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DI Zoe Finch has been in Cumbria long enough to know who’s pulling the strings in organised crime, and who’s helping them from within the police. But just as she’s closing in on the evidence to prove it, she finds herself scrambling in the fallout from the murder of a key witness, and struggling to keep the case out of the hands of the very man she suspects of orchestrating it. Can the women rescued from a human trafficking ring help Zoe wrest back control of the investigation? And does a seemingly unrelated murder on the other side of the Lake District hold the key to bringing her enemies to justice? With the team thrust into unfamiliar roles and the whole station under investigation, the stakes have never been higher. Can Zoe and her team hold it together under mounting pressure?

‘The best thing you''ll read this year’ KILEY REID‘So beautiful’ SARAH JESSICA PARKER‘One of those books I will read again and again’ JOJO MOYES‘Very funny, very touching’ DAVID NICHOLLS‘Moving, absorbing, evocative’ SARA COLLINS‘Wonderful ... Compelling ... Very funny’ MARINA HYDE‘I devoured it…. Exquisitely written, poignant and funny’ FEARNE COTTON‘This book will be your friend’ MIRANDA HARTA crackling, comical, tender, and highly original novel about mental health, the certainties of medicine, buried trauma, love, death and time lost in the crushing – and comical – hopes of modern life_______________________________________________________Vita Woods is on the brink. She has a good job and a successful doctor boyfriend, Max, with whom the sex is great and the chat sufficient; a vivacious and charming sister Gracie, her verbal sparring partner and best friend for life; and she’s even got a goldfish called Whitney Houston, who brightens her days by showing her she''s not the only one going round in circles. Because it’s the days that are Vita’s problem. Vita is not leaving the house. In fact, Vita rarely exits the basement apartment where she lives, since Vita is in “The Pit” – a place of deep exhaustion and semi-consciousness where she spends much of her time, dead to the world and to herself. She has been sick for months, with an illness that no doctor, not even Max, can medically diagnose. One day an unexpected courier delivery forces Vita upstairs, into the light - and into a chance encounter with her neighbours upstairs. Suddenly, Vita finds herself faced with an even trickier dilemma. She likes her new friends; she’ll even sneak upstairs to see them while Max is out, against all medical advice but something about her “condition” is nagging at the borders of her mind. After all, what is a house-bound girl to do when she can’t keep the light, her new friendships, or - worst of all - her memories out? The problem might be Vita herself but as far as anyone can prove... there’s nothing wrong with her.‘Encompasses so many things: a whole life - sorrows, damage, hopes'' RICHARD CURTIS''Surreal, magical, totally original'' SATHNAM SANGHERA''Deep and dark and beautiful'' ESTHER FREUDPRAISE FOR KATE WEINBERG AND THE TRUANTS''One of the standout books of the summer'' Stylist''Magical in every way . . . One of the best novels I''ve ever read'' Fearne Cotton''As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery . . . An impressive debut'' The Times

Two countries. Two murders. A determined detective about to risk everything.When two killings take place thousands of miles apart in Canada and Alaska, Detective Bernadette Callahan''s instincts tell her there''s a link.But her superiors disagree, and they move to silence her.Undeterred, Callahan delves deeper and finds an ally deep in rural Alaska. A fellow detective, also under pressure to close his inquiries. The pair are forced into the shadows to work, where they uncover unlikely suspects and a conspiracy linked to Alaska?s billion-dollar oil supply.Powerful forces will stop at nothing to stop the detectives. As they close in, Callahan realizes she is out of time.A page-turning crime thriller that will keep you guessing to the very end._____________________________________________________________________________Praise for the Bernadette Callahan Mysteries:? Bernadette is my kind of cop!? A good action story set in the wilds of Alaska and Canada? This was a really good fun read? I will be thinking of this one for a long time. A sign of a good story.? Well written, well told tale.? A very intriguing heroine and plot.

Five victims, bonded by blood. A detective blinded by revenge.Jake Sawyer is suffering. After a bruising confrontation with a cruel killer, he has isolated himself in a remote cottage in the bleak and beautiful northern Peak District.Facing an uncertain future, he resumes his covert investigation into his mother?s murder, and enters therapy to explore his lack of primal fear response.When an ex-TV personality is found murdered, from a single stab wound to the heart, Sawyer suspects a ritualistic element. But then a second victim is found, and he forms a terrifying theory about the killer?s twisted logic.As Sawyer edges closer to mental collapse, he must protect the killer?s targets as he uncovers the truth behind the death of his mother.A truth that will put his reputation, and freedom, at risk.___________________________________________________________? ?Grabs right away and doesn?t let up until the last sentence.?? ?Had to finish it in one sitting.?? ?Gripping and well crafted.?? ?Brilliant.?? ?Leaves you open-mouthed and wanting more.?? ?Sawyer is not your everyday detective.?? ?Full of twists and turns.?? ?I couldn?t put it down.?? ?A gripping story that keeps you guessing.?? ?So many mysteries in one story.?? ?Awesome.?? ?Amazing.?? ?Can?t wait for the next book.?

Oxford, 1942. Frederick Rowlands receives an urgent summons to the university city from his old friend - also a blinded war veteran - Major Ian Fraser. They are to meet Professor Duncan Challoner, Fellow of Brasenose College, now working with MI5 at nearby Blenheim Palace. Challoner is about to divulge the identity of an enemy agent at Blenheim - but is murdered before he can do so. Also taking an interest in the case is MI5 agent Iris Barnes, who has her own reasons for wanting to track down the traitor.Now the race is on to find the murderer before he - or she - can kill again, and to prevent vital plans for a covert British mission to steal key components of the German radar system from under the enemy''s nose being compromised. For Rowlands, the stakes could not be higher, in this deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

<p>A single terrible mistake cost David Hawkins everything. His marriage. His relationship with his daughter - and his career in the SAS. Now Hawkins is a man on the downward slope of life. Banished from the Regiment, relegated to a desk job at one of Britain's biggest private defence contractors, haunted by the memories of the past.<br><br>But when a talented young engineer dies in mysterious circumstances, Hawkins is sent down to Plymouth to investigate. Working alongside the company's new cyber-security expert, Alex Millar, Hawkins must find out who murdered the engineer - and why.<br><br>What begins as a straightforward case soon turns into a deadly manhunt, as Hawkins and Millar pursue their quarry from the streets of Liverpool to the Firth of Clyde, in a frantic race against time to expose a deadly conspiracy targeting the heart of the UK's defences. Win, and they'll prevent a terrifying attack. Fail, and Britain will be at the mercy of its deadliest enemy...</p>

She didn't want men to be in love with her. She wanted power and a dangerous gamble and the fun of winning and putting herself over as a sweet saviour, till at last she came to believe it herself. Lorna Blake is a woman able to create her own reality a pathological liar, narcissist conman, and devoted single mother to two daughters, Jay and Molly. When her eldest needs lifesaving treatment that they cannot afford, Lorna takes up the risky but thrilling activity of taking her young daughters to the halls of wealthy strangers to beg, with tales of husbands dead, deserted, and insane. But as her daughters grow up struggling to differentiate between fact and fiction, it ultimately becomes harder for them to cleave themselves from their mother's web of lies and justifications. Acted out in the hallways of London mansions and across several continents, The Woman in the Hall is part psychological drama, part cat-and-mouse chase, as well as a darkly comic portrait of how the figure of a single mother could wring pity from 1930s society.

Preorder The Waterfall, the brand new Gareth Rubin novel, coming Autumn 2025.THE CLEVER AND INTRIGUING CRIME MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE TURNGLASS.A new Sherlock Holmes novel, endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate.  'A wonderfully entertaining, high-speed, high-stakes adventure with two, no FOUR and more, characters from classic detective fiction! Holmes and Moriarty by Gareth Rubin is the real deal: an accomplished tribute, true to the spirit of Conan-Doyle, but with a thrillingly original story and enough accomplished inventiveness to captivate and satisfy. The perfect fix for Holmes fans - thoroughly recommended!' Janice HallettTwo adversaries. One deadly alliance. Together, can they unlock the truth?  Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds to help him solve a puzzle. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what?   Meanwhile, Holmes’ archenemy, Professor James Moriarty is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up.   But their investigation puts them in the way of Holmes and Watson and it’s not long before all four realise that they are being targeted by the same person. With lives on the line, not just their own, they must form an uneasy alliance in order to unmask the true villain. With clues leading them to a hotel in Switzerland and a conspiracy far greater than any of them expected, who can be trusted – and will anyone of them survive? 'Beautifully written and perfectly capturing the Holmesian spirit. And, yes, sometimes I side with Prof. Moriarty, and I don't care who knows it. Love an evil genius . . .' Vaseem Khan  'Holmes and Moriarty is a rip-roaring thriller, fast-paced and twisty as the greatest detective and the greatest criminal become unlikely allies against the most formidable foes' Martin EdwardsPraise for The Turnglass:  'A bold, breathtaking piece of writing that absolutely nails its two books in one conceit. I doubt I'll ever read anything like it again, which is the highest compliment I can offer' Stuart Turton 'A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight' Chris Whitaker  'An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations' Guardian

THE STORY: 1989 The Dalmatian Coast. The investigation into a young woman''s disappearance falters as Yugoslavia plunges into civil war. Another three decades will pass before the truth is revealed. In a fishing village on the coast of Croatia, Silva, a 17-year-old girl, disappears one night. She is beautiful and cheeky, admired by many; but the police investigation led by Inspector Gorki Sain reveals a more complex portrait of Silva than her family believed. She dabbled in drugs and resold heroin. The police investigation is brought to a halt as Tito''s Yugoslavia descends into civil war. Only the family of the young woman stubbornly continues the search, amid the upheavals of Croatian society, from the fall of communism, through the 1991-1995 civil war, to the explosion of tourism with its toxic land speculation and corruption. Much happens as if we were witnessing vengeful providence at work in an ancient tragedy, in this case, set off by a sordid crime.

From multi-million copy bestselling author Nora Roberts - a brand new thriller with tragedy and trauma, resilience and revenge. Sometimes a gift can feel more like a curse... 'If you're after the perfect pick-me-up, take-me-away-from-the-world read, then she's your woman' The Guardian 'Nora Roberts is, quite simply, a one-woman phenomenon' Heat Thea Fox is just twelve years old when her parents are brutally slain. With Thea's help the police are able to put their murderer - a psychotic serial killer called Ray Riggs - behind bars for life. Changed forever, Thea slowly learns to come to terms with the events of that terrible night and builds a new life in a small country town where she can breathe in the smells of pine, fresh bread and her grandmother's homemade candles. But the connection that helped Thea put her parents' killer behind bars will come to haunt her. Though her Grandmother calls it a gift, to Thea it feels more like a curse because Ray feels the connection too and though Thea may try to move on, Ray isn't willing to let her go quite so easily...

A missing teenager left for deadA detective staring into the abyss---JAKE SAWYER is in limbo. Facing an internal enquiry into his capture of a vicious killer, he turns private detective, and takes the seemingly hopeless case of a teenage boy, missing for seven years.When a young woman podcaster investigating the boy?s disappearance also goes missing, Sawyer is drawn into the secretive world of urban exploration. But then an adult male body is found, showing signs of extreme torture, and the murder reminds Sawyer of an unsolved case from his early career.He connects the past with the present, uncovering a terrible link which could hold the key to the disappearances.Out of therapy and tormented by trauma, Sawyer must hold himself together as his quest to find the missing boy and woman leads him to the lair of his most terrifying adversary.---Set within the bleak beauty of the UK Peak District, this pacy British detective novel is a murder mystery with twists, dark humour and a compelling lead character whose backstory continues through the series.CHASE THE DEVIL is the fifth book in this series of page-turning thrillers from one of the UK?s sharpest writers.Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, MJ Arlidge, LJ Ross and Michael Connelly.---? ?This series gets better and better.?? ?Tightly plotted and stylishly written.?? ?Great suspense. Found myself second-guessing everything.?-----Praise for Andrew Lowe:? "Prose that gets under your flesh and into your bones."? "Taut and compelling. Not a wasted word."? "Plot and character perfectly intertwined."? "Keeps you reading through the night."? "Poetic and utterly gripping."

'A lean, careening thrill … one of my favourite books of the year' Megan Nolan ‘Riveting reading' The Times 'Irresistible … A page-turning story of sex, power, and money' Vogue, Best Books of 2024 So Far A razor-sharp novel that skewers the life of the uber-rich in the vein of The White Lotus, with shades of The Talented Mr Ripley and The Graduate Conor comes from nothing, but he knows how to win. Tennis has taught him how to be relentless. How to work hard and stay patient, even when your opponent has every advantage. Tennis is what takes Conor to a gated community for the summer, where he can give overpriced lessons to the super-rich. It brings him to Catherine, a bored but intoxicating divorcee twice his age. And to Emily, a girl he might actually love. As the summer heats up, Conor finds himself not just playing a game, but fighting for survival. Will he put his emotions aside for a greater prize? After all, in tennis, love means nothing. TOP OF THE LIST ON THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST THRILLERS OF 2024 ‘Wayne’s plot was made to gallop, and it does not disappoint’ New York Times 'Terrific' Wall Street Journal 'Well-paced, smart … A savvy take on sex, money and power … A movie-ready page turner' Washington Post WHAT READERS ARE SAYING… 'Wow, talk about a can’t-put-down book' ? 'Aced it! An absolute page turner!' ? 'I had hard time going to sleep at night because I was so engaged and couldn’t stop reading' ? 'Where in the world have I been that I have never discovered this writer before?' ?

The Campions are snowed in at Christmas, but just when they think it can''t get any colder, their holidays take an even chillier turn.1962, Norfolk. Boxing Day looks set to be a quiet affair for the Campions when they are snowed in at their remote farmhouse, Carterers ? until a charabanc full of ?pilgrims? travelling from London to the Shrine of Our Lady in nearby Walsingham crashes into their imposing granite gateposts and the family unexpectedly find themselves playing host to the eccentric passengers.But any lingering festive cheer is in short supply when a shocking discovery is made the following day, while a terrifying twist reveals that some of the guests are not who they seem. Which ? if any ? can they trust? Suddenly hostage to events, the Campions are drawn into a fiendish web of espionage as the Cold War comes chillingly close to home.

The stakes have never been higher for Geraldine Steel. When Alice Lewis is found murdered, the case becomes personal for DI Steel, as Alice was the niece of her childminder, Lisa. Despite Lisa’s earlier pleas for help, Geraldine hadn’t acted in time to save Alice. Now, driven by guilt and a thirst for justice, Geraldine dives headfirst into the case. But the deeper she digs, the more layers of secrets and lies she uncovers about Alice's life, forcing her to question everything she thought she knew. With an elusive killer watching her every move, Geraldine finds herself caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Leigh Russell delivers a masterful tale of suspense, keeping readers on edge until the final shocking twist.

‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN 'Gripping … Bravura storytelling' VOGUE 'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMES From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a nineteenth-century women's asylum, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Dr Silas Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics. There, his work focuses on women who have been neglected by the state – women he subjects to grotesque modes of experimentation. Based on authentic historical documents, Butcher is a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche. 'A ghastly and harrowing page-turner' STEPHEN KING, via X 'A triumph of style and brio’ FINANCIAL TIMES 'Terrifying' FLAUNT 'Vividly and compellingly-drawn' iNEWS

Bologna, 1944. World-weary Comandante De Luca is tasked with investigating three brutal murders, with the lives of ten Italian hostages on the line. The pitch-black prequel to the Inspector De Luca quartet, by the master of Italian Noir.   ‘A brutal evocation of a dystopian past, a stunning winter portrait of the debris and human detritus of wartime Bologna, and a gripping and complex trio of murders’ Peter May   ‘Imbued with the cruel compromises of a city on the brink of collapse, immersive, evocative and as opaque as the soot-stained snow, this is historical crime fiction at its finest’ Tom Benjamin   ‘A truly insightful, penetrating and raw portrait of a man and a city ravaged by bloody conflict and the terror of fascism and war’ Paul Burke, European Literature Network    _____   In November 1944, in the worst winter ever known in Bologna, in the depths of the war, the bomb-scarred streets are home to starving refugees who have fled the advancing Allies. The Fascist Black Brigades, the officers of the S.S. and the partisans of the Italian Resistance compete for control of the city streets in bloody skirmishes.  Comandante De Luca, who has proved himself “the most brilliant investigator” in Bologna, but who is now unwillingly working for the Political Police in a building that doubles as a torture facility, finds himself in trouble when three murders land on his desk: a professor shot through the eye, an engineer beaten to death, and a German corporal left to be gnawed on by rats in a flooded cellar.   De Luca must rapidly unravel all three cases with ten lives on the line: ten Italian hostages who will face a Nazi firing squad if the corporal’s killing is not solved to the German command’s satisfaction.   As he navigates a web of personal and political motivations – his life increasingly at risk – De Luca will not stop until he has uncovered the dangerous secrets concealed in the frozen heart of his city.    _____   ‘One of Italy’s most acclaimed crime authors’ Barry Forshaw   ‘The unravelling of the three cases is fraught with hazard and takes the reader on a dark journey into the terrible place that Bologna has become … not just a gripping whodunnit, but also a glimpse into the grim winter where this murder mystery is set’ Historical Novel Society   ‘Tasked with an impossible job in a world in turmoil for which the “noir” adjective seems almost inadequate, De Luca must survive on his wits and beyond in a tense race against time in a world of torn loyalties, both political and personal. The return of a much-tortured but believable character’ Maxim Jakubowski, CrimeTime ‘A stripped-down historical thriller loaded with tension’ La Repubblica   ‘The Darkest Winter paints the portrait of a city devastated by war, scarred by bombs and with its poorest inhabitants living in desperation. The result is a living fresco, a snapshot of an era. The quality of Lucarelli’s research, in-depth analysis and narrative style put him in a league of his own’ Corriere della Serra   ‘Lucarelli has proven yet again that he is an extraordinary writer, navigating with ease the murky waters between crime fiction, historical novel and social commentary’ La Nuova   ‘Lucarelli’s best work’ La Lettura  Praise for Carlo Lucarelli    ‘A fresh and exciting new voice in Italian crime fiction’ Booklist   ‘A stunning tour de force’ Sunday Telegraph   ‘A compact and powerful masterpiece’ Guardian   ‘Full of the tensions and atmosphere Lucarelli is so adept at creating’ The Times

A shocking attack. A long-lost uncle. Sinister links to ancient Irish Folklore.When an Irish priest narrowly escapes an attempt on his life at a remote Canadian Seminary, Detective Bernadette Callahan finds herself entangled in a mystery that hits unexpectedly close to home.As Callahan delves deeper into the case, a sinister plot emerges, reaching back to the misty shores of Ireland, where ancient tales and myths hold the key to the mystery.Faced with a past she tried to leave behind and deadly forces intent on silencing the priest, Callahan must race against time to unravel a complex web of secrets before it''s too late.A masterfully woven police procedural and a gripping addition to the Bernadette Callahan Mystery Thriller series. Page-turning action and shocking twists, this female detective mystery will keep you guessing until the very end. ________________________________________________________________________________________________Praise for the Bernadette Callahan Mysteries:? Good read!!? Bernadette does it again? Roaring good time!? An excellent quick read could not put it down. A good mystery. Enjoyed the whole series? Good series? Different but a great read

It''s 1881. 8 years have passed since Grace and Lucius Everly were punished for their crimes against humanity, yet Evergreen House is still not clean of their sins. In The Surgeon''s House, sequel to The Small Museum, Maddie''s sister, Rebecca, remains uneasy. Mysterious deaths, the unwelcome presence of Grace''s husband, Edward Threlfall, and consistent intrusions from members of the authorities force Rebecca to question the stability of the life she has created.Thwarted at every turn, caught between society''s patriarchal gaze and the Victorian era''s obsession with science and morality, it appears as though Rebecca must relinquish all that she has worked towards. How can she protect the lives of the women and children, to whom she has promised safety, when it feels as though the very walls breathe their secrets and betray her trust? Jody Cooksley''s writing is immersed in Victoriana. Her debut novel The Glass House focused on photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, The Small Museum was inspired by the extraordinary cabinet of curiosities that is the Hunterian Museum in London.

A mother''s dying prayerA son''s unholy vengeance---JAKE SAWYER is damaged. Haunted by guilt after surviving an attack that left four people dead, he returns to work under a cloud of professional scrutiny, straight into a disturbing new case.When the desecrated body of a recently released murderer is dumped at a Peak District beauty spot, Sawyer suspects the killing is delayed vigilante justice. But as further victims emerge, he realises the motive runs deeper into the distant past, and he may be facing an insatiable killer guided by a higher power.With the murder hunt intensifying, Sawyer?s team are pushed to the limit when a lethal old enemy abducts the wife of a high profile politician, forcing him into a dangerous alliance.As Sawyer grapples with both enquiries, his self-destructive urges threaten to overwhelm him. And when the love of his life is marked for death, Sawyer?s long-suppressed trauma finally breaks out in an explosion of righteous fury.---This chilling and pacy British detective novel is a murder mystery with twists, dark humour and a complex lead character whose backstory continues through the series.FEAR OF GOD is the eighth book in this addictive series of page-turning crime thrillers from one of the UK?s sharpest writers.Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, MJ Arlidge, LJ Ross and Michael Connelly.