Books by Don Winslow

Portrait of Don Winslow

Don Winslow is renowned for his taut, cinematic thrillers that delve into the darker corners of power, crime, and morality. With a background that spans private investigation and screenwriting, his novels pulse with authenticity and a sharp sense of place, from the brutal landscapes of the drug war to the gritty streets of American cities. Each story is meticulously crafted, blending relentless pace with characters driven by loyalty, loss, and justice.

Winslow's writing has earned international acclaim for its scope and emotional intensity, often illuminating the human cost behind corruption and ambition. Readers drawn to intelligent, hard‑edged storytelling and immersive realism will find his work both compelling and unforgettable, marking him as one of the defining voices in contemporary crime and thriller fiction.

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  • The Force A gripping crime thriller from the New

    HarperCollins Publishers The Force A gripping crime thriller from the New

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisProbably the best cop novel ever written' Lee ChildFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller of the Year comes The Force, a cinematic epic as explosive, powerful, and unforgettable as The Wire.Everyone can be bought. At the right priceDetective sergeant Denny Malone leads an elite unit to fight gangs, drugs and guns in New York. For eighteen years he's been on the front lines, doing whatever it takes to survive in a city built by ambition and corruption, where no one is clean.What only a few know is that Denny Malone himself is dirty: he and his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs and cash. Now he's caught in a trap and being squeezed by the FBI, and he must walk a thin line of betrayal, while the city teeters on the brink of a racial conflagration that could destroy them all.Don Winslow's latest novel is a haunting story of greed and violence, inequality and race, and a searing portrait of a Trade ReviewPraise for The Force: ‘This stands out by a mile … fresher, faster, funnier and truer … bursting with life, lousy with death, it is because it tells the truth, in all its ugliness, that this novel is so exhilarating’ Daily Telegraph ‘Hard-hitting … one of the great works of fiction about the police … superbly chronicled’ The Times ‘There won’t be a better cop novel this year than The Force by Don Winslow. Not next year, or the year after that, either’ Linwood Barclay ‘Stephen King, James Ellroy and Lee Child see Don Winslow as one of their number, and he confirms his right to belong in this elite with The Force … a panoramic picture of a criminal justice system permeated by corruption, cronyism and lies’ Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month ‘Sprawling and visceral’ Financial Times, Crime Books of the Year ‘Breathtaking. Think of TV series The Sopranos … told in majestic prose … this is without question among the finest ever police novels’ Daily Mail, Books of the Year ‘A brutal, gut-punching story’ Independent, Books of the Year ‘Almost Shakespearean’ Spectator, Books of the Year ‘Shocking and shockingly convincing … sinewy, flexible, raw and full of wit. This novel is as entertaining as the best crime fiction must be, but it is also moving’ TLS ‘Don Winslow’s magnificent novels have positioned him as the next big-hitter of crime writing … Gripping’ Metro ‘Intensely human in its tragic details, positively Shakespearian in its epic sweep – probably the best cop novel ever written’ Lee Child ‘Mesmerizing, a triumph. Think The Godfather, only with cops. It’s that good’ Stephen King ‘Nobody understands the disaster of corruption better than Don Winslow. The Force exposes the dawning horror of how it eats into the best intentions’ Val McDermid, No.1 bestselling author of Out of Bounds ‘A stunner of a cop novel with dialogue, gritty New York setting and moral pincers all in the service of a devastating plot’ New York Times, Crime Books of the Year

    3 in stock

    £10.44

  • City of Dreams

    HarperCollins Publishers City of Dreams

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisHot on the heels of the superb (Stephen King) New York Times bestseller City on Fire comes the explosive second novel in an epic crime trilogy from #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow.Don''t miss CITY IN RUINS, the final instalment in the trilogy, available to preorder now!*Waterstones Best Book of 2023: Crime and Thriller*''This is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.' Daily MailAs powerful as anything in Winslow's majestic Cartel trilogy' Sunday TimesEven sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor.' Amazon Best Books of April 2023CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow''s best book, by far. You won''t put it down' Stephen KingWinslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It's unfair on all other authors!' Peter JamesCity Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. James PattersonHollywood.The city where dreams are made.On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. With his little boy, his elderly father and the tattered remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life.A quiet, peaceful existence.But the Feds track him down and want Danny to do them a favor that could make him a fortune or kill him.And when Hollywood starts shooting a film of his former life, Danny demands a piece of the action and begins to rebuild his criminal empire.Then he falls in love.With a beautiful movie star who has a dark past of her own.As their worlds collide in an explosion that could destroy them both, Danny Ryan has to fight for his life in a city where dreams are born.Or where they go to die.From the shores of Rhode Island to the deserts of California where bodies disappear, from the power corridors of Washington where the real criminals operate to the fabled movie studios of Hollywood where the real money is made, City of Dreams is a sweeping saga of family, love, revenge, survival and the fierce reality behind the dream.

    15 in stock

    £7.99

  • City in Ruins

    HarperCollins Publishers City in Ruins

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £19.80

  • City in Ruins

    HarperCollins City in Ruins

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £24.00

  • The Power of the Dog

    Cornerstone The Power of the Dog

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisDon Winslow has worked as a movie theatre manager, a production assistant, and as a private investigator. In addition to being a novelist he now works as an independent consultant in issues involving litigation arising from criminal behaviour. His novels include The Kings of Cool, Savages, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, California Fire and Life, The Power of the Dog, The Winter of Frankie Machine and The Dawn Patrol. In 2012 Savages was released as a blockbuster film.Trade ReviewThe Power of the Dog throws shadows a mile long. Fearless, humane, aesthetically fervent, it's also passionate, unapologetic, gorgeously written and unquestionably authentic. * Dennis Lehane *Don Winslow is the kind of cult writer who is so good you almost want to keep him to yourself. -- Ian RankinThe first great dope novel since Dog Soldiers thirty years ago. It's frightening and sad, with a superbly sustained intensity. A beautifully compressed vision of hell, with all its attendant moral madness. -- James EllroyA damn good read. If you've never read Don Winslow, start now. -- Val McDermidIt is impossible in a few words to do [it] justice ... It's a huge book, both in size and scope. * Sunday Telegraph *

    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • City of Dreams

    HarperCollins Publishers City of Dreams

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisHot on the heels of the superb (Stephen King) New York Times bestseller City on Fire comes the explosive second novel in an epic crime trilogy from #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow.Don''t miss CITY IN RUINS, the final instalment in the trilogy, available to preorder now!*Waterstones Best Book of 2023: Crime and Thriller*''This is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.' Daily MailAs powerful as anything in Winslow's majestic Cartel trilogy' Sunday TimesEven sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor.' Amazon Best Books of April 2023CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow''s best book, by far. You won''t put it down' Stephen KingWinslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It's unfair on all other authors!' Peter JamesCity Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. James PattersonHollywood.The city where dreams are made.On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now

    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Border

    HarperCollins Publishers The Border

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe year's best thriller' The Times, Books of the YearThe explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The ForceThe war has come home.For over forty years,Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: The War On Drugs.Now elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, Keller finds himself surrounded by an incoming administration that's in bed with the very drug traffickers that Keller is trying to bring down.From the slums of Guatemala to the marbled corridors of Washington, D.C., Winslow follows a new generation ofnarcos, cops, addicts, politicians, and mere children fleeing the violence for the chance of a life in a new country.The Borderis an unflinchingportrait of modern America, a story of and for our time.A huge, immersive, violent, compassionate read' Ian RankinHugely entertaining' Stephen KingBrutal and brilliant, this is crime's Game of Thrones' SunOne of the great literary achievements oTrade Review‘A huge, immersive, violent, compassionate read’ Ian Rankin ‘Brutal and brilliant, this is crime’s Game of Thrones’ Sun ‘The year’s best thriller’ Sunday Times, Books of the Year ‘One of the great literary achievements of the century so far’ Daily Telegraph ‘Thrilling’ The Times ‘Horrifying and insanely gripping. It is an epic game of cajones played out against the beauty of the natural world … such crime writing deserves nothing less than a Pulitzer Prize’ Evening Standard ‘The [Cartel] trilogy is one of the great literary achievements of the century … Winslow’s works is witty and thrilling as well as righteous … we need writers who bear witness to the truth as unflinchingly as Winslow’ Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year ‘Everyone in America–left, right, and center–should read this book. It's social fiction to rival Tom Wolfe and John Steinbeck. Focused, angry, suspenseful, occasionally hilarious, always hugely entertaining’ Stephen King ‘Astonishingly powerful and disturbing … a dizzying combination of sublime plotting, raw anger and pared-back, snub-nosed writing … big, brutal and brilliant’ Metro ‘A new crime classic … a stirring, stupendous novel’ Sunday Times ‘He is a pleasure to read: his writing style is direct, intelligent and forceful … his research is impeccable’ The Times, Books of the Year ‘A furious, impassioned novel … a powerful – and painful – journey through a contemporary version of hell. Rarely has hell been so compelling’ Washington Post, Books of the Year ‘A modern classic of striking power that turns the sordid and murderous mayhem of the cocaine wars and the baroque court politics of the Cartel narcos drug lords into a narrative of great grandeur that illuminates human character in the way Shakespeare or Tolstoy does… a terrifying, vicious world that reveals much about American politics, policing and Trumpian corruption today’ Simon Sebag Montefiore

    2 in stock

    £10.44

  • Savages

    Cornerstone Savages

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisPart-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beach-based marijuana operation, reaping significant profits from their loyal clientele. In the past when their turf was challenged, Chon took care of eliminating the threat. But now they may have come up against something that they can''t handle-the Mexican Baja Cartel wants in, sending them the message that a no is unacceptable. When they refuse to back down, the cartel escalates its threat, kidnapping Ophelia, the boys'' playmate and confidante. O''s abduction sets off a dizzying array of ingenious negotiations and gripping plot twists that will captivate readers eager to learn the costs of freedom. Savages is an adrenaline-fuelled novel by a master thriller writer at the very top of his game.Trade ReviewThis is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on autoload. Winslow's stripped-down prose is a revelation -- Stephen KingRejoice - Don is back on the drugs ... Winslow has few equals * Independent *Winslow on rip-roaring form, his most stylish, pacy and blood-soaked novel yet ... A brilliantly clever game of cat and mouse ... Vibrant, stylish and captivating ... A true thriller -- Henry Sutton * Mirror *Savages is a wild ride...The language is limber and lean, the pace adrenalin-fuelled and the killers downright terrifying ... Will linger with you long after the final page * Time Out *A frighteningly convincing depiction of big-time drug cartels at work -- John Harvey

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Cartel 2 Power of the Dog

    Penguin Random House LLC The Cartel 2 Power of the Dog

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling second novel in the explosive Power of the Dog series—an action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. Book Two of the Power of the Dog Series It’s 2004. Adán Barrera, kingpin of El Federación, is languishing in a California federal prison. Ex-DEA agent Art Keller passes his days in a monastery, having lost everything to his thirty-year blood feud with the drug lord. Then Barrera escapes. Now, there’s a two-million-dollar bounty on Keller’s head and no one else capable of taking Barrera down. As the carnage of the drug war reaches surreal new heights, the two men are locked in a savage struggle that will stretch from the mountains of Sinaloa to the shores of Veracruz, to the halls of power in Washington, ensnaring countless others in its wake. Internationally bestselling author Don Winslow

    1 in stock

    £10.62

  • City in Ruins

    HarperCollins Publishers City in Ruins

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Dawn Patrol

    Random House USA Inc The Dawn Patrol

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £14.40

  • City on Fire

    HarperCollins Publishers City on Fire

    7 in stock

    Book SynopsisOne of America's greatest storytellers. Stephen KingNo one fuses action with emotion like Winslow. The TimesThe new thriller from the #1 international bestseller the start of a brand new trilogySuperb. This is storytelling with a keen edge.City on Fireis exhilarating to read.'Stephen KingA Times Best Book for 2022Two criminal empires together control all of New England.Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire.Danny Ryan yearns for a more legit life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he has sworn to protect, he becomes a leader, a ruthless strategist, and a master of a treacherous game in which the winners live and the losers die.From the gritty streets of Providence to the glittering screens of Hollywood to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, two rival crime families ignite a war that will leave only one standing. The winner will forge a dynasty.Exploring classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, honour, and corruption onbothsides of the law,City on Fireis a contemporary Iliad from Don Winslow, one of America's greatest storytellers (Stephen King).Trade Review‘No one fuses action with emotion like Don Winslow.’ The Times Best Books to Read This Summer ‘A superior example of the gangster genre.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Many would now describe Winslow as one of the masters of American crime writing, and this remarkable novel … is both breathtakingly panoramic and infinitesimally focused.’ Financial Times ‘Winslow’s previous “Cartel” trilogy is an astonishing achievement that will be hard to beat, but on the strength of this immersive and humane tale of fate, free will, loyalty and betrayal, his new series will rank alongside it.’ Guardian ‘This superb novel, by the writer of the Cartel trilogy of narco-thrillers, is a bloody tale of greed, lust and violent retribution, and based on various Greek myths, including Helen Of Troy.’ Sun ‘Winslow’s next juggernaut of a modern-day epic’ LA Times ‘Pure genius! Nobody can bring such grit and such heart to crime fiction as Don Winslow—and with such a unique and compelling stylistic voice.’ Jeffery Deaver ‘This is can't-put-it-down crime fiction. If you've read it, you know. If you haven't, maybe go out and get it.’ Stephen King ‘Gritty, moody, and totally immersive, CITY ON FIRE is the first installment in an epic new series that is sure to grip readers from the start. This is Winslow at his very best.’Karin Slaughter ‘Winslow is our Dickens of modern crime. I can’t think of anyone better at what he does.’ Linwood Barclay ‘Breathtaking.’ Anthony Horowitz ‘Superb. This is storytelling with a keen edge. City on Fire is exhilarating to read.’ Stephen King "City on Fire is the best gangster novel since The Godfather."Steve Cavanagh ‘Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation.’ Adrian McKinty

    7 in stock

    £9.49

  • City of Dreams

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc City of Dreams

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £22.50

  • Broken From the No. 1 international bestselling

    HarperCollins Publishers Broken From the No. 1 international bestselling

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisYou can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment' Stephen KingA riveting collection of original fiction from the revered #1 international bestselling author of The Cartel trilogy and The ForceNo matter how you come into this world, you come out brokenIn six intense, haunting short novels, Don Winslow returns to the themes that are the hallmarks of his acclaimed body of work crime, corruption, vengeance, justice, loss, betrayal, guilt, and redemption to explore the savagery and nobility that drive and define the human condition.In Broken, Winslow creates a world of high-level thieves and low-life crooks, obsessed cops and jaded private detectives, dope dealers and government agents, bounty hunters and fugitives. Diverse and richly drawn, these characters some familiar, others new are lost souls driving without headlights on the dark highway of modern America. Set in New Orleans and Hawaii, Southern California and south Texas, each story in this collection is distinctively WinTrade ReviewThis is an outstanding sextet in which — praise be! — ‘love and loyalty trump the law’. It is fast, furious and very funny.” The Times “Exhibiting a remarkable range… [Winslow is] just as good at sprints as long distances, and can charm as well as chill” Sunday Times “A master of thrills shows his range, and his bite . . . [Winslow is] a writer from whom others can learn the ropes.” New York Times ‘This set of novellas shows Winslow to be an author who has hit his prime’ The Sunday Times ‘Hugely enjoyable… satisfyingly complex. Acute in its observations, the collection demands to be savoured slowly: each of the six has a short word count, but a long reach. Just read.’ i paper ‘Chilling and compelling… told with great style, this is one of my favourite books of the year.’ Daily Mail “Don Winslow, whose work includes a dozen of the finest crime novels written in the last 20 years, displays all of his strengths, including propulsive narration, compelling characters and a tight, staccato writing style” Associated Press ‘Broken is a masterful collection from a writer at the peak of his powers.’ Daily Express “Winslow returns with a delicious serving of small plates. . . . A greatest-hits album but with all-new melodies: what could be sweeter?!” Kirkus ‘In a golden era for crime fiction, Winslow has his own special lustre – the kind of author who gives books a good name.’ Big Issue Praise for Don Winslow: ‘A huge, immersive, violent, compassionate read’ Ian Rankin ‘Brutal and brilliant, this is crime’s Game of Thrones’ Sun ‘One of the great literary achievements of the century so far … Winslow’s work is witty and thrilling as well as righteous’ Sunday Independent ‘Horrifying and insanely gripping … such crime writing deserves nothing less than a Pulitzer Prize’ Evening Standard ‘The [Cartel] trilogy is one of the great literary achievements of the century … Winslow’s works is witty and thrilling as well as righteous’ Daily Telegraph

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • City of Dreams The gripping new crime thriller

    HarperCollins Publishers City of Dreams The gripping new crime thriller

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisHot on the heels of the superb (Stephen King) New York Times bestseller City on Fire comes the explosive second novel in an epic crime trilogy from #1 internationally bestselling author Don Winslow.Don''t miss CITY IN RUINS, the final instalment in the trilogy, available to preorder now!*Waterstones Best Book of 2023: Crime and Thriller*''This is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.' Daily MailAs powerful as anything in Winslow's majestic Cartel trilogy' Sunday TimesEven sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor.' Amazon Best Books of April 2023CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow''s best book, by far. You won''t put it down' Stephen KingWinslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It's unfair on all other authors!' Peter JamesCity Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. James PattersonHollywood.The city where dreams are made.On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is nowTrade ReviewA Waterstones Best Books of 2023: Crime and Thriller There are moments that hit the heights of Winslow’s brilliant and brutal Cartel trilogy.’ The Sun Already described as ‘The Godfather for our generation’, this is storytelling at its inspiring, epic best, and it feels like a movie in the making.’ Daily Mail ‘Maintains the fierce trajectory of its predecessor… With this new sequence, Winslow’s epic The Power of the Dog is acquiring an equally accomplished successor.’ Financial Times ‘it’s still the action scenes that stand out, and one of them, a showdown in the desert, is as powerful as anything in Winslow’s majestic Cartel trilogy’ Sunday Times ‘City of Dreams picks up exactly where City on Fire left off, and the result is even sharper, funnier, and more brilliant than its predecessor … but Winslow makes this Aeneid-inspired tale soar—sometimes from epic to venal, or from poignant to comical—and it makes the wait for the third book unbearable.’ Amazon Best Books of April 2023 ‘CITY OF DREAMS is a crime classic. Winslow's best book, by far. You won't put it down’ Stephen King ‘Winslow should not be allowed to write so brilliantly. It’s unfair on all other authors!’ Peter James "Don Winslow is one of three living crime writers that I am hopelessly addicted to. City Of Dreams is a mesmerizing coast-to-coast crime epic. Danny Ryan is a good guy, a bad guy, a wonderfully complicated, unforgettable human. City of Dreams is part of a trilogy but you can start anywhere. So go ahead, start." James Patterson

    1 in stock

    £19.80

  • City in Ruins

    HarperCollins Publishers City in Ruins

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisFollowing City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow's epic, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow's extraordinary career. 'A gangland trilogy to equal THE GODFATHER. If you like SCARFACE and GOODFELLAS, this is where it's at.' STEPHEN KING Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman - a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he might even fall in love with. Life is good. But then Danny reaches too far. When he tries to buy an old hotel on a prime piece of real estate with plans to build his dream resort, he triggers a war aga

    15 in stock

    £13.49

  • The Force

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Force

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £16.14

  • The Force

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Force

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Border

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Border

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £17.99

  • City on Fire

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc City on Fire

    4 in stock

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    4 in stock

    £15.19

  • City on Fire

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc City on Fire

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £25.50

  • City of Dreams

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc City of Dreams

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £25.50

  • The Border

    Newbury House Publishers,U.S. The Border

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    £20.99

  • City on Fire  Ciudad En Llamas Spanish Edition

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc City on Fire Ciudad En Llamas Spanish Edition

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £16.14

  • Broken

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc Broken

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £20.99

  • Broken

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc Broken

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £26.99

  • City of Dreams CD

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc City of Dreams CD

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £26.24

  • City on Fire CD

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc City on Fire CD

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £29.99

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    £11.69

  • California Fire and Life

    Cornerstone California Fire and Life

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe woman on the bed had died in the fire. Pamela Vale, aged 34. She had been beautiful, and had been heavily insured. Her husband showed little grief. Her children seemed terrified. Insurance investigator Jack Wade is sure he knows what happened. All he has to do is to gather the evidence to prove it. And Wade is the best there is: fires talk to him, tell him exactly what happened, and how. But not everyone shares Wade''s belief that the woman was murdered. California Fire and Life is ready to pay out Nicky Vale''s claim on his wife''s accidental death and the destruction of their house. As Wade fights the decision, as he gathers more evidence, he begins to uncover a world of corruption where nothing is quite what it seems, a world where it''s not fire that talks, but money. . .Trade ReviewA smoking, smoldering threat of a book that flickers and flames and inevitably goes inferno . . . Cover to cover, it is hot, hot, hot * Austin Chronicle *The best crime thriller of the year . . . Mixes two parts of Elmore Leonard with an equal portion of Carl Hiaasen to form an irreverent, ribald hybrid of a thriller that's pure fun * The Providence Journal *[Winslow finds] a dark, sinister lyricism in the forensics of fire * The New York Times Book Review *A jazzy California thriller . . . Think Philip Marlowe if he were still sleuthing - and had taken up surfing * Entertainment Weekly *

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Winter of Frankie Machine

    Cornerstone The Winter of Frankie Machine

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisFrank Machianno is the guy, a late-middle-aged ex-surf bum who runs a bait shack on the San Diego waterfront. That''s when he''s not juggling any of his other three part-time jobs or trying to get a quick set in on his long board. He''s a beloved fixture of the community, a stand-up businessman, a devoted father to his daughter. Frank''s also a hit man. Well, a retired hit man. Back in the day, when he was one of the most feared members of the West Coast mob, he was known as Frankie Machine. Years ago, Frank consigned his mob ties to the past, which is where he wants them to stay. But a favour called in by the local boss is one Frank simply can''t refuse, and before he knows it he''s sucked back into the treacherous currents of his former life. Someone from his past wants him dead, and he has to figure out who, and why, and he has to do it fast. The problem is that the list of candidates is about the size of his local phone book and Frank''s rapidly running out of time...Trade ReviewPraise for The Power of the Dog:No one since James Ellroy has conveyed the morally troubled heart of the American dream with such savage aim... A future classic. * The Guardian *Don Winslow is the kind of cult writer who is so good you almost want to keep him to yourself -- Ian RankinThe first great dope novel since Dog Soldiers thirty years ago. It's frightening and sad, with a superbly sustained intensity. A beautifully compressed vision of hell, with all its attendant moral madness -- James EllroyA damn good read. If you've never read Don Winslow, start now -- Val McDermidIt is impossible in a few words to do [it] justice... It's a huge book, both in size and scope * Sunday Telegraph *

    3 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Dawn Patrol

    Cornerstone The Dawn Patrol

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisDon Winslow has worked as a movie theatre manager, a production assistant, and as a private investigator. In addition to being a novelist he now works as an independent consultant in issues involving litigation arising from criminal behaviour. His novels include The Kings of Cool, Savages, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, California Fire and Life, The Power of the Dog, The Winter of Frankie Machine and The Dawn Patrol. In 2012 Savages was released as a blockbuster film.Trade ReviewIt's no mean achievement to make the world of surfing fascinating to confirmed landlubbers . . . Slowly builds to a moving, lethal climax that will take your breath away * Evening Standard *Winslow creates ripping plots . . . Convincing characters, an exotic setting . . . Winslow knows exactly when to pile on the pressure -- Henry Sutton * The Mirror *Witty and enjoyable crime thriller * Independent on Sunday *Might be the best summertime crime novel ever * San Francisco Chronicle *Heartbreaking . . . Could be a breakthrough for Winslow * Los Angeles Times *

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Gentlemens Hour

    Cornerstone The Gentlemens Hour

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisBoone Daniels, a laid-back private investigator, gathers with his surfing buddies on Pacific beach. There''s no surf, but the Dawn Patrol are out in force regardless...it''s what they do. Having no work to do, and no real reason to go to the office, Boone stays for the second shift on the daily surfing clock - the Gentleman''s Hour; and ends up taking on a hated matrimonial case. But that soon becomes the least of his worries.When The Sundowner, a symbolic icon of the San Diego surf scene, sees a murderous dispute between a young surfer and a member of the territorial Rockpile Crew, the painful truth that violence is seeping into the surf community can no longer be ignored. So when asked to help on the defence by current love interest Petra Hall, Boone knows there will be outrage from both the community, and the rest of Dawn Patrol.As the two cases overlap in unexpected ways, an isolated Boone finds himself struggling to stay afloat as the water gets deeper...and mor

    5 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Kings of Cool

    Cornerstone The Kings of Cool

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisTHE HIGH-OCTANE PREQUEL TO SAVAGESIn Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twentysomething best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O.This is the story of how Ben, Chon and O became the people they are. Spanning fifty years forward from 1960s Southern California, The Kings of Cool is an intergenerational epic of drug dealers and crooked cops, friends and lovers, blood and death - and a young generation''s future inextricably linked with their parents'' history.A series of breakneck twists and turns puts the two generations on a collision course, culminating in a stunning showdown that will ultimately force Ben, Chon and O to choose between their real families - or each other...Trade Review[Winslow] is an excellent crime writer. He writes in the simplest, clearest, most spare way of anybody I’ve read. He’s been honing it for years. * Evening Standard *Packing more of an emotional heft than Savages, it’s written in the leanest prose possible, with a single-word paragraph being nothing unusual but managing to say more than you’d expect. -- Alastair Mabbot * Herald *A brilliant, hypnotic novel…A considerably more ambitious book than Savages, seeking to map out not only the history of Savages’ weird love triangle, but also to cast a panoramic eye over the whole history of the drug trade in California from the 1960s onwards. And Winslow fulfils those ambitions fantastically well, with a stylistic swagger and bucketloads of empathy to go with a scintillating, perfectly executed crime-novel plot…Delivered in the sleekest, most sinewy prose you’re ever likely to read. At times, The Kings of Cool verges on a kind of steel-tipped poetry, providing flashes of insight from perfectly carved sentences. It is a simply stunning novel. -- Doug Johnstone * Independent on Sunday *An epic prequel to Don Winslow's Savages . . . Winslow writes the kind of books that Tarantino might- if he had a heart. -- Julia Handford * The Telegraph *American author Don Winslow is so good at capturing LA slacker speak…[His books] are always superb and The Kings of Cool – a new prequel to the brilliant Savages may be his best yet * The Sun *

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • Isle of Joy

    Cornerstone Isle of Joy

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisNew York: Late 1958Walter Withers had given the best years of his life to the CIA, setting honeytraps and reeling in the victims of his plots. But Withers has returned to his hometown for an easier, safer life as a Private Investigator.Manhattan in the late Fifties is alive with new possibilities, new sounds and new faces, including young presidential hopeful Senator Joe Keneally. Withers is assigned to bodyguard Keneally''s girlfriend at a society gathering: a simple enough job. But next morning, she''s dead - and Withers is the prime suspect.To clear his name, Withers must take on his old masters from the CIA, as well as J. Edgar Hoover''s FBI, all of them determined to set Keneally up. And Withers, expert hunter, becomes another disposable victim of the trap closing in on the Senator.

    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Winter of Frankie Machine

    Random House USA Inc The Winter of Frankie Machine

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £14.45

  • California Fire and Life

    Random House USA Inc California Fire and Life

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CARTEL.When Jack Wade is called in to examine a suspicious arson claim, he follows the evidence into the crime infested inferno of the California underworld.   Jack Wade was the rising star of the Orange County Sheriffs Department’s arson unit, but a minor scandal cost him everything, except his encyclopedic knowledge of fire. Now working as an insurance claims investigator, Jack is called in to examine a suspicious claim: within hours of a disastrous blaze tearing through a wing of real estate mogul Nicky Vale’s house— causing the horrific death of his young wife—he filed a 3 million-dollar insurance claim. The tracks of the fire tell Jack that something's wrong, and as he follows the evidence the case grows to involve the Russian mob, Vietnamese gangs, real estate scams, counterfeiting and corporate corruption.   Things get so hot and deadly that Jack mi

    10 in stock

    £15.30

  • The Border  La Frontera Spanish Edition

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Border La Frontera Spanish Edition

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £18.69

  • Satori A Novel Based on Trevanians Shibumi

    Headline Publishing Group Satori A Novel Based on Trevanians Shibumi

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisA gripping thriller that follows assassin Nicholai Hel across Asia as he fights to regain his freedom.Sugamo Prison, Japan, October 1951. Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement for the murder of his mentor. A formidable assassin as well as a master of hoda korosu or ''naked kill'', he has developed a supreme awareness of the presence of danger. Suddenly offered the chance of freedom, he feels it now as never before...Overseen by Haverford, his American spymaster he must go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union''s commissioner to China. In a landscape primed for war this is a suicide mission he has no choice but to accept.Can Hel succeed in winning his freedom and if so, at what cost? And can he ever achieve his ultimate goal of satori - the possibility of true understanding and harmony with the world?Trade Review'Elegant, well-researched, and magnificently plotted, Satori is exhilarating' * LA Times *'Satori is every bit as tait, intelligent and gripping as the book that captured the imagination of millions in the seventies' * Choice *'A sprawling, effervescent, page-turning account of how the assassin was made' * Observer *'Sleek, smart and deadly. Satori is a must-read' * Joseph Finder *'An accomplished page-turning prequel' * Wall Street Journal *

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • Savages

    Simon & Schuster Savages

    10 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    10 in stock

    £15.30

  • The Kings of Cool

    Simon & Schuster The Kings of Cool

    10 in stock

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    10 in stock

    £16.14

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    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £14.41

  • Blackstone Publishing The Trail to Buddha's Mirror

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    3 in stock

    £15.26

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    1 in stock

    £12.55

  • The Cartel: A white-knuckle drug war thriller

    Cornerstone The Cartel: A white-knuckle drug war thriller

    2 in stock

    Book Synopsis__________________________From the bestselling author of the acclaimed The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, spanning the past decade of the Mexican–American drug wars.It’s 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adan Barrera, the head of El Federación, the world’s most powerful cartel, and the man who brutally murdered Keller’s partner. Putting Barrera away costs Keller dearly – the woman he loves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead.Then Barrera gets out, determined to rebuild the empire that Keller shattered. Unwilling to live in a world with Barrera in it, Keller goes on a ten-year odyssey to take him down. The Cartel is a true-to-life story of power, corruption, revenge, honour and sacrifice, as one man tries to face down the devil without losing his soul.__________________________'Sensationally good' LEE CHILD'Tense, brutal, wildly atmospheric, stunningly plotted' JAMES ELLROY'A gut-punch of a novel... an absolute must-read' HARLAN COBENTrade ReviewDon Winslow delivers his longest and finest novel yet in The Cartel. This is the War and Peace of dope-war books. Tense, brutal, wildly atmospheric, stunningly plotted, deeply etched. It’s got the jazz-dog feel of a shot of pure meth. -- James EllroySensationally good, even after the near-perfection of The Power of the Dog. Less of a sequel than an integral part of a solid-gold whole. -- Lee ChildThe Cartel is a gut-punch of a novel. Big, ambitious, violent and widely entertaining, Don Winslow's latest is an absolute must-read. -- Harlan CobenDon Winslow is one of the most exciting and well-researched crime writers of modern times. The Cartel is a masterpiece of storytelling. -- Simon KernickAstoundingly ambitious…Draws on real events and people as it chronicles Mexico’s drug wars…Masterfully organised and teeming with memorable characters, it is unlikely to be bettered this year. * Sunday Times (Thriller of the month) *

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • HarperCollins Taschenbuch Die Sprache des Feuers

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    2 in stock

    £13.30

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    2 in stock

    £20.40

  • HarperCollins Taschenbuch City of Dreams

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    £12.60

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