Extracts
Extract: 12 Months to Live by James Patterson & Mike Lupica
17 October 2023
Jane Smith is the best criminal defence attorney in the Hamptons. As Jane is preparing to defend a high-profile client accused of a triple homicide, she’s also hired to revive a cold case – a cluster of unsolved murders. Then another bombshell lands – she’s got a year to live. But for now, she has a trial to win. Unless one...
Extract: The Dive by Sara Ochs
16 October 2023
Scuba diving instructor Cass leads her students out for their first dive off the beautiful coast of Koh Sang, Thailand's world-famous party island. It's supposed to be a life-changing experience, but things quickly spiral out of control ... By the time she gets back to the shore, one of her students is dead, another badly injured, and she...
Extract: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
16 October 2023
Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action, they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. With the body count rising, and trouble firmly on...
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,...