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<p> <strong>You thought you were alone. Think again.</strong> </p> <p>The groundbreaking fifth thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.</p> <p><strong>CLOSE THE CURTAINS</strong><br/>A film arrives at Stockholm's National Crime Investigation Department showing a woman in her own home, plainly unaware she is being watched. The police don't take it seriously ... until she is found murdered.</p> <p><strong>LOCK THE DOOR</strong><br/>When the next video arrives, Detective Margot Silverman frantically attempts to identify the victim. But it's already too late. Because at the time the video was sent, the killer was already inside their house...</p> <p><strong>BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE</strong><br/>Soon Stockholm is in the grip of terror. Who will the Stalker target next?</p>

<p><b>Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.</b><br/><br/>It's spring and Three Pines is re-emerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should return.<br/><br/>But something has.<br/><br/>As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Surete du Quebec investigators' lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they've arrived in the village of Three Pines.<br/><br/>But to what end?<br/><br/>Gamache and Beauvoir's memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother's murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?<br/><br/>As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 150-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up.<br/><br/>As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there's more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge.<br/><br/>In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache's home.<br/><br/><b>PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES:</b><br/><b><br/>'Enthralling ... </b>With beautifully drawn characters, this is <b>crime writing of the highest order</b>'<i> <b>DAILY MAIL</b></i><br/><br/>'A <b>satisfying and multi-layered mystery</b>, in Penny's excellent series' <i><b>IRISH INDEPENDENT</b></i><br/><br/>'Louise Penny is on peak form ... <b>a grown-up, timely thriller</b> that considers the nature of cowardice ... merges the personal and professional life of her detective with equal skill and wit' <i><b>THE TIMES</b></i><br/><br/>'A <b>great sense of place and characterisation</b> ... very much a book that will make you think' <i><b>SHOTS</b></i><br/><br/>'Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times' <b>DENISE MINA</b><br/><br/>'Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium' <b><i>THE NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><br/><br/>'Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery' <b><i>DAILY EXPRESS</i></b><br/><br/>'The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous' <b><i>WASHINGTON POST</i></b><br/><br/>'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' <b>ELLY GRIFFITHS</b></p>

<p><b>Instant <i>NYT </i>Bestseller </b><br/><b><i>USA Today</i> Bestseller </b><br/><b>Viral Booktok Sensation </b><br/><br/>The Manipulator<br/><br/>I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.<br/>I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.<br/>But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.<br/>He's always there, watching and waiting.<br/>And I can never look away.<br/>Not when I want him to come closer.<br/><br/>The Shadow<br/><br/>I didn't mean to fall in love.<br/>But now that I have, I can't stay away.<br/>I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.<br/>The way she undresses...<br/>I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.<br/>And once she is, I'll never let her go.<br/>Not even when she begs me to.<br/><br/><b>While not required, it is highly suggested to read the novella, <i>Satan's Affair</i>, first.</b><br/><br/>Author's Note: <b>This book ends on a cliffhanger. For CWs, please check the author's website.</b></p>

<p><b>Instant<i> NYT</i> Bestselling Author</b><br/><b><i>USA Today</i> Bestselling Author</b><br/><b>Viral Booktok Sensation</b><br/><br/><b><i>The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...</i></b><br/><br/>The Diamond<br/><br/>Death walks alongside me,<br/>But the reaper is no match for me.<br/>I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.<br/>They won't keep me forever.<br/>I no longer recognize the person I've become,<br/>And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.<br/>They call me a diamond,<br/>But they've only created an angel of death.<br/><br/>The Hunter<br/><br/>I was born a predator,<br/>With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.<br/>When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,<br/>Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,<br/>I find that I can no longer contain the beast.<br/>Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.<br/>And bring her back to where she belongs.<br/>No one will escape my wrath,<br/>Especially not those who have betrayed me.<br/><br/><b>Warning:</b> This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You <b><i>must</i></b> read <i>Haunting Adeline</i> first.</p>

Your favourite anti-heroine, Kitty Collins, is back! Expect more wit, sass, and, of course, murder... <p> <strong>My name is Kitty Collins and I'm a serial killer.</strong> </p> <p>I don't want to kill. It's just so hard to resist. Some men really, <em>really</em> deserve it.</p> <p>Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He's making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges.</p> <p>Meanwhile I'm in the South of France to watch my mother marry a man I've never met. I should be drinking cocktails and focusing on my tan, not plotting a murder.</p> <p>But a woman's work is never done. Surely one more teensy little kill wouldn't hurt, would it?</p> <p>'Forget everything else on your TBR because Kitty is back, and she is as feminist, funny and furious as ever... Brent is brilliant at cutting right to the (literal) heart of misogyny, using her trademark acerbic humour' <strong>Amy Beashel</strong></p> <p> <strong>Fans of <em>How to Kill Your Family</em> and <em>Bad Sisters</em> will love this deliciously dark, hilariously twisted new novel from the author of <em>How to Kill Men and Get Away With It</em> and <em>The Murder After the Night Before</em>. </strong> </p> <strong>Readers are obsessed with Kitty Collins:</strong> <p>'Darkly witty' <strong><em>Red</em></strong></p> <p>'<em>Made in Chelsea</em> if it got seriously dark' <strong><em>Heat</em></strong></p> <p>'I <strong>literally couldn't put this book down</strong>, I was just so engrossed in Kitty and what the heck she was going to do next!!' NetGalley reviewer, </p> <p>'This book has got to be <strong>my favourite so far this year</strong>.' NetGalley reviewer, </p> <p>'There are just so many good things I could say about this book.<strong> I absolutely tore (pun intended) through this read</strong>. Everyone needs to go read it.' NetGalley reviewer, </p> <p>'Being a man I really shouldn't like this book. Well I didn't like it. I loved it! <strong>Oh I just couldn't stop reading this</strong>.' NetGalley reviewer, </p> <p>'<em>How to Kill Men</em> was <strong>an absolute treat to read</strong>, sending out American Psycho and Promising Young Women vibes.' NetGalley reviewer, </p> <p>'<strong>AMAZING!!!</strong> Where has Kitty been all my life?' NetGalley reviewer, </p> <p>'This is <strong>one of the most clever books</strong> I have read in quite a while.' NetGalley reviewer, </p> <p>'A well-rounded cast of characters, quick pace, and thrilling twists make this <strong>one of my favourites of the year</strong>!' NetGalley reviewer, </p>

<p><b>Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town.</b><br/><br/>Stephen King's HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in <i>Mr Mercedes</i> to Bill Hodges's partner in <i>Finders Keepers</i> to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in <i>The Outsider</i>. In King's new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.<br/><br/>When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.<br/><br/>Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harbouring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.<br/><br/>Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmanoeuvre the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.<br/><br/><b>'I could never let Holly Gibney go. She was supposed to be a walk-on character in <i>Mr Mercedes </i>and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart. <i>Holly </i>is all her.' STEPHEN KING </b></p>

<p><b>"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own . . .<br/></b><br/>Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.<br/><br/>I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.<br/><br/>I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late.<br/><br/>But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am.<br/><br/>They don't know what I'm capable of . . .<br/><br/><b>An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves <i>The Woman in the Window</i>, <i>The Wife Between Us</i> and <i>The Girl on the Train</i> won't be able to put this down!<br/></b><br/>Read what everyone's saying about <i>The Housemaid</i>:<br/><br/>"I got severe whiplash from the twistiest turns... Every time I thought I had it figured out... WRONG!!!... I am still reeling... outstanding... If you love a top notch psychological thriller that will have you questioning your own sanity, then this 5-star read is for you" NetGalley reviewer, FIVE STARS<br/><br/>"What a wild ride!!! Freida definitely delivered the best twisty ending... Gripping from start to finish... honestly, I just could not put it down... An absolutely mind-blowing shocker that kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat literally until the very end" Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS<br/><br/>"So many twists and turns... I was hooked right away - I even read my Kindle while waiting in my kid's school pick-up line so I wouldn't have to put this book down!... addictive... pure perfection!" Goodreads reviewer, FIVE STARS</p>