. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW, from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Whisper Man . If it had happened to you, you would have run away too. Twenty-five years ago, Paul's friend Charlie Crabtree brutally killed their classmate - and then vanished without a trace. Paul's never forgiven himself for his part in what happened. He's never gone back home. Until his elderly mother has a fall. It's finally time to stop running. It's not long before things start to go wrong. His mother claims there's someone in the house. Paul realises someone is following him. And, in a town many miles away, a copycat killer has struck. Which makes him wonder - what really happened to Charlie the day of the murder? And can anyone stop it happening again? Praise for Alex North The best crime novel of the decade - Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of Thirteen First it's spooky. Then it's scary. Then it's terrifying. And then... well, dear reader, proceed at your own risk. An ambitious, deeply satisfying thriller - a seamless blend of Harlan Coben, Stephen King, and Thomas Harris. My flesh is still crawling - A. J. Finn, no.1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Alex North has achieved the seemingly impossible. The Whisper Man is a thriller that is both terrifying and utterly heartbreaking. Mesmerising and masterful - Mark Billingham A dark, creepy, thriller with a huge amount of heart. Damn, but Alex North can write! - Stuart MacBride
The chilling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man and The Taking of Annie Thorne''Terrific'' Harlan Coben''A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner'' J.P. Delaney, bestselling author of The Girl Before She sleeps, a pale girl in a white room . . .Driving home one night, stuck behind a rusty old car, Gabe sees a little girl''s face appear in the rear window.She mouths one word: ''Daddy.''It''s his five-year-old daughter, Izzy.He never sees her again.Three years later, Gabe spends his days and nights travelling up and down the motorway, searching for the car that took his daughter, refusing to give up hope, even though most people believe that Izzy is dead. Fran and her daughter, Alice, also put in a lot of miles on the motorway. Not searching. But running. Trying to keep one step ahead of the people who want to hurt them.Because Fran knows the truth. She knows what really happened to Gabe''s daughter. She knows who is responsible. And she knows what they will do if they ever catch up with her and Alice . . .''Hugely enjoyable and deliciously creepy. I was hooked from its gripping opening, all the way through its many twist and turns'' Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient''A creepy, intense novel that drew me right in and never let go'' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife''A darkly compelling tale of justice, revenge and the darkness lurking at the edges of everyday life - with an utterly propulsive plot that makes it very, very hard to put down'' T. M. Logan, author of The Holiday''Utterly magnificent. Such a beautifully weaved and satisfyingly complex tale, with just the right level of spookiness'' James Oswald''Chilling and utterly gripping. Loved the twists and the well-drawn everyday details. A fantastic new book from the Queen of Creepy'' Will Dean, bestselling author of Red SnowPraise for C. J. Tudor:''Britain''s female Stephen King'' Daily Mail''Some writers have it, and C. J. Tudor has it big time. The Taking of Annie Thorne is terrific in every way'' Lee Child ''If you like my stuff, you''ll like this'' Stephen King''C. J. Tudor taps into those things that woke you up in the night when you were a kid and then stay with you when you''re an adult'' Richard Armitage''A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on shock ending'' Sunday Times''Utterly magnificent. Such a beautifully weaved and satisfyingly complex tale, with just the right level of spookiness'' James Oswald>
The spine-tingling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man. Joseph Thorne returns to his hometown after a mother gruesomely murders her child. The same hometown where his eight-year-old sister went missing years before...'If you like my stuff, you'll like this' Stephen King.
Poseidon's Arrow by bestselling Clive Cussler is the twenty-second thrilling Dirk Pitt adventure.
In 1943 a submarine returning from a secret mission is attacked, its vital cargo believed lost . . .
Three quarters of a century later, NUMA director Dirk Pitt is asked to help locate a missing person: the scientist responsible for the design of the revolutionary Poseidon's Arrow submarine. This craft is so advanced and dangerous that any government would kill to posses it - and not only has its designer disappeared, but so too have the plans.
But this is no simple search.
It leads Pitt from Washington to the Panama jungle, draws in the full resources of NUMA, and slowly unravels a deadly conspiracy that seeks to bring the world to its knees- and only Pitt can prevent it.
Poseidon's Arrow follows Artcic Drift, Crescent Dawn and Atlantis Found as the next in the enthralling Dirk Pitt adventures. Clive Cussler is on form as ever, fans of previous work in the Dirk Pitt series will love this as will anyone who has enjoyed work from his NUMA files series of indeed the Fargo adventures.
Praise for Clive Cussler:
'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt® adventures, such as Arctic Drift; the NUMA® Files adventures, most recently Medusa; the Oregon Files, such as The Jungle; the Isaac Bell adventures, which began with The Chase; and the highly successful new series - the Fargo adventures. He lives in Arizona.
Find out more about the world of Clive Cussler by visiting: www.clivecussler.co.uk
INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN . . . Command Authority sees the return of Tom Clancy''s greatest hero, Jack Ryan.Decades ago, as a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan, Sr. inadvertently uncovered the existence of a KGB assassin, code-named Zenith. He never found the killer.In the present, President Valeri Volodin has risen to power in the Russian republic. But the foundations of his empire are built on a bloody secret from the past, and he''ll eliminate anyone who comes close to that truth.When an old friend of the Ryans is poisoned by a radioactive agent, the trail leads to Russia. And for Jack Ryan, Jr. it''s time to finish what his father started . . .Tom Clancy''s Command Authority is a brand new full-throttle all-action adventure, and follows Threat Vector and Locked On as the newest Jack Ryan novel.Praise for Tom Clancy:''Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict'' Sunday Times''The inventor of the techno-thriller'' Daily Telegraph>
THREE HOURS TO SAVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVEbr>br>A TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & A BEST BOOK OF 2020 IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES, GUARDIAN, STYLIST, RED AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGbr>br>A TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTHbr>br>In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Children and teachers barricade themselves into classrooms, the library, the theatre. The headmaster lies wounded in the library, unable to help his trapped students and staff. Outside, a police psychiatrist must identify the gunmen, while parents gather desperate for news. In three intense hours, all must find the courage to stand up to evil and save the people they love.br>br>''A brilliant literary thriller... moving, masterly'' Sunday Times br>br>''Extraordinary... Three Hours is much more than a nail-biting thriller; it is a disquisition on values: of love and hate, of sacrifice for others, of risk-taking and courage'' The Timesbr>br>''A novel that you live rather than merely read'' Telegraphbr>br>''It is early days, but this could be one of the thrillers of the decade. If you read only one thriller this year; make it this one: it is that good'' Daily Mailbr>br>''Three Hours intersperses scenes of breath-sucking tension with stirring meditations on human nature'' Sara Collins, Guardian>
DISCOVER THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE FARGO ADVENTURES FROM BESTSELLING GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE CLIVE CUSSLERThe legend of Croesus''s riches has echoed across millennia. Stolen and hidden by pirates after the Persian King''s defeat in 546 BC, his staggering wealth was thought to be lost to history . . .Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo know it''s out there somewhere. A decade after their search for the King''s gold first brought them together, the husband and wife team return to Greece to uncover the hoard that has always eluded them.But they''re not the only ones looking. The reappearance of a vengeful and ruthless rival forces them into a deadly race against time to find the treasure. And until it''s found no one is safe. Least of all Sam and Remi . . .With all the switchblade plotting, globe-trotting action and explosive intrigue that Clive Cussler has made his own, Wrath of Poseidon delivers another white-knuckle ride from the Grandmaster of Adventure.br>Praise for Clive Cussler''The Adventure King'' Sunday Express ''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail ''Nobody does it better . . . nobody!'' Stephen Coonts ''Just about the best in the business'' New York Post>
THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUT OF THE DARK AND ORPHAN X''OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY'' LEE CHILDEvan Smoak lives by his own code. As a boy he was taken from a foster home to be raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin codenamed Orphan X. Then he broke free to live in the shadows as the Nowhere Man, using his unique skills to help those in desperate need. But all good things must come to an end. He''ll take on one last mission then go out on a high note. Clean, neat and tidy, just the way he likes it.And then he meets Max Merriweather.Max Merriweather hasn''t got much left to lose. Bad luck and trouble have seen off his marriage, his home and his career. On the face of it he''s the last guy you''d expect to be trusted with a deadly secret. Which is exactly why his cousin gave him an envelope with the instruction: ''If anything ever happens to me, call the number inside.'' Now his cousin is dead and Max''s own chances of survival look bleak. On the run and stalked by death, he meets the one man who might save him: Evan Smoak.With Max now under his protection, Evan realizes that the forces against them pose as daunting a threat as he has ever faced. He''ll be lucky just to get through it alive . . .Packed with edge-of-your-seat suspense, explosive action and razor-sharp plotting, Into the Fire confirms Gregg Hurwitz as a rival to Lee Child, David Baldacci, James Patterson and Harlan Coben as a master of the modern thriller.''A stellar series, the stories get better with each instalment. Throwing the main character literally into the fire showcases how truly heroic Evan Smoak is. He''s the man you want in your corner when justice is needed'' DAILY MAILbr>Praise for Orphan X''Weapons-grade thriller writing'' GUARDIAN''An immensely entertaining adventure'' THE TIMES''A stellar series, the stories get better with each instalment. Throwing the main character literally into the fire showcases how truly heroic Evan Smoak is. He''s the man you want in your corner when justice is needed'' DAILY MAIL>
Get ready for the biggest thriller of 2019. "The best crime novel of the decade" Steve Cavanagh If you leave a door half-open, soon you'll hear the whispers spoken... Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the sleepy village of Featherbank, looking for a fresh start. But Featherbank has a dark past. Fifteen years ago a twisted serial killer abducted and murdered five young boys. Until he was finally caught, the killer was known as 'The Whisper Man'. Of course, an old crime need not trouble Tom and Jake as they try to settle in to their new home. Except that now another boy has gone missing. And then Jake begins acting strangely. He says he hears a whispering at his window... " Terrifying and utterly heartbreaking " Mark Billingham " A dark, creepy, thriller with a huge amount of heart " Stuart MacBride "Beautifully written. Beautifully plotted. Shades of Thomas Harris and Stephen King but brilliant in its own right" C. J. Tudor "A tremendous calling card for the brilliant Alex North" Mick Herron
THE PRESIDENTbr>br>For President Jonathan Bennett, reaching the White House was the realization of a lifetime''s ambition. He''s leader of the free world and the most powerful man on earth. But public support for his administration is wearing thin. And if the terrible truth about his rise to the top was exposed it would bury him. br>br>He will not let that happen. br>br>THE ASSASSINbr>br>As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from his foster home and inducted into a top secret Cold War programme. Code-named Orphan X, he was trained to become a lethal weapon, then dispatched around the world to do whatever was required to keep his country safe. When Evan discovered the mission was rotten to the core, he got out using his skills to hide in plain sight while helping those who can''t help themselvesbr>br>THE RECKONINGbr>br>But Evan knows about the President''s dark past. And that''s dangerous knowledge. To save himself and his country, Evan must ask himself one simple question: how do you kill the most well-protected man on earth? And, when he knows you''re coming for him, how do you stay alive long enough to try? One thing is certain: a desperate call for help from another unfortunate in urgent need of Evan''s protection isn''t going to make it any easier...br>br>Breathtakingly bold, brilliantly accomplished and blisteringly fast-paced, Out of the Dark is The Day of the Jackal for the twenty-first century.>
