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Her secrets will be the death of you… When Pixie moves into Columbia Mansions, divorced Gwen is quick to take the younger woman under her wing. But as Pixie becomes entangled with her charismatic landlord Alec, the lines of friendship begin to blur. With rumours of illicit goings-on swirling, Gwen soon realises Pixie isn’t the only one with something to hide. How well does she really know the neighbours she considers her friends? As scandal erupts, old grudges resurface, leading to a crime that will destroy the peace of Columbia Mansions forever. Sunday Times bestseller Louise Candlish returns with this gripping, twisted story of neighbours, secrets and murder. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008753733 • Author: Louise Candlish • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

Discover the heart-racing bestseller that first introduced the world to symbologist Robert Langdon. CERN Institute, Switzerland: a world-renowned scientist is found brutally murdered with a mysterious symbol seared onto his chest. The Vatican, Rome: the College of Cardinals assembles for conclave to elect a new pope. Somewhere beneath them, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. In a breathtaking race against time, Harvard professor Robert Langdon must decipher a labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols if he is to defeat those responsible - the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years, reborn to continue their deadly vendetta against their most hated enemy, the Catholic Church. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780552160896 • Author: Dan Brown • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 624 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 3.8 cm

Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own... Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house from top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am. They don't know what I'm capable of...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781408728512 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Bookouture • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  336 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 2.6 x 19.6 cm

The first book in the number 1 bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by TV presenter Richard Osman. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late? 'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' – Mark Billingham 'Mystery fans are going to be enthralled' – Harlan Coben Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241988268 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm

THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY IS BACK WITH THE NEW BOOK OF THE MOMENT Anthony Wistern is wealthy beyond imagination. Fragrant wife, gaggle of photogenic children, French chateau, Cotswold manor, plethora of mistresses, penchant for cutting moral corners, tick tick tick tick tick tick. Unfortunately for him, he’s also dead. Suddenly poised to inherit his fortune, each member of the family falls under suspicion. And that’s when everything comes crashing down… Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008365950 • Author: Bella Mackie • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 24 x 15.9 x 3.5cm

My name is Kitty Collins and I’m a serial killer. I don’t want to kill. It’s just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it. Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He’s making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges. Meanwhile I’m in the South of France to watch my mother marry a man I’ve never met. I should be drinking cocktails and focusing on my tan, not plotting a murder. But a woman’s work is never done. Surely one more teensy little kill wouldn’t hurt, would it? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008656737 • Author: Katy Brent • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm

Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth has headed up three major serial operations in England and in each of these cases he has lost a part of himself. Then, while on sabbatical as guest lecturer in a London university, one of his female students dies under highly suspicious circumstances, and he finds himself drawn into a chilling new case that reaches across the world. Jack’s investigations lead him to Australia, where he identifies a cynical international crime consortium that preys on the anguish of childless couples and vulnerable women. Together with local major crime officers, he follows his leads to a windswept coast, and becomes caught up in an intoxicating private drama. With his personal and professional business entangled once again, Jack must put his own life on the line to bring justice to those who are grieving. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835011362 • Author: Fiona McIntosh • Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers Ltd • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.6 cm

Locked up with the enemy and there's no way out. When two former inmates of Highton prison turn up dead, DI Kelly Porter is tasked with finding out why. As Kelly digs into their life behind bars she finds more questions than answers. A tangled web of corruption and deceit emerges within the prison walls. As Kelly gets closer to exposing the relationships between the officers and their wards, a full scale prison riot explodes with police caught in the middle. Kelly now faces a hostage situation with a well-loved member of her team caught in the middle. An unforgettable addition to the DI Kelly Porter series from million copy bestseller Rachel Lynch. A must-read for fans of Carol Wyer, L. J. Ross and Angela Marsons. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835982976 • Author: Rachel Lynch • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1 cm

JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED. You can't break the law if it's already broken. Mark, Todd and Zola have yet to graduate from law school - they all have a mountain of debt and no promising future. When they discover they're victims of an elaborate scam, they decide to do something about it. Their local drinking spot, The Rooster Bar, is the perfect place to plan their revenge: pose as fully trained lawyers, take on easy cases and pay off their debts. But sometimes even the simplest plans can get out of hand: and soon they'll be taking on the FBI... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399740401 • Author: John Grisham • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 3.8 cm

Playing happy families can be a deadly game. Geoff Williams is a popular coach to the Conwy under-18s rugby team, being a former Wales player himself. He loves the attention from the lads’ mums, while his wife looks the other way. But when Geoff is found stabbed to death, after a bloody struggle, one family seems to have especially close ties. Louie Ellroy is a promising player, hampered by a fiery temper; Zoe, his mum, enjoys flirting with the coach while on the touchlines even though her husband Neil has heard the rumours flying around. When their 21 year-old daughter Rhian vanishes on the day Geoff is murdered, it adds one more suspect to the household’s list. DI Ruth Hunter has a murder to solve and a missing woman to find… A page-turning Welsh detective novel, perfect for fans of LJ Ross, Nel Lancaster and Michael Wood. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835981832 • Author: Simon McCleave • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 288 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.7 cm

Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth is seconded by counter-terrorism to investigate a spate of domestic events. First it was needles in strawberries, then tampering with lipstick samplers and baby formula. But when toxic mushrooms hit the supermarket shelves and a death occurs, a wave of panic is set to sweep the country. Breaking news of a possible serial killer only heightens the alarm. There are no leads, no DNA, no witnesses, no CCTV footage. Jack and his team must work on instinct to figure out why someone would want to harm innocent victims, each of them curiously linked to a single blood transfusion. Then a hospital bomb threat erupts, and it’s up to Jack’s team to prevent the inevitable bloodshed. But the clock is ticking, and no one is safe from the possibility of a tragedy on a catastrophic scale. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835011324 • Author: Fiona McIntosh • Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 356 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared but the police won’t do anything about it. And if they won’t look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town’s dark secrets along the way… and this time EVERYONE is listening. But will she find him before it’s too late? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405297752 • Author: Holly Jackson • Publisher: Electric Monkey • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.9cm

A dark, twisting thriller about a group of friends lost in the woods: one by one, they each will fall, and only the killer will return home alive... A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren't as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them? But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: Only one of them will return home alive. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781464221392 • Author:  Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  272 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm

A serial killer is loose on the streets of Manhattan. His victims appear to be total strangers. The only clue that links the crimes is the playing card left behind at each scene that hints at the next target. The killer, known in the tabloids as the Dealer, is baiting cops into a deadly guessing game that has the city on edge. Elizabeth Needham, the tenacious detective in charge of the case, turns to an unlikely ally – Dylan Reinhart, a brilliant professor whose book was found along with the first playing card. As the public frenzy over the Dealer reaches a fever pitch, Dylan and Elizabeth must connect the clues to discover what the victims have in common – before the Dealer runs through his entire deck. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781784753863 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.9 x 2.5 cm

Escape or die trying... No.1 international bestseller Jeffery Deaver returns with a stunning new thriller - the first in an exciting series featuring enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw. A student kidnapped from the park. Nineteen-year-old Sophie disappears one summer afternoon. She wakes up to find herself locked inside a derelict warehouse, surrounded by five objects. If she uses them wisely, she will escape her prison. Otherwise she will die. An investigator running out of time. Sophie's distraught father calls in the one man who can help find his daughter: unique investigator Colter Shaw. Raised in the wilderness by survivalist parents, he is an expert tracker with a forensic mind trained to solve the most challenging cases. But this will be a test even for him. A killer playing a dangerous game. Soon a blogger called Henry is abducted - left to die in the dark heart of a remote forest - and the whole case gets turned on its head. Because this killer isn't following the rules; he's changing them. One murder at a time... Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008303761 • Author: Jeffery Deaver • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3 cm

Superstar footballer Luca Bruni is being blackmailed for a night of sex he swears he didn’t participate in… except the photos contradict that. A media darling on and off the field, Luca has a perfect home life he’ll do anything to protect, and more money than he knows what to do with. He’s determined to defy the extortion racket. When Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth learns that the mastermind behind this crime has already swindled a dozen of the world’s most highly prized male sporting stars, he knows he has to keep the situation from escalating and prevent a media frenzy. Intrigued by the creativity of the crime and the shockwaves it is creating through the global sporting fraternity, Jack begins a journey into a case that has tentacles far more wide-reaching than he could have imagined – and far more deadly. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835011263 • Author: Fiona McIntosh • Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 317 • Dimensions: 19.81 x 12.9 x 1.7 cm

Harbour Street is the sixth book in Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera. A silent community. A murderer among them . . . As the snow falls in Newcastle, Detective Joe Ashworth and his daughter Jessie travel home on the busy Metro. When the train stops unexpectedly due to bad weather, Jessie notices that one woman doesn’t leave and when trying to wake her they find that the passenger has been fatally stabbed. With no witnesses DI Vera Stanhope looks into the victim’s past and discovers she lived for years on Harbour Street, in a rundown Northumberland fishing town. As she questions the local residents Vera begins to suspect they know more than they are letting on, and the killer is hiding in their midst. Enjoy more of Vera Stanhope’s investigations with The Crow Trap, Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices, The Glass Room, The Moth Catcher, The Seagull and The Darkest Evening. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529050158 • Author: Ann Cleeves • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm

DETECTIVE ALEX CROSS'S NIECE IS MISSING Cross fears the disappearance could be linked to a string of recent abductions and murders that are terrorising the US. Two killers, operating on opposite sides of the country, are collaborating and competing to commit increasingly horrific crimes. If he's to rescue his niece, Cross must hunt down these two brutal masterminds. All the while, countless lives hang in the balance. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781784757489 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 3 cm

Since Lamont Cranston - known to a select few as the Shadow - defeated Shiwan Khan and ended his reign of terror over New York one year ago, the city has started to regenerate. But there is evil brewing elsewhere. And this time the entire world is under threat. Which is why Lamont has scoured the globe to assemble a team with unmatched talent. Only their combined powers can foil an enemy with ambitions and abilities beyond anyone's deepest fears. As their mission takes them across the globe and into the highest corridors of power - pushing them beyond their limits - can justice prevail? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529159950 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm

You can take Michael Bennett out of New York City, but you can't take the cop out of Michael Bennett. Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push him, and his family, to the brink. He settles on an idyllic small town in the beautiful Maine woods. But just when Bennett thinks he can relax, he gets pulled into a case that has shocked the tight-knit community. Kids are disappearing with no explanation – until several bodies turn up in the woods. Far from the city streets he knows so well, Bennett is fighting to protect a town, the law, and the family that he loves above all else. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781784753733 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 2.3 cm