New Trade Paperbacks - Fiction

A missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set on collision course. With the police in hot pursuit.

From the author of the Scott and Bailey series, Quiet Acts of Violence is a novel about family and betrayal, injustice and poverty, the ties that bind and those that break us.

A compelling novel of psychological twists and turns.

A documentary filmmaker uncovers the secrets of an enigmatic author in this subtly enthralling novel from “one of Europe’s most exciting writers” (New York Times Book Review).

In the distant future, special agents Col Perolo and Danee Hasum are sent to retrieve a corpse from the lawless artificial world of Jubilee - where their mission goes perilously pear-shaped. They might be falling in love, or they might even be saving the galaxy. Either way, the authorities will not be pleased.

Consider Yourself Kissed is a captivating portrait of a woman in love which effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humour with heart.

A gripping portrait of two women's painful family histories and their uneasy reunion in California's invisible poverty belt

Haven't you always wondered what slasher monsters - the masked home invasion family, the mindless unkillable monster, the serial killer trapped in a doll - what they do for those couple of years in-between their murder sprees? They're at Wilmhurst - a gated community in the middle of nowhere where they relax - or try to - until they get the call to go out and kill again.

A sharp, breath-taking exploration of love and relationships

A THRILLING MURDER MYSTERY FROM AN EXCITING NEW VOICE IN CRIME FICTION