Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Matthew Frank

Julian Sinclair is a serial killer - charming, manipulative, deadly. He hunted girls for sport, and it's high time justice was served. 
 
But when Sinclair's conviction is thrown out in court, DC Joseph Stark and DS Fran Millhaven find themselves forced to protect the man they're sure is guilty from those who would see him pay in blood. 
 
Then another girl dies. And Sinclair can't have killed her from his hospital bed. 
 
Is a killer lurking inside someone they never suspected? 
 
And have they had the wrong man all along?

The Killer Inside

Mark Edwards

Patrick couldn’t believe his luck when Holly fell for him. She’s wickedly funny, beautiful, and with an intimidatingly successful father, Charles. 
So when she invites him to Charles’ mansion for a New Year’s break in Scotland, all he’s hoping is that they’ll accept him as one of the family. 
But everything feels a little off. Whispers in hallways. Rumours of a body that got found nearby the previous year. And something very strange about Charles’ new girlfriend. 
Every family has secrets, and Patrick tells himself all he needs to do is survive the next few days. 
But then the first body is found, and Patrick realises that all he needs to do is survive the next few days…

One of the Family

Eve Chase

Mimi Mott, celebrated interior designer and style icon, is auctioning off her estate, intent on telling the true story of her life in objects. Her new assistant, Jo O’Mara, is determined to win Mimi’s trust. But Jo has secrets of her own, and time is running out to unpick the past. 
 
Who is Mimi, really? A woman who rose from humble beginnings – but at what cost? What happened in that Wiltshire manor house during the summer of 1969? Who died the night of the glittering summer party? 
 
As the countdown begins, Jo is drawn into a world of obsession, sisters and secrets – and must risk everything to unravel the truth, one thread at a time.

The Secret Thread

Jessica Bull

Welcome to Kent, 1797. 
 
Jane Austen is set to spend the summer with her estranged brother, Neddy. As heir to wealthy widow Mrs Knight’s fortune, it is imperative that Neddy stays in his benefactor’s good graces. 
 
But upon arrival at Godmersham Park, Jane realises Neddy is in dire need of her help. For a mysterious young woman currently resides with Mrs Knight – a stranger who threatens to swindle the inheritance for herself. 
 
Jane must uncover who this imposter is, to protect the fortunes – and fate – of her entire family. But when her investigation takes a dark and dangerous turn, can she solve the mystery – and save herself?

A Fortune Most Fatal

The festive season is fast approaching. 
 
Jane Austen fears that without her siblings at home, there won’t be much Christmas cheer in the Austen household this year. 
 
But when she uncovers a skeleton in the cellar of Deane Rectory, Jane soon forgets her woes. Who needs merriment, when there’s a mystery to solve? 
 
Her investigation leads her to the legend of a young bride who’s long been thought to haunt the woods nearby. After fleeing her wedding breakfast, the bride was never seen again. 
 
Has Jane found her at last? Or is there more to this mystery than meets the eye? 
 
Tis the season for Jane to embark upon festive delights, making merry, and solving murders…

The Austen Christmas Murders

Claire Douglas

When Imogen is told she’s inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago, during a tragic summer which changed her life for ever.Now, with partner Josh in tow, it’s a chance for a fresh start.But after discovering an old box with her name on it in Dorothea’s abandoned study, Imogen starts to believe the woman was trying to send her a secret message.And when rumours begin to swirl that Dorothea was murdered, she starts to suspect that this gift might not be the life-line she thought it was.Who would want to kill Dorothea?Could it be tangled up in Imogen’s own dark family history?And what if Imogen is now the one in danger?

The Family Friend

It’s Noel and Dani’s first Christmas in their new home and they want everything to be perfect - lavish presents, a beautiful tree and outdoor decorations to join in with the festivities in this welcoming community.But they quickly wonder if this street is as idyllic as it appears. First, there are the unwelcome presents left anonymously on their doorstep. Then they are sure someone is watching them. And why are the neighbours all obsessed with a notorious killer who is housed at the nearby women’s prison?After tragedy strikes at a Christmas party, Noel and Dani try to find out who is targeting them – but, in this case, it might be safer not to know . . .

The Christmas Magpie

Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two children. She's also a bestselling crime author. 
But when Emilia starts her tenth novel, life takes a disturbing turn: an incident straight out of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just a coincidence, she thinks. 
Until it happens again. 
Then someone she knows dies in the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing . . . 
Who is doing this? How do they know what she is writing? And what if Emilia and her family are next?

The Woman Who Lied

Steve Jones

Ray might be about to die. But he&rsquo;s sure as hell not going quietly &hellip; 
 
Former policeman Ray &lsquo;Sugar&rsquo; Leonard is no stranger to bad breaks. But even Walter White never had to open up and share his feelings with a bunch of misfits like Ray&rsquo;s chemotherapy group: a giant God-bothering Welsh bouncer, a sharp-suited wannabe Wolf of Wall Street, and a misanthropic, potty-mouthed little old lady. Compared to that lot, getting mugged on his way home from the clinic was almost a relief. 
 
But Ray is not your average victim. And when his training kicks in and his would-be attacker winds up dead, he wonders, who else might be equally deserving of such summary justice? After all, he&rsquo;s got cancer, what&rsquo;s he got to lose? 
 
Then Ray lets slip his new philosophy to the group and it soon becomes clear that he&rsquo;s not the only one with murder in mind &hellip;

Terminally Kill

Matthew Aldrich

Paul Whitmore, the world’s richest man and Silicon Valley's Ponce-de-Leon, is 122 years old, but looks fifty. Thanks to the Method, his proprietary anti-aging protocol, he’s ready to share the secret to Eternal Life with the world . . . for a price. But not everyone wants Paul to succeed, and these shadowy forces are prepared to use violence to keep the Method from coming to market. 
 
When a new threat targets his estranged son Max, an 85-year-old nursing home resident who wants nothing to do with him, Paul brings Max to his compound for protection. As enemies close in and secrets unravel, Paul must face the one challenge he never planned for: fatherhood, and caring for his ageing son. Is it ever too late to reconnect, or to become the parent you never were? 
 
As the date of the Method's release draws closer and the walls close in, Paul's true enemies make themselves known. The pawns corner the king, leaving Paul to make an impossible choice . . .

The Natural Order

Katie Lumsden

December 1883. Inventor and millionaire Sir Russell Morgan has invited his friends and investors to celebrate Christmas at Clifftop House. But when a footman is found dead – electrocuted – on the very first night of the party, festivities are thrown to the wind. The police dismiss Fred’s death as an accident, but his friend Millie, the kitchenmaid, is not so sure. 
Who would have wanted to kill Fred? Did he know a secret about the Morgan family? Or about Sir Russell’s guests? 
Christmas Day comes, and with it another dead body. 
Can the killer be caught before they strike again?

The Christmas Tree Murders

Robin Burcell

Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo face a new exciting adventure, continuing the bestselling series from UK No. 1 Bestseller Clive Cussler, the Grand Master of Adventure. 
 
The latest action-packed thriller featuring treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo. 
 
Praise for Clive Cussler: 
 
 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 
 
 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post 
 
 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail

Clive Cussler's The Serpent's Eye

S.M. Govett

Laura’s a good mother. 
Between her messy divorce with her ex-husband, and moving in with her new fiancé, her son Benjy has been her constant. 
But now that they’re settled, Laura is excited to throw herself back into work. 
Being a mother is fulfilling, but Laura has always felt that writing is her true calling. Her ultimate escape. 
Until that fateful day. The afternoon starts like any other. Laura picks Benjy up from school, then heads upstairs to write. 
It’s not until the sun is setting that she realises the house is quiet. Too quiet. 
It’s not until she sees the footprints in the garden that she knows something is terribly wrong. 
One set is undeniably Benjy’s. It’s the other set that strikes fear in her heart – those of an adult. 
Someone who took her son, right from under her nose…

When You Looked Away

Jane Austen is preparing for the summer season. 
 
As guests of their wealthy relatives Mr and Mrs Leigh-Perrot, Jane and her sister Cassandra will be holidaying in Bath Spa – the world-famous health resort, and more importantly, the epicentre of the marriage mart. 
 
For many, the summer will be spent hunting husbands. But for Jane, when a series of murders take place across the city, she must chase down a killer instead. 
 
With her beloved sister by her side, Jane is determined to bring the murderer to justice. Can she stop this villain from taking any more victims, before the summer ends? Or will her only dance of the season be with death…

Pride, Prejudice and Peril

Katie Gutierrez

Lore Rivera was married to two men at once. She led a secret double life - until one man shot the other. 
That's the story the world knows. 
 
But true-crime writer Cassie Bowman wants to know more - about the mysterious woman at the heart of it all, and about what really happened the night of that tragic murder. How did Lore lead two lives? How did it feel when it all came crashing down? 
 
After years of hiding, Lore is finally ready to tell her story. But as her tragic tale unfolds, will either woman be ready for the consequences when the long-buried truth comes to light?

More Than You'll Ever Know

The suspenseful and heart-pounding Radio 2 Book Club pick

Gregg Hurwitz

A thrilling new story featuring Gregg Hurwitz's bestselling Orphan X! 
 
Joey Morales was the last recruit of the government's full black operation, the Orphan Program. Trained to be an assassin until she washed out, she was rescued by Evan Smoak, the former agent known as Orphan X. 
 
Now Joey, still a teenager and under the watchful eye of Evan Smoak, lives on her own (with Dog the dog) and attends college. 
 
While on campus, she tries to stop a young woman's suicide attempt - and fails. Then Joey uncovers the reason for Becca Morgan's desperate act - a document called The List, which ranks and rates women around campus based on their sexual appeal and performance. 
 
Determined to find the boys behind The List, the ones whose callous acts drove Becca Morgan to suicide, Joey recruits the help of her mentor, Orphan X, and uses all her skills to uncover and expose the ones responsible. 
Usually working from the shadows, Joey has to put herself on the line and in harm's way this time to not just avenge the dead but to protect the rest of the women who are targets of the hidden cabal behind The List. 
 
Praise for Orphan X 
'OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY' LEE CHILD 
'WEAPONS-GRADE THRILLER WRITING' GUARDIAN

The List

Samantha Downing

You’d never guess Lottie Jones had skeletons in her closet. 
 
She’s lived in town for decades now. She’s getting older. She lives for the simple pleasures of weekly bingo games at church, and gossiping with her friends about their children’s love lives. 
 
But when investigative journalist Plum Dixon shows up on her doorstep asking questions about Lottie’s past, and specifically about her connection to numerous unsolved murders, well, Lottie just can’t have that. 
 
But getting away with murder is hard enough when you’re young. And when Lottie receives another annoying knock on the door, she realises this crime might just be the death of her…

Too Old For This

K. L. Slater

Emily is ready to leave the lies behind. With a beautiful new home and money in the bank, her partner Oliver promises their life as con artists is over. Orchard Lane seems perfect — friendly neighbours, quiet dinners, a fresh start.But something isn’t right. Unsettling messages arrive. Emily feels watched. Oliver starts acting strangely.As paranoia grows and secrets resurface, murder strikes the street. And Emily realises there’s only one thing she knows for certain about her husband:He’s a very good liar.

We Tell Lies

Alys Cummings

PRE-ORDER NOW! A PUZZLING NEW MURDER MYSTERY WHERE CRIME AND CROSSWORDS COLLIDE, FOR FANS OF JANICE HALLETT AND LUDWIG 
 
The dead body is their first clue - and the answer is murder...but can they solve the crossword, and find a killer too? 
 
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Nina is a promising young journalist. She’s also an alcoholic. 
 
Once a week, she attends a recovery group in the local church hall. When a stranger walks in one night, the group think they might have a new member. Until he promptly drops dead. 
 
The police believe it’s nothing more than an accident. But the group soon realise there’s more to this mystery than meets the eye, when they discover a cryptic crossword clue hidden in the dead man’s pocket – the answer to which is Murder. 
 
As more mysterious and threatening clues start appearing in the local paper’s crossword, Nina and team must work to crack this cryptic case. Can they solve the clues, and catch a killer? 
 
Or will the next crosssword spell death for one of them… 
 
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Murder Most Cryptic

Kate Riordan

It’s been years since Rain went home. 
To many, growing up on the Tanglewood estate, nestled in a beautiful corner of the Cotswolds countryside, seemed like a dream. 
But for Rain, memories of her childhood there are forever tainted by what happened that summer. The wild party. The body… 
Now estranged from her mother, and all ties to Tanglewood, Rain thought she’d moved on. 
Yet when another dead body is found at Tanglewood, she knows she must face her past. 
Rain has long held suspicions that what happened that summer wasn’t an accident. It was murder. 
And now's her chance to prove it.

The Last Time I Saw Her Alive

Gytha Lodge

A teenager at an idyllic Greek holiday resort is shocked to receive an anonymous message. It claims to be from a kidnapped girl, trapped with a family that’s pretending to be her own. 
 
Detective Amanda Coton just happens to be at the resort on holiday. She’s in the perfect position to help lead the rescue. 
 
But with no way to identify the sender, or to lock down the sprawling resort, one wrong move could see the real victim spirited away, and vanish for good. 
 
And that’s without worrying that the kind of person who’d kidnap a girl wouldn’t hesitate to kill to get away with it…

Please Help Me

Gillian McAllister

A road trip across America with her teenage daughter was meant to be much-needed bonding time for Simone before Lucy leaves home for university. 
 
But on the first night of their stay, in a cabin deep in the Texan desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings and the voice on the other end issues instructions: Don’t tell the police. Come to this location. Be prepared to do a deal… 
 
There is nothing Simone wouldn’t do to save her daughter. Hide the truth. Commit a terrible crime. Become a wanted woman. 
 
But there’s one thing Simone hasn’t considered. 
 
What if this is just what the kidnappers want?

Caller Unknown

Jessica M. Goldstein

Ash is a failed actress who is done trying to ‘make’ something of her life. Until a golden opportunity drops in her lap: a job at Retro, an agency who organise trips into the past for the ultra-wealthy. 
 
Energised by her new role, Ash throws herself into leading bachelorette parties in the Old West, birthday parties at Woodstock and a situationship with a hard-drinking detective from 1937. But as time goes on, it becomes clear that Retro’s shadowy founder Ro has terrifying designs for the company’s future – and for the part Ash herself can play in it.

Retro

Christoffer Carlsson

On a cold, snowy winter's night in 1999, Sander and Killian leave a house party together, in a small town in rural Sweden. The very best of friends, they imagine they will remain so forever. 
 
The next morning, each is a key suspect in a murder. Each has something they want to conceal from the police. And from the other. 
 
The hunt for Mikael Söderström's killer will take over twenty years. It will see a detective leave the force forever. And it won't end until a second body is found, and the tight-knit community's secrets are finally brought to light...

The Living and the Dead

Josh Winning

Bastian may be a vampire, but he doesn’t bite—anymore. He’s just trying to live his best undead life: sightseeing through Italy with his magical talking cat, Whitby, and maybe flirting with a cute boy or two. 
 
Then a body turns up on the beach, seemingly drained by a vampire. It wasn’t Bastian. He swears—on his own grave. But the local police chief isn’t convinced and assigns the infuriatingly handsome detective Nico De Luca to watch him until his trial. 
 
With the Vampire Council on their way and more victims appearing, Bastian, Whitby, and Nico must unmask the real killer before the whole town is gone—fangs, flirting, and all.

Be Still My Unbeating Heart

Ragnar Jónasson

As snow blankets Reykjavík and Christmas approaches, young detective Helgi is looking forward to a quiet holiday - until those plans are torn away in a flash. One month after his girlfriend Aníta is killed in a car accident, he returns to work, haunted by loss and rage. The driver - Helgi's ex-girlfriend Bergþóra, a violent alcoholic whose abuse he kept secret - insists Aníta's death was an accident and walks free. To escape his mounting despair, Helgi throws himself into the unsolved disappearance of his predecessor, Hulda, a retired officer long presumed dead. But as he follows the traces she left behind, the lines between her past and his present begin to blur . . . 
 
When Bergþóra is later found lifeless in her bath, suspicion falls squarely on Helgi. With his own colleagues turning against him, he must uncover the truth if he is to clear his name, make it home for Christmas, and finally turn the page to begin again.

The Body in the Bath

The Nowhere Man is a figure shrouded in secrecy-a near legendary figure who helps the truly desperate, those with nowhere else to turn who are lucky enough to be able to reach out to him. When darkness closes in, the Nowhere Man is your last, best hope. 
 
Before he was the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak was a highly trained government operative known to a few as Orphan X. But he now lives by hiding in plain sight, keeping his head down and his eyes clear. So when a local summer intern for a tabloid news site finds herself trailing an aggressive reporter into a crime zone, things go terribly awry. The only person who can help her is a man with the background and the skills of the Nowhere Man. 
 
From New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz comes an electrifying, original story in his "nerve-shredding" internationally #1 bestsellling Orphan X series.

The Intern

An Orphan X Short Story

Chris MacDonald

When he died, Nërëus Forbes, frontman of The Marshalls, was the most famous rockstar in the world. 
 
40 years after his death, Nërëus' status as an icon is undisputed, but the circumstances around his death remain uncertain. Despite being ruled an overdose by police, fans and conspiracy theorists alike refuse to accept it was purely accidental. 
 
In an attempt to uncover the truth, Winter Harris, an investigative journalist and daughter of The Marshalls guitarist, decides to interview those who knew Nërëus best. But when her father confesses a dark secret, hidden for decades, Winter suddenly has evidence that could bring both of their lives crashing down. . .

In The Shadows

Two problems: A tech-billionaire whose psychological crisis could have catastrophic implications for the global order. And the abduction of vulnerable young woman, Anca, seized from the New York City Subway, held, hurt, then discarded like trash. 
 
One solution: Evan Smoak, a former black ops assassin codenamed Orphan X, now dedicated to helping the desperate with nowhere else to turn. 
 
But saving the world from a powerful man who has lost his mind while pursuing justice for an innocent survivor will test Evan like never before. Especially when complicated by Anca's inconvenient insistence that he show some measure of mercy to the men who abducted her. 
 
Because if the world's greatest assassin cannot kill, then this mission just got a whole lot more daunting and dangerous. 
 
As lethal threats mount, Evan may have to choose between upholding a higher code . . . and his own life.

Antihero

C.J. Merritt

A DYING RUSSIAN SCIENTIST 
confesses to his children what he did as a young man. 
 
A MURDERED SPY 
shares vital intelligence before he’s ruthlessly assassinated in the English countryside. 
 
A RITUAL KILLING 
hidden in a forest clearing in Sweden hints at something much worse. 
 
FORMER MI6 AGENT RUNNER 
Stella McRae is the only person who can be trusted to investigate now her former employer has been compromised. 
 
EX-SAS OPERATOR 
Tommy Kane has always had Stella’s back, but as the threats against them escalate, will his formidable skills be enough this time? 
 
OCTAGON 
A devastating plot against the West is already in train. Only Stella and Tommy stand in its way. And time is running out...

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