The deadliest truths are those in the shadows . . .

Detective Matthew Venn is called to investigate when the body of a young woman is found in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home in North Devon. The girl’s best friend has disappeared and the property belongs to rising political star Paul Armstrong, leading to intense media scrutiny.

As a scorching heatwave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team question a community brimming with secrets. The dead girl and her friend had been spotted at a music festival the previous day, an event which brought locals and outsiders together – some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrongs than first thought.

Caught between a powerful family’s secrets and a powder keg of local tensions, Venn must navigate a treacherous path – knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say, but in the silence that they keep . . .

Praise for Ann Cleeves:
'Everything Ann Cleeves writes is incredible' Richard Osman, author of The Thursday Murder Club
'Ann Cleeves is a stone-cold genius' Marian Keyes, author of My Favourite Mistake
'The Queen of the detective novel, thrilling millions of readers' Daily Express

'The start of a very special new series' – Deon Meyer, international bestselling author of the Benny Griessel series

Meet DI Erling Flett in The High Island, the heart-racing crime thriller that you won't be able to put down. From Lin Anderson, author of the acclaimed Rhona MacLeod series.

On the rugged Isle of Hoy, a wealthy couple’s dream of building a stunning eco-home becomes a waking nightmare when the peat yields a grisly secret: the remains of a young mother and her baby.

For DI Erling Flett, the discovery is a personal haunting. He spent years running from Orkney, only to be pulled back to the islands he once fled. As he fights to identify the nameless dead, the community pushes back – and his own troubled history begins to surface.

At the heart of the mystery lies a lethal family feud over blood-soaked soil. Can Flett finally face the ghosts of his past? Or will the island claim its next victim before the truth is told?

Introducing the Orcadia Mysteries series, a gripping Tartan-Noir offshoot of Lin Anderson’s acclaimed Rhona MacLeod series. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths.

Praise for The High Island

'Lin Anderson has worked her particular magic once more' – Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

'Lin's new series kicks off with absolute banger! I was gripped from the very first page, and can't wait for the next instalment' – Alison Belsham, bestselling author of the Detective Lexi Bennett series

'The story is wonderful, and the characters have so much about them. Thoroughly recommend! – G.D. Wright, author of After the Storm

'For everyone missing Dr Rhona MacLeod, enter DI Erling Flett. A stunning start to what will undoubtedly be a superb series' – Frances Crawford, author of A Bad, Bad Place

'An exciting and multi-layered thriller' – Reader Review

'Just when you think Lin Anderson can't get any better, she writes something like this' – Reader Review

'A brilliant whodunnit… This series gets better and better' Jennie Godfrey

'This guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure’ Lee Child

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For its many repeat customers, Parkwood Holiday Village in west Dorset is a haven – an idyllic woodland, a tranquil lake, customer service around the clock.

Until, just before dawn the day after midsummer, a body is found in the resort’s swimming pool .

Detective Nicola Bridge, exhausted from late nights worrying about her increasingly errant teenage son, faces an endless stream of potential witnesses. But as she speaks to the guests and staff, she soon uncovers an interconnected web of secrets and lies.

Was the killer the guest who lied to his wife about where he was that night?

Was it the arrogant high ropes instructor who’s unable to explain his recent scars?

Or might it be the new resort manager, an impeccably put-together woman with a very big secret

With hundreds of restless guests and staff on site, Nicola knows the clock is ticking to find the killer before they disappear for good.

Or before they strike again…

Don't miss the jaw-dropping new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Clare Mackintosh!

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs.

She’s been here before.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST

When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he’s lying. He’s with another woman, and she’s determined to catch him in the act.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS

But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can't explain himself. The house has become a crime scene…

Jamie is dead.

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK

Praise for IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK:

'Madly twisty and super pacy and so so clever' LISA JEWELL

'A nail-biter of a thriller' SHARI LAPENA

‘I finished it in a day unable to put it down … jaw-dropping twists‘ CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'An extraordinarily clever plot, this was one of my favourite books of the year‘ ANDREA MARA

‘Clare Mackintosh has done it again with another unguessable twist‘ ERIN KELLY

‘The book everyone will be talking about … more twists and turns than an episode of Line of Duty’ C.L. TAYLOR

‘A brilliant twist that you really won’t see coming’ NIKKI SMITH

‘This book is so addictive it should come with a warning‘ ALICE FEENEY

‘The best twist I’ve read all year’ HOLLY SEDDON

‘Her best thriller yet … What a triumph' JILL MANSELL

'Every generation has its iconic detective – Holmes, Poirot and Morse – but Cross is emerging as the one for now.' DAILY MAIL
'One of my favourite detectives.' ELLY GRIFFITHS

Measure twice. Cut once.

A bespoke tailor boards the 10:00 train from Bristol to London. Before it reaches Bath, he’s found dead in the toilet, his throat slit and a plastic bag pulled over his head.

DS George Cross deduces that this wasn’t a robbery – nothing about the killing is random.

It’s an execution.

George’s investigation brings him dangerously close to a cold and merciless world. And is it his imagination or is he being followed?

With the highest conviction rate of any officer in the force, someone will do anything to stop George from getting to the truth.

This time, the next cut could be meant for him…

Perfect for fans of MW Craven, Ann Cleeves and Joy Ellis, this is the eighth book in the million-copy-bestselling George Cross Mystery series, which can be read in any order.

In the hallowed city of Tours, the death of a sixteen-year-old dressed as an ‘Immortal Knight’ appears to be a tragic overdose. Juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard is called in to investigate.

When, weeks later, a provocative author is found brutally murdered, Lombard suspects the two deaths are connected by a sinister, coercive force. As he digs deeper, the case begins to challenge his loyalties and unearth disturbing echoes from his own past. What started as apparent roleplay turns into something far darker – and far deadlier.

The third book in the gripping crime series from the The Times-bestselling author.

Amid the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline, the death of a local man shatters the peace with its violence . . .

The body of Michael Lobb is discovered in his family’s tin and pewter workshop, and as Detective Inspector Beatrice Hannaford investigates, it emerges that Lobb was the only remaining obstacle preventing the purchase of local land by a mining company.

The complexity of the case only increases as Lobb’s family life, rife with mistrust and deception, comes to light. The tangled web of intrigue soon draws in Bea’s colleagues, Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, who must search for a killer in a community that has very little trust in outsiders . . .

‘An essential writer of popular fiction today’ – Washington Post

‘A superstar of the crime-fiction world’ – Seattle Times

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‘She writes extremely well, plots brilliantly and reaches an emotional level deeper than most’ – The Times

‘Rich with descriptive detail and emotional nuance. Several alternating plot threads unspool at length, all of which weave tightly together with pleasing inevitability’ – Wall Street Journal

Bruno Courrѐges, chief of police of the Dordogne town of St Denis, is no stranger to murder. But when he receives a phone call from his friend, Pamela, reporting a fatal attack on her newly arrived lodger, Josette Quirit, he is forced to recuse himself from the investigation due to his close ties to the case.

Luckily, he has a project to distract him. For hundreds of years, the market of St. Denis has been the beating heart of the small town. Now, suddenly, customers and stallholders alike have fallen away dramatically. Frustrated with his work – where a new, young detective has been brought in to replace him – Bruno throws himself into breathing new life into his beloved market.

But it's not long before Bruno finds himself caught up in the investigation again when it transpires that Josette is not quite the kindly nurse she first appeared to be…

Praise for The Dordogne Mysteries:

'Makes you want to buy a plane ticket and immerse yourself in deepest France' Irish Independent

'A charming French village, great food, eccentric characters and a mystery to nudge things along . . . Savoury indeed' Seattle Times

'Consistently charming. . . . Bruno Courrèges may be a small-town cop, but he's anything but small-minded. Walker . . . has created a character who's endearingly human and worldly wise' Booklist

'Everyone needs a friend in southern France to go spend some time with, and Walker has opened Bruno's door to anyone who has a few hours to join him in the simple joys of la vie en rose' The Washington Independent