Arctic Sun

by | May 5, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense | 0 comments

THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH‘Strange alliances, personal vendettas and Cold War conspiracies build to a bloody climax in the snow’ – The Times Thriller of the Month‘This is a proper page-turning high-stakes thriller’ Crime TimeFrom the award-winning author of Moskva and Nightfall Berlin, a gripping suspense-filled thriller in the frozen North . . .Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . .When research zoologist Dr Amelia Blackburn ventures north to investigate the ravages of the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, she stumbles on the evidence of another sinister disaster on the Norway-Russia border – one that appears far from innocent. Mother Russia will stop at nothing to prevent this information from being revealed, putting Amelia and her team in grave danger from the moment they leave the site.When the news reaches London, the eyes of British intelligence turn to the one man with the knowledge and skills to bring her back to safety – and find out what has really happened in the frozen North.Major Tom Fox thought he’d put his intelligence career behind him, but wrapped in a custody battle for his young son, Charlie, a request from his high-ranking father-in-law forces his hand. When the reluctant spy reaches Russia, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary mission.As Fox and Amelia fight for their lives – and their country – in Russia, Charlie is lead into dangers of his own in England. Three lives are about to be embroiled in the darkest secrets of the Cold War conflict – and a plot that, if left unchecked, will echo through history . . .Praise for Jack Grimwood’If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice’ Val McDermid’Cold War thrillers – so atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly’ – Marian Keyes’The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page-turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember’ BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show’For those who enjoy vintage le Carré’ Ian Rankin’Mesmerising . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers’ Financial Times’Your new favourite thriller writer’ Independent’Top-notch … the suspense never wavers’ Crimetime’The rejuvenation of the espionage thriller continues apace’ Guardian

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by | May 5, 2026 | Action & Adventure | 0 comments

After escaping a top secret military program, Special Forces veteran Byron Tibor goes on the run from government agents desperate to track him down… and conceal the truth about what he really is.In the shadow of the Afghan mountains, a covert operation hangs by a thread. Byron, a lone operative with a mysterious past, has embedded himself in a remote village. But his cover is about to be blown.As three armed men close in under the cover of darkness, Byron realizes his time is up. With his mission in jeopardy and innocent lives at stake, he must outmaneuver his pursuers in a heart-stopping game of survival.Caught between duty and conscience, Byron faces impossible odds in a land where trust is a luxury and death waits around every corner.This explosive thriller takes readers on a white-knuckle journey through a world of hidden agendas, shifting allegiances, and the thin line that separates success from catastrophe.When the dust settles, who will be left standing?Nominated for the 2015 International Thriller Writers Award.

Away with the Fairies

by | May 5, 2026 | Mystery | 0 comments

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne FisherIt’s 1928 in Melbourne and Phryne is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. To do so, Phryne takes a job within the women’s magazine that employed the victim and finds herself enmeshed in her colleagues’ deceptions.But while Phryne is learning the ins and outs of magazine publishing first hand, her personal life is thrown into chaos. Impatient for her lover Lin Chung’s imminent return from a silk-buying expedition to China, she instead receives an unusual summons from Lin Chung’s family, followed by a series of mysterious assaults and warnings.