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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

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A cold case from the past leads the gang to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. As the cold case turns red hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience, while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But will they solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again? It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill...or be killed. As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241992388 • Author: Richard Osman  • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  432 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 2.6 x 19.8 cm

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Cal Lovett has spent half his life telling other people’s stories on his true crime podcast. But the police are close to solving the mystery of his sister’s disappearance – now he might finally get to tell Margot’s story. A desperate relative begs for his help. Cal seeks respite on a holiday in the Scottish Highlands, but is dragged into a new cold case: an unsolved murder that shattered a family fourteen years ago. An isolated community wary of outsiders. Eyes follow Cal everywhere. And someone makes it very clear that they don’t want him snooping around… How far will he go to find justice? And how far is far enough? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781804362600 • Author: Heather Critchlow • Publisher: Canelo • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8cm

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The second novel in the record-breaking, million-copy bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman. It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus? But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241988244 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 3 cm

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Online Only! Get more for less with The Work’s expertly hand-picked Book Bundles. These are a collection of great quality products, grouped together to give you amazing value. This amazing bundle includes the first two instalments of Holly Jackson's young adult crime series: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder & Good Girl, Bad Blood. The series follows the story of Pippa Fitz-Amobi, a high school student who sets out to solve a murder case that occurred five years ago in her hometown. 

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Discover the Detective Society and its daring murder mysteries! At Deepdean School for Girls, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have set up their detective agency. But they are struggling to find any real crimes to investigate. Included in this Collection: • First Class Murder • Arsenic For Tea • Murder Most Unladylike Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241683545 • Author:  Robin Stevens • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Box Set

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The perfect day for a hike... Seeking the escape of a lifetime, four friends hike out into the beautiful Norwegian wild – nothing between them and the mountain peak but forest, sea and sharp blue sky. The perfect place to disappear. But there’s a darker side to the wilderness. A woman went missing here one year ago. Now the friends are hiking into the heart of the mystery. And waiting on the trail is someone who’d do anything to keep their secrets buried – and to stop the group walking away alive...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008462468 • Author:  Lucy Clarke  • Publisher:  HarperFiction • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  384 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 2.44 x 19.8 cm

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The unforgettable legal thriller from the legendary Lynda LA Plante.  Identical and brutal assaults on three women. One woman survives to give a detailed description of her attacker. The police arrest a suspect, Damon Morton, confident he is their man. But three of his employees admit to the crimes, and Morton's wife and girlfriend each provide him with an alibi. They all declare Damon Morton innocent. The police know he did it. But if people lie under oath in a court of law - who can the jury believe?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804182475 • Author:  Lynda La Plante  • Publisher:  Zaffre • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  320 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm

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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

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The mayor of New York has a daughter who's missing. Detective Michael Bennett has a son who's in prison. Can one father help the other? Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett an exceptional investigator who might be willing to take on a case that needs to be kept under the radar. The two men strike the deal. Sources lead Bennett to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation - and also to the mayor's missing daughter. But this murder is part of a serial killing spree, one with national security implications. And suddenly Bennett is at the centre of a dangerous triangle anchored by NYPD, FBI and an international crime organization. Michael Bennett has always been an honourable man, but sometimes honour has to take a back seat. Survival comes first. Product Information: • ISBN:  9781787461758 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Arrow • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.5 x 19.8cm

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22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge - or her life. SFPD Sergeant Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies. You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's turn to choose. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529158694 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm

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A cosy crime with a cutting edge... the sequel to Murder Before Evensong. It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish is joined with Upper and Lower Badsaddle, bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel's problems. His mother - headstrong, fearless Audrey - is obviously up to something, something she is determined to keep from him. And she is not the only one. And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781474612685 • Author:  Reverend Richard Coles  • Publisher:  W&N • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  432 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 3.2 x 19.6 cm

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‘The bodies never stay buried forever …’ On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old investigation, when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file and is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal and dark secrets. But Karen is already grappling with another case, one with even more questions and fewer answers. A skeleton has been discovered in an abandoned campervan and all clues point to a killer who never faced justice - a killer who is still out there. In her search for the truth, Karen uncovers a network of lies that has gone unchallenged for years. But lies and secrets can turn deadly when someone is determined to keep them hidden for good . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780751576948 • Author: Val McDermid • Publisher: Sphere • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 4 cm

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The New Start. Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. The Old Friend. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret. The Final Chapter. But when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn and Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realises that revealing the truth could destroy the future. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529419450 • Author: Peter May • Publisher: Riverrun • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.6cm

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Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the Fifties, identified and broken up after passing national secrets to the Soviets for years. But no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found…? 2022: Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance. But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just… stop. Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid ex-spook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption? Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781804364789 • Author:  Charles Beaumont • Publisher:  Canelo Action • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  336 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm

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A lawyer has been murdered and a note found on the body. DS Siobhan Clarke asks for Rebus's help with the case and he is quick to agree. After all, being a cop is in his blood. When, across town, an identical note is received, along with a bullet through a window, it is all too obvious that in the city, as in the wild, it's a dog eat dog world - and a world where Rebus is very much at home in... Product Information:• ISBN: 9781409159384• Author: Ian Rankin• Publisher: Orion Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 404• Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.4cm

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Forty years ago, the glamorous Maria Turquand was brutally murdered in her hotel room and the killer was ever found... But Edinburgh's dark heart is up for grabs but has criminal mastermind and Rebus's long-time adversary, Big Ger Cafferty, really settled down for retirement? Or is he hiding in the shadows until Edinburgh is once more ripe for the picking? Old enemies. New crimes. Rebus may be off the force, but he certainly isn't off the case. Product Information:• ISBN: 9781409159421• Author: Ian Rankin• Publisher: Orion Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 368• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm

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Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed. They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window - a fall which generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army's representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy. Reacher may be an exceptional military investigator, but office politics aren't what gets him up in the morning. As he races to identify a cold-blooded killer and uncover a secret that stretches back 23 years, he must navigate around his new partners. Will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way... or his way?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781787633773 • Author:  Lee & Andrew Child  • Publisher:  Bantam • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  336 • Dimensions: 16 x 2.9 x 24 cm

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The President is missing. The world is in shock... Terrorists are planning a devastating attack. And they have help from traitors inside the White House. The only thing standing in their way is a President determined to save his people. Even if it means putting himself in mortal danger...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781787460171 • Author: President Bill Clinton & James Patterson • Publisher:  Arrow • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  544 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 3.2 x 19.8 cm

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Rebus is back on the force with a chip on his shoulder and a marked card as a case he worked thirty years ago is re-opened - with suggestions of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer, are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide? His old colleagues called themselves 'the saints' and swore a bond on 'the Shadow Bible'. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer. Product Information:• ISBN: 9781409128847• Author: Ian Rankin• Publisher: Orion Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 390• Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.4cm

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