'Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ

‘Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel’ BEN MACINTYRE

'The rightful inheritor of John le Carré's crown' OBSERVER

Lachlan Kite should have left fieldwork behind by now.

As director of covert intelligence agency Box 88, he’s at the apex of his espionage career. But when Martha Raine – a woman he hasn’t seen in twenty years – begs for his help, Kite finds himself back in the game, racing to avert disaster.

Kite must find Martha’s son, Max, who vanished in Athens with his girlfriend, Yasmine. But the couple aren’t just missing, they’re running for their lives. Two rival agencies are hunting them, both with orders to kill on sight.

Max and Yasmine are carrying a dizzying secret, one which could pull apart the foundations of the Middle East for a generation. If Kite fails to save them, the costs – both personal and professional – will be catastrophic.

'If there was any question as to who is the rightful inheritor of John le Carré’s crown as the king of elegant spy fiction, this proves that it’s Cumming beyond any doubt' Observer

'Icarus 17 demonstrates Cumming’s inimitable combination of human insight, geopolitical acumen and sheer excitement’ Christopher de Bellaigue

INTRODUCING AN INCREDIBLE NEW SERIES FROM THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MASTER OF HISTORICAL CRIME, S. J. PARRIS

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'Sophia is a dazzling heroine, and the world of late Elizabethan England brimful of plot and conspiracy, is vividly and thrillingly brought to life' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

'Right from the intriguing opening pages everything Parris layers into this Elizabethan crime drama screams bestselling series' OBSERVER

'A new historical crime from S. J. Parris is always cause for celebration but she really has excelled herself with Traitor's Legacy' ANDREW TAYLOR

'A writer who repeatedly proves that she is one of the most stylish of historical crime practitioners' FINANCIAL TIMES

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England, 1598. Queen Elizabeth’s successor remains unnamed. The country teeters on a knife edge.

When a young heiress is found murdered at the theatre, the Queen’s spymaster Robert Cecil calls upon former agent Sophia de Wolfe to investigate.

A cryptic note found on the dead girl’s body connects to Sophia’s previous life as a spy, and her quest soon takes her into dangerous waters. Powerful enemies emerge, among them the Earl of Essex: the Queen’s favourite courtier and a man of ruthless ambition.

This is a murder that reaches directly into the heart of the court. And Sophia is concealing a deep-buried secret of her own. She must uncover the truth before her past threatens to destroy her.

Traitor's Legacy was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 12-05-2025

READERS LOVE TRAITOR’S LEGACY…

‘Top class historical crime’ 5 STARS

‘Another fantastic historical thriller from master of the Elizabethan mystery’ 5 STARS

‘A straight 5* for me! A very compelling novel I highly recommend’ 5 STARS

‘I loved the characters. The only bad thing I have to say about this book is that it kept me reading way past midnight’ 5 STARS

‘Sophia De Wolfe is a truly epic character’ 5 STARS

‘I had very high expectations for this novel. It is excellent. And the even better news it is that this is the first of a new series’ 5 STARS

‘The richly detailed Elizabethan setting and clever twists kept me hooked from start to finish’ 5 STARS

‘The murder mystery is layered with political intrigue, keeping you second-guessing every revelation’ 5 STARS

‘Excellently researched, great plot, beautiful execution. I love the combination of historical menace and a thriller’ 5 STARS

‘SJ Parris does it again’ 5 STARS

‘I didn't know who to trust or who to believe the whole way along’ 5 STARS

‘Another glorious dive into the murky world of Elizabethan spies and lies’ 5 STARS

‘Loved every minute of this book. More please featuring Sophia!’ 5 STARS

‘I'm already looking forward to book two’ 5 STARS

‘You know what you’re getting with Parris; a stunning mix of fact and fiction with a clever plot woven around real people and the duplicitous Cecil, the court spymaster. It’s tense, well-paced, twists that feel real and it’s easy to become immersed in a different world’ 5 STARS

‘Taut, elegant and heartbreaking’ Monica Ali

‘A brilliant character study of trauma, grief and survival’ Claire Fuller

‘Wonderful? lives up to the hype’ Stephen King

‘Impossibly accomplished’ Chris Whitaker

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Isabel and Edward meet as teenagers.

When she tells him she loves him, it feels like the bravest thing she’s ever done.

But years later, a stranger walks into their home and tears their world apart.

This is where their story really begins.

*Readers Love THE DEATH OF US*

‘Exceptional ? 5 stars isn’t enough’?????

‘This is the best book I have read in as long as I can remember’?????

‘I’ve cried actual tears ? God. Just stunning’?????

‘Shocking, moving and really unforgettable’?????

‘Beautifully written and truly a masterpiece’?????

‘This was incredible. A truly magnificent read’?????

‘This kept me hooked for 2 days straight and I could not stop reading it’?????

The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

‘The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction’ ERIN KELLY

‘Oh. My. God.’ RUTH WARE

‘I LOVE it – it is completely MAGNIFICENT’ MARIAN KEYES

‘Utterly brilliant’ LIZ NUGENT

‘Sublime’ ANDREA MARA

‘An old-fashioned locked room mystery wrapped in a deeply moving love story’ MAIL ONLINE

A closed door.

An impossible murder.

2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour, her lover discovers her submerged in a bath of scalding water, dead.

At first glance it looks like an accident. No one went in with her. No one came out. But all the signs point to murder.

For DS Maeve Kerrigan, the case is a welcome distraction. But when shock news hits close to home, affecting her partner, DI Josh Derwent, she faces the toughest challenge of her career. And if she fails her world will never be the same again?

Praise for Jane Casey

‘With every breath in my body, I’m BEGGING you to read Jane Casey’s books!’ Marian Keyes

‘The ultimate just-one-more-chapter read. Come for the thrill of a historic disappearance case, and get obsessed by the sexiest will-they-won’t-they in crime fiction’ Abigail Dean

‘Jane Casey is simply one of the best writers of detective fiction today. There aren’t enough superlatives. I’m in awe. I utterly loved it’ Liz Nugent

‘A twisting, seductive, sensational thriller. Tense, heartfelt and hugely gripping, A Stranger in the Family is Jane Casey at her phenomenal best’ Chris Whitaker

‘Nobody plots better than Jane Casey?the twist in the end was as surprising as it was satisfying’ Stig Abell

‘A Stranger in the Family blew my mind. 2024 has barely started and this is already one of my books of the year’ Jo Spain

‘As tense as piano wire, intricately plotted, endlessly intriguing and all underpinned by a simmering “will they, won’t they” narrative. Just terrific’ Neil Lancaster

‘The undisputed queen of simmering tension. Explosively good’ Sarah Hilary

‘A wonderfully clever plot, surprises at every turn?one of the very best authors writing today’ Andrea Mara

‘Stellar stuff: funny, sexy, and a character and a case that will break your heart’ Jo Callaghan

‘This book hit the ground running and didn’t let up’ Sam Holland

‘Her best yet, gripping and twisty but also moving and with a slow-burn sizzle that would put romance writers to shame’ Claire McGowan

The Secret Room was a #1 Irish bestseller on Sunday 4th May 2025

READERS LOVE THE SECRET ROOM?

‘Flawless writing, flawless plotting and flawless characterisation. I’m utterly addicted to this series!’ ?????

‘Definitely 5*’ ?????

‘You will not be disappointed!’ ?????

‘So compelling and tense right to the end’ ?????

‘This is what Maeve and Josh fans have been waiting for’ ?????

‘I need more already from this addictive series’ ?????

‘This book was really unputdownable!’ ?????

‘It’s 1am and I should have been asleep hours ago, but I couldn’t put the book down’ ?????

‘Hard to review without spoilers!’ ?????

‘Expect nail biting and very late nights? It stays tense to the very, very end’ ?????

‘I have not read any in this series before but I am hooked!’ ?????

‘OMG!!!!!!!! The way Jane Casey is able to surprise me book after book’ ?????

From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII

‘Ten out of ten’ The Times

‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON

‘A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant’ LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID

‘A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending’ ANN CLEEVES

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England, May 1945

In the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds.

Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she’s run away, but in fact she has met a violent end.

Replacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved? and these echoing halls hide a killer.

‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON

‘A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant’ LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID

‘A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending’ ANN CLEEVES

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England, May 1945

Monkshill Park School for Girls seems a world away from the violence that engulfed Europe during World War II. Yet its lonely, decaying grounds have witnessed a murder.

Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, left for the holidays and never came back. Both teachers and girls assume she simply walked out, but the truth is quite different. Her body tumbled from the Maiden’s Leap, a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk, and was washed out to sea.

But Annabel herself is still trapped at Monkshill, unable to move on. As she haunts the grounds and school, she discovers a hidden world – students, staff and servants are riven with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions.

And one of them is her killer?

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‘Sophia is a dazzling heroine, and the world of late Elizabethan England brimful of plot and conspiracy, is vividly and thrillingly brought to life’ LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

‘A new historical crime from S.J. Parris is always cause for celebration but she really has excelled herself with Traitor’s Legacy‘ ANDREW TAYLOR

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England, 1598. Queen Elizabeth’s successor remains unnamed. The country teeters on a knife edge.

When a young heiress is found murdered at the theatre, the Queen’s spymaster Robert Cecil calls upon former agent Sophia de Wolfe to investigate.

A cryptic note found on the dead girl’s body connects to Sophia’s previous life as a spy, and her quest soon takes her into dangerous waters. Powerful enemies emerge, among them the Earl of Essex: the Queen’s favourite courtier and a man of ruthless ambition.

This is a murder that reaches directly into the heart of the court. And Sophia is concealing a deep-buried secret of her own. She must uncover the truth before her past threatens to destroy her.

S. J. Parris’s book Alchemy was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-07-24.

READERS LOVE TRAITOR’S LEGACY?

‘Top class historical crime’ ??????????

‘Another fantastic historical thriller from master of the Elizabethan mystery’ ??????????

‘A straight 5* for me! A very compelling novel I highly recommend’ ??????????

‘I loved the characters. The only bad thing I have to say about this book is that it kept me reading way past midnight’ ??????????

‘Sophia De Wolfe is a truly epic character’ ??????????

‘I had very high expectations for this novel. It is excellent. And the even better news it is that this is the first of a new series’ ??????????

‘The richly detailed Elizabethan setting and clever twists kept me hooked from start to finish’ ??????????

‘The murder mystery is layered with political intrigue, keeping you second-guessing every revelation’ ??????????

‘Excellently researched, great plot, beautiful execution. I love the combination of historical menace and a thriller’ ??????????

‘SJ Parris does it again’ ??????????

‘I didn’t know who to trust or who to believe the whole way along’ ??????????

‘Another glorious dive into the murky world of Elizabethan spies and lies’ ??????????

‘Loved every minute of this book. More please featuring Sophia!’ ??????????

‘I’m already looking forward to book two’ ??????????

‘You know what you’re getting with Parris; a stunning mix of fact and fiction with a clever plot woven around real people and the duplicitous Cecil, the court spymaster. It’s tense, well-paced, twists that feel real and it’s easy to become immersed in a different world’ ??????????

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‘Wonderful? lives up to the hype’ STEPHEN KING

‘Taut, elegant and heartbreaking’ MONICA ALI

‘It’s bloody good’ JENNIE GODFREY

‘Outstanding’ CECELIA AHERN

‘Impossibly accomplished’ CHRIS WHITAKER

‘Gripping, disturbing’ EMILIA HART

‘Astonishingly good’ MICK HERRON

‘Beautiful, brilliant, brave’ ADELE PARKS

‘Tender, and devastating’ SARA COLLINS

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It’s the story everyone wants to hear.

That spring night in South London, when Isabel and Edward’s lives were torn apart.

The night Isabel learned that the worst things wait, just outside the door.

The night Edward learned that he was powerless to stop them.

The night they never talk about.

When their attacker is caught, it’s finally time to tell the story of that night.

Not to the world. Or to the man who did it. But to each other.

This is a story of murder. This is a story of survival. But most of all, this is a story of love.

*Readers Love THE DEATH OF US*

‘Exceptional ? 5 stars isn’t enough’?????

‘This is the best book I have read in as long as I can remember’?????

‘I’ve cried actual tears ? God. Just stunning’?????

‘Shocking, moving and really unforgettable’?????

‘Beautifully written and truly a masterpiece’?????

‘This was incredible. A truly magnificent read’?????

‘This kept me hooked for 2 days straight and I could not stop reading it’?????

In a beautiful village, a terrible storm is brewing?

A rural paradise?

Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life.

A shocking secret?

But the return of an old case shatters the calm, and pulls him into a shadowy group that caters to the darkest desires of the rich and famous.

An enemy closes in?

As the web around Jake tightens, he’s about to learn just how far some people will go to protect their secrets.

Praise for Death in a Lonely Place

‘Loved this. Multiple layers of delight for crime fiction fans’ Lee Child, creator of Jack Reacher

‘Abell is a skilled storyteller and it’s easy to fall into the pages of Death in a Lonely Place. Highly recommend’ Karin Slaughter, creator of Will Trent

‘An immersive, intelligent delight with huge atmosphere and heart. My favourite new crime series’ Lucy Foley, author of The Paris Apartment

‘Utterly beautiful descriptive prose that brings Jake Jackson’s world to life’ Jane Casey, author of the Maeve Kerrigan series

‘A darkly elegant, thrilling, escapist slice of countryside crime’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End

‘A wonderful tale, magnificently told’ Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man

‘Beautifully written, as ever, and with a twist that truly knocked me sideways’ Andrew Taylor, author of The Ashes of London

‘Very recommendable’ Financial Times

‘It is a pleasure to be back in the company of Jackson and co’ Observer