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From America's most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller-a thriller about a young singer/songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Parton will simultaneously release an album of the same name, consisting of twelve original songs she was inspired by the book to write, record, and produce. The novel also includes lyrics to the songs, which are essential to the story. Every song tells a story. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her.

<b></b><b>A BOOKSHOP. A TRUE CRIME CASE. A DEADLY FRIENDSHIP.</b><br/><br/><b>THE UNMISSABLE DEBUT THRILLER.</b><b><br/><br/>Roach - bookseller, loner and true crime obsessive - is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. <br/><br/>That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. <br/><br/>Smelling of roses, with her cute literary tote bags and beautiful poetry, she's everyone's new favourite bookseller. But beneath the shiny veneer, Roach senses a darkness within Laura, the same darkness Roach possesses. <br/><br/>As Roach's curiosity blooms into morbid obsession, it becomes clear that she is prepared to infiltrate Laura's life at any cost. <br/><br/>PRE-ORDER THE 2023 DEBUT YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT... <br/><br/><b>'Your new obsession' ERIN KELLY</b><br/><br/><b>'A dark masterpiece. It will work its way under your skin like a splinter and stay there' CATRIONA WARD</b><br/><br/><b>'Tense, addictive and sticky underfoot' JULIA ARMFIELD</b><br/><br/><b>'Utterly unforgettable' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD</b><br/><br/><b>'Engrossing, atmospheric and deliciously dark. Add this to your list' WILL DEAN</b><br/><br/><b>'Impossible to put down' ELIZA CLARK</b></b>

<b>Claire and Sophie aren't your typical murder investigators . . .</b><br/><br/>Claire Hendricks is a hapless 30-something true crime fan working as a freelance medium. When she is Invited to an old university friend's country pile to provide entertainment for a family party, her best friend Sophie tags along. In fact, Sophie rarely leaves Claire's side, because she's been haunting her ever since she was murdered at the age of 17.<br/><br/>When the pair arrive at The Cloisters it's clear this family is hiding more than just the good china, as Claire realizes someone has recently met an untimely end at the house. Teaming up with the least unbearable members of the Wellington-Forge family - depressive ex-cop Basher and teenage reactionary Alex - Claire and Sophie determine to figure out not just whodunnit, but who they killed, why and when.<br/><br/>Together they must race against incompetence to find the murderer before the murderer finds them, in this funny, modern, media-literate mystery for the My Favourite Murder generation.

Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed . . . As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name-The Nowhere Man-and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer-in exchange for an unofficial pardon, he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Now Evan has to do the one thing he's least equipped to do-live a normal life. But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected. A woman claiming to have given him up for adoption, a woman he never knew-his mother. Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran-a man whose life has gone off the rails, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, bringing him to the deadly attention of very powerful figures. Now a brutal brother & sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to, and no safe place to hide, Evan is Duran's only option. But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing, everything he's fought for is on the line-including his own life.

There's nothing like a killer story... 1989. The world is changing, and Allie Burns is still on the front line, covering the stories that count. Although Allie is no longer an investigative journalist, her instincts are sharper than ever. When she discovers a lead about the exploitation of society's most vulnerable, Allie is determined to give a voice to those who have been silenced. As Allie edges closer to exposing the truth, she travels beyond the Iron Curtain, to East Berlin on the brink of revolution. The dark heart of the story is more shocking than she ever imagined. And to tell it, Allie must risk her freedom and her life...

<b>TOM THORNE IS BACK . . . AND SO IS HIS WORST NIGHTMARE<br/></b><br/>A gripping, grisly read. Mark Billingham is a terrific crime writer' ----- ANTHONY HOROWITZ<br/><b><br/><br/>Tom Thorne has it all.<br/></b><br/>In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. He finally has a love life worth a damn and is happy in the job to which he has devoted his life...<br/><br/><b>He has everything to lose.</b><br/><br/>Hunting the woman responsible for a series of grisly murders, Thorne has no way of knowing that he will be plunged into a nightmare from which he may never wake.<br/><br/><b>And he'll do anything to keep it.</b><br/><br/>Finally, Thorne's past has caught up with him and a ruinous secret is about to be revealed. If he wants to save himself and his friends, he must do the unthinkable.<br/><br/><b><br/>PRAISE FOR MARK BILLINGHAM</b><br/><br/><b>'Mark Billingham is a master of psychology'</b><br/>Ian Rankin<br/><br/><b>'Fast-paced and twisting'<br/></b>Paula Hawkins<br/><br/>'<b>At the very least it should reach the shortlist of this year's Booker prize'</b><br/><i>The Times</i>

<b>Thrilling from beginning to end - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' CLAIRE DOUGLAS<br/><br/>'Absorbing and fast-paced' KARIN SLAUGHTER<br/><br/>'Excellent - domestic noir in all its darkest shades' CARA HUNTER<br/><br/><i>The child you never knew<br/>knows all your secrets . . .</i></b><br/><br/>Out of the blue, Susie Jukes is contacted on social media by Anna, the girl she gave up for adoption fifteen years ago.<br/><br/>But when they meet, Anna's home life sounds distinctly strange to Susie and her husband Gabe. And when Anna's adoptive parents seem to overreact to the fact she contacted them at all, Susie becomes convinced that Anna needs her help.<br/><br/>But is Anna's own behaviour simply what you'd expect from someone recovering from a traumatic childhood? Or are there other secrets at play here - secrets Susie has also been hiding for the last fifteen years?<br/><br/><b>'A twisty, electrifying read' WOMAN'S OWN<br/><br/>See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest name in psychological thrillers:<br/><br/>'DAZZLING' <i>- Lee Child</i><br/>'ADDICTIVE' <i>- Daily Express</i><br/>'DEVASTATING' <i>- Daily Mail</i><br/>'INGENIOUS' <i>- New York Times</i><br/>'COMPULSIVE' <i>- Glamour Magazine</i><br/>'ELEGANT' <i>- Peter James</i><br/>'SEXY' <i>- Mail on Sunday</i><br/>'ENTHRALLING'<i> - Woman and Home</i><br/>'ORIGINAL' <i>- The Times</i><br/>'RIVETING' <i>- Lisa Gardner</i><br/>'CREEPY' <i>- Heat</i><br/>'SATISFYING'<i> - Reader's Digest</i><br/>'SUPERIOR'<i> - The Bookseller</i><br/>'MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS' - <i>Sunday Times</i></b>