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Book SynopsisIn a New York hospice, Jon is slowly wasting away. But it is not a peaceful passing - haunted by frequent and vivid nightmares of an unspeakable crime, Jon summons his lawyers to change his will. He instructs them to leave his entire fortune to the clan of the San Bushmen he hunted in 1955. This leaves his legal team, and his two living sons, stunned and perplexed. An investigation into Jon''s past reveals the chilling truths about ethnic persecution and the legal hunting of humans that occurred in the isolated sands of the Kalahari. Some secrets should be taken to the grave... or should they?

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Book SynopsisStalking. Arson. Murder.Butler and West are back together… and the stakes have never been higher.When an old friend tells DS Freya West that she’s being stalked by someone she met online, Freya promises to help. But there are no leads, and the dating site refuses to give up their data.To make matters more complicated, DI Robin Butler is back in town. He’s investigating a string of arson attacks that have escalated to murder, and the cases seem to be connected somehow. They’re going to need their wits about them…Because this is a killer more devious than any they’ve hunted before, and he wants to obliterate everything they hold dear.The climatic finale of the gripping Butler & West series, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter, Jane Casey and Susie Steiner.Praise for Louisa Scarr‘From the first flicker of fire to the final explosive climax, Out Of The Ashes is a scorching finale to a riveting crime series. The narrative crackles with menace and suspense, and I enjoyed every moment!’ Cameron Ward, author of A Stranger On Board‘What an ending to the series! Louisa masterfully weaves together the strands of the investigation and the characters’ personal lives. Full of intrigue and threat and superbly paced.’ James Delargy, author of Vanished‘Scorchingly brilliant. A heart in the mouth thriller with the ultimate chemistry between its leads, this is a breathtaking end to the series.’ Heather Critchlow, author of Unsolved‘Scarr has finished her series with a heart-pounding flourish. It may be the last we see of Butler and West, but rest assured I’ll keep reading her, whatever she comes up with next.’ Alison Belsham, author of The Girls on Chalk Hill‘I love this series... the last one was perfect. A finish so tight I couldn’t breathe.’ Rachael Blok, author of The Fall‘I loved every instalment of this brilliant series, but Scarr has saved the best ’til last. Masterful.’ Jo Furniss, author of All the Little ChildrenWhat readers are saying about Out of the Ashes ‘One of my favourite series. I love the characters and the team dynamics are excellent. There is plenty of suspense, red herrings and the ending all wrapped up neatly. A brilliant ending to an excellent series which I highly recommend.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘Keeps you guessing until the explosive ending. And what an ending! I feel sad when I come to the end of a Butler and West book; it’s like having to say goodbye to dear friends. An exciting read with believable characters, a solid plot, and page-turning action.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘Oh my Louisa Scarr you have saved the best for last. An absolute cracker of a book and I got the ending I hoped for! A hell of a book to end a hell of a series.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘I thoroughly enjoyed reading this! This book had a bit of everything – suspense, intrigue, action, murder, mystery, arson, a great whodunnit and great police work! The storyline had me glued to my Kindle!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘This cannot be the last in the Butler & West series! These police procedurals quickly became one of my favourites. There are so many strong, well described characters.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review

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Book Synopsis‘Absolutely loved this book from start to finish, I couldn’t put it down' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader ReviewWhile the men are off fighting, the women keep the country moving…July 1914: Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys.Hiding her privileged background and her suffragette past, Constance Copeland signs up to be a Clippie - collecting money and giving out tickets - on the trams in Staffordshire, despite her parents’ disapproval.Constance, now known as Connie, soon finds there is more to life than the wealth she was born into and she soon makes fast friends with lively fellow Clippies, Betty and Jean, as well as growing closer to the charming, gentle Inspector Robert Caldwell.But Connie is haunted by another secret; and if it comes out, it could destroy her new life.After war ends and the men return to take back their roles, will Connie find that she can return to her previous existence? Or has she been changed forever by seeing a new world through the tram windows?A captivating, lively, romantic saga set in WW1 that will engross fans of Johanna Bell and Jenny Holmes.Readers are loving Connie's story:‘Absolutely loved this book from start to finish, I couldn’t put it down…A great historical fiction read that has you wanting to finish the book to see how all their lives turn out. Loved it!’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review‘A wonderful WWI-era historical fiction novel that I truly, truly enjoyed…I look forward to what Ms. Johnson has in store for readers next.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review‘Set around World War One, it shows the grit the women of the war had to endure…well written and enjoyable.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review‘I enjoyed reading this book because I learned a lot about women during the first world war…There was sadness in the story but happiness and hope for the future. I do recommend that you read this book.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review‘I thoroughly enjoyed this story that captured the war, suffragette movement, class and working on the trams. I became embroiled in Connie's life and couldn't wait to see what happened next.’ Reader Review‘A wonderful book and highly recommended.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review‘Historical Fiction and General Fiction readers ought to pick up this charming book.’ Reader Review‘An appealing story, with well-drawn characters…To be with Connie on her journey makes a thoroughly satisfying read.’ Reader ReviewReaders love Lynn Johnson's captivating WW1 sagas: ‘an emotional, captivating read which is perfect for anyone who loves a good saga!’ Over The Rainbow Book BlogA poignant, emotional and heart-wrenching read…best read with a box of tissues handy’ Bookish Jottings‘This truly was a fabulous story from beginning to end and I struggled to put it down!... richly detailed, beautifully written and the storyline along with the characters was enthralling’ Rose is Reading‘heartwarmingand emotional...If you enjoy historical fiction, this is definitely a book to read!’ Jessica Belmont Book Reviews‘An excellent historical fiction that had me compulsively turning the pages.’ Books and Bookends‘Overall, I loved it. There were lots of moments that made me gasp and others that almost made me cry, and then there were those that made me smile and sigh.’ Jess Bookish Life‘Johnson has a Cookson flair…she does capture the heart and soul of her characters.’ Cheryl M-M Book Reviews

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Book SynopsisHow would you live if you had no memories? And what if you were suspected of a terrible crime?Sarah has no memories. She just knows she was found, near death, on a beach miles from her London home. Now she is part of a medical experiment to see whether her past can be retrieved.But bad things seemed to have happened before she disappeared. The police are interested in her hidden memories too. A nice man she meets in the supermarket appears to have her best interests at heart. He seems to understand her - almost as if he knows her...As she fights to regain her memories and her sense of self, it is clear that people are hiding things from her. Who are they protecting? Does Sarah really want the truth?

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Book Synopsis"The tank mounted on the converted DC-10 holds 12,000 gallons. The mixture is one part crystal to nine parts water. The crystals are placed in the tank first, then the water is added. At that point, the sarin crystals dissolve into a solution. That''s the lethal combination. Picture a DC-10 air tanker over a wildfire. When the plane is over the target, the pilot releases the fire retardant. The drop itself takes eight seconds and covers a path 300 feet wide by one mile in length. But we''re not dropping a fire retardant. When our mixture is released, the water evaporates in the atmosphere, leaving sarin gas." Read this engaging tale of espionage that will set your heart racing. William Congdon''s prose is immersive, sharp, and to-the-point. Violence, radicalism, class struggle, and self-annihilation are only a few of the themes that the novel explores in a crisp manner.

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Book Synopsis''Gripping, endearing, dark, and funny ... Highly recommended'' Harlan CobenDanish journalist Heloise Kaldan is in the middle of a nightmare. One of her sources has been caught lying, and she could lose her job over it. And then she receives the first in a series of cryptic letters from an alleged killer.Anna Kiel is wanted for murder but hasn't been seen by anyone in three years. When the reporter who first wrote about the case is found murdered in his apartment, detective Erik Schafer comes up with the first lead. Has Anna Kiel struck again? If so, why does every clue point directly to Heloise Kaldan?As Heloise starts digging deeper she realises that to tell Anna's story she will have to revisit her darkest past, and confront the one person she swore she'd never see again

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Book SynopsisWhen it's time to hang the capitalists, they will sell us the rope.' May 1907. Young Stalin poet, bank-robber, spy is in London for the 5th Congress of the Russian Communist Party. As he builds his powerbase in the party, Stalin manipulates alliances with Lenin, Trotsky, and Rosa Luxemburg under the eyes of the Czar's secret police. Meanwhile he is drawn to the fiery Finnish activist Elli Vuokko and risks everything in a relationship as complicated as it is dangerous.

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Book Synopsis* WINNER OF THE CRIME FICTION LOVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL AWARD *'A welcome addition to darkly humorous female serial killer novels' - GUARDIAN'Utterly unique, an absolute rollercoaster of a read' - DAILY MAIL'Splendidly funny and buoyant' - DAILY EXPRESSI have a gift. I see people as ghosts before they die.Of course, it helps that I'm the one killing them.The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar. Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put-out serial killer. But even before they make eye contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.The thing is, it's not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support g

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Book Synopsis** A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'Nattrass's best yet' - S.G. MACLEAN'Wonderfully evocative' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Authentic and relentlessly pageturning' - SUNDAY EXPRESSA rigged election. A feuding Cornish town. A suspicious death. And a perspicacious pig.May 1796, and former Foreign Office clerk Laurence Jago and his larger-than-life employer, the journalist William Philpott, have escaped America - and Philpott's near imprisonment for libel - by the skin of their teeth. They return to Laurence's hometown of Helston, Cornwall, in the hope of rest and recuperation, but instead find themselves in the middle of a tumultuous election that has the inhabitants of the town at one another's throats.Only two men may vote in this rotten borough, and when one of them dies in suspicious circumstances, Laurence is ordered to investigate on behalf of the town's political patron, his old master the Duke of Leeds. Then the second elector is pois

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Book Synopsis'Martin Edwards is a true master of British crime writing' Richard Osman ‘Highly recommended, with a touch of the gothic’ Ann Cleeves How can you solve a murder before it's happened? 'This is my challenge for you,' the woman in white said. 'I want you to solve my murder.' London, 1930s: Rachel Savernake is attending renowned artist Damaris Gethin’s latest exhibition, featuring live models who pose as famous killers. But that’s just the warm-up act... Unsure why she was invited, Rachel is soon cornered by the artist who asks her a haunting favour: she wants Rachel to solve her murder. Damaris then takes to the stage set with a guillotine, the lights go out – and Damaris executes herself. Why would Damaris take her own life? And, if she died by her own hand, what did she mean by ‘solve my murder’? There are many questions to answer, and the clues are there for those daring enough to solve them... Rachel Savernake faces her most puzzling murder yet in this glamorous gothic mystery from the winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Richard Osman. Praise for Martin Edwards: 'Martin Edwards celebrates and satirises the genre with wit and affection... He leaves you wanting more.' The Times 'The brilliant Savernake is a fascinatingly enigmatic character.' Washington Post 'Ingeniously plotted and racily told...This is Edwards on the top of his form.' Dorothy L Sayers Society Bulletin 'Martin Edwards holds his own with the best of classic crime.' Daily Mail ‘Reads as if Ruth Rendell were channelling Edgar Wallace.’ Mick HerronTrade ReviewMartin Edwards is a true master of British crime writing. * Richard Osman *In treating us to what is as much a thriller as a traditional mystery, Edwards hits all the right notes to create a palpable hit. * Daily Mail *Highly recommended, with a touch of the gothic. * Ann Cleeves *The settings are atmospheric and the writing enjoyable – in short, this book is a classic crime treat * Promoting Crime Fiction *PRAISE FOR MARTIN EDWARDS: 'Edwards has managed, brilliantly, to combined a Golden Age setting with a pace that is bang up-to-date.' Peter James. 'Superb – a pitch-perfect blend of Golden Age charm and sinister modern suspense, with a main character to die for. This is the book Edwards was born to write.' Lee Child. 'Liberally spiced with mystery, suspense and action... A thoroughly gripping read.' -- Peter Robinson

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Book SynopsisFrom Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, a collection of four dark and compelling novellas about love gone wrong. The young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual thinks herself happy until the first wife comes to stay. A shy teenager meets a dazzling kindred spirit. But the first sparks of young love soon take on a darker shade... A spoiled frat boy decides to murder his parents, only to be floored by the power of his mother's love; and a fragile woman reveals deeply buried secrets to her curious lover with devastating consequences... All of these stories are about love, just not as we like to think of it. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' BooklistTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR JOYCE CAROL OATES: 'This collection of stories is Oates at her best – spare, swift, beautifully observed and quietly lethal' The Times. 'Both haunting and sublime' Literary Review. 'An unsettling read worth every resulting jump in the night... [Oates is a] literary goddess' Daily Mail. 'As usual with Oates, it is horribly readable, but driven by something disturbingly like genuine misanthropy' Sunday Times. 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday' Sunday Express. 'A writer of extraordinary strengths' Guardian. 'A sense of helplessness is the essence of horror, and Oates conveys that feeling as well as any writer around' * New York Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisFrom Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of Blonde, now a major motion picture, comes a collection of darkly compelling tales. A young professor is convinced she's being followed, but when she confronts her shadow all is not as it seems. A promising student attempts to save her brother from his descent into madness, but finds there may be more to his world than hers. An elderly nun is found dead in her care home, but was it old age or dark secrets that killed her? These biting and beautiful stories force us to confront, one by one, the demons within. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' BooklistTrade ReviewThese "tales of darkness and dread" won't put you to sleep, but they'll give you more interesting nightmares * New York Review of Books *Oates perfectly captures the atmosphere of fear and well-meaning misunderstanding * The Times *A writer of extraordinary strengths * Guardian *Extremely compelling... We cannot look away, no matter how gruesome the sight * Spectator *Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday * Sunday Express *

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Book SynopsisA special forces agent-turned-strip club bouncer with a side hustle as a hitman for the New York mob seeks out a deadly drug lord in the poppy fields of Afghanistan. Joe Brody is just your average ex-Special Ops, Dostoevsky-reading, PTSD-suffering strip club bouncer living with his grandma in Queens. It would be a simple life, but for his childhood friend the Mafia boss, his other job as fixer for the most powerful crime families in town, and his cloying drug habit. Joe is sent to take out a shadowy figure named Zahir, who has been hijacking heroin bound for U.S. dealers and funneling the money to terror cells. So Joe finds himself back in the one place in the world he doesn't want to revisit: the poppy fields of Afghanistan, a country that left permanent scars on his body as well as his psyche. If he were alone, his past demons might be too much to bear – but luckily his occasional partner Yelena, a master thief wanted from Brighton Beach to Moscow, is by his side. Soon the Five Boroughs are on the verge of an all-out drug war. Joe's only chance to calm the violence is to intercept the newest shipment of Zahir's product – if his skills prove up to the task. Reviews for David Gordon: 'Gordon brings an outstanding new voice to the contemporary crime novel' Robert Crais 'Gordon knows how to write a potboiler' LA TimesTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR THE BOUNCER: 'Clever plotting and a light-hearted tone add charm to this lively caper despite its multiple violent deaths... Lots of fun' Sunday Times 'Fast, funny and tough, David Gordon's The Bouncer will toss you over his shoulder like King Kong and carry you away' Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition. 'A tour-de-force, ranging from underworld crime to a unique caper and a terrorist plot. David Gordon brings an outstanding new voice to the contemporary crime nove' Robert Crais. 'David Gordon's The Bouncer is a treat – a hard-edged thriller that makes you feel good while you're reading it. Give it to someone. They'll thank you' Thomas Perry 'Funny, with a satirical edge... Gordon knows how to write a potboiler' * LA Times *

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Book SynopsisDan Raglan, former Foreign Legion fighter, alias The Englishman, returns in Resurrection, the new high-octane, high-stakes international thriller from David Gilman. Somewhere in the Sahara, on the desolate border between Sudan and Chad, a P51 Mustang with long-range drop tanks slowly emerges from the dunes. Inside, the skeletalized remains of a man missing for three decades. His flying jacket bears no insignia, a worn leather attaché case lies by his side, held securely by a manacle around his left wrist. Inside a document men will kill for. Die for. The sands of time have shifted, and whoever finds that aircraft finds information that could expose the most valuable spy the UK intelligence service has ever known. The British, the French, and the Russians are on the trail. And so is Raglan. Reviewers on David Gilman: 'An author at the zenith of his powers' Peter James 'Raglan is nicely complex: an action man with inner depths' Financial TimesTrade ReviewGilman is at home with men of action . . . It is Raglan's intelligence and integrity that render his adventures more than merely passing excitements * The Times *The action scenes feel authentic but without . . . unnecessary detail. Mixed with Raglan’s back story, this makes for a satisfying international adventure * Financial Times *Lucid and energetic, this is old-fashioned African adventure of a most entertaining kind * The Morning Star *Absolutely hits the mark . . . super pacy, inventive, gritty & well-plotted * Crime Time *Enthralling action-filled storytelling fills the pages and ensures this vibrant and stimulating international thriller is a must-read. * Love Reading *As the story travels from London to France to Africa and finally Moscow, Resurrection makes for compulsive reading. * Promoting Crime Fiction *REVIEWS FOR THE ENGLISHMAN SERIES: 'The pace is relentless, the action and fight scenes superbly choreographed and Raglan is nicely complex: an action man with inner depths' Financial Times. 'Full of thrills' Literary Review. 'The pulse-pounding pace just never lets up' Peter May, bestsellling author of Lockdown. 'The Englishman is electrifying proof that high-tension international thrillers are back – and with an absolute vengeance' William Shaw, author of Deadland. 'Vivid and inventive' Sunday Times. 'A sweat-inducing tour de force' The Times

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Book Synopsis''Compelling... hauntingly dark'' JANE SHEMILTTHEY CAN BUILD YOU UPCharlotte has it all: the successful career, the loving family. But, secretly, she is dangerously bored of her life. So when she meets free-spirited Bianka, it feels like fate Bianka is exactly the person that Charlotte needs.OR TEAR YOU DOWNOn a girls' trip to Ibiza, home is forgotten as Charlotte dives head first into a life that is looser, wilder. She feels free, but there are devastating consequences: someone doesn't return home.As the aftermath of the holiday rips through her life back in London, Charlotte soon regrets ever breaking out of her carefully constructed routine and begins to wonder whether meeting Bianka was really an accident at all... A fabulously creepy simmering glam-noir' thriller, perfect for fans of Caroline Kepnes, BA Paris, TM Logan and Verity by Colleen Hoover.''Toxic frien

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Book SynopsisA young British nurse experiences the devastating Spanish Civil War and the dark side of the espionage game in this gripping World War Two thriller from Graham Hurley.1936. Anglo-Breton translator Annie Wrenne is working in Madrid when the Spanish Civil War breaks out. Annie becomes a nurse on the front line, but after falling in love with a patient, she ends up pregnant - and abandoned - by a man she thought she knew.Annie passes the rest of the war in a haze, her only consolation her relationship with mysterious Republican fighter Carlos Ortega. Annie finds herself caught up in Ortega's world, a web of intrigue, which leads to her recruitment into MI5. On her first mission, Annie must pose as Ortega''s wife and head to Algeciras. Hitler's Operation Felix - his plan to control the Mediterranean and force Churchill to the negotiating table - has been set into motion, and the ''couple'' must help prevent the Nazis from seizing Gibraltar.But Ortega has secretly been working for the Nationalists, part of Madrid's Fifth Column. If it falls to Annie - and Ortega - to save the day for the Allied cause, can she trust a man who has changed sides yet again? From award-winning author Graham Hurley, the latest thrilling instalment in the Spoils of War Collection, a non-chronological series of novels set during World War II and featuring some of the most momentous stories and figures of the era.

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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BEST CRIME BOOK OF 2022 In a grand old mansion in the middle of the Sussex countryside, seven people have seen more than they should... The new chilling thriller from Lesley Thomson. In a small community James Ritchie was looking forward to spending the day with his son, though he was a little late picking him up from his ex-wife, Anna. In the middle of nowhere Later that afternoon, they are found dead, the victims of a double stabbing. Anna will never see her family again. You need to keep your secrets close... As DI Toni Kemp unravels the case, she is brought to a grand country mansion, long ago converted into flats. In this quiet, peaceful place, seven long-term residents have seen more than they should. But this is a tight-knit group – and they are good at keeping secrets... PRAISE FOR THE COMPANION: 'Like the best of Barbara Vine and Agatha Christie crossed with the unique Lesley Thomson brilliance.' Elly Griffiths 'This modern take on the country-house mystery shocks from the off.' The Times 'Colourful characters and devious plotting.' Ian Rankin 'Electrifying, gritty.' Woman's OwnTrade ReviewThis modern take on the country-house mystery shocks from the off * The Times *An eerie thriller * Choice Magazine *This is a thoroughly entertaining and very contemporary take on the traditional country-house mystery, switching from sinister to comic with practised ease * Daily Mail *An electrifying, gritty read * Woman's Own *What more could any crime fiction fan want? Provocative characters, most of whom have excellent motives for committing the murders and all of whom make you smile or wince; a location straight out of Agatha Christie; a mystery that will keep you guessing right to the end as the clues point in one direction then another, then another; and even a hint of romance before the end. It all adds up to the best kind of crime novel * Promoting Crime Fiction *

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Book SynopsisAnd the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into Brimstone and the land shall become burning pitch A farmer’s wife, unable to breathe, visits the hospital. Only, the hospital has no idea what is wrong. The sickness spreads, symptoms manifesting even as the ‘Authoritorium of Health’ search for the cause… But could it be that the source is quite literally something in the air? Written as a succession of short episodes following one farming family’s life, as they navigate the course of this mysterious affliction.

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Book SynopsisAmateur sleuth Astrid Swift investigates a maritime mystery in this cosy crime adventure set on the Isle of Wight. The sailors are ashore, and murder is afoot. It's summer in the Isle of Wight, and the islanders have little more to do than munch crab sandwiches, sip pints of Wight Squirrel, and complain about the hordes of tourists arriving for the world-famous Cowes Week regatta. But when the local busybody drowns in the harbour, what was set to be a relaxing sailing festival starts to turn deadly. This is a case that only art restorer Astrid Swift and her new art-club friends can solve. Soon she is embroiled in an investigation involving a grand seafront mansion, a dead billionaire's nautical paintings, and a sailing prodigy who mysteriously went missing at sea three years ago. The Isle of Wight has a reputation for being England's most welcoming island, but even a friendly community can hide a killer... Praise for the Astrid Swift mysteries: 'Feelgood fun.' The Times 'I romped through The Trust... A cosy debut set in a house brimming with secrets... An enchanting murder mystery.' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal 'Macabre murders, quirky characters and delightful settings combine in a way that would make Midsomer proud.' Crime Fiction Lover 'A feisty heroine, an ingenious plot and a cast of quirky characters that soon feel like your best friends, make The Trust a cozy crime to savour.' Merryn Allingham, author of The Bookshop Murder 'Intelligent and gently humorous, with a suitably eccentric cast of characters.' M S Morris, author of the Bridget Hart booksTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR M.H. ECCLESTON: 'I romped through The Trust... A cosy debut set in a house brimming with secrets... An enchanting murder mystery' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal. 'Intelligent and gently humorous, with a suitably eccentric cast of characters' M S Morris on The Trust. 'Macabre murders, quirky characters and delightful settings combine in a way that would make Midsomer proud' * Crime Fiction Lover *

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Book SynopsisA gritty and thrilling anthology of 28 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of ''Rear Window'' that inspired Alfred Hitchock''s classic film. Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R. Lansdale and many more.An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, also published as William Irish and George Hopley, stands with Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and Dashiell Hammett as a legend in the genre.He is a hugely influential figure for crime writers, and is also remembered through the 50+ films made from his novels and stories, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, I Married a Dead Man, Phantom Lady, Truffaut''s La Sirène du Mississippi, and Black Alibi.Collected and edited by one of the most experienced editors in the field, Maxim Jakubowski, features original work from: Neil GaimanJoel LaneJoe R. LansdaleVaseem KhanBrandon BarrowsTara MossKim NewmanNick MamatasMason CrossMartin EdwardsDonna MooreJames GradyLavie TidharJames SallisA.K. BenedictWarren MooreMax DécharnéPaul Di FilippoM.W. CravenCharles ArdaiSusi HollidayBill PronziniKristine Kathryn RuschMaxim JakubowskiJoseph S. WalkerSamantha Lee HoweO''Neil De NouxDavid QuantickAna Teresa PereiraWilliam Boyle.

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Book SynopsisMarvel's most powerful super hero, Captain Marvel, must battle an old enemy in this brand-new original novel with help from her friends Tony Stark, Spectrum, Hazmat and Spider-Woman! CAPTAIN MARVEL IS ASKED FOR A SIMPLE FAVOR, BUT SHE SOON MEETS AN ADVERSARY WITH UNPARALLELED POWER. Tony Stark wants Carol to keep an eye on brilliant grad student Mara Melamed, who is struggling to find her feet at Empire State University. Although reluctant at first, Carol meets Mara and is soon impressed by the young woman. But trouble quickly finds Captain Marvel in the form of a controversial operating system from DigiTech-whose mysterious CEO only appears as a hologram. To make matters worse, one of Carol's closest friends has been framed for murder. And Mara Melamed is at the tangled center of it all. Carol is driven to her darkest edge as she questions her identity and sense of belonging in the world. With her allies at her side, Carol must face her self-doubt and protect the world from impending doom.Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL: "This is a pure fun book through-and-through." ComicVine.com on Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster, More "Fans of space adventure, strange creatures and humorous reveals will get their fill here, and find a new friend in Carol Danvers." Comicosity.com on Captain Marvel: Stay Fly "A must-read for everyone." ComicsTheGathering.com on The Mighty Captain Marvel: Alien Nation PRAISE FOR GILLY SEGAL: "An absolute page turner, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight is a compelling and powerful novel that is sure to make an impact." Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give "A page-turning debut, as timely as it is addictive." David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Mosquitoland and Kids of Appetite "An astounding achievement. This novel is an incendiary experience, one that does not shy away from difficult questions about privilege and violence. But Jones and Segal don't hold our hands to provide us easy answers; this is a book meant to be devoured in a single sitting and discussed for years to come." Mark Oshiro, author of Anger is a Gift

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Book Synopsis"You think you're fuckin' better than me?" A dead girl's words haunt a detective's broken life as he struggles to find her killer. Returning to work after losing his wife and unborn child in a horrific car accident, Detective Senan Maguire is rapidly thrown in at the deep end, with an intense murder case that hits a little too close to home. As Senan and his team investigate, revelations come to light that will change their lives forever, unravelling a world of deceit and corruption.

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Book SynopsisLesbian literary scholar Morgan Byrd has no time for babies, or cats. But when the disappearance of her university's resident tomcat is rapidly followed by baby snatching and murder, Morgan is drawn into the police inquiry, alongside ten-year-old Oliver Cresswell, a maths prodigy turned boy detective with a man-sized secret to hide.

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Book SynopsisIF YOU HAD NEVER OPENED THE DOOR, YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE SAFE . . . THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MASTER OF THE UP-ALL-NIGHT THRILLERAdam and Jess, along with their three children, move into a beautiful new home: a rambling Victorian house in a nice neighbourhood, right at the top of their price range. Then Adam discovers a door hidden behind a fitted wardrobe, concealing a secret room . . .But like the house, Adam has his secrets too. And soon he will find himself setting in motion a series of events that will place his family in terrible danger . . .Praise for T.M. Logan and THE DREAM HOME 'Moves like a rocket' Daily Mail'Clever, taut and twisty . . . full of tension and gasp-out-loud moments'Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Couple at No. 9'Darkly gripping and addictive

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Book Synopsis**THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH, JULY 2024**IT ENDS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN . . .THE FINAL DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON THRILLER - AND THE PREQUEL TO TV HIT PRIME SUSPECT - FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING CRIME FICTION ICON, LYNDA LA PLANTE. Now available in hardback, eBook and audiobook._____________________________DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON'S POLICE CAREER HANGS IN THE BALANCE: A SINGLE STEP FROM GLORY - OR RUIN.While she has elbowed her way into an elite team investigating non-domestic murders, there is nothing elite about her first assignments: a missing teenager cold case and an apparent suicide Tennison suspects is, in fact, murder.But as she uncovers explosive evidence, Tennison's new colleagues watch like vultures circling prey. And, one by one, the cases no one else wanted are taken from her - and the glory along with them.Now Tennison has had enough: of the rampant sexism, snide rema

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Book SynopsisTHE FINAL EVER DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON THRILLER - AND THE PREQUEL TO TV HIT PRIME SUSPECT - FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING CRIME FICTION ICON, LYNDA LA PLANTE. _____________________________DETECTIVE JANE TENNISON'S POLICE CAREER HANGS IN THE BALANCE: A SINGLE STEP FROM GLORY - OR RUIN. While she has elbowed her way into an elite team investigating non-domestic murders, there is nothing elite about her first assignments: a missing teenager cold case and an apparent suicide Tennison suspects is, in fact, murder. But as she uncovers explosive evidence, Tennison's new colleagues watch like vultures circling prey. And, one by one, the cases no one else wanted are taken from her - and the glory along with them. Now Tennison has had enough: of the rampant sexism, snide remarks and undermining. It's time to take what is rightfully hers from those who have held her back. She just has to do what she does best: find her prime suspect . . . PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE:'Tennison is a great character. Her hard-fought career - her own life sentence - comprises a landmark series in crime fiction' - THE TIMES'Lynda La Plante is an exceptional writer of Crime Drama' - Dame Helen Mirren'The UK's most celebrated female crime author' - DAILY MAIL'Thirty years on from writing Prime Suspect, La Plante is still delivering the goods' - THE TIMES'Tough, brilliant and damaged, [Tennison] shook up the genre forever' - DAILY EXPRESS'Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller' - KARIN SLAUGHTER

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Book Synopsis**WINNER OF THE VAL McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024****The Times' best crime and mystery books of 2024 so far****Daily Mail's best new books to read this weekend**'A remarkable debut' - THE TIMES'Utterly mesmerising' - PETER JAMES'Exceptional' - DAILY MAIL'I adored this novel' - JENNIE GODFREY'Exceptional in every way' - CHRIS WHITAKER'A crime novel I wish I had written' - LYNDA LA PLANTE'Will rock you back on your heels' - VAL McDERMID'Marie's writing is beautiful' - BELINDA BAUER'A dark glittering gem of a book' - LISA GRAY'Gloriously dark, deadly and deathly' - C. J. SKUSE'An incredible debut. Damn near perfect' - SUSI HOLLIDAY'Tierney is a name to watch' - SAM HOLLAND'A masterpiece' -

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Book SynopsisA good friend will help you move on.A best friend will help you move the body . . .The razor-sharp, hilarious new black comedy thriller from the bestselling author of Bad Men.Marina is a divorced mother of three preschoolers.Lilah is a shy and lonely librarian.Opal is a broke post-menopausal fitness guru.These three women have absolutely nothing in common - except for the charming, attractive man who's beenlying to all of them. Now that he's tied up in a basement, they may just have something to bond over.But how far is each willing to go to get revenge? As this shared secret brings them closer together, other, deadlier problems come crashing into their lives. Can they put their differences aside to save themselves - and each other?PRAISE FOR JULIE MAE COHEN:'The feminist serial killer you didn't know you were waiting for. Sensational' - CLARE MACKINTOSH'I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a thriller this much' - ERIN KELLY'Had me turning the pages like a fiend' - CJ SKUSE'Fast and furious and very, very funny' - TAMMY COHEN'Bloody brilliant. Sharp and darkly hilarious' - ANNA MAZZOLA'Will have you cheering and laughing in equal measure' - PRIMA

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Book Synopsis'A debut novel of great imagination and originality' - The Sunday Times'Think Hilary Mantel, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke crossed with Liam O'Flaherty, Lady Gregory, WB Yeats and the Celtic Revival - all expertly blended into a cracking page-turner that's as exquisitely deep, beautiful and metaphysical as it is fast-paced and brilliantly plotted' - The Irish Times'Thrilling and intoxicating - a dazzling debut' - Evie Woods - author of The Lost Bookshop'A captivating story, weaving together so many emotions with such beautiful descriptions that you feel you really are standing by the shoulders of the characters' - Philip Paris - author of The Last Witch of ScotlandWhen ambitious apprentice chemist and secret alchemist Peter Woulfe is tasked with caring for a mysterious illustrated book, the Mutus Liber, he quickly realises that the grimy underworld of Georgian London is even more dangerous than he first believed.Soon the book is stolen by the light-fingered Sukie and Peter finds himself being pursued by threatening men who are willing to do anything to get the book back. Where in teeming London might Sukie be found? Why is Peter so enthralled by her? And what is it about the Mutus Liber that is so enticing? As the search for the book becomes an urgent game of cat and mouse, it seems that the key to Peter's present dilemma might only be found in half-remembered events from his childhood, and then further back still, in the mists of Irish myth.A spell-binding and unputdownable tale about spirit and matter, love and lust, and reality and magic.

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Book SynopsisOne moment the lovely young woman was walking through the Battle of Hastings exhibition at the British Museum; the next, she lay dead on the checkered museum floor, a Norman arrow protruding from her breast. Inspector Lestrade believed he had solved the mystery, but almost immediately recognized that Scotland Yard needed the help of Sherlock Holmes. From London to the Lake District, the master detective, along with his colleague Dr. Watson and recently-met American mystery writer, Anna Katharine Green, follows a string of clues that ultimately exposes the intricacies of a tragic love story-a woeful tale whose twists and turns reveal what Watson accurately called "the unhappiest of Holmes''s adventures."

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Book SynopsisIn Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes is not alone in solving mysteries that baffle the official police. Housekeeper, schoolmistress, detective: Mrs Meinir Davies tracks down missing mothers, stolen treasures, and secrets and scandals touching some of England''s most venerable institutions, from the Church to the Houses of Parliament.In this collection of 12 stories, Meinir joins forces with Sherlock, Dorcas Dene, and the official police on the streets of London, from East to West, to help public servants, abandoned children, and one mysterious Mrs J. Holmes. What is the true story behind one of Holmes'' bloodiest adventures, The Red Circle? Why has the man in the white hat followed Mrs Holmes across the Atlantic? And how many marriages will be threatened by a single diamond lizard?

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Book SynopsisUnearthed after being lost for nearly a century, at last the memoirs of Mycroft Holmes are available to the general public.Students and followers of his brother, the Great Baker Street detective, Sherlock Holmes, have to date only been offered two stories in which Mycroft Holmes appears and two in which he is mentioned. This publication of the memoirs of Mycroft Holmes after their sensational discovery in the summer of 2023 transforms our understanding of Sherlock Holmes''s more intelligent elder brother.In this volume we see what it is when one extraordinarily talented person is the British Government as Mycroft Holmes applies his skills in statecraft to tax evasion, royal honours, Partygate, the 1918 Armistice, and the Abdication crisis of 1936.Mycroft Holmes was at his apogee in the time covered by these memoirs.Is it just chance that this time

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