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Transworld Publishers Ltd Cleveland K Need To Know
Book SynopsisMarried for ten years. Four children. She thought she knew her husband better than anyone.She was wrong. Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful' J.P.Delaney, author of The Girl Before This compulsive, clever thriller will have you reading long into the night' Red****You get to work. Make a coffee. Turn on your computer.Your task: break into a Russian criminal''s laptop and find proof that he''s concealing five deep-cover agents - seemingly normal people living in plain sight.You're in. Five faces stare back at you.One of them is your husband.****An immensely satisfying story with serpentine twists and turns' Daily MailTrade ReviewI raced through this gripping tale of domesticity and deceit. Cleveland deliciously ratchets up the tension at every turn . . . you won't be able to put it down until the final, stunning page! * SHARI LAPENA, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR *Heart-poundingly suspenseful and heart-wrenchingly insightful, NEED TO KNOW hums with authentic detail, crisp storytelling, and characters that will long stay in your thoughts. * J. P. DELANEY, author of THE GIRL BEFORE *This compulsive, clever thriller will have you reading long into the night. * Red *If you liked THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, try NEED TO KNOW by Karen Cleveland . . . Thrillers don't get much more twisty and turny than this one. If you don't mind staying up reading til 3am, this is the one for you. * BBC Arts and Entertainment, 'Books To Look Out For in 2018' *Impressively compelling . . . this is probably the banker among the New Year crop thanks to its sheer page-turning readability. * John Williams, Mail on Sunday *The heart-stopping plot barely lets up pace throughout this brilliant novel. * Heat *You'll devour this terrific debut like the rest of us, skipping lunch, losing sleep, turning pages until the end, where we're all left waiting for more. * JOHN GRISHAM *Karen Cleveland is the real deal - an exciting new voice in thrillers. * PATRICIA CORNWELL *Prediction: if you read chapter one, you'll read chapter two. If you read chapter two, you'll miss dinner, stay up far too late, and feel tired at work tomorrow. This is that kind of book. Superb. * LEE CHILD *Remarkable * Sunday Times Magazine - Thriller of the Month *An immensely satisfying story with serpentine twists and turns . . . ingenious and compelling. * Daily Mail *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Retreat
Book SynopsisWill you brave The Retreat? The new bestselling thriller from the author of The Sanatorium.** A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SARAH PEARSE HAS NOW SOLD MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE**They couldn''t wait to stay here.An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the coast of Devon, promising rest and relaxation - but the island itself, known locally as Reaper''s Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it''s rumored to be cursed.But now they can''t leave.A woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But DS Elin Warner soon learns that the victim wasn''t a guest - she wasn''t meant to be on the island at all.And they would do anything to escape . . .The longer Elin stays, the more secrets she uncovers. And when someone else drowns in a diving incident, Elin begins to suspect that the old stories about the island are true.Because history seems to be repeating itself - and the guests might not make it home alive . . .---------Readers enjoyed their stay at The Retreat :''If The Sanatorium was all about the atmosphere, The Retreat is all about the tension.'' *****''Fast paced, tense, suspenseful and unpredictable, I loved it!'' *****''Wow what a book!'' *****''We all fancy a spa break don''t we? Well don''t include me after reading this book. It had me hooked from start to finish.'' *****''Atmospheric and blisteringly exciting.'' *****---------''Pearse goes from strength to strength in The Retreat. The suspense inexorably builds to a stunning climax. An added treat is the return of Elin Warner, who is a fascinating character one can only root for.'' David Baldacci, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Mercy''A world-class thriller writer. Superb. Pre-order it now. '' Steve Cavanagh, Sunday Times bestselling author of Thirteen''The Retreat recalls the one-by-one nerve-shredding of Agatha Christie at her darkest. A fresh, daring, irresistible thriller.'' A. J. Finn, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window''A eerie, atmospheric thriller that will have you looking over your shoulder as you read. A wonderfully chilling story of grief, revenge, and family secrets. An absorbing escape!'' Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push''Full of foreboding and high-stakes tension, Sarah Pearse''s latest is a page-turner. The past doesn''t stay buried for long, at sea or on land, and what comes to the surface is both shocking and chilling.'' Nita Prose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Maid''The Retreat was so atmospheric and hold-your-breath tense with cleverly executed twists and a finale that gave me the chills. Brilliant!'' Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Couple at No.9Trade ReviewPearse goes from strength to strength in The Retreat. The suspense inexorably builds to a stunning climax. An added treat is the return of Elin Warner, who is a fascinating character one can only root for. * David Baldacci, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Mercy *'With The Retreat Sarah Pearse confirms her spot as a world-class thriller writer. I only stopped turning the pages so I could re-read a particularly fine piece of description or characterisation. Superb.' * Steve Cavanagh, Sunday Times bestselling author of Thirteen *'I can't help but cheer for an author who ramps up the creepiness at every turn.' * Observer *'Pearse skilfully builds a sense of foreboding throughout this creepy thriller packed with satisfying twists.' * Sunday Express *'A well-written fusion of psychological thriller and whodunnit ... Pearse smartly reworks Christie's setting, making her island at once a gothic throwback, with caves and talk of a curse, and a very 21st-century escape, with green values and holistic therapy. And she's very good on the relationships within the group as tension builds.' * The Sunday Times *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd From the Ashes
Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR BEST SCOTTISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARAs the house burns, the hunt for a killer begins...In the dead of night someone starts a fire in a home for underprivileged children in Aberdeen. The flames spread quickly, and one person doesn''t make it out alive.But the victim wasn''t found in their bedroom; they were discovered locked inside a secret basement underground. As DI Eve Hunter and her team search the blackened ruins, the case takes them into even darker territory.Soon Eve unearths a horrific discovery at the heart of the property - one that turns the whole investigation on its head. Everyone in this home has something to hide, but who has a secret worth killing for?______________________________________''Taut and gripping, with a pace that never slows, From The Ashes is a master-class in police procedurals.'' Andrea Mara''Unmissable and addictive, Masson delTrade Review'Taut and gripping, with a pace that never slows, From The Ashes is a master-class in police procedurals.' * Andrea Mara, Sunday Times bestselling author of All Her Fault *'Pacy, intelligent and so so satisfying. Another brilliant outing for Eve Hunter who is fast becoming my favourite detective. I can't get enough of Deborah Masson's writing.' * Marion Todd *'Unmissable and addictive, Masson delivers beautifully crafted punches and red hot twists. Neatly plotted with some stunning characterisations, this is belter of a book.' * Helen Fields *'If you're a fan of Val McDermid or Stuart MacBride then you're going to love this new thriller ... This page-turning thriller sure won't let crime fans down.' * Chat *'A well-plotted police procedural.' * The Herald *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Dead of Winter
Book SynopsisStuart MacBride is the bestselling author of many Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. He's also published standalones, novellas, and short stories, as well as a slightly twisted children's picture book for slightly twisted children.Stuart lives in the wilds of northeast Scotland with his wife Fiona; cats Gherkin, Onion, and Beetroot; lots of hens; some horses; and a truly staggering assortment of weeds.For more information visit:StuartMacBride.comFacebook.com/StuartMacBrideBooks@StuartMacBrideTrade Review'Often very funny and concludes with a glorious twist' * The Times *MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers, but he is no exponent of 'cosy' crime, as he demonstrates here with this fierce, dark tale of a young detective delivering a prisoner to a village in the Scottish Highlands to spend his last days. . . Written in MacBride's familiar tongue-in-cheek style, it fizzes from every page * Daily Mail *A tale with genuine jeopardy that is also sheer entertainment. It's a high wire balancing act, but MacBride never falters * Scotland on Sunday *Not your usual crime story, this is a darkly funny Fawlty Towers * Sun *A classic, twisty thriller * i Paper *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Darkness Take My Hand
Book SynopsisDennis Lehane was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He has written seven novels, A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR, DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND, SACRED, GONE BABY GONE, PRAYERS FOR RAIN, MYSTIC RIVER, SHUTTER ISLAND and a short story collection, CORONADO. MYSTIC RIVER was turned into an Oscar-nominated film, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins.Before becoming a full-time writer, Mr Lehane worked as a counsellor with mentally handicapped and abused children, waited tables, parked cars, drove limos, worked in bookstores, and loaded tractor-trailers. His one regret is that no one ever gave him a chance to tend bar. He lives in the Boston area.Trade ReviewLehane's hold is wholly unremitting and compelled me to read the novel in a single day * The Express *Dark and hypnotic * Guardian *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Calling of the Grave
Book Synopsis* Don''t miss ''THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH'' TV SERIES - now streaming on Paramount+ * Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter''As bone-chillingly bleak as its subject . . . this doesn''t disappoint'' Financial TimesA serial killer is on the loose and David Hunter suddenly finds that the past is far from dead and buried. The escape of a psychotic rapist and multiple murderer brings DI Terry Connor to David Hunter''s doorstep, years after their bitter rift.This unwelcome reminder of the past forces Hunter to confront the situation at hand: eight years earlier Hunter and an ill-fated Body Recovery team, has tried to find the graves of Monk''s teenage victims on the bleak expanse of Dartmoor.Only one of the missing girls'' bodies was ever found. Suddenly Hunter receives an appeal from Sophie Keller, a young woman who also worked on the operation, and nothing is quite as it seems. Hunter is forced to question who he can really trust.Especially when his own life depends on it.Trade ReviewAs bone-chillingly bleak as its subject... this doesn't disappoint * FINANCIAL TIMES *Deeply unnerving... a writer who clearly relishes raising our pulse rates while lowering our blood temperature -- BARRY FORSHAW
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Faber & Faber The Janissary Tree Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Book SynopsisA concubine is strangled in the Sultan''s palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city''s crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, the eunuch Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire.Brilliantly evoking Istanbul in the 1830s, The Janissary Tree is a bloody, witty and fast-paced literary thriller with a spectacular cast.Trade Review"'Everything you could want from a novel.' Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth"
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Faber & Faber The Last Train to Scarborough
Book SynopsisOne night, in a private boarding house in Scarborough, a railwayman vanishes, leaving his belongings behind...It is the eve of the Great War, and Jim Stringer, railway detective, is uneasy about his next assignment. It''s not so much the prospect Scarborough in the gloomy off-season that bothers him, or even the fact that the last railwayman to stay in the house has disappeared without trace. It''s more that his governer, Chief Inspector Saul Weatherhill, seems to be deliberately holding back details of the case - and that he''s been sent to Scarborough with a trigger-happy assistant. And when Jim encounters the seductive and beautiful Amanda Rickerby a whole new personal danger enters Jim''s life...
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Faber & Faber City of the Dead A Claire DeWitt Mystery
Book SynopsisNew Orleans, and Vic Willing, Assistant District Attorney for the prosecutors'' office, has been missing since Hurricane Katrina hit. Called in from San Francisco is Claire DeWitt, a detective whose expertise and methods derive from some unique sources. What Claire discovers takes us into the heart of the crime-ravaged, deeply wounded city, where those who can afford it live behind fences and those who can''t are slain daily on the streets. And it''s there she discovers that the only thing worse than an unsolved case, maybe, is a solved one.From the acclaimed author of Dope and Come Closer, City of the Dead is the first novel of a detective series unlike any you have read before, one that is sure to inspire a passionate and devoted following.
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Faber & Faber Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
Book SynopsisWhen Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt''s musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Francisco''s Mission District, the police are convinced it''s a simple robbery. But, as Claire knows, nothing is ever simple. With the help of her new assistant Claude, Claire follows the clues, finding possible leads to Paul''s fate in other cases - a long-ago missing girl and a modern-day miniature horse theft in Marin. As visions of the past reveal the secrets of the present, Claire begins to understand the words of the enigmatic French detective Jacques Silette: ''The detective won''t know what he is capable of until he encounters a mystery that pierces his own heart.'' Just as City of the Dead was acclaimed for its unique heroine and powerful atmosphere - ''mesmeric . . . unlike any other crime novel you''ll read this year'' (Guardian) and ''the most unusual, intelligent thriller I''ve read for years (Sophie Hannah) - Claire DeWitt and The Bohemian Hig
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Faber & Faber In Times of Fading Light
Book Synopsis''Already hailed as a Cold War classic.'' Boyd Tonkin, Independent Books of the Year''Utterly absorbing, funny and humane. A romp through a twisted century in the heart of Europe.'' Anna Funder, author of StasilandInternational bestseller and Winner of the German Book PrizeA sweeping story of one family over four generations in East Germany: the intertwining of love, life and politics under the GDR regime.
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Faber & Faber Pincher Martin
Book SynopsisExperience a shipwrecked sailor''s disintegration into ''a naked madman on a rock'' by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Marlon James.An hour on this rock is a lifetime.Glistening limpets. Lobster claws. Wild tangles of seaweed. Slowly, his eyes open. Everywhere, there is sea. Only this jagged peak interrupts the vast expanse of the Atlantic: a tooth in a gaping jaw. But he will survive. Rainwater can be drunk; anemones eaten. He dries his oilskin beneath the screaming gulls, and discovers his papers: Christopher Hadley Martin, TY. Lieut., R.N.V.R. Weathering lightning strikes of memory, he must now reconstruct his fate - piece by terrible piece.''Wizardry of the first order.'' Observer''Terrifying Magnificently original.' Sylvia Plath''Devastating ... Violently real ... The unique kind of novel that compels you to reread it.'' Marlon James''An
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Faber & Faber The Other Half
Book SynopsisOne of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.' ERIN KELLYA fresh, bitingly witty take on the whodunnit.' REDThe night beforeRupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot.The morning afterHis girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally.This investigation is going to take Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp down a rabbit hole of Classics degrees and aristocrats, Instagram influencers and who knows who. Or is it whom? Caius isn''t sure -- can he pin any of them down long enough to see how the other half live, before anyone else dies?''Brilliantly compulsive . . . I could not stop reading this book.'' DENISE MINA''Sharply witty . . . an enticing blend of frothy social satire and deadly serious detective work.'' Daily MailWHAT READERS ARE SAYING⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A perfectly horrid cast of over the top characters and an engaging detective. Glorious.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Such a fun, biting take on the thriller genre . . . I loved this book!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Highly recommend if you enjoy Lucy Foley, I raced through this in less than a day!
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Penguin Publishing Group Infinite Archive
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Random House USA Inc The Midcoast
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Propulsive . . . An absorbing look at small-town Maine and the thwarted dreams of a family trying to transcend it.”—Lee Cole, The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)“I tore through the saga of the Thatch family in two nights. The Midcoast is a reader’s dream—tense, ominous, and deeply wise.”—David Benioff, co-creator of Game of ThronesFinalist for the New England Society Book Award • A CrimeReads Best Book of the YearIt’s spring in the tiny town of Damariscotta, a tourist haven on the coast of Maine known for its oysters and antiques. Andrew, a high school English teacher recently returned to the area, has brought his family to Ed and Steph Thatch’s sprawling riverside estate to attend a reception for the Amherst women’s lacrosse team. Back when they were all teenagers, Andrew never could have predicted that Ed, d
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Penguin Putnam Inc It Had to Be You
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Random House USA Inc Under Her Spell
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Penguin Random House Group The Hunter
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Random House USA Inc Ladykiller
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Penguin Random House Group A Grim Reapers Guide to Catching a Killer
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Penguin Publishing Group Innocence Road
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Penguin Publishing Group The Lust Crusade
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Random House Publishing Group Peter Miles Has to Die
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Penguin Books Ltd All That I Am
Book SynopsisAnna Funder, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize and author of Stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the German resistance in World War II in All That I Am.When Hitler comes to power in 1933, a tight-knit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. United in their resistance to the madness and tyranny of Nazism, they must flee the country. Dora, passionate and fearless, her lover, the great playwright Ernst Toller, her younger cousin Ruth and Ruth''s husband Hans find refuge in London. Here they take breath-taking risks in order to continue their work in secret. But England is not the safe-haven they think it to be, and a single, chilling act of betrayal will tear them apart...''The strengths of Funder''s writing are emotional and imaginative. In what she has to say about love, loss and betrayal there is profound truth'' The Times''An oftenTrade ReviewSpellbinding ... there are echoes of the best espionage tales * Sunday Telegraph *A superb novel that transcends its setting. This book is a wonder. Do, please, read it * Spectator *The strengths of Funder's writing are emotional and imaginative. In what she has to say about love, loss and betrayal there is profound truth * The Times *Dora is the most attractive fictional heroine in a long time ... a gripping story of love and betrayal * New Statesman *A seamless and powerful tale ... of individual endeavour and survival that examines universal human themes * Independent on Sunday *A remarkable story told with clarity and precision * Guardian *The subtlety of Anna Funder's novel is in the elegance of her precise prose, and in her painstaking portrait of an ordinary woman swept up in extraordinary events ... The result is a strong and impressively humane novel * TLS *A story of courage and betrayal ... she has captured the atmosphere of what it must have been like to have been at the centre of the left-wing movement in post-war Germany * Evening Standard *Anna Funder proved herself a first-rate reporter with Stasiland - now she appears as a compelling novelist in a dark story of German emigres in the 1930s, struggling to warn the indifferent English against the Nazis -- Claire TomalinThe subtlety of Anna Funder's novel is in the elegance of her precise prose, and in her painstaking portrait of an ordinary woman swept up in extraordinary events...The result is a strong and impressively humane novel -- Ruth Scurr * TLS *
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British Library Publishing Fire in the Thatch
Book SynopsisThe Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Little Thatch - a thatched cottage in the Devon countryside. When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan's work goes up in smoke - and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.
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British Library Publishing The Pocket Detective
Book SynopsisPolish off your magnifying glass and step into the shoes of your favourite detectives as you unlock tantalising clues and solve intricate puzzles. There are over 100 criminally teasing challenges to be scrutinised, including word searches, anagrams, snapshot covers, and crosswords - a favourite puzzle of crime fiction's golden age.
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British Library Publishing TwoWay Murder
Book SynopsisWritten in the last years of the author’s life, this previously unpublished novel is a tribute to Lorac’s enduring skill for constructing an ingenious puzzle, replete with memorable characters and gripping detective work. This edition also includes an introduction by the CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning author Martin Edwards.
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British Library Publishing A Telegram from Le Touquet
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British Library Publishing The Methods of Sergeant Cluff
Book SynopsisAn attractive young woman is found dead with a handbag of more money than she would've earned in wages. Sergeant Cluff is bought in to gradually find out the truth about the murder.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Collini Case
Book SynopsisNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREFEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME & THRILLER NOVELS SINCE 1945A murder. A murderer. No motive.Fabrizio Collini is a hard working, quiet and respectable man. Until the day he visits one of Berlin''s most luxurious hotels and kills an innocent man in cold blood. Young attorney Caspar Leinen takes the case. Getting Collini a not-guilty verdict would make his name. But far too late he discovers that he knows Collini''s victim. Leinen is caught in a professional and personal dilemma. Collini admits the murder but won''t say why he did it, forcing Leinen to defend a man who won''t defend himself. And worse, a close friend, and relation of the victim, insists that he give up the case. His reputation, his career and this friendship are all at risk.But then he makes a discovery that goes way beyond his own concerns and exposes a terrible and deadly truth at the heart of German justice . . .The Collini Case is a masterful court room drama that will have readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish - fans of John le Carre will love this. __________ ''A magnificent storyteller'' Der Spiegel''A murder trial full of political explosiveness: thrilling, clever, staggering'' Focus''Terrific'' Elle''Ferdinand von Schirach brilliantly draws you under his spell'' BunteTrade ReviewA magnificent storyteller * Der Spiegel *A murder trial full of political explosiveness: thrilling, clever, staggering * Focus *Terrific * Elle *Ferdinand von Schirach brilliantly draws you under his spell * Bunte *
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Canongate Books The Stranger Vanishes
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is back, with a new heart-warming cozy mystery set in the magical village of Lily DaleIn the quirky, picturesque lakeside community of Lily Dale, where the residents can talk to the dead, young widow Bella Jordan is the lone skeptic among believers. She doesn''t believe in ghosts . . . but after a year in the village, she would admit that her new friends do sometimes seem to know impossible things.Still, when a Black stranger dressed in old-fashioned clothing arrives unexpectedly at Bella''s guesthouse at midnight on Juneteenth, only to vanish the next day as if he''d never existed, Bella''s sure there has to be a logical explanation. One that has nothing to do with the strange warning Odelia, the medium next door, delivers from the Spirits: Beware of . . . Barry?!Bella doesn''t know a Barry, and she has enough people in her life already, what with her young son Max and their two kitties, handso
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Canongate Books False Face
Book SynopsisBea Abbot''s newly married bliss is short-lived when she is dragged into a deadly game involving a famous actress, theft and murder.Bea Abbot''s husband and talented artist, Piers, is in a state. His morning visit to actress and ''national treasure'' Karina''s Belgravia home has ended in chaos. An antique necklace and diamond ring have been discovered missing, along with a memory stick storing Karina''s highly anticipated memoirs.Karina''s housekeeper, Mrs Hennessey, her ghostwriter, Molly, and Piers himself are all accused of a conspiracy to rob the actress. When it transpires that the three were employed through the Abbot Agency, and some of the missing items are found in Piers'' pockets, Bea is dragged into the melee.But as she investigates, events take a chilling turn . . . Can Bea get to the bottom of the sinister goings-on in time to save Piers'' reputation and to catch a killer?
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Canongate Books Witness for the Persecution
Book SynopsisMovie premieres, murder charges and celebrity shenanigans? It''s all in a day''s work for New Jersey prosecutor turned LA family lawyer Sandy Moss.Copperman knows how to entertain - Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewFormer New Jersey prosecutor Sandy Moss moved to a prestigious Los Angeles law firm to make a new start as a family lawyer. So it seems a little unfair that Seaton, Taylor have created a criminal law division specifically for her. Just because she''s successfully defended two murder trials, it doesn''t mean she likes them!But when abrasive Hollywood movie director Robert Reeves is accused of murdering a stuntman on set, Sandy finds she can''t say no when he demands her help. Robert might be an unpleasant, egotistical liar, but something tells Sandy that he''s innocent - even if no one else can see it.At least this time, she reassures herself, her charismatic, adorable, and oh-so annoying TV star boyfriend Patrick McNabb isn''t involved in the case. He isn''t . . . right?The third in the fast-paced, funny legal mystery series starring pitch-perfect heroine Sandy Moss, who could give Perry Mason a run for his money (Kirkus Reviews), is a great pick for fans of cozy mysteries, legal dramas and anyone who likes to laugh!
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Canongate Books Murder by Definition
Book SynopsisCrime-fiction librarian Ray Ambler gets more than he bargained for when he acquires the archives of a controversial hardboiled crime author in this contemporary twisty mystery set in New York City.Hardboiled crime writer Will Ford might be critically acclaimed, but he''s every bit as debauched and disreputable as the ne''er-do-well private eye in his novels. So when Ford offers Raymond Ambler - crime-fiction curator at New York City''s prestigious 42nd Street Library - a collection of his papers, Ambler wonders if the project will be more trouble than it''s worth. Still, the disgraced author is an important talent, and Ambler''s never been afraid of a fight.Ambler''s ready for the controversy that greets news of the acquisition. He''s not ready, however, for what he finds when he finally receives the papers: a gripping unpublished short story apparently based on a real case, with an explosive author''s note. If it''s true, there''s been a shocking cover
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Severn House Season of Darkness 1 A Gaslight Mystery 1
Book SynopsisIntroducing Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins as an unusual detective duo in the first of a brand-new Victorian mystery series.When Inspector Field shows his friend Charles Dickens the body of a young woman dragged from the River Thames, he cannot have foreseen that the famous author would immediately recognize the victim as Isabella Gordon, a housemaid he had tried to help through his charity. Nor that Dickens and his fellow writer Wilkie Collins would determine to find out who killed her. Who was Isabella blackmailing, and why? Led on by fragments of a journal discovered by Isabella''s friend Sesina, the two men track the murdered girl''s journeys from Greenwich to Snow Hill, from Smithfield Market to St Bartholomews, and put their wits to work on uncovering her past.But what does Sesina know that she''s choosing not to tell them? And is she doomed to follow in the footsteps of the unfortunate Isabella .?
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Canongate Books Night Train to Murder
Book SynopsisWhen a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle on the late-night train to Bath, Ishmael Jones is faced with his most puzzling case to date.When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson?s life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael?s mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape? When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to solve a seemingly impossible crime before the train reaches its destination.
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Canongate Books The Wounded Snake
Book SynopsisAmateur sleuths Hilary Masters and Veronica Taylor face a real-life murder mystery at a crime writing weekend. Is a dark conspiracy unfolding on a West Country estate?Friends Hilary Masters and Veronica Taylor are eager to embark upon their weekend-long masterclass in crime writing at the evocative, fourteenth-century Morland Abbey, hoping to gain inspiration for their own novels. The queen of crime fiction herself, Dinah Halsgrove, is the guest of honour, giving the opening talk. But when Dinah suddenly falls ill later that evening, the pair can''t help being suspicious. Has her mysterious illness been staged by the organisers, or does someone in their writing group have murderous intent?A series of sinister incidents draw Hilary and Veronica into a real-life murder mystery as gripping as any bestselling crime novel, but the biggest twist is yet to come . . . Can they separate fact from fiction to solve a deadly puzzle?
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Canongate Books House of the Patriarch 18 A Benjamin January
Book SynopsisNo one can talk to the dead . . . can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a strange, spiritual world that might lead to his own demise, as he hunts for a missing teenager in this gripping, atmospheric historical mystery.New Orleans, 1840. Freshly home from a dangerous journey, the last thing Benjamin January wants to do is leave his wife and young sons again. But when old friends Henri and Chloë Viellard ask for his help tracking down a missing girl in distant New York, he can''t say no. Three weeks ago, seventeen-year-old Eve Russell boarded a steam-boat - and never got off it. Mrs Russell is adamant Eve''s been kidnapped, but how could someone remove a teenager from a crowded deck in broad daylight? And why would anyone target Eve?The answer lies in New York, a hotbed of new religions and beliefs, of human circuses and freak shows . . . and of blackbirders, who''ll use any opportunity to kidnap a free man of color
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Canongate Books One for the Road 1 A Bourbon Tour mystery
Book SynopsisTravel writer Jill Curtis is drawn into a deadly blend of rivalry, resentment and romance gone wrong when she stumbles into a bourbon war between two Kentucky families in this first in an intoxicating new cozy mystery series.Travel writer Jill Curtis loves her job, but she desperately needs a break if she''s to achieve her dream of becoming an investigative reporter. Sent to Kentucky by her boss to find out why thousands of tourists flock to Bourbon Country every year, Jill''s dream seems to be slipping further away. After all, nothing interesting ever happens in rural America . . . does it?Staying at an estranged relative''s B&B, Jill''s plan to uncover what makes the state''s bourbon tours so popular goes awry when she discovers a body at one of the distilleries and quickly becomes a suspect in a brutal murder. Can she navigate high-stakes bourbon rivalries, centuries-old family feuds and ill-fated romance to catch a killer?
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Canongate Books Magic in the Weave
Book SynopsisA theatre company bring secrets, magic and murder along with them on their ?Plague Tour?, in this bewitching historical mystery starring physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner.Plausible period detail and characters who feel real bolster the involving plot, and the prose and pacing are both top-notch. The prolific Clare shows no sign of running out of steam -Publishers WeeklyStarred ReviewOctober, 1604. Plague has hit London, and the theatres are closed. But the capital?s loss is Plymouth?s gain, when a London theatre troupe, the Company, arrive on their ?Plague Tour?.Country physician Gabriel Taverner is both bewitched and unnerved by the Company?s sexually charged staging of Othello. The play thrums with magic and witchcraft ? perilous subjects, with the King?s deadly spies lurking around every corner.When Gabriel?s good friend, Coroner Theophilus Davey, tells him of a dangerous, whispered conversation overheard during a brief break, suggesting one of the cast fled London in possession of a terrible secret, Gabriel is even more relieved the Company will soon be on their way.But then one of the actors collapses, and Gabriel finds himself caught in a waking nightmare, where nothing is as it appears. Death is stalking the Company ? but how can Gabriel hope to catch a cold-blooded killer, if he can?t even trust the evidence of his own eyes?This page-turning historical mystery will appeal to readers who enjoy theatrical settings, head-scratching puzzles and creepy atmospherics.
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Canongate Books Fatality with Forster
Book SynopsisNewly married Emily Richards walks into a family drama that recalls Forster''s classic work while honeymooning at an English country house, in the gripping fifth Crime with the Classics cozy. Retired professor Emily Richards and her husband, Luke, are taking a much-needed break from Windy Corner and spending their honeymoon five thousand miles away as paying guests at Fitzhugh Manor in Oxfordshire. Quaint nearby villages and the manor''s impressive turrets and arches capture Emily''s Anglophile heart, but when she meets its dashing young heir, James Fitzhugh, and his American wife, Allison, James''s cousin Penelope, his dithering uncle Roger and the manor''s formidable dowager, Lady Margaret Fitzhugh, it''s clear that class prejudice, resentment and secrets threaten to tear the family apart. Is there more to a fatal accident than meets the eye? Emily soon finds herself in the middle of a family drama redolent of Forster''s classic novels, but can she pull off her own masterstroke to catch a killer?
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Canongate Books Antiques Carry On 15 A Trash n Treasures mystery
Book SynopsisLook out London - eccentric antiques dealer Vivian Borne and her daughter Brandy are bringing their own brand of mayhem and mischief to the British capital, in the fifteenth installment of the award-winning Trash ''n'' Treasures cozy mystery series.Vivian Borne - true-crime author, antiques dealer and ex-sheriff of Serenity, Iowa - is looking forward to meeting her new editor in London. Flying first class, rooms at the Savoy . . . Her long-suffering co-author, daughter Brandy, worries the trip will bankrupt them both, but the alternative - Mother travelling alone - is unthinkable. Brandy''s almost tempted to make her fiancé, Tony - Serenity''s Chief of Police - call Scotland Yard and warn them Vivian''s coming.But even Brandy doesn''t predict their vacation will end in murder . . . or that she and Mother will be unceremoniously ejected from the country, with an order to leave things well alone.Vivian and Brandy need a case to write about, and Mo
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Canongate Books The Prophet 2 A Tabitha Hart mystery 2
Book SynopsisDestiny, prophecy and murder weave an intricate web in this beguiling historical mystery. Could a dark prophecy spell danger for Tabitha De Vallory and her unborn child?Cheshire. May Day, 1753. Tabitha De Vallory believes her life is perfect: she has an imposing home with all the comforts she has ever desired, and is expecting her first child with doting husband Nathaniel De Vallory. But Tabitha''s happiness is shaken when a girl is slaughtered beneath the Mondrem Oak on the family''s forest estate. Recognizing the victim from her former scandalous life, Tabitha vows to find the killer.Nearby, enigmatic Baptist Gunn and his followers are convinced that a second messiah will be born, amid blood and strife, close to the oak on Midsummer''s Day. Could the girl''s murder be linked to Gunn''s cryptic prophecy? Do his wild claims of a second saviour spell danger for Tabitha and her unborn child? As Midsummer''s Day draws closer, Tabitha soon le
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Canongate Books The Wages of Sin 1 A Harriet Matthew Rowsley
Book SynopsisFirst in a brand-new Victorian mystery series featuring steward Matthew Rowsley and housekeeper Mrs Faulkner as an engaging detective duo.Newly appointed as land agent to the youthful Lord Croft, Matthew Rowsley finds plenty to keep him busy as he attends to his lordship''s neglected country estate. But he''s distracted from his tasks by the disappearance of a young housemaid. Has Maggie really eloped with a young man, as her mother attests - or is the truth rather more sinister? What''s been going on behind the scenes at the grand country estate . and where has his lordship disappeared to? Teaming up with housekeeper Mrs Faulkner to get to the bottom of the matter, Matthew uncovers a number of disturbing secrets, scandals and simmering tensions within the household. Something rotten is going on at Thorncroft - and it''s up to Matthew and Mrs Faulkner to unearth the truth.
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Canongate Books Death with Dostoevsky 4 Crime with the Classics
Book SynopsisProfessor Emily Cavanaugh makes a horrific discovery while writing her book on Dostoevsky in the entertaining fourth Crime with the Classics cozy.Professor Emily Cavanaugh has left Windy Corner behind and is back at Reed College on her sabbatical, determined to finish writing her book on Dostoevsky. She is soon reunited with one of her promising students, Daniel Razumov, as well as familiar faces on the teaching staff - her friend, Marguerite Grenier, her half-brother, Oscar Lansing, the abrasive division chair, Richard McClintock, and the predatory Taylor Curzon. Known for her relentless pursuit of young male students, Taylor now has Daniel firmly in her sights.Emily knows Taylor must be stopped, but as she starts gathering evidence of Daniel''s harassment, she has a disturbing flashback, and then makes a gruesome discovery . . . Can Emily catch a dangerous campus killer while also confronting events from her own past?
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Canongate Books Mind of a Killer
Book SynopsisNewspaper reporter Alec Lonsdale discovers that a series of seemingly random murders may be connected in this absorbing historical mystery.London, 1882. Alec Lonsdale, a young reporter on the Pall Mall Gazette, is working on a story about a fatal house fire. But the post-mortem on the victim produces shocking results: Patrick Donovan''s death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain?When a second body is discovered, its throat cut, and then a third, Lonsdale and his spirited female colleague, Hulda Friederichs, begin to uncover evidence of a conspiracy that reaches to the highest echelons of Victorian society.
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CamCat Publishing, LLC Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys
Book SynopsisA missing brooch. A face set in cement. This is not your average music festival. Lewis Sinclair, a stalwart and tender country musician, is about to take the stage with his band, the Gentlemen Cowboys, at the premier U.S. country music festival when his girl dumps him for the Cowboys' shifty manager. When that same manager ends up at FallFest's walk of fame with his handprintsand his headin cement, Lew finds himself on the top ten most wanted list instead of the music charts. With the help of his loyal Cowboys and the close-knit festival staff, Lew must clear his name before the killer gets awayor strikes again.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC KPax
Book SynopsisWhen a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Calling himself 'prot', he says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3.31am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light. Is he really extraterrestrial?Trade ReviewA man is brought into the mental ward of the Manhattan Institute after claiming to come from outer space. He maintains that he is an inhabitant of planet K-PX, a perfect world without wars, government or religion where every being co-exists in perfect harmony. And he sets a departure date when he will return home on a beam of light - which keeps the reader guessing until the very end.
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