A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing. As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.

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A. J. Rosen is an author of YA fantasy and is known as @agatharoza on Wattpad.

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A. K. Davidson

A. O. Scott has been a film critic at the New York Times since 2000. His writing has appeared in many other publications, including the New York Review of Books, Slate, the New Yorker and the Nation. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2010, Scott is currently Distinguished Professor of Film Criticism at Wesleyan University. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. 
 
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A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

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A. T. Williams won the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2013 for his book A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa. He lives in Warwickshire.

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A. W. Chase

Dubbed ‘The new queen of spy fiction’ by the Guardian newspaper, and ‘the real thing’ by the Washington Post, A.C. 'Ava' Glass is the CWA Dagger-shortlisted author of Alias Emma (The Chase), The Traitor and The Trap. The Traitor was a 2023 Richard and Judy Bookclub pick. Alias Emma was a Barnes and Noble book of the month. A former crime reporter and communications consultant, for five years Ava worked closely with spies. Her time in that world fascinated her, and the people she met back then inspire every book she writes.

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A.E. Housman

Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. 
 
An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony.

A.E. Waite

A.E. Warren is the author of the Tomorrow's Ancestors series, which consists of Subject Twenty-One, The Hidden Base, The Fourth Species and The Final Rising. 
 
After spending eight years working as a lawyer, she began to write in the evenings and early mornings as a form of escapism from life in a very small cubicle with lots of files. She self-published her first novels in her spare time, which were picked up by Del Rey UK which is the science fiction/fantasy imprint of Penguin Random House. 
 
 She is an avid reader, occasional gamer and fair-weather runner. She lives in the UK with her husband, daughter and hopefully, one day, a wise border terrier named Austen.

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A.J. Cronin

A K Benedict writes crime and speculative fiction in a room filled with clowns, mannequins and Doctor Who figures. Her first novel, The Beauty of Murder, was nominated for an eDunnit award and is in development for a major 8-part TV series by Company Pictures. Her second, Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts, came out in February 2016. She's written Torchwood audio dramas for Big Finish and her short stories have featured in anthologies including Great British Horror and Best British Short Stories. She lives in St Leonards-on-Sea with her dog, Dame Margaret Rutherford.

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A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

A.L. Kennedy

A.M. Ellis is a speculative fiction author and lover of everything steeped in myth and mystery. Her stories often lean into diverse voices, not only in her identity as a Black woman, but in exploring neurodivergence and mental health. A proud introvert and nostalgic gamer, she lives in Maryland, USA, with her husband and three children. Angelica is also the author of Hunt A Killer, a PERFECT SCORE novel, under the pen name A.M. Ellis, which she wrote as an IP for Scholastic in the US.

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A.N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is an award-winning biographer and a celebrated novelist, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.

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A.B.C. Merriman-Labor was a barrister, writer and munitions worker born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1877. His published works include A Series of Lectures on the Negro Race and The Story of the African Slave in a Nutshell. He also edited two editions of the Handbook of Sierra Leone. He arrived in the UK in 1904 to study law. In 1907, he organised a centenary commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade in Westminster Abbey. He later embarked on an 'entertainment-lecture' tour called Life and Scenes in Britain, travelling across thousands of miles of West, South West and Central Africa, which he expanded on to create Britons Through Negro Spectacles.

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Aabria Iyengar is an American actress and author.

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Aaliya Jaleel is a freelance illustrator, designer, and visual development artist, currently majoring in Animation at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also the illustrator of Under My Hijab and Muslim Girls Rise. You can visit her online at www.aaliyamj.com.

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Aaron Allston

After more than fifteen years of experience as a clinical psychotherapist, Dr Aaron Balick has taken the amazing insights from psychology and psychotherapy out of the consultation room and made them accessible to the wider world. 
 
He has been an ‘agony uncle’ for many years for both CBBC and BBC Radio 1, as well as on television, including BBC Worldwide, BBC 3 and BBC Learning.

Aaron Balick

Aaron Carroll

Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready--a global organizational transformation and coaching practice--that helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. Clients include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Boeing, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Dropbox, and charity: water. 
 
He is also the founder of Murmur--a SaaS startup that helps teams scale culture through the magic of working agreements. The Murmur platform will allow every team on the planet to define and share their ways of working. 
 
Dignan is the author of Brave New Work (2019) and Game Frame (2011), co-host of the Brave New Work podcast, and a friend to misfit toys.

Aaron Dignan

Aaron Edwards is a senior lecturer in defence and international affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, specialising in terrorism and counter-insurgency. He is the author and editor of several books, including Defending the Realm: The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945, and has lectured all over the world on aspects of national and international security. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Emma Curtis

'Conjures an atmosphere of quiet menace' Daily Mail 
 
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT TO UNRAVEL A PERFECT LIFE . . . 
 
When Grace’s fiancé vanishes without a trace the night after proposing, her life is turned upside down. But has Nick walked out on her, or is he in danger? 
 
As Grace desperately searches for answers, it soon becomes clear that Nick wasn’t the uncomplicated man she thought she knew. And when she uncovers a hidden tragedy from his childhood, she realises an awful truth: that you can run from your past – but your secrets will always catch up with you . . . 
 
***** 
 
YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS ARE RAVING ABOUT THE NIGHT YOU LEFT . . . 
 
'Congratulations Emma Curtis on another breathtakingly brilliant thriller . . . Psychological suspense at its best' Nuala Ellwood, author of The Day of the Accident 
 
'So addictive and compulsive . . . Clever, unpredictable and beautifully written. I loved it!' Claire Douglas, author of Local Girl Missing 
 
'Filled with drama and twists that exploded on to the page at every turn. Another fantastic psychological suspense by Emma Curtis' Lauren North, author of The Perfect Betrayal 
 
'A tense and twisted read' Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal 
 
'Another deeply satisfying read from Emma Curtis . . . I couldn't put it down' Amanda Robson, author of Obsession 
 
'A truly fantastic psychological suspense novel' Rachel Edwards, author of Darling

The Night You Left

The tense and shocking thriller that readers can’t put down

Diane Setterfield

'I was completely spellbound' - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things 
'Setterfield is a master storyteller' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe 
 
 Some say the river drowned her... Some say it brought her back to life 
 
 On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the Thames, the regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open and in steps an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a child. 
 
 Hours later, the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. 
 
 Is it a miracle? 
 
 Is it magic? 
 
 And who does the little girl belong to? 
 
 An exquisitely crafted historical mystery brimming with folklore, suspense and romance, as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Victorian age. 
 
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 Praise for Diane Setterfield: 
 
'An absolute feast of a book, which will keep you engrossed' RED magazine 
'Brimming with folklore, intrigue and romance, this is a story to savour' Woman &amp; Home 
'Once Upon a River continues to demonstrate [Setterfield's] mastery of the Gothic genre in a way that will appeal to modern readers' The Independent 
 
Readers are captivated by Once Upon a River: 
 
 ***** 'Pure escapism, a beautifully written story.' 
 ***** 'It felt as comforting as the fantastical stories you read as a child yet with a darker edge.' 
 ***** 'I was entranced from the beginning to the end.'

Once Upon a River

The Sunday Times bestseller

The spellbinding Sunday Times bestseller

Rachel Rhys

A STUNNING, ATMOSPHERIC NOVEL SET IN 1940S SOUTH OF FRANCE. YOUR PERFECT ESCAPIST READ. 
 'Perfect. Both gripping and dripping with glamour' RED MAGAZINE ONLINE 
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 London 1948: Eve Forrester is trapped in a loveless marriage, in a gloomy house, in a grey suburb. 
 Out of the blue, she receives a solicitor's letter. A wealthy stranger has left her a mystery inheritance but in order to find out more, she must travel to the glittering French Riviera. 
 
 Eve discovers her legacy is an enchanting villa overlooking the Mediterranean sea and suddenly, life could not be more glamorous. 
 
 But under the heat of the sun, all is not as it seems. Now, Eve must unlock the story behind her surprise bequest - before things spiral out of control... 
 
 A Fatal Inheritance is an intoxicating story of glamour, intrigue and desire, set against the razzle-dazzle of the French Riviera. 
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 'Utterly tantalising' DINAH JEFFRIES 
 
 'GLORIOUS! Hugely enjoyable escapism. I enjoyed it ENORMOUSLY.' MARIAN KEYES 
 What readers are saying about Fatal Inheritance: 
 ***** 'One to savour and enjoy and be utterly immersed in.' 
 
***** 'This book captured my attention from the first page.' 
***** 'A wonderful story of beauty, mystery and finding yourself.' 
 
 RACHEL RHYS' NEW NOVEL, ISLAND OF SECRETS IS AVAILABLE NOW

A Fatal Inheritance

‘A sizzling beach read’ HEAT MAGAZINE

Renée Knight

She knows all your secrets. But will she keep them? 
 
Look around you. Who holds the most power in the room? Is it the one who speaks loudest, who looks the part, who has the most money, who commands the most respect? 
 
Or perhaps it's someone like Christine Butcher: a meek, overlooked figure, who silently bears witness as information is shared and secrets are whispered. Someone who quietly, perhaps even unwittingly, gathers together knowledge of the people she's there to serve - the ones who don't notice her, the ones who consider themselves to be important. 
 
There's a fine line between loyalty and obsession. And when someone like Christine Butcher is pushed to her limit, she might just become the most dangerous person in the room . . . 
 
The eagerly anticipated new thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of Disclaimer.

The Secretary

“An explosive tale of revenge” – Good Housekeeping

Marc Elsberg

DISCOVER THE TECHNO THRILLER THAT ROCKED THE INTERNET GENERATION 
 
A Guardian thriller of the month: 'Elsberg is nothing if not prescient' 
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ZERO, an anonymous activist, has given the world a warning: stop the tech giants before it’s too late. 
But is anyone listening? 
 
Thousands of teenagers are signing up to Freemee, the biggest new social media site, uploading personal information in exchange for advice on what to eat, how to dress, even how to choose their friends. No-one questions what Freemee is doing with all that data. Until hundreds of users begin to take their lives. 
 
What will it take to bring down the Freemee mastermind, and who is up to the job? 
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‘Worryingly real’ SUNDAY SPORT 
 
‘Elsberg is utterly prescient’ GUARDIAN 
 
'Sinister and realistic' GLAMOUR 
 
 
READERS ARE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS THRILLER: 
 
- On edge, intricate and fast paced. I approached it on recommendation and was blown away 
- Reads like an actual real life documentary. I wonder how close to the truth it is? Very is my guess. 
- If you are looking for an engrossing plot as well as plenty of food for thought than I can recommend you give Zero a try.

Code Zero

The unputdownable international bestselling thriller

Belinda Bauer

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP 
 
*WINNER! Crime Novel of the Year* 
 
'Contains one of the most startling plots in contemporary crime fiction' Sunday Times 
 
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Patrick has uncovered a crime that the experts were too close to see . . . 
 
Life is strange for Patrick Fort - being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that's before he is faced with solving a possible murder. 
 
Because the body Patrick is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. And now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery - while he dissects his own evidence . . . 
 
 
'Bauer's great gift is her ability to surprise the reader: in the sense of making you jump out of your chair, certainly, but also in that she makes you think a bit differently about the world' Daily Telegraph 
 
'Breathtaking. I read this and wished I'd written it' Val McDermid 
 
'This could be the most astonishing whodunnit you are ever likely to read' Red Magazine online 
 
Readers love Rubbernecker: 
 
'A compelling, intelligent thriller' ***** 
'A totally brilliant story . . . Gripping and heart-felt' ***** 
'Original and absorbing - a great read' *****

Rubbernecker

The astonishing crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Ane Riel

The multi-award-winning international bestseller. 
 
Suspenseful and heart-breaking, Resin is the story of what can happen when you love someone too much – when your desire to keep them safe becomes the thing that could irrevocably harm them. 
 
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Liv died when she was just six years old. 
 
Her father knew he was the only one who could keep her safe in this world. So one evening he left the isolated house his little family called home, he pushed their boat out to sea and watched it ruin on the rocks. Then he walked the long way into town to report his only child missing. 
 
But behind the boxes and the baskets crowding her Dad’s workshop, Liv was hiding. This way her Dad had said, she’d never have to go to school; this way, she’d never have to leave her parents. 
 
This way, Liv would be safe. 
 
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Winner of Scandinavia's most prestigious awards: The Glass Key, The Golden Bullet, Best Crime Novel from the Swedish Crime Writer's Academy and The Harald Mogensen Award.

Resin

Robert Edric

'Shows once more Edric's unassuming yet remarkable talent for conjuring up the lives of his characters' The Sunday Times 
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The Fens, 1954. Many people have lost everything. Others just want the chance to begin again. For Jimmy Devlin, it's a little of both . . . 
 
It has been another tough winter. The floods are worse than anyone can remember and Fenlands are alive with blackmarketeers, vagabonds and chancers, all trying to make their way. 
 
 
Forced from his home by bailiffs, Jimmy has nothing to his name and needs to make a fresh start. But desperate people have a knack of finding trouble and he is no exception. It doesn’t take long before he’s caught in the wrong business with the wrong people and on the wrong side of the law . . . 
 
With his keen eye and trademark candour, Robert Edric explores what a man is capable of doing when he has nothing to lose.

Mercury Falling

Joseph Knox

Detective Aidan Waits is a troubled junior detective haunted by his past. Facing an uncertain future, and disconnected from his history, DC Waits and his partner, Detective Inspector Peter 'Sutty' Sutcliffe work on Manchester's streets to uncover the city's worst criminals among the grime of the underworld.

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‘Gritty as hell. I loved it. A great urban cop thriller’ Ian Rankin 
 
As heard on BBC Radio 5 Live Phil Williams Show 
 
From the bestselling author of Sirens, Detective Aidan Waits is on the hunt to find the identity of The Smiling Man. 
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A body has been found on the fourth floor of Manchester’s vast and empty Palace Hotel. The man is dead. And he is smiling. 
 
The tags have been removed from his clothes. His teeth have been replaced. Even his fingertips are not his own. Only a patch sewn into his trousers offers any information about him. 
 
Detective Aidan Waits and his unwilling partner, DI Sutcliffe, must piece together the scant clues to identify the stranger. But as they do, Aidan realises that a ghost from his past haunts the investigation. He soon recognises that to discover who the smiling man really is, he must first confront the scattered debris of his own life . . . 
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'Talents such as Knox rarely emerge more than once in a generation. A crime fiction masterpiece' ***** Metro 
 
'Packing a punch from the very first page. You will love The Smiling Man' Jane Harper, author of The Dry

The Smiling Man

Kate Atkinson

The magnificent novel by bestselling and award-winning Kate Atkinson: 'A masterpiece' - Telegraph; 'Pageturner' - Evening Standard; 'Wise, funny and paced like a thriller' Observer 
 
In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. 
 
Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. 
 
Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country’s most exceptional writers. 
 
'How vehemently most novelists will wish to produce a masterpiece as good' Telegraph 
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Transcription

Derek B. Miller

'This book reminds me of the things that crime fiction can do when it works well … Miller isn’t afraid to write characters who are opinionated. They don’t hold their tongue about what they believe in, they let rip. People are angry, people are passionate. I love the unorthodoxy of it, I suppose. It’s not what you expect it to be." Val McDermid 
 
She knew it was a weird place. She’d heard the stories, seen the movies, read the books. But now police Chief Inspector Sigrid Ødegård has to leave her native Norway and actually go there; to that land across the Atlantic where her missing brother is implicated in the mysterious death of a prominent African-American academic. 
 
America. 
 
And not someplace interesting, either: upstate New York. 
 
Plunged into a United States where race and identity, politics and promise, reverberate in every aspect of daily life. To find her older brother, she needs the help of the local police who appear to have already made up their minds about the case. Working with - or, if necessary, against — someone actually named Sheriff Irving 'Irv' Wylie, she must negotiate the local political minefields and navigate the back woods of the Adirondacks to uncover the truth before it's too late... 
 
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2019

American By Day

Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award

A whip-smart thriller cracking open modern America

Rebecca Fleet

‘I read The House Swap in one breathless sitting. Dark, smart, sexy, gripping, totally brilliant.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said 
 
'Sinister and compelling' Woman &amp; Home 
 
'You'll be whipping through the pages' Stylist 
 
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‘No one lives this way unless they want to hide something.’ 
 
When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap, they jump at the chance for a week away from home. After the difficulties of the past few years, they’ve worked hard to rebuild their marriage for their son’s sake; now they want to reconnect as a couple. 
 
On arrival, they find a house that is stark and sinister in its emptiness – it’s hard to imagine what kind of person lives here. Then, gradually, Caroline begins to uncover some signs of life – signs of her life. The flowers in the bathroom or the music in the CD player might seem innocent to her husband but to her they are anything but. It seems the person they have swapped with is someone she used to know; someone she’s desperate to leave in her past. 
 
But that person is now in her home – and they want to make sure she’ll never forget . . . 
 
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‘This is very much a heart-thumping, read-in-one-sitting story, and absolutely delivers on its smart and original hook’ Heat 
 
‘A fantastic thriller – dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it.’ Lee Child 
 
‘An enthralling thriller that lives up to its chilling premise.’ Renee Knight, author of Disclaimer 
 
‘Rebecca Fleet has created a perfectly contained cast of credible characters in a story so intriguing that you will be guessing right up to the last page. And it’s beautifully written too. I loved this book.’ Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait

The House Swap

The powerful thriller with a heartbreaking ending

Crime &amp; Thriller Book of the Year (Specsavers National Book Awards) 
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018. 
 
'The best crime novel I've read in a very long time.' VAL MCDERMID 
 
SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . . 
 
On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack's in charge, she'd said. I won't be long. 
 
But she doesn't come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever. 
 
Three years later, Jack is still in charge - of his sisters, of supporting them all, of making sure nobody knows they're alone in the house, and - quite suddenly - of finding out the truth about what happened to his mother . . . 
 
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'Original, pacy and thoroughly entertaining . . . a cracking read.' CLARE MACKINTOSH 
 
'No one writes crime novels like Belinda Bauer, with a rare blend of darkness, humour and heart. She's a crime writing genius.' C. L. TAYLOR 
 
'Edgy, original and beautifully written, this suspenseful story is dazzlingly good.' Sunday Mirror 
 
'The opening of Snap is one of the most vividly unnerving I have read . . . razor-sharp observation.' Guardian 
 
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Readers are gripped by Snap: 
 
'Full of suspenseful twists and turns' ***** 
'Twisty, intriguing and so cleverly written I couldn't put it down' ***** 
'A refreshingly different murder mystery' *****

Snap

The astonishing Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

Gin Phillips

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'So electrifyingly suspenseful and so brilliantly vivid, that I had to put it down to catch my breath at times - and I mean this as a compliment! There are so many beautiful details woven into this completely original concept exploring the visceral fears of motherhood, that any reader's heart will race, and then break, and then race again, from beginning to end.' Ashley Audrain 
 
Lincoln is a good boy. At the age of four, he is curious, clever and well behaved. He does as his mum says and knows what the rules are. 
 
'The rules are different today. The rules are that we hide and do not let the man with the gun find us.' 
 
When an ordinary day at the zoo turns into a nightmare, Joan finds herself trapped with her beloved son. She must summon all her strength, find unexpected courage and protect Lincoln at all costs - even if it means crossing the line between right and wrong; between humanity and animal instinct. 
 
It's a line none of us would ever normally dream of crossing. 
 
But sometimes the rules are different. 
 
Previously published as Fierce Kingdom. 
 
'A page-turning, adrenaline-soaked read . . . an eloquent and meditative insight into motherhood and what it means, its many small trials and wonders.' Alison Flood, Observer

Fierce

‘Electrifyingly suspenseful’ Ashley Audrain, author of THE PUSH

'An excellent read! So original and clever that I was completely absorbed in the story. Gripping, tense and twisty with an unexpected ending. Phenomenal.' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of Local Girl Missing and Last Seen Alive 
 
When Laura wakes up after her office drinks party and sees a man’s shirt on her bedroom floor, she is horrified. But this is no ordinary one-night-stand regret. 
 
Laura suffers from severe face-blindness, a condition that means she is completely unable to identify and remember faces. So the man she spent all night dancing with and kissing – the man she thought she’d brought home – was ‘Pink Shirt’. 
 
But the shirt on her floor is blue. 
 
And now Laura must go to work every day, and face the man who took advantage of her condition. The man she has no way of recognising. 
 
She doesn’t know who he is . . . but when she finds him she’ll make him pay. 
 
***** 
 
'A clever 'who dunnit' with a twist that almost made me miss my flight.' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife and The Dead Ex 
 
'A terrifying and disorienting thriller that will leave you questioning everyone and everything right to the very last page. It's so good that I had to put everything on hold just to finish it.' Nuala Ellwood, acclaimed author of My Sister's Bones 
 
'When I Find You is a winner. It leads you down blind alleys and in to disorienting situations - I absolutely raced to the end.' T. A. Cotterell, acclaimed author of What Alice Knew

When I Find You

A gripping thriller that will keep you guessing to the final shocking twist

P. S. Hogan

He has the key to hundreds of houses. 
Maybe even to yours. 
 
A gripping, sinister, deeply unsettling novel from the most sociopathic narrator of 2018. Meet Mr Heming... 
 
*** 
 
William Heming is an estate agent. He’s kept a copy of every key to every house he’s ever sold. Sometimes he visits them. He lets himself in when the owners are out. But what will happen if he gets caught? 
 
What will he do next? 
 
*** 
 
'Wonderfully creepy ... a deeply unsettling and original hero' Rosamund Lupton, author of Sister 
 
A superbly plotted and genuinely creepy novel' Sunday Express 
 
'A brilliant read, almost unbearably tense at times' Daily Mail 
 
'I loved it - gripping, sinister, original and brilliant' Sophie Hannah, author of Did You See Melody? 
 
'A wonderfully sinister fable of property and obsession' Observer 
 
'One to watch: an eerie page-turner' Cathy Rentzenbrink 
 
*Previously published as A Pleasure and A Calling*

The Intruder

The most unsettling sociopath you’ll meet this year

The creepiest, most sinister thriller you’ll read this year

Paula Hawkins

‘Wondering if Into the Water could be as good as The Girl on the Train? It's better. A triumph.’ Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I Let You Go 
 
The addictive No. 1 psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train, the runaway Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller and global phenomenon. 
 
 
***** 
 
Just days before her sister plunged to her death, Jules ignored her call. 
 
Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules must return to her sister's house to care for her daughter, and to face the mystery of Nel's death. 
 
But Jules is afraid. Of her long-buried memories, of the old Mill House, of this small town that is drowning in secrecy . . . 
 
And of knowing that Nel would never have jumped. 
 
***** 
 
‘Paula Hawkins does it again! Into the Water is a moody and chilling thriller that will have you madly turning the pages. A gripping, compulsive read!’ Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door 
 
‘Fans of Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train rejoice: her second novel Into the Water is even better. A brilliantly plotted and fast-paced juggernaut of a read that hurtles to a heart-stopping conclusion.’ Good Housekeeping (Book of the Month) 
 
‘A twisting whodunnit that leaves you both gratified and surprised (also the best kind) . . . Not just a brilliant thriller but also a furious feminist howl . . .’ Stylist 
 
‘Dark, gothic and twisty as a snake in the grass. I read it in one sitting.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She Said 
 
‘Into the Water is superb. Sinister layers, complex characters and a plot that'll keep you guessing.’ Ali Land, author of Good Me, Bad Me 
 
***PAULA HAWKINS' ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER, THE BLUE HOUR IS NOW AVAILABLE***

Into the Water

The Sunday Times Bestseller

The addictive Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller

James Buckler

‘A fine debut – fast-paced and bleak, with a vivid setting and gut-wrenching twists.’ MICK HERRON 
 
‘[An] impressive first thriller . . . the action is fast, copious and often unexpected.’ The Times 
 
‘The vivid setting and skilfully plotted story is compelling and hard to put down.’ Daily Express 
 
‘One of the most impressive debut crime novels of the year.’ Shots Mag 
 
‘A vivid and noirish tale of an Englishman abroad discovering that you can run from everything but yourself. James Buckler is one to watch.’ SIMON BECKETT, bestselling author of The Chemistry of Death 
 
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The funny thing with suffering is just when you think you’ve suffered enough, you realize it’s only the beginning. 
 
Alex thought running away would make everything better. Six thousand miles from the mistakes he’s made and the people he’s hurt, Tokyo seems like the perfect escape. A new life, a new Alex. 
 
The bright lights and dark corners of this alien and fascinating city intoxicate him, and he finds himself transfixed by this country, which feels like a puzzle that no one can quite explain. And when Alex meets the enigmatic and alluring Naoko, the peace he sought slips ever further from his grasp. 
 
After all, trust is just betrayal waiting to happen and Alex is about to find out that there’s no such thing as rock bottom. There’s always the chance it’ll get worse . . . 
 
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‘This is character-driven fare, but with a vivid sense of place that positively leaps off the page.’ Crimetime, Barry Forshaw 
 
‘Intriguing and highly compelling . . . Most definitely one of the most original and satisfying novels I have read this year.’ reflectionsofareader.blogspot 
 
‘Wow! Are you sure this is really a debut novel? . . . absolutely fantastic and had me totally hooked.’ aloverofbooks.wordpress 
 
‘Last Stop Tokyo is a fast-paced yet easy read which I read in one sitting. Addictive. Magnetic. Glue. Call it what you like. I bloody loved it! What a debut.’ pageturnersnook.wordpress 
 
‘Continuous undercurrent of tensions that runs throughout the whole book . . . Last Stop Tokyo is tense, engaging and insightful.’ earlgreyandcupcakes.wordpress 
 
‘The story progresses to a thrilling and unexpected finale . . . a gripping and insightful read.’ tripfiction.com 
 
‘A riveting thriller and one I’ll be recommending to anybody who likes their books to feature the darker, seedier side of life . . . I found myself racing through the pages.’ hairpastafreckle72.blogspot 
 
‘What a web James Buckler has spun in this intoxicating debut novel. Full of descriptive, fast-paced scenes and an interesting take on life in Japan made this such an entertaining read for me . . . had me reading at a rate of knots.’ cescalizziereads.com 
 
‘I was well and truly hooked from the start . . . a story full of dark, seedy characters and exposes the darkest underbelly of Tokyo. I enjoyed every page and highly recommend it.’ randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot

Last Stop Tokyo

Tammy Cohen

Marriage is complicated, especially for Kate. Her husband Jack has a temper on him, and has been an absent father for years. Kate knows it's time for a divorce. The trouble is, Jack refuses. And now that he has found out Kate has met another man, his jealous rages escalate. Can Kate rid herself of her jealous husband before it's too late?

Clean Break

‘Brooding, blistering. Sirens is a remarkable literary thriller, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and James Lee Burke’ AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window 
 
 
WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH 
 
I stopped going to work. I went missing. We still live in a world where you can disappear if you want to. Or even if you don't. 
 
Detective Aidan Waits is in trouble 
 
After a career-ending mistake, he’s forced into a nightmare undercover operation that his superiors don’t expect him to survive. 
 
Isabelle Rossiter has run away again 
 
When the teenage daughter of a prominent MP joins Zain Carver, the enigmatic criminal who Waits is investigating, everything changes. 
 
A single mother, missing for a decade 
 
Carver is a mesmerising figure who lures young women into his orbit – young women who have a bad habit of disappearing. Soon Waits is cut loose by the police, stalked by an unseen killer and dangerously attracted to the wrong woman. 
 
How can he save the girl, when he can’t even save himself? 
 
 
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Reader reviews: 
 
'It is an utterly brilliant debut novel; dark, gritty, menacing and meaningful.' ***** 
 
'Compulsive reading, so well written that even the gruesome cruelty and sense of helplessness in a dark world seemed right.'***** 
 
'Knox is always one-step ahead, deceiving the reader and creating a sexy, stylish world always with danger around every corner.' ***** 
 
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The bestselling debut from the winner of the Sky Arts Writer of the Year Award, the next big name in crime fiction - Joseph Knox.

Sirens

Aidan Waits Series Book 1

Mikkel Birkegaard

A murder committed on paper, safely within the confines of a novel, is one thing. To see that same crime in the real world, is something else entirely. . . 
 
Frank Føns is a very successful crime writer. His novels, famed for their visceral descriptions of violent death, have made him a household name. But now someone is copying his crimes. For Frank what once seemed a clever, intriguing plot twist, has suddenly become a terrifying, blood-spattered reality. 
 
In the novel, a redhead who was scared of water is drowned. In the mirror-image of the real world, she has become an ex-girlfriend chained and left to die at the bottom of the harbour. A corrupt police-officer tortured to death becomes a contact who dies with fear in his eyes. Someone is taking Franks' fiction and using it to destroy his life. The writer must become the detective. 
 
In fiction, the bad guy always gets caught, but in real life there is no such guarantee. Fear becomes real. The knife cut hurts like hell. Our narrator may not survive. No-one is promising you a happy ending. For Frank what had once been a game is now a matter of life and death.

Death Sentence

'An exquisite tale of intrigue and dark secrets' LISA JEWELL 
'A gripping atmospheric read' RUTH WARE 
 
A GRIPPING HISTORICAL WHODUNNIT ON THE SEAS DRIPPING WTH HIGHSMITH-ESQUE GLAMOUR, INTRIGUE AND MURDER 
 
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England, September 1939 
Former chambermaid Lily Shepherd boards a cruise liner for a new life in Australia and is plunged into a world of cocktails, jazz and glamorous friends. But as the sun beats down, long-hidden secrets begin to surface. As tension mounts in the enclosed space of a liner at sea, it's soon clear a killer is on board ... 
 
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Readers are totally gripped by DANGEROUS CROSSING: 
***** 'Full of luxurious and decadent detail, bringing the five-week sea voyage from England to Australia bursting to life' 
*****'I enjoyed every single page. Rich, evocative and intriguing from start to finish' 
*****'Delicious, dark and completely compelling' 
 
Also try Rachel Rhys' other unputdownable historical mysteries: A FATAL INHERITANCE and ISLAND OF SECRETS 
 
****Coming soon by Rachel Rhys*** 
 MURDER IN BLACK ROCK CASTLE

Dangerous Crossing

Escape on a cruise with this gripping Richard and Judy holiday read

'A powerful psychological murder mystery written with compassion and candour' Daily Mail 
 
‘I devoured this book in one sitting; it’s gripping throughout with a brilliant twist in the tip of its tail.’ ERIN KELLY, bestselling author of He Said She Said 
 
'Brilliant, twisty, clever - another gripping thriller from Tammy Cohen. I absolutely loved it' LISA JEWELL 
 
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Hannah had a normal life – a loving husband, a good job. Until she did something shocking. 
 
Now she’s in a psychiatric clinic. It should be a safe place. But patients keep dying. 
 
The doctors say it’s suicide. Hannah knows they’re lying. 
 
Can she make anyone believe her before the killer strikes again? 
 
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What readers are saying: 
 
'I was staggered by the twists and turns in this book' 
 
'I frequently gasped in shock' 
 
'Great ending with an extra twist!' 
 
'Excellent psychological page-turner. Twisty, intelligent, beautifully-plotted' 
 
'Compulsive read' 
 
'An unusual and gripping storyline. Excellent read' 
 
'I was forced to cram in every single page in one gluttonous sitting' 
 
'Unpredictable' 
 
'Completely blew me away . . . fast-paced, clever, extremely engrossing'

They All Fall Down

'A dark page-turning debut of friendship, deceit and lies' Woman &amp; Home 
'A compelling page-turner which kept me reading well into the night' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife 
 
YOU TRUSTED YOUR BEST FRIEND . . . YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE. 
 
Vicky Seagrave is blessed: three beautiful children, a successful, doting husband, great friends and a job she loves. She should be perfectly happy. 
 
When she makes a split-second decision that risks everything she holds dear, there's only person she trusts enough to turn to. 
 
But Vicky is about to learn that one mistake is all it takes; that if you're careless with those you love, you don't deserve to keep them . . . 
 
Readers are obsessed with One Little Mistake 
 
***** 'Fast paced story with a shocking to the core ending!' 
***** 'Kept me hooked right up until the very last word.' 
***** 'Full of twists and turns, keeps you guessing to the end.'

One Little Mistake

The gripping eBook bestseller

TA Cotterell

'Intriguing ... an impressive debut' 
Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door 
 
'It made me look at marriage in a different light' 
Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife 
 
'T. A. Cotterell masterfully conjures up the suffocating atmosphere that envelopes the couple as they navigate the mental trauma of maintaining a complex web of lies ... An intriguing, well-constructed and dramatic debut' 
TLS 
 
How far would you go to keep a secret? 
 
Alice has a perfect life – a great job, happy kids, a wonderful husband. Until he goes missing one night; she receives a suspicious phone call; things don’t quite add up. 
 
Alice needs to know what’s going on. But when she uncovers the truth she faces a brutal choice. And how can she be sure it is the truth? 
 
Sometimes it’s better not to know. 
 
An FT ' Reader Pick' Books for Summer Reading.

What Alice Knew

The addictive domestic thriller with a heart-stopping final twist

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 
 
'Crime novels don't get much better than this' C.L. Taylor 
 
They wanted the same things. Death - and an audience. 
 
Eve Singer makes her living from death. As a TV crime reporter, she'll go to any length to get the latest scoop. 
 
But when a twisted serial killer starts using her to gain the publicity he craves, Eve must decide how far she's willing to go - and how close she'll let him get . . . 
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Praise for THE BEAUTIFUL DEAD: 
 
'Evocative and disturbing' Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door 
'Excellent tension' The Times 
'Spectacular' Sunday Times

The Beautiful Dead

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Snap

Jo Baker

BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LONGBOURN 
 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2017 
 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2017 
 
'Skilful . . . daring . . . extraordinary' The Guardian 
 
'A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years' IAN RANKIN 
 
'Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good' Daily Mail 
 
'Marvellous, spare, moving' FRANCIS SPUFFORD 
 
'Insightful . . . beautifully paced . . . authentic’ The Irish Times 
 
Paris, 1939: The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs Elysees. A young writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon, he will put is own life and those of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance... 
 
Spies, artists, deprivation, danger and passion: this is a story of life at the edges of human experience, and of how one man came to translate it all into art. 
 
Sunday Express Book of the Month 
 
Praise for Jo Baker's LONGBOURN: 
'Intoxicating' Guardian 
'Engrossing' Sunday Times 
'Audacious' New York Times

A Country Road, A Tree

Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Memorial Prize for Historical Fiction

'Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended' LEE CHILD 
'A dazzling debut' Marcel Berlins, The Times 
THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH 
THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER 
 
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Tomorrow will be too late. 
 
A cold night in Milan, Piero Manzano wants to get home. 
 
Then the traffic lights fail. Manzano is thrown from his Alfa as cars pile up. And not just on this street – every light in the city is dead. 
 
Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electricity grids collapse. 
 
Plunged into darkness, people are freezing. Food and water supplies dry up. The death toll soars. 
 
Former hacker and activist Manzano becomes a prime suspect. But he is also the only man capable of finding the real attackers. 
 
Can he bring down a major terrorist network before it’s too late? 
 
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'Part Dan Brown–style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut—a bestseller in Germany—will get people talking' — Booklist US

Blackout

The addictive international bestselling disaster thriller

Joanne Harris

The impressively versatile Joanne Harris in her psychological thriller mode, at her darkest and most unsettling. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Susan Hill, Nicci French and Val McDermid. 
 
'A magnificently plotted and twisty journey to the heart of a 24-year-old crime...darkly humorous...constantly wrongfoots and misdirects...up to a satisfyingly eccentric conclusion.' -- Observer 
'Classy writing, sensitive and moving.' -- The Times 
'Harris pulls off an impeccable thriller denouement...consistently entertaining.' -- Sunday Times 
'Just fabulous' -- ***** Reader review 
'An absolute triumph of a book' -- ***** Reader review 
'Twists, turns and droll humour - a great read!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Absorbing' -- ***** Reader review 
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After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him. A boy with hidden shadows inside. 
 
With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new broom has arrived at the venerable school, bringing Powerpoint, sharp suits and even sixth form girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist this march to the future, a shadow from his past is stirring. A boy who even twenty years on haunts his teacher's dreams. A boy capable of bad things.

Different Class

the last in a trilogy of dark, chilling and compelling psychological thrillers from bestselling author Joanne Harris

Leif G W Persson

Retired Chief of the National Crime Police and Swedish Security Service Lars Martin Johansson has just suffered a stroke. He is paying the price for a life of excess - stress, good food and fine wine. With his dangerously high blood pressure, his heart could fail at the slightest excitement. 
 
In the hospital, a chance encounter with a neurologist provides an important piece of information about a 25-year-old murder investigation and alerts Lars Martin Johansson's irrepressible police instincts. The period for prosecution expired just weeks earlier and that isn't the only limitation. Lars Martin Johansson is determined to solve the atrocious crime – from his deathbed. 
 
The inimitable style, distinct voice and dark humour of Leif GW Persson, along with the fascinating exploration of a long-cold murder case, serves to make The Dying Detective a true masterpiece of the genre.

The Dying Detective

A Private Thriller

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