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The thrilling conclusion to Sigurdardottir's Reykjavik Noir trilogy

High stakes jeopardy presides when young mother is forced into smuggling cocaine, in a dark and original, nail-bitingly fast-paced thriller from one of the queens of Icelandic Noir...

Stunning debut thriller - first in the Reykjavik Noir series - by bestselling Icelandic crime writer, with an unforgettable protagonist.

First in a series of stunning Icelandic crime thrillers, by international, bestselling author, set in tiny, snowbound town, accessible by a single tunnel.

When the tenant of a house that university professor Nina owns with her doctor husband goes missing after an uncomfortable visit, Nina starts her own investigation ... with deeply disturbing results. The long-awaited new thriller from the bestselling author of The Bird Tribunal

Swinging from South Africa to England: one woman's hunt for her birth mother in an all-too-believable near future in which an antibiotic crisis has decimated the population. A prescient, thrilling debut. ________________Decades of spiralling drug resistance have unleashed a global antibiotic crisis. Ordinary infections are untreatable, and a scratch from a pet can kill. A sacrifice is required to keep the majority safe: no one over seventy is allowed new antibiotics. The elderly are sent to hospitals nicknamed ‘The Waiting Rooms' ... hospitals where no one ever gets well.Twenty years after the crisis takes hold, Kate begins a search for her birth mother, armed only with her name and her age. As Kate unearths disturbing facts about her mother's past, she puts her family in danger and risks losing everything. Because Kate is not the only secret that her mother is hiding. Someone else is looking for her, too.Sweeping from an all-too-real modern Britain to a pre-crisis South Africa, The Waiting Rooms is epic in scope, richly populated with unforgettable characters, and a tense, haunting vision of a future that is only a few mutations away.

When iconic musical Dust is revived twenty years after the leading actress was murdered, a series of eerie events haunts the new cast.

Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local ‘vampire tower', in another explosive episode of Six Stories… ‘Matt Wesolowski brilliantly depicts a desperate and disturbed corner of north-east England in which paranoia reigns and goodness is thwarted. It's a big ask to come up with a new vampire tale, but Wesolowski achieves it magnificently. He is an exceptional storyteller' Andrew Michael Hurley ‘Disturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measure' M W Craven ‘Beautufully written, smart, compassionate – and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fiction' Alex North ________________ In the wake of the 'Beast from the East' cold snap that ravaged the UK in 2018, a grisly discovery was made in a ruin on the Northumbrian coast. Twenty-four-year-old Vlogger, Elizabeth Barton, had been barricaded inside what locals refer to as 'The Vampire Tower', where she was later found frozen to death. Three young men, part of an alleged 'cult', were convicted of this terrible crime, which they described as a 'prank gone wrong'. However, in the small town of Ergarth, questions have been raised about the nature of Elizabeth Barton's death and whether the three convicted youths were even responsible. Elusive online journalist Scott King speaks to six witnesses – people who knew both the victim and the three killers – to peer beneath the surface of the case. He uncovers whispers of a shocking online craze that held the young of Ergarth in its thrall and drove them to escalate a series of pranks in the name of internet fame. He hears of an abattoir on the edge of town, which held more than simple slaughter behind its walls, the tragic and chilling legend of the ‘Ergarth Vampire… Both a compulsive, taut and terrifying thriller, and a bleak and distressing look at modern society's desperation for attention, Beast will unveil a darkness from which you may never return… ________________ ‘Endlessly inventive and with literary thrills a-plenty, Matt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fiction' Benjamin Myers ‘A gripping and incredibly powerful novel of our times – the Six Stories series just keeps getting better and better' Kevin Wignall ‘Creepy, exciting and very well written' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ‘Such a fantastic, creepy read!' Elodie Harper ‘Absolute genius' Louise Beech ‘Edgy and dark' From Belgium with Book Love ‘Wesolowski is on addictive, chilling and macabre form' Tattooed Book Geek ‘Visually stunning and chillingly complex. Five stars are not enough' The Book Trail ‘The epitome of a page-turner' The Book Review Café ‘Excellently chilling, fantastically dark' The Reading Closet ‘A spectacular read' Emma's Bookish Corner

A heart-pounding, relentless and chilling psychological thriller, rich with deliciously dark and unapologetic humour,

A young man discovers a family secret that turns his world upside down.

A compulsive, disturbingly relevant, twisty and powerful psychological, social-media thriller from the bestselling author of The Black Path

Chastity Riley and her new sidekick Ivo investigate the case of newspaper executives who have been caged and tortured outside their offices ... on a trail that leads them to the hothouse world of boarding schools and some harrowing secrets... You loved Dark ... now meet Chastity Riley

When a murder takes place in a Norwegian village high school, a teenager finds himself subject to trial by social media ... and in the dock. Bestselling, award-winning Nordic Noir...

The international bestselling godfather of Nordic Noir takes on one of the most horrific periods of modern history, in a stunning standalone thriller

Innocent acts can have devastating consequences... Bestselling author Louise Voss returns with a dark and riveting psychological thriller

A stunningly moving and explosive psychological thriller from the international bestselling author of A Suitable Lie

When the body of a young mother is found washed up on the banks of the Mataura River, a small rural community is rocked by her tragic suicide.

Sequel to the international bestseller Block 46, and next in the award-winning Roy & Castells series. Murders in London andSweden lead back to Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel...

Before Scarclaw Fell, there was HYDRA... Another episode in the Serial-style SIX STORIES series, as Scott King investigates the `Macleod Massacre', in which Arla Macleod bludgeons her own family to death.

A chilling, unbalancing and evocative psychological thriller set in the Lake District, centring on the obsessive relationship that develops between two writers...

A chilling, unpredictable and startling thriller, based on six podcasts, Six Stories is also a classic murder mystery with a modern twist, and a devastating ending. Perfect for fans of 'Serial'.

Award-winning debut French Noir thriller, first in the Roy & Castells series. A true-crime writer and a profiler join forces in the hunt for a serial killer.