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Extract | The Good Teacher by Rachel Sargeant

  From the Top Ten Kindle bestselling author of The Perfect Neighbours, comes this riveting thriller about a murdered school teacher. The Good Teacher is out now in ebook! Here’s an exclusive peek at Chapter One…   *** Her back aches like hell. She… Read More

Extract | The Last Lie by Alex Lake

  Get an exclusive first glimpse at bestselling author Alex Lake’s pacy new psychological thriller, The Last Lie. Out on 27th December!   PROLOGUE The woman driving the car knew better than to stop for hitchhikers. Maybe, decades ago, she would have considered it. Things… Read More

Now We Are Dead extract

  The utterly brilliant Stuart MacBride is back with the gripping standalone Now We Are Dead – now out in paperback! Read the first chapter below, or head over to Stuart’s Facebook page to see an extract read by the man himself…   Tufty lunged, arm outstretched, fingertips… Read More

Extract | While You Sleep by Stephanie Merritt

  Prologue   It begins, they say, with a woman screaming. You can’t tell at first if it’s pleasure or pain, or that tricky place where the two meet; you’re almost embarrassed to hear it, but if you listen closer it comes… Read More

Extract | Forget Me Not by A. M. Taylor

“Maddie,” Ange said over the phone, her voice a breathless straight line. “Yeah?” I said, suddenly sitting up a little straighter. There was something about the shape of her voice that instantly shook me, old memories rattling around in my ribcage making my heartbeat… Read More

You Let Me In extract

Meet Elle – a famous writer living in a beautiful house in Cornwall. Today, she’s giving a Facebook live with her top writing tips…   The timer on my phone beeps. One minute to go. My stomach turns over with nerves. Several thousand people tuning in live. I sit… Read More

Thrilling extract from the brand new book by Karin Slaughter – Pieces of Her

To celebrate publication of the brand new standalone thriller from Karin Slaughter next week, check out this sneak peak thrilling extract from Pieces of Her… “Jesus,” somebody whispered, low and mean, but with a tinge of surprise, all at the same time. Read More

Extract from The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler

First you hear a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die… On the 3rd May, get ready to be terrified by The Rabbit Hunter, the brand new Joona Linna thriller from international bestselling author Lars Kepler. To give you a taste of the excitement to come,… Read More

Extract from A Known Evil by Aidan Conway

In anticipation of the release of Aidan Conway’s gripping debut crime novel A Known Evil on the 5th April, we have an exclusive extract for you! Get ready for the first book in a groundbreaking new series from the newest star in British crime fiction…   One They’d… Read More

Extract from The Girl in the Woods by Camilla Lackberg

No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg’s RETURNS with a new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck, and we’ve got a gripping extract for you right here… Eva began pulling up carrots. Off in the distance she saw Peter approaching on the tractor. Read More

Extract from The Perfect Neighbours

In anticipation of the release of The Perfect Neighbours on 15th December, we have an exclusive early look at the first chapter for you! Get ready for the most gripping psychological thriller you’ll read this year…   1. Sunday, 19 December The spotlight is set into the ceiling so prisoners… Read More

Extract from The Midnight Bell by Jack Higgins

To celebrate the paperback publication of Jack Higgins’ The Midnight Bell, we’re giving you all a sneak peek of this explosive new thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author. 1… Read More