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FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB A brand new series. An iconic new detective team. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . . ----- Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job . . . Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241608364 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.2 x 4cm

The Inmate is a propulsive, mind-bending thriller about how we define guilt―and who has to pay for it, from bestselling author Freida McFadden. The guiltiest people aren't always the ones behind bars… As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules: Treat all prisoners with respect. Never reveal any personal information. Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But nobody knows that Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. They certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart―the star quarterback, the golden boy who's serving a life sentence for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there. But Shane knows. He knows more than anyone. And he will never forget. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781464221385 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.0 x 19.7 cm

An addictive, unpredictable thriller that will keep you asking the question: what is the truth? Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. They think they've found it when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace years ago. But when a violent winter storm traps them at the estate, the house begins to lose its appeal. Stuck inside and growing restless, Tricia stumbles on a collection of audio transcripts from Dr. Hale's sessions with patients. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to the doctor's mysterious disappearance. With each tape, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and a web of lies slowly unravels. But by the time Tricia reaches the final cassette, the one that reveals the entire horrifying story, it will be too late… Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781464221361 • Author: Frieda McFadden • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm

Some doors are locked for a reason… While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front door. Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows about her past, and she'll do anything to keep it that way. Then one of her young female patients is murdered, killed in the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims. Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she's not like her father. The police can't pin anything on her. As long as they don't look in her basement… Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781464221354 • Author: Freida McFadden • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm

A dark, twisting thriller about a group of friends lost in the woods: one by one, they each will fall, and only the killer will return home alive... A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren't as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them? But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: Only one of them will return home alive. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781464221392 • Author:  Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  272 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm

A chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge by Freida McFadden... Lesson #1: trust no one Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal, with one student, Addie, at its center. And this year, Eve is dismayed to find the girl in her class. Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says. But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.  Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781464221378 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4cm

When a blood-soaked old man is spotted wandering through a sleepy fishing village in the far north of Scotland, his neighbours think he's been in an accident. Until he leads them to his home, and to the mutilated remains of his late wife. It is the first murder that the remote Highland village has ever seen. It will not be the last. Someone is targeting the elderly and vulnerable in their homes. Someone they know. Someone they trust. Arriving to lead the manhunt, DCI Jack Logan finds a close-knit community closing ranks. Can Jack break down the wall of silence before more lives are lost? Or, in this twisted, sadistic killer, has Jack Logan finally met his match? One for the Ages is the 16th book in the multi-million selling DCI Jack Logan series from Scottish crime author, JD Kirk. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804368312 • Author: JD Kirk • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.85 x 2.01 cm

Riley has a murder to solve and she doesn't need a hot, goody-two-shoes detective sticking his nose into her investigation – especially when he writes her in at the top of his suspect list. Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she's diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mum is convinced they're clairvoyant visions. Just when things seemingly can't get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for one of her neighbours…who turns up murdered. Nick Santiago doesn't play well with others. Unless the "others" are of the female persuasion. Wink. He's a rebel, a black sheep, a man who prefers a buffet of options to being stuck with the same entrée every night, if you catch his drift. When the pretty, possibly psychic Riley lands at the top of the list of suspects, Nick volunteers to find out whodunit. Only because he likes solving mysteries – not because he wants to flex his heroic muscles for the damsel in distress. All they have to do is figure out who pulled the trigger, keep a by-the-book detective with a grudge at bay, and deal with a stranger claiming he was sent to help Riley hone her psychic gifts. All before the killer discovers she's a loose end that requires snipping. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464249099 • Author: Lucy Score • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Paperback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.1 cm

Some scars don’t heal. Some killers don’t forget. Life has been good for DCI Jack Logan lately. Happily settled down with the woman of his dreams and a dog he begrudgingly tolerates, things are finally going Jack's way. All that is about to change. When a murderer on a misguided revenge mission begins picking off victims on the streets of Inverness, Jack’s boss decides to bring in some outside help. But the new team member is an old flame from Jack’s past who isn’t quite ready to let him go, and as the dead bodies rack up, the life Jack has been building for himself may be the next victim to fall. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804368299 • Author: JD Kirk • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.85 x 1.98 cm

Six months ago, a girl vanished. Now, it’s happening again. When the body of a teenager is discovered near Eilean Donan Castle several months after she disappeared, DCI Jack Logan and his team journey across the Highlands to investigate. As they start to unpick the young woman's life, the secrets and lies they expose soon threaten to tear the small, rural community apart. But, when a second girl goes missing in similar circumstances, it isn’t just a murder investigation that Jack finds himself running. It’s a race against time. Here Lie the Dead is the 15th book in the multi-million selling DCI Jack Logan series from Scottish crime author, JD Kirk. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804368305 • Author: JD Kirk • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.11 cm

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back. Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell-beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running-is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything… It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider-she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim? But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781464221347 • Author:  Freida McFadden • Publisher:  Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  368 • Dimensions:  12.8 x 19.7 x 2.7 cm

An isolated location. A violent murder. Something’s wild out west… When a badly burned body is found near the remote Ardnamurchan Lighthouse on the west coast of Scotland, it feels like just another day on the job for DCI Jack Logan and his team. But the victim’s list of enemies—including a diminutive loan shark and a powerful local politician—is far longer than Jack was prepared for. And don't even get him started on the magic psychic sex cult. With political scandal brewing, conspiracy theories running wild, and a team member stuck inside a giant road safety squirrel costume, DCI Logan’s latest case might just be his most bizarre to date. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804368282 • Author: JD Kirk • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.85 x 1.91 cm

Who killed DCI Mackie? DCI Lesley Clarke thinks she's close to solving her predecessor’s murder. But when the body of a police officer connected to the crime turns up in the abandoned village of Tyneham, the case steps up a gear. And when someone she's close to is threatened by the killer, Lesley’s quest for the truth becomes even more urgent. Can Lesley convince her senior officers of the truth, keep her team on track and protect her family? The Ghost Village Murders is the gripping final instalment to the Dorset Crime series, essential reading for fans of LJ Ross, Joy Ellis and JM Dalgleish. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804367681 • Author: Rachel McLean • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm

One perfect life. One perfect family. One day to destroy it all. To an outside viewer, Nathan and Eve Thayer have an idyllic life. They have a lovely home in an affluent Boston suburb, a beautiful baby girl, great careers – but beneath the glossy surface, all is not what it seems. Stress in Eva’s life is mounting, both professionally and personally, and she feels increasingly uneasy at her workplace. A break-in at a nearby house hasn’t helped, either. Someone is out to destroy the Thayer’s peace, but no one knows why. Detective Rita Myers hasn’t discovered whether Eve is a target or a suspect, but what she does know is that every disturbing incident in this peaceful neighborhood points back at her. And when a devastating event occurs, it’s clear how far from perfect Eve and Nathan’s lives really are. As the cracks in the surface start to show, so do the dark secrets that lie beneath… A pulse-pounding crime thriller, perfect for fans of Claire Douglas and Lisa Jewell. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835982174 • Author: Terri Parlato • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm

Steph Williams is excited to get her hands stuck into her latest gardening project. This time, she's been commissioned by Lady Clara of Ashford Manor to restore the stately gardens to their former glory. But the estate is suddenly thrown into chaos when a dead body is discovered in one of the rooms. The police rule it as suicide, though Steph's convinced they're barking up the wrong tree. For she knows the deceased better than they do and it could only be one thing: murder. And if the police won't listen to her, then Steph will have to investigate the case herself. As Steph tries to get to the root of the matter, she soon discovers that the manor staff hold secrets of their own, and now she's not sure who she can trust. But one thing is for sure, she's not going to let the murderer lead her up the garden path... Gardener turned amateur sleuth Steph and her adorable dog are on the search for a killer in this highly gripping and unputdownable cosy crime novel. Fans of Richard Coles, Fiona Leitch and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett will be hooked from beginning to end. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781471416200 • Author: Rosie Sandler • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 272 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.73 cm

BEFORE YOU READ THIS BOOK I WANT YOU TO KNOW THREE THINGS: 1. The police are looking to charge me with murder. 2. No one knows who I am. Or how I did it. 3. If you think you’ve found me. I’m coming for you next. After you’ve read this book, you’ll know: the truth is far more twisted… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035415021 • Author: Steve Cavanagh • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm

In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart. Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train – one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of Occupied France; the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown. And Enzo’s investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders – the Mona Lisa. The Night Gate spans three generations, taking us from war-torn London, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Berlin and Vichy France, to the deadly enemy facing the world in 2020. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529434798 • Author: Peter May • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 496 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.4 cm

IT CAN ALL CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE Steppy Corner, voice of hit true crime podcast series All the Dark Corners, wakes in hospital with no memory of what brought her to Heartsick – the small Colorado town where her estranged family live – no memory of why she was racing up the mountainside to her parents’ house late at night . . . or why she didn’t make that bend. All she knows is her mother has been brutally murdered and her brother is the prime suspect. As Steppy begins to piece together events in the run-up to the accident, she discovers her brother’s connection to another ongoing case, that of a missing girl last seen with him on Halloween. Steppy knows better than anyone that the truth often hides in the darkest of corners, but as she races to untangle the web of secrets and lies, will it ultimately prove too close to home? A twisting, claustrophobic and masterfully plotted thriller, with a breath-taking conclusion. Perfect for fans of Gillian McAllister, Claire Douglas and Lisa Jewell. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035405213 • Author: Jessica Irena Smith • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm

YOUR NIGHTMARE IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING . . . New mum Lucy couldn’t be more in love with her twin baby boys, but with her husband Andrew’s return to long hours at work, she’s left to deal with the sleepless nights alone. When her best friend Nina suggests they hire a night nanny, Lucy jumps at the opportunity – much to the distaste of her overbearing mother-in-law. But Evie is a natural with the boys and the extra sleep means the days are more manageable. Slowly but surely, Lucy is a finding a way back to her old self and soon, she might even be ready to get back to running the gym she owns with Nina. Then things begin to go missing, the doubts start creeping in and Lucy finds she can’t keep track of the truth. Is it baby brain, or could there be a side to Evie she’s not letting on? And when the future of Lucy’s business is threatened, she starts down a path that might lead her to uncover some long-buried truths about their small town. These secrets might tear her family apart – from the inside out. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035401277 • Author: Kathryn Whitfield • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.69 x 12.7 x 2.24 cm

DCI Lesley Clarke is back in Dorset, and her world has turned upside down. One of the people she’s closest to is to under arrest for the murder of DCI Mackie and a body has been found in the remote lighthouse at Portland Bill. And not just any body, but the body of someone she investigated before moving to Dorset. Can Lesley win the trust of the close-knit Portland community and find the killer? And can DI Zoe Finch of the West Midlands force help her track down potential suspects? Does Superintendent Carpenter know more than he's letting on about Mackie's death? And most importantly, can Lesley find her predecessor's real killer and ensure justice is done? The tense eighth instalment in the bestselling Dorset Crime series sees the stakes raised higher than ever for Lesley and her team. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804367674 • Author: Rachel McLean • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2 cm