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The brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of the smash hit bestseller the woman in the window. ‘elegant, absorbing, full of hitchcockian menace’ lucy foley ‘i was mesmerized’ lisa jewell ‘brilliantly plotted’ liz nugent ‘fans of detective fiction will be thrilled!’ shari lapena “i’ll be dead in three months. come tell my story.” this is the chilling invitation from sebastian trapp, renowned mystery novelist, to his long-time correspondent nicky hunter, an expert in detective fiction. welcomed into his lavish san francisco mansion, nicky begins to unravel trapp’s life story under the watchful eyes of his enigmatic wife and plainspoken daughter. but sebastian trapp is a mystery himself. and maybe – probably – a murderer. two decades ago, his first wife and son vanished, the case never solved. is the master of mystery playing a deadly game? if so, who will be the loser? and when a body surfaces in the family’s garden, they all realize the past isn’t buried – it’s waiting. what readers are saying about end of story ‘had me gripped all the way through to the jaw dropping finale!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘lots of plot twists to keep you on the edge of your seat’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘a great rollercoaster ride of a book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘i changed my mind about the way i thought the plot would progress so many times, and was still surprised!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘this is a writer who loves words, loves mysteries, and loves weaving the two together’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘one of those books that once finished i want to read from start to finish all over again’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘the whole novel is packed full of atmosphere’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘an extremely twisted murder mystery’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

First ever story collection from the inimitable lionel shriverthis landmark publication, the first collection of stories from a master of the form, explores the idea of “property” in both senses of the word: real estate, and stuff. these sharp, brilliantly imaginative pieces illustrate how our possessions act as proxies for ourselves, and how tussles over ownership articulate the power dynamics of our relationships. in shriver’s world, we may possess people and objects and places, but in turn they possess us. in the stunning novella “the standing chandelier” (‘a brutal treat’: daily mail), a woman with a history of attracting other women’s antagonism creates a deeply personal wedding present for her best friend and his wife-to-be. in “domestic terrorism,” a thirty-something son refuses to leave home, resulting in a standoff that renders him a millennial cause célèbre. in “the chapstick,” a middle-aged man subjugated by service to his elderly father discovers that the last place you should finally assert yourself is airport security. in “vermin,” an artistic brooklyn couple’s purchase of a ramshackle house destroys their once passionate relationship. in “the subletter,” two women, both foreign conflict junkies, fight over claim to a territory that doesn’t belong to either. this immensely readable collection showcases the biting insight that has made lionel shriver one of the most acclaimed authors of our time, described by the sunday times as ‘a brilliant writer’ with ‘a strong, clear and strangely seductive voice’.

The runaway sunday times no.1 bestseller and thriller of the year, now a major film starring emily blunt ‘really great suspense novel. kept me up most of the night. the alcoholic narrator is dead perfect’ stephen king rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. she knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. she’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘jess and jason’, she calls them. their life – as she sees it – is perfect. if only rachel could be that happy. and then she sees something shocking. it’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. now everything’s changed. now rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar. now they’ll see; she’s much more than just the girl on the train…

The hill people and the mexicans arrived on the same day. it was a wednesday, early in september 1952. the cardinals were five games behind the dodgers with two weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. the cotton, however, was waist high to my father, almost over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. it could be a good crop. thus begins the new novel from john grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural arkansas. the narrator is a farm boy named luke chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that’s never been painted. the chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of mexicans and a family from the ozarks to help harvest it. for six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and sometimes, each other. as the weeks pass luke sees and hears things no seven year old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the chandlers forever. a painted house is a moving story of one boy’s