Two female lawyers living the high life in the South of France explore the limits of their own corruption when they find themselves at the mercy of their dangerous clients who would prefer to kill them than be exposed.
THE BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR - THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR - SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE MONTH - THE GUARDIAN 'I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year' IAN RANKIN'The best crime novel I've read this year' THE TIMES'Quite breathtaking' DAILY MAIL'Superb' THE GUARDIAN'Dominic Nolan is a wonderful writer' CHRIS WHITAKER'A truly excellent crime novel' MAIL ON SUNDAYIt's 1952, and London is victorious but broken, a city of war ruins and rationing, run by gangsters and black-market spivs.
'Connolly grips like a vice and he's an extraordinary storyteller' Crime Time'One of the best thriller writers we have' Harlan CobenWyatt Riggins, the boyfriend of rising Maine artist Zetta Nadeau, has gone missing, leaving behind a cell phone containing a single-word message: RUN.
"e;Jones crosses into the noir badlands of No Country for Old Men-bloody and throwing sparks but cool as a killer angel-and by sundown he owns the joint.
After a young woman is found murdered, newly promoted Detective Chief Inspector Paul Banham and his partner, Detective Inspector Alison Grainger, are brought onto a horrifying case.
When a group of young women working in London's sex trade become involved in a murder investigation, their fabricated account of events leads to the wrong suspect becoming convicted.
***GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2023*** THE TIMES - THRILLER OF THE MONTH****** MAIL ON SUNDAY - BEST NEW FICTION*** FINANCIAL TIMES - BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS***'A crackling good police procedural.
Nathan Waymaker arbeitet im Bestattungsunternehmen seines Cousins und ist nicht nur deshalb dafür bekannt, dass er weiß, wie man mit Leichen umgeht: Er, der ehemalige Marine und Deputy, hat sich in seiner Kleinstadt in Queen County, Virginia, einen Ruf als Mann aufgebaut, der helfen kann, wenn alle anderen Möglichkeiten ausgeschöpft sind.
MAJOR STREAMING NEWS TO COME'Koenig's insouciant style and sharp thinking pack a very hefty punch' The Times'A superb thriller that will have everyone gasping' David Baldacci'Badass and brilliant' Chris Whitaker'A blistering barnstormer of an action thriller, this demands to be read' Heat Magazine ' "e;Thrill-ride"e; gets tossed around a little too generously these days, but Craven has written one.
'The best thing to happen to mystery writing in a very long time' NEW YORK TIMES Isaiah Quintabe's first love, Grace, has been kidnapped by maniacal hitman Skip Hanson, who is determined to punish Isaiah for sending him to prison.
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'An electrifying, swashbuckling tale' CASSANDRA CLARE'Amazing, show-stopping, spectacular' XIRAN JAY ZHAO'A dark delight' RENEE AHDIEHAn ill-matched pair of spies pose as a couple to investigate a series of murders in 1930s Shanghai, in a new fantasy romance duology from the author of THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS.
When a serial killer stalks a sleepy English village, a Scotland Yard detective must search for clues among terrified townsfolk in this classic mystery.
The debut novel in a "e;riveting"e; Prohibition-era crime series "e;for readers who follow Kelli Stanley's Miranda Corbie series or Reed Farrel Coleman's Moe Prager books"e; (Library Journal).
The latest sequel in the Prohibition-Era crime series is "e;hard-boiled enough to remind readers of Hammett and Chandler,"e; featuring the biracial bartender up against a corrupt cop (Kirkus Reviews).
In France, a police detective hunts for an elusive killer in this novel by an award-winning author who "e;writes like no one else"e; (Los Angeles Times).
