Extracts
Extract: Private Rome by James Patterson & Adam Hamdy
16 October 2023
Jack Morgan is in Rome celebrating the opening of a new local Private office, when the party takes a deadly turn. Private agent Matteo Ricci is found at the party standing over the body of a dead priest with a gun in hand, swearing he did not kill the man. As Jack tries to prove Matteo's innocence, he uncovers a much deadlier conspiracy...
Extract: The Fraud by Zadie Smith
16 October 2023
Kilburn, 1873. The 'Tichborne Trial' has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims to be – or an imposter. Based on real historical events, The Fraud is a dazzling novel about how in a world of hypocrisy and self-deception,...
Extract: A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing
16 October 2023
The sharpest voice in psychological suspense returns with an unputdownable new thriller on the deadliest subject of all: true love. Wes and Ivy are madly in love. It's the kind of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story? Because when it's good, it's very very good. But when it's bad, it's bad. But their...
Extract: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
16 October 2023
Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to...
Extract: Bridge by Lauren Beukes
16 October 2023
In infinite parallel universes, there’s a version of you who already has everything you’ve ever wanted. But 24-year-old drop-out Bridge is paralysed, by all the other lives she could have lived, the choices she could have made, and now, whoever she’s supposed to be in the wake of her mother’s premature death. They always...
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