
 
'Pure pleasure for readers ... A must-read delight.' WALL STREET JOURNAL 
 
'Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish' INDEPENDENT

The Sentence is Death

A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER

A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral. 
 
Did she know she was going to die? Did she recognise her killer? 
 
Enter Daniel Hawthorne, a detective with a genius for solving crimes and an ability to hold secrets very close. 
 
With him is his writing partner, Anthony Horowitz. Together they will set out to solve his most puzzling of mysteries. 
 
What neither of them know is that they are about to embark on a dark and dangerous journey whether the twists and turns are as unexpected as they are bloody. 
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'EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS' Sunday Times 
 
'Raises the game-playing to Olympic level' Guardian Books of the Year 
 
'A real page-turner. I loved it!' Aled Jones 
 
'Horowitz blurs the line between fact and fiction' Financial Times 
 
'Splendidly entertaining, absorbing and difficult to put down. Hawthorne is an intriguing character' Daily Express 
 
'Sharp-witted readers who think they've solved the puzzle early on can rest assured that they've opened only one of many dazzling Christmas packages Horowitz has left beautifully wrapped under the tree' Kirkus Reviews 
 
'Deduction and wit are well-balanced, and fans of Peter Lovesey and other modern channelers of the spirit of the golden age of detection will clamor for more' Publishers Weekly

The Word Is Murder

A brand new full-cast BBC radio dramatisation, starring Bill Nighy as Charles Paris 
 
'Charles Paris is Bill Nighy... It's the role he was born to play.' The Telegraph 
 
August in Edinburgh, and thousands of performers of all stripes have flocked to the Fringe Festival. Among them is Charles Paris filling in at the last minute after a student actress breaks a leg and has to drop out. Showcasing an earnest one-man show in a sea of stand-up comics is a bit of a gamble, but at least he's acting, and with a Charles Paris production, what could possibly go wrong? 
 
Charles is sharing a venue with a group of student actors, but when one of the performers dies in a freak stabbing, the actor-cum-amateur sleuth smells a murderous rat and decides to investigate. When the killer sets his sights on him, Charles realises that he must be getting close to the truth - despite not having a clue what's going on... 
 
Help arrives in the form of his agent, Maurice, in town scouting for talent, and Charles' 'semi-detached' wife, Frances, who inadvertently finds herself directing Charles' show. The three become drawn into the mystery, and find themselves playing detectives. This unlikely trio are way out of their depth, but when has that ever stopped Charles Paris? 
 
Jeremy Front's witty drama stars Bill Nighy as Charles Paris, with Suzanne Burden as Frances and Jon Glover as Maurice. 
 
Written by Jeremy Front 
Based on the novel by Simon Brett 
Produced and directed by Sally Avens 
 
Cast 
Charles Paris - Bill Nighy 
Frances - Suzanne Burden 
Maurice - Jon Glover 
James - Roger Ringrose 
Anna - Natasha K Stone 
Martin - Connor Curren 
Laura - Chloe Sommer 
Angus/Sam - Tom Kiteley 
Tessa - Joanna Monro 
Eilish - Catriona Stirling 
Sophie - Fiona Skinner 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9th-30th June 2023 
 
©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Charles Paris: So Much Blood

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. 
 
Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. 
 
Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill...or be killed. 
 
As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?

The Bullet That Missed

(The Thursday Murder Club 3)

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. 
 
Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushing the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. 
 
Reacher follows the killer, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger...a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed. 
 
But when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B...

No Plan B

The unputdownable new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors

Alex Cross is being hunted. 
 
Now his predator is priming himself for the kill. 
 
Detective Alex Cross is investigating a string of violent murders in Washington, DC with his partner, Detective John Sampson. 
 
Little does Cross know he is being stalked by his biggest foe yet, an elusive psychopath fixated on Cross and the thing he loves most: his family. 
 
One by one, everyone is being taken from Alex and if he doesn't act fast, he'll lose everything... 
 
'Alex Cross is a legend.' HARLAN COBEN

Cross My Heart

(Alex Cross 21)

Bill Nighy stars as the suave thespian sleuth in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation 
 
Life is good for Charles Paris. He's moved back in with his estranged wife, and has landed a plum stage role as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. But it can't last. First his attempts to woo Frances fall flat, then the play's director is taken ill with gastric trouble. His replacement, Romanian wunderkind Alex Radelescu, is determined to take the play in a radical new direction - with or without Charles. 
 
When a second member of the company falls sick, Charles begins to suspect a poisoner is on the loose - and the next victim could be him. Can he unmask the culprit before this comedy turns into a tragedy? 
 
Adapted by Jeremy Front, this engaging dramatisation stars Bill Nighy as Charles Paris, with Suzanne Burden as Frances, Jon Glover as Maurice and Julian Rhind-Tutt as Alex Radelescu. 
 
'Always a treat' Gillian Reynolds, Sunday Times 
 
Production credits 
Written by Simon Brett 
Adapted by Jeremy Front 
Produced and directed by Sally Avens 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 30 August-20 September 2006 
 
Cast 
Charles Paris - Bill Nighy 
Frances - Suzanne Burden 
Maurice - Jon Glover 
Ken Carter - Peter Wight 
Alex Radelescu - Julian Rhind-Tutt 
Vivienne Marlin - Elizabeth Bell 
Gavin Scholes - Thomas Wheatley 
Jack Bradley - John Cummins 
Sally Luther - Tracy Wiles 
Ben Ritson - Tom Lawrence 
Vasile Bogdan/Scott - Ryan McCluskey 
Talya Northcott - Alex Tregear 
Inspector Dewar - Kim Wall 
 
© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. ? 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Charles Paris: Sicken and So Die

'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, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series 
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A killer with a twisted sense of justice has Washington DC under siege. Only Alex Cross can bring them down. 
 
When a police officer is killed, Detective Alex Cross steps up to take command of his force who are scrambling for answers. As a brutal crime wave sweeps the region, an intriguing connection links these deadly scenes. 
 
The victims are all criminals. 
 
The murderer has appointed themselves as judge, jury, and executioner, and it's up to Alex to take the law back into his hands before the city descends into chaos.

Cross the Line

(Alex Cross 24)

Paula Hawkins

The new SCORCHING bestseller from #1 author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN and INTO THE WATER 
 
'An addictive whodunnit' 
Evening Standard 
 
'Here are characters who are real and likeable, even when they are complicated and flawed. Paula Hawkins is a genius' 
Lisa Jewell 
 
Three women, connected by one brutal crime. 
Three women, determined to right the wrongs done to them. 
Three women, with everything to hide. 
 
When it comes to revenge, even good people are capable of terrible things. 
 
But only one person killed Daniel Sutherland. 
 
How long can their secrets smoulder, before they explode into flame?

A Slow Fire Burning

TARGET: HEAD OF STATE 
 
Alex Cross and his family join men and women from across the nation lining the streets of Washington, DC to mourn the unexpected death of the president. 
 
TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET 
 
With the country still in shock, the assassination of a prominent senator strikes another devastating blow to the heart of the nation's capital. 
 
TARGET: ALEX CROSS 
 
Cross is called on to lead the FBI investigation to find America's most wanted criminal. But what follows will plunge the country into chaos, and draw Cross into the most important case of his life.

Target: Alex Cross

(Alex Cross 26)

President Bill Clinton

Every detail is accurate 
because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton. 
 
The drama and action never stop 
because the other author is James Patterson. 
 
THE GLOBAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 
 
Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL and former US president, has always defended his family as fiercely as he has his country. 
 
Now these defences are under attack. And it's personal. 
 
Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie, has been abducted, turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. 
 
As the world watches, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior and a father. 
 
Because Keating knows that to save Melanie's life, he may lose his own . . .

The President’s Daughter

the #1 Sunday Times bestseller

ALEX CROSS IS GOING HOME. 
 
BUT WHAT WILL HE FIND WHEN HE GETS THERE? 
 
When his cousin is accused of an unthinkable crime, Detective Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. 
 
As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where justice is hard to find, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known. 
 
Chasing the ghosts of his past, Cross gets pulled into a case involving a string of murders. Now he's hot on the trail of a cold-hearted killer - and the answers he finds could be fatal.

Cross Justice

(Alex Cross 23)

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES. 
 
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'Moving, hilarious, brilliantly suspenseful' Jeffery Deaver 
'A thing of joy' Kate Atkinson 
'The tonic we all need' Shari Lapena 
 
It's the following Thursday. 
 
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life. 
 
As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus? 
 
But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. 
 
Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them? 
 
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'It's like reading ice cream... a pure pleasure' Linwood Barclay 
 
'A properly funny mystery steeped in Agatha Christie' Araminta Hall 
 
'Full of humour and heart. I loved it' Harlan Coben 
 
'He's not only done it again, but he's done it even better' Philippa Perry 
 
'They'll cradle you through any winter of discontent' Richard and Judy, Daily Express 
 
'Superbly entertaining' Guardian 
 
'As gripping as it is funny' Evening Standard 
 
'This slick sequel will leave you buzzing' The Times 
 
'Osman's world is a soothing place to be' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'Pure pleasure to read' Observer 
 
 
Richard Osman, Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024 
The Bullet that Missed broke the record for the fastest-selling adult fiction hardback ever, September 2022

The Man Who Died Twice

(The Thursday Murder Club 2)

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

Better Off Dead

(Jack Reacher 26)

Patricia Highsmith

A suspenseful full-cast BBC radio adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's classic psychological thriller 
 
When Guy Haines meets Charles Bruno in the dining car of a Texas-bound train, they share their secrets in the way that only strangers can. Charles confides his hatred for his controlling father, Guy confesses that he is divorcing his unfaithful wife. As the drink flows and the conversation turns darker, Charles proposes the perfect solution to both their problems - a murder swap - and Guy laughingly agrees. 
 
Back home, he quickly forgets their drunken pact: but Charles does not. Soon Guy is facing a nightmarish choice - fulfil his part of the bargain, or be framed for a murder he didn't commit... 
 
Dramatised for radio by award-winning playwright Craig Warner, this disturbing tale of obsession, blackmail, guilt and fear stars Michael Sheen (Good Omens, Staged) as Guy Haines and Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones, Endeavour) as Charles Bruno. 
 
Credits 
Written by Craig Warner, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith 
Original music by Craig Warner 
Directed by Andy Jordan 
 
Cast 
Charles Bruno........................Anton Lesser 
Guy Haines........................Michael Sheen 
Anne........................Saskia Reeves 
Gerard........................Bill Nighy 
Elsie Bruno........................Jane Whittenshaw 
Alex........................Denys Hawthorne 
Myers........................Roger May 
Treacher........................Stephen Critchlow 
Cop........................John Hartley 
Frear........................Andrew Branch 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 25 January 1996 
 
Strangers on a Train © 1993 by Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich, all rights reserved. 
© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 
(p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Strangers on a Train

A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation

Five gripping full-cast adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's bestselling 'Ripley' series - plus bonus material 
 
Charming, cultured and clever, Tom Ripley has a taste for the finer things in life. And he is determined to get them, by any means necessary... 
 
These five plays - The Talented Mr Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water - chart Tom's journey from impoverished conman to wealthy bon viveur and serial killer. His homicidal adventures begin when he befriends shipping heir Dickie Greenleaf: he wants money, success, and he's willing to kill for it. But when he attains the luxurious lifestyle he craves, he is always on the edge of being discovered. Will his shadowy past finally catch up with him? 
 
BAFTA-winning actor Ian Hart stars as Ripley in these tense, thrilling dramas. Also included are two bonus documentaries: Looking for Ripley, in which crime writer Mark Billingham unravels the mystery behind our lasting fascination with Tom Ripley, and A Passionate Affair, presented by Marcel Berlins, who asks whether Patricia Highsmith fell in love with her suave, amoral anti-hero. 
 
Text © 1993 by Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich, all rights reserved. 
© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd 
(p) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

The Complete Ripley: The Tom Ripley thrillers

Five BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations

The twenty-eighth novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series 
 
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'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, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series 
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A scandalous double homicide opens the psychological case files on Alex Cross... 
 
When a glamorous socialite and a high school principal are found murdered, the shocking double homicide dominates tabloid headlines. 
 
Detective Alex Cross knew both victims well, especially Kay who had been his patient once. And maybe more. 
 
Alex's former Metro Homicide Partner tracks the slain principal's final movements to Alabama where Alex investigates Kay's past. They discover that although she had many enemies, all of them needed her alive. 
 
The more the investigators push, the more resistance they find, and Alex is left facing a desperate choice between breaking trust and losing his way.

Deadly Cross

(Alex Cross 28)

The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller for 2021 - his 25th adventure. No one's bigger than Jack Reacher. Shortlisted for Book of the Year - The British Book Awards. 
 
Jack Reacher gets off the bus in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab a cup of coffee and move right along. 
 
Not going to happen. 
 
The town has been shut down by a cyber attack. At the centre of it all, whether 
he likes it or not, is Rusty Rutherford. He's an average IT guy, but he knows more than he thinks. 
 
As the bad guys move in on Rusty, Reacher moves in on them . . . 
 
And now Rusty knows he's protected, he's never going to leave the big man's side. 
 
Reacher might just have to stick around and find out what the hell's gone wrong . . . and then put it right, like only he can.

The Sentinel

(Jack Reacher 25)

THREE CITIES. THREE BULLETS. THREE VICTIMS. 
 
Simultaneous murders hit LA, Chicago and San Francisco. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is tasked with uncovering what links these precise and calculated killings. With the expertise of the Women's Murder Club at her disposal, she may be the only one who can solve these country-spanning killings. 
 
But the truth proves more complicated than she feared. Lindsay discovers that the victims all excel in lucrative criminal activity. As the casualty list expands, fear and fascination with this shocking spree provoke debate across the country. 
 
Are the killers villains or heroes? And who will be next?

20th Victim

Three cities. Three bullets. Three murders. (Women’s Murder Club 20)

Philip Pullman

Tom Duxbury

'Lyra Silvertongue, you're very welcome . . . Yes, I know your new name. Serafina Pekkala told me everything about your exploits' 
 
Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon have left the events of His Dark Materials far behind. 
In this snapshot of their forever-changed lives they return to the North to visit an old friend, 
where we will learn that things are not exactly as they seem . . . 
 
Illustrated throughout by Tom Duxbury, the perfect re-entry for fans of His Dark Materials 
and a wonderful companion to The Book of Dust, 
Serpentine is a brand-new special read for Pullman fans old and new.

Serpentine

A short story from the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust

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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