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The Top Ten fiction bestseller and critically acclaimed crime debut featuring everyone's favourite new detective, Cormac Reilly <p>'<strong><em>The Ruin</em> is spectacularly good. So CONFIDENT ... excellently written and, at times, heartachingly sad' Marian Keyes</strong></p><p><strong>'Corruption, clandestine cover-ups and criminal conspiracy ... as moving as it is fast-paced' Val McDermid</strong></p><p><strong>'Dervla McTiernan's first novel outclasses some of the genre's stalwarts making her a crime writer to watch ... fans of Ian Rankin and Tana French will feel right at home' Bookseller + Publisher (4.5 stars)</strong></p><p>Galway 1993: Young Garda Cormac Reilly is called to a scene he will never forget. Two silent, neglected children - fifteen-year-old Maude and five-year-old Jack - are waiting for him at a crumbling country house. Upstairs, their mother lies dead.</p><p>Twenty years later, a body surfaces in the icy black waters of the River Corrib. At first it looks like an open-and-shut case, but then doubt is cast on the investigation's findings - and the integrity of the police. Cormac is thrown back into the cold case that has haunted him his entire career - what links the two deaths, two decades apart? As he navigates his way through police politics and the ghosts of the past, Detective Reilly uncovers shocking secrets and finds himself questioning who among his colleagues he can trust.</p><p>What really did happen in that house where he first met Maude and Jack? <em>The Ruin</em> draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland and asks who will protect you when the authorities can't - or won't.</p><p> </p>

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<p><strong>'Dervla McTiernan has rocked the crime fiction world with good reason. Taut, tense and darkly addictive. A treat for lovers of fine crime writing.' - Candice Fox</strong></p> <p><strong>Being brilliant has never been this dangerous ...</strong></p><p>When Dr Emma Sweeney stumbles across the victim of a hit and run outside Galway University late one evening, she calls her partner, Detective Cormac Reilly, bringing him first to the scene of a murder that would otherwise never have been assigned to him. A security card in the dead woman's pocket identifies her as Carline Darcy, a gifted student and heir apparent to Irish pharmaceutical giant Darcy Therapeutics. The multi-billion-dollar company, founded by her grandfather, has a finger in every pie, from sponsoring university research facilities to funding political parties to philanthropy - it has funded Emma's own ground-breaking research. The enquiry into Carline's death promises to be high profile and high pressure.</p><p>As Cormac investigates, evidence mounts that the death is linked to a Darcy laboratory and, increasingly, to Emma herself. Cormac is sure she couldn't be involved, but as his running of the case comes under scrutiny from the department and his colleagues, he is forced to question his own objectivity. Could his loyalty to Emma have led him to overlook evidence? Has it made him a liability?PRAISE FOR <em>THE SCHOLAR</em>'Atmospheric and beautifully paced, with <strong>nuanced characters</strong> and a <strong>gripping plot</strong> - <em>The Scholar</em> has it all.' - Chris Hammer</p><p>'This is <strong>top-notch crime</strong> writing - <strong>fast, clever, surprising</strong>, and psychologically acute. I can only wish Dervla could write as fast as I can read!' - Kate Forsyth</p><p>'<em>The Scholar</em> is a <strong>gripping</strong> follow-up to McTiernan's debut crime novel <em>The Ruin</em>, featuring the enigmatic DS Cormac Reilly ... <em>The Scholar</em> is a <strong>tightly plotted, fast-paced</strong> read with enough <strong>twists</strong> to keep you guessing right to the end.' - <em>Better Homes & Gardens</em>'Another <strong>thrilling tale</strong> that delivers on all the promise of McTiernan's debut - <strong>not to be missed</strong>.' - <em>Readings Monthly</em></p>

The dark academia bestseller that defined an ageTruly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - incredibly compelling, dramatic and playful.Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.

A stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt.

Anna Downes masterful follow-up to The Safe Place

The brand new action-packed novel in the Sunday Times bestselling Martini Club series. Includes an exclusive short story with Lee Child featuring Jack Reacher and Maggie Bird.The Summer Guests is the exhilarating and gripping new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of The Spy Coast.'The Thursday Murder Club on steroids' SAGA MagazineTHE MARTINI CLUB ISN'T OPEN TO EVERYONE . . .Maggie Bird's 'book group' is an unusual one - a group of retired spies living an anonymous life in the seaside town of Purity. And this summer they plan little more than 'reading' (whilst sipping martinis), and some gentle birdwatching.But trouble is just around the corner as the summer guests arrive.For acting Police Chief Jo Thibodeau, summer brings its own problems - packed streets, bar brawls, petty theft. And now, a missing teenager down by the lake.When their good friend becomes a prime suspect in the girl's disappearance, Maggie and her Martini Club must put down their binoculars and roll up their sleeves. Leaving Jo to deal with not only a powerful family desperate for answers, but a meddlesome group of retirees.Can Jo and the Martini Club find a way to work together, as they uncover one of the deadliest scandals their small town has ever seen?

In the third exciting instalment in the bestselling Texas Ranger series, Rory Yates must pull out all the stops to solve two missing persons cases.A cold case is about to turn hotter than the sun.Texas Ranger Rory Yates has proven his strength on the field time and again. Now he faces the toughest case of his career.He's on the trail of two missing women. Both are Native American. Does anything else link them?As he digs deeper, he discovers that a Native American woman has gone missing every summer solstice for the past few years. The captor leaves no trace, except for a very strange calling card.The Texas Ranger must do everything he can to track down these missing women.He only hopes that he finds them alive . . ._____________________________________________________'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put- 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. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL'Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN

The ThrashersThe unputdownable, unforgettable thriller from bestselling author Julie Soto, perfect for fans of A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER and THIRTEEN REASONS WHY.Jodi never asked to be a Thrasher – a member of the high school elite. But Jodi has been best friends with Zack Thrasher her whole life, and like it or not, that means she’s branded a Thrasher by the rest of the school. And different as she feels to the other four Thrashers – all talented, privileged and beautiful – she can’t help appreciating her social status, especially compared to her violent home life.But being a Thrasher isn’t worth dying for – except, apparently, it was to Emily Mills. Sweet but intense Emily, whose fixation on Zack brought her close to the in-crowd, but never close enough. Emily, who took her own life on prom night.When a detective finds a copy of Emily’s diary, there are whispers that she was ‘Thrashed’ – bullied to death by Zack and his gang. They are arrested, charged, and ostracised, their once bright futures extinguished. Then begin the texts from unfamiliar numbers, inexplicable light flares, the run of bad luck that becomes a string of near-fatal accidents… and the constant dreams of Emily.But something isn’t adding up. The diary is too convenient. In fact, it’s filled with Jodi’s own secrets, repurposed by Emily. But why?One thing is clear. Emily isn’t done with the Thrashers.

The Unquiet Grave Every grave has a story ... The much-anticipated new novel in the Cormac Reilly series, from the no.1 bestselling author of The Ruin and What Happened to Nina.For years the boglands of Northern Europe have given up bodies of the long-deceased. Bodies that are thousands of years old, uncannily preserved. Bodies with strange injuries that suggest ritual torture and human sacrifice.When a corpse is found in a bog in Galway, Cormac Reilly assumes the find is historical. But closer examination reveals a more recent story. The dead man is Thaddeus Grey, a local secondary school principal who disappeared two years prior.There's nothing in Grey's past that would explain why he was murdered, or why his body was mutilated in a ritual manner. At first, progress on the case is frustratingly slow and Cormac struggles to keep his mind on the job. His ex-girlfriend, Emma Sweeney, is in trouble, and she's reached out to him for help - Emma's new husband has gone missing in Paris, and the French police are refusing to open an investigation into his disappearance.Cormac is sure that he has found Grey's killer, and is within hours of an arrest, when another mutilated body is discovered on the other side of the country. Two days later, a third body is found. Press attention is intense. Is there a serial killer at work in Ireland? Has Cormac been on the wrong trail? And if so, can he find the murderer before they strike again?Praise for the Cormac Reilly novels:'Dervla McTiernan just gets better and better' Chris Hammer'A haunting mystery that will have you turning pages late into the night. This is Gone Girl-level good writing.' Janet Evanovich'Intelligent and fast-paced' Wall Street Journal'Taut, dense and darkly addictive. A treat for lovers of fine crime writing.' Candice Fox'As moving as it is fast-paced' Val McDermid'Cormac Reilly [is] a cop to follow to hell and back' Bookseller+Publisher

From Sunday Times bestselling author of The Cloisters comes an electrifying thriller about an opulent family and their mysterious assistant whose annual retreat to Italy is shattered by the resurfacing of a decades-old murder . . . think 'The Talented Mr Ripley' meets 'Succession' meets 'The White Lotus'!From the bestselling author of The Cloisters comes this electrifying thriller about an affluent family whose annual retreat to Italy is shattered when a decades-old murder resurfaces . . . think The Talented Mr Ripley meets Succession meets The White Lotus . . . Published in the US as Saltwater On the glittering island of Capri, anything can be a mirage. But one thing is true- there's nothing deadlier than a family with everything to lose . . . The world was shocked by playwright Sarah Lingate's death thirty years ago at an opulent,white-washed villa on the island of Capri. Absolved of the crime, the Lingate family maintains that what happened that night was a tragic accident. And every July they return to Capri to prove it's true.This time, Helen Lingate - sole heir to the family fortune - has a plan. Tightly controlled by her father, she enlists the help of the family assistant, Lorna Moreno, to free herself from her family's stranglehold on her life. And yet, behind closed doors, the legendary Lingate family unity is at breaking point. Upon arrival at the villa in Capri, an anonymous gift awaits them- the necklace Sarah was wearing the night she died.In the aftermath, the paranoid, insular Lingates begin to unravel. As the investigation into her mother's death is reopened, Helen begins to lose trust in everyone around her- her controlling father Richard, drug-addled aunt Naomi, aloof uncle Marcus, and even Lorna, whose past she realizes is frustratingly opaque. And as the family fractures, the long-hidden truth about that night and the secrets they've kept from one another boil to the surface - and they might not leave the island alive.'Sultry and sophisticated with a menacing undercurrent that keeps you thrillingly unsettled until its final spellbinding twist. Let the languid glamour of Capri gently take you by one hand, an ice cold Negroni in the other, but watch your step - the cliffs are treacherous and so, too, is a family with everything to lose.'RACHEL KOLLER CROFT, author of Stone Cold Fox'Engrossing and sinister . . . a must-read for 2025.' JULIE CLARK, author of The Last Flight

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