The first novel in a thrilling new legal series, perfect for fans of Steve Cavanagh, John Grisham and Robert Galbraith, written by an acclaimed QC.Elliot Rook QC is one of the greatest barristers of his generation.He is also a complete fraud.Elliot Rook is the epitome of a highly successful, old Etonian QC. Or so everyone believes. In fact, he is an ex-petty criminal with a past that he has spent decades keeping secret. Until now…An unid...

Perfect for fans of The Secret Barrister and Tony Kent.Can Rook keep his criminal past a secret when facing the most dangerous case of his life?Thirteen men have died in a London prison. Barrister Elliot Rook QC, who risks losing everything if his secret criminal past is revealed, must defend Charli Meadows, the vulnerable single mother accused of smuggling the deadly tainted drugs inside.But just as Rook becomes su...

'Extraordinary... a great autobiography - Libby Purves, Radio 4 Midweek  'Hugely entertaining, heartwarming and inspiring... made me guffaw.' - Mail on Sunday  'Riotous… unvarnished candour' - Daily Telegraph  'A compelling delight' - Daily Mail  'Gary Bell is one of Britain's leading criminal barristers. He's also got one of the most interesting CVs I have ever seen.' - Sarah Brett, BBC Radio Five Live  ...

Levi Bellfield was an English serial killer—dubbed the "Bus Stop Killer"—because of his practice of staking out bus stops to find his victims; usually young blonde women who he would then stalk after they rejected him while they walked home before attacking them with a hammer. One victim, Kate Sheedy, did not like the looks of Bellfield or his vehicle and attempted to cross the street to get away. She was subsequently run over by Bellfield—twice. Bellfield was ultimately convicted of killi...

Exploring the three levels of project management, this edited collection analyses the practice of problem structuring approaches (PSAs) with an aim to improve organisational adaptability and value creation. By studying these approaches, the authors present techniques for enhancing project management knowledge, informing decision-making and guiding management actions. This book is an insightful and timely read, as it addresses the need for organisations to adapt in order to tackle new chall...

Bloomsbury presents Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Gary Bell, read by Hugh Kermode.LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD 2020The start of a thrilling new legal series, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith and The Secret Barrister, written by an acclaimed QC.Elliot Rook QC is one of the greatest barristers of his generation.He is also a complete fraud.Elliot Rook is the epitome of a highly successful, old Etonian QC. Or so everyone believes. In fact, h...

Bloomsbury presents Post Mortem by Gary Bell, read by Hugh Kermode.Can Rook keep his criminal past a secret when facing the most dangerous case of his life?Thirteen men have died in a London prison. Barrister Elliot Rook QC, who risks losing everything if his secret criminal past is revealed, must defend Charli Meadows, the vulnerable single mother accused of smuggling the deadly tainted drugs inside.But just as Rook becomes suspicious of those closest to Charli, a ...

The third book in the DI Nicholas Lowry series, for fans of Peter James and Stuart Macbride.It's November 1983 in Essex and there are reasons to be cheerful. Uptown Girl is sitting pretty at the top of the charts, Risky Business is raking it in at the box office, and there are now four channels on the telly. However, social tensions are beginning to bubble beneath the surface: Mrs Thatcher has embarked on her second controversial term, and the sit...

**Brought to you by Penguin.Discover the shiver-inducing, heart-pounding suspense thriller that will keep you up into the early hours - perfect for fans of Alex Michaelides, Helen Fields and Catherine Ryan Howard.**'One thing I've learned, these last few weeks, is that small acts of kindness are far less effective than fear...'She watches them in the dead of night. Hidden in plain sight, Mercy Lake provides what people need...

Florida: a land of dazzling white sands, sizzling sun... and utterly incompetent British criminals. Like the British woman who hijacked a helicopter to bust her husband out of Death Row, the Scottish gap year student who robbed a bank and tried to escape on a kid's bike and the unlucky Londoner who kidnapped the wrong guy and wound up serving 1,285 years in jail. As British consul in our nation’s favourite holiday hotspot, Hugh Hunter has seen them all – murderers, small...

** A WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'One of the Scottish crime books of the year. I loved it' CHRIS BROOKMYRE'Heart-warming, heart-breaking and utterly compelling' MARION TODD'Excellent' HERALDTHE GREATEST DANGERS LIE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...Twelve-year-old Lesley has lived i...

'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES'Disher is the equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES**'Doesn't get better than this' - DOMINIC NOLANNOTHING STAYS BURIED FOREVER...**Twenty years ago, Charlie Deravin's mother went missing, believed murdered. Her body has never been found, and his father has lived under a cloud of suspicion ever since. Now Charlie has returned to the coast...