Crime & Thrillers Books

Book SynopsisMEET THE DETECTIVE DUO YOU''LL NEVER FORGETFor readers of The Marlow Murder Club, Richard Osman and The List of Suspicious Things''One of the best books I''ve read this year'' ALEX GRAY''An absorbingly unusual murder mystery'' CHRIS BROOKMYRE''Who knew that an 89-year-old and a teenager would make the perfect crime-fighting duo?!'' Reader Review ?????''Delightfully cosy'' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH''I laughed, cried and was amazed'' Reader Review ?????''Wry, compelling and ever so poignant'' NAOMI KELSEY''Perfect if you love quirky, senior investigating'' Reader Review ?????''A cleverly crafted mystery with an amateur detective duo you root for even against the odds'' EMILY CRITCHLEY__________89-year-old Margaret has lived on Garnon Crescent all her life, except for those few years she never talks about. She knows all the neighbours; their hopes, their heartbreaks. Only recently, Margaret''s memory isn''t what it used to be. She is sure Barbara, her best friend and neighbour, told her something important. Something she was supposed to remember. When Barbara is found dead, Margaret determines to recover her missing memory. She and her grandson James begin to investigate, but soon strange incidents occur in her home. Margaret''s daughter thinks her memory is getting worse, but Margaret knows somebody wants her out of the way. Because Margaret holds the key to solving this crime. If only she could remember where she put it.

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Book SynopsisThe hilarious fourth title in the Louie Knight detective seriesTrade Review'Hilarious' Daily Telegraph 'Malcolm Pryce is the king of Welsh noir Edgar Allan Poe meets Phoenix Nights in a flurry of blood-stained absurdity' Sunday Telegraph 'Inventive, funny and dark, Pryce packs more style into a sentence than most authors could hope for in volumes' Big Issue 'Pryce really is in a league of his own. If only Aberystwyth really was like this' Time Out

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Book Synopsis________________________''A thriller with a difference. The plot is as taught as the prose is tight - both qualities reminiscent of Graham Greene'' - Sunday Express''Once you have opened its first page you won''t be able to stop reading. A superbly plotted story with a brilliant twist'' - A.N. Wilson''Brian Moore is a man of profound human insight as well as a master storyteller ... the most subtle, most readable, least pushy of guides'' - Sunday Telegraph________________________THE SUPERB THRILLER FROM BRIAN MOORE WHICH INSPIRED THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL CAINE AND TILDA SWINTON________________________Pierre Brossard is on the run. For his life. From a determined squad of unknown hit-men. From his former ''friends''. From his past. Condemned to death in absentia by French courts for crimes against humanity during the war, he has been in hiding for over forty years. Now, perhaps, justice will be done.Trade Review'Once you have opened its first page you won't be able to stop reading. A superbly plotted story with a brilliant twist' * A.N. Wilson *'A thriller with a difference. The plot is as taught as the prose is tight - both qualities reminiscent of Graham Greene' * Sunday Express *'A thriller in which crises of conscience are as tense as the escalating manhunt' * Guardian *'The Statement blends conscience and guilt with fast-moving storytelling. Brian Moore is a man of profound human insight as well as a master storyteller ... the most subtle, most readable, least pushy of guides' * Sunday Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisOne humid summer night in Gibraltar, lawyer Spike Sanguinetti arrives home to find an old friend, Solomon Hassan, waiting on his doorstep. Solomon is on the run, accused of a brutal murder in Tangiers. He has managed to skip across the Straits but the Moroccan authorities want him back. Spike travels to Tangiers to try to delay Solomon''s extradition, and there meets a beautiful Bedouin girl. Zahra is investigating the disappearance of her father, a trail which leads mysteriously back to Solomon. Questioning how well he really knows his friend, Spike finds himself drawn into a dangerous game of secrets, corruption and murderous lies.Trade ReviewVery original ... and brilliantly rendered ... a rare and enviable talent * William Boyd *Makes ideal, if rather disturbing, reading if you're holidaying in Morocco ... Evocative, engrossing and entertaining * The Times *This couldn't have been any better ... an engrossing tale that captures the reader's heart. I look forward to the new adventures of Mr. Spike Sanguinetti * CriminalElement.com *If you want a terrific first thriller to enjoy, try Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford - it's ace - an original, pacy, great writing debut * Susan Hill on Twitter *Don't miss ... A good start to a promised series featuring Spike Sanguinetti, a Gibraltan lawyer * Literary Review *A top rate thriller -- Simon LelicTerrific. What Aurelio Zen was to Italy, Spike Sanguinetti could turn out to be for Gibraltar -- Charles CummingI loved Shadow of the Rock. Mogford’s sharp prose drew me in from the first page and his intriguingly flawed hero Spike stands out in the memory -- Sadie Jones

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Book SynopsisA beautiful, powerful and utterly devastating novel from Orange-prize shortlisted author Georgina Harding''Georgina Harding's novel is the finely tuned work of a writer exceptionally at ease with her craft and a testament to the power and poetry of clean and disciplined prose'' GuardianThe memory of war will stay with a man longer than anything else. Dawn, mist clearing over rice fields, a burning Vietnamese village, and a young photographer takes the shot that might make his career. The image, of a staring soldier in the midst of mayhem, will become one of the great photographs of the war. But what Jonathan has seen in that village is more than he can bear... He flees to Japan, to lose himself in the vastness of Tokyo, and to take different kinds of pictures: of streets and crowds and cherry blossom and of a girl with whom he is no longer lost. Yet even here his history will catch up with him: that photograph and his responsibility in taking it; hiTrade ReviewGeorgina Harding’s novel is the finely tuned work of a writer exceptionally at ease with her craft and a testament to the power and poetry of clean and disciplined prose -- Sadie Jones * Guardian *Quietly and restrainedly, The Gun Room is a book that provokes searching questions * Daily Mail *Graceful and considered ... The dreamlike quality is heightened by Harding’s sharply observed prose ... As befits a writer adept at carefully cropped scenes, Harding has the measure of photography. The novel plays with its ability to captivate, shock, inform and misdirect * Sunday Telegraph *In delicate, hypnotic prose, Harding describes the devastating effects of war and the trauma of bearing witness * Sunday Express *A moving story * Elle Summer Reading *Harding has the descriptive skills to do her subject justice … Elegant * Mail on Sunday *Her writing is so gentle and beautiful and takes you so confidently on a journey. I let myself be carried away -- Esther Freud

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Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARSunday Times Crime Book of the MonthThe Times Crime Book of the MonthMail on Sunday Thriller of the WeekElegantly crafted, humane and thought-provoking. She's top drawer' Ian RankinThis is how it begins.With a near-empty building, the inhabitants forced out of their homes by property developers.With two women: idealistic, impassioned blogger Ella and seasoned campaigner, Molly.With a body hidden in a lift shaft.But how will it end?Trade ReviewAnyone wanting smart and compelling crime fiction with razor-sharp social comment should read Eva Dolan. In fact, EVERYONE should read her -- Mark BillinghamIt couldn’t be more timely. Or more imbued with passion -- Val McDermidTerrific...A haunting novel about friendship, suspicion and betrayal * Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month *A thoroughly contemporary and distinctively intelligent thriller * Mail on Sunday, Thriller of the Week *Superb ... Gripping ... A sad, intelligent book, with a shocking ending * The Times, Crime Book of the Month *Stupendous. The thriller comes of age -- Sarah Hilary, winner of the Theakston Crime Book of the Year AwardDolan is expert at the orchestration of tension, right up to the vertiginous climax -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian *[Dolan] excels at presenting knotty, addictive tales that also force the reader to think more widely about the way in which society treats its most vulnerable members … A wonderfully prescient premise … Dolan keeps the tension rising as she expertly juggles two distinct voices and timelines … Dolan is a master of pace … Ultimately, this smart, deftly told story resonates so strongly because of the complex, claustrophobic relationship at its heart: like Molly, we are drawn inexorably to Ella’s flame, unable to step away even when it might burn * The i *I absolutely loved it. I don't think there's another crime writer around at the moment who's engaging so passionately with urgent social issues, and creating such thrilling drama out of them * Mick Herron, author of the Jackson Lamb series *Expect clever plotting, complex characters and the best book yet from an author at the top of her game -- Lisa Gray * Daily Record *A tense, intelligent, politically charged thriller, expertly crafted by a writer at the top of her game * Mari Hannah, winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library *Searing and uncompromising and so inventive in structure I could but marvel * Rachel Rhys, author of Dangerous Crossing *Angry and impassioned yet soulful and heartfelt, This Is How It Ends puts Eva Dolan firmly among the top rank of British crime fiction * Martyn Waites, author of the Joe Donovan series *Bold and unusual, Eva Dolan’s exquisite writing perfectly captures contemporary London in this cleverly plotted novel * Sarah Ward, author in In Bitter Chill *Angry, compassionate and mind-blowingly clever, with a truly shocking ending * Mark Edwards, author of The Devil’s Work *Fierce, timely, twisty and so well written * Sarah Franklin, author of Shelter *A sublime and relevant urban literary thriller ... Eva is a brilliant storyteller and the stories she tells are as compelling as they are important. She’s a star * Will Dean, author of Dark Pines *Eva Dolan writes some of the most important crime fiction on the scene today * Stuart Neville *Eva Dolan's writing is snappy, confident and sharp as a blade, with a storytelling style that bubbles and fizzes * Crime Fiction Lover *One of crime fiction’s brightest rising stars * Chris Ewan, bestselling author of Safe House *Superb * Woman & Home *Dolan has fashioned switchback twists with characters who are nuanced and transcend stereotype. A triumph * Metro *Inventive and compelling … An impeccably structured story that blends the personal and political with searing effect * Big Issue *The women have a kind of surrogate mother-daughter relationship, one with all the intricacies and conflict that such a relationship suggests, and it’s that shifting dynamic that keeps the story driving forward, and keeps readers on their toes. This is terrific writing that engages the head and heart equally * Big Issue *

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Book SynopsisIn a world at war, a brother and sister seek revenge...Another drama-drenched story in a truly epic historical series.They were born in the middle of a battle, into a world at war. And from their first moments of life, twins Satyrus and Melitta were fighting for survival. Their father, a Greek mercenary, was cut down not long after they had taken their first breath; their Scythian mother was cruelly murdered when they were still children.But Satyrus and Melitta are children no more. They have learned how to fight, how to love, how to plot and how to kill. Now it is time to leave their adopted home, the city of Alexandria, and the protection of Alexander the Great''s former general, Ptolemy - and seek revenge.Now it is time to go to war...

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Book SynopsisCivilisation is gone. Where does humanity go from here...?The world lies devastated after the massive oil crisis that was described in LAST LIGHT. Human society has more or less entirely broken down and millions lie dead of starvation or disease. There are only one or two beacon communities that have managed to fashion a new way of living.Jenny Sutherland runs one of these groups. Based on a series of decaying offshore oil rigs - for safety - a few hundred people have rebuilt a semblance of normality in this otherwise dead world.But as Jenny and her people explore their surroundings once again, they start to realise not every survivor has the same vision of a better future than their catastrophic past. There are people out there who would take everything they have. War is coming, and the stakes are truly massive...Trade ReviewAn entertaining and well paced thriller * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *A bleak, chilling vision of the furture that ends, finally, on a note of flickering optimism. * THE PRESS *

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Book SynopsisJason Bourne is back! ''Olympic style, all-out espionage'' Daily Express''Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you'' - Sunday TimesJason Bourne''s nemesis Arkadin is still hot on his trail and the two continue their struggle, reversing roles of hunter and hunted. When Bourne is ambushed and badly wounded, he fakes his death and goes into hiding. In safety, he takes on a new identity, and begins a mission to find out who tried to assassinate him.Meanwhile, an American passenger airliner is shot down. Bourne''s search for the man who shot him intersects with the search for the people that brought down the airliner, leading him into one of the most deadly and challenging situations he has ever encountered. With the threat of a new world war brewing, Bourne finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth and find the person behind his assault, all the while being stalked by his unknown nemesis...<Trade ReviewMoves at quantum speed with thrills and spills galore as Bourne seeks to win a cat and mouse game with his nemesis Arkadin * EVENING TELEGRAPH *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *Bourne is more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis * STELLA *A new breed of spy - yes, he's highly trained and proficient at killing people, but he's still a normal guy * EMPIRE *Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined * NEW YORK TIMES *A superspy to rival Bond * INDEPENDENT *Terrific entertainment ... the tension is fierce, the pace killing * COSMOPOLITAN *A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more * NEW YORK POST *A book that will no doubt keep you on the edge of your seat! * SOUTH WALES ARGUS *moves at quantum speed with thrills and spills galore as Bourne seeks to win a cat and mouse game with his nemesis Arkadin * EVENING TELEGRAPH *

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Book SynopsisA novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, acclaimed as 'one of the wonders of American crime fiction' (MAIL ON SUNDAY)Trade ReviewJames Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed. * Michael Connelly *A gorgeous prose stylist. * Stephen King *Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced. * Daily Mail *The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as much as with his own inner demons. * i newspaper *There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot; his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition, seen in every situation of society. * Independent *The king of Southern noir. * Daily Mirror *His lyrical prose, his deep understanding of what makes people behave as they do, and his control of plot and pace are masterly. * Sunday Telegraph *One of the finest American writers. * Guardian *When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers. * Daily Express *There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot; his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition, seen in every situation of society. * INDEPENDENT *The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as much as with his own inner demons. * i newspaper *

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Book SynopsisTrouble is brewing and Frank Riordan is the only one willing to stop it. As he wages a one-man campaign to shut down the local pulp mill that is polluting the air and devastating the environment, tensions are growing - and so is the level of power he''s up against. It is becoming more than Frank can handle.The man who can help already has troubles of his own. Iry Paret is trying put the past behind him, having served time for accidentally killing a man. He heads west to make a fresh start in Montana on Frank''s ranch. But he hadn''t expected to fall in love with the estranged wife of Frank''s son, a strong, dynamic and beautiful woman who will test the limits of Iry''s loyalty to his friends.Trade ReviewThis is powerful writing, with the kind of authority that transcends the crime genre - typical James Lee Burke, in fact * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *

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Book SynopsisThe fourth book in the Kovac and Liska detective series from Sunday Times bestselling author Tami HoagTrade ReviewGripping to the end...Hoag's solution is as clever as it is complex * THE TIMES on Secrets to the Grave *It's gripping, highly emotional and I would definitely recommend it * ESSENTIALS on Down the Darkest Road *For gory thrills with an ingenious twist, curl up with Tami Hoag's latest CSI-style mystery * i-Newspaper on Deeper than the Dead *Hoag's books should come with a health warning: Too much tension and suspense can cause heart problems. Highly recommended * GUARDIAN *A fast-paced and gripping story * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS *

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Book SynopsisA sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookshop ignites a relentless hunt across four continents...A superb SIGMA FORCE thriller from the bestselling author of MAP OF BONES and THE DOOMSDAY KEY.

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Book SynopsisThe fate of a new global terror lies in an ancient biblical mystery from the Book of Genesis... A breathtaking thriller from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of MAP OF BONES and THE DOOMSDAY KEY.Louisiana veterinarian Lorna Polk stumbles upon a shipwrecked fishing trawler carrying a caged group of exotic animals, clearly part of a black market smuggling ring. Yet, something is wrong with these beasts, disturbing deformities that make no sense. They also all share one uncanny trait - heightened intelligence.To uncover the truth about the origin of this strange cargo and the terrorist threat it poses, Lorna must team up with Jack Menard, a man who has a dark and bloody past. Together, they must hunt for a beast that escaped the shipwreck while uncovering a mystery that traces back to mankind''s earliest roots...Trade Reviewaction-packed with hair-raising adventures * OXFORD TIMES *

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Book Synopsis''Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined'' New York Times''Move over 007, Bourne is back'' Daily MirrorJason Bourne takes a mission to rescue his only friend in the CIA, Martin Lindros, who disappeared in Africa while tracking shipments of yellowcake uranium. Once safely back in America, Lindros persuades Bourne to help track the money trail of terrorists buying the nuclear material. Bourne agrees - but soon suffers from confusing flashbacks of unfamiliar places and events. Is someone brainwashing him in order to throw him off the trail? Worse still, is the man he saved really Martin Lindros? Now Bourne is on his own - gathering evidence, while trying to stay one step ahead of the terrorists who are determined to destroy the USA...Trade ReviewTerrific entertainment ... the tension is fierce, the pace killing * COSMOPOLITAN *Huge in scope... Ludlum spins it all together with lots of suspense * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Slickly paced ... all-consuming * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *Bourne is more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis * STELLA *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *Move over 007, Bourne is back * DAILY MIRROR *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *

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Book SynopsisJason Bourne is back!''Olympic style, all-out espionage'' Daily Express''Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you'' - Sunday TimesJason Bourne has gradually come to realise who and what he really is - a strange amalgam of a man named David Webb, and a deadly killer. Now David Webb is living a peaceful life as a university professor in the backwoods of America with his wife and children. But someone is reaching out to take him out of the game for ever. A deadly assassin is on his trail and his former handler has been brutally murdered already. It seems that David Webb must once again turn to Bourne to save his life and family.Trade ReviewMove over 007, Bourne is back * DAILY MIRROR *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined * NEW YORK TIMES *Huge in scope... Ludlum spins it all together with lots of suspense * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *Superb...the pace and tension are stupendous, the solution devastating...compulsive entertainment * SUNDAY EXPRESS *

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Book Synopsis''A new breed of spy - yes, he''s highly trained and proficient at killing people, but he''s still a normal guy'' EMPIRE ''Olympic style, all-out espionage'' DAILY EXPRESSUniversity professor David Webb - forever caught between two identities - is still haunted by the splintered nightmares of his former life as Jason Bourne.Soon he finds himself embroiled in a CIA operation to hunt down a terrorist organisation, and is plunged into the deadliest and most tangled assignment of his double life. With his own side trying to take him down, all the while an assassin as brilliant and damaged as himself is getting closer by the minute...Trade ReviewA new breed of spy - yes, he's highly trained and proficient at killing people, but he's still a normal guy * EMPIRE *A superspy to rival Bond * INDEPENDENT *Huge in scope ... Ludlum spins it all together with lots of suspense * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Terrific entertainment ... the tension is fierce, the pace killing * COSMOPOLITAN *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *A page-turner of non-stop action that should leave his fans begging for more * NEW YORK POST *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *

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Book SynopsisAn excellent COVERT-ONE thriller from the bestselling writing team - Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds.A fiery explosion shatters a laboratory building in Paris. Among the dead is Emile Chambord, one of the leaders in the global race to create a molecular - or DNA - computer. Unfortunately, Professor Chambord kept the details of his work secret, and his notes were apparently destroyed in the fire. Then suddenly US fighter jets disappear from radar screens for a full five minutes and there''s no explanation; utilities cease to function; and all telecommunications abruptly stop, with devastating consequences. This is not the work of a clever hacker - only the enormous power and speed of a DNA computer could have caused such havoc.Covert-One agent Jon Smith flies to Paris to investigate. Following a trail that leads him across two continents, he uncovers a web of deception that threatens to reshape the world for ever...

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Book SynopsisIntelligence agent Todd Belknap is fired after a mission goes wrong - now he''s a lone operative on the loose...When Todd Belknap''s best friend goes missing, it seems that a mysterious figure, known only as ''Genesis'', is responsible.Meanwhile, hedge fund analyst Andrea Newton gets an unexpected call. She has been left a fortune by a cousin she''s never met - on the condition that she joins the board of the charitable Bancroft Foundation. Yet the foundation appears less and less benign the more deeply involved she becomes.As events escalate, and Genesis appears to be working to destabilise governments, Todd and Andrea must form an uneasy alliance if they are to uncover the truth - before it''s too late...

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Book SynopsisThe Sunday Times bestselling thriller from ''the world''s most read writer'' GQ''A writer who bests the bestsellers'' Daily TelegraphRetired operative Paul Janson is called back to the spy game to settle a personal debt he owes. Peter Novak, the legendary Hungarian immigrant and head of the Liberty Foundation, has been kidnapped and faces execution at the hands of terrorist extremists. It is up to Janson to rescue Novak before he is murdered. Janson immediately puts together a top team and manages the nearly impossible task of extricating Novak, but something goes horribly wrong - something that indicates the operation had been compromised from the start - and only Janson himself survives. Now the major intelligence services think that Janson was responsible for Novak''s death and are sending their finest operatives after him...Trade ReviewTerrific entertainment ... the tension is fierce, the pace killing * COSMOPOLITAN *Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined * NEW YORK TIMES *Slickly paced ... all-consuming * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *A writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *

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Book SynopsisTwo wars, two secrets, one man...A brilliant global conspiracy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller.1940. American Stephen Metcalfe is a minor asset in the US secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, he must instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. He must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former lover...1991. The Communist empire is on the verge of oblivion, and a coup is being planned by a powerful new cabal. Stephen Metcalfe, now a retired ambassador, must return to Moscow and finally reveal a secret that has haunted him since the fall of Berlin...a secret that might just avert a global cataclysm.

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Book SynopsisFBI agent Sean Reilly has just received a call from his past - and finds himself in a desperate race against time to save a woman he once loved and her four-year-old child. From the bestselling author of the TEMPLAR thrillers.[Published in hardback as THE DEVIL''S ELIXIR.]''I''m in trouble. Something terrible has happened ... I didn''t know who else to call''An unexpected phone call from three thousand miles away.A voice he hadn''t heard in more than five years.A desperate cry for help that he couldn''t ignore.And two small words that would change everything about his life.FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin are back in another edge-of-your-seat thriller that reaches from the present day back to 1700s Mexico and, quite possibly, far beyond...Trade ReviewA world-class writer of pure-bred thrillers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Khoury writes big, fast-paced thrillers ... he's a craftsman whose muscular prose carries conviction * GUARDIAN *Rip-roaring action man stuff * THE TIMES *A high-octane rollercoaster ride of thrills and spills * IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY *An impressively powerful thriller. * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS *

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Book SynopsisA secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried...

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Book SynopsisThe fourth instalment in the COVERT-ONE series from the master of the thriller genre.On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer records cargo being secretly loaded. He''s brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Two weeks later on the dangerous high seas, the US Navy covertly tracks a Chinese ship rumoured to carry tons of chemicals to create biological weapons of mass destruction. The President cannot let the ship reach its destination - a rogue Middle East nation. But he doesn''t want the navy to attack and board it either, because decades of negotiations with China have at long last yielded a landmark human rights agreement that China is willing to sign. Covert-One operative Jon Smith is brought in to find solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying. Then an agent is murdered and vital evidence destroyed. Smith must find the truth about the ship, a truth that probes the deepest secrets of the Chinese ruling party...Trade Review'The pace is fast, the action plentiful...a must read.' - Booklist.A writer who bests the bestsellers. - Daily Telegraph.'A master at the conspiracy theory type of thriller, his books operate on an ever-spiralling series of surprise revelations.' - Irish Times.

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Book SynopsisPandora's Box is about to be opened...A brilliant, fast-paced thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Bourne series.

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Book SynopsisA powerful, fast-paced thriller from the bestselling author of the Bourne series.Michael Havelock watched as his partner and lover, Jenna Karas, double agent, was gunned down by his own agency. There''s nothing left for him but to get out, quit the game. Until, in one frantic moment on a crowded railway platform in Rome, Havelock sees Jenna. She''s alive - and suddenly Havelock is a marked man, on the run from both US and Russian assassins.Racing around the globe after his beautiful betrayer, Havelock is trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by a top-level mole with the world in his fist - Parsifal...

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Book SynopsisA brilliant, high-tension thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller...Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer until his wife was murdered. Now Hawthorne has been called out of retirement for one last assignment. For he is the only man who can track down the world''s most dangerous terrorist, Amaya Bajaratt, who has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop.Hawthorne must follow Amaya''s serpentine trail to uncover the sinister network that exists to help this consummate killer. And Hawthorne must discover the shattering truth behind the Scorpio Illusion...

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Book SynopsisThe Matarese are back. But has the only man with the power to stop them already run out of time?

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Book SynopsisDid J. Edgar Hoover die a natural death - or was he murdered? A top-notch thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author Robert Ludlum.Inver Brass: a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals. They see a monstrous threat to the country in Hoover''s unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files. And so they decide to do away with him - quietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Until bestselling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles upon information that makes his previous books look like harmless fairy tales.Now Chancellor and Inver Brass are on a deadly collision course, spiralling across the globe in an ever-widening arc of violence and terror. They are hurtling towards a showdown that will rip Washington''s intelligence community apart, leaving only one damning document to survive: The Chancellor Manuscript...Trade ReviewA writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *

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Book SynopsisThe fate of the free world is in one man''s hands...A superb thriller from the No.1 bestselling author.After three years deep under cover, US agent Harry Latham has penetrated the fortress-like mountain hideaway of the Brotherhood of the Watch, a neo-Nazi organisation born after the fall of the Third Reich. Then, on the eve of his most spectacular success, Harry disappears.Drew Latham is frantic to discover his older brother''s fate. But when he receives word that Harry has surfaced, serious doubts arise. Has Harry''s cover been blown? And if so, why has the Brotherhood of the Watch let him live? The search for the truth about Harry plunges Drew into a labyrinth of deceit and death...

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Book SynopsisAn ancient bomber conceals a devastating secret - a stunning Covert-One thriller from the master storyteller.On a desolate island deep within the Arctic, a scientific expedition photographs the wreckage of a bomber. It seems to be a relic from the Cold War - but a handful of insiders know that it is a Soviet Air Force biological warfare platform, still armed with weaponised anthrax.Covert-One''s Lt. Col. Jon Smith leads a team to secure the site. But on the island they find themselves confronted with a traitor from within their ranks. Gradually they become aware that the ancient bomber conceals something else: a secret so deadly that it could trigger a Third World War...

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Book SynopsisThe sixth Joe Faraday novel from a writer at ''the forefront of British crime writing'' [INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY]The discovery of a headless corpse on the rocks below the cliffs on the Isle of Wight is only the beginning of a journey for DI Joe Faraday. It''s a journey which takes him right to the heart of the grim trade in human cargo from the crippled societies of the Balkans. From cheap labour to prostitution, Portsmouth, like every other city in the UK is home to untold human misery; a black economy built on illegal immigration. Joe Faraday is determined to find the real criminals that lie behind the tabloid hysteria.DC Paul Winter on the other hand is determined only to find a way out of the disciplinary action that threatens his entire career. A burgeoning relationship with a young prostitute isn''t exactly helping his cause. And for Winter, it''s beginning to look as if time is running out...

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Book SynopsisA twenty-year-old crime throws DI Joe Faraday into the violent legacy of the Falklands War...Freshly promoted to the elite Major Crimes Team, DI Joe Faraday is thrown into the deep end with the investigation into the murder of prison officer Paul Coughlin. Was the violent Coughlin killed by a recently released con he brutalised in prison? Or is his death a legacy of a wider, more savage violence from twenty years before? Coughlin was an ex-petty officer in the Royal Navy. Not much liked, he served on HMS Accolade, a Type 21 frigate sunk during the Falklands war with the loss of 19 men. If Faraday is to solve the murder, he must first penetrate the wall of silence thrown up by the Navy. But as he digs deeper, he uncovers a disturbing connection to a crime that has waited twenty years to be avenged...

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Book SynopsisA missing doctor with a long list of aggrieved patients leads to a complicated case for DI Faraday. From the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRADDI Joe Faraday''s Management Assistant, Vanessa Parry, is dead, killed in a head-on car smash. Her funeral is a bitter end to another grim week in the front line of the ongoing war against Portsmouth''s surging crime wave. And now the seemingly untouchable DC Paul Winter, master of the scam, has been hurt in a way he could never have imagined: his wife has cancer. It''s inoperable and she has barely three months to live. Paul Winter has only one instinct - to lash out. But there''s precious little time for grief on a Portsmouth CID squad. A disgraced gynaecologist is missing and his caseload of maimed women is a murder-suspect list from hell. It all adds up to an impossible workload, and that''s without the suits and the politicians conspiring to make it even harder...

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Book SynopsisAnother gripping case for DI Joe Faraday.A young girl falls to her death, and the shadowy figure of a young boy is caught on CCTV... DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry prompted by the discovery of the body of a small time crook on wasteland north of the city. Faraday plunges into Portsmouth''s bleak netherworld of wrecked families and children cast adrift in a society too fragmented to care. But as he tracks down the boy, he is faced with a crisis much closer to home.

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Book SynopsisTwo crimes, two tangles of emotions and thwarted love...From the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRADA man is chained inside a tunnel and then dismembered and scattered along the tracks by the early morning train from Portsmouth to London. The beginning of DI Joe Faraday''s most gruesome case yet, but is it a bizarre suicide or the cruellest of murders? Checking the list of missing persons as the police attempt to identify the body DC Winter comes across a missing man, someone who stepped out of his ordered life with no hint of leaving. He''s not the man in the tunnel, he''s simply disappeared. The only person he can find who knew him works in the city morgue...

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Book SynopsisFrom the creator of the JASON BOURNE series, a brand new thriller by the undisputed master of the genre.Reformed from his days of assassination and conspiracy, Paul Janson has a new mission and a new partner. Working with kick-ass sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he helps other disenchanted covert operatives to create new lives. He also accepts independent jobs, but only missions he believes will contribute to the greater good. Janson takes the job to rescue a doctor who has been kidnapped by West African rebels. At first, it appears that the doctor''s life was spared in order to treat the rebels'' wounded leader, but when the mission goes haywire, Janson realises he''s in the middle of something much bigger - and that he may be fighting for the wrong side...Trade ReviewPaul Janson is a reformed assassin , and is working with expert markswoman Jessica Kincaid to help rehabilitate other covert operatives to start new lives. He still prepared to accept missions, but only those he feels have a moral justification. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *

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Book Synopsis''A brilliant writer'' EVENING STANDARDJoe Pike must take on his toughest challenge yet. He must hunt down and rescue . . . Elvis Cole.A nail-biting Cole and Pike novel from the No. 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author.Elvis Cole. All round nice guy. Always the first man to help a stranger in distress. This time, however, he''s paid the ultimate price for trying to be the good Samaritan.Joe Pike. A fierce protector and a dangerous enemy. This time his tough guy exterior will be tested to the limit as he risks everything to save his closest friend.The clock is ticking now that Elvis has been TAKEN.Trade ReviewCrais is a fine storyteller * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Robert Crais has long been (rightly) considered one of the most individual of American crime writers * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *What a brilliant writer Crais has become * EVENING STANDARD *Robert Crais has long been (rightly) considered one of the most individual of American crime writers * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *

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Book SynopsisFrom NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Rollins and award-winning author Rebecca Cantrell comes the second gothic thriller in the Blood Gospel series - perfect for fans of THE DA VINCI CODE.Trade ReviewIrresistible. THE DA VINCI CODE meets vampires - BOOKLISTCutting-edge science, ancient history, and a solid gothic mystery plot ... those who lapped up THE DA VINCI CODE will be clamoring for more in this series - LIBRARY JOURNALA rip-roaring good adventure that combines the headlong pace of Indiana Jones with the religious convolutions of THE DA VINCI CODE ... This is a thriller of dark subterranean complexity, rather like a rare, vintage red wine - NY JOURNAL OF BOOKSPure genius ... a must read - SUSPENSE MAGAZINEGood escapist reading in the Dan Brown vein. And these writers can write - KIRKUS REVIEWSTheir story seamlessly blends modern-day technology with historical intrigue and otherworldly phenomena. The highly original plot combines gripping world-could-end drama with characters who are complex, fascinating and personable - ROMANTIC TIMES

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Book SynopsisJason Bourne - the most famous thriller series of all time.''Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you'' - Sunday Times''A killer of a thriller'' USA TODAYBourne''s enemies are gathering force. Severus Domna, a secret and ancient cabal, has called forth its members from around the globe, with one objective: to vanquish the last person capable of destroying their bid to destabilize the world economy - Jason Bourne. But how can they possibly succeed where so many others have failed? By turning Bourne''s most trusted friend into his greatest and most deadly enemy. Now Bourne finds himself in a world where friend and foe go hand in hand. Bourne''s journey will lead him down a path of brutal murder and destruction - one from which there is no escape...Trade ReviewA writer who bests the bestsellers * DAILY TELEGRAPH *A page-turner of non-stop action * NEW YORK POST *Olympic style, all-out espionage * DAILY EXPRESS *The real titan of the genre is Robert Ludlum * GQ *A killer of a thriller * USA TODAY *Bourne is more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis * STELLA *

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Book SynopsisA mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the children, there is only doubt.One afternoon in November 1975, ten-year-old Miranda Larkin comes home from school to find the house eerily quiet. Her mother is missing. Nothing else is out of place. There is no sign of struggle. Her mom''s pocketbook remains in the front hall, in its usual spot. So begins a mystery that will span a lifetime. What happened to Jane Larkin?Investigators suspect Jane''s husband. A criminal defense attorney, surely Dan Larkin would be an expert in outfoxing the police. But no evidence is found linking him to a crime, and the case fades from the public''s memory, a simmering, unresolved mystery. Jane''s three children-Alex, Jeff, and Miranda-are left to be raised by a man who may have murdered their mother.Two decades later, the remains of Jane Larkin are found. The investigation is awakened. The children, now grown, are forced to

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Book SynopsisKansas, 1959. When a travelling carnival appears overnight, the townsfolk of Seneca Falls are entranced. But the circus brings more than just magic and illusion to the small town: a dead man is discovered beneath the carousel.For FBI Special Agent Michael Travis, the world is clear cut. But there are a lot of grey areas in this case. The carnival folk are unwilling to answer a straight question and they begin to challenge Travis''s once unshakeable faith in solid facts and hard evidence...As the investigation turns ever more disturbing, Travis is forced to question everything he believes in as a dark and horrifying conspiracy comes to light.Trade Review"At a time when crime fiction has become so formulaic, it's a relief to find a book as left-field as this latest offering from RJ Ellory... An intriguing, delightfully unpredictable novel." * MAIL ON SUNDAY *"He [Ellory} raises interesting questions about society and our fear to question." * DAILY EXPRESS *"An atmospheric thriller with a gallery of fascinating characters." * IRISH INDEPENDENT *

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Book SynopsisA stylish and gripping crime novel from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.Part-time PI Nick Stefanos doesn''t tail wives anymore. But when a childhood friend steps into Nick''s bar after 15 years and asks for help locating his wife April, he feels obliged to do some digging.After a visit to the small-time crime boss with whom April was supposedly having an affair, Nick realises there is far more to this story than a missing wife. There is missing money. Lots of it. And some very powerful enemies...Trade ReviewPerhaps the greatest living crime writer * Stephen King *To miss out on Pelecanos would be criminal * Barry Gifford *Pelecanos is incapable of writing a book that isn't gripping * THE TIMES *As with all Pelecanos's best novels, an air of melancholy, guilt and regret pervades this rewarding tale * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *

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Book SynopsisA gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.Like most of the trouble in Nick Stefanos'' life, it started with a drink. Lying in the darkness, drunk and immobile, Nick hears two men murder a terrified teenager. When he wakes in the morning, his memory is blurred. But the dead boy is still there, submerged in the river.The police presume it''s a gang-killing - no shortage of them in DC. But Nick isn''t sure; gangs don''t use silencers. Hit men do. Despite not having worked a PI case for a year and a half, Nick starts investigating, driven by an obsessive need for the truth. And with each clue he unearths, he''s driven further into the darkest corners of the human soul.The third novel in the Nick Stefanos series.Trade ReviewThe coolest writer in America * GQ *His books will burn into your brain like no others * WASHINGTON POST *Author of over 18 critically lauded novels...his reputation rests on a bedrock of tight, fast-paced prose, meticulous plotting, finely tuned characters and an incredible authenticity in depicting time and place...This is a writer in full control of his material and fully understanding of his strengths. Lovers of crime fiction should not miss what he has to say * IRISH EXAMINER *As aficionados of THE WIRE will attest, Pelecanos is a peerless chronicler of the black urban underclass...entertainingly rewarding * SUNDAY EXPRESS on What It Was *THE WIRE writer George Pelecanos has a way with words that only seems to be getting meaner and swankier * METRO *

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Book SynopsisJames Lee Burke's legendary detective Dave Robicheaux returns to try to save his daughter from a sadistic killer.Trade ReviewJames Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed. * Michael Connelly *A gorgeous prose stylist. * Stephen King *Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced. * Daily Mail *The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as much as with his own inner demons. * i newspaper *There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot; his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition, seen in every situation of society. * Independent *The king of Southern noir. * Daily Mirror *His lyrical prose, his deep understanding of what makes people behave as they do, and his control of plot and pace are masterly. * Sunday Telegraph *One of the finest American writers. * Guardian *When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers. * Daily Express *

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Book SynopsisWhen 16-year-old Weldon Avery Holland encounters the notorious Bonnie and Clyde in his Texas hometown, the course of his young life is altered forever. He dedicates himself to fighting evil wherever he finds it.But it''s the 1930s and evil is sweeping the globe as the Nazis rise. When war breaks out, Holland finds himself in Germany, irrevocably scarred by scenes of death and destruction.Peacetime brings apparent bliss, and Holland is offered a path to wealth and luxury by the enigmatic ''Wayfaring Stranger''. But soon, he discovers that the greed, violence and ruthlessness of war are nothing compared to the depths of human cruelty at play here.Trade ReviewBurke is, for me, one of the great American novelists - in any genre. In more than 30 novels over four decades, he has demonstrated repeatedly that he is a supreme storyteller and among the finest writers of contemporary prose ... the story is a visceral excoriation of the darkest side of the American dream, and asks the complicated question: can a good man ever defeat evil with goodness alone? -- Geoffrey Wansell * DAILY MAIL *

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Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of THE LAST TEMPLAR, an action-packed adventure thriller of an ancient mystery and its deadly impact on the present.Siberia, 1916. A mine turns into a bloodbath when its miners attack each other, savagely and ferociously. Minutes later, two men - a horrified scientist and infamous Russian mystic Rasputin - hit a detonator, blowing up the mine to conceal all evidence of the carnage.New York, present day. FBI agent Sean Reilly is tasked with a new, disturbing case. A Russian embassy attaché seems to have committed suicide by jumping out of a fourth-floor window. The apartment''s owners have gone missing, while a faceless killer roams New York City, leaving a trail of death in his wake.Reilly''s investigation uncovers a deadly search for a mysterious device whose origins reach back to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia and which, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on the modern world.Trade ReviewHistory, mystery, suspense, and action - Khoury knows the recipe for a good read * LIBRARY JOURNAL *As hauntings go, this is one to freeze the blood. * NORTHERN ECHO *

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Book SynopsisA body. A policeman. Over the edge...The launch of a stunning crime series from the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRADNo one liked Jake Kinsey. A rich man, he turned up out of nowhere, acquired Exmouth''s trophy penthouse flat, and then bought his way into the local rowing club. And now, after a long fall from his balcony, he''s dead.DS Jimmy Suttle, a newcomer to the Devon and Cornwall force, is the one detective who suspects that Kinsey has been killed - but there is very little evidence. Left to work alone, Jimmy is all too conscious that time, the pressure of the job, and the wreckage of his private life are lengthening the odds against any kind of result. And with a wife embittered by the move to a remote country cottage, Suttle must gamble his own integrity against the mounting chaos of the lives around him.Trade ReviewHurley is a giant of British police procedural novels, and with Western Approaches we find an author on top of his game. As good as, if not better than Peter James and Ian Rankin. -- Mark Timlin * CRIME TIME *This is another cracker from Graham Hurley...This is a very good opportunity to climb aboard and savour this writer's very addictive series. Brilliant. * CRIMESQUAD *Graham Hurley's determination to look the seamy reality full in the face is refreshing because so rare...Hurley's devastating account of Suttle's marriage is one of the best things he has done. -- Jake Kerridge * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Skillfully combining murder mystery and police procedural drama with a West Country travelogue, this is a satisfying read. * SUNDAY MIRROR *

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