Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready--a global organizational transformation and coaching practice--that helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. Clients include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Boeing, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Dropbox, and charity: water. 
 
He is also the founder of Murmur--a SaaS startup that helps teams scale culture through the magic of working agreements. The Murmur platform will allow every team on the planet to define and share their ways of working. 
 
Dignan is the author of Brave New Work (2019) and Game Frame (2011), co-host of the Brave New Work podcast, and a friend to misfit toys.

Aaron Dignan

Aaron Edwards is a senior lecturer in defence and international affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, specialising in terrorism and counter-insurgency. He is the author and editor of several books, including Defending the Realm: The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945, and has lectured all over the world on aspects of national and international security. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Aaron Edwards

Aaron Robertson is a writer, an editor, and a translator of Italian literature. His translation of Igiaba Scego’s Beyond Babylon was short-listed for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, n+1, The Point, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Aaron Vallance

Aaron Young was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and read Politics and Communications at The University of Liverpool. He is a BAFTA-nominated director, producer and executive producer with over 20 years of experience across projects for the BBC, PBS, Channel 4, Channel 5, UKTV, UK Film Council and Arts Council England. A long-time collaborator of acclaimed historian, James Holland, he is the producer and director of the BAFTA-shortlisted BBC titles ‘Battle of Britain: The Real Story’ and, ‘Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams’, as well as ‘The Battle for Malta’, ‘Normandy ’44: The Battle Beyond D-Day’, the RTS-nominated ‘Imphal &amp; Kohima: Britain’s Greatest Battle.’, and the 3-part series, 'Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France. His most recent credits include 'Hidden Histories of WWII', 'Lost Temples of Cambodia', the RTS-winning ‘Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany’, and ‘Prue Leith: Journey with My Daughter’. Aaron was named in the inaugural list of BAFTA ‘Brits to Watch.’ He is the co-owner of award-winning film and television production company, Bright Button Productions, and lives with his wife and children in Poundbury, Dorset.

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Abbe Prevost

Abbey Bryant is an NYC-based award-winning illustrator. With her BFA in Children's Book Illustration, her notable illustrated books include Nautilus award winner Hazel Mist, Hypnotist as well as an Enchanted Fairy House Kit with Scholastic's Klutz! 
 
As a queer illustrator, LGBTQ+ themes and stories hold a spot near to her heart. Most days she can be found around the city drawing New Yorkers or sketching trees at the park.

Abbey Bryant

Abbey Clancy is a model, television presenter and the host of chart-topping podcast The Therapy Crouch. She was the runner-up of Britain's Next Top Model in 2006, winner of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013 and went on to present Britain's Next Top Model. Later this year she will host Celebrity Homes on ITV.

Abbey Clancy

Abbie Greaves studied at Cambridge University before working in a literary agency for a number of years. She was inspired to write her first novel, The Silent Treatment, after reading a newspaper article about a boy in Japan who had never seen his parents speak to one another before. 
 
Abbie lives in Brighton with her boyfriend.

Abbie Greaves

Abbie Ross is a British author and psychotherapist. Her first book, Hippy Dinners, a funny and poignant memoir of her bohemian childhood in 1970s North Wales, has been optioned by Baby Cow, who are developing it into an 8-part television series. 
Before turning to writing, Abbie had a successful career as a producer at Aardman Animations, the acclaimed studios behind Wallace &amp; Gromit and the film Chicken Run. 
Today, she divides her time between her thriving psychotherapy practice in Bristol, and her writing, and finds that the two careers complement each other perfectly.

Abbie Ross

Abbie Spallen

Abbie Taylor lives in Dublin. She works as a doctor and has two daughters.

Abbie Taylor

Abby L Yates co-founded the Ghostbusters with Erin Gilbert. Ghosts from Our Past was her first book, now finally back in print.

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Abby Lee

Abby Rawlinson is an integrative therapist with a private practice based in east London, UK. Her work mixes traditional psychotherapeutic theories with cutting-edge, evidence-based techniques into a style that feels relatable, down-to-earth, and compassionate. Abby regularly contributes to articles, including but not limited to Stylist, Elle, BBC, Harpers Bazaar, Sheerluxe, Women's Health, and Psychologies. She can be found on Instagram @therapywithabby or online at therapywithabby.co.uk

Abby Rawlinson

Abby Wambach is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, FIFA World Cup champion, six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award and one of Time’s Most Influential People. She is a founder of Treat Media, an award-winning media company that makes art for humans who want to stay human. Abby is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wolfpack and the New York Times bestseller Forward. Named one of the ‘50 Most Powerful People in Podcasting,’ she is co-host of the chart-topping podcast We Can Do Hard Things, which has received over a half billion plays. Abby is an executive producer of the Sundance award-winning film Come See Me in the Good Light, part owner of the NWSL’s Angel City Football Club and sits on multiple boards. Her most recent book, We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions, created with Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle and Treat Media, is being hailed as ‘the guidebook for being alive.’

Abby Wambach

Abel &amp; Cole’s story starts in 1988 with Keith Abel flogging potatoes door-to-door. ‘Of course potatoes are organic,’ he thought, ‘they’re vegetables’. However, he quickly discovered how unnecessarily complicated our food system had become and, consequently, realised the huge benefits of going organic and never looked back. In fact, Abel &amp; Cole still get veg from the farm where Keith's first organic spuds came from. 
To this day, their priorities remain the same. Now, selling 100% organic produce, Abel &amp; Cole believe that organic farming (a holistic system that encourages biodiversity) is the very best way to go. It protects our countryside and the critters that inhabit it, insists on the very best animal welfare, supports your local community and, frankly, tastes heaps better. Abel &amp; Cole think so anyway.

Abel & Cole Limited

Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). In 2011, he was named one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 global thinkers. Banerjee served on the U.N. Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Abhijit V. Banerjee

Abhishek Mukherjee, 30, is a Delhi-based journalist. He holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Delhi University, a post-graduate diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Raipur. He also likes dogs.

Abhishek Mukherjee

Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree houses and building dens in the woods. After being coaxed out of her tree house, she studied English at Bristol University and then worked as an English teacher in Africa, Berkshire and London. She is the bestselling and multi-award shortlisted author of RUMBLESTAR (first in The Unmapped Chronicles), SKY SONG &amp; THE DREAMSNATCHER TRILOGY, published by S&amp;S. When she's not writing, Abi volunteers for Beanstalk, speaks in schools and travels the world looking for her next story.

Abi Elphinstone

Abi Falase is a Black British writer and director, reimagining fundamental societal concepts in inventive new worlds. Abi has written and directed a number of plays, including The Village and Rush with the Almedia Theatre, as well as Rift for Immediate Theatre and was shortlisted for the BBC Scriptworks ‘A Thousand Stories’ scriptwriting competition in 2021.

Abi Falase

Abi Titmuss

Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in Australia, Hong Kong and France. She knows all about squabbling, chaos and bossing younger sisters around. So she logically began her career as a barrister. She started writing when her children were born. Her favourite childhood books were Hating Alison Ashley, A Little Princess, Maura's Angel and The Black Stallion and she sneakily reads them again sometimes. Abie lives in Hove with her family.

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Abigail Ahern

Abigail Balfe is a queer, auDHD author-illustrator and Emmy award-winning creative based in Brighton. Before writing books full-time, Abigail led digital campaigns for pop stars such as One Direction and Little Mix, and for TV broadcasters including Channel 4 and Netflix. She also performed stand-up comedy and won several small trophies for her onstage humour, which featured life-size illustrations, ridiculous songs, and rambling stories about her family. In 2023, Abigail was named one of the Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women in the UK.

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Abigail Foster is a Chartered Accountant and founder of Elent Finance, a financial education company designed to demystify the world of finance and empower you to achieve financial wellbeing. 
 
Abigail has worked with leading financial institutions across the UK, including HMRC, the Bank of England and Downing Street, and global companies such as Google and Goldman Sachs. She hosts a weekly money segment on LBC radio and has also appeared as a finance expert on ITV, Channel 5 and Sky News.

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Lisa Jewell

Two women. Twenty years of secrets. And a man who doesn't remember anything. 
 
Or does he? 
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'Fresh and intriguing, with characters so real I ached for them. I loved I Found You' 
Clare Mackintosh 
 
'I LOVED I Found You. A proper thriller with wonderful characters' 
Sabine Durrant 
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Everyone has secrets. What if you can't remember yours? 
 
'How long have you been sitting out here?' 
'I got here yesterday.' 
'Where did you come from?' 
'I have no idea.' 
 
Lily has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night, she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. 
 
Alice finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement, she invites him into her home. 
 
But who is he, and how can she trust a man who has lost his memory?

I Found You

John Grisham

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A US State Senator is dead. Only Mark Sway knows where the body is hidden. 
And he's eleven years old. 
 
The FBI want him to tell them where it is, regardless of the risk to the boy and his family. 
 
The killer wants to silence him permanently. 
 
Reggie Love has only been practising law for five years, but she agrees to represent Mark pro bono, knowing she's his best hope for survival. Against the twin threats of the cold-hearted American state and the schemes of a cold-blooded killer, Reggie must fight the case of her life. 
 
Or it might be the last case of her life. 
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut

The Client

A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross has three killers to hunt, and one to escape . . . 
 
Pulled in every direction by three different investigations, Alex Cross has never been under more pressure. 
 
And with a crisis at home that threatens to tear his family apart, Cross's attention is divided. 
 
While Cross tracks the killers, he doesn't notice that someone is tracking him.

Alex Cross, Run

(Alex Cross 20)

A killer's trail leads Detective Alex Cross to Africa - and a whole new world of danger . . . 
 
Detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene in Washington DC and is devastated to discover an old friend amongst the victims. 
 
His pursuit of justice leads him to the Niger Delta, right into the den of the psychopathic perpetrator: the Tiger. 
 
As Alex travels deeper into this dangerous world of corruption and conspiracy, his own survival is on the line . . .

Cross Country

(Alex Cross 14)

Karin Slaughter

Discover fifth book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 
 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSEN 
 
Now a major TV Series on Disney+ 
 
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Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. 
 
Her baby daughter has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood leading to the front door. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood and Faith's own mother is missing. 
 
When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she also has some desperate questions of her own. 
 
What were the killers searching for? 
And where is her mother? 
 
Now, Faith's work partner, Will Trent, must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a murderer with only one thing on his mind. 
 
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Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter: 
 
'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 
'A writer of extraordinary talents!!' KATHY REICHS 
'Fiction does not get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER 
'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 
'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 
'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the very last' CAMILLA LACKBERG 
'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023

Fallen

The Will Trent Series, Book 5

'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)

Trumble is a minimum-security federal prison, home to drug dealers, bank robbers and three former judges known as The Brethren. 
 
Each day in the law library, The Brethren spend hours fine-tuning their mail scam, and it's starting to pay big. 
 
But when their scam goes awry and ensnares the wrong victim - a powerful man on the outside - they're in trouble. Because this man has dangerous friends. 
 
Just as the prison failed to protect society from The Brethren, it won't protect them from their victims... 
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut 
 
 
John Grisham, Sunday Times bestseller, December 2023

The Brethren

Rudy Baylor is a rookie lawyer who is about to take on a career-defining case, fighting for justice for a young man whose death could have easily been prevented. 
 
This case has the power to change everything for Rudy - eliminate his debts and save his legal practice. 
 
But he's never argued a case in court before. And he is up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy. 
 
Can Rudy win against the odds? Or will the truth be buried forever? 
 
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut

The Rainmaker

Glory never dies. 
 
 Neely Crenshaw was the best quarterback ever to play for legendary high school football team, the Messina Spartans. But fifteen years later, with his glory days far behind, the man everyone remembers is Coach Eddie Rake. 
 
When Neely returns home to bury the dying Coach Rake, he's not alone. Many Spartans veterans want to pay tribute to the man who moulded them. 
 
But stories soon emerge that could tarnish the coach's legacy. 
 
As Neely struggles to come to terms with his explosive relationship with the coach and the choices he made as a young man, the stakes have never been higher . . .

Bleachers

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)

Kyle McAvoy is one of the greatest legal students of his generation. He has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. 
 
But he has a secret from the past that threatens to destroy his entire livelihood. 
 
When this secret catches up with him in the form of a compromising video, Kyle is left with an impossible choice. 
 
He can take a job in New York at the largest law firm in the world and share the sordid secrets of its biggest trial to date. 
 
Or his past will be exposed to the masses. 
 
It's a deadly game of blackmail. And someone is making him play.

The Associate

Clay Carter has been working in The Office of the Public Defender for too long and he dreams of better things. 
 
When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it's just another of the many senseless murders that hit Washington D.C. every week. 
 
 But as he digs deeper, Clay stumbles upon a conspiracy too horrifying to believe. A pharmaceutical giant has been secretly and illegally testing a new drug on addicts - one that helps stop addiction, but which drives them to random acts of violence. 
 
 Overnight, Clay becomes a celebrity among lawyers and a national media figure. 
 
 But as the financial stakes rise, so does the danger... 
 
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut

The King Of Torts

A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED 
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FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF INVISIBLE GIRL 
 
In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. 
 
In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. 
 
They've been dead for several days. 
 
Who has been looking after the baby? 
 
And where did they go? 
 
Two entangled families. 
A house with the darkest of secrets. 
A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell.

The Family Upstairs

When justice is for sale, every jury has a price . . . 
 
In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial against a tobacco company begins. 
 
Millions of dollars are at stake and soon the case swerves mysteriously off course. The jury begin behaving strangely, and one of the jurors is convinced he's being watched. 
 
Soon they have to be sequestered. 
 
But then an anonymous tip from a young woman suggests she knows why the jury are behaving oddly. 
 
Someone has a plan. But who? And, more importantly, what do they want?_______________________________________ 
 
'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut

The Runaway Jury

A gripping legal thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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)

A man will do almost anything for ninety million dollars. 
So will its rightful owners. 
 
Patrick S. Lanigan died in a car crash in February 1992. 
 
He left behind a mourning wife, young daughter and bright future. 
 
Six weeks after his death, ninety million dollars disappeared from the law firm he'd worked at. 
 
It was then that his partners knew he was still alive. 
 
And the chase was on . . . 
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut 
 
 
John Grisham, Sunday Times bestseller, December 2023

The Partner

The Appeal

Ford County. The heart of the American deep South. A place of harsh beauty, of broken dreams and final wishes. 
 
From legendary legal thriller author John Grisham comes a unique collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County. 
 
From a hard-drinking, downtrodden divorce lawyer looking for pay-dirt, to a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea, Ford County features a vivid cast of attorneys, crooks, hustlers, and convicts. From their stories emerges a rich picture of lives lived and lost in Mississippi. 
 
Completely gripping, frequently moving and always entertaining, Ford County brims with the same page-turning quality and heart-stopping drama of his previous bestsellers.

Ford County

Gripping thriller stories from the bestselling author of mystery and suspense

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An edge-of-your-seat legal thriller from the undisputed master of the courtroom drama. 
 
Ray Atlee teaches law at the University of Virginia. His ailing father, Judge Atlee, was once a loved - and feared - titan, towering over local law and politics in the ancestral Atlee home of Clanton, Mississippi. And now, entering his last days, he calls Ray home to discuss the family estate. 
 
Newly single and far from happy, Ray reluctantly heads south to meet his father. He never does. The Judge dies too soon, but leaves behind a shocking secret which Ray believes only he knows; a secret that could destroy Clanton's very foundations. 
 
And it soon becomes clear that Ray's wrong. 
 
He's not the only one who knows. 
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‘A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' – Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' – Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' – Ken Follett 
 
‘John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers’ – Telegraph 
 
‘Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller’ – The Times 
 
‘Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.’ – Daily Record 
 
‘Masterful – when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating’ – Mirror 
 
‘A giant of the thriller genre’ – TimeOut

The Summons

Discover the eighth book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 
 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSEN 
 
Now a major TV Series on Disney+ 
 
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When the body of an ex-cop is found in an abandoned Atlanta warehouse, Special Agent Will Trent is catapulted into one of the most devastating cases of his career. 
 
Whilst examining the crime scene, Trent finds evidence of a second victim who has vanished...and who will die if she isn't found soon. 
 
But, for Trent, the worst is yet to come. 
 
Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a link to his troubled past. And the consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues. 
 
With the clock ticking, Trent must act fast to save the mystery woman's life... 
...and to protect his own. 
 
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Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter: 
 
'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 
'A writer of extraordinary talents!!' KATHY REICHS 
'Fiction does not get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER 
'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 
'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 
'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the very last' CAMILLA LACKBERG 
'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023

The Kept Woman

The Will Trent Series, Book 8

Detective Alex Cross is stretched to breaking point as two killers hit Washington, DC 
 
A controversial senator is found murdered in his bed. On the other side of town, a young girl has been savagely killed. Under pressure to solve both cases, Cross is faced with an impossible choice. 
 
No one in Washington is safe, but can Cross discover the truth before the killers set their sights on their ultimate target?

Jack and Jill

(Alex Cross 3)

On the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. But when Cross's phone rings, he knows that this won't be a merry Christmas. 
 
A father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage. Armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, the man is dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house are hanging by a thread. 
 
As this suburban nightmare is unfolding, another far greater threat is approaching. It will be a terrorist attack on a scale never before seen in Washington, DC, and when nobody expects it.

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

(Alex Cross 19)

In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a full pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years in a federal prison. 
 
 Unbeknownst to the public, his pardon was the CIA's idea. They claim that Backman may have obtained secrets that would compromise American satellite surveillance. 
 
 Smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, Backman is given a new identity and home in Italy. He thinks he's free. But the CIA will soon leak his whereabouts to countries around the world. 
 
Someone is certain to kill Joel Backman. 
 
The question is: who? 
 
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut

The Broker

Troy Phelen is one of the richest men in the United States, and he's looking for a way to die. 
 
He might just have found it. 
 
 Nate O'Riley is a high-powered Washington litigator who's lived hard and fast for too long. Emerging from his fourth stay in rehab, he knows returning to the real world is going to be murder. 
 
 Meanwhile Troy's estranged daughter walked away from the modern world and devoted her life to God, moving to the isolated deep jungles of Brazil. 
 
 When Troy dies and leaves a shocking will behind him, three lives collide with vast repercussions. 
 
 And no one will ever be the same after the startling secrets of The Testament . . . 
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut

The Testament

Kathy Reichs

Temperance Brennan, world renowned forensic anthropologist, has been using her skills to solve impossible crimes for nearly twenty years. Frequently putting herself in danger, there are few situations that Tempe can’t get herself out of.

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 A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones. 
 
Tempe is faced with a horrifying possibility: a murderer she couldn't catch is killing again... 
 
For a decade, Temperance Brennan has been haunted by the one who got away. 
 
The killer of young women. The monster. 
 
And the one who has now come back. 
 
Feeding on fear, grief and rage. 
 
Killing again. Killing girls. 
 
Getting closer. 
 
Coming for Tempe. 
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 Dr Kathy Reichs is a professional forensic anthropologist. She has worked for decades with chief medical examiners, the FBI, and even a United Nations Tribunal on Genocide. 
 
 However, she is best known for her internationally bestselling Temperance Brennan novels, which draw on her remarkable experience to create the most vividly authentic, true-to-life crime thrillers on the market and which are the inspiration for the hit TV series Bones. 
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 Many of the world's greatest thriller writers are huge fans of her work: 
 
 'Kathy Reichs writes smart – no, make that brilliant – mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross.' JAMES PATTERSON 
 
 'One of my favourite writers.' KARIN SLAUGHTER 
 
 'I love Kathy Reichs? – always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something.' LEE CHILD 
 
 'Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She’s the real deal.' DAVID BALDACCI 
 
 'Each book in Kathy Reichs’s fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They’re filled with riveting twists and turns – and no matter how many books she writes, I just can’t get enough!' LISA SCOTTOLINE 
 
 'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs.' CLIVE CUSSLER

Bones Never Lie

(Temperance Brennan 17)

Weeks before NYPD Detective Michael Bennett is to marry his long-time love, Mary Catherine, an assassin announces their presence in the city with a string of murders. 
 
All of the victims are young women, and each has been killed in a manner as precise as it was gruesome. 
 
Tasked with working alongside the FBI, Bennett uncovers multiple cold-case homicides across the country that fit the same distinctive pattern. 
 
He promises Mary Catherine that the case won't affect their upcoming wedding, but, as he struggles to connect the killings, Bennett may be walking into a deadly trap.

The Russian

(Michael Bennett 13). The latest gripping Michael Bennett thriller

Jonathan Kellerman

NO WITNESSES. NO EVIDENCE. NO MOTIVE . . . 
 
When Ellie Barker was three years old, her mother was found in a torched Cadillac, overturned on Mulholland Drive, with a bullet in her head. 
 
Many detectives had tried and failed to solve the case. 
 
Decades later, still desperate for answers, Ellie hires LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis, who calls in the expertise of brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware, to investigate. 
 
But as the two begin digging, they soon discover a string of dangerous threats still lurking in the present . . . 
 
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

Serpentine

Georgia Fancett

When DC Rawls decided to take some time off work for his mental health, he thought he would need just a few days. 
 
However, it's been months since that terrible night and Rawls still hasn't returned to the Somerset Police Dept. He can't seem to shake the feeling that he might never be the same again. 
 
But when a schoolgirl disappears and the police link her case to the disappearances of three other girls in Bath, it sends the media into a frenzy that places Rawls and his team at the heart of the storm. 
 
Rawls isn't sure that he's ready to work on a case that hits so close to home, but he knows he can't have any more blood on his hands. He has to find out the truth before it's too late. 
 
Who is behind these abductions? 
 
And which girl will be taken next?

The Fifth Girl

Candice Fox

Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home to LA to bury her estranged father, and discovers that he left her two final surprises . . . 
 
The first is a private detective agency; the second is a teenage half-sister she has never met. 
 
Going into his old office to close down the business, Rhonda gets drawn into a case involving a young man who claims he was abducted. 
 
But what at first seems to be a simple investigation, soon takes Rhonda to a dark and dangerous place . . .

2 Sisters Detective Agency

Catching killers is a family business

Tony Parsons

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

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