A teenage suicide. A murdered pharmacist. A missing girl. Is the obvious connection the right one?

When a boy leaps to his death from a bridge in the northern town of Umeå, Sweden, police discover drugs scattered in the snow near his body. The town has seen a dramatic increase in narcotic use among its youth, but nobody knows where the pills are coming from.

Relocating from Stockholm with her teenage daughter, Detective Charlotte von Klint expected Umeå to be a quiet backwater, a snow-covered change of pace from fighting the criminal underworld of the capital. But when a pharmacist is found brutally murdered in her apartment, and a young girl and her dealer boyfriend vanish without a trace after a party, suddenly Umeå doesn’t seem so benign. And the boy on the bridge doesn’t feel like an isolated incident.

Is the dealer the perpetrator? Or just another victim? And can it be a coincidence that a shadow from Charlotte’s past, Syndicates boss Tony Israelsson, has recently been released from prison and is reportedly headed for Umeå?

As the snow deepens and the body count rises, Charlotte and her boss, local cop Per Berg, find themselves in a deadly pursuit, with time rapidly running out.

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From the author of the BBC 2 Between the Covers hit, The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

‘The world’s greatest storyteller’ Guardian
‘One of the finest crime writers of any generation’ Daily Mail
‘Our finest practitioner of the double-cross plotting’ Mick Herron
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Umiko Wada never set out to be a private detective, let alone become the one-woman operation behind the Kodaka Detective Agency. But so it has turned out, thanks to the death of her former boss, Kazuto Kodaka, in mysterious circumstances.

Keen to avoid a similar fate, Wada chooses the cases she takes very carefully. A businessman who wants her to track down his estranged son offers what appears to be a straightforward assignment. Soon she finds herself pulled into a labyrinthine conspiracy with links to a twenty-seven-year-old investigation by her late employer and to the chaos and trauma of the dying days of the Second World War.

As Wada uncovers a dizzying web of connections between then and now, it becomes clear that someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep the past buried. Soon those she loves most will be sucked into the orbit of one of the most powerful men in Tokyo. And he will do whatever it takes to hold on to his power…

The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction is another tour de force from the cunning mind of master storyteller Robert Goddard. Spanning seventy years, it takes the reader on a head-spinning journey of twist and counter-twist which keep you guessing until the final pages.
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Readers love the Umiko Wada series:

***** ‘Guaranteed and satisfying escapism’
***** ‘Twists and turns right up to the last page’
***** ‘Edge-of-the-seat stuff’
***** ‘Fresh and inventive’
***** ‘The master of twists and suspense … sublime’
***** ‘Scintillating and wickedly twisty’

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“Atmospheric, suspenseful… A series to be devoured!”—Lucy Clarke

As The Shell House Detectives try to solve a family mystery, their investigation runs dangerously close to a murder case. Are the two linked?

It’s December in Cornwall, and Mousehole harbour is illuminated with its famous Christmas lights. Ally Bright is among the crowd listening to the carol singers—and then to the piercing screams that rip through the darkness. A body has been found, brutally murdered and dumped in a fisherman’s boat.

The victim is chef JP Sharpe and there is no shortage of people who might have wanted him dead. Eager for a new case for The Shell House Detectives, Ally calls ex-cop Jayden, but he’s keen to leave it to the police—until a letter in Sharpe’s pocket draws them into a seemingly unconnected family mystery. As they take on this highly charged mission, the duo can’t help scrutinising the murder suspects. Who among the close-knit community has reason to kill, and how far will they go to protect themselves?

As fear spreads, Ally and Jayden need answers—fast. Could the letter offer a clue to the murder case or will it reveal a terrible truth? And when a new witness comes to light, Jayden closes in on a desperate killer…but can he warn Ally in time?

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“A cleverly plotted and thoroughly enjoyable book about dark deeds in beautiful places.”—Elly Griffiths

Welcome to the coastal paradise of Porthpella, where murder lurks among the dunes…

Late one night, a distraught young man knocks on the door of retired and recently widowed Ally Bright’s remote home on the Cornish coast. But before she can make sense of his confused words, he’s gone—not to be seen again until he’s found the next morning at the foot of the nearby cliffs.

In an instant, the peace of Ally’s beachcombing life is shattered. Feeling responsible for the young man’s fate, she wants to help find answers—as does ex-cop Jayden Weston, whom Ally meets at the scene. He shares her certainty that there’s more to the story than attempted suicide. When it emerges that the man is newly released ex-offender Lewis Pascoe, and that Helena, the wealthy new owner of his grandmother’s home, has subsequently disappeared, the tight-knit community of Porthpella is thrown into turmoil.

Driven by their need to know more, the duo decide to investigate the mystery together. Is there a connection between the Pascoe family’s tragic history and Helena’s disappearance? And if there is a killer stalking Porthpella, do Ally and Jayden have what it takes to catch them?

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The thrilling new novella in the globally bestselling series plus two gripping new stories from the master of suspense.

23 ½ Lies
When SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is called to investigate a crime scene, nothing can prepare her for what she finds: her estranged father gunned down execution style. The case will soon reveal to Lindsay a series life-altering truths . . .

Fallen Ranger
A series of armed robberies are linked to a gang of motorcycle bandits. Rory Yates, the hero of Texas Ranger, is tasked with hunting them down.

Watch Your Back
A starving artist is paid to expose his client’s cheating wife. But no amount of money can protect him from a world of corruption . . .
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Praise for James Patterson

‘The master storyteller of our times’ Hillary Rodham Clinton
‘James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged’ Steve Berry
‘No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent’ Lee Child
‘Nobody does it better’ Jeffrey Deaver
‘James Patterson is The Boss. End of.’ Ian Rankin

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THE BRAND NEW REBUS THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE MUST-READ NOVELS OF THE YEAR.

‘I loved it – Rebus is one of fiction’s greatest creations’ MARIAN KEYES

John Rebus stands accused: the once legendary detective is on trial, facing the rest of his life behind bars.

How does a hero turn villain?
Or have times changed, and the rules with them?

Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke tackles Edinburgh’s most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop harbouring huge secrets goes missing.

But is her loyalty to the police or the public? And who can she trust when nobody is truly innocent – including her former mentor Rebus – and a killer walks among them?

As the time comes to choose sides, it becomes clear: after a lifetime of lies, the truth will break your heart…

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PRAISE FOR A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES:

‘I loved it hugely! Rebus is one of fiction’s greatest creations.’
MARIAN KEYES

‘Phenomenal … The ending is going to floor readers. Everyone is going to be talking about this!’
MICK HERRON

‘Magnificent – beautifully written, clever – and what an ending!’
KATE MOSSE

‘Peerless. Immaculately crafted, gripping, intricately textured. By turns wry, brutal, unflinching, heart-filled.’
SARAH VAUGHAN

‘The standout novel from one of the great storytellers of our generation … The kind of ending you won’t ever forget.’
CHRIS WHITAKER

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PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:

‘Ian Rankin is a genius’
LEE CHILD

‘Rebus is one of British crime writing’s greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse’
DAILY MAIL

‘Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading … Rankin has redefined the genre’
GUARDIAN

‘The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life’s pleasures’
EXPRESS

‘Rankin is a phenomenon’
SPECTATOR

‘Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best’
SCOTSMAN

‘The king of crime fiction’
SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘Great fiction, full stop’
THE TIMES

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Hotel Beresford: a grand old building, just outside the city, where any soul is welcome, and strange goings-on mask explosive, deadly secrets. A chilling, darkly funny sequel to Will Carver’s bestselling The Beresford…

`Superbly paced and remarkably inventive, a book that demands to be read in a single sitting´ M.W. Craven

`Delightfully dark and wickedly inventive … with characters that stick around long after the final page is turned, whether you want them to or not´ S J Watson

`From the wondrous mind of Will Carver … a tour de force that covers life, death and everything beyond´ David Jackson

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There are worse places than hell…

Hotel Beresford is a grand, old building, just outside the city. And any soul is welcome.

Danielle Ortega works nights, singing at whatever dive bar will offer her a gig. She gets by, keeping to herself. Sam Walker gambles and drinks, and can’t keep his hands to himself. Now he’s tied up in a shoe closet with a dent in his head that matches Danielle’s broken ashtray.

The man in 731 has been dead for two days and his dog has not stopped barking. Two doors down, the couple who always smokes on the window ledge will mysteriously fall.

Upstairs, in the penthouse, Mr Balliol sees it all. He can peer into every crevice of every floor of the hotel from his screen-filled suite. He witnesses humanity and inhumanity in all its forms: loneliness, passion and desperation in equal measure. All the ingredients he needs to make a deal.

When Danielle returns home one night to find Sam gone, a series of sinister events begins to unfold. But strange things often occur at Hotel Beresford, and many are only a distraction to hide something much, much darker…

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Praise for Will Carver

`One of the most exciting authors in Britain’ Daily Express

`A smart, stylish writer´ Daily Mail

`Incredibly dark and very funny´ Harriet Tyce

`Unlike anything you’ll read this year´ Heat

`Impossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfelt´ Chris Whitaker

`Weirdly page-turning´ Sunday Times

`Ambitious, dark and funny´ Mike Gayle

`A highly original state-of-the-nation novel´ Literary Review

`Oozes malevolence from every page´ Victoria Selman

`Arguably the most original crime novel published this year´ Independent

`Mesmeric´ Guardian

`Memorable for its unrepentant darkness…’ Telegraph

`Perceptive and twisted in equal measure´ CultureFly

`Pitch-dark, intelligent and utterly addictive´ Michael Wood

`Unflinching, blunt and brutal´ Sam Holland

`Equally enthralling and appalling´ James Oswald

`One of the most compelling and original voices in crime fiction´ Alex North

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