FICTION

The WashupA tragic accident in paradise … or a calculated crime?After her parents’ death in a car crash two years ago, Eve is back in the tumbledown family house on Magnetic Island, surrounded by nosy neighbours, an over-friendly possum and a cast of eccentric locals.All Eve has left is her sister Tilly – not that she’s seen much of her lately, between Tilly’s history of disastrous relationships and her tendency to drink too much. And when Eve is introduced to her new boyfriend Matt, a sky-diving instructor and dead ringer for a young Richard Gere, she senses trouble.Shortly after, a skydive goes wrong and Eve is left with a mountain of unanswered questions. Matt is the prime suspect as far as she is concerned, but proving it is another matter … especially after the cops rule it an accident. It doesn’t help when Eve’s ill-advised sleepover with Shane, the local cop, goes catastrophically wrong.In trying to solve one mystery, Eve will uncover a far deeper secret hidden in the rocky outcrops of Magnetic Island – and put her own life on the line.

Five Found DeadWhen Meredith Penvale and her writer brother, Joe, step aboard the iconic Orient Express, they're embarking on a journey steeped in both luxury and mystery. The train, a literary legend, is a bucket-list destination for detectives and writers alike. But as the train winds through the Italian Alps, a sinister undercurrent begins to emerge.A virus has infiltrated the train in Paris, trapping its passengers and cutting them off from the world. Then, a passenger vanishes, leaving their cabin a bloody crime scene. Suddenly, the idyllic journey turns deadly. Joe and Meredith find themselves trapped with a motley crew of detectives, each with their own secrets and agendas.As the body count rises and the train speeds towards its destination, the siblings must unravel the mystery before they become the killer's next victim ...PRAISE FOR SULARI GENTILL:‘A writer’s writer, who never disappoints.’—Australian Women's Weekly‘a true master of the genre’—The Sydney Morning Herald

The Mysterious Case Of The Missing Crime WriterMurder, mystery and a disappearing crime writer all come together in the new Golden Age crime novel from Sunday Times bestseller Ragnar Jónasson.One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elin S. Jónsdóttir goes missing.There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it's leaked to the press.As he interviews the people closest to her - a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge - he realises that Elin's life wasn't what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than her stories.As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of a very unexpected life . . .

How Bad Things Can GetFyre Fest meets The Blair Witch Project in this chilling thriller-horror by USA Today bestselling author Darcy Coates.The Blair Witch Project meets Fyre Fest in this bloody new thriller from the queen of scares, Darcy Coates!It was supposed to be the party of the century- miles of idyllic white sand beaches, lush jungle foliage...and a dark legend nobody dreamed might be all too true.When an online influencer and several hundred of his most loyal fans land on Prosperity Island, the plan is simple- five days of elaborate games, drinking, and suntanned fun.A week in paradise should have been a welcome respite. The only survivor of an infamous cult, Ruth wants nothing more than to keep her head down and not draw attention. She's spent decades outrunning her blood-soaked childhood, and her identity is a closely held secret.But then the true history of the island is revealed...along with its sinister connection to Ruth's past. As guests go missing and games turn deadly, Ruth and the rest of the attendees are forced to question whether they've really been invited to paradise...or whether something much darker-and far bloodier-is waiting for them just beyond the bonfire's light.

The FarmhouseThe House Across the Lake meets This Thing Between Us when what was supposed to be a fresh start for Emily and her husband takes a dark turn as the isolated farm they've moved to begins to reveal horrifying secrets...Every woman who has lived on this farm has died. Emily just moved in.When Emily Hauk's mother dies, it's time for her and her husband, Josh, to finally leave San Francisco. A farm in rural Nebraska is everything they want for a fresh start- clear skies, low costs, and distance from the grief back home.They should have asked why the farm was for sale.Three years ago, a teenage girl went missing from the farm. Soon after, the girl's mother mysteriously died. The deeper Emily digs, the more stories she finds of women with a connection to her new home who've met their own dark ends.The farmhouse was meant to be Emily's fresh start, but with each passing day, her sanctuary slips further away. The barn seems to move throughout her property, as though chasing her. Her mother's favorite music drifts across the corn. She swears she saw blood in one of the farmhand's trucks. And the screams that wake her are not foxes, no matter how many times her husband says otherwise.Despite Josh's skepticism, Emily feels the darkness that has seeped into the soil of her farm. And if she wants to claim this place as her own, she'll have to find the truth before whatever watches from the cornfield takes her too.

The Collector In the electrifying new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a search for a stolen Vermeer masterpiece and uncovers a conspiracy that could bring the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon. In the Amalfi villa of a murdered South African shipping tycoon, the Carabinieri have made a startling discovery - a secret vault containing an empty frame and stretcher matching the dimensions of the world's most valuable missing painting. The commander of the Art Squad asks restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon to quietly track down the artwork before the trail goes cold. With the help of a most unlikely ally, a beautiful Danish computer hacker and professional thief, Gabriel follows the painting's trail to a man with close ties to the highest level of Russian power - code-named the Collector. The missing masterpiece is the lynchpin of a conspiracy that if successful, could plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions. To foil the plot, Gabriel must carry out a daring heist of his own, with millions of lives hanging in the balance. 'Silva builds suspense like a symphony conductor' Booklist 'A master of his craft' Adelaide Advertiser 'World-class' Washington Post

Portrait Of An Unknown Woman#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.The hunt is on for the greatest art forger who ever lived ...Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly with his beautiful wife and their young twins in Venice, the only place he has ever truly known peace.But when the eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood asks Gabriel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rediscovery and lucrative sale of a centuries-old painting, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems.Gabriel soon discovers that the work in question, a portrait of an unidentified woman attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, is almost certainly a fiendishly clever fake. To find the mysterious figure who painted it - and uncover a multibillion-dollar fraud at the pinnacle of the art world - Gabriel conceives one of the most elaborate deceptions of his career. If it is to succeed, he must become the very mirror image of the man he seeks: the greatest art forger the world has ever known.'Reading the latest Gabriel Allon is like visiting an old friend. Another tour de force by the master.' Bob Woodward'Silva can really write. The bastard.' James Patterson'A smart summer escape.' Kirkus, starred review'Daniel Silva has few rivals' The Age'Daniel Silva is that rarity of rarities, a writer whose stories just keep getting better' Huffington Post

The Cellist Master of international intrigue Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, comes an explosive thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.The most beautiful music hides the deadliest secrets ...Once Russia's richest man, Victor Orlov now resides in exile in London, waging a crusade against the kleptocrats in the Kremlin. His mansion is protected by armed bodyguards. Yet somehow, on a rainy summer evening, in the midst of a global pandemic, Russia's vengeful president finally manages to cross Orlov's name off his kill list.Before him was the receiver from his landline telephone, a half-drunk glass of red wine, and a stack of documents ...The documents, contaminated with a deadly nerve agent, were delivered by a prominent investigative reporter. And when the reporter vanishes hours after the killing, MI6 concludes she is a Moscow Center assassin who penetrated the billionaire's formidable defenses.But Gabriel Allon believes his friends in British intelligence are dangerously mistaken. His search for the truth will take him to Geneva, where a private intelligence service is plotting an act of violence that will plunge an already divided America into chaos. Only Allon, with the help of a brilliant young woman employed by the world's dirtiest bank, can stop it ...Praise for Daniel Silva:'Fascinating, suspenseful and bated-breath exciting' Publishers Weekly'One of the greatest spy novelists the genre has ever known' CrimeReads'Daniel Silva is that rarity of rarities, a writer whose stories just keep getting better' Huffington Post'If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon' Australian Women's Weekly

The Order The stunning new thriller from the master of modern espionageWhen Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, apparently of a heart attack, legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is quickly summoned to Rome. The Holy Father's loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati, suspects his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch the night of the pope's death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing during the final hours of his life. A letter addressed to an old friend: Gabriel.While researching in the Vatican Secret Archives, I came upon a most remarkable book ...The book is a long-suppressed gospel that calls into question the accuracy of the New Testament's depiction of one of the most portentous events in human history. For that reason alone, the Order of St. Helena will stop at nothing to keep it out of Gabriel's hands. A shadowy Catholic society with ties to the European far right, the Order is plotting to seize control of the papacy. And it is only the beginning ...Praise for Daniel Silva:'A spy-fiction master ... Silva builds suspense like a symphony conductor' Booklist'One of the greatest spy novelists the genre has ever known' CrimeReads'If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon' Australian Women's Weekly

The New GirlFrom the internationally bestselling author of *The Other Woman* and *House of Spies* comes another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.NOW YOU SEE HERNOW YOU DON'TTHE NEW GIRLAt an exclusive private school in Switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state. In truth, her father is Khalid bin Mohammed, the controversial crown prince of Saudi Arabia. And when his only child is brutally kidnapped, he turns to the one man he can trust to find her before it is too late.Gabriel Allon, the legendary chief of Israeli intelligence, regards Khalid as a valuable if flawed partner in the fight against terror. Together they will become unlikely allies in a deadly secret war for control of the Middle East.Both men have made their share of enemies. And both have everything to lose.Extraordinary acclaim for *The New Girl* and the Gabriel Allon Series"One of the greatest novelists the genre has ever known ... *The New Girl* is as close to perfect as you could ever hope for a thriller to be." The Real Book Spy"An excellent introduction for new readers" *Publishers Weekly*"*The New Girl* is a brilliant novel ... Eye-opening and a joy to read" Bob Woodward"Another jewel in the bedazzling crown of a spy-fiction master" *Booklist* (starred review)"Excellent ... Readers will be enthralled by both the history and the up-to-the-minute plot that Silva spins with such finesse." *Publishers Weekly* (starred review)"A world-class practitioner of spy fiction" *Washington Post*"This might be the best spy thriller since John le Carre's *Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy* ... *The Other Woman* is an instant classic" *CrimeReads*"With Silva's novels you find yourself being educated as well as being entertained ... Silva is that rarity of rarities, a writer whose stories just keep getting better." *Huffington Post*

The Other Woman Daniel Silva and Gabriel Allon return in another blistering, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller.''Another jewel in the bedazzling crown of a spy-fiction master." Booklist She was his best-kept secret ...In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman is writing a dangerous memoir. It tells the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason's name. The woman holds the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West -- a mole who now stands on the doorstep of ultimate power.Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, the legendary art restorer and assassin who serves as the chief of Israel's vaunted secret intelligence service. Gabriel has battled the dark forces of the new Russia before, at great personal cost. Now he and the Russians will engage in a final epic showdown, with the fate of the postwar global order hanging in the balance.Gabriel is lured into the hunt for the traitor after his most important asset inside Russian intelligence is brutally assassinated while trying to defect in Vienna. His quest for the truth will lead him backward in time, to the twentieth century's greatest act of treason, and, finally, to a spellbinding climax along the banks of the Potomac River outside Washington that will leave readers breathless.'If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon' Australian Women's Weekly 'Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer' Huffington Post 'One of fiction's greatest spies ... Allon remains as compelling as ever' Kirkus

The Black Widow No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another spellbinding international thriller -- one that finds the legendary Gabriel Allon grappling with an ISIS mastermind.Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.They call him Saladin ...He is a terrorist mastermind whose ambition is as grandiose as his nom de guerre, a man so elusive that even his nationality is not known. Shielded by sophisticated encryption software, his network communicates in total secrecy, leaving the West blind to his planning -- and leaving Gabriel no choice but to insert an agent into the most dangerous terrorist group the world has ever known. Natalie Mizrahi is an extraordinary young doctor as brave as she is beautiful. At Gabriel's behest, she will pose as an ISIS recruit in waiting, a ticking time bomb, a black widow out for blood.'Literate, top-notch action' Kirkus Reviews'If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon' Australian Women's Weekly'Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer' Huffington Post

The English Spy New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high-stakes international intrigue featuring the inimitable Gabriel Allon.Another gripping thriller from the author of THE HEIST.Master novelist Daniel Silva has thrilled with eighteen thoughtful and gripping novels featuring a diverse cast of compelling characters and ingenious plots that have taken them around the globe and back -- from the US to Europe, Russia and the Middle East. His brilliant hero, Gabriel Allon -- art restorer, assassin, spy -- has joined the pantheon of great fictional secret agents, including George Smiley, Jack Ryan, Jason Bourne and Simon Templar.Following the success of his novels The Heist and The English Spy, Daniel Silva returns with another powerhouse thriller on the trail of ISIS terror -- showcasing his outstanding skill and brilliant imagination, and satisfying his multitude fans and growing legion of converts.Praise for Daniel Silva:'Daniel Silva has few rivals in the realm of the big blockbuster spy story' The Age'In erudition, action and temperament, Silva has made Allon the modern-day covert warrior extraordinaire' Kirkus Reviews'Forget James Bond -- Gabriel Allon is the killer you'd want on your side' Australian Women's Weekly'A world-class practitioner of spy fiction' Washington Post

The Heist Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva's latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue.Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one...Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Venice repairing an altarpiece when he receives an urgent summons from the Italian police. The art dealer Julian Isherwood has stumbled upon a murder scene in Lake Como, and is being held as a suspect. To save his friend, Gabriel must perform one simple task: find the most famous missing painting in the world.The dead man is a fallen spy with a secret: he's been trafficking in stolen artworks and selling them to a mysterious collector. Among those paintings is the world's most iconic missing work of art: Caravaggio's Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence.Gabriel embarks on a daring gambit to recover the Caravaggio that will take him on an exhilarating hunt - from Marseilles and Corsica, to Paris and Geneva, and, finally, to a small private bank in Austria, where a dangerous man stands guard over the ill-gotten wealth of one of the world's most brutal dictators...'Daniel Silva has few rivals in the realm of the big blockbuster spy story.' the Age

The English GirlSeven days ... One girl ... No second chances ... The explosive new Gabriel Allon thriller from No.1 New York Times bestseller Daniel Silva.Seven days. One girl. No second chances. Madeline Hart is a rising star in British government. She's beautiful, intelligent and driven, but hiding a dark secret. She is the lover of the Prime Minister, Jonathan Lancaster. When she disappears, it's clear her kidnappers intend to make the PM pay dearly for his sins. Fearful of scandal, Lancaster asks Gabriel Allon - assassin, art restorer and spy - to find Madeline before she is executed. With the clock ticking, Allon is thrust into a deadly game of shadows where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies is the truth. Gabriel's mission takes him from the island of Corsica to the criminal underworld of Marseille, and from the stately corridors of power in London to a pulse-pounding climax in Moscow, a city of secrets and violence where there is a long list of men who want Gabriel dead...Praise for the English Girl: 'Literate, top-notch action' Kirkus Review'there's revenge, corruption and a jaw-dropping twist that even long-time Allon fans won't see coming' Australian Women's Weekly'Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer... the English Girl [is] a must-read' Huffington Post