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.

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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.

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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 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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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.

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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 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

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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.’

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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.

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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.

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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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AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH? 
Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist investigating the same incident has been killed. It appears to be a hit-and-run accident. 
 
A SERIES OF MURDERS 
Several brutal killings follow - all linked by handwritten letters sent to the victims' relatives. When Annika unravels a connection with the story she's writing, she is thrown on to the trail of a deadly psychopath. 
 
THE HUNT IS ON 
Caught in a frenzied spiral of secrets and violence, Annika finds herself and her marriage at breaking point. Will her refusal to stop pursuing the truth eventually destroy her?

Red Wolf

Tom Cain

Samuel Carver makes bad accidents happen to worse people. He's very good at his job. But nobody's perfect. And one of Carver's targets has got away. 
 
Now the world faces a new age of conflict driven by religious fanaticism. In Russia, the government have admitted they no longer know the whereabouts of one hundred small-scale 'suitcase nukes'. In Afghanistan and Kosovo, ruthless terrorists plot the downfall of their hated enemies. In Texas, a dying billionaire plots his own personal Armageddon. 
 
And Carver can do nothing to stop them. He was beaten and tortured and left to die, but Samuel Carver is a hard man to kill. When he awakes in a Swiss sanatorium from weeks of torment, he discovers that the woman he loves has vanished. Somehow he must find the strength to track her down. 
 
Carver's hunt will take him deep into the heart of a conspiracy in which the lives of millions are at stake. He must confront an agonizing choice between his duty and his heart, and face the ultimate sacrifice. As the clock ticks down to doomsday, who will survive the final, explosive conflagration? 
 
In The Survivor the worlds of fact and fiction collide in a thriller that grips from the first page to the last.

The Survivor

Paula Daly

'Kept me guessing right until the end. I devoured it.' Claire Douglas, author of LOCAL GIRL MISSING 
 
'A terrific page turner' Guardian 
 
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A doting mother or a pushy parent? 
 
Karen Bloom expects perfection. Her son, Ewan, has been something of a disappointment and she won’t be making the same mistake again with her beloved, talented child, Bronte. 
 
Bronte’s every waking hour will be spent at music lessons and dance classes, doing extra schoolwork and whatever it takes to excel. 
 
But as Karen pushes Bronte to the brink, the rest of the family crumbles. Karen’s husband, Noel, is losing himself in work, and his teenage daughter from his first marriage, Verity, is becoming ever more volatile. The family is dangerously near breaking point. 
 
Karen would know when to stop . . . wouldn’t she? 
 
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'Another fantastic twisty-turny novel by one of my favourite authors. I am always enthralled by her books and this is her best yet' Jill Mansell 
 
'The UK's answer to Liane Moriarty. Amazing' Claire McGowan 
 
'Sheer perfection. The Trophy Child is gripping, darkly funny and bound to induce spasms of guilt in even the least pushy parent. I can’t remember the last time I was so enthralled. I want to stand on a mountain top and tell everyone to read this brilliant novel' Mark Edwards

The Trophy Child

a twisty and unputdownable domestic thriller

Shari Lapena

'Meticulously crafted and razor-sharp. THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR lingers long after you turn the final page' HARLAN COBEN 
 
***The fast-paced, addictive No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller. Over one million copies sold.*** 
 
PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING. 
 
You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall. 
 
Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't stand her crying. 
 
Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back every half hour. 
 
Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone. 
 
You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there. 
 
What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit?

The Couple Next Door

The fast-paced and addictive million-copy bestseller

Mari Jungstedt

A violent robbery. A hit-and-run. A brutal murder. 
 
In the stifling heat of an August morning on the beautiful Swedish island of Gotland, terror shatters the calm. 
 
An armed robbery is over in minutes, leaving a little girl on the road, hit by the getaway car. 
 
Desperate to find those responsible, the police track down one of the culprits. But he is dead, brutally murdered at a remote farm. Tattooed on his arm are three initials: his own and two others. The only clues to the identity of his friends. 
 
As the hunt to find the remaining two robbers intensifies, there’s every chance the murderer is on their trail too. Can Detective Superintendent Knutas beat them to it?

The Fourth Victim

Anders Knutas series 9

A. A. Dhand

Detective Harry Virdee should be at home with his wife, but he's been suspended from work just as the biggest case of the year lands on what would have been his desk. He can't keep himself away . . . 
 
Luther meets The Wire in this gritty crime series set in Bradford.

Luther meets The Wire, this is the first Detective Harry Virdee novel 
 
The sky over Bradford is heavy with foreboding. It always is. But this morning it has reason to be – this morning a body has been found. And it’s not just any body. 
 
Detective Harry Virdee should be at home with his wife. Impending fatherhood should be all he can think about but he’s been suspended from work just as the biggest case of the year lands on what would have been his desk. He can’t keep himself away. 
 
Determined to restore his reputation, Harry is obliged to take to the shadows in search of notorious ex-convict and prime suspect, Lucas Dwight. But as the motivations of the murder threaten to tip an already unstable city into riotous anarchy, Harry finds his preconceptions turned on their head as he discovers what it’s like to be on the other side of the law…

Streets of Darkness

Samuel Bjork

From the bestselling novel I'm Travelling Alone, two dynamic characters are born. 
Police investigators Holger Munch and Mia Krüger work together to solve the most complex crimes in Oslo, catching serial killers before they strike again but their personal lives are not simple either. As people, they could not be more different but as they battle their own demons their unlikely pairing make Munch and Krüger the best kind of classic detective duo.

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 
 
'Terrific . . . Intelligent and gripping' The Times 
'Tense, thrilling and genuinely scary' Heat 
'The latest Norwegian crime-writing sensation' Sunday Times 
'The plot is scalpel sharp... utterly brilliant' Sunday Mirror 
'Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series' Crime Scene Magazine 
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When the body of a young girl is found hanging from a tree, the only clue the police have is an airline tag around her neck. It reads 'I'm travelling alone'. 
 
In response, police investigator Holger Munch is immediately charged with assembling a special homicide unit. But to complete the team, he must track down his former partner, Mia Krüger - a brilliant but troubled detective - who has retreated to a solitary island with plans to kill herself. 
 
Reviewing the file, Mia finds something new - a thin line carved into the dead girl's fingernail: the number 1. She knows that this is only the beginning. To save other children from the same fate, she must find a way to cast aside her own demons and stop this murderer from becoming a serial killer. 
 
The new novel from Samuel Bjork, THE WOLF, is available now.

I'm Travelling Alone

(Munch and Krüger Book 1)

Sharon Bolton

Just what is it that attracts some women to the most evil of men? This spine-tingling, compelling and chilling thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton poses that question. Jam packed with twists, turns, gore and grit, it will not let you go from beginning to end. Fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter will not be disappointed. 
 
'Utterly suspenseful. A terrific, twisted read.' -- Paula Daly 
'A fresh take on 'did-he-didn't-he', this spine-chilling thriller has a great twist' -- Sunday Mirror 
'Gripping on every page' -- ***** Reader review 
'Cleverly constructed, it draws you in and then the stunning twist literally leaves you reeling' -- ***** Reader review 
'Superb read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Absorbing, tantalising and twisty...' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WOULD YOU FALL FOR A SERIAL KILLER? THREE OF HIS VICTIMS DID... 
 
Famous killers have fan clubs. 
 
Hamish Wolfe is charming, magnetic and very persuasive. Famed for his good looks, he receives adoring letters every day from his countless admirers. He's also a convicted murderer, facing life in prison. 
 
Who would join such a club? 
 
Maggie Rosie is a successful lawyer and true-crime author. Reclusive and enigmatic, she only takes on cases she can win. Hamish is convinced that Maggie can change his fate. Maggie is determined not to get involved. She thinks she's immune to the charms of such a man. But maybe not this time... 
 
Would you?

Daisy in Chains

the seductive, twisty, exhilarating thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton

Fiona Barton

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 
 
'If you liked GONE GIRL and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton. Engrossing. Suspenseful' Stephen King 
 
We've all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime. 
 
But what about her: the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the wife who stands by him? 
 
Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she'd ever wanted: her Prince Charming. 
 
Until he became that man accused, that monster on the front page. Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable of unimaginable evil. 
 
But now Glen is dead and she's alone for the first time, free to tell her story on her own terms. 
 
Jean Taylor is going to tell us what she knows. 
 
 
***** 'The book really got under my skin and had me turning pages at a rate of knots, unable to tear myself away.' 
***** 'An utterly addictive read that I couldn't put down.' 
***** 'Clever twists and turns . . . kept me on my toes until the end.' 
 
Read Fiona Barton's other tantalising thrillers: THE CHILD, THE SUSPECT and LOCAL GONE MISSING - out now.

The Widow

The gripping Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller

Manda Scott

There is a secret hidden within a body, burning within the flames, that will change history forever. 
 
 
2014: In the French city of Orléans, a man’s charred corpse is found in a burned-out hotel, stripped of all ID. Police captain Inès Picaut must hunt down his killer before others fall prey to the fire. She has only one clue: the name of a woman who has been dead for over five hundred years. 
 
 
1429: Joan of Arc is taking the war to the English. They want her dead but the only way to reach her is through a fiercely loyal inner circle - until undercover spy Tomas Rustbeard finally earns her trust… 
 
 
The myths of the past hold the key to the mystery of the present, but how many must die before the truth is laid bare?

Into The Fire

Robert Goddard

The Wide World series sees James 'Max' Maxted, war pilot and man of action, searching for answers about his father's death, and finding all the danger and adventure he should have waved goodbye to at the conclusion of the hostilities of WW1. What will Max find at the end of the road?

LIES. 
SECRETS. 
REVELATIONS. 
1919 – The truth has never been in such short supply 
 
Ex-flying ace James ‘Max’ Maxted’s attempt to uncover the secret behind the death of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, has seemingly ended in failure – and his own death. 
 
Unaware of Max’s fate, the team continue to pursue their only lead, travelling to Japan in search of a mysterious prisoner held by Sir Henry’s old enemy, Count Tomura. Once there, they encounter former German spymaster, Fritz Lemmer, now rebuilding his spy network in the service of a new, more sinister cause. 
 
The quest Max embarked on in Paris will reach its dizzying end at Tomura's castle in the mountains of Honshu - and the full truth of what occurred thirty years before will finally be laid bare…

The Ends of the Earth

(The Wide World - James Maxted 3)

Annika Bengtzon has spent her career telling stories that need to be heard. 
 
As a journalist, she’s always been at the front line of criminal reporting, alongside the investigating officers. And now a court case that she’s been reporting on – the savage murder of a homeless man – has begun to attract a lot of attention. With the stakes rising by the day, Annika is once again flung to the heart of a complex case. 
 
But nagging at the back of her mind is her sister’s mysterious absence. After a series of anxious text messages, she’s not heard another word. In the midst of a tense public situation, Annika’s own complicated past looks set to rear its head. 
 
Some voices refuse to be silenced.

The Final Word

Roger Hobbs

'If you enjoyed I AM PILGRIM, you'll love this' Guardian 
 
The perfect blend of a Lee Child novel and a Quentin Tarantino film, this is the latest from the bestselling author of GHOSTMAN. 
 
I work alone. 
 
I may be the best thief in the world but no one will ever know a single thing about me. Well, almost no one. 
 
A lifetime ago I had a mentor, Angela. She taught me how to be a criminal, how to run a heist. 
 
And now, six years after she vanished and left me high and dry on a job in Kuala Lumpur, she’s sent me an SOS. 
 
Or at least I think it’s her. If it is, then I've got to go. I owe her that much. 
 
So soon I'll be on a plane to Macau, either to see a friend or walk into a trap. Or both. 
 
But that's the way I like it. Sometimes the only thing that makes me happy is risking my life. 
 
Time to go.

Vanishing Games

David Levien

Fans of Lee Child and Harlan Coben will love this fast and furious crime thriller from Hollywood screenwriter David Levien. 
 
"American thriller writing at its rocket-fuelled, roller-coaster best" - DAILY MAIL 
"Relentless suspense" - HARLAN COBEN 
"A writer who takes dead, calculated aim at our deepest fears" - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 
"This is crime fiction at its best." -- ***** Reader review 
"Pacy and gripping tale and at times the suspense is heart-stoppingly good." -- ***** Reader review 
"After reading, I had to buy all his books!" -- ***** Reader review 
 
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HE'S GOING TO LEAVE HIS MARK ON YOU. 
 
A corpse discovered. A woman. Dismembered. Twisted. Grotesquely reassembled. 
 
 This is the work of a dangerous, psychopathic serial killer. Someone who goes about his daily business unseen, slipping under the radar. 
 
 And ex-cop Frank Behr has somehow got himself involved. 
 
 As Behr is drawn further and further in to the murky underworld, he finds that the line between good and evil is more blurry than he ever thought . . .

Signature Kill

a gritty, dark and chilling crime thriller that will get right under the skin

An utterly addictive and unputdownable thriller that will mesmerize and entrance ... and tug at your heart strings. Bestselling author Sharon Bolton has conjured up a read that is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter. 
 
'A dark and haunting thriller. It creeps under your skin and doesn't let you go' -- PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train 
'Bolton's haunting storylines, vivid characters, and just plain great writing put her in the top tier of psychological thriller writers' - LINWOOD BARCLAY 
'Claws at your heart. An ever-creeping sense of dread rises from every page' -- Daily Mail 
'Absolutely brilliant' -- ***** Reader review 
'A must-read book!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Held me start to finish and very hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Thoroughly absorbing' -- ***** Reader review 
'MIND BLOWING' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WE WERE INSEPARABLE. UNTIL THE DAY SHE KILLED MY SONS... 
 
What's the worst thing your best friend could do to you? 
 
Admittedly, it wasn't murder. A moment's carelessness, a tragic accident - and your two children are dead. 
 
Living in a small island community, you can't escape the woman who destroyed your life. Each chance encounter is an agonizing reminder of what you've lost - your family, your future, your sanity. 
 
How long before revenge becomes irresistible? 
 
With no reason to go on living, why shouldn't you turn your darkest thoughts into deeds? 
 
So now, what's the worst thing you can do to your best friend?

Little Black Lies

a tense and twisty psychological thriller from Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton

The price of fame . . . is DEATH 
 
When Jenny is spotted by a high-profile modelling agency, she goes from ordinary schoolgirl to celebrity overnight. Suddenly her life is a whirlwind of parties and glamour. 
 
Agnes used to be a model too – but now she lies in a hospital bed, slowly being destroyed by an eating disorder. Her father sits by her day after day, praying that his only remaining daughter survives. 
 
An attempted murder during a lavish photoshoot means that Jenny’s and Agnes’s lives will soon intersect in the most terrifying of ways . . . Because someone is watching them. Someone with a plan. 
 
Can Detective Anders Knutas figure out who it is in time to stop a terrible justice being served?

The Dangerous Game

Anders Knutas series 8

Spring, 1919. James ‘Max’ Maxted, former Great War flying ace, returns to the trail of murder, treachery and half-buried secrets he set out on in The Ways of the World. He left Paris after avenging the murder of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, a senior member of the British delegation to the post-war peace conference. But he was convinced there was more – much more – to be discovered about what Sir Henry had been trying to accomplish. And he suspected elusive German spymaster Fritz Lemmer knew the truth of it. 
 
Now, enlisted under false colours in Lemmer’s service but with his loyalty pledged to the British Secret Service, Max sets out on his first – and possibly last – mission for Lemmer. It takes him to the far north of Scotland – to the Orkney Isles, where the German High Seas Fleet has been impounded in Scapa Flow, its fate to be decided at the conference-table in Paris. Max has been sent to recover a document held aboard one of the German ships. What that document contains forces him to break cover sooner than he would have wished and to embark on a desperate race south, towards London, with information that could destroy Lemmer – if Max, as seems unlikely, lives to deliver it...

The Corners of the Globe

(The Wide World - James Maxted 2)

Andrew Swanston

The king’s coronation brings hope. Until a murderer strikes. 
 
Spring 1661: After years of civil war followed by Oliver Cromwell's joyless rule as Lord Protector, England awaits the coronation of King Charles II. The mood in London is one of relief and hope for a better future. 
 But when two respectable gentlemen are found in a foul lane with their throats cut, it becomes apparent that England’s enemies are using the newly re-established post office for their own ends. There are traitors at work and plans to overthrow the king. Another war is possible. 
 Thomas Hill, in London visiting friends, is approached by the king’s security advisor and asked to take charge of deciphering coded letters intercepted by the post office. As the body count rises and the killer starts preying on women, the action draws closer to Thomas – and his loved ones. He finds himself dragged into the hunt for the traitors and the murderer, but will he find them before it’s too late?

The King's Return

(Thomas Hill 3)

A family torn apart. Another trying to find a way to be as one. 
 
Ingemar Lerberg had it all: successful businessman, politician, husband, father. Until he is found, brutally beaten and left for dead, in his mansion in a fashionable district of Stockholm. His wife, Nora, is missing. With no alternative, his children are taken into care. In one night, a family has been ripped apart. 
 
Journalist Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the case. As she delves into the horrifying details of this family’s fate, she grapples too with the change in her own. With her new boyfriend she must patch together a family from their respective children and stepchildren, and find a way for them all to live harmoniously. 
 
Family matters above all else, but all is never as it seems. Behind the scenes, darkness lies.

Without a Trace

'Fiendishly addictive' GUARDIAN 
 
Your best friend isn’t who you think she is. 
 
You’ve been friends since university, when you became the people you are today. 
 
You don’t see each other enough but when you do it’s as if you’ve never been apart. 
 
She’s one of the family. You would trust her with your life, your children, your husband. 
 
And when your daughter is rushed to hospital, you’re grateful that she’s stepping in at home, looking after things. 
 
But your best friend isn’t who you think she is. You’re about to find out just how wrong you were. 
 
'Deliciously dark and addictive. I defy anyone who starts it not to race through the pages until they reach the final, brilliant twist' Colette McBeth 
 
'Utterly gripping, fast paced, and scarily believable' Lesley Pearse 
 
'Daly writes convincingly of a warped mind, the cracks in family life and the small triggers that send events spiralling out of control' Daily Mail 
 
'Gripping, intriguing and unputdownable. I loved it!' Katie Fforde 
 
'Confident and well-written' Literary Review

Keep Your Friends Close

‘The UK’s answer to Liane Moriarty’ Claire McGowan

The totally addictive, fast-paced psychological thriller

Bruce McCabe

A bomb goes off in down town San Francisco. Twelve people are dead. But this is no ordinary target. This target exists on the fault line where sex and money meet. 
 
Daniel Madsen is one of a new breed of federal agents armed with a badge, a gun and the Bureau’s latest piece of technology. He’s a fast operator and his instructions are simple: find the bomber – and before he strikes again. 
 
In order to understand what is at stake, Madsen must plunge into a sleazy, unsettling world where reality and fantasy are indistinguishable, exploitation is business as usual, and the dead hand of corruption reaches all the way to the top. There’s too much money involved for this investigation to stay private…

Skinjob

Cath Staincliffe

DC Rachel Bailey has dragged herself up from a deprived childhood and joined the Manchester Police. Rachel's boss thinks her new recruit has bags of raw talent but straight-laced DC Janet Scott, her reluctant partner, has her doubts. 
The two go on to become an unstoppable duo, as seen in the hit TV series.

A community on the brink. 
 
An abandoned chapel burns. In this part of Manchester, destruction is not unusual. But this time, the body of a man lies inside. 
 
And it’s down to Scott and Bailey to save them all... 
 
Detective Constable Rachel Bailey is struggling to come to terms with huge change, just as her partner, DC Janet Scott grapples with a horrifying tragedy. But they must put aside their own troubles if they are to solve this murder investigation. Especially when a second building goes up in flames…

Ruthless

Lacey Flint has never worked a murder case - until a savage murder, 120 years to the day since Jack the Ripper claimed his first victim, crosses her desk. 
This case sets the precedent that Lacey Flint is never far from danger, or the River Thames, but she will stop at nothing to find the answers.

‘Bolton is a gripping storyteller, with fine, haunted characters’ 
PETER JAMES 
 
Police sergeant Lacey Flint thinks she’s safe. 
 
She thinks her new job with the river police, and her new life on a house boat, will keep her away from danger. But she’s wrong. 
 
When Lacey discovers a body in the water, and sinister offerings appear in her home, she fears someone is trying to expose her darkest secret. 
 
And the river is the last place she should be.

A Dark and Twisted Tide

(Lacey Flint: 4): Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton exposes a darker side to London in this shocking thriller

James Douglas

Jamie Saintclair embarks on another full-throttle historical adventure - an absolute page-turner! If you love Dan Brown, Chris Kuzneski and Scott Mariani - you will love this! 
 
READERS ARE LOVING THE SAMURAI INHERITANCE! 
"Loved this story. It went everywhere and then some. I was happily dragged along on the edge of my seat every step." - 5 STARS 
"Extremely riveting!!!" - 5 STARS 
"Another excellent page-turner from Mr Douglas." - 5 STARS 
 
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UNDISTURBED AND FORGOTTEN FOR DECADES. NOW IT'S RESURRECTED AND THREATENS US ALL. 
 
April 1943 - A Mitsubishi transport plane, carrying Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, plunges from the sky over the island of Bougainville. In a document case chained to his wrist is the greatest secret of the Second World War... 
December 2011 - Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is offered a lucrative commission: he has been tasked to find the preserved head of a Solomon Island warrior, missing from a German museum since 1945? 
 
The search takes Jamie from Berlin to Tokyo and with every turn the significance of the Bougainville skull becomes ever greater. Soon he realizes he's become involved in something much more important than finding a lost piece of history... 
 
Have you read The Doomsday Testament, The Isis Covenant and The Excalibur Codex, the previous Jamie Saintclair adventures?

The Samurai Inheritance

An adrenalin-fuelled historical thriller that will have you absolutely hooked from the start

Susan Sallis

If you like Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher, you'll absolutely love this beautifully emotive and compelling novel of love and loss from The Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis. 
 
READERS ARE LOVING FIVE FARTHINGS! 
"Susan Sallis as always never disappoints." 
"Excellent read" 
 
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WHEN A CHANCE DISCOVERY TEARS YOUR WORLD APART, CAN YOU MAKE A NEW START? 
 
Jess Tavener would have said that her life in a Somerset market town, with her husband Matt and their small daughter Lucy, was happy and settled. The recent death of her beloved father had cast the only shadow on their tranquil domesticity. 
 
But when she returns to work after her bereavement, she finds a sketch, drawn by Matt, of her father, which turns her world upside down and she begins to realize that her family and friends have secrets which, as they are gradually revealed, affect the foundations of all their lives. 
 
Can she work through the heartbreak and loss to reach out to a new, and different, kind of happiness?

Five Farthings

A wonderful, heart-warming and utterly involving novel set in the West Country from bestselling author Susan Sallis

'Fast, hard and knowing: this is an amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense. Read it immediately!' Lee Child 
 
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I make things disappear. It’s what I do. This time I’m tidying up the loose ends after a casino heist gone bad. The loose ends being a million cash. But I only have 48 hours, and there’s a guy out there who wants my head in a bag. 
 
He’ll have to find me first. They don’t call me the Ghostman for nothing... 
 
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‘Brilliantly clever, gripping and action-packed. Utterly original and bound to become a big-budget movie.' SUNDAY MIRROR 
 
‘Quite astonishing . . . Mature, impeccably researched and written with supreme panache, it moves like a black mamba and is every bit as deadly. Fierce, taut and with an intensity that burns the lungs’ DAILY MAIL 
 
‘Full of authentic detail, seedy locations and a high corpse count, it keeps you hooked until the very last page' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 
 
 WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 
 
‘Fast-paced and exciting, I read it from cover to cover in a couple of days’ 
 
‘Highly imaginative. A real page turner’ 
 
‘Fast-paced, original, and strongly characterised’ 
 
‘Unputdownable’ 
 
‘A thriller that grips from start to finish’ 
 
‘Tight story, great writing, interesting characters’ 
 
‘Outstanding’

Ghostman

A gripping and action-packed thriller

Jon Steele

Jay Harper, one of the last 'angels' on Planet Earth, is hunting down the half-breeds and goons who infected Paradise with evil. Intercepting a plot to turn half of Paris into a dead zone, Harper ends up on the wrong side of the law and finds himself a wanted man. That doesn't stop his commander, Inspector Gobet of the Swiss Police, from sending him back to Paris on a recon mission... a mission that uncovers a truth buried in the Book of Enoch. 
 
Katherine Taylor and her two year old son Max are living in a small town in the American Northwest. It's a quiet life. She runs a candle shop and spends her afternoons drinking herbal teas, imagining a crooked little man in the belfry of Lausanne Cathedral, a man who believed Lausanne was a hideout for lost angels. And there was someone else, someone she can't quite remember...as if he was there, and not there at the same time. 
 
A man with a disfigured face emerges from the shadows. His name is Astruc, he's obsessed with the immortal souls of men. Like a voice crying in the wilderness, he warns the time of The Prophecy is at hand...a prophecy that calls for the sacrifice of the child born of light...

Angel City

1919. The eyes of the world are on Paris, where statesmen, diplomats and politicians have gathered to discuss the fate of half the world’s nations in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was the Great War. A horde of journalists, spies and opportunists have also gathered in the city and the last thing the British diplomatic community needs at such a time is the mysterious death of a senior member of their delegation. So, when Sir Henry Maxted falls from the roof of his mistress’s apartment building in unexplained circumstances, their first instinct is to suppress all suspicious aspects of the event. 
 
But Sir Henry’s son, ex Royal Flying Corps ace James ‘Max’ Maxted, has other ideas. He resolves to find out how and why his father died – even if this means disturbing the impression of harmonious calm which the negotiating teams have worked so hard to maintain. In a city where countries are jostling for position at the crossroads of history and the stakes could hardly be higher, it is difficult to tell who is a friend and who a foe.And Max will soon discover just how much he needs friends, as his search for the truth sucks him into the dark heart of a seemingly impenetrable mystery.

The Ways of the World

(The Wide World - James Maxted 1)

Terry Hayes

'A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense' The New York Times 
'Simply one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time' David Baldacci 
'An all too plausible disaster for the world we live in. Great nail-biting stuff' Robert Goddard 
'The plot twists and turns like a python in a sack... Visceral, gritty and cinematic' The Times 
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The astonishing story of one man's breakneck race against time to save America from oblivion. 
 
A YOUNG WOMAN MURDERED. All of her identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. 
 
A FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. 
 
A SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Dumped in a Damascus junkyard. 
 
SMOULDERING HUMAN REMAINS. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. 
 
PILGRIM. The codename for a man who doesn't exist. A man who must return from obscurity. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. 
 
The much-anticipated, heart-racing new thriller from Terry Hayes, THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST, is available now. 
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Praise for Terry Hayes 
 
'Clever and compulsive' Sunday Mirror 
'Huge ambition and even huger talent' Stav Sherez 
'Compelling and wildly inventive storytelling' Chris Ewan 
'Hayes brings well-refined storytelling chops to the enterprise' Kirkus

I Am Pilgrim

The bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club pick

Spring, 1648. 
When Thomas Hill, a bookseller living in rural Hampshire, publishes a political pamphlet he has little idea of the trouble that will follow. He is quickly arrested, forced on a boat to Barbados and condemned to life as a slave to two of the island’s most notoriously violent brothers. 
In England war has erupted again, with London under threat of attack. When news of the king’s execution reaches the island, political stability is threatened and a fleet commanded by Sir George Ayscue arrives to take control of the island for Cromwell. The threat of violence increases. Thomas finds himself witness to abuse, poison, rape and savage brutality. 
When a coded message from Ayscue to a sympathiser on the island is intercepted, Thomas is asked to decipher it. A disastrous battle seems inevitable. 
But nothing turns out as planned. And as the death toll mounts, the escape Thomas has been relying on seems ever more unlikely…

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