The Queen and her assistant private secretary, Joan McGraw, get to work on their second joint investigation, little imagining that this time it will take them all the way to Venice in a tale of spies, lies and Cold War skulduggery.

PRAISE FOR S.J. BENNETT'S HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN INVESTIGATES MYSTERY SERIES:

'A witty whodunit starring our very own HM The Queen as an amateur sleuth' – Good Housekeeping
'A flawless gem. A perfect score on the '3 Cs': charm, character and comedy' – CJ Wray
'A pitch-perfect murder mystery' – Ruth Ware
'A masterclass from start to finish' – Ian Moore
'Written with wit and brio' – Daily Express
'Miss Marple with a crown' – Daily Mirror
'Absolute perfection!' – Isabelle Broom
'Delightfully charming' – Adele Parks
'Pure confection' – New York Times
'Warm & witty' – Woman&Home
'A delightful read' – BBC Radio 2
'I loved it' – Joanne Harris
'A total joy' – Nina Stibbe
'Charming' – Guardian
'What a hoot!' – Saga

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

****

‘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

'A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'A true masterpiece' ANDREA MARA
'Superbly written, entertaining and twisty' LIZ NUGENT
'Dark, intense, brilliant' SHARI LAPENA

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It was the night she almost died.

Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then – a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs – Jane senses she's in a bad place. She runs.

Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing.

A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets – secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her. . .

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Praise for It Could Have Been Her and Lisa Jewell:

'Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written' ALICE FEENEY

'A master of suspense' RILEY SAGER

'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS!' MARIAN KEYES

‘Lisa Jewell is on top-form' RUTH WARE

'A master of her craft‘ MICHELLE McDONAGH

'[Lisa Jewell] is a genius' SABINE DURRANT

'I'd literally read the phone book if Lisa Jewell wrote it' ANDREA MARA

'Nobody does it better than Lisa Jewell’ A J FINN

‘Lisa Jewell, the Queen of sick psychopaths‘ TAMMY COHEN

'Lisa Jewell books are a must-read for me' JOJO MOYES

'Lisa is a rare gem of a writer' GILLIAN McALLISTER

Readers love It Could Have Been Her:

'It’s by far Jewell’s creepiest and most unsettling book' 5-star reader review

'An absolute masterpiece' 5-star reader review

'Such a dark and delicious mystery!' 5-star reader review

'Shook me to my core' 5-star reader review

'I devoured this addictive page turner!' 5-star reader review

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance.

After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates.

'I want to travel back so I can read it again for the first time!'
Casey Scieszka, author of The Fountain

'So much fun!'
Holly Gramazio, author of The Husbands

EVER WANTED TO TRAVEL INTO THE PAST? WELL NOW YOU CAN!*
*exclusions and exorbitant fees apply.

Ash is a failed actress who is done trying to ‘make’ something of her life when she scrolls past an ad for Retro. The algorithm thinks she can afford recreational time travel? Then she sees the caption: Come away with us! We’re hiring.

Time Travel Agents, the guides who lead ultra-wealthy explorers on trips to the past on the ‘Retro Metro’, must blend seamlessly into any historical period. Ash is a perfect fit. She’s an actress after all. Or at least she used to be.

So begins Ash’s life at Retro, chaperoning rich tourists through history’s most Instagrammable eras. She wrangles bachelorette parties chasing hunky cowboys in the Old West, throws ‘'20s for your twenties’ birthday bashes at speakeasies, and rolls her eyes at Wall Street men trying their luck in the Gold Rush.

For the first time in years, Ash’s life feels enviable. She barely notices the strange glitches in her memory or the way her present-day relationships are starting to slip.

But as the trips intensify and her present begins to fray, Ash confronts an unsettling question: Was diving into the past ever really an escape, or just another way to lose herself?

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'A magnetic read-equal parts charming, melancholy, and strange-perfect for those with sharp tongues but yearning hearts.' Emily Hunt Kivel, author of Dwelling

'Shrewd, witty and original' Aisling Rawle, author of The Compound

'Retro provides a whip smart critique of influencer culture and the ultrawealthy, while being utterly readable and compelling' Tasha Coryell, author of Love Letters to a Serial Killer

A darkly twisted and wonderfully original debut thriller for fans of Riley Sager and Jessica Knoll – at an annual weekend getaway for the adult children of serial killers, the participants begin to wonder if somebody's continuing the family tradition when one of their number turns up dead.

Plenty of people have lousy parents, but Nicola Fischer’s father has just been convicted of murdering five young women, including her best friend. Fired from her job and hounded by reporters, Nicola passes the time by doomscrolling and drunk-dialling Greer Woods, the alluring host of the hit show To Catch a Killer, who cracked the case and turned Nicola's life upside down before disappearing along with her so-called ‘best intentions’.

When an email from Greer finally shows up in Nicola's inbox, there’s no apology or explanation, just a cryptic invitation. The Death Row Club is an annual weekend getaway for the adult children of serial killers – and Nicola is the newest reluctant member. Desperate to escape her small town, she accepts the offer with barely a second thought, forging tentative bonds with her fellow club members, most of whom seem intriguing, and only slightly unhinged.

But when an uninvited guest shows up at their remote wilderness retreat, everyone is put on high alert, and the next morning paranoia turns to outright fear. Because one of their own is dead, and the rest of them are left with only one question.

If the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, which of them is the bad seed?
 

‘Compelling, provocative, and absorbing. Vazquez thrills with a fresh and unforgettable premise’ KARIN SLAUGHTER

'A fresh and gripping take on a pitch-dark subject with a twist I didn't see coming' CLAIRE McGOWAN 

‘One of the freshest and most promising new voices in crime fiction. This twisted delight is bound to be a megahit’ ASHLEY WINSTEAD

The new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? and the Frieda Klein series.

Some friendships don’t survive the truth.

Nearly thirty years ago, Tyler Green was convicted of killing his university friend Leo Bauer. Now, newly released from prison, he is determined to face the past – and the friends who were there the night everything changed.

But when one of them is found dead soon after their reunion, suspicion falls immediately on Tyler. If he killed once, surely he could kill again. As Detective Maud O’Connor investigates, the truth about that night begins to unravel – revealing secrets no one wanted exposed. Can Tyler ever truly escape his past, or is history about to repeat itself?

Taut, atmospheric, and psychologically razor-sharp, What Happened That Night confirms Nicci French as a master of suspense.

PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH

‘No one does it better than Nicci French’ LEE CHILD 

‘Perfection’ SOPHIE HANNAH 

‘Unputdownable’ ERIN KELLY 

‘Powerful, moving and wise . . . I loved it’ JO CALLAGHAN 

‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable’ LOUISE CANDLISH 

‘No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French’ CARA HUNTER 

‘French always excels at depicting an ordinary life swept away by horror’ OBSERVER 

‘First-class’ INDEPENDENT