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The Midnight Lock ( p ) by Jeffery Deaver . The ‘ master of ticking-bomb suspense ’ Jeffery Deaver brings us the latest thriller featuring his most beloved protagonists . Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are back - on the hunt for a criminal terrorising New York City . He comes into your home at night . He watches you as you sleep . He waits . He calls himself ‘ The Locksmith ’. No door can keep him out . No security system can catch him . And now he ’ s about to kill . Nobody in New York is safe . Now it ’ s up to Lincoln Rhyme to untangle the web of evidence and catch him . But with Lincoln under investigation himself , and tension in the city at boiling point , time is running out ...
The Midnight Lock leads off this month ’ s Soltalk Hotlist of titles , some entirely new , others moving into small paperback format for the first time or being reissued , sometimes after years out of print . All are due for publication on dates in April , with availability in print this month or in early May . The Hotlist helps readers to budget for and plan book ordering .
Easy Reading ( p ) by Cristina Morales is an explosive and daring novel about bodies , sex , politics and disability by the prize-winning Spanish writer Cristina Morales . ‘ Easy Reading ’ tells the lives of four cousins , all disabled women in their 30s and 40s , living together in a subsidised flat in Barcelona . Together , the women fight to keep their independence and stop the state from intervening in their lives . Funny and furious , it is a critique of both the institutions set up to care for disabled people and the language that categorises and marginalises those with disabilities in society . The novel won the prestigious Herralde Prize in 2018 and Spain ’ s National Book Award in 2019 .
The Club ( h ) by Ellery Lloyd . There ’ s no place like Home ... The Home Group is a collection of ultra-exclusive private members ’ clubs and a global phenomenon , and the opening of its most ambitious project yet - Island Home , a forgotten island transformed into the height of luxury - is billed as the celebrity event of the decade .
But as the first guests arrive , it turns out that even the most beautiful people can keep the ugliest secrets - secrets some will die to keep and others will kill to expose . If your name ’ s on the list , you ’ re not getting out ...
The Old Man & Me ( p ) by Jason Wilson . Amsterdam , 2001 . A shoot-out in the city ’ s docklands leaves one man grievously injured and a rival drug dealer killed outright . The injured man is Tony Spencer from Coventry . Once a prolific businessman , he is now considered Public Enemy No 1 by the National Crime Squad and the head of several smuggling rings operating between the UK , Holland , Morocco , and Spain . While Spencer ’ s son Jason prays for a miraculous recovery , he ponders who his father really is . A story that is full of contradictions : a man who makes millions but saves nothing , prizes freedom but spends years inside , works in a violent world but who - seemingly - avoids violence .
The People Next Door ( h ) by Tony Parsons . Nail-biting suspense : what happens when the people next door know all your secrets - but you know none of theirs ..? Lana and Roman Wade have fled the city for a little corner of paradise . Their new home , set in a residential Close known as The Gardens , is their dream and their new neighbours are charming . So why is Lana feeling so uneasy ? As Lana struggles to adjust to her new life in Paradise , she becomes convinced that her new neighbours are hiding something from her , something connected with the deaths of the family who lived in her house before she did , something that could put her own life in danger ...
The Game ( h ) by Linda Calvey . After Ruby ’ s husband , Archie , is brutally murdered during a robbery at their Spanish villa , she is distraught . But with an empire to run and a formidable business partner to please , Ruby has no time for tears . To keep her family safe , she sends her daughter to the UK , far away from the violence and secrets . As Ruby fights off the affections of her business partner , Vladimir , as well as attacks on her supplies from local gangs , she knows the game is too dangerous to stay in forever . But
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