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‘this novel is a real, out-of-the-blue original. i’ve never read anything like it’ new york times book review the million-selling japanese crime phenomenon, now a uk bestseller. shortlisted for the 2016 cwa international dagger. named in new york times 100 notable books of 2017. six four. the nightmare no parent could endure. the case no detective could solve. the twist no reader could predict. for five days in january 1989, the parents of a seven-year-old tokyo schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter’s kidnapper. they would never learn his identity. they would never see their daughter again. for the fourteen years that followed, the japanese public listened to the police’s apologies. they would never forget the botched investigation that became known as ‘six four’. they would never forgive the authorities their failure. for one week in late 2002, the press officer attached to the police department in question confronted an anomaly in the case. he could never imagine what he would uncover. he would never have looked if he’d known what he would find. loved six four and want more yokoyama? then why not try seventeen or prefecture d . . .

‘this book. this book. i read it in one day. i hear i’m not alone.’ – sarah jessica parker (instagram) winner of the sunday times / pfd young writer of the year shortlisted for the dylan thomas prize 2018 shortlisted for the kerry group irish novel of the year 2018 shortlisted for the rathbones folio prize 2018 shortlisted for the international dublin literary award 2019 longlisted for the desmond elliott prize 2018 a sunday times, observer and telegraph book of the year a sunday times top 100 novel of the twenty-first century frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. a student in dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. when they are interviewed and then befriended by melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in provence, beginning a complex ménage-à-quatre. but when frances and nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.

‘makes your palms sweat and your blood run cold; the terrific trial scenes out-grisham john grisham’ the times ‘this guy is the real deal. trust me.’ lee child ‘top notch thrills and courtroom drama’ shari lapena he’s won every trial. because he’s behind every murder. ambitious district attorney randal korn lives to watch prisoners executed. even if they are not guilty. an innocent man, andy dubois, faces the death penalty for the murder of young girl. korn has already fixed things to make sure he wins a fast conviction. the one thing korn didn’t count on was eddie flynn. slick, street smart and cunning, the former con artist turned new york lawyer has only seven days to save an innocent man against a corrupt system and find the real killer. in a week the judge will read the verdict, but will eddie be alive to hear it? praise for the award-winning, sunday times top five bestseller steve cavanagh: ‘the ultimate treat for crime fiction fans’ janice hallett ‘steve cavanagh’s twists hit you between the eyes. you never see them coming’ anthony horowitz ‘a gripping, twisty thriller’ ian rankin ‘steve cavanagh writes the best hooks in the business’ mick herron ‘the real magic is in steve cavanagh’s hypnotic storytelling power’ sunday express ‘cavanagh is a genius’ evening standard ‘a great author’ martina cole

August, 1983. it’s the day of nina riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. everyone wants to be around the famous rivas: nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers jay and hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, kit. together, the siblings are a source of fascination in malibu and the world over-especially as the offspring of the legendary singer, mick riva. by midnight the party will be completely out of control. by morning, the riva mansion will have gone up in flames. but before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come bubbling to the surface. (goodreads. com)

The explosive conclusion to the bzrk trilogy, from the author of gone. noah and sadie have seen death, and it holds no fear for them. madness does, though. and losing each other. but they will not sit back, helpless witnesses to an invisible apocalypse. the world is being destroyed from the inside out. it’s time to take up the fight once more, in the streets and in the nano. and they’ll give everything they have to stop the armstrong twins. but are the twins the ultimate enemy? nobody has ever known the identity of lear, the shadowy leader of bzrk. just who have they been fighting for? as madness spreads like a plague, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: this was lear’s game all along. and lear hasn’t been playing fair.