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On The Edge

Sunday Times Best Crime Novel of the Month - 'A promising debut'

AvJane Jesmond

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

127 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Jen Shaw has climbed all her life: daring ascents of sheer rock faces, crumbling buildings, cranes - the riskier the better. Both her work and personal life revolved around climbing, and the adrenaline high it gave her. Until she went too far and hurt the people she cares about. So she's given it all up now. Honestly, she has. And she's checked herself into a rehab centre to prove it.Yet, when Jen awakens to find herself drugged and dangling off the local lighthouse during a wild storm less than twenty-four hours after a 'family emergency' takes her home to Cornwall, she needs all her skill to battle her way to safety.Has Jen fallen back into her old risky ways, or is there a more sinister explanation hidden in her hometown? Only when she has navigated her fragmented memories and faced her troubled past will she be able to piece together what happened - and trust herself to fix it...

On the Edge

Sunday Times Best Crime Novel of the Month - ''A Promising Debut''

AvJane Jesmond

E-bok

Engelska, 2021

17 kr

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A FAST-PACED, TWISTY THRILLER WITH ECHOES OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER

Yet, when Jen awakens to find herself drugged and dangling off the local lighthouse during a wild storm less than twenty-four hours after a ''family emergency'' takes her home to Cornwall, she needs all her skill to battle her way to safety.

Has Jen fallen back into her old risky ways, or is there a more sinister explanation hidden in her hometown? Only when she has navigated her fragmented memories and faced her troubled past will she be able to piece together what happened - and trust herself to fix it.

PRAISE FOR ON THE EDGE

’Gritty, gripping, knotty, intense – this is going to be HUGE'' – Fiona Erskine, author of The Chemical Detective and The Chemical Reaction

’Evocative, compelling and pulse-pounding, with cliff-edge suspense, riveting action and a plot as tricksy as a dare-devil free-climb'' – Philippa East, author of CWA Dagger-shortlisted Little White Lies

‘Thoroughly original - hooks you in from the start and keeps you guessing’ – Frances Quinn, bestselling author of The Smallest Man

''In Jane Jesmond, the thriller world has gained a compelling and seriously talented voice. On the Edge is a truly surprising, original, and twisted story that will not only take your breath away but which also does exactly what it announces loud and proud: keep you on the edge of your seat. I couldn’t — and didn’t want to — put it down'' – Hannah Mary McKinnon, internationally bestselling author of Sister Dear and You Will Remember Me

''It literally had me on the edge from the word go. Tense, taut and thrilling'' – Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me and The Party

‘A proper nerve-shredder of a tale. Literary Cornwall has rarely been so magnificently menacing. Hold on tight. You won''t be able to let go until the very last page!’ – Helen Fields, internationally bestselling author of the DI Callanach series

‘Complex characters and a setting so vivid I could almost smell the sea air – an astonishing debut’ – Marion Todd, author of the DI Clare Mackay series

‘A beautifully atmospheric story that grips you from the start! Jesmond cleverly weaves a tale of intrigue and suspense – a talented new crime fiction writer. One to watch!’ – Louise Mumford, bestselling author of Sleepless

‘On The Edge is an exceptional debut. Skilfully written, tightly plotted and compulsive reading. Highly recommended'' – Maddie Please, author of The Summer of Second Chances and The Year of New Adventures

Perfect for fans of Jane Harper and Sharon Bolton

Cut Adrift

A Times Thriller of the Year - 'trimly steered and freighted with contemporary resonance'

AvJane Jesmond

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

127 kr

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Risk everything, trust no one.Jen Shaw is climbing in the mountains near Alajar, Spain. And it's nothing to do with the fact that an old acquaintance suggested that she meet him there...But when things don't go as planned and her brother calls to voice concerns over the whereabouts of their mother, Morwenna, Jen finds herself travelling to a refugee camp on the south coast of Malta.Free-spirited and unpredictable as ever, Morwenna is working with a small NGO, helping her Libyan friend, Nahla, seek asylum for her family. Jen is instantly out of her depth, surrounded by stories of unimaginable suffering and increasing tensions within the camp.Within hours of Jen's arrival, Nahla is killed in suspicious circumstances, and Jen and Morwenna find themselves responsible for the safety of her daughters. But what if the safest option is to leave on a smuggler's boat?

Quiet Contagion

AvJane Jesmond

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

127 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Six decades. Seven people. One unspeakable secret.1957. A catastrophe occurs at the pharmaceutical lab in Coventry where sixteen-year-old Wilf is working for the summer. A catastrophe that needs to be covered up at all costs.2017. Phiney is shocked by the death of her grandfather, Wilf, who has jumped from a railway bridge at a Coventry station. Journalist Mat Torrington is the only witness.Left with a swarm of unanswered questions, Phiney, Mat and Wilf's wife, Dora, begin their own enquiries into Wilf's death. It is soon clear that these two events, sixty years apart, are connected - and that Wilf is not the only casualty.But what is the link? And can they find out before any more lives are lost?

Gone to Earth

AvJane Jesmond

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

144 kr

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Still reeling from a life-threatening experience on the coast of Calais, daredevil climber Jen Shaw finds herself in Glasgow for a funeral, devastated with grief and in search of answers.As her dogged determination propels her closer to the criminal underworld than ever before, Jen and her family become the target of some dangerous and powerful people with links to the heart of Glasgow's Police Force.In the absence of anyone she can truly trust, Jen has no option but to rely on her own instincts and everything she's learnt from her close bond with police officer Nick Crawford for survival. Even if it means going undercover herself and disappearing into the city's dark underbelly.