A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES , OBSERVER , GUARDIAN , i PAPER , FINANCIAL TIMES , NEW STATESMAN , SCOTSMAN , IRISH TIMES , BBC.COM, WATERSTONES.COM 'You have to read Apeirogon ' Sunday Times 'Nothing like any book you've ever read' MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM 'An essential hymn to peace and forgiveness' independent.co.uk The novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters: divided by conflict, yet united in grief.
Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another - yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami's license plate is yellow. Bassam's license plate is green. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to the West Bank. The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half.
Both men have lost their daughters. Rami's thirteen-year-old girl Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber while out shopping with her friends. Bassam's ten-year-old daughter Abir was shot and killed by a member of the border police outside her school. There was a candy bracelet in her pocket she hadn't had time to eat yet.
The men become the best of friends.
In this epic novel - named for a shape with a countably infinite number of sides - Colum McCann crosses centuries and continents, stitching time, art, history, nature and politics into a tapestry of friendship, love, loss and belonging. Musical, muscular, delicate and soaring, Apeirogon is the novel for our times.
'A quite extraordinary novel. Colum McCann has found the form and voice to tell the most complex of stories, with an unexpected friendship between two men at its powerfully beating heart' KAMILA SHAMSIE
''A dazzlingly shapeshifting novel . . . equally good at action scenes and in-depth psychology'' The Sunday Times ''A thriller with a surprisingly heartfelt and redemptive ending, Billy Summers is a compelling and engrossing read'' Sunday Express From legendary storyteller and No. 1 bestseller Stephen King, whose ''restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained'' ( The New York Times Book Review ), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job. Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He''s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he''ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong? How about everything. This spectacular can''t-put-it-down novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It''s about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption. You won''t put this story down, and you won''t forget Billy.
A cult classic, adapted into a film starring Christian Bale. Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do? Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, reservations at every new restaurant in town and a line of girls around the block. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . . With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, Bret Easton Ellis''s American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time. A multi-million -copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent black comedy about the darkest side of human nature.
The epic conclusion to Camilla Läckberg and Henrik Fexeus' pulse-racing Swedish crime thriller trilogy
'Hello Niklas Sockenberg. We hope you have been satisfied with our services during this time, which has now reached its end. You have 14 days, 1 hour and 12 minutes left to live'
A deadly threat
On Christmas Eve, Sweden's Minister of Justice receives an ominous call. An automated voice tells him has just fourteen days to live.
A gruesome discovery
The same day, a human skeleton is found in the Stockholm subway, belonging to a high-ranking financier. With the team grieving the loss of one of their own, Police inspector Mina Dabiri calls in mentalist Vincent Walder to help with the case.
A race to find a killer
When another pile of bones is found underground, the team is put to the test - what is going on in the tunnels deep under Stockholm? And can they uncover who is threatening the minister, before his time runs out?
Readers love MIRAGE
'Scandi detective fiction at its best'
'A five-star read ... highly original, completely absorbing, interesting and entertaining'
'This is another excellent book in the Mina and Vincent series'
'Definitely one of the best crime thrillers I have ever read!!!'
At first, Logan Ramsay isn't sure if anything's different. He just feels a little sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better. But before long, he can't deny it: something's happening to his brain.
A dazzling literary crime novel from a CWA-nominated author as Sergeant Leon Geats - our savage yet sentimental guide to lawless 1930's Soho - dedicates himself to finding a sadistic killer; a decision that will echo for over half a century.
US Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped murderess named Rachel Solando as a hurricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems, and neither is Teddy Daniels.
A Book of the Year in THE TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, and ELLE
'A treat' - Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting
'Dazzling' - Colin Walsh, author of Kala
'Brilliant' - The Times
'Ingenious' - The Telegraph
'Terrific' - The New York Times
'Heartbreaking' - The Guardian
THE HEART IS A LOCKED ROOM
Abigail's brother Benjamin is dead, and her world has literally been split in two. In one reality Abigail finds herself back at work, navigating the frustrations of well-wishers and busybodies, desperately wondering why her brother has gone. In the other an eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin's killer among his circle of close friends.
Is this a murder mystery or something more? What secrets do Benjamin's friends hold? And can Abigail, immersed in her grief, find out the truth of her beloved brother's life?
Bosch reopens the hunt for a psychotic killer who stalked the streets of Los Angeles years before. The superb twelfth Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author.
"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I''ll soon learn that the Winchesters'' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . .
Every day I clean the Winchesters'' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.
I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew''s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it''s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina''s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.
I only try on one of Nina''s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it''s like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it''s far too late.
But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don''t know who I really am.
They don''t know what I''m capable of . . .
An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won''t be able to put this down!
Read what everyone''s saying about The Housemaid:
"I got severe whiplash from the twistiest turns... Every time I thought I had it figured out... WRONG!!!... I am still reeling... outstanding... If you love a top notch psychological thriller that will have you questioning your own sanity, then this 5-star read is for you" NetGalley reviewer, FIVE STARS "What a wild ride!!! Freida definitely delivered the best twisty ending... Gripping from start to finish... honestly, I just could not put it down... An absolutely mind-blowing shocker that kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat literally until the very end" Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS "So many twists and turns... I was hooked right away - I even read my Kindle while waiting in my kid''s school pick-up line so I wouldn''t have to put this book down!... addictive... pure perfection!" Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS
Who is the mysterious ghost haunting the corridors of the Paris Opera? Christine has made a terrifying pact with him that she must not break. Will the singer's friends save her? The story unfolds in the great Parisian theatre, the world's largest music temple.
Qui est le mystérieux fantôme qui hante l'Opéra de Paris ? Il a jeté son dévolu sur Christine, une jeune cantatrice, prisonnière d'un pacte terrifiant qu'elle doit respecter. Les amis de Christine réussiront-ils à libérer la jeune fille ? Pour en savoir plus, suivons les personnages dans les étages et les souterrains du temple de la danse et de la musique.
It is Christmas, 1951, Los Angeles. A city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals, six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three L A P D detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers.
'Stayed up late finishing this, just had to know what happened, brilliant final twist! Gripping page-turner with great characters'Sunday Times bestselling author B A Paris
She says she's innocent.
DO YOU BELIEVE HER?
2013
Melissa Slade had it all: beauty, money, a successful husband and beautiful twin babies. But, in the blink of an eye, her perfect life became a nightmare - when she found herself on trial for the murder of her little girls.
PRESENT DAY
Jonathan Hunt covered the original Slade Babies case for the local newspaper. Now that new evidence has come to light, Jon's boss wants him back on the story to uncover the truth.
With Melissa's appeal date looming, time is running out. And, as Jon gets drawn deeper into a case he'd wanted to forget, he starts to question Melissa's guilt.
Is Melissa manipulating Jon or telling him the truth? Is she a murderer, or the victim of a miscarriage of justice?
And if Melissa Slade is innocent, what really happened to Ellie and Amber Slade?
Don't miss THE GUILTY MOTHER, the chilling new psychological thriller from eBook bestseller Diane Jeffrey!
READERS LOVE THE GUILTY MOTHER:
'A mind blowing storyline... AND THAT LAST CHAPTER TOOK MY BREATH AWAY... Everything a thriller ought to be' Shalini
'Don't miss this book' Sue
'The phrase "on the edge of your seat" was made for this book' Mark
'Keeps you on your toes' Sarah
'Absolutely thrilling! ... You really will be guessing right until the very end!' Jodie
'A crazy thriller read and keeps you going back and forth' Melanie
'Full of twists up to the very last sentence' Kim2013
Melissa Slade had it all: beauty, money, a successful husband and beautiful twin babies. But, in the blink of an eye, her perfect life became a nightmare - when she found herself on trial for the murder of her little girls.
PRESENT DAY
Jonathan Hunt covered the original Slade Babies case for the local newspaper. Now that new evidence has come to light, Jon's boss wants him back on the story to uncover the truth.
With Melissa's appeal date looming, time is running out. And, as Jon gets drawn deeper into a case he'd wanted to forget, he starts to question Melissa's guilt.
Is Melissa manipulating Jon or telling him the truth? Is she a murderer, or the victim of a miscarriage of justice?
And if Melissa Slade is innocent, what really happened to Ellie and Amber Slade?
READERS LOVE THE GUILTY MOTHER:
'Gripping, thought-provoking and scarily believable... just when you think you know where the story is going, another twist comes round the corner' TM Logan, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Holiday
'A mind blowing storyline... AND THAT LAST CHAPTER TOOK MY BREATH AWAY... Everything a thriller ought to be' Shalini
'Don't miss this book' Sue
'The phrase "on the edge of your seat" was made for this book' Mark
'Keeps you on your toes' Sarah
'Absolutely thrilling! ... You really will be guessing right until the very end!' Jodie
'A crazy thriller read and keeps you going back and forth' Melanie
As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can''t risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . .
It''s hard to find an employer who doesn''t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.
It''s almost perfect. But I still haven''t met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I''m sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I''m doing laundry. And one day I can''t help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything....
That''s when I make a promise. After all, I''ve done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe.
Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It''s simply a question of how far I''m willing to go....
An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train will be completely hooked!
Read what everyone''s saying about The Housemaid''s Secret:
''Hold on to your jaws, because they will drop . . . Loved. It. So. Much!!'' Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS ''I flew through the pages like a bat out of hell. So, so good!! I absolutely loved every second of it!! Will lead you down one path until you are completely turned around and screaming WTF?!'' Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS ''I read this book straight through in one sitting, and stayed up entirely too late to do so . . . Crazy twists and turns - I actually said "Wait, what?" out loud'' Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS
Wives think their husbands will change, but they don't. Husbands think their wives won't change, but they do . . .
'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' - Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True
The million-copy bestselling author of His and Hers, Alice Feeney, returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage . . . and revenge.
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Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.
Grady calls his wife as she's driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by a cliff edge, the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there . . . but his wife has disappeared.
A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can't sleep, and he can't write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track.
Then he sees the impossible: a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.
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'Her best book yet' - Harlan Coben, author of Fool Me Once
'Brilliant and chilling, with an inspired setting, characters that jump off the page and twists to give you whiplash. I loved every word' - Claire Douglas, author of The Couple at No 9
'Magnetic and jaw-dropping' - Mary Kubica, bestselling author of Local Woman Missing
'Unforgettable' - Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End
'A masterpiece, a riveting read, immaculately written' - Janice Hallett, author of The Twyford Code
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . Dante's Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle. By the author of The Da Vinci Code .
*ANNA O - THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME*
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**SELECTED AS THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH**
**AN OBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTH**
''Reads like a dream but unsettles like a nightmare'' A J FINN ''A propulsive and inventive read'' GUARDIAN
''Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'' THE TIMES
''Compelling and brilliantly crafted'' SUN
''Utterly addictive'' LUCY CLARKE
''Certain to be one of the year''s best thrillers'' LEE CHILD
''Will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime'' NITA PROSE
''Remarkable . . . it deserves to be a breakout bestseller'' DAILY MAIL
''The twist is one of the best I''ve read'' DAVID BALDACCI
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ANNA O HASN''T OPENED HER EYES FOR FOUR YEARS
Not since the night she was found in a deep sleep by the bodies of her best friends, suspected of a chilling double murder.
For Doctor Benedict Prince, a forensic psychologist on London''s Harley Street, waking Anna O could be career-defining. As an expert in sleep, he knows all about the darkest chambers of the mind; the secrets that lie buried in the subconscious.
As he begins Anna O''s treatment - studying his patient''s dreams, combing her memories, visiting the site where the horrors played out - he pulls on the thread of a much deeper, darker mystery.
Awakening Anna O isn''t the end of the story, it''s just the beginning.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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'Breathtaking and brilliant!' Jeffery Deaver
'The pages turn themselves' Daily Mail
'As thrilling and jaw-dropping as Jurassic Park' Don Winslow
'Heart-pounding storytelling at its finest' T.J. Newman
'One of the most entertaining novels I've read in years' Adrian McKinty
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Two of the bestselling storytellers of all time have created an unforgettable thriller.
A once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii.
But a decades-old military secret could turn the volcano into something even more terrifying...
Now it's up to a handful of brave individuals to save the island - and the entire world.
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Readers are loving Eruption...
'Absolute classic'
'Enthralling read'
'Classic Crichton and fantastically brought to a climax by Patterson'
'What a roller coaster ride'
'Great storytelling'
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MORE PRAISE FOR ERUPTION
'Fast-moving and fun' NEW SCIENTIST
'Enjoyable' TELEGRAPH
'An astonishing story' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Patterson's skill as a storyteller is evident' FINANCIAL TIMES
'An electrifying thriller' Essential Marbella Magazine
Eruption was a No. 2 Sunday Times Bestseller and No. 1 New York Times Bestseller 16/06/2024
''Unquestionably the supremo of South African crime-writing fiction'' - Peter James
Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido are languishing in Stellenbosch. Run-of-the-mill police work in the leafy university town is a far cry from their previous life in the elite HAWKS. But when a student is found dead on a mountain trail, the two detectives find themselves trying to unpick a stubbornly difficult mystery.
In the north of the country, meanwhile, a beautiful wildlife guide is recruited by a group of special forces soldiers to act as a honeytrap, part a dangerous multi-million-dollar heist that goes tragically wrong. Then back in Stellenbosch, a local businessman is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit - suffocated by fast-action filler foam sprayed down his throat. A message to keep silent - but about what?
You need a cool head to unravel it all, because sadly, the thieves and criminals are as likely to be in government - or even the police - as on the streets. You need to stay calm, focused - and sober. Benny may be sober these days, but he''s not feeling calm. Solving this puzzle is turning into a deadly race against time and there''s another date that''s coming towards him like an express train. Alexa has fixed the date for their wedding. Big trouble, on every front.
In the latest Robicheaux novel, Clete Purcel - veteran, private investigator, and former New Orleans cop - takes centre stage for the first time.
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Clete Purcel - private investigator, ex-member of the New Orleans Police Department, and war veteran with a hard shell and just a few soft spots - is Dave Robicheaux''s longtime friend and partner in detective work. But he has a troubled past.
When Clete leaves his car at the local car wash, only to return to find it ransacked by a group of thugs tied to the drug trade from Mexican cartels to Louisiana, it feels personal - his grandniece died of a fentanyl overdose, and his fists curl when he thinks of the dealers who sold it.
Just as Clete starts to trail the culprits, Clara Bow hires Clete as a detective to investigate her scheming, slippery ex-husband, and a string of brutal deaths all link back to a heavily tattooed man who seems to lurk around every corner. Clete is experiencing shockingly lifelike hallucinations and questioning Clara''s ulterior motives when he and Dave start to hear rumors of a dangerous substance with potentially catastrophic effects. The thugs who destroyed his car might have been pawns in a scheme far darker than they could''ve imagined.
Gripping, violent, yet interlaced with Clete''s humor and consistent drive to protect those he loves, Clete brings a fresh perspective to a truly iconic series.
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PRAISE FOR JAMES LEE BURKE, THE AWARD-WINNING KING OF SOUTHERN NOIR:
''James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed'' Michael Connelly
''A gorgeous prose stylist'' Stephen King
''No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists'' Daily Mail
''The greatest crime writer currently at work'' Spectator
''The reigning champ of nostalgia noir'' New York Times
A twisting, pulse-pounding psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the highly addictive global bestselling Housemaid series.
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"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way...
I used to clean other people's houses-now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve.
Even still, I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell. When she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills...
The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors.
Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here?
I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?
Unbelievably twisty and tension-packed, The Housemaid is Watching can be enjoyed as a standalone read: and once you start, it will have you up all night racing through the pages until the final explosive twist.
A new, twisting thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coworker and The Housemaid!
She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. Until she meets Tom.
Tom is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.
Then the brutal murder of a young woman-the latest in a string of deaths across the coast-confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.
Sydney should feel safe. After all, she has Tom, the man of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim...
A dark story about obsession and the things we'll do for love, Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest...
Greenwich, south-east London Detective Inspector Jack Caffery - young, driven, unshockable - is called to one of the most gruesome crime scenes he has ever seen. Five young women have been ritualistically murdered and dumped on wasteland near the Dome. Subsequent post-mortems reveal a singular, horrific signature linking the victims.
