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If you only read one book this year, make it the girl before… ‘an outstanding debut that is more than a match for paula hawkins’s the girl on the train’ sunday times the sunday times bestseller the sunday times thriller of the month the simon mayo radio 2 book club pick the new york times bestseller ‘dazzling’ – lee child ‘addictive’ – daily express ‘devastating’ – daily mail ‘ingenious’ – the new york times ‘compulsive’ – glamour magazine ‘elegant’ – peter james ‘sexy’ – mail on sunday ‘enthralling’ – woman and home ‘original’ – the times ‘riveting’ – lisa gardner ‘creepy’ – heat ‘satisfying’ – reader’s digest ‘superior’ – the bookseller ‘this is going to be the buzziest book of 2017 . . . this year the girl before will be that book’ instyle ********** enter the world of one folgate street and discover perfection . . . but can you pay the price? jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. after moving in, she discovers that a previous tenant, emma, met a mysterious death there – and starts to wonder if her own story will be a re-run of the girl before. as twist after twist catches the reader off guard, emma’s past and jane’s present become inexorably entwined in this tense, page-turning portrayal of psychological obsession. ********** following in the footsteps of gone girl and the girl on the train, the girl before is being brought to the big screen by academy award-winning director ron howard.

The sunday times bestseller’immensely gripping… stayed up till past 2am to finish this’ sophie hannahfour people walked into the dining room that night. one would never leave. matthew: the perfect husband. titus: the perfect son. charlie: the perfect illusion. rachel: the perfect stranger. charlie didn’t want her at the book club. matthew wouldn’t listen. and that’s how charlie finds himself slumped beside his husband’s body, their son sitting silently at the dinner table, while rachel calls 999, the bloody knife still gripped in her hand. classic crime meets donna tartt in this nerve-shredding domestic noir thriller that weaves a sprawling web of secrets around an opulent west london world and the dinner that ends in death. praise for the dinner guest: ‘could not put this book down, kept me guessing the entire way. wow! a triumph from b p walter’ susan lewis, bestselling author of forgive me ‘i couldn’t put this down. suspenseful and well crafted, this is twisty, addictive reading to add to your list’ debbie howells, bestselling author of the vow and richard and judy book club pick the bones of you ‘so many secrets and lies and such a compelling story; i had no idea how this one was going to end, only that i couldn’t stop reading it until i found out’ jackie kabler, bestselling author of the perfect couple ‘dark and twisted, the dinner guest is a captivating, atmospheric story of secrets and lies set within the world of old-school london money. it had me second-guessing every page. pure delicious escapism!’ charlotte duckworth, bestselling author of the perfect father

The explosive debut by no. 1 new york times bestselling author veronica roth. divergent – a major motion picture franchise. the first book in the divergent series that has swept the globe – selling millions of copies world-wide. in the world of divergent, society is divided into five factions – candor, abnegation, dauntless, amity and erudite. every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. for beatrice prior, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is. her choice shocks everyone, including herself. during the initiation that follows, tris and her fellow initiates undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, with devastating consequences. as initiation transforms them, tris must determine who her friends really are – and whether she can trust the man who both threatens and protects her. because tris has a deadly secret. and as growing conflict threatens to unravel their seemingly perfect society, this secret might save those she loves… or it might destroy her. debut author veronica roth bursts onto the scene with the first book in the divergent trilogy – dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences and unexpected romance.

The sequel to ‘wolf hall’, ‘bring up the bodies’ explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in english history: the destruction of anne boleyn.

“impenetrable. well protected. secure. home to the most valuable jewels on earth. but once a year, when the queen attends the state opening of parliament, the metropolitan police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the crown jewels across london. for decades, the elite squad at scotland yard have been in charge of the operation. and for decades, it’s run like clockwork. but this year, everything is about to change. because a master criminal has set his sights on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history–and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favor. unless the team can stop him before it’s too late…”–

Can you commit the perfect crime? pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn�e(tm)t exist. the adopted son of a wealthy american family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for us intelligence. before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation. but that book will come back to haunt him. it will help nypd detective ben bradley track him down. and it will take him to a rundown new york hotel room where the body of a woman is found facedown in a bath of acid, her features erased, her teeth missing, her fingerprints gone. it is a textbook murder �e” and pilgrim wrote the book. what begins as an unusual and challenging investigation will become a terrifying race-against-time to save america from oblivion. pilgrim will have to make a journey from a public beheading in mecca to a deserted ruins on the turkish coast via a nazi death camp in alsace and the barren wilderness of the hindu kush in search of the faceless man who would commit an appalling act of mass murder in the name of his god.