Ajay Chowdhury, the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize, is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. His children’s book – Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical which premiered in San Francisco. 
 
 
The Waiter (Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month), was published in 2021, and is the first in his critically-acclaimed crime series about Detective Kamil Rahman, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures.The Cook (Guardian Top Crime Books of the Year) was published in May 2022 to excellent reviews and deals with the issue of homelessness. The third book in the series – The Detective (Sunday Times Top Crime Books of the Year) – is about government surveillance and AI. The Spy (Longlisted Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing), the fourth book, sees Kamil infiltrate a terrorist cell. The Shadow (A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month) is the latest book in the series.

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Niall Leonard

Former boxer Finn Maguire – Crusher to his friends - has one task to perform: to deliver an invitation to a meeting.  But when that meeting is between The Turk and the Guvnor - two criminal overlords fighting for control of London’s underworld - his task is anything but simple. As the city swelters in a heatwave and the country is rocked by a series of terrorist atrocities Finn is dragged into a bloody gang war marked by double-crosses, intrigue, corruption and treachery. Fighting to save himself and the girl he loves from being shredded between the opposing factions, Finn is forced to make some appalling choices.

Shredder

R L Stine

When Lea Sutter visits the Caribbean island of Chat Noir and witnesses a devastating earthquake, she is moved to adopt two beautiful, blue-eyed orphan twins, Daniel and Samuel, and take them home to America. But Lea's own children sense something strange and wrong about the boys and their innocent, oddly old-fashioned ways - and soon after they arrive, a terrible accident takes place on their doorstep. 
 
As more grisly and suspicious events take place, the boys' true origins - and their evil intentions - become terrifyingly clear.

Red Rain

Keith Gray

'I know a place you can go'. It's a secret place hidden among the run-down buildings of the derelict dockyards. 
 
A community of young people have gathered in an old warehouse to get away from a world they don't fit in to. Through separate but interweaving narratives Warehouse tells the stories of three of the community's members. There's Robbie who is running away from his violent older brother, Frank, and needs some space to realise that the beatings are not his fault. Amy, who's supposed to be travelling in Europe but has had her rucksack stolen and is too proud to ask her smothering family for help. And then there's Lem, an ex-drug-addict and founder of the Warehouse community, whose perceived role as leader by the other young people is too much for him to cope with.

Warehouse

The day Finn Maguire discovers his father bludgeoned to death in a pool of blood, his dreary life is turned upside down. Prime suspect in the murder, Finn must race against time to clear his name and find out who hated his dad enough to kill him. 
Trawling the sordid, brutal London underworld for answers, Finn exposes dark family secrets and faces danger at every turn. But he's about to learn that it's the people you trust who can hit you the hardest... 
 
'A fast-paced thriller with real heart’ 
Simon Kernick

Crusher

K M Peyton

Rosy Weeks works for a local horse trainer at a once-successful stable, now fallen on hard times. In love with the morose owner and passionate about her favourite horse, Roly Fox, can Rosy turn the stable's fortunes around?

The Sound Of Distant Cheering

Tom and Jo are the perfect professional couple, and think they have it all. But when Tom starts to think that he wants to be a father, and Jo can't bear the thought of sacrificing her career for a baby, Tom looks elsewhere. When he meets Camilla, a dangerous triangle begins - one that will spiral into disaster.

No Roses Round The Door

Liz Reinhardt

Fiery Evan Lennox is dreading community service, until she meets Winchester Youngblood. 
 
Winch is mysterious and sexy as hell, and Evan soon finds herself falling for his bad boy charm. 
But Winch has some dark secrets of his own and they threaten to destroy everything. 
 
Should Evan follow her instincts and give into temptation . . . or will Winchester prove too hot to handle?

Fall Guy

As the owner/manager of a gym, life for Finn Maguire is mercifully quieter after the murderous events of CRUSHER. But when his business partner Delroy is targeted by vicious loan sharks, and Finn's trusted lawyer Nicky apparently absconds with all of his money, he is dragged back into the murky criminality of the London underworld. 
Dark secrets run deep here - and there's danger at every turn. Someone wants Finn to lay low and stop asking questions - and will stop at nothing to silence him...

Incinerator

Who to choose . . .? 
 
Thrust back into school life after a year in Denmark, Brenna Blixen is soon making new friends and catching the eye of two boys with bad reputations. There’s the dark and mysterious Saxon, and the gorgeous and sexy Jake. 
 
They’re both totally hot and totally into Brenna. 
 
But Saxon and Jake have unresolved history and Brenna’s caught in the middle. 
 
It’s time to make some tough choices, fast. 
 
Double Clutch is the first title in the Brenna Blixen series.

Double Clutch (A Brenna Blixen Novel)

Perfect for fans of Easy by Tammara Webber and The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines. 
 
When Brenna Blixen is offered a trip to Paris in the winter break, she jumps at the chance. 
 
After a tearful goodbye with her gorgeous boyfriend, Jake Kelly, Brenna is shocked to discover that Saxon Maclean is also headed to the City of Love. 
 
He’s trouble and irritating as hell. But also seriously hot. 
 
Can Brenna resist her animal urges, or is good girl Brenna about to turn bad…? 
 
Junk Miles is the second title in the Brenna Blixen series.

Junk Miles (A Brenna Blixen Novel)

Perfect for the fans of Easy by Tammara Webber and The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines. 
 
It’s summer in Sussex County and things are heating up for Brenna, Jake and Saxon. 
 
Golden couple Brenna and Jake are worlds apart. Brenna’s in Ireland on a creative writing course and Jake’s in New York, meeting his real family, who are super wealthy and seriously obnoxious. 
 
Sex and getting drunk are pretty much all Saxon’s life is about, until he runs his allowance dry and is sent to the middle of nowhere to learn some real life lessons. He might just be surprised by what he learns… 
 
It’s a summer full of romance, breaking up, making up, and looking to the future. But who will end up with who, and will all that unresolved chemistry finally get put to bed? 
 
Slow Twitch is the third title in the Brenna Blixen series.

Slow Twitch (A Brenna Blixen Novel)

When Miranda’s controlling mother dies, she feels an enormous sense of freedom and release. Having spent her life in the shadows of others, it is only a tragedy that opens up a world of new possibility for her. 
 
From Carnegie Medal-winning author, K. M. Peyton.

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