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Shortlisted for the Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the RTE Listeners’ Choice Award
Shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker Prize 2018

‘As moving as it is fast-paced’ VAL McDERMID
‘Spectacularly good’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Beautifully drawn characters’ LAURA MARSHALL

*****

February 1993

On his first week on the job, Garda Cormac Reilly responds to a call at a decrepit country house to find two silent, neglected children waiting for him – fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack. Their mother lies dead upstairs.

March 2013

Twenty years later, Cormac has left his high-flying career as a detective in Dublin and returned to Galway. As he struggles to navigate the politics of a new police station, Maude and Jack return to haunt him.

What ties a recent suicide to the woman’s death so long ago? And who among his new colleagues can Cormac really trust?

This powerful debut will draw you into the dark heart of Ireland and ask who will protect you when the authorities can’t – or won’t. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Tana French and Susie Steiner.

*****

Praise for THE RUIN:

‘Brilliantly crafted . . . an absolute treat!’ SUNDAY MIRROR

‘An exciting new voice in Irish noir’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Corruption, clandestine cover-ups and criminal conspiracy . . . as moving as it is fast-paced’ VAL McDERMID

‘Absolutely brilliant. Wonderful characters, authentic setting, and a sublime, twisty plot’ IRISH EXAMINER

‘A compelling story with beautifully drawn characters I really cared about’ LAURA MARSHALL

‘Heartbreaking and heart-stopping’ CAZ FREAR

‘As convincing as it is multi-layered, as compelling as it is complex . . . Dervla is a future star of the genre’ CHRIS BROOKMYRE

‘Fans of Tana French will love McTiernan’s expertly plotted, complex web of secrets that refuse to stay hidden’ KAREN DIONNE

‘There are not many books that will keep me reading from start to finish but THE RUIN did just that . . . An excellent story, very well written . . . this one was a winner for me!’ ALEX GRAY

‘Loved every page . . . Cormac Reilly is a brilliant new character, so real you can hear his footsteps on the stairs. Utterly gripping, brilliantly executed story’ SAM BLAKE

‘Intelligent, compassionate and believable’ SINEAD CROWLEY

Leading crime critic Maxim Jakubowski presents this year’s must-have collection of British crime fiction.

This latest volume of the acclaimed annual collection presents over 20 short stories of murder mystery, selected from the very cream of new British crime fiction. Contributors include Lee Child, Colin Dexter, Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, Len Deighton, John Harvey, and many more.

This is an ideal present for anyone who has ever enjoyed a good murder-mystery. A page-turning compendium of British talent to capture the imagination of readers around the world.

‘A modern master’
Guardian

Ben Cooper and his team from Derbyshire Constabulary’s E Division return in this gripping new page-turner from the master of the genre.

For the Peak District hamlet of Shawhead, there’s only one road in and one road out. Its handful of residents are accustomed to being cut off from the world by snow or floods. But when a lorry delivering animal feed is found jammed in the narrow lane, with no sign of the driver except for a blood-stained cab, it’s the beginning of something much more sinister…

‘Booth skilfully portrays a stunning landscape with a dark heart that conceals secrets, vendettas and revenge’
Daily Mail

‘Makes high summer as terrifying as midwinter’
Val McDermid

‘A first rate mystery
Sunday Telegraph

‘Ingenious Plotting and richly atmospheric’
Reginald Hill

Set in and around the dark, misty canals of Lichfield, Stephen Booth’s incredible new novel is awash with mystery.

When council officer Chris Buckley is approached by an odd old man demanding help in healing a decades-old family rift, he sends the stranger away.

But then the old man is murdered, and the police arrive on the Chris’s doorstep asking questions to which he has no answers.

As Chris begins to look into the circumstances of the murder, he uncovers a deadly secret in the silt and mud of the local canals that he’ll realise was better kept buried.

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN BOOTH

‘Makes high summer as terrifying as midwinter’
Val McDermid

‘A modern master’
Guardian

‘Crime writing of the finest quality’
Daily Mail

‘Ingenious plotting and richly atmospheric’
Reginald Hill

‘A first-rate mystery’
Sunday Telegraph

‘The work of a master storyteller’ Daily Telegraph

Robert Galbraith’s Strike novels are some of the finest examples of detective fiction of our age. The series has sold well over a million copies in the UK alone, and has been adapted into a highly successful television series for the BBC.

For the first time, readers can purchase all five paperbacks in the series in this exquisite deluxe box set. Featuring:

The Cuckoo’s Calling

The Silkworm

Career of Evil

Lethal White

Troubled Blood

PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES

‘Magnificent’ Sunday Times

‘One of crime’s most engaging duos’ Guardian

‘Reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place’ Val McDermid

‘One of the most unique and compelling detectives I’ve come across in years’ Mark Billingham

‘Superbly constructed’ Daily Mail

‘Stunning’ – Ann Cleeves

Every parent’s worst gap year nightmare…

After graduating, Lori Maddox heads off travelling and arrives in China where she finds work as a private English tutor. Back in Manchester, her parents Jo and Tom follow her adventures on her blog.

Suddenly communication stops. When the silence persists a frantic Jo and Tom report her missing. But it’s impossible to find out anything from so far away, so they travel to Chengdu to search for their daughter.

Landing in a totally unfamiliar country, with no knowledge of the customs or language, and receiving scant help from the local authorities, Jo and Tom are forced to turn detective. It’s an unbearably difficult challenge and, as the days pass, the fear that Lori is lost for good grows ever larger…

Praise for Cath Staincliffe:

‘Harrowing and humane. A real knockout’ Ian Rankin

‘It’s always exciting to see a writer get better and better and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that’ Val McDermid

‘Remarkable depth … The most grown-up writer in British crime fiction’ Telegraph

‘This is crime writing of the highest quality’
Daily Mail

Steeped in the atmosphere of the stunning Peak District, Secrets of Death is master crime writer Stephen Booth’s most daring and clever Cooper & Fry thriller yet.

A beautiful place to die . . .

Residents of the Peak District are used to tourists descending on its soaring hills and brooding valleys. However, this summer brings a different kind of visitor to the idyllic landscape, leaving behind bodies and secrets.

A series of suicides throughout the Peaks throws Detective Inspector Ben Cooper and his team in Derbyshire’s E Division into a race against time to find a connection to these seemingly random acts – with no way of predicting where the next body will turn up. Meanwhile, in Nottingham Detective Sergeant Diane Fry finds a key witness has vanished…

But what are the mysterious Secrets of Death?

And is there one victim whose fate wasn’t suicide at all?

‘Makes high summer as terrifying as midwinter’
Val McDermid

‘A modern master’
Guardian

‘A first rate mystery
Sunday Telegraph

‘Ingenious Plotting and richly atmospheric’
Reginald Hill

‘A cosy and delightful book – a real joy to behold.’ Daily Mail
‘A gorgeous book to be treasured’ BBC Countryfile

A beautifully illustrated guide to nature through the seasons by much-loved printmaker Angela Harding.

This stunning work, the first book that is solely dedicated to Angela’s art, is a celebration of her beautiful prints, and a glimpse into her detailed and meticulous process.

A Year Unfolding is a journey through Angela’s year in nature watching the seasons unfold in front of her from her studio in Rutland, and giving the reader detail into how nature transforms and evolves over the course of the year.

A Year Unfolding also tells the stories behind some of Angela’s most popular images, giving context to Angela’s celebrated work, as well as new art created specifically for the book. The beautiful illustrations and evocative imagery of the prose make this the perfect book for Angela’s fans and readers and art lovers everywhere.

Angela has created the covers for many bestselling books, including The Salt Path and The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn, October, October by Katya Balen, English Pastoral by James Rebanks, Christmas is Murder by Val McDermid and RSPB Birds among many others.

‘You won’t put this novel down until you’ve uncovered every last skeleton in the closet. I loved it ‘ Louise Candlish

Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever on a single day when a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him still resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home.

Kieran’s parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea that is both a lifeline and a threat. Between them all is his absent brother Finn.

When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge in the murder investigation that follows. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away…

Praise for The Survivors

‘A new book by Harper is always an event’ Sunday Times

‘Once again Harper demonstrates how good she is at portraying the fear and menace that lurk in ordinary lives’ Daily Mail

‘Multi-layered, atmospheric and brilliantly written’ Sun

‘With The Survivors, Jane Harper proves she’s unquestionably the real deal’ Val McDermid

NOW A HUGELY ACCLAIMED, SIX-TIMES OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM STARRING CATE BLANCHETT AND ROONEY MARA

‘Full of tremor and of threat and of her peculiar genius for anxiety’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘A document of persecuted love . . . perfect’ INDEPENDENT

‘Some books change lives. This is one of them’ VAL MCDERMID

A groundbreaking American novel for its honest and sensitive portrayal of a lesbian couple in the 1950s, Carol is a truly remarkable story.

Therese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when an alluring woman in her thirties walks up to her counter. Standing there, Therese is wholly unprepared for the first shock of love. She is an awkward nineteen-year-old with a job she hates and a boyfriend she doesn’t love. Carol is a sophisticated, bored suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce and a custody battle for her only daughter. As Therese becomes irresistibly drawn into Carol’s world, she soon realises how much they both stand to lose.

First published pseudonymously in 1952 as The Price of Salt, Carol is a hauntingly atmospheric love story set against the backdrop of fifties New York.

‘A twisting spiral of lies and corruption’ Val McDermid

From the hilltop he could see London, stretched towards the hills of Kent and Surrey. The sky was beginning to pale at the edges. The city itself looked numb as a rough sleeper; Camden and then the West End, the Square Mile. His watch was missing. He searched his pockets, found a bloodstained serviette and a promotional leaflet for a spiritual retreat, but no keys, phone or police badge.

Detective Nick Belsey needs help.

Something happened last night – something with the boss’s wife – and Belsey needs to get out of London, and away from the debt and the drink and the deceit.

Collecting his belongings back at Hampstead CID on what should be the last day of his career, Belsey sees a missing person’s report. But this one’s different; this is on The Bishop’s Avenue, one of the most expensive streets in the city. Belsey sees a chance for a new life.

But someone else got there first.

Praise for A Hollow Man

‘[Belsey has] got to be London’s coolest cop… Harris has plundered London’s underworld for his richly plotted and unusual detective series… It’s heady stuff’ Daily Mail

‘Thrills, spills and fine writing’ Telegraph

Discover your next reading obsession with this iconic first novel in Alex Gray’s bestselling Scottish detective series. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves

***Don’t miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to pre-order.***

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LORIMER SERIES:

‘Warm-hearted, atmospheric’ ANN CLEEVES
‘Relentless and intriguing’ PETER MAY
‘Move over Rebus’ DAILY MAIL
‘Exciting, pacey, authentic’ ANGELA MARSONS
‘Superior writing’ THE TIMES
‘Immensely exciting and atmospheric’ ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

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When three young women are discovered strangled and mutilated in a Glasgow park, it is up to DCI Lorimer to find their killer. Frustrated by a lack of progress in the investigation, Lorimer is forced to enlist the services of Dr Solomon Brightman, psychologist and criminal profiler. Together they form an uneasy alliance.

But when a homeless man is brought in for questioning the investigation takes a bizarre turn. Soon Lorimer has to scratch the surface of the polished Glasgow art world and reveal the dark layers hidden beneath…

Aimee finds herself entangled with murders on the Rive Gauche…

A Haitian woman arrives at the office of Leduc Detective and announces that she is Aimée’s sister, her father’s illegitimate daughter. Aimée is thrilled. A virtual orphan since her mother’s disappearance and her father’s death, she has always wanted a sister. Her partner, René, is wary of this stranger, but Aimée embraces her and soon finds herself involved in murky Haitian politics, which leads to murder in Paris’s bohemian Latin quarter.

Praise for the Aimee Leduc series:

‘If you’ve always wanted to visit Paris, skip the air fare and read Cara Black… It’s so authentic you can practically smell the fresh baguettes and coffee.’ Val McDermid

“Cara Black books are good companions…. Fine characters, good suspense, but, best of all, they are transcendentally, seductively, irresistibly French. If you can’t go, these will do fine. Or, better yet, go and bring them with you.”-Alan Furst

“Charming…. Aimée is one of those blithe spirits who can walk you through the city’s historical streets and byways with their eyes closed.”-The New York Times Book Review

“One of the best heroines in crime fiction.” -Lee Child

Against the backdrop of Euro ’96 and the soundtrack of Oasis, a summer of terror begins.

Sal Kilkenny has two very frightened clients on her hands. Debbie Gosforth is the victim of a deranged stalker while teenager Luke Wallace is afraid he might be a murderer as he has, allegedly, stabbed his best friend Ahktar Khan to death.

And then the IRA bomb Manchester’s Arndale Centre and the city goes up in smoke…

Sal Kilkenny Series
Looking For Trouble (Book 1)
Go Not Gently (Book 2)
Dead Wrong (Book 3)
Stone Cold Red Hot (Book 4)
Towers of Silence (Book 5)
Bitter Blue (Book 6)
Missing (Book 7)
Crying Out Loud (Book 8)


Praise for Cath Staincliffe:

‘Gritty, intelligent, humane and involving’ Big Issue

‘Deftly organised, with several surprising twists.’ Evening Standard

‘Has her finger on the pulse of her city and that rare ability to write about love, motherhood and friendship without sentimentality’ Val McDermid

‘Modest, compassionate… a solid ingenious plotter with a sharp eye for domestic detail’ Literary Review

‘Complex and satisfying’ The Sunday Times

‘about as good as the British private eye novel gets’ Time Out

‘One of the great series of British crime fiction’ — THE TIMES

It’s 1996. Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne is a haunted man. Haunted by the moment he ignored his instinct about a suspect, by the horrific crime that followed and by the memories that come day and night, in sunshine and shadow.

So when seven-year-old Kieron Coyne goes missing while playing in the woods with his best friend, Thorne vows he will not make the same mistake again. Cannot.

The solitary witness. The strange neighbour. The friendly teacher. All are in Thorne’s sights.

This case will be the making of him . . . or the breaking.

The gripping prequel to Mark Billingham’s acclaimed debut, Sleepyhead, Cry Baby is the shocking first case for one of British crime fiction’s most iconic detectives.


‘Cry Baby is the perfect prequel to send us back to revel in Tom Thorne’s twenty years. As if we needed reminding how good Mark Billingham is‘
VAL MCDERMID

‘Tom Thorne is one of the most credible and engaging heroes in contemporary crime fiction. Mark Billingham is a master of psychology, plotting and the contemporary scene – making the Thorne novels the complete package. Twenty years in and better than ever’
IAN RANKIN

‘Mark Billingham is one the biggest names in crime fiction and one the genre’s most formidable talents’
PETER JAMES

‘Billingham is always a must read’
HARLAN COBEN

***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray’s bestselling Scottish detective series***

***Don’t miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to pre-order.***

Whether you’ve read them all or whether this is your first Lorimer novel, PITCH BLACK is perfect if you love Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LORIMER SERIES:

‘Warm-hearted, atmospheric’ ANN CLEEVES
‘Relentless and intriguing’ PETER MAY
‘Move over Rebus’ DAILY MAIL
‘Exciting, pacey, authentic’ ANGELA MARSONS
‘Superior writing’ THE TIMES
‘Immensely exciting and atmospheric’ ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

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When Chief Inspector Lorimer returns from his holiday on the island of Mull, he feels a welcome sense of calm. But it doesn’t last long.

Kelvin FC’s new star midfielder is found brutally stabbed to death in his own home and, with his wife apprehended trying to leave the country, a seemingly straightforward new case begins. But the grisly murder of a referee after a Kelvin match throws light on some dark secrets at the ground.

As lies emerge and tensions build, Lorimer knows there’s a serial killer on the loose – one that’s only beginning to show his true colours.

The fifth book in the Joe O’Loughlin series, the inspiration for the major ITV drama The Suspect.

In London, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz rescues a young woman from a violent boyfriend but wakes next morning to find that he’s been set up and robbed. As he tracks down the thieves, he discovers the boyfriend’s tortured body and learns that powerful men are looking for the girl. What did Holly Knight steal that is so important to them?

Meanwhile in Baghdad, the bank robbery capital of the world, billions of dollars in reconstruction funds has gone missing and Pulitzer prize-winning Journalist Luca Terracini is trying to ‘follow the money’. The dangerous trail will lead him to London where he teams up with Vincent Ruiz and together they investigate the disappearance of an international banker and a mysterious ‘black hole’ in the bank’s accounts.

Although the Joe O’Loughlin books can be read in any order, The Wreckage is the fifth in the series after Bleed for Me. The next in the series is Say You’re Sorry.

Praise for Michael Robotham’s thrillers:

‘I love this guy’s books’ Lee Child

‘Will have you turning the pages compulsively’ The Times

‘An absolute master’ Stephen King

‘He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul’ Peter James

‘Heart-stopping and heart-breaking’ Val McDermid

‘The real deal’ David Baldacci

‘Superbly exciting . . . a terrific read’ Guardian

The sixth book in the Joe O’Loughlin series, the inspiration behind major ITV drama The Suspect.

My name is Piper Hadley and I went missing on the last Saturday of the summer holidays three years ago.

When Piper and her friend Tash disappeared, there was a huge police search, but they were never found. Abducted, hidden, and abused, Tash has reached breaking point. She escapes her captor, promising to come back for Piper.

The case is closed. But clinical psychologist Joe O’Loughlin and his stalwart companion, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz, haven’t given up. They uncover a chilling link to the missing girls and force the police to re-open the case. But they are racing against time to save Piper from an abductor with an evil, calculating and twisted mind.

Although the Joe O’Loughlin books can be read in any order, Say You’re Sorry is the sixth in the series after The Wreckage. The next in the series is Watching You.

Praise for Michael Robotham’s thrillers:

‘I love this guy’s books’ Lee Child

‘Will have you turning the pages compulsively’ The Times

‘An absolute master’ Stephen King

‘He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul’ Peter James

‘Heart-stopping and heart-breaking’ Val McDermid

‘The real deal’ David Baldacci

‘Superbly exciting . . . a terrific read’ Guardian

Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award, this breathtaking standalone novel is The Shawshank Redemption meets No Country for Old Men. Don’t miss Michael Robotham’s new thriller When She Was Good, out now.

Why would a man escape from prison the day before he’s due to be released?

Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is.

For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he’s due to be released.

Everybody wants to find Audie, but he’s not running. Instead he’s trying to save a life . . . and not just his own.

Praise for Michael Robotham’s writing:

‘I love this guy’s books’ Lee Child

‘Will have you turning the pages compulsively’ The Times

‘An absolute master’ Stephen King

‘He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul’ Peter James

‘Heart-stopping and heart-breaking’ Val McDermid

‘The real deal’ David Baldacci

‘Superbly exciting . . . a terrific read’ Guardian

‘Gripping’ Mail on Sunday

What if your child ends up hurting those you love?

Lydia and Bel have been best friends for years, from wild teenage days all the way through to motherhood. Bel becomes pregnant by accident and has a fraught relationship with daughter Freya, while Lydia and love-of-her-life Mac, after failed fertility treatment, choose to adopt. Gorgeous toddler Chloe challenges them more than either of them had ever expected and as a teenager her behaviour escalates increasingly out of control, pushing their marriage, and Lydia and Bel’s relationship, to breaking point.

A harrowing and heart-breaking story of the splinters that can tear mothers and daughters, husbands and wives – and friends – apart.


Praise for Cath Staincliffe:

”This powerful, often harrowing story will move you to tears’ My Weekly

‘Harrowing and humane. A real knockout’ Ian Rankin

‘It’s always exciting to see a writer get better and better and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that’ Val McDermid

‘Powerful, complex and utterly gripping’ Sunday Mirror

‘An intelligent and emotionally engaging moral workout’ Daily Telegraph

‘Cath Staincliffe gets into the heads of ordinary people and makes them extraordinary’ Ann Cleeves

‘Complex and satisfying’ Sunday Times

‘Dramatic . . . gripping’
The Times

The dramatic, gripping new Cooper & Fry crime thriller from bestseller Stephen Booth sees the stunning Peak District prove fatal for one walking party.

They knew the danger, but they went anyway…

“Almost before she’d stopped breathing, a swirl of mist snaked across her legs and settled in her hair, clutching her in its chilly embrace, hiding her body from view. It would be hours before she was found.”

The mountain of Kinder Scout offers the most incredible views of the Peak District, but when thick fog descends there on a walking party led by enigmatic Darius Roth, this spectacular landscape is turned into a death trap that claims a life.

For DI Ben Cooper however, something about the way Faith Matthew fell to her death suggests it was no accident, and he quickly discovers more than one of the hikers may have had reason to murder their companion.

To make things worse, his old colleague DS Diane Fry finds herself at centre of an internal investigations storm that threatens to drag Cooper down with it.

‘Makes high summer as terrifying as midwinter’
Val McDermid

‘Crime writing at its finest’
Daily Mail

‘A modern master’
Guardian

‘A first rate mystery
Sunday Telegraph

‘Ingenious Plotting and richly atmospheric’
Reginald Hill

‘Once again Harper leaves you gagging to know who did what’ Evening Standard

‘Places Harper in the elevated company of the authors she most admires: Val McDermid, Gillian Flynn and Lee Child’ Daily Mail

‘Powerful, intriguing and recommended…Harper is wonderful at evoking fear and unease’ The Times

Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice’s welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them.

Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.

The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises.

Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistleblower in his latest case – and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with.

Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew.

***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***

‘The Cuckoo’s Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place’ VAL MCDERMID

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Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series

When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case.

Strike is a war veteran – wounded both physically and psychologically – and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model’s complex world, the darker things get – and the closer he gets to terrible danger . . .

A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London – from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho – The Cuckoo’s Calling is a remarkable book. Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! ***

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PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:

‘One of the most unique and compelling detectives I’ve come across in years‘ MARK BILLINGHAM

‘The work of a master storyteller’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Unputdownable. . . Irresistible’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Will keep you up all night’ OBSERVER

‘A thoroughly enjoyable classic’ PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller

The ‘gripping, atmospheric and ultimately deeply satisfying’ (Val McDermid) new novel from Jane Harper, author of the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers – with combined sales of over a half a million copies – The Dry and Force of Nature.

He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron’s mind when he was alive, he didn’t look peaceful in death.

Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other’s nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart.

They are at the stockman’s grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family’s quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish.

Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn’t, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects…

What readers are saying:

‘Jane Harper is an incredible story teller’

‘So good I couldn’t put it down and finished it too quickly!’

‘I could almost taste the dust and feel the relentless heat’

‘Take a duvet day off work and read it cover to cover. You won’t be disappointed!’