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The brand new thriller from lisa jewell it’s nearly midnight and you’re home alone with only your baby grandson for company. your daughter and her boyfriend have gone out to a party; the first time they’ve been out since their son was born. and now you are waiting for them to come home. but they don’t. the next morning, frantic, you ring your daughter’s friends, and you’re told that she was last seen heading to a party in an isolated village known as dark place … an unsolved mystery, family secrets, a boarding school for difficult teenagers, and an unidentified body – watch out for the brand new lisa jewell hardcover in july 2021!

In ethan wate’s hometown there lies the darkest of secrets . . . there is a girl. there is a curse. in the end, there is a grave. lena and ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. but lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided.

A woman runs alone in the woods. she convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she’s wrong. a predator is stalking the women of grant county. he lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. a decade later, the case has been closed. the killer is behind bars. but then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the mo is identical. although the original trail has gone cold – memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared – agent will trent and forensic pathologist sara linton must re-open the cold case. but the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife.

The third book in the most exciting commercial fantasy adventure series since artemis fowl. it’s the last friday before the winter holidays but percy jackson isn’t at school: he’s battling the fearsome manticore (half human, half lion), which in itself isn’t ideal . . . but with annabeth missing and the goddess of the hunt held captive, things get a whole lot more serious . . . greek mythology relocated to modern-day america. action-packed, funny, accessible writing for both boys and girls aged 10+. perfect for fans of harry potter and artemis fowl.

The true crime book of the year and sunday times top 10 bestseller ‘one of the most fascinating books i have read in a long time. engrossing, a haunting page-turner. a book i could not put down’ the times, books of the year __________ meet the forensic pathologist, dr richard shepherd. he solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death. he has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the hungerford massacre, the princess diana inquiry, and 9/11. he has faced serial killers, natural disaster, ‘perfect murders’ and freak accidents. his evidence has put killers behind bars, freed the innocent, and turned open-and-shut cases on their heads. yet all this has come at a huge personal cost. unnatural causes tells the story of not only the cases and bodies that have haunted him the most, but also how to live a life steeped in death. thoughtful, revealing, chilling and always unputdownable, if you liked all that remains, war doctor and this is going to hurt you’ll love this. **pre-order dr richard shepherd’s new book the seven ages of death now** __________ ‘gripping, grimly fascinating, and i suspect i’ll read it at least twice’ evening standard ‘a deeply mesmerising memoir of forensic pathology. human and fascinating’ nigella lawson ‘an absolutely brilliant book. i really recommend it, i don’t often say that but it’s fascinating’ jeremy vine, bbc radio 2 ‘puts the reader at his elbow as he wields the scalpel’ guardian ‘fascinating, gruesome yet engrossing’ richard and judy, daily express ‘fascinating, insightful, candid, compassionate’ observer

Lose yourself in the breakout sensation of the year shortlisted for waterstones book of the year 2019 ‘brilliant’ joanna cannon ‘spellbinding’ guardian ‘magic’ erin kelly ‘immersive’ sunday times ‘gorgeous’ stella duffy ‘astounding’ anna mazzola emmett farmer is a binder’s apprentice. his job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. if you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused. in a vault under his mentor’s workshop, row upon row of books – and secrets – are meticulously stored and recorded. then one day emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of the volumes has his name on it.

‘really good, gripping. i couldn’t bear for it to finish… i don’t want to move onto the next book too soon as it feels like a betrayal.’ olivia colman ‘i swear i didn’t breathe the whole time i was reading it. gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.’ clare mackintosh ‘a twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.’ ian rankin ____________________ from the #1 bestselling author of invisible girl in a large house in london’s fashionable chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. in the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. close to them is a hastily scrawled note. they’ve been dead for several days. who has been looking after the baby? and where did they go? two entangled families. a house with the darkest of secrets. a compulsive thriller from lisa jewell. ____________________ ‘rich, dark and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.’ ruth ware ‘you don’t read a lisa jewell book, you fall into it. it takes huge talent to establish a whole world in the turn of two pages.’ erin kelly ‘creepy, intricate and utterly immersive- an excellent holiday read.’ guardian ‘i had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-god’s-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read … stupendous!’ ruth jones ‘absolutely brilliant. great characterisation, a fascinating and dark set up and a great conclusion. she’s always great but this is next level stuff.’ sarah pinborough ‘few writers of psychological suspense devise such swift, slippery plots; fewer still people their stories with characters so human and complex. lisa’s jewell’s the family upstairs glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.’ aj finn ‘whenever i pick up a lisa jewell novel i know i’m in for a compelling, immersive and unputdownable read and the family upstairs is one of her very best’ cl taylor ‘i had hoped to save the family upstairs for my holiday, but failed miserably … i was hooked from the first page. i think it’s her best yet and hands down my favourite book so far this year.’ alice feeney ‘utterly compelling. deliciously dark and twisty with characters who live on in your head. lisa jewell just keeps getting better and better.’ jane corry ‘it’s absolutely bloody brilliant and i can’t tell you much i wish i’d written it.’ tammy cohen ‘it’s so good!’ india knight ‘i loved the family upstairs!’ sarah jessica parker ____________________ readers are obsessed with the family upstairs- ‘i read so many books in the crime/mystery genre that it becomes harder to find a book that stands out. this one succeeded!! hooked from page one’ ‘i totally adored this book. all of lisa jewell’s books are fabulous, but something about this one is extra special.’ ‘absolutely absorbing … thoroughly enjoyed it’ ‘kept me captivated from the very beginning … definitely worth reading – as long you like reading into the night!’ ‘what a book. clever would be an understatement. and those last pages left me with chills. the concept had me intrigued and the execution had me captivated. i could not put this book down!’ #1 bestseller in the uk, sunday times, august 2019

What was lost will be found&washington dc: harvard symbologist robert langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the capitol building. within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object gruesomely encoded with fiv