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<b>The brand new Slough House thriller from the #1 bestseller Mick Herron<br/><br/>*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*<br/><br/>----</b><br/><br/><b>Old spies grow ridiculous, River. Old spies aren't much better than clowns.<br/></b><br/>Or so David Cartwright used to say, but he forgot to add they can be dangerous too, especially if they've fallen on hard times - as Diana Taverner learns when the past lands on her desk. An operation carried out during the height of the Troubles laid bare the ugly side of state security, and those involved are threatening to expose details. But every threat hides an opportunity, and the would-be blackmailer is soon being used as Taverner's solution to a much newer problem.<br/><br/>The O.B. himself is long buried, and has left his library to the Spooks' College, where it turns out that one of the books has gone missing. Or perhaps never existed . . . River Cartwright has time to kill while waiting to be passed fit for work, and investigating the secrets his grandfather's library hid seems a harmless activity. But nothing involving the slow horses stays harmless for long.<br/><br/>Louisa Guy is pondering her future, but before making any big decisions, she might as well check River's not about to come a cropper. Shirley Dander is wondering if the new kid, Ash Khan, is as annoying as she seems. Roddy Ho wants the team to know that his tattoo is a hummingbird, and not, as Lech Wicinski claims, a platypus. And Catherine Standish just wants everyone to play nice.<br/><br/>As far as Lamb's concerned, they should all be at their desks - when Taverner starts plotting mischief people get hurt, and Lamb has no plans to send in the clowns. On the other hand, if the clowns ignore his instructions, any harm that befalls them is hardly his fault.<br/><br/>But they're his clowns. And if they don't all come home, there'll be a reckoning.<br/><br/><i><b>Available to pre-order now!</b></i>

Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial. An AI company&apos;s chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation? To do so, he turns to Jack McEvoy - a journalist who knows how powerful the coming wave will be - and together they soon uncover a whistleblower in hiding. As the tech titans try to buy or bully their way out, the scale of their courtroom battle before them becomes clear. Because billions are at stake - along with countless lives - in an all or nothing case, which could change everything...

<b>Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> and<i> Angels and Demons</i>.</b><br/><br/>Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon's world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves.<br/><br/>But Prague is an old and dangerous city, steeped in folklore and mystery. For over two thousand years, the tides of history have washed back and forth over it, leaving behind echoes of everything that has gone before. Little can Langdon know that he is being stalked by a spectre from that dark past. He must use all of his arcane knowledge to decipher the world around him before he too is consumed by the rings of treachery and deception that have swallowed Katherine.<br/><br/>Against a backdrop of vast castles, towering churches, graveyards buried twelve deep and labyrinthine underground passages, Langdon must navigate a shadow city hiding in plain sight, a city which has successfully kept its secrets for centuries and will not readily deliver them.<br/><br/><b>This is a battlefield unlike any he has previously experienced, one on which he must fight not for his only life, but for the future of humanity itself.</b><br/><br/>The Secret Of Secrets<i> is Dan Brown's first novel for over eight years and sees the stunning return of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time pitting his wits against a conspiracy which will test even his considerable brainpower and take him to the edge of losing all that he holds dear...</i><br/><br/><b>Praise for Dan Brown:</b><br/><br/>'Dan Brown is my must-read' Harlan Coben<br/>'Exceedingly clever' <i>The Washington Post</i><br/>'A master of smart thrills'<i> People Magazine</i><br/>'Impossible to put down' <i>The New York Times</i><br/>'Dan Brown is the master of the intellectual cliffhanger' <i>Wall Street Journal</i><br/>'For anyone who wants more brain-food than thrillers normally provide' <i>Sunday Times</i><br/>'Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and most accomplished writers in the country.' Nelson DeMille

<b><i>THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*</i><br/><br/>A twisting psychological thriller from the author of <i>The Coworker</i> and <i>The Housemaid</i>.<br/><br/>Once again, Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest - and shows readers why her books continue to go viral on TikTok.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/><i>She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.</i></b><br/><br/>Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profiles, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. Until she meets Tom.<br/><br/>Tom is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.<br/><br/>Then the brutal murder of a young woman - the latest in a string of deaths across the coast - confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.<br/><br/>Sydney should feel safe. After all, she has Tom, the man of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim...<br/><br/><b>A dark crime thriller about obsession and the things we'll do for love, this page-turning murder mystery will have you hooked through every twist and turn.</b><br/><br/><b>Tropes:</b><br/>Psychological<br/>Mystery Thriller<br/>Suspense<br/>Serial Stalker<br/>Gaslighting<br/><br/><b>Also by Freida McFadden:</b><br/><i>The Housemaid is Watching<br/>The Perfect Son<br/>The Coworker<br/>The Locker Door<br/>Never Lie<br/>The Teacher<br/>The Inmate<br/>One by One</i><br/><br/><b>*<i>The Boyfriend </i>made the <i>Sunday Times </i>Bestsellers list in October 2024</b>

A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child's face glimpsed at a window. Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are far darker than others. More than a million readers have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses. Now it's your turn.

<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER </b><br/><b>A gripping Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child </b><br/><br/><b>Don't miss the hit streaming series <i>Reacher</i>!</b> <br/><br/><i>Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure.</i> <br/><br/>Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. <br/><br/>The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. <br/><br/>His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. <br/><br/>A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .

When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in 'an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man', Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realises that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women's rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate's message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate's bodyguard - a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.<br/><br/>Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion - a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off.<br/><br/><b>Thrilling, wildly fun and outrageously engrossing, <i>Never Flinch</i> is one of King's richest and most propulsive novels. </b>