''Where is Greg Downing?'' Sports Agent, Myron Bolitar, is in his new office on the top of a skyscraper in New York when two FBI agents call.
The man they refer to is Myron''s former client and top basketball player. Downing''s DNA has been found at the scene of a high-profile double-murder, and he is their main suspect.
It can''t be Downing, Myron tells the two agents: the reason Downing is his ''former'' client is because he died of a heart attack three years previously. Myron went to his funeral and gave the eulogy.
So how can a man who''s already dead be wanted for murder?
Secrets, lies, and a murderous conspiracy that stretches back into the past lies at the heart of Harlan Coben''s blistering new bestseller.
____________________________________ HARLAN COBEN never ever lets you down - LEE CHILD HARLAN COBEN: simply one of the all-time greats - GILLIAN FLYNN HARLAN COBEN is the modern master of the hook and twist - DAN BROWN HARLAN COBEN is unbelievably brilliant - RICHARD OSMAN HARLAN COBEN is a GREAT writer - JOHN GRISHAM
''You''ve lost someone?'' ''My baby sister. You must locate her. I need to know she''s safe and sound. This is my dying wish. You have three weeks to get it done.'' Frankie Elkin is about to undertake the strangest mission of her career. She has been asked by serial killer Keahi Pierson, who has killed and dismembered 18 men and now serves out the very limited time she has left on Death Row, to find her long lost sister Lani. Keahi had always assumed her sister to be dead, but she''s just received a letter preporting to be from her. It''s Keahi''s dying wish to know that her sister is well and happy. Only trouble is that she faces the death penalty in three weeks time. The clock is ticking ...
Frankie quickly establishes that if Lani really is still alive, she will be living on a small atoll in the middle of the ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The island is owned by a millionaire business man and Frankie applies for a job working in the hotel he is developing.
The island may be paradisal in appearance, but Frankie soon discovers that both the coast and the interior are patrolled by giant crabs and enormous spiders - and that is just the wildlife. With no idea who among her co-workers are friends and who are foe, and with no appearance yet of Lani, Frankie knows that her own life is in terrifying danger ...
Prepare to be hooked: the nail-biting suspense from the addictive number one million-copy bestselling author.
____________ The paths of two women - Alix Summer and Josie Fair - cross when they are out celebrating their birthdays in the same restaurant.
Big coincidence: they are birthday twins; not only this - they were born in the same hospital.
Alix is a journalist and podcaster. Could this be her next subject, she wonders: the story of two women who share the same birthday but whose lives could not be more different. She proposes this to Josie, and they start sharing their stories in Alix''s recording studio.
But slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has inveigled her way into Alix''s life - and into her home.
Soon Alix starts to worry that Josie will never leave.
But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that her family is in more danger than she ever thought possible ...
____________ Praise for Lisa Jewell ...
''I read it all in one sitting'' COLLEEN HOOVER ''I loved The Family Upstairs!'' SARAH JESSICA PARKER ''Gripping'' OLIVIA COLMAN ''Enthralling'' RUTH WARE ''Engrossing'' IAN RANKIN ''Twisty'' CLARE MACKINTOSH ''Excellent'' GUARDIAN ''Stupendous'' RUTH JONES ''Brilliant'' SARAH PINBOROUGH ''Unputdownable'' C.L. TAYLOR
With more than seventy million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben is the worldwide number 1 bestselling author of numerous thrillers, including Don''t Let Go , Home, and Fool Me Once , as well as the multi-award-winning Myron Bolitar series. His books are published in forty-three languages around the globe and are bestsellers in more than a dozen countries. Coben is also the creator and executive producer of many television shows, including the forthcoming Netflix Original drama Harlan Coben''s The Stranger starring Richard Armitage, Stephen Rea and Jennifer Saunders and the critically acclaimed Netflix Original drama Harlan Coben''s Safe starring Michael C. Hall. Coben is currently developing 14 projects, including Run Away , with Netflix in the US and internationally. He lives in New Jersey.
Miles from home. Miles from help. A killer in the skies.
When aspiring travel writer Chloe Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying over the North Pole, she thinks she''s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime.
But she hasn''t had long to admire the dazzling icy views when one of her fellow passengers is found dead in his cabin.
Chloe knows it''s murder. What she doesn''t know is when - or who - the killer will strike next.
Hovering above a deserted snowscape, the passengers are trapped with a murderer in their midst . . .
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PRAISE FOR TOM HINDLE
''A new heir to Agatha Christie . . . classic crime for the 21st century'' Ragnar Jonasson
''This is riveting stuff, breathing new life into the traditional locked-room mystery. Hindle puts a 21st century spin on a Golden Age tale that''s both captivating and cunning'' Sun
''Tricksy, expertly plotted and kept me guessing till the end'' Adam Simcox
Lisa Gardner started her writing career aged seventeen. Having caught her hair on fire while working in food service, crafting a novel seemed a safer bet. A mere ten years later she became an overnight success with the publication of her first thriller, The Perfect Husband . Now an internationally bestselling author and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best suspense novel, Lisa lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with her family. When not glued to her computer, she can be found hiking the mountains with her dogs and/or researching new and interesting ways to get away with murder.
One of the best-selling artists of all time, Tina Turner has sold 200 million records, won 11 Grammy Awards and has set the stage on fire with every rock luminary from Mick Jagger to Beyonce. Her live shows have been seen by millions, with more concert tickets sold than any other solo performer in music history. Tina Turner has 3.6 million Likes on Facebook.
Gill Hornby is the author of the novels The Hive and All Together Now , as well as The Story of Jane Austen , a biography of Austen for young readers. She lives in Kintbury, Berkshire, with her husband and their four children.>
Holly Smale is the internationally bestselling, award-winning author of the Geek Girl and The Valentines teen series, which have sold 3.4 million copies worldwide. In January 2021, Holly was diagnosed autistic at the age of 39. Suddenly a lot of things made sense. Holly regularly shares, debates about and celebrates neurodiversity on Twitter and Instagram @holsmale.
The sweeping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden.
______________ World War One, and as shells fall in Flanders, a Canadian nurse searches for her brother believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise in this gripping and powerful historical novel from the bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
January 1918. Laura Iven has been discharged from her duties as a nurse and sent back to Halifax, Canada, leaving behind a brother still fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now home, she receives word of Freddie''s death in action along with his uniform -but something doesn''t quite make sense. Determined to find out more, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital. Soon after arriving, she hears whispers about ghosts moving among those still living and a strange inn-keeper whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could this have happened to Freddie - but if so, where is he?
November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped under an overturned pillbox with an enemy soldier, a German, each of them badly wounded. Against all odds, the two men form a bond and succeed in clawing their way out. But once in No Man''s Land, where can either of them turn where they won''t be shot as enemy soldiers or deserters? As the killing continues, they meet a man - a fiddler - who seems to have the power to make the hellscape that surrounds them disappear. But at what price?
A novel of breath-taking scope and drama, of compulsive readability, of stunning historical research lightly worn, and of brilliantly drawn characters who will make you laugh and break your heart in a single line, The Warm Hands of Ghosts is a book that will speak to readers directly about the trauma of war and the power of those involved to love, endure and transcend it.
______________ Praise for The Bear and the Nightingale ...
''A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.'' Naomi Novik ''A wonderfully layered novel of family roles and the harsh wonders of deep winter magic.'' Robin Hobb
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world''s most popular series, including Alex Cross, the Women''s Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.
MICHAEL CRICHTON first trained as a doctor before going on to become one of the most successful writers in the world. In 1994 he achieved a feat unmatched by any other writer: by having simultaneously a number one TV series, book and movie with, respectively, ER (which he created), Disclosure and Steven Spielberg''s Jurassic Park, on its release the highest-grossing film of all time. He also directed several movies, including The Great Railway Robbery with Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland. His high-concept thrillers were international bestsellers, and in total his books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.
Elena and Adam are housesitting in Wimbledon and are instantly seduced by their new upscale surroundings.
Sophia and Finn are their beautiful, enigmatic neighbours who invite them into their world.
ONE TWISTED GAME
When Sophia proposes a wicked game to Elena whereby they will swap partners in secret, it''s not long before Elena starts to experience a sexual awakening that blossoms into an illicit love affair.
But Sophia''s plans are far more complex and dangerous than Elena could ever have imagined...
Cornerstone publishes books that connect with people. We love discovering new voices, unearthing stories and taking them to new audiences. When a book starts a conversation or tops the charts, we get excited because it means people out there are getting pleasure from what we do. For us, it''s about using our enthusiasm and expertise to bring great storytelling on all kinds of subjects to as many people as possible.>
Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that''s a big ''if''), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of battle. In essence, the French cannot bear the idea that Napoleon, their greatest-ever national hero, was in any way a loser. Especially not against the traditional enemy - les Anglais . Stephen Clarke has studied the French version of Waterloo, as told by battle veterans, novelists, historians - right up to today''s politicians, and he has uncovered a story of pain, patriotism and sheer perversion ...
FROM THE MASTER OF DOMESTIC NOIR, HARLAN COBENS NEW STANDALONE NOVEL !
15 YEARS AGO IN A SMALL AFFLUENT TOWN IN NEW JERSEY, 2 TEENAGERS, WERE FOUND DED. ONE OF THEM WAS NAP DUMAS TWIN, LEO; THE OTHER THE TOWNS SHERIFF0S DAUGHTER. DOUBLE SUICIE?
Detective Daniel Hawthorne needs cash. Having gotten himself fired from the police, Hawthorne decides to approach Anthony Horowitz. Hes investigating a complex murder and he wants Anthony to write a book about it, a bestselling book of course, with a 50/50 split. The only catch is they need to solve the crime. A classic crime for the modern reader, this is a whodunnit to end all whodunnits.
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world''s most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women''s Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.>
