Political / legal thriller
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd New times
Book SynopsisRehana Rossouw takes us into a world seemingly filled with promise yet bedeviled by shadows from the past. In this astonishing tour de force Rossouw illuminates the tensions inherent in these new times. Told with Rehana's trademark verve and exquisite attention to language, this is a ravishing new novel.
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Large Print Press Backlash A Thriller Scot Harvath
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Thorndike Press Large Print 2034 A Novel of the Next World War
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Thorndike Press Large Print The Missing Piece
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£36.09
Simon & Schuster Betrayed 22 Butch KarpMarlene Ciampi Thriller
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Atria/Emily Bestler Books I Am Pilgrim
Book Synopsis“I Am Pilgrim is simply one of the best suspense novels I’ve read in a long time.” —David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author “A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times “The pages fly by ferociously fast. Simply unputdownable.” —BooklistA breakneck race against time…and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard. Smoldering human remains on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. A flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. One path links them all, and only one man can make the journey.
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Simon & Schuster Audio The Overton Window
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Simon & Schuster Audio Separation of Power
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Simon & Schuster Audio Black List
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Simon & Schuster Audio Hidden Order A Thriller
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Simon & Schuster Audio The Survivor
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Hodder & Stoughton Guilt By Association
Book SynopsisWhen Deputy District Attorney Rachel Knight''s journey home is interrupted by screaming sirens, she decides to follow them. But what she finds when she arrives at a sleazy LA motel shatters her world: her trusted colleague Jake lies dead beside the body of a teenage male prostitute. The police say murder/suicide. Rachel''s gut says different. Her search for proof will take her through the dark and tangled city, from its wealthy suburbs to its violent heart. And a truth so dangerous it could kill her.Trade ReviewYou must read this book: it is wildly and complexly plotted, ebulliently witty and filled with riotous humor; it details the inner workings of the L.A. legal system with unprecedented accuracy and verve - and to top it off, it is a damn, damn, good thriller. * James Ellroy *Marcia Clark's debut novel showcases her experience and knowledge of the legal system. The pace, plot and dialogue are as sharp as they come in the genre. * David Baldacci *This introduction to LA special prosecutor Rachel Knight charms from the first line then surfs a tide of knockabout humour, sassy backchat and armour-piercing observation * Daily Telegraph *Taut, compelling, and accomplished, with a gritty authenticity that comes from an insider's knowledge of the criminal justice system...A first rate legal thriller * Meg Gardiner *Knight makes a compelling protagonist - rebellious, straight-forward, salty * Guardian *An accomplished debut...Clark is a polished writer who knows her material * Sunday Telegraph Australia *Her first legal thriller, about a tenacious Los Angeles DA, is on the money * Daily Mail *A corker of a debut novel * Kirkus Review *A triumphant fiction debut...Readers will want to see a lot more of Knight, who combines strength of character and compassion with all-too-human foibles. * Publishers Weekly *Remarkably accomplished...A top-notch legal thriller that will leave readers wanting more. * Booklist *
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Hodder & Stoughton Theodore Boone The Abduction
Book SynopsisYou don''t need to have superpowers to be a hero.Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone - who knows April better than anyone - has answers. As fear ripples through his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it''s up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April. Filled with the page-turning suspense that made John Grisham a number one international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone''s trials and triumphs will keep readers guessing until the very end.**********************What readers are saying about THEODORE BOONE: THE ABDUCTION''The most exciting and gripping book in this series so far'' - 5 stars''Really enjoyed reading this book - thanTrade ReviewPraise for THEODORE BOONE:Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist. * The New York Times *Gripping... I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery. I think everyone will be enthralled by Theodore Boone. * Scholastic News *There's a new kid on the young fiction block, and this one really does have serious powers: Theodore Boone, half-boy, half-lawyer... fans will be pleased to know there will be more of Theo's adventures to come. * Sunday Express *Contemporary lit for young readers has its icons: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl. Make way for the new kid on the block. * USA Today *Nobody does legal fiction better. * Daily Express *A master of his craft. * Guardian *Another page-turner that will find favour with Grisham fans and everyone who enjoys unravelling a good mystery. * Country News Insert *A suspenseful page-turner. * Sunday Express *
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Hodder & Stoughton Theodore Boone The Accused
Book Synopsis''Truly gripping!'''' - 5-star reader reviewTheodore Boone is the thirteen year old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be the victim of crime himself. But then his bike is vandalised, he''s attacked while doing his homework and, worst of all, framed for a robbery.When stolen computer equipment turns up in Theo''s school locker, the police start leaning on him hard. And he is the only suspect. What if he is found guilty? What about his dreams of becoming a lawyer? In a race against time, aided by his renegade uncle, Ike, Theo must find the real felon and reveal the true motivation behind the crimes of which he stands accused.*******************What readers are saying about THEODORE BOONE: THE ACCUSED''A rattling good read'' - 5 stars''Brilliant'' - 5 stars''Outstanding'' - 5 stars''He''s done it againTrade ReviewGrisham is wise and pragmatic about the world: poor parenting, prescription drug misuse and the violent lives of drifters all feature in this fast-paced tale. * Financial Times on THEODORE BOONE: THE ABDUCTION *Praise for THEODORE BOONE:Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist. * The New York Times *Gripping... I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery. I think everyone will be enthralled by Theodore Boone. * Scholastic News *There's a new kid on the young fiction block, and this one really does have serious powers: Theodore Boone, half-boy, half-lawyer... fans will be pleased to know there will be more of Theo's adventures to come. * Sunday Express *If you aspire to turn your children into lawyers who will keep you in your old age, John Grisham's Theodore Boone, his first novel for young people, might be for you. * Sunday Times *Contemporary lit for young readers has its icons: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl. Make way for the new kid on the block. * USA Today *
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Hodder & Stoughton Theodore Boone The Activist
Book Synopsis''Best book ever!'' - 5-star reader reviewTheodore Boone, young lawyer, has had a lot to deal with in his thirteen years, everything from kidnapping to murder. But he''s come through it all and, with the law on his side, justice has always prevailed. Sometimes, though, the law doesn''t seem so just. His friend Hardie Quinn is about to have his family home bulldozed to make way for a bypass. Hardie is not the only one affected: other homes, businesses and schools lie in the path of the road. Theo has to tell his friend the bad news: for once, the law isn''t on his side, and there''s very little anyone can do to end the destruction. Theo joins the campaign to stop the road. But when he stumbles on a terrible secret about the corrupt men behind the plan - a secret it is illegal for him to know - Theo must figure out how to keep the developers from breaking the law . . . without breaking it himself.******************Trade ReviewIf you aspire to turn your children into lawyers who will keep you in your old age, John Grisham's Theodore Boone, his first novel for young people, might be for you. * Sunday Times *Nobody does legal fiction better. * Daily Express *Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist. * The New York Times *Gripping... I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery. I think everyone will be enthralled by Theodore Boone. * Scholastic News *A master of his craft. * The Guardian *
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Hodder & Stoughton The Racketeer
Book Synopsis''No one does it better than Grisham'' - TelegraphHe was betrayed by the FBI. Now he wants revenge . . .Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered.Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five.His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning, his law clerks panicked, called the FBI, and in due course the agents found the crime scene. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies - Judge Fawcett and his young secretary.I did not know Judge Fawcett, but I know who killed him, and why.I am a lawyer, and I am in prison.It''s a long story.Trade ReviewElectrifying * Guardian *The best thriller writer alive -- Ken FollettNo one does it better than Grisham * Daily Telegraph *Exhilarating . . . surprising . . . ingenious * New York Times *
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Hodder & Stoughton The Racketeer
Book Synopsis''No one does it better than Grisham'' - TelegraphHe was betrayed by the FBI. Now he wants revenge . . .Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered.Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five.His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning, his law clerks panicked, called the FBI, and in due course the agents found the crime scene. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies - Judge Fawcett and his young secretary.I did not know Judge Fawcett, but I know who killed him, and why.I am a lawyer, and I am in prison.It''s a long story.Trade ReviewElectrifying * Guardian *The best thriller writer alive -- Ken FollettNo one does it better than Grisham * Daily Telegraph *Exhilarating . . . surprising . . . ingenious * New York Times *
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Hodder & Stoughton Gray Mountain
Book Synopsis''No one does it better than Grisham'' - TelegraphDonovan Gray is ruthless and fearless. Just the kind of lawyer you need, deep in small-town Appalachia.Samantha Kofer is a world away from her former life at New York''s biggest law firm. If she is going to survive in coal country, she needs to start learning fast.Because as Donovan knows only too well, the mountains have their own laws. And standing up for the truth means putting your life on the line . . .What readers are saying about GRAY MOUNTAIN''The worst kind of corporate exploitation of the poor in rural areas is exposed . . . Absolute suspense and drama filled the pages'' - 5 STARS''Such a good read'' - 5 STARS''Thoroughly enjoyed every word, sentence and page!'' - 5 STARS 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:NO ONE WRITES DRATrade ReviewJohn Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers * Telegraph *The best thriller writer alive -- Ken FollettAn important new novel * Washington Post *Leaves one eager for more * Spectator *
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Pan Macmillan Personal Injuries
Book SynopsisScott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of numerous bestselling works of fiction, including his first novel, Presumed Innocent and it's sequel, Innocent. Mr Turow has been a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, a national law firm, since 1986, concentrating on criminal defence. He was elected the President of the Authors Guild in 2010.
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Pan Macmillan The Laws of our Fathers
Book SynopsisThe classic legal thriller from the master of the genre.Trade ReviewMoving . . . compelling . . . wonderfully colourful. * New York Times *Turow is in a category of his own. * San Francisco Chronicle *
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Pan Macmillan Pleading Guilty
Book Synopsis'Scott Turow is master of the legal thriller' – The GuardianSet in a world of corporate conspiracy, money and murder, Pleading Guilty is Scott Turow's third Kindle County legal thriller. His first Kindle County thriller, Presumed Innocent, is now a major TV series from Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal.Meet Mack Malloy. Ex-cop, not-quite-ex-drunk, and partner-on-the-wane in one of the country's most high-powered law firms. A long-time ally of the wayward, Mack is on the trail of a colleague: his firm's star litigator, who has vanished with more than five million dollars of a client's money.It’s a trail that will take him into the enthralling and ominous heart of a city, as Mack desperately fights to reinvent himself from the depths of his own shattered soul . . .Praise for Scott Turow:'Head-and-shoulders above others in the legal thriller genre he created' &Trade ReviewTurow's prose is powerful . . . a tough, vivid urban poetry, singing of ambition and corruption . . . an arresting performance. * New York Times *
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Pan Macmillan Limitations
Book SynopsisThe compulsive legal thriller from Scott Turow.Trade ReviewScott Turow pioneered the modern legal thriller and, for literary panache, is still miles ahead of John Grisham… A typically ambitious Turovian cocktail of intellect and adrenaline * Daily Telegraph *I’ve long been a fan of Scott Turow’s complex and humane legal thrillers. Limitations is ingenious rather than complex but is also humane and thought-provoking * Observer *Scott Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else, and writes with a wonderful precision and style that lifts Limitations far beyond the norm of the genre. Highly recommended * Irish Independent *Fascinating… has the same elegant style, the same skilled storytelling as Presumed Innocent and raises some thought-provoking issues * Sunday Telegraph *Turow sets up the story with consummate expertise. The characters are skilfully portrayed, the plotting is deft and the writing a cut above John Grisham’s * Sunday Times *
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Canongate Books Blow Up
Book SynopsisPhotojournalist Sophie Medina must figure out how the death of a Supreme Court justice and the murder of a homeless man are related before she becomes an assailant''s next target.International photojournalist Sophie Medina and her old school friend Father Jack O''Hara are out for a run on Capitol Hill when they find the body of Associate Supreme Court Justice Everett Townsend lying in an alley, barely alive. Townsend, a diabetic, later dies in the ER from complications due to hypoglycemia.His tragic death has unexpected repercussions for Sophie when Javi, a young homeless man of Sophie''s acquaintance, is murdered. Before he died, Javi told her a shocking story about Townsend that could have a devastating impact on the nation''s highest court - and on the American justice system - if word got out. Unable to persuade anyone that what she learned is true and on the run from whoever is protecting Townsend''s dark secret, Sophie searches a collectio
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Canongate Books Witness for the Persecution
Book SynopsisMovie premieres, murder charges and celebrity shenanigans? It''s all in a day''s work for New Jersey prosecutor turned LA family lawyer Sandy Moss.Copperman knows how to entertain - Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewFormer New Jersey prosecutor Sandy Moss moved to a prestigious Los Angeles law firm to make a new start as a family lawyer. So it seems a little unfair that Seaton, Taylor have created a criminal law division specifically for her. Just because she''s successfully defended two murder trials, it doesn''t mean she likes them!But when abrasive Hollywood movie director Robert Reeves is accused of murdering a stuntman on set, Sandy finds she can''t say no when he demands her help. Robert might be an unpleasant, egotistical liar, but something tells Sandy that he''s innocent - even if no one else can see it.At least this time, she reassures herself, her charismatic, adorable, and oh-so annoying TV star boyfriend Patrick
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Canongate Books The Whispering Dead
Book SynopsisThe past comes back to haunt MI6 secret agent Cordelia Hemlock in this spy thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author David MarkTop-level espionage fiction - Booklist Starred Review Cordelia Hemlock is teetering on the verge of joining MI6 when she meets the enigmatic Walt, a high-ranking member of the Secret Intelligence Service, who tells her: They won''t want you to do well. They won''t ever trust you. They don''t trust me and I''m one of them. She takes this as a challenge rather than a warning. She wants to protect the nation. Serve Queen and country. Who would turn down such a glorious opportunity?Fourteen years later, Cordelia is desk-bound after finishing an undercover operation and going quietly mad with boredom. So when the call comes through on the top-secret Pandora line - so-called after the locked-box the telephone is kept in - she answers it.It''s Walt. No longer officially MI6, he sti
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Canongate Books My Cousin Skinny
Book SynopsisA dream of a wedding turns into a bloody nightmare for LA family lawyer Sandy Moss''s cousin Skinny in the latest instalment of the critically acclaimed Jersey Girl Legal mystery series. Sandy might have to take on her trickiest case yet!An uncomfortable weekend awaits LA family lawyer Sandy Moss when she makes her way to her hometown in New Jersey for the wedding of her cousin Stephanie, sweetly nicknamed Skinny. Uncomfortable, because Sandy is not really looking forward to seeing her family, but at least her boyfriend, Hollywood movie star Patrick McNabb, is by her side.However, if Sandy thought a weekend with her criticising mother and aggravating sister was bad, she definitely wasn''t prepared for the rehearsal event at the wedding venue! When Skinny enters the room, all eyes are on her and her beautiful party dress . . . covered in blood, with a knife in her hand.Skinny says she didn''t do it. But with dozens of wedding guests witnessing her dramatic entrance, the question of who killed the corpse in the kitchen seems an easy one to answer - and an equally easy court case to lose. Reluctantly agreeing to represent her cousin, Sandy sets to work. But how can she save Skinny when she''s not at all sure she''s innocent . . . and when Skinny seems oddly determined to put herself in jail?Loveable, streetwise heroine Sandy "could give Perry Mason a run for his money" (Kirkus Reviews). If you like witty, fast-paced cozies, legal shenanigans and a touch of romance, why not try the series out?
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Canongate Books Judgment at Santa Monica
Book SynopsisHollywood stars, sunshine, stabbings . . . New Jersey prosecutor turned LA family lawyer Sandy Moss is back with a bang in the second book in this fun, witty and fast-paced cosy legal mystery series.The last person family lawyer Sandy Moss expects to walk into her courtroom, right in the middle of a trial, is TV star Patrick McNabb: prime suspect in her first (and she hopes, last) murder case.Sandy knows what Patrick''s like. Friendly, overconfident, dazzlingly handsome . . . and a well-meaning menace. But his request seems harmless enough. His dear friend Cynthia is getting divorced, and he thinks Sandy''s perfect for the job. She accepts - because he''s Patrick and there is no denying him.But of course it''s not that simple. Soon Sandy''s tangled up in yet another murder - and Patrick, who''s currently playing a private detective on TV, believes he''s essential to solving the whole thing . . .Fast-paced, funny and larger than life,
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Canongate Books The Sister Queens
Book SynopsisTwo rival queens. History''s greatest playwright. And a deadly plot for the crown.London, 1600. With no legitimate heir to Queen Elizabeth''s throne, and no clear successor, England finds itself in a supremely perilous moment.When spymaster Anthony Bacon commands esteemed playwright William Shakespeare to write a play on the poisonous history of Queen Elizabeth and the rival monarch she executed, Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, Will knows that Elizabeth''s one-time favorite, the powerful Earl of Essex, will use the play to try to seize her throne.Must Will be ensnared in a ruthless plot fated to tumble his country into civil war? Or can he navigate a treacherous path through the dark warrens of London and the tortuous world of Elizabethan politics to save his family, his country, and his Queen?
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Threshold Editions The Eye of Moloch
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Scribner Book Company River of No Return A Jake Trent Novel
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Little, Brown & Company The Book of Fate
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Time Warner Trade Publishing The Crossing
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Little, Brown & Company Duplicity
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£13.59
Time Warner Trade Publishing The Brass Verdict
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Grand Central Publishing The Alibi
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Grand Central Publishing The Panther 6 John Corey Novel
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Grand Central Publishing The Panther 6 A John Corey Novel 6
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Grand Central Publishing Testimony
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Grand Central Publishing The Escape Artist
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Time Warner Trade Publishing The Brass Verdict
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Little, Brown & Company The Gods of Guilt
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Little, Brown & Company Cathedral
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Time Warner Trade Publishing Radiant Angel
Book Synopsis Prescient and chilling, DeMille''s #1 New York Times bestselling novel takes us into the heart of a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs. After a showdown with the notorious Yemeni terrorist known as The Panther, John Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task Force and returned home to New York City, taking a job with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Although Corey''s new assignment with the DSG-surveilling Russian diplomats working at the U.N. Mission-is thought to be a quiet end, he is more than happy to be out from under the thumb of the FBI and free from the bureaucracy of office life. But Corey realizes something the U.S. government doesn''t: The all-too-real threat of a newly resurgent Russia. When Vasily Petrov, a colonel in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service posing as a diplomat with the Russian U.N. Mission, mysteriously disappears from a Russian oligarch''s party in Southampton, it''s up
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Dundurn Group Ltd Remember Tokyo
Book SynopsisIn Tokyo, Charlie Hillier discovers you can't always bank on the truth.Fresh off a harrowing experience in Russia, Charlie is keen to lay low, and his latest posting to Tokyo offers him the chance to immerse himself in a truly foreign culture.Charlie is soon drawn into his first consular case when a successful young investment banker winds up in a coma following acar accident. After a man claiming to be a friend of the banker's turns up dead, Charlie and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police inspector assigned to investigate the murder, Chikako Kobayashi, discover that trusting the banker who emerges from his coma with amnesia may be a dangerous decision.As Charlie tries to sift truth from deceit, he's unsure if he's dealing with a man whose accident has brought about a profound change for the better or a devious criminal lurking behind a convenient facade.Trade ReviewWilkshire takes full advantage of the Tokyo setting to contrast Charlie’s Western attitudes with Eastern customs in this winning mix of diplomacy and sleuthing * Publishers Weekly *A travelogue and thriller in one go... Wilkshire describes Tokyo so well that I felt as though I were navigating the metro with the characters... A great read. * Breakaway Reviewers *Wilkshire appears just as—if not more—interested in his setting than his plot. And why not? … [he] is happy to jump into the plot when the story calls for it, and just as content to let the twists simmer as he leads his protagonist through an entirely new metropolis playground. * Mystery Scene Magazine *
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Dundurn Group Ltd This Shall Be a House of Peace
Book SynopsisAfter the collapse of Afghanistan's Soviet-backed government, a mullah finds himself doing anything to protect his students.Chaos reigns in the wake of the collapse of Afghanistan''s Soviet-backed government. In the rural, warlord-ruled south, a student is badly beaten at a checkpoint run by bandits. His teacher, who leads a madrassa for orphans left behind by Afghanistan's civil war, leads his students back to the checkpoint and forces the bandits out. His actions set in motion a chain of events that will change the balance of power in his country and send shock waves through history.Amid villagers seeking protection and warlords seeking power, the Mullah''s influence grows. Against the backdrop of anarchy dominated by armed factions, he devotes himself to building a house of peace with his students or, as they are called in Pashto, taliban. Part intrigue, part war narrative, and part historical drama, This Shall Be a House of Peace chaTrade ReviewHalton’s debut is a must-read for all who turn to books for an understanding of worlds other than their own. * Booklist (starred review) *It's easy to look at the Taliban as a faceless, fanatic menace, but This Shall Be a House of Peace offers us something different: humanity and understanding. Phil Halton has told a story that feels both mythic and direct. * Matt Lennox, author of Knucklehead *This Shall Be a House of Peace won me fully from the first page. I could taste the dust of Afghanistan again and could see the hills and villages and the people in them. If we could go back in time and have the soldiers and generals of the last eighteen years of war read this book, perhaps we could have come up with better outcomes for Afghanistan than we have to date * Dr. Kristian C. Gustafson, Senior Lecturer, Brunel University *Gritty, unsparingly realistic, and disturbing. And at the same time, Halton’s prose is beautiful and haunting. * A Ruined Chapel by Moonlight *
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Dundurn Group Ltd True Patriots
Book SynopsisFINALIST FOR THE 2021 CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA BEST CRIME FIRST NOVEL FINALIST FOR THE 2021 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZEPolitical subterfuge, extremist separatist plots, and two strangers racing to stop it all.A country to kill for The career of Claire Marcoux, a young naval officer, threatens to come crashing down after she orders the ship under her command to return fire on a boat that she was supposed to rescue. The quiet life of Daniel Ritter, a new professor in a new town, is turned upside down when the celebrity entrepreneur he was unexpectedly invited to meet is found murdered. Thrown together by chance, Claire and Daniel discover that they are involved in the same fight against an unknown enemy a foe with a plot that endangers the lives of many and the very existence of the country they both cherish.Trade ReviewRussell Fralich’s debut novel is a timely thriller, in which two seemingly unrelated plot lines converge in a surprising and explosive conclusion…Fralich skillfully weaves a tale full of intrigue, action and political subterfuge. Taking its place among the best of Canadian action thrillers, True Patriots is a timely, prophetic reminder about the dangers of division. * Dave Butler, award-winning author of the Jenny Willson mysteries *[The book] is well-written and exciting... easy and enjoyable to read. * Western Standard *
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HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd The Inside Man
Book SynopsisHe's the only one who can stop a massacre ... The unputdownable action thriller from Australia's no.1 true crime writer. Riley Jax, convicted murderer. Once a promising engineer in the army, he lost everything in a single night when he killed a man â an act he cannot remember. It's a devastating gap in an otherwise perfect memory. Now he's facing a new life, one behind bars, where he has to learn a whole different set of rules and only the toughest survive. And as a series of deadly bombings rocks the outside world, the only man who might be able to find the truth behind the conspiracy ... is on the inside. Australia's no.1 true crime writer lets his imagination off the leash in this unputdownable action thriller for all fans of Matthew Reilly, Lee Child and David Baldacci. 'An exciting action thriller ... An enjoyable, easy flowing tale that will keep you turning the pages' Canberra Weekly'A gripping new action thriller ... The story moves along at a lightning-fast pace. [Phe
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