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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY BEST CRIME FICTION AWARD 'B.M. Carroll is a wonderful writer' - LIANE MORIARTY'A true page-turner, relentlessly fast-paced' - KATIE LOWE'Well written and very, very clever' - A.J. PARK'I absolutely loved it. Gripping and twisty' - SOPHIE FLYNNWOULD YOU SAVE THE MANWHO DESTROYED YOUR LIFE?When paramedic Megan Lowe is called to the scene of an attempted murder, all she can do is try to save the victim. But as the man is lifted onto a stretcher, she realises she knows him. She despises him. Why should she save his life when he destroyed hers?Jess Foster is on her way home when she receives a text from Megan. Once best friends, the two women haven't been close for years, not since the night when they were just the teenage girls whom no-one believed; whose reputations were ruined. All Jess can think is, you had it coming.Now Megan and Jess are at the centre of a murder investigation. But what secrets are they hiding? Can they trust one another? And who really is the victim?Perfect for fans of C.L. Taylor, Lucy Foley and Lisa Hall, You Had It Coming is a thrilling tale of suspense and dark secrets.

'a SERIOUSLY creepy thriller. I may never venture into the loft again' - MARK BILLINGHAM'Disturbing, blackly funny and completely compulsive' - ALEX NORTH'A brilliantly chilling story with tension on every page' - T.M. LOGAN________________________________________THERE'S A SERIAL KILLER ON THE RUNAND HE'S HIDING IN YOUR HOUSEThomas Brogan is a serial killer. With a trail of bodies in his wake and the police hot on his heels, it seems like Thomas has nowhere left to hide. That is until he breaks into an abandoned house at the end of a terrace on a quiet street. And when he climbs up into the loft, he realises that he can drop down into all the other houses through the shared attic space.That's when the real fun begins. Because the one thing that Thomas enjoys even more than killing is playing games with his victims - the lonely old woman, the bickering couple, the tempting young newlyweds. And his new neighbours have more than enough dark secrets to make this game his best one yet...Do you fear The Resident? Soon you'll be dying to meet him.________________________________________ 'Brilliant. So twisted, clever and funny. Highly recommended' - MARK EDWARDS 'Clever, addictive and brazenly terrifying. I slept with the lights on after reading this one' - CHRIS WHITAKER 'Dark and disturbing yet so absorbing. Jackson knows how to reel you in' - MEL SHERRATT 'A brilliantly creepy, edge-of-your-seat, tense thriller' - WILL CARVER 'Superb. Creepy, pacy, and oh so witty' - CAZ FREAR 'A chilling psycho thriller with a very novel twist' - PAUL FINCH'Utterly compelling and impossible to put down. Incredible' - LUCA VESTE 'Twisted as hell. I loved it!' - MANDASUE HELLER

'A dark gothic delight' JANICE HALLETT, author of THE TWYFORD CODE'Inventive, lavish, twisty... will keep you guessing until the very end' ALISON LITTLEWOOD, author of MISTLETOEWinter 1954, and in a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn, Sam Cooper realises that she has nothing left. Her mother is dead, she has no prospects, and she cannot afford the rent. But as she goes through her mother's things, Sam finds a stack of hidden letters that reveal a family and an inheritance that she never knew she had, three thousand miles away in Yorkshire.Begars Abbey is a crumbling pile, inhabited only by Lady Cooper, Sam's ailing grandmother, and a handful of servants. Sam cannot understand why her mother kept its very existence a secret, but her newly discovered diaries offer a glimpse of a young girl growing increasingly terrified. As is Sam herself.Built on the foundations of an old convent, Begars moves and sings with the biting wind. Her grandmother cannot speak, and a shadowy woman moves along the corridors at night. There are dark places in the hidden tunnels beneath Begars. And they will not give up their secrets easily...A chilling read that will keep you turning the pages late into the night, Begars Abbey is a must-read for fans of Laura Purcell, C.J. Tudor and W.C. Ryan.

* A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023 *'A gloriously foreboding Gothic tale' - HEAT'A thrillingly dark page-turner' - MAIL ON SUNDAY'Marta is Jane Eyre's black-hearted alter ego' - THE TIMESMany would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me...On the day of her beloved grandmother's funeral, Marta discovers that she is to become governess to the young daughter of Sir William Pritchard. Separated from her lover and discarded by her family, Marta has no choice but to journey to Pritchard's ancient and crumbling house, Fyneshade, in the wilds of Derbyshire.All is not well at Fyneshade. Marta's pupil, little Grace, can be taught nothing, and Marta takes no comfort from the silent servants who will not meet her eye. More intriguing is that Sir William is mysteriously absent, and his son and heir Vaughan is forbidden to enter the house. Marta finds herself drawn to Vaughan, despite the warnings of the housekeeper that he is a danger to all around him. But Marta is no innocent to be preyed upon. Guided by the dark gift taught to her by her grandmother, she has made her own plans. And it will take more than a family riven by murderous secrets to stop her...Perfect for readers of Laura Purcell, Jessie Burton and Stacey Halls, Fyneshade is a dark and twisted gothic novel unlike any you've read before...

*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ****** THE INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLER ****** A WATERSTONES BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR ****** A FINANCIAL TIMES CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR ****** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL, THE TWYFORD CODE, THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS AND THE CHRISTMAS APPEAL ***'The queen of cosy crime' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'A joy to read' - SUNDAY TIMES'A huge treat' - INDIA KNIGHTSix Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now...The mature students of Royal Hastings University's new art course have been trouble from day one. From acclaimed artist Alyson who seems oddly overqualified, to hapless Patrick who can barely operate design software, and city boy Cameron who blusters his way through assignments. Not to mention Jem, who's a gifted young sculptor... but cross her at your peril.The year-long course is blighted by students setting fire to one another's artwork, a rumoured extra-marital affair and a disastrous road trip. But finally they are given their last assignment: to build an art installation for a local manufacturer. With six students who have nothing in common except their clashing personal agendas, what could possibly go wrong?The answer is: murder. When the external examiner arrives to assess the students' coursework, he becomes convinced that a student was killed on the course and that the others covered it up. But is he right? Only a close examination of the evidence will reveal the truth. Your time starts now...'So unpredictable, I adored it' - CLAIRE DOUGLAS'An absolute original' - MICK HERRON'Hallett at her very best' - ELLY GRIFFITHS'A slice of genius' - LOUISE CANDLISH'Witty, creepy and oh-so-clever' - TOM HINDLE'Fresh and infinitely intriguing' - J.M. HALL'Witty, devious and outrageously brilliant' - IAN MOORE

* FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET *'One of our finest literary horror writers' - SUNDAY TIMES'A dark, grimly compelling and very twisty tale' - GUARDIAN'A beguiling, haunting modern fairy tale' - DAILY EXPRESSThe Nowhere Children are expecting you...High in the mountains sits Nowhere, a verdant valley surrounded by walls of rock. People have lived at Nowhere for centuries, though never for long, and rarely happily. Its last owner was its most famous: movie star Leaf Winham, who built Nowhere House as a refuge to hide from his fame... and to hide his crimes. Only when Nowhere House went up in flames were the graves discovered, the last resting places of lost young men who would never go home.Years later, Nowhere valley has become a sanctuary for runaway children, a place where adults cannot enter. Drawn by this promise, fourteen-year-old Riley pulls her brother Oliver from his bed in the middle of the night, hoping to find a new family. But the Nowhere Children are fierce in defending their valley and their secrets. For something dark lives in the ruins of Nowhere House, something that asks a terrible price for sanctuary...'Nowhere Burning is nothing short of spellbinding' - OLIVIE BLAKE'So sharp and beautiful it draws blood and leaves scars' - GRADY HENDRIX'Gorgeous, dangerous, mythic and horrific. A remarkable storyteller' - A.J. FINN'Broke my heart a dozen times and held me spellbound throughout' - SARAH HILARY'A creepy, clever and heartrending story, compelling and beautifully crafted' - EMMA HEALEY'Atmospheric and achingly tender suspense from one of our most original writers' - ERIN KELLY

* THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SMASH-HIT THE APPEAL *'Murderously good' - DAILY EXPRESS'An addictive whodunnit' - iPAPER'So clever, you'll want to read it again' - WOMAN AND HOMEThe answer is murder.The question is whodunnit?A quiet country pub stands empty, its windows boarded up. And its kindly landlords, Mal and Sue Eastwood, are missing.What could have happened? A lot of strange events occurred in the days before the Eastwoods disappeared. A murdered man pulled from the nearby river. An eccentric couple on a houseboat who claimed to be led by a spirit guide. And a mysterious new team who suddenly appeared and began winning every round at the weekly pub quiz - much to the anger of the locals. They must have been cheating, but no one could figure out how...Can you crack the case of the missing landlords? Someone's not been playing fair, so get the drinks in and see if you can get a perfect score.'Twisty, funny and irresistibly dark' - TOM HINDLE'Brims with Hallett's signature wit. Her best book yet' - PETER SWANSON'Devilishly additive. I loved every line' - LOUISE CANDLISH'Another brilliant, twisty mystery from Janice Hallett' - ELLY GRIFFITHS'So clever and entertaining' - JENNIE GODFREY'The modern queen of crime does it again' - 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?

** A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR **'A terrific read'- DAILY MAIL'Dazzlingly original' - SUNDAY TIMES'Atmospheric and suspenseful' - GUARDIANShe has the recipe for the perfect murder...Maria Capello is a celebrity chef like no other. A household name with dozens of cookbooks and a weekly television show, not to mention her line of bestselling supermarket sauces. Once just the timid wife of famous chef Damien Capello, she stepped into the spotlight after his mysterious disappearance, an event she's never spoken about publicly... until now.Why is Maria willing to break her silence? When editor Thea Woods is invited to Maria's remote farmhouse to work on the manuscript of her tell-all memoir, Thea spots an opportunity. She could be the one to finally learn whether the rumours are true. Did Maria kill Damien for his recipes and the legendary 'secret ingredient'? Or is the truth even darker?A deliciously rich thriller, perfect for readers of Bella Mackie's How To Kill Your Family and Alexia Casale's The Best Way to Bury Your Husband.'A deliciously dark tale with a mouth-watering mystery' - T.M. LOGAN'Full of tasty twists. This gets five stars from me' - LISA HALL'A sizzling read sauced with scares galore' - ORLANDO MURRIN

* THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE MIDNIGHT KING *'A masterpiece of small-town horror' - GUARDIAN'A page-turning, unsettling read' - iPAPER'Will leave you reeling' - DAILY EXPRESSTwo children lost. The wrong one found.The town of Aurora is waiting to die. A few miles away a deep seam of coal burns underground, the fire creeping closer ever year. Businesses close. Families leave. Hope dwindles.And then one day, nine-year-old Danny Yates comes back from the dead. He walks into town half-starved and silent, ten months after he and his best friend Will Keefe were presumed drowned. But when Danny does finally speak, he swears that he's not Danny anymore. He's Will.Danny's mother is convinced that her boy has come back wrong, and that the town itself is now at risk from whatever dark force returned her son. Chief of Police John Deacon is more interested in how the sinister disappearance of two boys could have been written off as a tragic accident, and who was responsible. What happened to Danny to make him take on his friend's name, his personality? And does Danny's return mean there's a chance that Will is still alive?'A brilliantly unsettling piece of purest American Gothic' - JAMES OSWALD'The master of the small-town thriller at the top of his game' - JANICE HALLETT'An atmospheric thriller. I loved this book' - SARAH PINBOROUGH

* THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE MIDNIGHT KING *'A brilliantly unsettling piece of purest American Gothic' - JAMES OSWALD'An atmospheric thriller. I loved this book' - SARAH PINBOROUGHTwo children lost. The wrong one found.The town of Aurora is waiting to die. A few miles away a deep seam of coal burns underground, the fire creeping closer ever year. Businesses close. Families leave. Hope dwindles.And then one day, nine-year-old Danny Yates comes back from the dead. He walks into town half-starved and silent, ten months after he and his best friend Will Keefe were presumed drowned. But when Danny does finally speak, he swears that he's not Danny anymore. He's Will.Danny's mother is convinced that her boy has come back wrong, and that the town itself is now at risk from whatever dark force returned her son. Chief of Police John Deacon is more interested in how the sinister disappearance of two boys could have been written off as a tragic accident, and who was responsible. What happened to Danny to make him take on his friend's name, his personality? And does Danny's return mean there's a chance that Will is still alive?

* FROM THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF YOU'D LOOK BETTER AS A GHOST *'The gold standard of twisted crime fiction' - JANICE HALLETT'Dark humour at its absolute finest' - J.M. HEWITT'Literature's most relatable serial killer' - JO FURNISSMURDER IS HER MASTERPIECE.What use is a part-time serial killer who doesn't want to kill people? Once the terror of rude and irritating people everywhere, now Claire has lost her murderous mojo. Not even the overly chatty woman in the supermarket or the man who stole her neighbour's dog can motivate her to get out the zip ties.Then a lucky break and a new job in the local pub gives Claire the perfect target: someone is spiking drinks and causing mayhem. But as Claire closes in on the culprit, punters start dropping like flies - and for once she's not the one doing the killing. Is someone else murdering on her patch? Claire has questions. And she's not afraid to use her hammer to get answers...

** THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER *** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER AWARD ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE ** A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ** A WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR *'A sizzling debut' - NEW YORK TIMES'Raw, emotional and haunting' - DAILY MAILOne girl escaped. But the forest took another...A young girl wanders into the small town of Koraha, her hands stained with blood. She won't speak, but her path is tracked through New Zealand's unforgiving wilderness to a cabin - and the scene of a double murder.The townsfolk know this cabin; it has a violent history. Twenty years ago, another girl was forced to flee, leaving her siblings and father behind. But now that her family's secrets have led to more victims, Effie has no choice but to return to the bush and face the truth of what happened there... and why she ran.Flooded with atmosphere and full of twists, The Vanishing Place is perfect for readers of Lucy Clarke, Liz Moore and Chris Whitaker.'A genuinely thrilling ride' - LISA GARDNER'Absolutely gripping, genuinely terrifying and yet profoundly humane' - LIZ NUGENT'A page-turner that I finished in one sitting' - PATRICIA WOLF'Zoë Rankin is a brilliant new talent' - ALICE CLARK-PLATTS'An eerie and intriguing thriller. Absolutely gripping' - ALLIE REYNOLDS'An evocative, intelligent, five-star read' - JANICE HALLETT

'The perfect setting for a dark, nerve-shredding thriller'Rory Clements, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Cold Wind From Moscow'An absolute page-turner: gritty, atmospheric and gripping' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad'Brilliantly atmospheric, evocative both of 1990 Berlin and of a bygone age of journalism'Chris Brookmyre, award-winning author of Black WidowTHE WALL MAY HAVE FALLEN.BUT THERE ARE STILL NAZIS IN BERLIN.Wannsee, 1942Fifteen of the most powerful men in the Third Reich meet in secret. Their goal: the implementation of the Final Solution.West Berlin, 1990Anglo-German journalist Michael Braun makes a living tracking down old Nazis. But since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Fleet Street's interest has waned, and he needs more than another concentration camp guard or petty bureaucrat to sell a story. Then Braun is offered an improbable assignment: during the storming of the East German Stasi headquarters, files were found that show a Nazi may have been hiding in Berlin for decades. And not just another low-ranking soldier but Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo. The only Nazi at the Wannsee Conference whose fate is unknown since he disappeared from Hitler's bunker in 1945.Desperate for money, Braun takes the job. But the man he's hunting - Müller or not - knows how to stay hidden. And how to protect his secrets...A hugely entertaining Cold War thriller, for readers of David McCloskey, Rory Clements, Simon Scarrow and Robert Harris.