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Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

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A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. A. Gill

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

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A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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James Patterson

From the multi-million bestselling author comes a brand new look for this compulsive, Sunday Times bestselling legal thriller that will keep you hooked till the very last page... 
 
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A HARROWING MURDER SPLITS A TOWN IN TWO 
 
Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar – and she faces an impossible task defending a college football star accused of murder. 
 
The victim is a young woman from one of the town's oldest families, and Rosedale's upper crust are howling for blood. 
 
Then news breaks of a second murder, and lurid, intertwining investigations unfold. 
 
Ruby discovers that no one in Rosedale can be trusted, especially the twelve men and women on the jury. 
 
They may be hiding the biggest secret of all. 
 
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‘Nobody does it better' JEFFERY DEAVER 
 
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades' LEE CHILD 
 
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
 
'James Patterson is The Boss' IAN RANKIN 
 
'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 
 
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL 
 
'James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged' STEVE BERRY 
 
‘Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 
 
‘One of the greatest storytellers of our time’ DAILY MAIL 
 
'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' GUARDIAN

Juror No. 3

Karin Slaughter

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
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Watch Will Trent now on Disney+ 
 
The sixth Will Trent novel, from the #1 bestselling author. 
 
A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. 
 
But there's something strange about this particular slaying. Her blood-soaked body bears a chilling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Could it be the work of a long-dormant serial killer? 
 
Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in, and a past that could hold the clue to the killings... 
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Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter: 
 
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 
'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 
'A writer of extraordinary talents' KATHY REICHS 
'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER 
'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 
'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 
'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' CAMILLA LACKBERG 
'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

Criminal

The Will Trent Series, Book 6

Donna Leon

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

‘When she's writing about her beloved Venice, Donna Leon can do no wrong. . . Earthly Remains is one of her best’ New York Times 
 
A New York Times Bestseller 
 
Granted leave from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti decides to take a well-earned break and visit Sant'Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna. 
 
The recuperative stay goes according to plan until Davide Casati, the mysterious caretaker of the villa Brunetti has been staying in, goes missing following a sudden storm. Nobody can find him - not his daughter, not his friends, and not the woman he's been secretly visiting . . . 
 
Convinced that this was no accident, Brunetti is compelled to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend. 
 
‘Leon shows that she can still spring surprises as Commissario Brunetti is confronted with a type of crime completely outside his experience’ The Times

Earthly Remains

‘[An] intriguing, tense thriller. The ending is to die for’ Daily Express 
 
Years ago, Guido Brunetti cleared the opera star Flavia Petrelli of the murder of a renowned conductor. When she returns to Venice to sing as the lead in Tosca, Brunetti and his wife Paola think nothing of attending an early performance. 
 
But when Flavia confesses her alarm about the overwhelming attention she has received from an anonymous fan – and then a singer who she compliments is savagely attacked – Brunetti is alarmed. As Brunetti sets out to uncover the attacker and bring them to justice, he soon finds himself drawn into the psyche of an obsessive fan . . . 
 
‘There is nothing more pleasant than spending time in the company of Commissario Guido Brunetti’ The Times

Falling in Love

From the bestselling author of the Brunetti crime series comes The Jewels of Paradise, a gripping tale of intrigue, music, history and greed and Donna Leon's first stand-alone novel. 
 
Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she’s had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina gets word of a position back home, she jumps at the opportunity. 
 
The job is an unusual one. After nearly three centuries, two locked trunks—believed to contain the papers of a baroque composer—have been discovered. Deeply connected in religious and political circles, the composer died childless; now, two Venetians, descendants of his cousins, each claim the inheritance. Caterina’s job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the “testamentary disposition” of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions, she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold. . .

The Jewels of Paradise

Lisa Jewell

An unforgettable story about a family with a terrible secret. From the #1 bestselling author of Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and None of This is True. 
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When a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it back together? 
 
The Birds seem to be the perfect family: mother, father, four children, a picture-book cottage in the country. 
 
But one Easter weekend, something happens - something so unexpected, so devastating, that no one can bring themselves to talk about it. 
 
The family shatters, seemingly for good. 
 
Until, years later, they are forced to return to the house they grew up in, and to confront what really broke the family apart . . . 
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Readers can't get enough of The House We Grew Up In: 
 
***** 'I could NOT put it down!' 
***** 'A real page turner' 
***** 'It's one of the very best books I've read this year.' 
***** 'A fantastic novel' 
***** 'Lisa Jewel is an amazing writer'

The House We Grew Up In

John Grisham

Two Supreme Court Justices are dead, their murders unsolved. 
But one woman might have found the answer – if she can live to tell it. 
 
Darby Shaw is a brilliant New Orleans legal student with a sharp political mind. For her own amusement, she draws up a legal brief showing how the judges might have been murdered for political reasons, and shows it to her professor. He shows it to his friend, an FBI lawyer. 
 
Then the professor dies in a car bombing. 
 
And Darby realises that her brief, which pointed to a vast presidential conspiracy, might be right. Someone is intent on silencing Darby for good - somebody who will stop at nothing to preserve the secrets of the Pelican Brief... 
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‘A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' – Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' – Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' – Ken Follett 
 
‘John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers’ – Telegraph 
 
‘Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller’ – The Times 
 
‘Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.’ – Daily Record 
 
‘Masterful – when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating’ – Mirror 
 
‘A giant of the thriller genre’ – TimeOut

The Pelican Brief

He thought it was his dream job... It turned into his worst nightmare. 
 
When Mitch McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard, offers poured in from every law firm in America. Bendini, Lambert and Locke were a small, well-respected firm, but their offer exceeded Mitch's wildest expectations: a fantastic salary, a new home, and the keys to a brand new BMW. 
 
Except for the mysterious deaths of previous lawyers with the firm. And the FBI investigations. And the secret files. 
 
Mitch soon realises that he's working for the Mafia's law firm, and there's no way out - because you don't want this company's severance package. 
 
To survive, he'll have to play both sides against each other... and navigate a vast criminal conspiracy that goes higher than he ever imagined. 
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PRAISE FOR JOHN GRISHAM 
 
'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' Irish Independent 
 
'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction!' Jodi Picoult 
 
'The best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett 
 
'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing and fast-paced thrillers' Telegraph 
 
'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' The Times 
 
'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own. . .' Daily Record 
 
'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' Mirror 
 
'A giant of the thriller genre!' TimeOut

The Firm

'Leon's books are a joy, and the 19th Venice-based Commissario Brunetti novel is well up to her consistently high standard.' Guardian 
 
As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti escapes the city to spend time with his family. For Ispettore Vianello, however, the weather is the last thing on his mind. It appears his aunt has become obsessed with horoscopes and has been withdrawing large amounts of money from the family business. Not knowing what to do, he consults Brunetti and asks permission to trail her. 
 
Meanwhile, Brunetti receives a visit from a friend who works at the Commune. It seems that discrepancies have been occurring at the Courthouse involving a judge and an usher with a flawless track record. Intrigued, Brunetti asks Signorina Elettra to find out what she can while he's away. 
 
When news reaches Brunetti that the usher from the Courthouse has been viciously murdered, he returns to investigate. But why would someone want a good man dead, and what might his death have to do with the Courthouse discrepancies?

A Question of Belief

‘The book is written with that depth of thought about crime and humanity that characterises the best of Leon’s work.’ Independent 
 
‘[A] fine, atmospheric novel…Twenty-one books on, [Leon] has lost none of her delightful skill and wit.’ Evening Standard 
 
When a body is found floating in a canal, strangely disfigured and with multiple stab wounds, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate. He is convinced he recognises the man from somewhere, but with a pair of distinctive shoes as the only clue, the case cannot progress. 
 
Recalling a violent farmers’ protest that took place the previous year, Brunetti suddenly remembers the victim. But what was his involvement with the protest, and what does it have to do with his murder? Acting on this fragile lead, Brunetti and Inspector Vianello set out on an investigation that will lead them from Venice’s placid canals to the slaughterhouse, and into a terrifying world of blackmail and corruption. 
 
Both a gripping case and a harrowing exploration of the dark side of Italy's food industry, Donna Leon's latest novel is a compelling addition to the Brunetti series.

Beastly Things

A Washington Post Bestseller 
A New York Times Bestseller 
 
‘Inspired by the real-life looting of the Girolamini Library in Naples, this book adds to Donna Leon’s best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series . . . Leon’s description of the setting is vivid’ New York Times 
 
‘Will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles’ hearts. . . . A finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . .’ Boston Globe 
 
When several valuable antiquarian books go missing from a prestigious library in the heart of Venice, Commissario Brunetti is immediately called to the scene. The staff suspect an American researcher has stolen them, but for Brunetti something doesn't quite add up. 
 
Taking on the case, the Commissario begins to seek information about some of the library's regulars, such as the ex-priest Franchini, a passionate reader of ancient Christian literature, and Contessa Morosini-Albani, the library's chief donor. 
 
Soon Brunetti finds himself submerged in the dark secrets of the black market of antiquarian books. Alongside his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra, he delves into the pages of Franchini's past and into the mind of a book thief in order to uncover the terrible truth.

By Its Cover

'The familiar characters and Venetian location are described with remarkable freshness and, as always, the edifying result is both amusing and thought-provoking.' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'Donna Leon has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals.' Daily Mail 
 
A New York Times Bestseller 
 
When a local man is found dead after overdosing on sleeping pills, Commissario Brunetti's wife can't help but ask him to investigate. The sweet, simple-minded man had worked at their local dry cleaner and Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing or helping him. 
 
But what seems to be an open-and-shut case of suicide soon proves to be anything but. Brunetti soon discovers that there is nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, no driver's license, no credit cards. Stranger still, the dead man's mother refuses to speak to the police. As secrets unravel, Brunetti begins to suspect that an aristocratic family might be somehow connected to the mystery . . .

The Golden Egg

Ruth Rendell

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CRIME LEGEND DONNA LEON 
 
'One of her masterpieces' 
TELEGRAPH 
 
'A classic' 
THE TIMES 
 
'Quite possibly the best crime book I have ever read' 
READER REVIEW 
 
'Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write.' 
 
Eunice, the Coverdales' housekeeper, guns down four of her employers in the space of fifteen minutes one Valentine's Day. None of them suspected anything. Her motive remained hidden. 
 
As the police investigate, Eunice schemes to escape the blame - desperate to preserve the terrible secret of her illiteracy. 
 
But Eunice's blindness to a crucial aspect of the world throws her plans into jeopardy . . .

A Judgement In Stone

Two children have been kidnapped from an elite private school in Washington DC, and Detective Alex Cross is charged with finding them. 
 
The kidnapper's identity is quickly determined as one of the children's teachers. But capturing him is the true challenge. 
 
As Cross gets pulled deeper into the strange world of the kidnapper, it becomes clear he is far more dangerous than anyone could have anticipated. 
 
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PRAISE FOR THE ALEX CROSS SERIES 
 
'Alex Cross is a legend' Harlan Coben 
'A character for the ages' Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 
'Alex Cross. . . only gets better and better' Lisa Scottoline 
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it' Lee Child

Along Came a Spider

(Alex Cross 1)

Anthony Horowitz

'A beautiful puzzle: fiendishly clever and hugely entertaining. A masterpiece.' Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party 
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Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend. But life isn't as idyllic as it should be: exhausted by the responsibility of making everything work on an island where nothing ever does, Susan is beginning to miss her literary life in London - even though her publishing career once entangled her in a lethal literary murder plot. 
 
So when an English couple come to visit with tales of a murder that took place in a hotel the same day their daughter Cecily was married there, Susan can't help but find herself fascinated. 
 
And when they tell her that Cecily has gone missing a few short hours after reading Atticus Pund Takes The Case, a crime novel Susan edited some years previously, Susan knows she must return to London to find out what has happened. 
 
The clues to the murder and to Cecily's disappearance must lie within the pages of this novel. 
 
But to save Cecily, Susan must place her own life in mortal danger...

Moonflower Murders

The Sunday Times bestseller 
 
Four bodies are found in a luxury hotel 
 
The first is a man who checked in under a false name. Two are in a room next door, full of surveillance equipment. And the fourth is the house maid, who saw too much. 
 
Detective Lindsay Boxer is sent in to investigate and hunt down an elusive and dangerous suspect. But when her husband Joe goes missing, she begins to fear that the suspect she is searching for could be him. 
 
As the case gets ever more complicated and personal, San Francisco is suddenly faced with an atrocity no one will ever forget. 
 
Sometimes secrets can be deadly...

15th Affair

The evidence doesn't lie... (Women’s Murder Club 15)

Harlan Coben

A decade ago, two boys were kidnapped from a wealthy New Jersey home. 
 
Now, one of the boys has been found, wandering the streets of London. 
 
But, home at last, he won’t say a word about what happened to him and crucial questions remain unanswered. 
 
Who took him all those years ago? Where has he been? 
 
And, most of all, where is his missing friend? 
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Praise for Harlan Coben... 
 
'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

Home

‘Super sleuth Brunetti again patrols Venice's dark canal ways in this Italian crimefest. Once again, Brunetti proves he's more than a match for the local mob’ Mirror 
 
‘Elegant, effortless . . . another great Brunetti outing' The Independent 
 
When Commissario Brunetti is visited by an investigator from the Carabinieri looking into the murder of a truck company owner, he is intrigued. Not long before his death, Stefano Ranzato had been caught hauling goods illegally for the Mafia, and was pressured into becoming an informant. The Carabinieri suspect that the Mafia killed Stefano to ensure his silence, but what did the man discover that cost him his life? 
 
The stakes are high and the investigation complex as Brunetti is drawn into working with a rival Italian police department – and when another person connected to the case is murdered, Brunetti must race against time to uncover the truth before it happens again. 
 
‘[A] brilliant series’ Sunday Telegraph

About Face

‘With characteristic skill, Leon draws together multiple threads and a well-rounded cast ... With the steady, unsentimental style that has become her signature, Donna Leon keeps us hesitating until the last corner is turned.’ Times Literary Supplement 
 
Leon's clear-eyed descriptions of Venice still make you long to return to the calles and campos of the floating city.’ Sunday Telegraph 
 
When a young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor, a heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure and decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women and that her apartment was a safe-house. 
 
Convinced that this is the lead he has been looking for, Brunetti begins his search for answers. But as he sets out to discover the truth behind her death, he is drawn into a decades-old story of lies and deceit that has blighted love and ruined lives – and has claimed this innocent woman as its newest victim. . . 
 
‘[Leon's] portrait of Venice and modern Italy is, as always, captivating . . . A delight’ Evening Standard

Drawing Conclusions

NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER - BACKSTAGE: STORIES OF A WRITING LIFE BY DONNA LEON 
 
'A perfect blend of characters, place, mystery and social issues. [Leon’s] sixteenth Brunetti novel is also one of her best.' The Times 
 
‘Leon builds her plot meticulously. [She] has her finger on the pulse.’ The Mirror 
 
When Commissario Brunetti is summoned to the hospital to interview a senior paediatrician whose skull has been brutally fractured, he is confronted with more questions than answers. Three men burst into the doctor's apartment in the middle of the night, attacked him and took his young son – but why? 
 
As Brunetti investigates, he quickly discovers that the kidnapping was not a one-off, but part of a multi-city raid targeting numerous families. It seems that small-town malice seethes beneath the surface of the beautiful city of Venice, and Brunetti must work together with Ispettore Vianelli – himself investigating a money-making scam between pharmacists and doctors – to uncover the truth. . . 
 
‘As ever, Leon writes with an insider's knowledge of Venice, expertly navigating its complex geography.’ Sunday Times

Suffer the Little Children

‘The seventeenth title in an excellent, unflagging series . . . The Girl of His Dreams marks an evolution, even a quiet revolution, in Leon's storytelling.’ Times Literary Supplement 
 
'In The Girl of His Dreams, Donna Leon is writing at her fluent best.' The Independent 
 
A priest recently returned from years of missionary work has made a personal request of Commissario Guido Brunetti—but the police detective suspects the man’s motives. A new, American-style Protestant sect has begun to meet in Venice, and it’s possible the priest is merely apprehensive of the competition. But the preacher could also be fleecing his growing flock, so Brunetti and Inspector Vianello, along with their wives, decide to go undercover. In the midst of the investigation, though, the body of a Gypsy child washes up in a canal—and Brunetti finds himself haunted by both the crime and the girl . . . 
 
‘An artful examination of family ties as well as a clear-eyed survey of the pros and cons of political correctness’ Evening Standard

The Girl of His Dreams

'Donna Leon goes from strength to strength ... This is her tenth novel but it's as fresh and entertaining as the first' Observer 
 
When two clam fishermen are murdered on the island of Pellestrina, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate. He has his work cut out for him - the people of Pellestrina are tight-knit, bound together by a code of loyalty and suspicious of outsiders. To break through, he enlists the help of his boss' secretary Signorina Elettra, who visits the island as an undercover agent. Soon, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders, concern for Elettra's safety, and his not entirely straightforward feelings for her . . . 
 
'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop so vivid you can smell it' Sunday Telegraph

A Sea Of Troubles

'Leon writes with great literary panache and evocative power about the world's most beautiful and mysterious city' Spectator 
 
On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the man's wares before his death, but they have seen nothing that might be of much help to the police. 
 
When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene, he finds it hard to understand why anyone would murder an illegal immigrant. They have few social connections and little money; in-fighting among them is the obvious answer. But once Brunetti begins investigating this unfamiliar Venetian underworld, he discovers that matters of great value are at stake. 
 
'Donna Leon has a wonderful feel for the hidden evils that lie below the façade of the magical city' The Times

Blood From A Stone

'Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind' Sunday Times 
 
Neither Commissario Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces, so when a young cadet is found hanged, at Venice's elite military academy, Brunetti's emotions are complex: pity and sorrow at the death of a boy close in age to his own son, and contempt and irritation for the arrogance and high-handedness of the boy's teachers and fellow students. 
 
The young man is the son of an ex-politician, a man of an impeccable integrity all too rare in Italian politics. But as Brunetti - and the indispensable Signorina Elettra - investigate further, no one seems willing to talk. Is this the natural reluctance of Italians to involve themselves with the authorities, or is Brunetti facing a conspiracy of silence? 
 
'Silken prose and considerable charm . . . an unlovely story set in the loveliest of cities' Washington Post

Uniform Justice

'A classic example of detective-book murder . . . Leon whips up a brilliant narrative storm' Sunday Times 
 
When Commissario Brunetti receives a visit from one of his wife's students with a strange and vague interest in investigating the possibility of a pardon for a crime committed by her grandfather many years ago, he thinks little of it, despite being intrigued by the girl's intelligence and moral conscience. But when the girl is found stabbed to death, Claudia Leonardo is no longer Paola's student, but instead becomes Brunetti's case. 
 
Claudia seems to have no discernible living family, but lived with an elderly Austrian woman. When she in turn is found dead, the case begins to unlock long buried secrets of collaboration during the war, secrets few in Italy are happy to explore . . . 
 
'Wholly engrossing' Evening Standard

Wilful Behaviour

Discover the first novel in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 
 
'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 
'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 
 
Now a major TV Series on Disney+ 
 
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When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene, he finds himself faced with one of the most brutal murders of his career. 
 
As a one-off killing it is shocking, but it soon becomes clear Aleesha Monroe is just the latest victim in a series of similar attacks. 
 
Twenty-four hours later, the violence Michael sees every day explodes in his own back yard. 
 
And it seems the mystery surrounding Monroe's death is inextricably entangled with a past that refuses to stay buried... 
 
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Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter: 
 
'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSEN 
'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
'A writer of extraordinary talents!!' KATHY REICHS 
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'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
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A heart-racing thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author. 
 
A missing girl. 
A family torn apart. 
An unsolved mystery. 
 
Twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia Scott's older sister vanished without a trace. Her disappearance had a devastating effect on their family. 
 
Now another teenage girl is missing, and the circumstances of her disappearance are hauntingly similar to Julia's . . . 
 
It's up to Lydia and Claire to revisit their past, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago. 
 
Will they be able to face what they find along the way? 
 
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'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
 
Karin Slaughter, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, June 2023

Pretty Girls

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
A wolf in sheep's clothing 
 
Detective Lindsay Boxer doesn't know who she can trust. A weapon stolen from a police evidence locker is used in a series of vigilante murders, and Lindsay must investigate her closest colleagues and ask herself if they are capable of such heinous crimes. 
 
When two severed heads are left in a famous actor's garden, Lindsay is called to investigate the grisly scene, unearthing a third head and wondering how many more she'll find before she catches the killer. 
 
Amid the chaos of these crimes, Lindsay struggles with her pregnancy and the vindictive reporter dragging her personal life into the public eye. She and her unborn baby are heading into dangerous territory...

11th Hour

Her friends are close - and her enemies closer... (Women’s Murder Club 11)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
A baby on the way and two killers on the loose. 
 
An eccentric professor walks into Detective Lindsay Boxer's homicide department to report a murder that hasn't yet happened. 
 
A convicted serial killer wakes from a two-year coma. He says he's ready to tell where the bodies are buried, but does he have a more sinister plan in mind? 
 
Lindsay doesn't have much time to stop a terrifying future from unfolding. But all the crimes in the world seem like nothing when she is suddenly faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss of her life.

12th of Never

A serial killer awakes... (Women’s Murder Club 12)

'[Leon] has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals ... Like all the best detective fiction, Doctored Evidence not only solves a mystery, but also anatomises the setting in which the crime occurred' Daily Mail 
 
When a wealthy Venetian woman is found brutally murdered, the prime suspect is her Romanian maid, who dies in a tragic accident while fleeing the city, carrying a considerable sum of money and forged papers. When the old woman's neighbour returns from abroad, confessing to have given the maid the money out of pity, questions begin to arise, and Commissario Brunetti decides to take the case on himself. But what could have been the true motive for the murder in such nebulous circumstances if not greed? Or is Brunetti thinking of the wrong sin altogether?

Doctored Evidence

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