A cold case. An abandoned mansion. A family hiding a terrible secret. Prepare to be hooked . . .

'By far her best thriller yet.' Harlan Coben
'Compelling, deep, surprising, tense, modern.' Gillian McAllister
'Insane suspense. I loved it.' Lee Child
'UNBELIEVABLY good. I was utterly utterly agog.' Marian Keyes
'No one thickens a plot like Lisa Jewell. I couldn't put this book down ... It's SO GOOD!' Shari Lapena
'A gothic, multi-layered tale, deeply satisfying. We both loved it.' Richard & Judy Book Club pick
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Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim.

At 11 p.m. she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home.

Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby called Dark Place.

Tallulah never returns.

2018: walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence.

A sign that says: DIG HERE . . .
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Readers can't get enough of The Night She Disappeared . . .

***** 'Strong emotive storytelling at its best.'
***** 'Who is Lisa Jewell and where has she been all my life? I would rank “Disappeared” as the best suspense/thriller novel I’ve read this year.'
***** 'This book will suck you in, chew you up and leave you feeling exhausted….but in the most delicious tormented way possible.'
***** 'An absolutely heart gripping and page turning story, I couldn't seem to put it down.'
***** 'Addictive from start to finish!'
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More love for The Night She Disappeared . . .

'Another first-class mystery . . . Totally enthralling.' Harriet Tyce
'Masterly. Gripping from start to finish.' Joanne Harris
'This is Lisa's best book yet, and she always sets that bar high! I couldn't put it down.' Adele Parks
'A head-scratching, heart-racing, page-turning triumph.' Louise Candlish
'I loved this one so much - clever, slick and so intriguing. Lots of emotion and I love how all the sub-plots come together.' Mel Sherratt
'I predict another number one.' Erin Kelly
'I was superglued to the pages.' Mark Edwards
'Totally absorbing. I felt as though I'd slipped into the book and lived there for a few days, heart pounding. So so so amazing!' Katherine Heiny
'Intriguing and wonderfully dark' The Sun
'Good-natured, creepy and tense all at once.' Sarah Perry
'Nail-biting. Left me reeling.' Jane Corry
'A compelling psychological thriller full of twists and turns... ideal for fans of Ruth Rendell and Lianne Moriarty' YOURS book club

An unmissable thriller that readers are calling ‘the best book ever’ from the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of Both Of You…

Lost. Missing. Murdered?

And both her husbands are suspects…

‘A darkly compelling thriller that’s almost impossible to put down after reading the first page’ Sunday Express

The entire nation is obsessed with the scandal of bigamist Kylie Gillingham’s disappearance. Being married to two different men was a huge risk. But did she run away or was she taken? And is she dead or alive?

Both her husbands insist she was their everything, until she vanished. But DC Clements knows love is a shiver away from hate and either can make people do the cruellest things.

Only one person knew her secret. Did they want her to pay the ultimate price?

The sensational thriller from Number One bestseller Adele Parks will keep you gripped from the first page to the last.

Praise for Just Between Us:

‘Another masterfully plotted and jaw-dropping ride from the number one bestseller’ i News

‘Just Between Us is not to be missed’ Gillian McAllister

‘A slow-burn that grows in tension, this will keep you gripped’ Crime Monthly

‘This will blow your mind’ Jane Fallon

‘A darkly compelling thriller that’s almost impossible to put down’ Sunday Express

‘Masterfully executed – her best book yet’ Lisa Jewell

‘Fast-paced and unpredictable with complex and intriguing characters’ Candis

‘This is Adele Parks at the peak of her powers’ Louise Candlish

‘A pacy, gripping thrill-fest’ Heat

‘Full of mystery, tension, and characters you can’t help but root for – or against!’ Abigail Dean

‘Another twisting tale of deceit, desire and dangerous obsession’ TM Logan

About the author

Adele Parks MBE was born in North Yorkshire. She is the author of 22 bestselling novels including the recent Sunday Times bestsellers Both Of You and One Last Secret. Over four and a half million UK editions of her work have been sold and her books have been translated into 31 different languages. Adele’s Sunday Times Number One bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck were shortlisted for the British Book Awards and have been optioned for development for TV. She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK. Adele has lived in Botswana, Italy and London and is now settled in Guildford, Surrey. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature.

Find Adele on X @adeleparks, Instagram @adele_parks and Facebook @OfficialAdeleParks or visit www.adeleparks.com.

Discover the addictive world of the Twisted series from Sunday Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation, Ana Huang!

Read Twisted Love now for a brother's best friend romance.

He has a heart of ice . . . but for her, he'd burn the world.

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.

Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.

But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:
A crack.
A melt.
A fire that could end his world as he knew it.

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Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember.

But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world . . . including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.

Her brother's best friend.
Her neighbour.
Her saviour and her downfall.

Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen - but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both . . . and everything they hold dear.

Twisted Love is a brother's best friend/opposites attract romance with a hint of suspense. It's book one in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

WARNING: This book contains a jealous/possessive antihero, explicit sexual content and profanity. Recommended for 18+.

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Why fans love Ana Huang ⭐ ⭐ ⭐!

'King of Greed? More like King of my Heart (Ana Huang's Version)' Lauren Asher

'WE HAVE NO NOTES JUST LOTS OF HORNY FEELINGS' Ali Hazelwood

'Ana did not come to play . . . it was giving everything I asked for. It exceeded my expectations astronomically. I'm now severely depressed it's finished' @Aymanreads

'Ana Huang has done it ONCE again. But are we really surprised? No. Ana Huang truly is the queen of billionaire romances' Goodreads Review

'This book broke me into pieces and then pieced them back together' Goodreads Review

'Ana really said whether morally grey is your favourite OR NOT, let me give you someone to swoon over' Goodreads Review

'Ana Huang never disappoints. This was my most anticipated read of the month and it was EVERYTHING!!' Goodreads Review

Hunter Townsend loves his new home in the small town of Shadows Landing. It’s his sanctuary when he comes home from a mission as part of his Special Forces team. Maggie, the infuriating, monogram loving, bright color wearing, cuter than she should be woman, who loves to tease him was the only issue in Shadows Landing. Until a mission goes wrong . . . 

 

Maggie Bell is an Olympic sharpshooter and is getting ready to go for the gold once again. She loved nothing more than letting the handsome, yet cocky Hunter put his foot in his mouth over and over again by not telling him she was a better shot than he was. He just kept digging that hole and she just kept smiling. While everyone groaned when Maggie and Hunter started verbally sparring, Maggie loved it. She’d earn Hunter’s respect when he saw her win gold. That is, if anyone finally tells him she’s in the Olympics.

 

But that all seems inconsequential when Shadows Landing becomes a target. Now will Hunter and Maggie put their verbal sparring aside and find the threat before they end up in the crosshairs?

The new novel by the author of One Day, now a major Netflix series

A highlight for 2024 for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, i, Observer, Grazia, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Prima, Good Housekeeping, Daily Record

'A triumph, a real gift of a novel'
SUNDAY TIMES

'A great comic novel . . . The reader becomes so invested in the outcome of this unspectacular, everyday, cagoule-clad romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibility'
OBSERVER

'Nicholls's knack for warm characters, funny dialogue and superb scene-setting is as spot-on as ever'
DAILY MAIL

'Refreshing . . . the romance has sincerity and authenticity'
GUARDIAN

'I read David Nicholls' new book You Are Here - you'll love it as much as One Day . . . Probably his best yet'
INDEPENDENT

'Few contemporary writers make characters feel as human as David Nicholls does'
BBC.com

'The irresistible feel of a classic romance'
MAIL ON SUNDAY

'I loved You Are Here even more than One Day'
RED MAGAZINE

'Romantic, funny and hopeful'
DOLLY ALDERTON, author of Good Material

'Tender, wise and joyful. I inhaled it'
JOJO MOYES, author of Me Before You

'Gorgeously witty and joyful, kind and sad: a book you do not want to be away from'
KATHERINE RUNDELL, author of Super-Infinite

'The genius who gave us One Day has written another classic and funny love story'
MATT HAIG, author of The Midnight Library

'I loved it'
BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry

'Magnificent'
MARIAN KEYES, author of My Favourite Mistake


Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way

Marnie is stuck.
Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.

Michael is coming undone.
Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.

When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.

But can they survive the journey?

A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.

ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS

'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'
THE TIMES

'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'
EVENING STANDARD

'Genuinely brilliant'
NEW STATESMAN

Buy now and prepare to be hooked from the Number One bestselling thriller author . . .

* AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *
* OVER 6,000 FIVE STAR REVIEWS *
* AUDIBLE NO.1 SIX WEEKS IN A ROW *

'Gloriously dark' Lucy Foley
'A moody, slippery novel' Gillian McAllister
'One hundred percent brilliant' Clare Mackintosh
'Shocking and creepy and glorious' Nicola Walker
'Utterly addictive' Claire Douglas
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Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th.

A few days later, they bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie says she thinks she would be an interesting subject for Alix's podcast. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.

Alix agrees to a trial interview and indeed, Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated. Alix finds her unsettling but can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging.

Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has cajoled her way into Alix's life - and into her home.

Soon Alix begins to wonder who is Josie Fair really? And what has she done?

* The Hi! I'm Your Birthday Twin podcast has been bought to life! Listen to all 4 episodes and find out more at penguin.co.uk/BirthdayTwin *
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Readers can't get enough of None of This is True . . .

***** 'Lisa Jewell is BACK with a banger baby!!! and this might just be my favourite of hers yet.'
***** 'I'm speechless after reading this bone chilling, dark, twisty, mind bending thriller'
***** 'Did it deliver??? OMG !!! wait until you read this!!!'
***** 'OMG!!!!!! Dare I say this may just be Lisa Jewells best book yet!?'
***** 'What in the actual hell did I just read???? Bingeable, unreliable, unhinged in the best way, and well developed!'
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More love for None of This is True . . .

'Left me reeling' Adele Parks
'You will ignore everyone and everything until you’ve finished it' India Knight
‘A tense, superbly crafted exploration of obsession.’ Steve Cavanagh
'Really dark and twisty' Graham Norton
'MAGNIFICENT' Marian Keyes
'So suspenseful, so smart, so insightful.' Katherine Heiny
'A pitch-black fever dream of a novel' Ruth Ware
'Have never read a book so fast!' Hayley Morris
'A sleek, playful, mesmerising read' Louise Candlish
'Twisty twisty twisty' Emily Henry
'You're in for a treat' Jojo Moyes
'Rollercoaster of a read' Jane Fallon
'I inhaled it!' Harriet Tyce
'Lisa Jewell [has] confirmed her status as a powerhouse of psychological thrillers' Sunday Express
'The most gripping thriller I read this year' Daily Express

Lisa Jewell, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, September 2023
None of This is True, instant Sunday Times bestseller July 2023
Number 1 on Audible, July-August 2023

'One of the best - and most authentic - spy thrillers in years' The Times

***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***

A CIA officer and his recruit arrive in Damascus to hunt for a killer

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad. The two fall into a forbidden relationship, which supercharges Haddad's recruitment and creates unspeakable danger when they enter Damascus to find the man responsible for the disappearance of an American spy.

But the cat and mouse chase for the killer soon leads to a trail of high-profile assassinations and the discovery of a dark secret at the heart of the Syrian regime, bringing the pair under the all-seeing eyes of Assad's spy catcher, Ali Hassan, and his brother Rustum, the head of the feared Republican Guard. Set against the backdrop of a Syria pulsing with fear and rebellion, Damascus Station is a gripping thriller that offers a textured portrayal of espionage, love, loyalty, and betrayal in one of the most difficult CIA assignments on the planet.

PRAISE FOR DAMASCUS STATION:

'Simply marvellous storytelling...a stand-out thriller and essential reading for fans of the genre' - Financial Times

'The best spy novel I have ever read' - General David Petraeus, former director of the CIA

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RAVE READER REVIEWS FOR DAMASCUS STATION

'Read this book… and order Moscow X'

'An intense, unforgettable tour de force that must be read'

'WOW! What an astonishing read'

'David McCloskey knows his stuff… an impressive page-turner'

'Genuinely original'

'Excellent, gritty espionage novel'

'A refreshingly credible, engaging and exciting spy thriller'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The best romantic comedy I've read since The Hating Game’

Naomi and Luca have been pen-pals since fifth-grade. Well, more like bitter rivals caught in an epic battle of insults and verbal jousting…

But what starts as a hilarious chain of hate filled letters, slowly develops into a friendship spanning coasts and years. That is until one day, years later, when the letters suddenly stop.

It’s been two years since Naomi last heard from Luca. Two years since the letter that changed everything.

But when a new envelope turns up out of the blue at her desk at the local news station, Naomi is determined not to let Luca have the final word.

Readers can't get enough of Naomi and Luca's love story:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I LOVED this one so much…I devoured this book in one sitting and I highly recommend for fans of Emily Henry, Hannah Grace and Lucy Score’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow! I am blown away by this book!!’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ I literally devoured this book in a few hours, it was so good. If you like romantic comedies please pick up this book!’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely loved this book so much…I wanted to grab my kindle at every chance I got so I could find out what happened next!’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The perfect sparkling, fun and endearing rom com I didn't know I was missing. I stayed up late to finish it because I adored Naomi and Luca. I hope one day someone adapts this for a movie’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I had so much fun reading this book. Like SO MUCH FUN. It had me in my feels, remembering my childhood, my teenage years, what it feels like to slowly fall for someone’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It's so so good! I couldn't put it down. It's funny, sweet and heartfelt all at the same time… and there are many steamy scenes too! :)’

About the author

Donna Marchetti is a romance author in New York. Her debut novel Hate Mail will be released in 2024.

When Donna isn’t burying her face in a good book or tapping away at a keyboard writing her own, she can usually be found spending time with her family and competing in agility with her Dalmatian.

Donna currently lives in New York with her husband, her daughter, and three dogs.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY

'One of my favourite authors' COLLEEN HOOVER, It Ends With Us
‘Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID, Daisy Jones and The Six

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Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story.

That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra.

Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles.

As expected, it’s not a match made in heaven – that is until one night, while tossing back tequilas, they form a plan.

And if it involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex . . . right?

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry

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PRAISE FOR EMILY HENRY

'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail

'I've loved every single one of her books more than the previous' Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

'The book that you just know all the girls are going to be reading by the side of the pool this summer... ' The Mirror

'My newest automatic-buy author' Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here

'This book is an utter delight' Prima

'Emily Henry has become one of my favourite authors' Beth O'Leary, The Flatshare

'Emily Henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' V. E Schwab, Gallant

'A joyful and cathartic romcom that is truly the funniest of stories' The Skinny

'Nobody does it quite like Emily Henry' Casey McQuiston, Red, White and Royal Blue

'The queen of rom-coms is back' Refinery29

'Our generation's answer to Nora Ephron' Sophie Cousens, This Time Next Year

'As a storyteller, Henry is in a class of her own' Elle Kennedy, The Deal

'A perfect detective for our time' Stephen Fry



A cold case that has been ignored... A detective who fights for the voiceless.



THE DETECTIVE



Bristol detective DS George Cross might be difficult to work with – but his unfailing logic and determined pursuit of the truth means he is second to none at convicting killers.



THE CRIME



When the police dismiss a man's death as a squabble among the homeless community, Cross is not convinced; there are too many unanswered questions.



Who was the unknown man whose weather-beaten body was discovered on Clifton Downs? And was the same tragedy that resulted in his life on the streets also responsible for his death?



THE COLD CASE



As Cross delves into the dead man's past, he discovers that the answers lie in a case that has been cold for fifteen years.



Cross is the only person who can unpick the decades-old murder – after all, who better to decipher the life of a person who society has forgotten than a man who has always felt like an outsider himself?



Perfect for fans of M.W. Craven, Peter James and Joy Ellis, The Dentist is part of the DS George Cross thriller series, which can be read in any order.



ALSO IN THE DS CROSS THRILLER SERIES

#1 THE DENTIST

#2 THE CYCLIST

#3 THE PATIENT

#4 THE POLITICIAN

#5 THE MONK

#6 THE TEACHER

#7 COMING SOON...



CROSS CHRONICLE SHORT STORIES

THE LOST BOYS

THE EX-WIFE



Why readers love George Cross...



'A clever mystery full of tension but also humour and compassion. George Cross is becoming one of my favourite detectives.' Elly Griffiths

'In DS George Cross, Tim Sullivan has created a character who is as endearing as any I've ever come across in this genre. His quirks are his gift, and with Sullivan's tremendous plotting and superb writing, this series is a gift to readers.' Liz Nugent

'The fact that Cross has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder makes him just as intriguing as the murder mystery' The Times

'A British detective for the 21st century who will be hard to forget' Daily Mail

'A compelling, suspenseful police procedural with an intimate, positive insight into living on the autistic spectrum' Woman

'An excellent, excellent read' Reader Review