'An ambitious, cinematic thriller' Observer'Stunning' Publishers Weekly'Absolutely captivating' BooklistWhat if the only hope for survival becomes the greatest threat?From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme...

Former Soviet Secret Service agent Leo Demidov has built himself a new life as a civilian with his wife Raisa, and their two teenage daughters, Elena and Zoya. The Soviet Union is a country trying to reassert itself after the murderous excesses of Stalin and the chaos of the following years, and as the Cold War continues powers inside Russia seek to topple their great enemy, the United States of America. Communist allies within the United States will prove vital players in this game of int...

If you refuse to believe me, I will no longer consider you my son...Daniel believed that his parents were enjoying a peaceful retirement on a remote farm in Sweden, the country of his mother's birth. But with a single phone call, everything changes.Your mother... she's not well, his father tells him. She's been imagining things - terrible, terrible things.In fact, she has been committed to a mental hospital.Before Daniel can board a plane to Sweden, his mother calls...

DON'T MISS THE NEW TOM ROB SMITH NOVEL, COLD PEOPLE, OUT NOW!OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLDMOSCOW, 1953.Under Stalin’s terrifying regime, families live in fear. When the all-powerful State claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree?AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IN OVER 30 LANGUAGESAn ambitious secret police officer, Leo Demidov believes he’s helping to build the perfect society. But...

Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so ...

TWO MEN. TWENTY YEARS. ONE PROPOSAL.Danny and Luis have been a couple for decades. Piece by piece, they’ve built a life together. They’ve created a home.The only thing they didn't have was a marriage. When they met, it was illegal.But the law finally changes, and Danny decides to propose - on a Scottish hilltop, to the love of his life.Luis loves Danny, but does he love marriage?And, as the past begins to catch up to them both, every...

Starring Ben Whishaw, Charlotte Rampling and Jim Broadbent, this gripping, contemporary, emotional thriller from Tom Rob Smith, bestselling author of Child 44 and The Farm, tells the story of a chance romance between two people from very different worlds. Danny – gregarious, hedonistic and romantic – falls in love with the enigmatic and brilliant Alex. Then Alex disappears. When Danny finds Alex’s body, he is forced to pursue the truth behind his death. This volume of com...

OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLDAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER IN OVER 30 LANGUAGESA THRILLER UNLIKE ANY YOU HAVE EVER READMOSCOW, 1953.Under Stalin’s terrifying regime, families live in fear. When the all-powerful State claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree?An ambitious secret police officer, Leo Demidov believes he’s helping to build the perfect society. But when he uncovers evidence of a killer at large –...

Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so ...

TWO MEN. TWENTY YEARS. ONE PROPOSAL.Danny and Luis have been a couple for decades. Piece by piece, they’ve built a life together. They’ve created a home.The only thing they didn't have was a marriage. When they met, it was illegal.But the law finally changes, and Danny decides to propose - on a Scottish hilltop, to the love of his life.Luis loves Danny, but does he love marriage?And, as the past begins to catch up to them both, every...

Former Soviet Secret Service agent Leo Demidov has built himself a new life as a civilian with his wife Raisa, and their two teenage daughters, Elena and Zoya. The Soviet Union is a country trying to reassert itself after the murderous excesses of Stalin and the chaos of the following years, and as the Cold War continues powers inside Russia seek to topple their great enemy, the United States of America. Communist allies within the United States will prove vital players in this game of int...

'An ambitious, cinematic thriller' Observer'Stunning' Publishers Weekly'Absolutely captivating' BooklistWhat if the only hope for survival becomes the greatest threat?From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme...