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From the bestselling doctor Robin Cook, whose high-voltage thrillers regularly quicken readers' pulses, comes Acceptable Risk, a harrowing tale of greed, abandoned ethics, and ambition run awry in the newest...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016'Unsettling, deeply moving and very, very readable. I loved it'...

1985: a man runs for his life - exhausted, wounded, hunted remorselessly by a female assassin known only as The Head Hunter. At the end, he has just enough energy...

Winner of the CWA International Dagger Award 2013. In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly...

'I devoured The Poison Garden . . . Gripping and utterly convincing, it's Alex Marwood at the top of her (already impressive) game' JOJO MOYES_________Where Romy grew up, if someone...

A gripping masterpiece of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets, Identical is the stunning thriller from bestselling author Scott Turow.Two families entangled in a long and complex history...

THE ASSOCIATE Daniel Ames is living the American dream, having overcome poverty and deprivation to become an associate at a prestigious law firm. Then he is accused of professional incompetence...

Set in the heart of the American jungle and featuring Declan Carberry, the not-so handsome hero of Day of Wrath, this page-turner oozes excitement, exotica and Formula One suspense. Archaeologist...

Detective Paul Hjelm and his team receive an urgent call from the FBI. A murderer whose methods bear a frightening resemblance to a serial killer they believed long dead is...

DEAVER. DANGEROUSLY GOOD.You wait, desperately, for news of your daughter.At last, the door opens.But it is not the negotiators, or the FBI.It is her kidnapper.And he has a gun ....

Fans of Scott Mariani, Ken Follett and Michael Connolly will love this riveting, fast-paced, high-tech thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks."A cyber 1984...Page-turningly swift, with a...

'Powerful and gripping - an adrenaline-filled thriller you won't forget' - Sunday Times bestseller Kimberley Chambers What to believe Who to betray When to run... Plastic surgeon Dr Maria Martinez...

THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN THE HILDUR SERIESAs Christmas comes to the west cost of Iceland, a corpse is found in a fish farming pond. Detective Hildur Runarsdottir and trainee...

Danger is closer than you think...Single Mum Kate Wilde has escaped an abusive marriage and hasn't had a holiday in years, so when she wins a five-day trip to Paris...

Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life - a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted....

When the body of Nicola Maiden, the daughter of a retired Scotland Yard undercover officer, is found near an unidentified body in the middle of a pre-historic stone circle in...

The unexpected suicide of an apparently happy family man; a woman held captive for three years in a forgotten underground bunker; a middle aged clergyman at a crisis point in...

Dublin's Harmon Penitentiary is Europe's most dangerous jail.Dr Frank Ryan is in charge of looking after its inmates. It's a risky job - the last doctor was murdered - but...

In a city where dreams really do come true, nightmares can follow . . . The new 'engrossing and unputdownable' thriller from the bestselling author of SOMETHING IN THE WATER...

When Lauren Stillwell sees her husband with another woman, her perfect world is destroyed. His betrayal turns her into a woman lusting for revenge. It was supposed to be a...

Luke Mullen, sixteen-year-old son of a former high-ranking police officer, has disappeared, presumed kidnapped. While no-one quite dares to voice the fear that he could also be presumed dead, Detective...

The 19th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series Detective Alex Cross is called into action on Christmas Eve - and he'll be lucky to see the New Year... Celebrating...

One rainy night in New York City, outstanding law student Chloe Larson wakes from a terrible nightmare. But it's not a nightmare - it's real. Not only is she savagely...

Driving home from a party with his girlfriend and brother, all of them drunk and high on stolen pills, Billy Blackmore accidentally hits someone in the night. In a panic,...

You DO NOT MESS with the Special Investigators! The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher s drifter life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush, he now...

Lord Peter Wimsey's fishing holiday is interrupted in Dorothy L Sayers' classic crime novel, introduced by writer and reviewer Barry Forshaw - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot...

'Wondering if Into the Water could be as good as The Girl on the Train? It's better. A triumph.' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I Let You GoThe addictive No....

'A mesmerising tale of secrets and lies' - VAL MCDERMID'As good as it gets' - DENISE MINA'An arresting new talent' - CHRIS BROOKMYRENOT EVERY CHILD IS A BLESSING...It was Ali...

'The twist is perfection. I think it's just about the cleverest thing I ever read' Gillian McAllisterThe twistiest murder mystery you are ever likely to read?A story about a family...