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<b>PRE-ORDER THE NEW THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER MICHAEL CONNELLY</b><br/><br/>Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland.<br/><br/>But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found wrapped in plastic and weighed down at the bottom of the harbor. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, he starts doggedly working the case.<br/><br/>Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city.<br/><br/>****<br/><br/><b>CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:</b><br/><br/>'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'<br/><b>IAN RANKIN</b><br/><br/>'The best mystery writer in the world'<br/><b><i>GQ</i></b><br/><br/>'A superb natural storyteller'<br/><b>LEE CHILD</b><br/><br/>'A master'<br/><b>STEPHEN KING</b><br/><br/>'America's greatest living crime writer'<br/><b><i>DAILY EXPRESS</i></b><br/><br/>'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'<br/><b><i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</i></b>

Welcome to North Falls&mdash;a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it&rsquo;s personal. She turned away when her best friend&apos;s daughter needed help&mdash;and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did. Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?

A MURDER The body of eighteen-year-old TV personality Caitlin is found abandoned on a remote beach at the head of An Loch Dubh &ndash; the Black Loch &ndash; on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis. A swimmer and canoeist, it is inconceivable that she could have drowned. A SECRET Fin Macleod left the island ten years earlier to escape its memories. When he learns that his married son Fionnlagh had been having a clandestine affair with the dead girl and is suspected of her murder, he and Marsaili return to try and clear his name. A RECKONING But nothing is as it seems, and the truth of the murder lies in a past that Fin would rather forget, and a tragedy at the cages of a salmon farm on East Loch Roag, where the tense climax of the story finds its resolution.

John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh&apos;s most deadly criminals behind bars. Now, he&apos;s joined them... As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head. That is, until a murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard... However, this is a case where the prisoners and the guards are all suspects, and everyone has something to hide. With no badge, no authority and no safety net, Rebus walks a tightrope - with his life on the line. But how do you find a killer in a place full of them?

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.<br/><br/>The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.<br/><br/><b>CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:</b><br/><br/>'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'<br/><b>IAN RANKIN</b><br/><br/>'The best mystery writer in the world'<br/><i><b>GQ</b></i><br/><br/>'A superb natural storyteller'<br/><b>LEE CHILD</b><br/><br/>'A master'<br/><b>STEPHEN KING<br/></b><br/>'America's greatest living crime writer'<br/><i><b>DAILY EXPRESS</b></i><br/><br/>'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'<br/><i><b>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</b></i>

John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Although it&apos;s not the first time the legendary detective has taken the law into his own hands, it might be the last. What drove a good man to cross the line? Or have times changed, and the rules with them? Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke faces Edinburgh&apos;s most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop goes missing after claiming to harbour secrets that could sink the city&apos;s police force. But in this investigation, it seems all roads lead to Rebus - and Clarke&apos;s twin loyalties to the public and the police will be tested to their limit. A reckoning is coming - and John Rebus may be hearing the call for last orders...

'<b>I LOVED this </b>book. I tore through it in a day. I think it's <b>even better than <i>Love Letters</i>!</b> Absolutely loved the clever twist on the matchmaking-romance trope. It was so up my street, it was practically parked on my drive! <b>Gripping, tense and funny </b>in all the right ways, <b>I couldn't put it down</b>.' Katy Brent<br/><br/><b></b><b>Like every good romance, this story ends with a wedding. And like every good mystery, it begins with a murder...</b><b><br/></b>When <b>Alexandra's</b> fiance runs off with her so-called best friend, her life veers sharply away from the romance films she's obsessed with. She's worked so hard to get her fairytale ending after the horrors of her past, and despite this setback, she's determined she'll still find her happy ever after.<br/><br/>To distract herself, Alexandra tries to focus on her job where she has a secret specialty: matchmaking psychopaths. But in losing the two people closest to her, she's unignorably lonely. <b>So</b> <b>when a hot, overprotective new client wants to date her, and another gorgeous new client wants to become her best friend, she can't help but find the attention a little comforting.</b><br/><br/>Things take a turn the day the human heart is left on Alexandra's doorstep. But is the culprit one of her new admirers, or <b>has a monster from her past returned to destroy her happy ending forever?</b><br/><br/><b><i>Matchmaking for Psychopaths </i>is an unbelievably twisty and gripping read about obsession, filled with Tasha Coryell's signature observational humour and satirical slant.</b><br/><br/><b></b><b>What people are saying about <i>Matchmaking for Psychopaths:</i></b><br/>'A <b>brilliant blend of dark humour and gripping suspense</b>, delivering <b>a fresh and thrilling </b>exploration of obsession and identity' Joanna Wallace<br/><br/>'<b>Bloody brilliant</b>. A <b>wildly original </b>take on the difficulties of love and friendship in today's society. Coryell masterfully weaves <b>a thrilling dark romance</b> that <b>will make you believe some psychopaths deserve a happy ending</b>.' Asia Mackay<br/><br/><b></b><b>What everyone is saying about Tasha Coryell</b><i>:</i><b></b><b><br/>'Fun, <b>sassy</b>, confident' Reader Review,<br/>'<b>You won't stop laughing</b>' <i>GLAMOUR</i><br/>'Completely <b>original</b>' Reader Review,<br/>'<b>Fresh</b>, insightful and wonderfully dry' <i>THE GUARDIAN</i><br/>'Funny, twisting, <b>enthralling</b>' Reader Review,<br/>'<b>Clever</b>, provocative satire' Pandora Sykes<br/>'<b>Irresistible</b>' Reader Review, </b>