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The Silent Patient

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:14:34 +0000

Alicia Berenson is a celebrated painter who seemingly has a perfect life—until she shoots her husband five times and then never speaks another word. Confined to a secure psychiatric facility, she becomes a mystery and a media sensation. Theo Faber, a criminal psychotherapist, is determined to break her silence and uncover what really happened that night. As he works to gain her trust, the lines between therapist and patient begin to blur. A taut psychological thriller, this novel explores trauma, obsession, repression, and the stories we tell to survive. With its classical references and carefully controlled suspense, it builds toward a startling conclusion that has made it a favorite among fans of twist-driven fiction. The author’s background in psychotherapy lends authenticity to the clinical setting and emotional undercurrents. Gripping, dark, and compulsively readable, it’s an ideal pick for readers who enjoy intelligent, character-driven suspense.

Eleanor & Park

Sat, 09 May 2026 21:19:17 +0000

Further Adventures of a London Call Girl

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:36:05 +0000

Brilliantly funny sequel to the bestselling The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl charts Belle de Jour’s continuing adventures as she makes her way in the world. From her efforts to change from ‘working girl’ to working girl – whilst fielding calls from her manager and sneaking off to visit clients in her lunch hour – to the delights, disappointments (and downright inventive aspects) of her love life, the lessons she learns about the dangers of keeping secrets – and diaries – and her enduring friendship with N’, who always offers a shoulder, and sometimes more, for her to cry on, Belle’s Further Adventures is an audacious and hugely entertaining account of the life of a remarkable woman.

Beggars Banquet

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:14:48 +0000

Beggars Banquet by Ian Rankin is a compelling collection of short stories showcasing the author’s mastery of crime fiction. Published in 2002, it gathers tales originally featured in magazines, events, and radio, blending gritty mysteries with Rankin’s signature Edinburgh atmosphere and sharp characterizations. Several stories star the iconic Detective Inspector John Rebus, tackling cases from macabre horrors like The Hanged Man to ironic twists in The Only True Comedian and sociological insights in Glimmer, all delivering taut plots and vivid prose without a weak entry in the lineup.

Fear the Worst

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:03:34 +0000

The gripping page-turner from the massive No. 1 bestselling author of FIND YOU FIRST and Richard & Judy Book Club winner The worst day of Tim Blake’s life started out with him making breakfast for his seventeen-year-old daughter Sydney. Syd was staying with him while she worked a summer job – even if he wasn’t entirely sure what her job at the Just Inn Time motel actually was – and Tim hoped this quality father-daughter time would somehow help her deal with his divorce. When she didn’t arrive home at her usual time, he thought she’d probably gone to the mall to hang with her friends. When she didn’t answer her phone he began to worry. When she didn’t come home at all, he began to panic. And when the people at the motel said they had no Sydney Blake working there, and never had, he began to see his life going into freefall. If she hadn’t been working at the motel every day, what had she been doing? Something she couldn’t – or wouldn’t – tell her own father about? To find his daughter, Tim doesn’t need to simply track her down – he needs to know who she really was, and what could have made her step out of her own life without leaving a trace. Only one thing has him convinced the worst hasn’t already happened: the fact that some very scary people seem just as eager as he is to find her. The question is, who’s going to find her first?

Magpie Murders

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:09:09 +0000

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She’s worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It’s just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway… But Conway’s latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder. From Sunday Times bestseller Anthony Horowitz comes Magpie Murders, his deliciously dark take on the cosy crime novel, brought bang- up-to-date with a fiendish modern twist.

Yorkshire: A Lyirical History of England’s Greatest Country

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:09:46 +0000

Yorkshire is ‘a continent unto itself’, a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a fascinating and wide-ranging meditation on Yorkshire and Yorkshireness, told through the prism of the region’s most extraordinary people and places.

The Late Show

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:22:51 +0000

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she’s been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night she catches two cases she doesn’t want to part with. The brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn. Against orders and her own partner’s wishes, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. As the cases entwine they pull her closer to her own demons and the reason she won’t give up her job no matter what the department throws at her.

The Collected Mystery Stories

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:08:36 +0000

This omnibus edition contains 58 stories previously uncollected in the UK, plus 12 additional stories. The collection features many of Block’s best-loved characters, including Matt Scudder (eight stories), Ehrengraf (nine stories), Chip Harrison (two stories) and Bernie Rhodenbarr (three stories).

Necroville

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:58:31 +0000

In the Los Angeles ghetto of Necroville, the yearly celebration of the Night of the Dead – where the dead are resurrected through the miracle of nanotechnology and live their second lives as non-citizens – becomes a journey of discovery and revelation for five individuals on the run from their pasts. With his customary flair for making the bizarre both credible and fascinating, McDonald tosses aside the line of demarcation between living and dead in a story that confronts the central quandary of human existence: the essence of non-being.