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Lies Lies Lies, sometimes they come back to hurt you… 'Gripping, moving and elegantly written' Marian Keyes ‘Brilliantly twisty… also so insightful. A triumph’ Lucy Foley ***** Daisy and Simon’s marriage is great, isn’t it? After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter...

All Ava ever wanted was to be a good wife. But now, her father is taking her down a path more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible. Jacqui Rose's The Good Wife is a heart-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers. Psychologist Ava Barclay wants to...

The fifth novel in the John Bailey thriller series. Bailey is trying to solve two murders, ten years apart – unfinished business from his former flame Sharon Dexter. But will it cost him his life? When Sydney socialite Tottie Evans is found dead at a house in Palm Beach, Detective Holly Sutton...

Bloomsbury presents Galway Confidential by Ken Bruen, read by John Keating 'Bruen is the godfather of the modern Irish crime novel' Irish Independent The thrilling new crime novel set in Galway, Ireland from Ken Bruen. When Jack Taylor wakes up from a coma, he finds himself in a different world...

All Ava ever wanted was to be a good wife. But now, her father is taking her down a path more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible. Jacqui Rose's The Good Wife is a heart-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers. Psychologist Ava Barclay wants to...

When an Irish vigilante group is targeted by a killer, Jack Taylor must unravel the deadly mystery. Edge is an organisation set up to rid Galway of criminals and abusers who have evaded the law. Its members include the most powerful figures in the city. The Vatican is not pleased when it hears...

“Cowan has combined the best parts of classic legal thrillers, with an unexpected new lead character that brings the genre into a new generation.” —James Patterson From a writer and executive producer of Suits comes a “terrific legal thriller” (The New York Times) about murder...

Freedom Oliver has plenty of secrets. She lives in a small Oregon town and keeps mostly to herself. Her few friends and neighbors know she works at the local biker bar; they know she gets arrested for public drunkenness almost every night; they know she’s brash, funny, and fearless. What they...

From the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen, a psychological thriller that follows the residents of a rural town in Quebec as they grapple with long-buried secrets coming to light after the discovery of a child's remains. After a flood destroys the historic center of a small Quebec town, a...

“Chris Kraus reinvents the true-crime novel.” —The New Yorker “[Kraus’s] version of a classic American tragedy…a dazzling, refined work, formally and otherwise—at once tracking the far-reaching tentacles of addiction, and the trajectory of an almost unrecognizable America.”...

“John Burley is a fearless talent.” — Glen Erik Hamilton, award-winning author of the Van Shaw series From the award-winning author of The Absence of Mercy comes a chilling psychological thriller about a family and community divided by tragedy, and the dark secrets that will set their town...

Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021 'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days’ ESTHER FREUD 'Deeply engrossing … an exquisite literary thriller’ PHILIPPA EAST ‘Emotionally wrenching’ WALL STREET JOURNAL ‘Impossible to put down’ TREVOR WOOD A...

"Invisible Ellen is a heartfelt and moving portrait of life on the sidelines. It is a book for anyone who has ever felt they didn't count. And who hasn't felt that way at least once? A lovely, compelling novel about a woman you won't soon forget." —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York...

A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this gripping novel from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she loses everything that matters—her job, her husband, David, and her stepdaughter, Nora. Now, two years...