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''Addictive'' - THE TIMES''Marvellously twisty, with the clockwork ingenuity of Agatha Christie'' - FINANCIAL TIMESSHARING A BODY CAN BE MURDER Alex, Kate, Mike, Sierra and Ben have spent twenty-five years trapped together. And there''s no escape. They share one body, part of humanity''s answer to its dangerously spiralling population. After more than two decades of bickering and petty vendettas, the one thing they can agree on is that they need a better host, and so they travel to a Death Park where they can win enough to get them the upgrades that will make the next twenty-five years bearable. But things go very wrong when Kate accepts a dangerous offer, and one of them disappears. Someone is trying to kill off members of the commune. But why? Is one of them responsible? Or is an outsider playing a deadly game? It''s hard enough to catch a murderer. It''s almost impossible when you might be sharing a body with them...''Gripping and intriguing on every level'' - SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUM ''A dazzling, thrilling rollercoaster ride'' - ALEX PAVESI, author of EIGHT DETECTIVES

''It gripped me for a week. Incredible!'' JANICE HALLETT''Mind-bendingly brilliant. Agatha Christie on steroids!'' TIM GLISTERA locked room. A brutal murder. And a killer who can unwind time...A DEAD BILLIONAIRE Part-time constable Ella Manning never thought she''d have to investigate her ex-fiance´''s murder. But that''s exactly what happens when tech entrepreneur Lincoln Shan is found dead in his study the morning after a controversial product launch - with the door locked from the inside. A RAGING STORM Trapped inside Shan''s mansion above the remote town of Black Lake, it''s up to Ella to catch the killer. But Black Lake is no ordinary place, and its strange history will make this the most baffling murder case of her career. SIX HOURS TO FIND A KILLER Because some of the town''s inhabitants have the power to rewind time - and someone is using it to protect a murderer. Just as Ella is sure she has identified the culprit, the last six hours are undone. With no memory of what she discovered before, her investigation begins again with very different results. But which conclusion was true? The race is on to find the killer before they strike again - and time is not on her side...A must-read for fans of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Sanatorium and And Then There Were None, Black Lake Manor will keep you feverishly turning the pages all night long.''An endless inventive murder mystery'' ALEX PAVESI''Original and hugely addictive'' B.A. PARIS

'Addictive' - THE TIMES'Marvellously twisty, with the clockwork ingenuity of Agatha Christie' - FINANCIAL TIMESSHARING A BODY CAN BE MURDERAlex, Kate, Mike, Sierra and Ben have spent twenty-five years trapped together. And there's no escape. They share one body, part of humanity's answer to its dangerously spiralling population. After more than two decades of bickering and petty vendettas, the one thing they can agree on is that they need a better host, and so they travel to a Death Park where they can win enough to get them the upgrades that will make the next twenty-five years bearable. But things go very wrong when Kate accepts a dangerous offer, and one of them disappears.Someone is trying to kill off members of the commune. But why? Is one of them responsible? Or is an outsider playing a deadly game? It's hard enough to catch a murderer. It's almost impossible when you might be sharing a body with them...'Gripping and intriguing on every level' - SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUM 'A dazzling, thrilling rollercoaster ride' - ALEX PAVESI, author of EIGHT DETECTIVES

'It gripped me for a week. Incredible!' JANICE HALLETT, author of THE TWYFORD CODEAn endlessly inventive murder mystery' ALEX PAVESI, author of EIGHT DETECTIVES'Mind-bendingly brilliant. Agatha Christie on steroids!' TIM GLISTER, author of RED CORONAA LOCKED ROOM. A BRUTAL MURDER.AND A KILLER WHO CAN UNWIND TIME...In the former mining town of Black Lake, there is an old story about a shipwreck with only one survivor. His descendants have a unique ability: once in their lives - and only once - they can unwind the events of the previous six hours.More than two hundred years later, part-time police constable Ella Manning is attending a party at Black Lake Manor, the cliff-top mansion belonging to the local billionaire. When a raging storm sweeps in from the Pacific, she and several other guests find themselves trapped.And when their host is discovered brutally murdered in his study the next morning, the door locked from the inside, they turn to her to solve the crime.Pushing her detective skills to the limit, against the odds Ella is sure she has identified the killer... but then someone undoes time. With no memory of what she discovered before, her investigation begins again, with very different results. Which of her suspects is guilty? And is there something even more sinister she is yet to uncover?Can she solve the mystery before time runs out... again?A must-read for fans of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Sanatorium and And Then There Were None, Black Lake Manor will keep you feverishly turning the pages all night long!

'It gripped me for a week. Incredible!' JANICE HALLETT'Mind-bendingly brilliant. Agatha Christie on steroids!' TIM GLISTERA locked room. A brutal murder. And a killer who can unwind time...A DEAD BILLIONAIRE Part-time constable Ella Manning never thought she'd have to investigate her ex-fiance´'s murder. But that's exactly what happens when tech entrepreneur Lincoln Shan is found dead in his study the morning after a controversial product launch - with the door locked from the inside.A RAGING STORM Trapped inside Shan's mansion above the remote town of Black Lake, it's up to Ella to catch the killer. But Black Lake is no ordinary place, and its strange history will make this the most baffling murder case of her career.SIX HOURS TO FIND A KILLER Because some of the town's inhabitants have the power to rewind time - and someone is using it to protect a murderer. Just as Ella is sure she has identified the culprit, the last six hours are undone. With no memory of what she discovered before, her investigation begins again with very different results. But which conclusion was true? The race is on to find the killer before they strike again - and time is not on her side...A must-read for fans of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Sanatorium and And Then There Were None, Black Lake Manor will keep you feverishly turning the pages all night long.'An endless inventive murder mystery' ALEX PAVESI'Original and hugely addictive' B.A. PARIS

* LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA WHODUNNIT DAGGER AWARD *'Rather splendid' - FINANCIAL TIMES'Admirably ingenious' - THE TIMES'A delicious mystery' - DAILY MAILA trial is rather like a play.We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience.And on a good day no-one gets murdered.Six nights a week the cast of the smash-hit play Daughter of the Revolution performs to a sold-out audience. A thrilling story of forbidden marriage and a secret love child, the critics say it'll run for years. That is until one night the third act ends not in applause but in death, when leading lady Alexandra Dyce is beheaded live on stage.Every cast member has a motive, but it is the dead woman's co-star - and ex-husband - Hollywood legend Leo Lusk who is charged with the crime. When defence barrister Charles Konig is brought in last minute, he knows this ought to be the case of a lifetime. But Charles would rather be on his holiday trekking up K2, and he isn't interested in celebrities, especially ones that seem to be mysteriously trying to derail their own defence. But as he and his co-counsel New York lawyer Yara Ortiz sift through the evidence, it becomes clear that clues may lie in the play itself. And that Charles's only chance of victory is to identify the real murderer...A delightfully clever legal mystery with as many layers as an onion. Perfect for readers of Janice Hallett, Tom Hindle, Rob Rinder and Richard Osman.'Multi-layered, clever and compelling' - JENNIE GODFREY'My verdict: all rise for a future book of the year' - JANICE HALLETT'An excellent courtroom drama' - HARRIET TYCE'Brilliant. Charles Konig is a wonderful character' - IAN MOORE

* LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA WHODUNNIT DAGGER AWARD *'Rather splendid' - FINANCIAL TIMES'Admirably ingenious' - THE TIMES'A delicious mystery' - DAILY MAILA trial is rather like a play. We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience. And on a good day no-one gets murdered.Six nights a week the cast of the smash-hit play Daughter of the Revolution performs to a sold-out audience. A thrilling story of forbidden marriage and a secret love child, the critics say it'll run for years. That is until one night the third act ends not in applause but in death, when leading lady Alexandra Dyce is beheaded live on stage.Every cast member has a motive, but it is the dead woman's co-star - and ex-husband - Hollywood legend Leo Lusk who is charged with the crime. When defence barrister Charles Konig is brought in last minute, he knows this ought to be the case of a lifetime. But Charles would rather be on his holiday trekking up K2, and he isn't interested in celebrities, especially ones that seem to be mysteriously trying to derail their own defence. But as he and his co-counsel New York lawyer Yara Ortiz sift through the evidence, it becomes clear that clues may lie in the play itself. And that Charles's only chance of victory is to identify the real murderer...A delightfully clever legal mystery with as many layers as an onion. Perfect for readers of Janice Hallett, Tom Hindle, Rob Rinder and Richard Osman.'Multi-layered, clever and compelling' - JENNIE GODFREY'My verdict: all rise for a future book of the year' - JANICE HALLETT'An excellent courtroom drama' - HARRIET TYCE'Brilliant. Charles Konig is a wonderful character' - IAN MOORE

"The job of defence counsel is not to get to the truth. It's to find the lies that contradict the story you're selling the jury..."Criminal barrister Charles Konig has been handed a case he'd rather hand back: to defend the husband of his ex-fiancée. Professor Edwin Fenton is accused of murdering celebrity historian and author Gideon Wolfe following a particularly confrontational recording of Wolfe's podcast, and in a hideous manner.Four experts had been invited to a Northumbrian castle to record a special series on the possible murder of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. But it was Wolfe himself whose murder hit the headlines, found one morning roasted inside a bronze statue of Anubis, god of the dead. And Edwin Fenton has no alibi and plenty of motive. Charles faces a prosecution whose case seems as airtight as the statue itself. But is the true murderer in the dock? Or in the witness box?

Auf der Jagd nach dem Mörder im eigenen Körper …In der Zukunft hat man das Problem der explosionsartig angestiegenen Bevölkerung gelöst: Die Lebenszeit wird begrenzt, und die Menschen müssen sich frühzeitig für eine von vier Existenzformen entscheiden – zum Beispiel für einen Gemeinschaftskörper. Einen solchen teilen sich Alex, Kate, Sierra, Ben und Mike schon seit 25 Jahren. In einem virtuellen Death Park spielen sie gegen andere Teilnehmer um Lebenszeit, die wichtigste Währung dieser neuen Welt. Doch dann stellt sich heraus, dass ein Mitglied ihrer Gemeinschaft nach dem Leben der anderen trachtet. Eine nervenaufreibende Jagd beginnt. Es ist schwer genug, einen Mörder zu überführen – aber nahezu unmöglich, wenn man einen Körper mit ihm teilt …