The Kingdom
Blood Ties
'A 100% buy-today-read-tonight delight' LEE CHILD
'Bracingly and bleakly funny' Telegraph
Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os, where they've killed their way to the top. Carl manages the swanky spa hotel, while Roy has made ambitious plans for an amusement park.
Life’s good at the top. But the local sheriff is looking to bring them down.
Sheriff Kurt Olsen believes he has new evidence that will prove the brothers’ involvement in several past murders – but Carl and Roy are used to covering their tracks, and they're not afraid to get their hands dirty.
The body count in Os is about to get even higher.
Blood Ties is an explosive suspense novel about family, loyalty, and the lengths someone is willing to go to for both, from crime writing's king of the cliffhanger.
The Kingdom
'A stunning novel' Daily Mirror
‘Suspenseful…original…I couldn’t put it down’ Stephen King
Two brothers. Bound by blood and a lifetime of secrets.
I heard him before I saw him. Carl was back. I suspected the reason for this sudden and unannounced homecoming was the same as it was back then. The same as it always was. That he needed his big brother’s help.
When Roy and Carl's parents die suddenly, Roy is left as protector to his impulsive younger brother. But when Carl decides to travel the world in search of his fortune, Roy stays behind in their sleepy village, satisfied with his peaceful life as a mechanic.
Years later, Carl returns full of exciting plans to build a legacy in their family name, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to fulfil his ambitions. But it's only a matter of time before what begins as a jubilant homecoming sparks off a series of events that threaten to derail everything Roy has worked for and family loyalty is stretched to violent ends.
As the body count rises, how long before the brothers fall?
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Watch out for BLOOD TIES, the follow up to THE KINGDOM, out in September