Whether it's Scandi noir, police procedural, whodunnits, cosy crime or international thrillers, we've got you covered.
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Mad Cave Studios Sunder Vol. 1
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Top Shelf Productions Luna Express
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£16.19
Soho Press The Summer Of Ellen
Book SynopsisThis evocative work of psychological suspense explores obsession, toxic masculinity, and the tricks we play on our own memory.
£8.54
Soho Press Crown City
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Epublishing Works! A Yarn-Over Murder (The Bait & Stitch Cozy
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Ulysses Press What Shes Hiding
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£16.08
Square Enix The GodSlaying Demon King 04
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Amazon Publishing What Lies in Darkness
Book SynopsisA missing family. A traumatized detective. The past and present collide in a riveting novel of suspense by the USA Today bestselling author of These Still Black Waters, Do No Harm, Behind Every Lie, and The Night Olivia Fell.Late Christmas Eve, the Harper family’s car crashed on a desolate stretch outside Black Lake. Sixteen-year-old Alice was found injured by the side of the road—alone. It was as if her parents and younger sister, Ella, had simply disappeared.One year later, Alice is still dealing with nightmares and unanswered questions when she and her friends find Ella’s bloodstained backpack in the basement of an abandoned home. As Detective Jess Lambert investigates, she uncovers dark secrets that put her on a collision course with her past. Jess’s only witness is haunted by her own ghosts—ghosts that might ultimately be connected to Jess.Jess will do anything to find out what happened
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Amazon Publishing Best House on the Block
Book SynopsisRevealing a neighbor?s deep secrets and dark obsessions turns to murder in a shocking novel of psychological suspense by a New York Times bestselling author.Aspiring investigative journalist Shannon Gibbons and her family have moved into a beautiful house in the Fabulous Forties of East Sacramento, where Shannon finds a fast connection with a new neighbor. Renowned journalist Rosella Marlow appears to have a genuine interest in giving Shannon?s own career a boost?as personal assistant on Rosella?s new project. Appearances are deceiving.Bitter, resentful, and consumed by excruciating grief, Rosella is obsessed with wiping the smiles off her contented neighbors? faces. Now she?s watching closely, ready to expose their secrets. Secrets dark enough to destroy lives. In Shannon, Rosella has a trusting and unwitting accomplice. But Rosella is being watched, too. And when someone is found murdered, everyone on this quiet block is a suspect. Because everyone has a motive.With the help of a friend, Shannon begins an investigation into the death of a person she just met. As neighbor is pitted against neighbor, the truth is much scarier than anything they imagined.
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Amazon Publishing Death Stake
Book SynopsisThe trail of missing coders leads a spy into an international underworld of treachery, double agents, and digital espionage in a propulsive thriller by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author.Retired intelligence operative Brad Trasker heads security at a remote aerospace facility when there’s a major breach. A photo of their top-secret AI-designed hydrogen engine has surfaced online. Trasker’s investigation into who did it soon leads to a start-up in Bangkok, where its three software developers have disappeared, along with nearly a million dollars in investment money.Following their tracks, Trasker hits a dead end. The start-up’s HQ is a padlocked crime scene. No one—not the cagey locals, the mobbed-up gangs, or the Royal Thai Police—is keen on answering Trasker’s questions. But their message is clear: get out of Bangkok or die.Hunted by assassins, Trasker is drawn into the same complex high-tech underworld of
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Amazon Publishing Mr. Whisper
Book SynopsisFour brilliant investigators combine forces to outwit an insidious master of online mind control in a gripping thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Final Equinox. Investigator Sloan McPherson finds a frightened vagrant suffering from amnesia living in a Florida swampthen learns he disappeared from Oregon when he was a teenager. To find out how he ended up three thousand miles from home thirty years later, Sloan enlists the help of two brilliant colleagues. FBI agent Jessica Blackwood and scientist Theo Cray have already made an alarming connection. A female classmate of the Everglades drifter disappeared at the same time, and their high school journals reveal ties to an enigmatic figure they both called Mr. Whisper. Under his influence they did as they were told. The case is also attracting the attention of corporate security expert Brad Trasker, whose trail is leading to the dark heart of a master manipulator. Jessica, Theo, Sloan, and Brad must now bring their unique skills to the table to take down a diabolical adversary. Unless Mr. Whisper's decades-long control of the vulnerable is too powerful and far-reaching to stop.
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Amazon Publishing The Fourth Girl
Book SynopsisOn the anniversary of a teen's disappearance, three friends face a deadly hometown reunion in this twisty suspense novel by a New York Times bestselling author. On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woodsnever to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promiseeven when it shatters lifelong friendships. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of that night, Midge, Kelly, and Talia reunite at Haven Cliff, now a gleaming architectural jewel. But they aren't alone. Someone is watching. Someone who knows what really happened to Carolineand to the man who now lies dead a stone's throw from where she was last seen. Police detective Midge knows she's dealing with a murder the moment she sees the item clutched in his lifeless hand. Only three other people in the world would grasp its significance. That means Kelly and Talia are either involved or in danger, because Caroline is long goneor is she?
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Simon & Schuster Welcome to Murder Week
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Quirk Books The Great Work
£15.29
Cambium Rockburn
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Canongate Books Terminal Black
Book SynopsisFormer MI5 agent Harry Tate is drawn back into the field when an old friend goes missing - and discovers the stakes could not be higher.Harry Tate has one rule: you don''t abandon your friends. When he learns that former colleague Rik Ferris has had a breakdown and disappeared, allegedly in possession of highly sensitive secrets from MI6''s archives, he agrees to look for him and, if possible, bring him back in. But where to begin? Rik could be anywhere in the world.All Harry knows is, if he doesn''t find Rik, others will be sent out instead. And they won''t play by the same rules.What Harry doesn''t know is that Rik is being held prisoner and tortured for information relating to a high-level mole in the British establishment. If he doesn''t tell his captors what he knows, it will result in a devastating cyber attack designed to bring the UK to its knees.
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Canongate Books Scot on the Rocks
Book SynopsisLexy Campbell''s ex-husband begs for her help finding his current wife, whose disappearance mirrors that of a number of statues around California - menacing ransom note and all.A community is devastated when the bronze statue of local legend Mama Cuento is stolen on Valentine''s Day. When Lexy Campbell arrives on the scene, a big bronze toe is found along with a ransom note - "Listen to our demands or you will never see her again. There are nine more where this came from".Then, Lexy''s ex-husband Bran turns up begging for help to find his wife, Brandee, who has disappeared. Lexy agrees to pitch in, but when she shows up at Bran''s house he has just discovered one of Brandee''s false nails and another ransom note with the same grisly message.Are the two cases linked or is a copycat on the loose? Who would want to kidnap a bronze statue or, come to that, Brandee? And can Lexy put aside her hatred for Bran long enough to find out?
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Canongate Books The Black Cage
Book SynopsisExposing the botched murder investigation of three young boys has left Milo Rigg''s reputation and career as a crime-reporting journalist in tatters. But when the naked, frozen bodies of two young sisters, Priscilla and Beatrice Graves, are found down a ravine in Chicago months later, there are disturbing similarities. Are the two cases linked, and could this be Milo''s chance to right the wrongs of the past? Restored to his former reporter role, Milo is back - and he''s asking uncomfortable questions again. Confronted with deception and corruption at every turn, can Milo uncover the identity of a ruthless serial killer and finally rid himself of the black cage that threatens to consume him?
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Pushkin Press Deep Dark Blue
Book SynopsisWater washes away everything, even the bodies. Lake Zurich is Rosa Zambrano's beat. Once a detective with the Criminal Investigation Department, she's now exchanged serious crimes for the serenity of the water, patrolling it daily as the first female officer in Zurich's maritime police force. Then one day, the body of Dr Jansen, a renowned fertility doctor and successful biotech entrepreneur, is dredged up in a fisherman's nets. The case hits close to home for Rosa -she was a patient of Jansen's and saw him only days before he was killed. The investigation leads her from the opulent villas on the lake's shores to genetic research labs and a thriving escort service on the outskirts of the city -and to four women, each of whom has rejected the hand she's been dealt.Trade Review'Set in the beautiful city of Zurich and full of glorious descriptions of well-cooked and thoughtfully presented food, Deep Dark Blue deals with the subject of genetic manipulation. . . Quietly shocking and full of intriguing information, this novel shows how much more there is to Zurich than secretive bankers' -Literary Review'Elegantly written and featuring a warm and interesting woman as the investigator and an unfamiliar but lovely city brought to vivid life, Deep Dark Blue is highly recommended' -Irish Independent'Seraina Kobler has written a compelling thriller' - WDR2'A gripping crime novel that still makes a holiday in Zurich sound like fun' - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'In her crime novel, Seraina Kobler has found a calm and unhurried language' - Sonntag'Seraina Kobler knows how to build tension' - Neue Zurcher Zeitung
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Elliott & Thompson Limited No Way to Die
Book SynopsisThe new action-packed international thriller from a crime fiction star: Richard & Judy and Zoe Ball Book Club author, TONY KENT.Trade Review‘Like sitting down in front of the best action movie you’ve seen this year. A brilliant, gripping thrill ride.’ Cass Green, author of The Killer Inside ‘A thrilling journey across America that channels Baldacci and Crais, all leading up to the classic ticking clock climax. Terrific.’ Mason Cross, author of What She Saw Last Night ‘What an absolute belter of a book. Dempsey reminds me of an amalgam of 007 and Orphan X. A blistering, two-fisted thriller you won’t want to put down until you’re done.’ Neil Lancaster, author of Dead Man’s Grave ‘A pulsating action thriller’ Sunday Times
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Vintage Publishing The Long Drop
Book Synopsis'A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist' Daily Telegraph'Absorbing... this is a bravura performance, a true original' Ian RankinGlasgow, 1957. It is a December night and William Watt is desperate. His family has been murdered and he needs to find out who killed them.He arrives at a bar to meet Peter Manuel, who claims he can get hold of the gun that was used. But Watt soon realises that this infamous criminal will not give up information easily.Inspired by true events, The Long Drop follows Watt and Manuel along back streets and into smoky pubs, and on to the courtroom where the murder trial takes place. Can Manuel really be trusted to tell the truth? And how far will Watt go to get what he wants?**A TIMES TOP 10 CRIME NOVEL OF THE DECADE**__________________Praise for THE LONG DROP:'Extraordinary' Guardian'This book is so, so good. Forensic, beautiful and gripping' Graham Norton'Revisits a dark episode in Glasgow's past... Mina navigates the uneasy territory between fact and fiction with consummate grace' Val McDermidTrade ReviewAngry, vital and unputdownable, The Long Drop’s themes of self-deception resonate long after the final page. This is crime fiction at its very best -- Joseph Knox, author of SirensNot a single word is wasted in this beautifully written novel. Unsettling, evocative and staggeringly good, it is possibly Mina’s finest achievement * Daily Express *A wonderfully atmospheric, unsettling read. -- Louise Rhind-Tutt * i *Deeply unsettling and thought provoking in all the best ways -- Doug Johnstone * Big Issue *The Long Drop is an exceptional book. The pages reek of fifties Glasgow, forming an oppressive backdrop to a true crime story that fascinates and appals from start to finish. Mina’s prose cuts to the bone, laying bare the prideful wickedness of men in a tale that is as often touching as it is frightening. A feast of a crime novel. * Stuart Neville *
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Cornerstone Don't Let Go: From the #1 bestselling creator of
Book SynopsisFrom the international bestselling author of Home and Fool Me Once. Mistaken identities, dark family secrets and mysterious conspiracies lie at the heart of this gripping thriller.'The master of the double-twist' The Times'Simply one of the all-time greats' Gillian Flynn'The modern master of the hook and twist' Dan Brown'As moreish as ever' Sunday Times______________Secrets can kill. But will the truth set him free?Fifteen years ago, Detective Nap Dumas' twin brother was found dead on the railway tracks near his home.Most people concluded it was a tragic suicide. Nap did not.Now, after years of searching for answers, he believes he may have finally found what he's been looking for.But Nap is a cop who plays by his own rules.And when the past comes back to haunt him, he discovers secrets can kill . . .______________Readers can't get enough of Don't Let Go ...***** 'An absolutely superb, stand-alone thriller to add to his (and my) collection.'***** 'Don't Let Go is one of the best books Harlan Coben has ever written.'***** 'An ingenious, potent, and disturbing thriller.'***** 'All the stars and wow this was one awesome book with a main character that I absolutely loved!!'***** 'I highly recommend it to thriller readers young and old and I look forward with baited breath for Harlan's next book.'Trade ReviewThe brilliant new novel from the international bestselling author of Home and Fool Me Once. Mistaken identities, dark family secrets and mysterious conspiracies lie at the heart of this gripping new thriller. * from the publisher's description *The modern master of the hook and twist, luring you in on the first page only to shock you on the last * Dan Brown *Simply one of the all-time greats - pick up any one of his thrillers and you’ll find a riveting, twisty, surprising story with a big, beating heart at its core. * Gillian Flynn *Coben is a phenomenon - the most reliable of American thriller-writers, the least likely to disappoint ... the true mystery is Coben's extraordinary capacity to keep writing such wonderful thrillers * The Times *As moreish as ever * The Sunday Times *
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Cornerstone Along Came a Spider: (Alex Cross 1)
Book SynopsisSOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL AMAZON PRIME SERIESThe legendary thriller that launched the Alex Cross phenomenon_________________________________Two children have been kidnapped from an elite private school in Washington DC, and Detective Alex Cross is charged with finding them.The kidnapper's identity is quickly determined as one of the children's teachers. But capturing him is the true challenge.As Cross gets pulled deeper into the strange world of the kidnapper, it becomes clear he is far more dangerous than anyone could have anticipated._________________________________'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD'Alex Cross is a legend' HARLAN COBEN'I wrote, "Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed.' NELSON DEMILLE'Brilliantly terrifying! So exciting that I had to stay up all night to finish it! Packed with white-knuckle twists.' DAILY MAIL'An incredibly suspenseful read with a one-of-a-kind villain who is as terrifying as he is intriguing.' CLIVE CUSSLER'Terror and suspense that grab the reader and won't let go. Just try running away from this one.' ED MCBAINTrade ReviewBrilliantly terrifying! So exciting that I had to stay up all night to finish it! Packed with white-knuckle twists. * DAILY MAIL *An incredibly suspenseful read with a one-of-a-kind villain who is as terrifying as he is intriguing. One of the best thrillers of the year.I wrote, "Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed.Terror and suspense that grab the reader and won't let go. Just try running away from this one.[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages. -- DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILDBehind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it. -- LEE CHILD, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesAlex Cross is a legend. -- HARLAN COBENIt's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer: his uncanny skill in creating living, breathing characters we truly feel for and seamless, lightning-fast plots. I do this for a living, and he still manages to keep me guessing from the first to last page ... Simply put: Nobody does it better. -- JEFFERY DEAVEREvery once in a while a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read. He or she is so bright, so innovative, so industrious that what they envision and create becomes the measure by which all others are judged. In 1993 one such writer - James Patterson - began to do just that ... James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged. -- STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone seriesPatterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind. -- MICHAEL CONNELLYJames Patterson is The Boss. End of. -- IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus seriesPatterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.Patterson is in a class by himself.
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Bonnier Books Ltd A Drowning Tide
Book SynopsisWritten with panache, A Drowning Tide announces the arrival of a duo that might just come to rival the Thursday Murder Club DAILY MAILWhen her next-door neighbour goes missing, reclusive Merry dives into an irresistible puzzle. Merry lives a simple life on the Isle of Wight. For work, she creates cryptic crosswords. For pleasure, she swims in the ocean's cold embrace. In between, she keeps an eye on her neighbour, Lucas Manning, son of her late best friend Julia. Until one day, Lucas disappears. The Manning family has always had a sinister side - only Lucas has been above suspicion. Until now. And with Lucas's employers desperate to find him and the sensitive project he has absconded with, has Merry been wrong about Lucas all along?As her search for Lucas unfolds, Merry suddenly has to confront her own dark past. And as the tangle of her life story rises to the surface, Merry is about to find a twist she never expected. Combining a spiky, singular voice with a brilliantly twisty mystery, this is an unpredictable, gripping story of toxic families, dangerous secrets and the past catching up with the present - perfect for fans of Death of a Bookseller, The Sunday Philosophy Club and Richard Osman. You'll be booking your Isle of Wight holiday before you turn the last page TAMMY COHEN, author of They All Fall DownIn Merry, we have a balanced heroine for our time: Prickly and flawed . . . forgiving and forgiven. A book to dive into! ROSIE SANDLER, author of Murder Takes RouteThe story brought to mind the ocean - seemingly calm or ominous on top, with all sorts of currents and debris beneath the surface, ready to snag the unwary JM HALL, author of A Spoonful of Murder
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Eye Books The Aladdin Trial
Book SynopsisA new Burton and Lamb legal thriller from the author of The Pinocchio Brief
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Zaffre The Dirty Dozen
Book SynopsisThe gritty new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama and the fifth book in the Sunday Times bestselling Jane Tennison series.Jane Tennison has worked hard to become the first female detective ever post to the infamous Flying Squad, or 'the Sweeney'. But the Dirty Dozen is a notorious boys' club, and Jane's new colleagues make it clear that they don't think a woman is up to the dangers of the job. Dealing with some of London's most ruthless armed criminals, who think the only good cop is a dead cop, is no joke. Determined to prove she's as good as the men, Jane discovers from a reliable witness that a gang is going to carry out a massive robbery. But she doesn't know who they are, or where and when they will strike . . .Praise for Lynda La Plante'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' Karin Slaughter'Classic Lynda - a fabulous read' Martina Cole'Satisfyingly full of twists and turns' The Independent'A rare ring of authenticity' Sunday Telegraph'An absorbingly twisty plot' Guardian
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Oneworld Publications The Chemical Reaction
Book SynopsisAs Jaq is pulled further into a murky underworld of deceit and corruption, things take an explosive turn… After escaping almost certain death amidst the ruins of Chernobyl, Jaq finds herself in even hotter water. Deep in debt, she decides to take on a risky contract in China. But when her former student and the chemical factory she was meant to be investigating both mysteriously disappear, she realises nothing is as it seems. From fraudulent art auctions in London to a troupe of male strippers in Shanghai, the mystery of the vanishing factory begins to look ever more complicated as the days pass. Can Jaq work out what happened – and whether it has anything to do with her nemesis Frank Good – before time runs out? Praise for the series: ‘Action, intrigue and a stonkingly modern heroine. It's a blast.’ Sunday Times Crime Club ‘Intricate, seductive and thrilling. Erskine’s writing glows with wit and danger.’ Ross Armstrong, author of The WatcherTrade Review'The book keeps the reader guessing throughout...and the fast pace of the thriller makes it difficult to put down.' * The Chemical Engineer *‘Never a dull moment, this is a whip-smart, action packed, intriguing read that has the reader rooting for Jaq, a thoroughly modern and engaging warrior… Highly recommended.’ * Mystery People *'The Chemical Reaction – a taut against-the-clock cliffhanging yarn located in China – is every bit as good as its Chernobyl predecessor, with trademark Erskine flourishes augmented by dodgy art auctions and disappearing chemical factories... If you’re looking for a really good thriller that is complex and exciting, get in on the Jaq Silver action now. You won’t be disappointed.' * Swansea Bay magazine *'No one else writes with the knowledge or brio of Erskine.' * Literary Review *'A globetrotting action-fest.' * Peterborough Times *Praise for The Chemical Detective: 'Action, intrigue and a stonkingly modern heroine. It's a blast.' Sunday Times Crime Club ‘Intricate, seductive and thrilling. Erskine’s writing glows with wit and danger. And can’t help reminding you, with every page turned, of how close we all are to detonation.’ Ross Armstrong, author of The Watcher ‘A convincing thriller with an unusual edge.’ -- Crime Review
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Cornerstone Shipyard Girls in Love: Shipyard Girls 4
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ The Northern Echo ***********Sunderland, 1941With a brief break in air raids providing some much-needed respite from the war, things are looking up for head welder Rosie, who has fallen head over heels for Detective Sergeant Miller. But how long can their romance last in such uncertain times?Life remains full of challenges for Gloria, who must face her abusive ex-husband and confront her own guilty conscience about baby Hope’s real father. The secret is tearing her apart but if she admits the truth, she will risk losing everything. Both women are determined that their love and faith will be enough to keep the most difficult of promises, but nothing is as simple as it seems…Praise for The Shipyard Girls series:‘This author is one to watch!’ Sun‘A brilliant read’ Take a Break‘Well-drawn, believable characters combined with a storyline to keep you turning the pages’Woman
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Random House Criminal
Book SynopsisKarin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, her nineteen novels include the Grant County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and the instant NewYork Times bestselling novels Pretty Girls, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her.Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project-a nonprofit organisation established to support libraries and library programming.For more information visit KarinSlaughter.comAuthorKarinSlaughter@SlaughterKarin
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Profile Books Ltd Who We Were
Book Synopsis'A wonderful writer of addictive stories' - LIANE MORIARTY 'A thrilling and moving read that deserves to be a bestseller' - LISA BALLANTYNE 'A genuine page-turner... a real winner' - IRISH INDEPENDENT ________________________________________ A KILLER TWENTY-YEAR REUNION. AND YOU'RE INVITED... Twenty years after they went their separate ways, friends and enemies are coming together for their school reunion. Katy, who is desperate to show that she's no longer the shy wallflower. Annabel, who ruled the school until a spectacular fall from grace. Zach, popular and cruel, but who says he's a changed man. And Robbie, always the victim, who never stood a chance. As the reunion nears, a terrible event that binds the group together will resurface. Because someone is still holding a grudge, and will stop at nothing to reveal their darkest secrets... A beautiful and haunting thriller, perfect for readers of Liane Moriarty, Lisa Jewell and C.L. Taylor. ________________________________________ 'A fascinating comparison of how childhood friends become surprisingly different adults' - DAILY MAIL 'Twisty, compelling, and terrifyingly realistic' - LISA HALL 'This bittersweet unravelling of friendships had me hooked from the start' - CAROLINE ENGLAND 'A deliciously dark and relatable tale' - KATE SIMANTSTrade Review'A wonderful writer of addictive, authentic Australian stories' -- Liane Moriarty, Sunday Times bestselling author of Nine Perfect Strangers'A thrilling and moving read that deserves to be a bestseller' -- Lisa Ballantyne, Richard & Judy bestselling author of The Guilty One'A genuine page-turner, it never lags or loses the reader's interest. A real winner, which encourages readers to reconsider their own time at school, and what they might do differently if they had the chance' * Irish Independent *'This clever story revolves around a 20-year school reunion, which in turn provides a fascinating comparison of how childhood friends become surprisingly different adults' * Daily Mail *'Reminds the reader that at the heart of many a seemingly-confident adult, there lurks an insecure child. Riveting' -- Jane Corry, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Husband’s Wife'A gripping story of cruelty and kindness that asks how much our teenage years shape us' -- Petronella McGovern, author of Six Minutes'Twisty, compelling, and terrifyingly realistic' -- Lisa Hall, bestselling author of The Party'This bittersweet unravelling of friendships had me hooked from the start, guessing and absorbed to the end. Compulsive, riveting, a must read' -- Caroline England, author of My Husband's Lies'I really loved it. Complex, unsettling, and hard to put down, definitely not a book to read when you're alone' -- Jane Holland, bestselling author of Girl Number One'An original, gripping read... I loved this book' -- Lesley Sanderson, author of The Orchid Girls'Ambitious and intricately crafted... A deliciously dark and relatable tale' -- Kate Simants, author of Lock Me In
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Titan Books Ltd Too Many Bullets
Book SynopsisAcclaimed “True Crime” detective Nathan Heller, whose cases have sold more than 1 million copies, returns to uncover the secrets behind Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination in this brand-new novel from bestselling ROAD TO PERDITION author Max Allan Collins. A HELL OF A FINALE TO A DECADE OF ASSASSINATION It began with John F. Kennedy in 1963. Then Malcolm X in 1965. Martin Luther King in April 1968. And then, in June of the same year, President Kennedy's brother Robert fell before an assassin's bullets at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. But how many shooters were there, really? And who sent them? In this astonishing, meticulously researched novel, bestselling author Max Allan Collins - Mystery Writers of America Grand Master - takes Nathan Heller, "Private Eye to the Stars," from the scene of the crime to Hollywood's seediest haunts, from striptease joints to Washington D.C.'s corridors of power to a deadly desert showdown outside Las Vegas, all in pursuit of the truth about a conspiracy that may have put the wrong man in jail, let the real killers go free, and snuffed out the life of a man poised to become the next president of the United States.Trade ReviewNathan Heller is the perfect private eye.—New York Daily NewsCollins has an outwardly artless style that conceals a great deal of art. —New York TimesA unique private eye series with a believable, enduring hard-boiled hero.—Los Angeles TimesThe master of true-crime fiction. —Chicago MagazineCollins has not only devised an original take on what may well be the most-written-about crime in history but also made Heller's role in the case plausible.—Publishers Weekly on Target LancerTarget Lancer brings us a different, fact-based assassination scenario, eerily paralleling the Dealey Plaza nightmare. —Kirkus Reviews on Target LancerCollins spins a fascinating tale with appearances by Jack Ruby, Jimmy Hoffa, and Bobby Kennedy. Gripping from the get-go, this will satisfy both Heller fans and assassination wonks ever eager for a new spin on the story. —Booklist on Target Lancer
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DC Comics Green Arrow Vol. 4 Fresh Water Kills
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DC Comics DC Finest Justice League of America Starro the Conqueror
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Canelo Know No Evil
Book Synopsis'This is a brilliant read… the story twists and turns to an exciting conclusion and leaves you wanting more’ Mac Reviews BooksOld crimes don’t stay buried forever…It’s high summer, and London sizzles in the grip of a heatwave. But when the body of young mother, Leanne Wyatt, is discovered in an East London park, the heat rises to boiling point for D.I. Matthew Denning. Under pressure to solve the case, and fast, he delves into Leanne’s history and finds that she was close to some dangerous individuals – could one of them have taken her life in an angry rage? But when another woman is found dead in similar circumstances, Denning is forced to consider that a killer stalks the capital’s streets.But when young, ambitious, D.S. Molly Fisher, discovers a horrifying link to these deaths and a killing spree in South London a decade ago – a terrifying summer where young women died at the hands of a psychopath the press dubbed ‘The Bermondsey Ripper’, the case is blown wide open. Anthony Ferguson is serving a life sentence for the crimes, so are these new deaths the result of a copycat killer - or did the police convict the wrong man? Whatever the case, Denning and Fisher need to stop a killer in his tracks – before he sets his sights on them. The launch of a gripping new crime thriller series featuring D.I. Matthew Denning and D.S Molly Fisher, Know No Evil will utterly engross fans of Ian Rankin, Angela Marsons and L.J. Ross.Praise for Know No Evil:‘Wow I really enjoyed this book… It is a complex, intriguing, grabbing book that you can sink your teeth into. I was hooked from beginning to end’ Reading Through the Pain ‘The solving of the crime had me gripped… we’re never sure what is a red herring until the riveting climax’ Cara Merrol Loves Books‘An excellent debut novel, I was drawn in from the start… the twists are clever and I genuinely didn’t guess the ending’ Alex J Book Reviews‘Enough twists to keep you guessing in this solid, engrossing and well-plotted police procedural… thoroughly entertaining’ The Bookwormery‘This story starts with a bang and holds your attention throughout… fast-paced and multi-layered, each twist and turn drawing us further in’ Book Bound
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Robert Ludlum's™ the Blackbriar Genesis
Book SynopsisThe assassination of a Treadstone agent leads two Blackbriar operatives down a rabbit hole of deceit and betrayal in this explosive new series from the world of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne. A car explodes on a quiet Prague side street – and among the dead is an undercover Treadstone agent. It's not unusual for such men to meet their fates on an operation, but in this case there's one catch: none of the agent's superiors knows why he was there. Two Blackbriar operatives, Helen Jouvert and Donovan Wade, are sent to investigate. Their search for answers will take them deeper into the world of conspiracy and fake news than they ever expected. Treadstone and Blackbriar, intelligence and counter-intelligence, may be two sides of the same coin, but they have one thing in common: answers can be the deadliest commodity of all. Reviewers on Simon Gervais: 'Thriller writing at its level best' Providence Journal 'Non-stop action meets relentless suspense' The Real Book SpyTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR SIMON GERVAIS: 'Gervais has crafted an intelligent and thoughtful thriller that mixes family dynamics with explosive action... The possibilities are endless in this new series, and this will easily find an enthusiastic audience craving Hunt's next adventures' Associated Press, on the Hunt series. 'Non-stop action meets relentless suspense' The Real Book Spy. 'Thriller writing at its level best' * Providence Journal *
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Bonnier Books Ltd Bad Men
Book Synopsis'Fans of How To Kill Your Family will love Saffy, the serial-killing heroine of Bad Men' - RED MAGAZINE'Silence of the Lambs meets Sex and the City' - FTFrom million-copy bestselling author Julie Mae Cohen comes the razor-sharp, edge-of-your-seat feminist rage thriller of Summer 2023.*A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK*Saffy has a secret. A secret that she is deeply ashamed of. It's not the fact that she's a serial killer in her free time. In fact, she's quite proud of that. After all she's only killing the bad men. She is making the world a better place.No, her secret is far worse than that. Saffy has a messy, inexplicable, uncontrollable crush. So while she's busy plotting her next murder, she also has the much harder task of figuring out how to get a boyfriend.But if there's one thing Saffy knows, it's how to get her man .
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Bonnier Books Ltd The Corpse Light
Book SynopsisA young woman is assaulted and left for dead while walking the Yorkshire moors. A local man is found murdered on the edge of a landfill site. But what do these seemingly unconnected crimes have something in common?Forensic profiler Jo McCready is brought in by DCI Callum Ferguson to find out.
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MX Publishing The Devil At Prayers
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MX Publishing Sherlock Holmes
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Canelo Leeward: A Times Historical Novel of the Year
Book SynopsisFor whatever we lose, it is our self we find in the sea.‘The best swashbuckler of the year ... There are echoes of Horatio Hornblower in Nightingale’s introspection and doubts. The gay love story is beautifully written and the evocation of life on board the Scylla is equally good’ The Times ‘An extraordinary work, absolutely breathtaking ... it beggars belief’ Conn Iggulden, New York Times & Sunday Times bestselling author‘Achingly beautiful. A delightful, romantic, queer historical adventure’ Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling authorCaptain Hiram Nightingale is a veteran of the wars which have raged throughout Europe and the Americas. But a grand victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 comes at a devastating cost. Plagued by wounds both physical and mental, he attempts to recover by accepting command of HMS Scylla. His task is to hunt down a mutinous ship and bring the crew to justice.However, it soon becomes clear that the mission is just one danger in an immense web. Nightingale finds himself in the middle of a network of secrets that will affect everyone onboard the Scylla. He has to battle against the perils of the war-torn seas, a crew who he fears does not accept him, and meddling, powerful figures from his past.And in the centre of all this, his new lieutenant, the popular Arthur Courtney, stirs up long repressed feelings. On his journey, Nightingale must confront his own demons. For it seems, during his dangerous adventure, his greatest enemy might just be himself.A deeply poignant tale of naval warfare, political intrigue and a love between two men that stands tall in an unaccepting world. Perfect for fans of Hornblower, Sharpe and Outlander.Praise for Leeward ‘There is a weight of human insight here that is quite dazzling. A story told with such panache deserves a bestseller mass audience’ Conn Iggulden‘One of the best debut novels I have read in many years. A magnificent, compelling read’ Ben Kane, Sunday Times bestselling author‘Profound, intricate, artful. A truly original story of forbidden love and adventure. I urge you to sail into the storm!’ A. J. West, Sunday Times bestselling author‘A stunning book. In an utterly authentic voice, Katie Daysh brings to life the terrifying power of the sea, and the bonds of both love and duty that tie a captain to his ship’ Damion Hunter, author of Shadow of the Eagle
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Canelo The Montford Maniac
Book SynopsisA crazed killer. A town in terror. A mystery ten years in the makingLady Violet Thorn's awful Aunt Igitha arrives uninvited to stay, wreaking havoc in the household. When Violet plucks up courage to ask her to leave, Igitha's chilling threats are soon realised with deadly effect.In a devastating series of events, a woman is impaled, another is hanged outside Violet's window, and a wild beast is delivered to her house.Violet is soon struck by the similarities between these events, and the unsolved murders committed ten years earlier by the sadistic serial killer known as the Montford Maniac.Could he have returned? Is Igitha behind the crimes? Or could there be someone even more terrifying on the prowl? The horrors have only just begun.A rollicking, unputdownable Victorian mystery perfect for fans of Janice Hallett and Anthony Horowitz.
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Canelo The Skeleton Army
Book SynopsisWhy should the devil have all the best tunes?''Themes of inequality, forbidden love and personal responsibility weave through a fast-paced narrative in which the location plays a key part. Nation CymruThe Salvation Army has come prancing and singing from the slums of London to the poorest quarters of Oxford, but along with its red hot gospel preaching and music hall songs it brings a prohibition message which sparks immediate opposition and violence.An Army soldier an ex-drunk is brutally killed and a note suggests that the Salvation Army's shadowy enemy, the Skeleton Army, is responsible.With the police unwilling to come between the two forces, Non Vaughan, aspiring journalist and great hope of the Oxford women's college movement, and Basil Rice, Jesus College fellow and union-sanctioned guardian of the dead man's family, are compelled to investigate.But as the threats from both sides
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Wild Life
Book SynopsisJoe the Bouncer seeks the killer of NYC's most desirable call girls in the newest thriller in David Gordon's acclaimed series. Joe Brody, ex-Special Forces operative suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome so severe that it turned him to drug and alcohol abuse, is getting his life back together. Living with his grandmother in Queens, Joe has taken what should be a simple job as a bouncer at a strip club, where he can spend his nights reading the classics. The only catch is that his childhood friend Gio Caprisi, now head of New York's Italian Mafia, relies on Joe's extra-legal expertise when things get particularly nasty on the streets. Recently, New York's criminal underworld has been shaken by the disappearance of its most successful call girls. As a pattern emerges, what might otherwise appear to be a choice to pursue a new life comes to resemble something more troublesome – the work of a serial kidnapper. When a woman turns up dead, the hunt for the predator behind it all becomes even more urgent. To find the killer, Joe will have to plunge into the seediest fringes of Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs on another wild ride. Reviews for David Gordon 'David Gordon brings an outstanding new voice to the contemporary crime novel' Robert Crais 'A unique and worthwhile series' CrimeReads 'Gordon knows how to write a potboiler' LA TimesTrade ReviewREVIEWS FOR DAVID GORDON 'One wild ride' Kirkus Reviews 'Gordon knows how to write a potboiler' LA Times 'Delightful misadventures include a wild chase on a yellow-and-orange Ducati motorcycle and a luxury car heist. Gordon's found his groove in this one' Publishers Weekly
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to Solve Murders Like a Lady
Book Synopsis''Hannah Dolby does it again...Violet is such a character and her adventures are just delightful.'' - Jennifer Paige***Violet Hamilton is no ordinary ladyShe is a Lady Detective, who spends her time solving mysteries and unveiling scandals in the bustling seaside town of Hastings and St Leonards, a popular spot for the Victorian middle classes.But when the body of a local woman is found on the beach, Violet''s efforts to investigate are blocked at every turn.Is that because, as a woman, she can''t possibly be allowed to think or act for herself? Or is it because someone sinister has Violet in their sights?Jane Austen meets Sherlock Holmes in this delightful mystery of manners that will steal your heart, and transport you to a world of seaside scandal and moonlit balls; dubious doctors and duplicitous crooked lords; adventurous escapades and stolen kisses.***Praise for Hannah Dolby:
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dark Frontier
Book SynopsisA thrilling historical western set in 1890s Oregon. An English soldier turned policeman escapes to the American West for a new future, but life on the frontier proves far harder than he ever imagined...''Slipping into Dark Frontier is like pulling on a comfortable pair of old cowboy boots. Matthew Harffy knows how to write a real western.'' C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three-Inch Teeth''A modern western with grit in its teeth. A European soldier and man of the world finds the Wild West to be wilder than he might have expected. Much to the reader''s delight.'' Joe R. LansdaleA man can flee from everything but his own nature.1890. Lieutenant Gabriel Stokes of the British Army left behind the horrors of war for a role in the Metropolitan Police. Though he rose quickly through the ranks, the squalid violence of London's East End proved just as dark and oppressive as the battlefield. With his life falling apart, and longing for peace and meaning, Gabriel leaves the grime of London behind and heads for the wide open spaces of the American West. He soon realises that the wilds of Oregon are far from the idyll he has yearned for. The Blue Mountains may be beautiful, but with the frontier a complex patchwork of feuds and felonies, and ranchers as vicious as any back alley cut-throat in London, Gabriel finds himself unable to escape his past and the demons that drive him. Can he find a place for himself on the far edge of the New World?''An incredibly satisfying novel.'' Theodore Brun''The best adventure novel I have read all year in any genre.'' Angus Donald''Harffy breathes new life into the Western genre with all the sureness of a maestro. Dark Frontier is set to become an instant classic.'' Richard Cullen''What a terrific read this is! Well-written and well-paced.'' Griff Hosker''A phenomenally well-written and twisty fusion of classic western and tense Victorian detective thriller, with a bit of Jack Reacher thrown in.'' Mark Knowles
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Cornerstone Star Wars: Death Troopers
Book Synopsis'This is the Star Wars of every horror fan's dreams-gory, funny, and brimming with a blood-spattered cast of swashbucklers and space-zombies.' Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesWhen the Imperial prison barge Purge-temporary home to five hundred of the galaxy's most ruthless killers, Rebels, scoundrels, and thieves-breaks down in a distant part of space, its only hope appears to lie with a Star Destroyer found drifting and seemingly abandoned. But when a boarding party from the Purge is sent to scavenge for parts, only half of them come back-bringing with them a horrific disease so lethal that within hours, nearly all aboard the Purge die in ways too hideous to imagine.And death is only the beginning.The Purge's half-dozen survivors will do whatever it takes to stay alive. But nothing can prepare them for what lies waiting aboard the Star Destroyer. For the dead are rising: soulless, unstoppable, and unspeakably hungry.Trade ReviewThis is the Star Wars of every horror fan's dreams-gory, funny, and brimming with a blood-spattered cast of swashbucklers and space-zombies. -- Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesBrilliant . . . This book combines two of my favorite things on earth: the Star Wars universe and the undead. -- Tommy Wirkola, director of Dead Snow
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Cornerstone Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars
Book SynopsisCal Kestis leads the Mantis crew on an adventure set between Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.Cal Kestis has built a new life for himself with the crew of the Stinger Mantis. Together, Cal's crew has brought down bounty hunters, defeated Inquisitors, and even evaded Darth Vader himself. More important, Merrin, Cere, Greez, and faithful droid BD-1 are the closest thing Cal has had to a family since the fall of the Jedi Order. Even as the galaxy's future grows more uncertain by the day, with each blow struck against the Empire the Mantis crew grows more daring.On what should be a routine mission, they meet a stormtrooper determined to chart her own course with the help of Cal and the crew. In exchange for help starting a new life, the Imperial deserter brings word of a powerful, potentially invaluable tool for their fight against the Empire. And even better, she can help them get to it. The only catch-pursuing it will bring them into the path of one of the Empire's most dangerous servants, the Inquisitor known as the Fifth Brother.Can the Imperial deserter truly be trusted? And while Cal and his friends have survived run-ins with the Inquisitors before, how many times can they evade the Empire before their luck runs out?
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Troubador Publishing All in Monte Carlo: Inspired by True Events
Book SynopsisFour women, four ways to revenge… A Monaco insider reveals what life is like in the world's richest and most secretive enclave, where revenge is best served with a glass of champagne. Wedged between Southern France and the Mediterranean Sea, the miniature principality of Monaco is a place for aspiration, for comic extremes and for outrageous personalities. Where a businesswoman gets her favourite Chanel suit flown in by private jet. Where Hôtel de Paris serves breakfast to a drunken socialite in a prison cell. Where two Gucci-clad women are behind a string of burglaries. Against a backdrop of cocktails on superyachts, looking fabulous and feeling empty, this tongue-in-cheek tale revolves around four relatable women who meet by chance in Monte Carlo. After sharing their tales of betrayal, they set up a book club as a cover while they settle each other’s scores. But revenge, like life, doesn’t always go to plan… The book cover has been designed by one of the UK’s leading illustrators, Patrick Knowles. Knowles is best known for his cover designs for Julian Fellowes and Anthony Horowitz, as well as for Prince William and Kate’s wedding calligraphy.
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