April Crime, Mystery & Thriller

‘Yuzuki has become the poster girl of a British boom for Japanese fiction’ THE TIMES The unmissable new novel of friendship and dangerous obsession from Asako Yuzuki, the award-winning author of the global bestselling sensation Butter. Eriko really wouldn't mind being savaged, if it was her best friend doing the savaging … Eriko's life appears perfect – devoted parents, spotless apartment and a job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness. Eriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by a housewife, Shoko. Shoko’s posts about eating convenience store food and her untidy home are the opposite of the typical Japanese housewife’s manicured lifestyle. When Eriko tracks Shoko down at her favourite restaurant and befriends her, Shoko is at first charmed by her new companion. But as Eriko’s obsession with Shoko deepens, her increasingly possessive behaviour starts to raise suspicion. As Eriko’s carefully laid plans begin to unravel, how far will she go to hold on to the best friend that she’s ever had? Beautifully translated by Polly Barton, Hooked is a thrilling and unsettling story of the line between friendship and dangerous obsession. A delicious exploration of food, loneliness and womanhood in contemporary Japan, Hooked brings together all the ingredients for which Asako Yuzuki is so adored.

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Viola Davis and James Patterson have written an incredible courtroom drama and created the most unforgettable character in years. All rise…for Judge Stone. The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. Everything changes when she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. Criminally, it’s open-and-shut. Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death. No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.-------------------------------------------An explosive legal thriller that will keep you turning pages until the stunning conclusion. James Patterson is 'the master storyteller of our times' - HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 'Viola Davis is 'one of the greats''- TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

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From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden! Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others. Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know. Like… Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows? And what’s buried in her backyard? April’s secrets are enough to destroy her. I’ll make sure of that.#1 Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden peels back the layers of a seemingly flawless life to expose a picture of obsession, deception, and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame.

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THE BRAND NEW, ADDICTIVE UP-ALL-NIGHT THRILLER Welcome to THE WEEKEND . . . When a group of friends rent a converted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales, they have little idea that this one weekend may change the course of their lives forever. While out on a walk, a storm descends and the friends take shelter in the mouth of an old lead mine. Inside, they discover a backpack filled with more money than they've ever seen. Of course, they agree, they will hand the money to the police at the first opportunity. But as the storm continues and time passes, some of the party begin to think again. Because there are secrets festering at the heart of this group. Debt. Obsession. A career on the brink. Problems that could be solved instantly with an unexpected windfall. And perhaps they don't know each other as well as thought they did. Before long, six good friends find themselves sliding headlong into a world of deceit, treachery, betrayal and murder . . .PRAISE FOR T.M. LOGAN 'An excellent premise and explosively enjoyable finale' Thrillers of the Month, GUARDIAN 'Superbly plotted and packed full of danger' HEAT 'Logan belongs in the top echelons of British thriller writers' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Clever, taut and twisty . . . full of tension and gasp-out-loud moments' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Explosive, out of this world pacing, non-stop action, brilliantly twisty - I inhaled it in two sittings. Outstanding' ANDREA MARA 'Terrifying and addictive. Logan is the master of family-in-danger grip lit' LOUISE CANDLISH 'This pacy, gripping thriller kept me glued to the pages. A book to binge in one sitting!' SARAH PEARSE 'Truly addictive' LOUISE CANDLISH 'Moves from intriguing mystery to twisting thrill-ride in the turn of a page' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Assured, compelling and hypnotically readable' LEE CHILD '100% enthralling' GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'Propulsive and compelling' LUCY CLARKE 'One of the most compelling race-against-time mysteries I've ever encountered' B.P. WALTER

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Pre-order Evan Smoak's most complex mission yet - with his usual skills off the table, how can he bring vengeance for those who most need it? Sometimes two wrongs do make a right . . . Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn.When Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world, has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to help him.While there, he learns of a young woman who was kidnapped off the New York City subway, clearly in danger and in need of aid. With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track down the missing woman, who was assaulted and abandoned. Evan offers his help - and sets out finding the young men responsible.But the woman insists that Evan abandon his usual methods - no vengeance and, in particular, no killing.Which will prove no easy feat given the mounting incoming threats from all sides. In a mission that takes Evan from coast to coast, from the poorest corners of society to the richest, Orphan X must figure out a way to protect the innocent, avenge the victimized, and balance justice with a measure of mercy.

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