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Brought to you by Penguin.Two sisters go into the family business they didn't know they had . . . catching killers. From the creator of the no. 1 bestselling Women's Murder Club thrillers.______________________________________Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home to LA to bury her estranged father, and discovers that he left her two final surprises . . .The first is a private detective agency; the second is a teenage half-sister ...

From the world's greatest thriller writer comes a new novel in the globally bestselling Michael Bennett series...In New York City, someone has planted a series of deadly bombs.In New Jersey, the National Guard is looted for explosives.In Montana, arson and murder rocks a quiet town.Two enigmatic brothers keep turning up in the wrong places.They insist they’re trying to make the world a better place....

Brought to you by Penguin.With the country in chaos and corruption on all sides, there's only one person to turn to.When a series of military-style attacks erupt across the United States, Detective John Sampson is called in to investigate. The attacks are untraceable, with patterns too random to decipher, leaving Sampson struggling to find a link amongst the carnage.As Sampson discovers a lead through an ex-military contact, his par...

In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even criminals are having to make cut-backs. So for defence lawyer Mickey Haller, most of his new business is not about keeping people out of jail; it's about keeping a roof over their heads as the foreclosure business is booming.Lisa Trammel has been a client of Mickey's for eight months, and so far he's stopped the bank from taking her house. But now the bank's CEO has been found beaten to death - and Lisa is abo...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES 'THE LINCOLN LAWYER' - THE HOTTEST NEW THRILLER DRAMA ON TVDefense attorney Mickey Haller - a.k.a The Lincoln Lawyer - has been down on his luck but has a shot at the big-time.When another lawyer is killed, Mickey inherits his entire practice, including an incredibly high-profile murder trial.It promises big money - and an even bigger spotlight - as he must defend a Hollywood studio executive accus...

A standalone crime thriller featuring Jack McEvoy, hero of The Poet, from the global bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and BRASS VERDICT.Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take a buy-out from the Los Angeles Times, he's got 30 days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his replacement, a low-cost reporter just out of J-school. But Jack has other plans for his exit. He is going to go out with a bang: a final...

Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-p...

The 'Lincoln Lawyer' grapples with a haunting case in a gripping thriller from bestselling author Michael Connelly.Mickey Haller gets the text 'Call me ASAP - 187', and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention.Suddenly, Mickey's not just trying to get his client off a murder charge, but there is a more personal connection: the victim was Gloria Dayton - his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the s...

**Brought to you by Penguin.The thirty-first instalment in James Patterson's globally bestselling series.**When an American Airlines plane explodes in the sky, detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson are first on the scene. They don't hear the gunfire. At first.The weapon that took down the plane is a remote-controlled Vietnam-War-era machine gun. The list of those who possess the training and expertise to operate the stolen, .50-caliber weapon is short. And time run...

PRE-ORDER THE NEW LINCOLN LAWYER THRILLER NOWTHE MOST IMPORTANT CASE OF HIS LIFE.ONLY THIS TIME THE DEFENDANT IS HIMSELF."The law of innocence is unwritten. It will not be found in a leather-bound code book. It will never be argued in a courtroom. In nature, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the law of innocence, for every man not guilty of a crime there is a man out there who is. And...

When a beautiful woman hires private investigator Sam Spade to find her missing sister, his partner is shot and killed that night. As Spade begins to unravel who the killer was, who the woman really is, and why there are dangerous people following her, he realizes that the mystery revolves around a priceless jewel encrusted statue.

THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYERTHE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIESDefense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - is inundated with pleas from prisoners protesting their innocence. With the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch, they find a needle in the haystack: a possible wrongful conviction.A woman imprisoned for murdering her husband, a sheriff's deputy. But the evidence doesn't add up, the department pu...