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'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times_________________________Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy investigating calm, low-stakes embezzlement cases – that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a case only he can solve. Adam Valois, the missing son of a wealthy Los Gatos couple, was found floating dead in the Bay with a head injury and drugs in his system. The police have lost interest, ruling it an overdose. But as Clay digs deeper into Adam’s mysterious death, he begins to suspect darker forces are at play…______________PRAISE FOR JONATHAN KELLERMAN'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph'High-octane entertainment' The Times'Jonathan Kellerman has delivered the goods again, adding another instalment to a series that shows no sign of running out of steam' Shots Magazine

'As much a social satire as it is a crime caper . . . nothing short of marvellous' i NEWS'Addictive, provocative, and utterly fresh' RIZ AHMED'Succession meets Seven in this fine, multi-layered thriller' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A propulsive thriller with an enjoyable side order of social satire' GUARDIAN'Full of unhinged characters, this is a gripping tale of power, drama and toxic relationships' WOMAN'S OWN'What lingers longest in the memory is the silky fluency of the writing and Ahmad’s feel for boundless wealth' THE TIMES'The epitome of a page-turner . . . a gripping tale of murder, mystery and family dynamics, set against the glittering backdrop of NYC' PA MEDIAGood-natured but naive, Mumbai party boy Ali Azeem is drifting through life. Then he meets the Khan sisters: pretty, marriage-material Maryam and sexy, unpredictable, off-the-rails Farhan. They are the daughters of Abbas Khan, the formidable immigrant patriarch of a glittering property empire, who has succeeded in making New York City his playground. Ali finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the Khan family’s seductive world of private jets and towering skyscrapers. He begins to uncover rumours of affairs, accusations of corruption – and a troubling connection to the serial killer who once stalked the streets of Manhattan. As he closes in on the truth and learns the cost of the Khans' unattainable wealth and power, Ali must decide: is it a price worth payin? caper, social satire, and propulsive thriller rolled into one, A Killer in the Family is a wild ride through the streets of Mumbai and New York City. Told in an electric, unforgettable voice, it probes the dark underbelly of the American Dream – leading its reader through a dizzying maze of lies, corruption and murder.

From the pioneering scientist and longevity expert, Dr Florence Comite, the new science-backed guide to future-proof your body and mind, defy your genetic destiny, and live a healthier, longer life. What determines how long, and how well, we live? Many of us assume we should look to our family history for clues - will we have a heart attack at fifty like Dad or develop Type 2 diabetes at seventy like Mum? It makes sense that we'd inherit the same path to ageing. But your genes do not have to be your destiny. Dr Florence Comite is the leading expert in healthy longevity, using precision medicine to help her patients reverse symptoms of biological ageing. Her clinical research shows that, even into middle-age, you can reverse the unhealthy trajectory you're on, live disease- and pain-free, active and happy, and recapture the energy of your twenties. In her groundbreaking new book, Dr Comite offers a comprehensive, science-backed plan to improve your health and longevity. Based on years of clinical research and real case studies, Invincible will empower you to better understand your physiology, identify your unique health trajectory, and understand the specific proactive interventions that will stop and reverse biological ageing, metabolic disorders, heart disease and memory decline. Unhealthy ageing is not inevitable; this book will show you how to become invincible.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the pioneering scientist and longevity expert, Dr Florence Comite, the new science-backed guide to future-proof your body and mind, defy your genetic destiny, and live a healthier, longer life. ‘A powerful, science-driven roadmap to healthy longevity’ - MARY CLAIRE HAVER, bestselling author of The New Menopause‘Gives you the tools to understand your unique biology – and change the trajectory of your health for decades to come.’ - DR MARK HYMAN, bestselling author of Young ForeverYour genes do not have to be your destiny. Leading endocrinologist and longevity expert Dr Florence Comite has helped thousands of patients reverse biological aging and halt emerging diseases. Her proactive precision care is built on one central truth: your unique biology is the key to your longevity. Her clinical research shows that, even into middle-age, you can reverse the unhealthy trajectory you’re on, live disease- and pain-free, active and happy, and recapture the energy of your twenties. In her groundbreaking new book, Dr Comite offers a comprehensive, science-backed plan to improve your health and longevity, based on years of clinical research and real case studies. In Invincible she gives you the tools to:Decode your body’s Five Key Biomarkers — a personalised snapshot of your current and future healthIdentify your risks hidden in your genes, family history and daily habitsDiscover which of the Seven Patterns of Health Decline you may be following — and how to break freeTake targeted, practical steps to reverse biological aging, prevent metabolic decline and thrive in mind and body for decades to comeDrawing on two plus decades of clinical research, she shares her Nof1™ approach, which is tailored to your unique needs and backed by science, showing you how to you reclaim your health, extend your active years and enjoy the vibrant life you deserve — at any age. Unhealthy ageing is not inevitable; this book will show you how to become invincible. Praise for Invincible:‘Distils decades of clinical experience into a practical path to a longer, healthier life.’DAVID A SINCLAIR, bestselling author of Lifespan‘Provides a roadmap for reversing aging and building strong, resilient, health for life.’DAVID ZINCZENKO, bestselling author of Eat This, Not That!‘[Comite] is a brilliant, forward-thinking physician-scientist, and her book will guide anyone who wants to expand their healthspan to match their lifespan.’ DEAN ORNISH, bestselling author of UnDo It!

Get ready to be hooked by the first book in the thrilling and atmospheric DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation series, by the million-copy-selling crime writer. An experienced detective’s unorthodox methods land him in troubled waters... 'Pitch-perfect crime writing.' DAILY EXPRESS'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader ReviewWhen a young man drowns after a boisterous party in a small riverside town, his friends and family report it to the Kings Lake police as a devastating accident. DC Smith, newly returned from leave, and the young, ambitious trainee Christopher Waters are assigned to the case as a routine investigation. But the post-mortem reveals violent injuries, witnesses give contradictory accounts of the events leading up to the drowning and locals seem determined to redirect their attention. Becoming increasingly suspicious of institutional caution and external interference, Smith and Waters strike out on their own. As they get closer to the truth, they realise the danger is not quite over. 'Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES

‘An extraordinary intervention. If you want to understand the stakes and the limitations of contemporary conflict over culture and colonial history this bold, provocative book is an indispensable resource’ Paul Gilroy, founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Race and Racism at UCL‘Hicks’ must-read book describes how it was possible for a human skull to be made into a drinking cup and used in a genteel Oxford college, well into the 21st century, as if empire were an eternal state of nature . . . Read it to learn new ways to be anti-racist, abolitionist and to tell other stories than those commemorated by the monuments that surround us, from statues, to museums and the police’ Nicholas Mirzoeff, author of White Sight‘Brave and clear-sighted. Hicks opens up an extraordinary conversation between the past and the present. This is a book about falling statues, but so much more. It’s about how we’ve been lied to, and how we can approach the past with honesty. Hicks asks whether history and archaeology should be used to justify actions we know impinge on the rights of others - or to understand ourselves better’ Alice Roberts, bestselling author of Crypt ‘Dan Hicks writes with grace and fierce focus about what we choose to remember and why, in our patterns of thought, our institutions and the built environment in which we live’ Eyal Weizman, director of Forensic ArchitectureThe culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn’t even a culture war; it was a war on culture. A sustained attack, Dan Hicks argues, in the form of the weaponisation of civic museums, public art, and even universities — and one that has a deeper history than you might think. Tracing the origins of contemporary conflicts over art, heritage, memory, and colonialism, Every Monument Will Fall joins the dots between the building of statues, the founding of academic disciplines like archaeology and anthropology, and the warehousing of stolen art and human skulls in museums — including the one in which he is a curator. Part history, part biography, part excavation, the story runs from the Yorkshire wolds to the Crimean War, from southern Ireland to the frontline of the American Civil War, from the City of London to the University of Oxford — revealing enduring legacies of militarism, slavery, racism and white supremacy hardwired into the heart of our cultural institutions. Every Monument Will Fall offers an urgent reappraisal of how we think about culture, and how to find hope, remembrance and reconciliation in the fragments of an unfinished violent past. Refusing to choose between pulling down every statue, or living in a past that we can never change, the book makes the case for allowing monuments to fall once in a while, even those that are hard to see as monuments, rebuilding a memory culture that is in step with our times.

THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM RUTH MANCINI, THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN ON THE LEDGE. 'Lisa Jewell meets the Secret Barrister' Imran Mahmood'Brilliantly smart, unsettlingly human and impossible to put down' Rob Rinder'A propulsive, heart-thumping read' Gill Perdue'A cleverly crafted chilling psychological thriller' Louise Minchin___________You were only seven years old when you witnessed your mother's murder. Although you did not see her attacker clearly, you are pretty sure who it was. Thanks to you, he went to prison for twenty years. Now he's out. And you are no longer certain that the man you identified that terrifying evening really was the killer. But if it wasn’t him, who was the stranger on the stair? nd can he now be coming for yo? nspired by a shocking real-life case, a gripping psychological thriller by a criminal defence lawyer who has seen it all. ___________Praise for Ruth Mancini and The Stranger on the Stairs:'I absolutely raced through this compulsive page-turner ... Well drawn characters - proper plot and great writing. What more could you want?' Imran Mahmood‘It’s gripping and propulsive, but also moving and quiet in all the right places. Bravo!' Sabine Durrant'Kept me guessing (and biting my nails) throughout' Anna Mazzola‘Ruth Mancini is fast becoming a master of the thriller genre' Laura Pearson'Ruth Mancini writes thrillers with the certainty of someone who’s seen the law in action and knows exactly how to unpick it. Brilliantly smart, unsettlingly human and impossible to put down' Rob Rinder'Ruth Mancini is like a British Jodi Picoult' Jennie Godfrey'Only Ruth Mancini can deliver such brilliant twists that keep you turning the pages. Her legal expertise shines through, providing a sense of veracity and immediacy that is uniquely addictive.’ Kelly Mullen'Exciting and addictive' 5-star reader review'I WAS HOOKED!' 5-star reader review‘A super-readable, brilliantly clever domestic thriller’ Fabulous Magazine'A fantastic story that had me gripped from the start' 5-star reader review

Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the very foolish, or the very determined, who held out hope for their return... In the wake of World War I, the world is a decidedly unmagical place. Mouse Dunne once dreamed of becoming a Faerie anthropologist, but with one telegram, her world shattered. At the Somme, her cousin Bertie’s body disappeared into the mud, and her brother Roger came home with devastating shell shock. It was time, she knew, to put aside childish dreams. Then Mouse receives news that her uncle has left her Thistlemarsh Hall, a crumbling manor in the English countryside, once blessed by the Faerie King himself. But there is a catch: if Mouse does not rehabilitate the house in one month's time, she will forfeit her inheritance and any hope of caring for her brother. It looks impossible, until a mysterious Faerie appears with a proposition. Mouse knows better than to trust a Faerie – especially one so insufferably handsome and arrogant – but she is out of options. There are wild and magical forces at work in the house, and Mouse must confront the ghosts of her past... or lose everything.

What if the person you love the most is the one you can’t have? Grace has loved Jackson since she was fifteen – when they spent every childhood summer exploring France's breathtaking Ardéche region together. They were best friends, until life took its course and Jackson married someone else. Years later, Jackson re-enters Grace’s life with an irresistible offer: her dream job in the very town where their story began. And he’s newly single. As memories from those idyllic summers flood back, Grace encounters an old friend Étienne, who proposes a plan to help make Jackson jealous. But as their scheme unfolds, Grace finds herself questioning if the sparks between them might not be so pretend after all… Unbeknownst to Grace, Étienne is harbouring a secret that could shatter her world. Will learning the truth finally set her heart free? Or is this the beginning of a love story bigger than she ever imagined?

Two decades ago, the Bloodmoons ruthlessly murdered Saffron's parents, destroying her idyllic childhood. Hellbent on revenge, she lied her way into the elite Silvercloak Academy of detectives with a single goal: find a way to bring the Bloodmoons to justice. But on the eve of her graduation, her deception is expose, and she's given only one option: go undercover and tear the Bloodmoons down from the inside. Descending into a world where pleasure and pain are the most powerful currencies, Saff must commit some truly heinous deeds to keep her cover - and her life. Not only are there rival gangs and sinister smuggling rings to contend with, there's also her growing feelings for the kingpin's tortured son, and curious prophecy foretelling his death at Saff's hand. With each day testing her loyalties further, Saff's web of lies becomes harder to spin. And when one false step could destroy everything and everyone she's ever loved...the mage who dedicated her life to vengeance might just have to die for it.

* AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE STOCKS LAST – THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION: features a gold foiled design underneath the dust jacket and is exclusive to the first print run in the UK only *From the globally bestselling author of Close to Death comes an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. ‘Easily the greatest of our crime writers’ Sunday Times'Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz’ Crime Time FM'Five-star entertainment’ The Times-----------The Word is Murder, the first book in the Hawthorne series, is being made into a major feature film. The actors have been cast, the script written, and filming has already started in Hastings. But when Hawthorne and Anthony visit the set, they find a far from happy family. The director’s pretentious, the screenwriter’s an eco-warrior, the two stars hate each other, and the producer has run out of money. And things are about to get much, much worse. In the middle of shooting, the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed – which leaves the real Hawthorne with no choice. He has to step in and investigate his own murder. Because the killer may not have got the right man. Was it Hawthorne himself who was meant to be the targe? Deadly Episode is a wild ride through a world that the author knows only too well, and the most personal case Hawthorne has had to deal with so far. -----------Praise for A Deadly Episode . . . ‘Clever and playful, this is meta-mystery at its best.’ iPaper'Another winner' Financial Times'Perfect for Agatha Christie fans' Hello!'The perfect whodunnit' 5-star reader review'A brilliant writer' Sunday Independent'A very entertaining instalment to this fabulous series' 5-star reader review'A pacy and entertaining mystery that I loved from start to finish' 5-star reader review'A roller coaster of red herrings' 5-star reader review'Full of humour, twists and red herrings' 5-star reader review'Exceedingly brilliant' 5-star reader review‘Delightful’ Wall Street Journal

I'm your friend. But can you trust me? A voice-driven, read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Liane Moriarty. * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ** SOON TO BE A HULU TELEVISION SERIES STARRING LINDSAY LOHAN, KIT HARRINGTON AND SHAILENE WOODLEY*'Utterly intriguing, the pages turned themselves' LIZ NUGENT‘This had me gripped from the first to the last page. I just had to keep reading!’ LIANE MORIARTY_________Sloane Caraway is a liar. They are harmless lies, she tells herself, to make her own life a bit more interesting. So when she sees a child in tears in a playground one afternoon, she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee sting from his daughter’s foot. With this lie and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for Jay and Violet Lockhart who have everything: a beautiful brownstone house, a daughter in private nursery school, and long summers on an idyllic island just off the coast of New York. Sloane wants to be just like them. She wants their life and she’s prepared to lie about almosteverything to get it. But Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and soon she begins to realise that all that’s picture-perfect about her employers hides a much more dangerous truth . . . _________More praise for Count My Lies:‘Utterly gripping and unputdownable' AMY TINTERA‘Readers will find themselves racing through the final, jaw-dropping pages, desperate to gather every last clue of this astonishing web of lies’ KATY HAYS‘Get ready for a rollercoaster of twists’ LIV CONSTANTINE‘With its punchy, chatty writing style nothing will stop this from becoming a runaway bestseller’ Daily Mail'Sophie Stava masterfully weaves suspense, deception, and heart into a brilliant, twisty thriller that keeps you guessing until the very last page' TRISHA SAKHLECHA'This twisty debut novel about a young woman named Sloane, a habitual liar who finds work as a nanny for a 'perfect' New York couple, has garnered comparisons to Gone Girl' Washington PostReaders are loving Count My Lies:'So addictive' 5-star reader review'Jaw dropping' 5-star reader review'Thrilling' 5-star reader review'I couldn't put it down' 5-star reader review'Twisty, and absorbing novel' 5-star reader review'Just when you think the big twist has happened, there’s another, and another, and another!' 5-star reader review

‘For the addicts of adrenaline-fuelled twisty rides' — PETER JAMES_________________________The Black Mirror-esque thriller from the author of the million-copy international bestseller THE ONE. _________________________Five strangers guard our secrets. Only four can be trusted... In the 21st century, information is king. But computers can be hacked and files can be broken into - so a unique government initiative has been born. Five ordinary people have been selected to become Minders - the latest weapon in thwarting cyberterrorism. Transformed by a revolutionary medical procedure, the country's most classified information has been taken offline and turned into genetic code implanted inside their heads. Together, the five know every secret - the truth behind every government lie, conspiracy theory and cover up. In return, they're given the chance to leave their problems behind and a blank slate to start their lives anew. But not everyone should be trusted, especially when they each have secrets of their own they'll do anything to protect...

Throughout MY DEAR YOU, normal people go through extraordinary transformations. A government injects its people with a drug that makes them see everyone else as members of their own race and gender. A factory worker develops an unlikely friendship with the artificially intelligent sex doll she is tasked with training. God decides that humanity is a lost cause and gives each person 24 hours to decide in which animal form they will spend the rest of their days. Along the way, characters are confronted with supernatural and otherworldly interventions, as well as the earthly, human concerns that shape our daily lives: capitalism and race, intimacy, memory, and mortality. Playful and tender, dark and witty, each of these stories is infused with a profound sense of compassion. They express a powerful curiosity about the human experience, and the inescapable choices that meet us all: to have or not have children; to pursue connections with others in spite of life’s impermanence; how to live – and live well.

What if your soulmate was a decade too late?Meet Aurora: wide-eyed and studious, she’s the first in her working-class family to go to university. Alone and out of her depth, the first person she sees is Ben, her charming, carefree housemate.Meet Oli: steadfast and down-to-earth, he moved in just five minutes after Ben. Missing by mere moments a chance that changed his and Aurora’s lives forever.With Liv, their final housemate, the four are bound inextricably over the years by love, tragedy, and everything in between. They all know how lucky they are to have each other: no one would do anything to jeopardise their friendship.The only problem is, when true soulmates are kept apart, fate has a funny way of inserting itself. With explosive results…

The brilliantly uplifting, page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl and Reese's Book Club Pick Cassandra in Reverse. 'Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' Lindsey Kelk‘A true delight from cover to cover' Charlotte Butterfield--------------------------------------------------------If you could see your future, how would you live no? argot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she’s wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos. Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she’s never met before. She doesn’t believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes true: exactly as she’d foreseen it. As her future continues to reveal itself, a glimpse at a time, Margot realises she knows exactly what’s going to happen, and when. And there’s nothing she can do to change any of it. So Margot has to decide how to live, how to love again, and how to be herself… Because if you can’t change your destiny, how on earth do you live your present?'Irresistibly charming, heartbreakingly hopeful, and downright hilarious' Catherine Walsh'Funny and tender, full of joy… a clever, surprising look at how our future selves can help us find out who we are.' Catriona Silvey'Holly Smale never fails to make me laugh, and move me. I felt so happy when I was reading this book.' Daisy Buchanan------------------------------------------------------Praise for Holly Smale:'A time-twisting delight' REESE WITHERSPOON'Utterly brilliant!' ZOE BALL'Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' LINDSEY KELK'Totally absorbing' GRAEME SIMSION'Sharp, funny, quirky, insightful and so very, very relatable' JOANNE HARRIS'Hilarious and heartwarming' WOMAN'S OWN'Gut-warmingly funny' EMMA JANE UNSWORTH'Truly original novel' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS'Very clever' IRISH EXAMINER'IWonderful' DAILY MAIL'This is THE book for anyone who has ever wished life came with an undo button' SOPHIE IRWIN'Smart [and] funny' THE TIMES'A triumph' SUN'Clever [and] unusual' DAILY EXPRESS'Brilliantly clever' SARAH HAYWOOD'A witty read' SUN ON SUNDAY