Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz can’t remember how he got to the hospital. He was found floating in the Thames with a gunshot wound in his leg and a picture of missing child Mickey Carlyle in his pocket. But Mickey’s killer is already in jail. Add to this the blood stained boat found near where Ruiz was pulled from the water, and the pieces just don’t add up. Now, accused of faking amnesia and under investigation, Ruiz reaches out to psychologist Joseph O’Loughlin to help him unlock his memory, clear his name, and solve this ominous puzzle. Michael Robotham is one of the finest new thriller writers working today. Marked by vivid characters and full of unexpected turns, Lost is a hair-raising journey of vengeance, grief, and redemption through the dark London underworld.

She's standing at the front door. Covered in blood. Is she the victim of a crime? Or the perpetrator?

A teenage girl--Sienna, a troubled friend of his daughter--comes to Joe O'Loughlin's door one night. She is terrorized, incoherent-and covered in blood.

The police find Sienna's father, a celebrated former cop, murdered in the home he shared with Sienna. Tests confirm that it's his blood on Sienna. She says she remembers nothing.

Joe O'Loughlin is a psychologist with troubles of his own. His marriage is coming to an end and his daughter will barely speak to him. He tries to help Sienna, hoping that if he succeeds it will win back his daughter's affection. But Sienna is unreachable, unable to mourn her father's death or to explain it.

Investigators take aim at Sienna. O'Loughlin senses something different is happening, something subterranean and terrifying to Sienna. It may be something in her mind. Or it may be something real. Someone real. Someone capable of the most grim and gruesome murder, and willing to kill again if anyone gets too close.

His newest thriller is further evidence that Michael Robotham is, as David Baldacci has said, "the real deal - we only hope he will write faster."

Ukraine has rebuilt itself over and over again in the last century, plagued by the same conflicts: corruption, poverty, substance abuse, ethnic clashes, and Russian aggression. Sophie Pinkham saw all this and more in the course of ten years working, traveling, and reporting in Ukraine and Russia, over a period that included the Maidan revolution of 2013–14, Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the ensuing war in eastern Ukraine.

With a keen eye for the dark absurdities of post-Soviet society, Pinkham presents a dynamic account of contemporary Ukrainian life. She meets—among others—a charismatic doctor helping to smooth the transition to democracy even as he struggles with his own drug addiction, a Bolano-esque art gallerist prone to public nudity, and a Russian Jewish clarinetist agitating for Ukrainian liberation. These fascinating personalities, rendered in a bold, original style, deliver an indelible impression of a country on the brink.

Todo el mundo está convencido de que la pequeña Mickey Carlyle -secuestrada hace siete años y cuyo cadáver nunca se halló- está muerta y que hay un hombre en la cárcel cumpliendo condena por su asesinato. Todo el mundo excepto el inspector Vincent Ruiz de la policía londinense, quien no acaba de creerse que todo sea tan sencillo. Cuando una fria noche encuentran al inspector Ruiz agarrado a una boya en el Támesis, con una bala alojada en la pierna y una fotografía de Mickey en el bolsillo, los mismos que dan por cerrado el caso y que no entienden la obstinación de Ruiz empiezan a sospechar de la actuación del policía. Y todavía más cuando cerca hay una barcaza con unas cuantas víctimas en cubierta y Ruiz no es capaz de dar ninguna explicación. Es más: su pistola de reglamento ha desaparecido y con ella, su memoria. Ante semejante embrollo, el inspector no tendrá más remedio que volver sobre sus pasos y revivir la noche en que sucedió todo. Los hechos, y no los recuerdos, son los que le descubrirán lo que realmente le sucedió a la pequeña Mickey Carlyle y lo que le pasó a él mismo.

Cuando el director general Mahoney Tower Tulsa desaparece, Jillian Fox llama al cuartel general en busca de ayuda. Lo que consigue con eso es un investigador de primera de la empresa y el inexplicable deseo de cosas que son muy, pero que muy, perjudiciales para ella. Hay algo en Barrett George que le dice que podría ser un problema mayúsculo, aunque resistirse a su implacable persecución resulta ser aún más difícil que mantener los dedos fuera del bote de los caramelos. Barrett sabe que la tímida contable es bastante lista al no confiar en él, sobre todo si lo que busca es una final feliz. Pero han pasado meses desde la última vez que se acostó con una mujer y las tácticas de evasión no hacen más que excitar al depredador que mora en su interior. La dominación sexual de Barrett provoca la absoluta sumisión sensual de Jillian y una violenta atracción que pone el corazón de ambos en peligro. Pero mientras Barrett pone a prueba los límites de la confianza de la joven, la investigación se calienta sacando a la luz una conspiración que pone en peligro a Jillian y que obliga a Barrett a enfrentarse a su mayor temor. ¿Es el ménage a trois tu fantasía? Descubre lo que le sucede a Jillian cuando una de sus fantasías más secretas se convierte en realidad.

Quanto può bastare a distruggere una vita perfetta?
Joe O’Loughlin è uno psicologo londinese quarantenne, con una brillante carriera, una bella moglie e una figlia che lo adora. Un quadro armonioso e senza incrinature, fino al giorno in cui una notizia sconvolgente minaccia di far crollare tutto come un enorme castello di carte: a Joe viene diagnosticato il morbo di Parkinson allo stadio iniziale. Scosso da questa terribile scoperta e tormentato dal difficile caso di Bobby Moran, un giovane paziente violento, instabile e perseguitato da incubi angosciosi, il protagonista subisce un vero e proprio tracollo, quando, di lì a poco, si trova coinvolto nel ritrovamento del cadavere di una donna, una sua vecchia conoscenza, il cui corpo è stato orrendamente sfigurato con un’arma da taglio. Catturato in una spirale impressionante di verità inconfessabili e di menzogne, di paure e sospetti, Joe dovrà presto difendersi da accuse sconcertanti e, come nel peggiore degli incubi kafkiani, si troverà a scontrarsi, impotente, con una realtà incomprensibile che affonda le radici in un passato oscuro. Alla ricerca caparbia di una verità che sola può restituirgli quello che ha perduto, Joe intraprende un viaggio che lo trascinerà fin dentro le tenebre della mente umana. Narrato in prima persona L’INDIZIATO svela, in un rincorrersi di indizi e false piste, di affetti e rimpianti, la fragilità che si cela dietro ogni nostra certezza. Un thriller folgorante per uno strepitoso debutto narrativo. 

A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul's Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man's mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderers motive: it is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans, reaching back to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it, a love story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no place within the old tribal structures.

Rafik Schamis dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers who risk death sooner than deny their passions. He has also written a heartfelt tribute to his hometown Damascus and a great and moving hymn to the power of love.

July 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is running up a mountainside in an ancient land, surrounded by figs and cypresses. Soon she will discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and the ecstasy of love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the British Indian army.

July, 1915. Qayyum Gul is returning home after losing an eye at Ypres, his allegiances in tatters. Viv is following the mysterious trail of her beloved. They meet on a train to Peshawar, unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives — one that will reveal itself fifteen years later, on the Street of Storytellers, when a brutal fight for freedom, an ancient artefact and a mysterious green-eyed woman will bring them together again.

A powerful story of friendship, injustice, love and betrayal, A GOD IN EVERY STONE carries you across the globe, into the heart of empires fallen and conquered, reminding us that we all have our place in the chaos of history and that so much of what is lost will not be forgotten.

"In 1986 Pakistan's greatest poet was found brutally murdered, beaten to death by government thugs. Two years later his lover, fearless activist Samina Akram, disappeared. Her daughter, Aasmani has always assumed her mother simply abandoned her — since she had left so many times before, following the Poet into exile." But now, working at Pakistan's first independent TV station, Aasmani runs into an old friend of her mother's who hands her a letter written — recently — in the Poet and Samina's secret code. As more letters arrive, Aasmani becomes certain that will lead her to Samina. Despite menacing signs, the disbelief of her family, and the worries of her new lover, Aasmani decodes the letters and searches for their source. But if she manages to locate it, will she find what she's looking for?

Raheen and her best friend, Karim, share an idyllic childhood in upper-class Karachi. Their parents were even once engaged to each others' partners until they rematched in what they call "the fiancée swap." But as adolescence distances the friends, Karim takes refuge in maps while Raheen searches for the secret behind her parents' exchange. What she uncovers reveals not just a family's but a country's turbulent history-and a grown-up Raheen and Karim are caught between strained friendship and fated love.

A love story with a family mystery at its heart, Kartography is a dazzling novel by a young writer of astonishing maturity and exhilarating style. Shamsie transports us to a world we have not often seen in fiction-vibrant, dangerous, sensuous Pakistan. But even as she takes us far from the familiar, her story of passion and family secrets rings universally true.

A beautiful novel detailing the life and loves of a Pakistani girl living in the U.S.

Aliya may not have inherited her family's patrician looks, but she is as much a prey to the legends of her family that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. Aristocratic and eccentric-the clan has plenty of stories to tell, and secrets to hide.

Like salt and saffron, which both flavor food but in slightly different ways, it is the small, subtle differences that cause the most trouble in Aliya's family. The family problems and scandals caused by these minute differences echo the history of the sub-continent and the story of Partition.

A superb storyteller, Kamila Shamsie writes with warmth and gusto. Through the many anecdotes about Pakistani family life, she hints at the larger tale of a divided nation. Spanning the subcontinent from the Muslim invasions to the Partition, this is a magical novel about the shapes stories can take- turning into myths, appearing in history books and entering into our lives.

A timely, redesigned reissue of Rafik Schamis award-winning novel. In the classical Arab tradition of tale-telling, here is a magical book that celebrates the power of storytelling, delightfully transformed for modern sensibilities by an award-winning author. The time is present-day Damascus, and Salim the coachman, the citys most famous storyteller, is mysteriously struck dumb. To break the spell, seven friends gather for seven nights to present Salim with seven wondrous giftsseven stories of their own design. Upon this enchanting frame of tales told in the fragrant Arabian night, the words of the past grow fainter, as ancient customs are yielding to modern turmoil. While the hairdresser, the teacher, the wife of the locksmith sip their tea and pass the water pipe, they swap stories about the magical and the mundane: about djinnis and princesses, about contemporary politics and the difficulties of bargaining in a New York department store. And as one tale leads to another and another all of Damascus appears before your eyes, along with a vision of storytellingand talkas the essence of friendship, of community, of life. A sly and graceful work, a delight to readers young and old, Damascus Nights is, according to Publishers Weekly, a highly atmospheric, pungent narrative.

Amid the turmoil of modern Damascus, one teenage boy finds his political voice in a message of rebellion that echoes throughout Syria and as far away as Western Europe. Inspired by his dearest friend, old Uncle Salim, he begins a journal to record his thoughts and impressions of family, friends, life at school, and his growing feelings for his girlfriend, Nadia. Soon the hidden diary becomes more than just a way to remember his daily adventures; on its pages he explores his frustration with the government injustices he witnesses. His courage and ingenuity finally find an outlet when he and his friends begin a subversive underground newspaper. Warmed by a fine sense of humor, this novel is at once a moving love story and a passionate testimony to the difficult and committed actions being taken by young people around the world.

Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, she’s accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can’t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who’s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. When he resurfaces half a globe away, Isma’s worst fears are confirmed.

Then Eamonn enters the sisters’ lives. Son of a powerful political figure, he has his own birthright to live up to — or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz’s salvation? Suddenly, two families’ fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined, in this searing novel that asks: What sacrifices will we make in the name of love?