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FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHARLES CUMMING, THIS IS THE ENTHRALLING NEW ESPIONAGE THRILLER FOLLOWING CAREER SPY, LACHLAN KITE 'Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ ‘Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel’ BEN MACINTYRE 'The rightful...

When Captain Benny Griessel is called into investigate a multiple homicide, it pushes him close to breaking point - a former friend and detective colleague has shot his wife and two daughters, then killed himself. Benny wants out - out of his job, his home and his relationship with his singer...

A chamber from an ancient civilization is uncovered deep below the surface of Mars. Science reporter Claire Echols is assigned to cover the story, but someone is determined to stop her. Is it the wealthy entrepreneur leading the ongoing terraforming effort? The mining companies desperate to protect their livelihoods? The cult leader who wants to put a stop to all scientific progress? Or is someone else so threatened by this discovery that they'll kill to keep it hidden?

In the newest entry in Charles Cumming's bestselling Box 88 series, master spy Lachlan Kite heads to Athens, Greece, after an old flame asks for help locating her missing son. Max Radinsky thought he was living the perfect life in Athens. But when his girlfriend, Yasmine, is forced to flee the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Two years before the events of Stranger Things Season 4, Eddie Munson-Hellfire Club leader, metalhead, and Hawkins outcast-has one shot to make it big. Hawkins, Indiana-for most, it's simply another idyllic, manicured all-American town. But for Eddie Munson it's like...

Decoding an ancient message that survived the destruction of Mars could be the key to avoiding the same fate for Earth in this action-packed sequel to The Cold Light of Stars.

In the Sultanate of Oman over two hundred hostages are being held at gunpoint. And the world watches helplessly as the madness begins. The spirit of the Mahdi is abroad, intent on complete financial and political domination. Evan Kendrick, a quiet Congressman, is an unlikely hero. But in his...

The Flock has unleashed a wave of targeted attacks on research facilities across Earth and the terraformed areas of Mars. But are they the enemy or one of Claire’s few potential allies in saving Earth? Her only clue is the ancient, cryptic journal left behind by alien rebel Eberin Das of the Ufretan Alliance who tried—and failed—to save Mars from his own people. Claire has a partial translation, thanks to Beck, but can she truly trust him now that she knows he’s not only an alien, but a member of that very same Alliance?

Kapstadt im Dezember. Bennie Griessel wird zu einem Tatort gerufen, der ihn aus der Fassung bringt. Ein Kollege hat seine Frau, seine zwei Töchter und dann sich selbst erschossen. Bennie will nur noch weg - von Alexa, seiner Freundin, von seinen Kindern. Er strandet in einer Bar und betrinkt sich. Ein herber Rückfall für den trockenen Alkoholiker.

Quando Silvia lascia la città per sfuggire a una situazione insostenibile, spera di trovare un po’ di quiete in una località di montagna sommersa dalla neve, dove il tempo sembra essersi fermato. Ha accettato un lavoro di assistenza a un ragazzo disabile, confidando nell’esperienza maturata in un precedente impiego. Ma appena si trova in presenza del giovane le sue sicurezze crollano. Riki ha qualcosa di mostruoso che va oltre il suo bizzarro aspetto fisico.

In the heart of an Atlantic superstorm, the Tahila fights to stay afloat. Amid the chaos, the ship’s collision-avoidance system blares a warning. Radar shows no ship. No signal. No lights. Just a strange silhouette beneath the waves. A searchlight is focussed into the raging sea and the crew spot something impossible: the slanted roof of a house with glass windows and solid walls… adrift in the open ocean more than a thousand miles from land. Lightning flashes – and behind one of the windows, a woman is staring out, her eyes wide with a silent plea.

An old enemy, a new threat, and a secret that could tear the world apart. Hostage negotiator Ethan Munroe is called urgently to a developing crime scene. A serial killer is holding a young girl hostage, and, inexplicably, demands his attendance. Events quickly spiral out of control, and the security of Ethan's life is stripped away, as he is thrown headlong into a perilous world of deception, espionage and danger, lurking deep within the shadows of political power.

Colorado Congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term quietly when a political mole reveals his deepest secret: Kendrick was the anonymous hero who freed the hostages held by Arab terrorists in the American embassy in Masqat, and then silently disappeared. Now, brought into the light...

Two years before the events of Stranger Things: Season 4, Eddie Munson—Hellfire Club leader, metalhead, and Hawkins outcast—has one shot to make it big. Hawkins, Indiana: For most, it’s simply another idyllic, manicured all-American town. But for Eddie Munson, it’s like living in a...

Allison Fae is the new kid to Nasseu Middle School, and already she's got kids dying left and right! Okay, just left. One half of conjoined twins Rosemary and Josephine Higgins is the victim of an awful bashing-to-the-head that kids are getting so mixed up with today. A dark force takes intrigue in the itty-bitty human conflict that is definitely in no way, shape, or form related to the murder of that rich kid a few months before the start of school.

Hawkins, Indiana, es para la mayoría una ciudad sencilla e idílica. Pero para Eddie Munson, vivir allí es como estar atrapado en una perpetua Tumba de los Horrores. Por suerte, en unos meses ya podrá decir que ha sobrevivido al instituto... Y ¿qué le ha supuesto el último año, en realidad, aparte de matar el tiempo entre sesiones de Dragones & Mazmorras y ensayos con su banda? Es en el peor antro de la ciudad donde Eddie conoce a Paige, alguien que ha obrado un puñetero milagro: escapó de Hawkins y se lo ha montado genial trabajando para un productor musical en Los Ángeles.