Thrillers

How can I stalk my obsession if she’s dead?

Celeste Flores. Nineteen year old college student at Rippton U and the only daughter of a business magnate turned mafiaoso who dabbles his toe on the wrong side of the moral line.

Sweet. Perfect. Innocent.

My mark.

The girl I’m meant to kill.

I’ve been given a job to complete with her stilled heart at the end. My employer says she’s as twisted as him, that we can use her as his punishment.

But the more I watch her I see who she is inside. Maybe she is broken. Maybe she has some evil under that pretty little shell she shows the world. But my Celeste, my Wintergreen, draws me in.

Until watching her isn’t enough.

I have to be closer.

I need to taste her.

Until the job no longer matters. Only her.

Merry f*ucking Christmas to me.

TWISTED OBSESSIONis a STAND ALONE READ in the SWEET BUT TWISTEDdark romance world that includes an obsession about Christmas, an innocent and an age-gap relationship between an assassin and his mark. It connects to the Rippton U Creatives and Badbloods college morally gray romance universe. HEA assured.

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When an all-star college athlete is charged with murdering a fellow student, attorney Sam Johnstone must solve a crime that isn’t as clear-cut as it appears.

“James Chandler’s experience as a lawyer and Army veteran shines in every page of his brilliant legal thrillers.” —Jason Kasper, USA Today Bestselling Author of The Spider Heist

After an impressive performance in front of a full house, local college basketball stand-out Davonte Blair celebrates the victory with a few friends. But when a fierce argument over drugs ensues, the evening takes a violent turn—and one member of the group goes missing.

When police discover the body of the basketball team manager, the town turns into a tinderbox of emotions. The media is calling it a hate crime. The college president is desperate to avoid a scandal. And the police department is under intense pressure to solve the horrific case.

As defense attorney Sam Johnstone looks into the murder, the case grows even more complicated. Ronnie Norquist, the son of Sam’s longtime friend and law partner was the dead student’s roommate—and Ronnie was there the night his roommate disappeared.

His personal and professional worlds colliding, Sam can tell Ronnie knows more than he’s letting on. But what is it that Ronnie witnessed? And whose guilt does it prove?

In a case that’s full of circumstantial evidence and competing versions of truth, Sam must find out what really happened—before this college town tears itself apart.

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What readers are saying:

★★★★★ “What a story!”
★★★★★ “Fantastically written story!”
★★★★★ “James Chandler is a master at twists.”
★★★★★ “Outstanding. Very Highly Recommended.”
★★★★★ “This is a great read but plan to stay up late to finish it!”

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Playing by the rules landed him on death row. Now he’ll have to break all the rules to survive.

After spending five years in jail for a murder he didn’t commit, lawyer Thane Banning agrees to take on a case defending a former inmate against the same DA who put Thane behind bars.

Thane is besieged by death threats from the alleged victim’s father and a tidal wave of public outrage following his release, not to mention the corrupt DA who has a grudge to settle. But he doesn’t have much time to think about his personal problems because the case is turning into a nasty fight.

Luckily, prison taught Thane a thing or two about survival in a world full of criminals. The last time he played by the rules in court, he landed on death row. This time he’ll have to break more than a few rules to come out of this battle unscathed.

With help from an ex-inmate and an ambitious law student, Thane will do everything in his power to make sure another innocent man isn’t locked up. But will they be able to uncover the truth in time and convince the jury before the gavel drops for the last time?

Fans of An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt, The Neon Lawyer by Victor Methos, Time of Justice by Robin James, and Hard Evidence by John Lescroart will love this book.

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Secrets. Suspicion. Survival. No one writes relationships better than B.A. PARIS

‘A rollercoaster ride, with plenty of twists’ OBSERVER
‘The explosive start of this book sets up a compelling plot […] written in well-executed super-edgy, short, sharp chapters and the description of her confinement is full of claustrophobic detail and menace’ DAILY MAIL
‘Book of the Month: chilling, intense and frightening in places, you’ll be left wondering what is real and what isn’t’ WOMAN & HOME

THEN

Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a career for herself in the magazine industry, she meets, and agrees to marry, Ned Hawthorne.

NOW

Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Ned?

In true B.A. Paris style, The Prisoner is a gripping survival story, a twisted tale of love and at its dark heart a thriller to keep you up all night.

‘Elegant, taut, ingeniously plotted and extremely addictive. Superb!’ WILL DEAN
‘Dark and compulsive … B.A. Paris again conjures up the tense claustrophobia of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and delivers yet another brilliant, unputdownable read’ GILLY MACMILLAN
‘I loved the short chapters in part one, which really added to the rising tension. You will be rooting for Amelie!’ PRIMA
‘Dark, daring and irresistible. B.A. Paris takes a clever, sinister survival story and further elevates it with her trademark style and heart. Truly impossible to put down’ CHRIS WHITAKER
‘Wow! What a ride! A tantalising, taut, tense thriller’ JANE CORRY
‘Pacy, gripping from the get-go, and with so many twists! I felt so strongly for Amelie and was rooting for her the entire book. The Prisoner is a brilliant addition to BA Paris’s stella stable of thrillers’ L.V. MATTHEWS
‘Intense and gripping, The Prisoner is suffused with intrigue and menace’ EMMA HAUGHTON
‘Clever, twisty and unusual’ LOUISE BEECH
‘Taut, suspenseful, loaded with twists and surprises, and the true definition of a just-one-more-chapter page-turner. It’s another B.A. Paris triumph — complex, compelling and absolutely impossible to resist. C.M. EWAN
‘So utterly gripping I finished it in one heart-racing afternoon. Clobbered me from the first page and kept me hostage until I’d turned the last’ EMMA BAMFORD
‘[T]his web of fear and lies is much more complex, satisfyingly so, than Room, involving many more characters, intricate plotting, and layers of subterfuge. Paris’s fans won’t be disappointed and readers new to the author will be hooked’ FIRST CLUE

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Could the child once accused of murder really be innocent?

‘So good . . . Ballantyne makes it look easy’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Beautifully told’ DAILY MAIL

‘Thought-provoking and unsettling’ ALEX GRAY

‘A breathless thriller’ WOMAN’S OWN

‘Had me turning the pages late into the night’ C. J. COOPER
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Innocent

Ten years ago, Sebastian Croll was found not guilty of murdering his playmate.

Criminal solicitor Daniel Hunter defended the eleven-year-old in a trial that gripped the nation, but the past is unearthed when Daniel gets a call from his old client.

Or guilty?

Sebastian’s university professor has been brutally murdered and everyone who knew her is in the frame.

As Daniel steps in to represent Sebastian for the second time, rumour of his client’s identity spreads like wildfire.

The media swarm. Threats begin to arrive. And the question on everyone’s lips:

Could the child once accused of murder really be innocent?
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What everyone is saying about Lisa Ballantyne’s thrillers:

‘Gripping’ CLARE MACKINTOSH

‘Sophisticated, suspenseful’ LEE CHILD

‘Tense’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Unsettling and compulsive’ ROSAMUND LUPTON

‘Moving’ GUARDIAN

‘Emotionally intense’ RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB

‘Grips like a vice’ DAILY MAIL

‘Thought-provoking’ GILLY MACMILLAN

‘Tense’ RACHEL ABBOTT

‘A page-turner’ DAILY EXPRESS

‘I couldn’t get this book out of my head’ JENNY COLGAN

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WHY GET CROSS, WHEN YOU CAN GET EVEN? Lyssa has everything-of course she does, she manifested it with her perfect attitude and feminine compliance. Unlike her whining sister Angela, Lyssa’s perfect positivity takes her to a grand historic house in a Scottish village and a life of luxury with a FIFO husband… until he dies in mysterious circumstances, plunging Lyssa into widowhood, ‘poverty’ and a carefully constructed web of lies, deceit, intrigue, and, of course, murder. Will this widow and her surprising new friends, Preston and Rhiannon, find the will to get Lyssa’s perfect life back on track?

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Will she take on an entire town to clear the name of a convicted killer?

Defense lawyer Cass Leary never backs down from a case. Though after her latest high-profile courtroom win, the ex-mafia attorney thinks she’s finally earned a little rest and relaxation. But when her paralegal begs her to defend a potentially innocent man who was convicted of homicide, she puts vacation on hold to fight for justice.

With the convicted killer now terminally ill and behind bars, Cass digs deeper despite the whole town resisting her at every turn. Discovering shocking evidence along the way, she fears the true killer may still be at large. But the closer she gets to the hornet’s nest, the more she enrages those who want her permanently silenced…

Can Cass set the record straight before trying to reveal dark town secrets gets her killed?

Stolen Justice is the fourth book in the fast-paced Cass Leary Legal Thriller series. If you like bold heroines, dark secrets, and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love Robin James’s pulse-pounding novel.

Buy Stolen Justice to take a suspenseful courtroom thrill-ride today!

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The trial of the century has arrived.

After twenty years of anguish, after twenty years of pain, defense attorney Joe Hennessy has the chance to confront the man who ordered the murder of his ten-year-old son.

In Charleston, South Carolina, Hennessy uncovers evidence that Senator Richard Longhouse has links to his son’s unsolved murder.
Desperate to know the truth, Hennessy digs deep into the past, following the evidence trail into the criminal underworld. Clashing with corrupt cops, dishonest politicians, and ruthless felons, Hennessy uncovers information that has been buried for twenty years.

But to find justice, to finally expose the truth, Joe Hennessy must risk everything he loves…

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Britain’s favourite senior spook, Maggie Matheson, returns, this time facing a new threat from within as a rogue agent plays the world’s Superpowers off against each other, using that most valuable of commodities: information.

“A brilliant mix of confident secret agent, determined older lady, and outrageous friend.”
“Everyone’s Nan, but with the sass of a bad-ass.”

Bruised and battered after her last case, Maggie is a shadow of her feisty former self. But when a double-dealing double agent threatens to disclose nuclear codes, she is inclined to answer her country’s call to help. The opportunity to heal past hurts seals the deal.

Meanwhile, other shady individuals are at large; shady individuals who want to make sure she goes out with a whimper and a bang. Does she still have the cunning, courage and clout to crack the case? Will her last orders be a curtain call? Or is it finally curtains for Maggie?

Last Orders is the third and final cosy mystery book in the Maggie Matheson Collection. Essential feel-good reading for fans of Richard Osman’s Murder Club.

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‘Authentic to the core’ Daily Express

Classic McNab – original, pulse-pounding and utterly compelling.
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Nick Stone has always kept his job as ex-SAS trouble shooter at arms’ length from his home life. But when his son falls dangerously ill and the doctor who saves him comes under threat from an old adversary, it is no longer possible. Life just got very personal.

To stop his cover being terminally blown, he must follow a trail that begins in Triad-controlled Hong Kong. He is propelled back into the brutal world he thought he’d left behind. The forces ranged against him have guns, helicopters, private armies and a terrified population in their vice-like grip. Nick Stone has two decades of operational skills – but this time, that may not be enough…

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The new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero.

Somalia – a lawless, violent land, ignored by the West, ripped apart by civil war and famine, fought over by drug-fuelled, gun-crazy clan fighters. They want the world to sit up and take notice. They have a new and terrifying weapon – pirates.

And now, the pirates have in their possession the young son of a Russian oligarch, snatched from a luxury yacht in the Seychelles. His father wants him back, will pay anything, stop at nothing to retrieve his boy. Up to now everything he has tried has failed. He needs the one man with the know-how, the means and the guts to complete the mission: ex-SAS trouble-shooter Nick Stone…

Dead Centre takes you to the reality behind the headlines, into the poorest and most violent country on the planet, a place that no sane person would choose to be.

Andy McNab has been there, seen it, done it. No other thriller writer can take you so close to the action.

‘Extraordinary’ The Times

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The breathtaking new Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero

OPPORTUNITY

Three tons of Saddam Hussein’s gold in an unguarded warehouse in Dubai. For two of Nick Stone’s closest ex-SAS comrades, it should have been the perfect, victimless crime…

DOUBLECROSS

But when the robbery goes devastatingly wrong, only Stone can identify his friends’ killer and track him down…

PAYBACK

Stone’s quest for revenge becomes a terrifying journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy, to which he and a beautiful Russian investigative journalist unwittingly hold the key…

‘Packed with wild action’ Daily Telegraph

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A New York Times and Amazon Bestseller.

Meet Mike Daley. Ex-priest. Ex-public defender. And as of yesterday, ex-partner in one of San Francisco’s most prominent law firms.

Today he’s out on his own, setting up practice on the wrong side of town. Then his best friend and former colleague is charged with the brutal double murder of two fellow lawyers.

Daley is instantly catapulted into a high-profile investigation involving the prestigious law firm that just booted him.

As he prepares his case, Daley uncovers the firm’s dirtiest secrets. It doesn’t take long for him to discover that in this trial, ambition, friendship, greed, and long-standing grudges will play just as important a role as truth and justice.

Brilliantly paced, crackling with energy and suspense, SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES reminds us why we love to hate lawyers — but can’t get enough of courtroom drama when it’s done this well.

“Outstanding! Siegel’s characters are sharp and witty. Nobody writes dialogue better.” – Robert Dugoni, NY Times and Amazon bestselling author of MY SISTER’S GRAVE.

With SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, author Sheldon Siegel burst onto the legal thriller arena exposing the world of big-time law firms and lawyers in a fresh, sharp-witted, wonderfully sardonic page-turner. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES introduces us to criminal defense attorneys and former spouses Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez — incompatible for marriage, but just right for everything else.

“A page-turner of the finger-burning kind.”
— San Francisco Chronicle

“An A+ first novel.”
— The Philadelphia Inquirer

“With a winning protagonist and a gripping plot, Siegel’s debut is sure to make partner at its first-choice firm: the expanding empire of Turow, Grisham, Lescroart, Wilhelm, Margolin and Baldacci.”
— Publisther’s Weekly

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES is first book in the NY Times and Amazon best selling legal thriller series featuring Mike Daley & Rosie Fernandez.

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The pursuit of the truth might cost one Wyoming lawyer everything…

In the wake of a trial loss and personal upheaval, defense attorney Sam Johnstone is drawn back into the legal fray by an accused drug dealer involved in a fatal fentanyl case. The dealer’s tantalizing offer? Pivotal information that could exonerate the son of Sam’s former partner in exchange for representation.

As Sam ventures deeper into this moral minefield, he uncovers suppressed testimony that could incriminate a former client… and threaten his own career.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author James Chandler comes the sixth book in the Sam Johnstone legal thriller series; perfect for fans of John Grisham, James Patterson, and C.J. Box.

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Justice is a deadly game…

When one of South Carolina’s most powerful lawyers is charged with the murder of his wife, criminal defense attorney Joe Hennessy agrees to be part of the defense team. As Hennessy builds a legal defense, he’s thrown into a world of danger and corruption, cruelty and violence.

Despite his full caseload, Hennessy agrees to defend a folk singer charged with drug trafficking. As he prepares for the trial, Hennessy digs into a world of lies, manipulation, and exploitation.

Fighting to find the truth in both cases, Hennessy battles against violent criminals, corrupt businessmen, and ruthless felons. He follows the evidence trail, digging deep into the criminal underworld. With the clock ticking, the pressure builds from all sides of the law.

The evidence Hennessy uncovers provides the chance to expose a deadly secret. But to do that, to take that gamble, to take that chance, Joe Hennessy must risk everything he loves…

The Southern Criminal is the second book in an epic new legal thriller series!

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In a world plagued by deglobalization and escalating conflicts between nations, a new threat looms larger than ever, the unstoppable rise of China. Fresh from their triumphant mission of thwarting a medieval Caliphate’s attempt to destroy strategic oil reserves, the United Nations Centre for Technology and Culture (UNCTC) team emerges as a motley crew of international misfits, led by their enigmatic, stateless Chinese boss. Their latest adventure takes them on a high-stakes journey to halt a devastating bioweapon attack that threatens to redraw the political landscape of East Africa, and perhaps even the entire world.

As the pressure mounts, China edges closer to realising its decades-long plan of forging new alliances and reshaping the global order. In an era dominated by Fake News, Social Media manipulation, and Deep Fakes, can the UNCTC team navigate the murky depths of deception and uncover the secret cabal’s sinister plot to destabilize and seize control in Africa? Time is running out, as they strive not only to counter China’s ambitions but also to unravel the enigma of the all-powerful Middle Kingdom’s strategy for dominance.

“Post Truth World” is a gripping tale that delves into the heart of a rapidly changing reality. It explores the precarious balance between truth and falsehood, where the fate of nations hangs in the balance. Brace yourself for a pulse-pounding race against time, where the heroes must unravel a web of intrigue while confronting the daunting challenges of our modern age.

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You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family. And lately, Mike Daley’s family has been keeping him very busy.

An ex-priest, ex-public defender, and ex-corporate lawyer, Daley and his former wife, Rosie Fernandez, now run their own San Francisco criminal defense firm.

Most of their cases are fairly small-time, which is why it would be surprising that the person accused of murdering movie director Richard (Big Dick) MacArthur is calling them. But things get personal when the accused is Rosie’s own niece, Angelina.

And the family drama doesn’t end there.

Rosie’s brother, Tony, may be on the wrong end of a strong-arm graft proposal.
The son of one of the firm’s lawyers has just been busted on a drug charge.
Mike is having a clandestine affair with a woman judge.
And Rosie herself has a dark secret that may make all of it seem irrelevant.

An intricate plot, immensely likeable characters, powerful suspense, and more than a touch of humor-these are Siegel’s hallmarks. CRIMINAL INTENT will keep you turning pages until its final, surprising end.

CRIMINAL INTENT is book 3 in the NY Times and Amazon bestselling legal thriller series featuring Mike Daley & Rosie Fernandez.

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“I HAVE A PASSION FOR JUSTICE.”

Attorney Talon Winter goes back to her roots to fight for her people and their land, but can she really turn her back on the criminal justice system, and the defendants who need her help?

Talon joins the legal battle to reclaim a part of her tribe’s coastal lands from powerful interests intent on keeping it a yacht club for Tacoma’s wealthiest denizens. It’s the good fight, but it’s a slow fight, filled with mountains of paperwork and countless delays. As Talon struggles to push the litigation forward, she finds herself distracted by a new man and a new case. She knows how to ignore a man, but can she sit idly by as an innocent person is railroaded into a life behind bars?

Passion fuels excellence. Talon will need to decide where her passion truly lies, so she can bring to bear the full power of her excellence.

STEPHEN PENNER IS AN AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR WITH OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD

Winter’s Passion is Book 6 in the top-rated legal thriller series featuring hard-nosed criminal defense attorney Talon Winter. Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone novel, but also follows the personal and professional growth of Talon and her friends and foes.

“Talon Winter is a kick-ass main character.” –Amazon Reader Review

If you’re looking for an authentic legal thriller that doesn’t shy away from the big issues in the justice system, you’ll love Winter’s Passion!

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When the pretending ends, the lying begins . . .

It’s the summer of 1990 and fourteen-year-old Molly Arnette lives with her extended family on one hundred acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The summer seems idyllic at first. The mountains are Molly’s playground and she’s well loved by her father, a therapist famous for books he’s written about a method called ‘Pretend Therapy’; her adoptive mother, who has raised Molly as her own; and Amalia, her birth mother who also lives on the family land.

The adults in Molly’s life have created a safe and secure world for her to grow up in. But Molly’s security begins to crumble as she becomes aware of a plan taking shape in her extended family – a plan she can’t stop and that threatens to turn her idyllic summer into a nightmare.

Pretending to Dance by Diane Chamberlain, the bestselling author of The Silent Sister, is a fascinating and deftly-woven novel, that reveals the devastating power of secrets.

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Previously published as Bad Ace Stories: Imagination Has Limits, Reality Doesn’t by Olleh, Mai

You will love this book after 1 minute of reading!

Through books, movies, and SNS, we can get a taste of what it is that makes those around us laugh and cry. We learn about new perspectives, gather wisdom, feel supported in times of need, and sometimes can’t even believe what we just saw really happened.

But unfortunately, there aren’t many books out there that offer a compilation of stories that aren’t fiction, but real. True experiences by true people we can connect to.

So, we simply made one.

Do you feel like laughing today? Do you want to cry? Do you want to dive into real experiences others just like you and me went through?

Then this book is the right choice for you. Come in, we’re ready!

“With that, I walked away. Later I received a text saying, “You’re cruel,” but I blocked all calls and messages afterward. It became easier to wrap things up since the final conversation ended that way.”

“After taking a shower, my wife comes out of the bathroom naked and puts her clothes on in her room. If it would only happen in our own house, I wouldn’t think twice about it, but she is also doing it in front of her family and friends.”

“When my husband and I came home from work together one day, we found that our bedroom door had been broken. As soon as my husband saw the door, he went to confront his mother right away.”

I guarantee you will love this book after only one minute of reading!

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THE NEW, UTTERLY UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HOLIDAY AND THE CATCH.

You wake up, your husband is dead and YOU are the prime suspect. Your children have been taken away, your life sent into freefall – and yet you can barely remember anything about the night you lost everything.

Ten years later you are released from prison. What do you do? Do you accept your fate, your conviction and leave your children to be raised by someone else?

Or do you stop at nothing to find out the truth about what really happened that night – and to get your family back?

Praise for THE MOTHER:

‘A tense and compelling thriller that demands to be read in one sitting, with a final twist that will make you gasp . . . Logan belongs in the top echelons of British thriller writers’ Sunday Express

‘A true single-sitting read, The Mother is the best yet from the master of the heartbreaking, heart-pounding, head-spinning thriller’ Ellery Lloyd, author of PEOPLE LIKE HER

‘I ripped through The Mother in a day, my heart in my mouth the entire time. Superbly plotted and packed full of danger, this is T.M. Logan’s best, most adrenaline-fuelled thriller yet’ Louise Candlish

‘A heart-pounding read that kept me gripped from start to finish’ Sarah Pearse

‘An irresistible new thriller . . . the real triumph in The Mother is that fierce, flawed title character. She’s a mother like no other’ A.J. Finn, International bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

‘A heart-stopping, twisting, unmissable thrill-ride. The Mother kept me glued to my seat and guessing until the very end. No one does it better than T.M. Logan’ Chris Whitaker

‘Sharply written and deeply emotive, The Mother is a gripping thriller that kept me turning the pages late into the night. This is T.M.Logan at his finest’ Lucy Clarke

‘T.M. Logan is at the top of his game – The Mother is a propulsive novel of secrets, heartbreaking betrayal, and what lengths an individual goes to put ‘family first” L.V. Matthews

‘Unbearably tense from the very first chapter, and constantly shocking; T.M. Logan is a master of misdirection’ Sharon Bolton

‘A true single-sitting read, The Mother is the best yet from the master of the heartbreaking, heart-pounding, head-spinning thriller’ Ellery Lloyd, author of PEOPLE LIKE HER

‘A propulsive, unrelentingly compelling thriller’ B. P Walter, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE DINNER GUEST

‘T.M. Logan takes you an emotional rollercoaster with his latest unputdownable thriller. He just gets better and better’ Heidi Perks

‘Part mystery, part revenge story, 100% enthralling’ Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time

‘A superbly crafted thriller about a woman reclaiming her life and past after a murder conviction. She will stop at nothing to clear her name and nothing will stop you turning the pages of this gripping read until the satisfying finale. Engrossing’ Olivia Kiernan

*Sunday Times bestseller – Sunday 12th March 2023*

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PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW – PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024

‘An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Guaranteed to keep you awake’ The Times

A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America’s most exclusive holiday retreat. But it’s no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations of international security.

For McAra was a man who knew too much. As ghostwriter to one of the most controversial men on the planet – Britain’s former prime minister, holed up in a remote ocean-front house to finish his memoirs – he stumbled across secrets which cost him his life.

When a new ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or the start of a deadly assignment propelled by deception and intrigue – from which there will be no escape . . .

‘Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion’ Economist

‘Truly thrilling’ Sunday Times

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*THE THEAKSTON’S OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2021*
*WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR*
*WINNER OF THE NED KELLY INTERNATIONAL AWARD*

A GUARDIAN BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR
An EXPRESS BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR
An i BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR
A MIRROR BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH

READ THE BOOK EVERYONE IS CALLING A MASTERPIECE.

‘A beautifully written mystery, packed with unforgettable characters’ JANE HARPER

‘An accomplished and moving story of crime, punishment, love and redemption’ GUARDIAN

For fans of Jane Harper’s The Dry comes a powerful novel about the lengths we will go to keep our family safe. This is a story about good and evil and how life is lived somewhere in between.

Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer.

Now, he’s been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape Haven, California. Not everyone is pleased to see him. Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed.

Duchess Radley, Star’s thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer, part-protector to her younger brother, Robin – and to her deeply troubled mother. But in trying to protect Star, Duchess inadvertently sets off a chain of events that will have tragic consequences not only for her family, but also the whole town.

Murder, revenge, retribution.

How far can we run from the past, when the past seems doomed to repeat itself?

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT WE BEGIN AT THE END:

‘Magnificent . . . an instant classic, a West Coast Where the Crawdads Sing . . . a special, vital novel. I’m grateful to have read it’ A J FINN

‘Surely destined to conquer the world’ RUTH JONES

‘A magnificent crime novel. It deserves to win a hatful of awards. A BIG hat. Consider me a major fan’ MARK BILLINGHAM

‘So beautifully written’ LYNDA LA PLANTE

‘Incredible writing, characters so brilliantly drawn they jump off the page. Outstanding’ BA PARIS

‘I LOVED this book . . . This is a book to be read and re-read and an author to be celebrated’ LOUISE PENNY

‘A stunning and heartbreaking book – will keep you gripped until the last moving page’ CLAIRE MCGOWAN

‘An exceptionally beautiful and accomplished crime novel’ ALI LAND

‘One of the best books I’ve ever read’ FIONA CUMMINS

‘An absolute masterclass in crime writing and story-telling’ JO SPAIN

‘One of the year’s best crime reads’ VASEEM KHAN

‘One of my favourite books of all time’ M. W. CRAVEN, winner of the CWA’s Gold Dagger Award

‘A masterpiece of storytelling with clever twists and an ending to knock you sideways’ CANDIS MAGAZINE

‘This heart-rending story . . . is among the most powerful and moving I have read in years’ DAILY MAIL

‘Cements Whitaker’s status as one of the most talented authors writing today’ HEAT MAGAZINE

‘Masterly novel’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘A dark yet painfully human tale that is impossible to forget’ CRIME MONTHLY

‘Beautifully written and deeply moving’ SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB

‘A gorgeous, crystalline novel’ JEANINE CUMMINS, author of AMERICAN DIRT

‘Heartbreaking and profound, this is my thriller of the year’ MIRROR

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‘Louise Penny’s writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling’ PETER JAMES

There is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache’s world of facts and feelings.

Winter in Three Pines, and the sleepy village is carpeted in snow. It’s a time of peace and goodwill – until a scream pierces the biting air. A spectator at the annual Boxing Day curling match has been fatally electrocuted. Despite the large crowd, there are no witnesses and – apparently – no clues.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache discovers a history of secrets and enemies in the dead woman’s past. But he has enemies of his own, and as he is frozen out of decision-making in the Surete du Quebec, he has to decide who he can trust…

Ten million readers.
Three pines.
One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.

‘Penny is a joy’ IRISH TIMES

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