New York hit man Keller is a law unto himself, and when a situation goes awry - which despite his best-laid plans it so often does - he makes some surprising judgement calls to provide a twist in the tale. It's not all drudgery in the life of an assassin. Keller's jobs allow him access to all sorts of sporting events - following a baseball team round the country, providing the insurance for a fixed horse race, attending a basketball game in Indiana and playing golf in Arizona. He even gets to mix his passion for stamp-collecting with a hit on a famous philatelist. Wisely, Keller always travels for his work. New York is home, and he doesn't want to mess on his own doorstep. But the jobs are drying up, and he needs money. So he breaks the rule - and regrets it. His cover is at risk - he is even followed home - and Keller has to use all his remarkable skill to make sure he can continue doing what he does best.

Formerly a Captain in the Paras, Jay McCaulay is highly trained, tough and resourceful. She's been working with the aid agency Trace for two years, helping track and unite families separated by conflict. Jay can look after herself - until she spots someone from her past.It is a past that involves Zamira, a young girl who Jay saved from being killed in Kosovo - a past that clashes with the present when Milot Dumani, an organised crime boss from Macedonia, appears on the streets of Jay's home town, Bristol. Jay's specialist knowledge as a soldier and translator means she is perfect for an M16 mission to find out why Milot is in the UK. She doesn't want the job, but since her relationship with Detective Inspector Tom Sutton is going nowhere unless she decides to commit, she seeks refuge in the mission to restore some equilibrium to her life. When she hears Zamira has vanished from her home in Macedonia, possibly trafficked into the UK - Jay's mission becomes personal. Thrown into a world that inspires paranoia, where brutal Mafia thugs give no quarter, and where her family and loved ones are threatened, Jay must confront a trail of murder, corruption and evil that has entwined itself from Eastern Europe into the heart of the United Kingdom.

A brilliant and powerful break-out thriller from one of America's most acclaimed young crime writers. This is a name to watch...

David Beck has just received an email. He hasn't opened it. He should, it's from his dead wife:
It's been eight years since Beck's childhood sweetheart and wife of seven months was brutally murdered on their anniversary. Eight years on he hasn't got over it and he hasn't forgiven himself. This email refers to places and events only she could have known about. This email opens out onto alive webcam in a street somewhere in America, his wife steps into view and smiles at him. Could she still be alive?
The chain of events that follow begin to spiral out of Beck's control as he tries to discover if she is truly alive and what really happened on that summer night eight years ago. Soon he is a wanted man, as the FBI try to pin Elizabeth's murder on him, and everyone he turns to ends up dead.

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Praise For Previous Novels
"Grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. "Fear" is very, very good." Washington Times
"A terrific novel... Coben's professionalism is clear from every paragraph in the book." Boston Globe
"Raymond Chandler meets Bridget Jones ...a constant and increasing delight... reminds us that vulnerability and strength come in all sizes." Chicago Tribune
"With its pretzel of a plot and page-turning pace, DARKEST FEAR is a winner." Orlando Sentinel
"The darkness of the plot and the seriousness of the theme - the responsibilities of parenthood - give this installment added impact. Thought-provoking issues and mind-numbing terror made more real by their human context." Booklist
°A good mystery - and Darkest Fear is a good one - is like an onion, peel away one layer and one, with a sting, awaits... [Coben] displays a moral reach, a soft touch ...The best to date... Coben sets up the book's plot with an imaginative touch and keeps it turning over with genuine surprises to the very end." Toronto Star

Will Klein lost his lover and his brother in the same moment. Eleven years ago, Julie Miller was found brutally strangled and on the same day, Will's brother, Ken, disappeared, wanted in connection with the crime. Just when Will thought he could banish the past, history begins to repeat itself.

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Michael Connelly, international No,l Bestselling author of Angels Flight, is back with a new pulse-pounding thriller that is his most surprising and challenging to date. But this time the hero is not a cop but a hard-boiled female ex-con who is lured back to a life of crime.
Void Moon is a breathtakingly original thriller set in glittery, surreal Las Vegas. Cassie Black; a feisty, yet vulnerable ex-criminal - breaks her parole for a set up that is too good to ignore. But the bait which persuades her to return to her old profession of robbing casino gamblers of their winnings turns out to be a scam that may cost her the one thing she holds dearer than her own life.
Connelly's idea for the character of Cassie came to him whilst working as a Police Reporter for the L.A. Times. An LAPD officer told him about a notorious 'hot-prowler' who was working the Sunset Strip, going into hotel rooms while people were sleeping and stealing their money, jewellery and lap-tops. According to Connelly:
'It made me think about the possibilities and the skill, though misplaced, it takes to undergo this sort of crime. I was looking for a new challenge and decided on this story, the challenge being to make a burglar - a criminal - sympathetic to the reader. ' The challenge has been fulfilled. Cassie's escape from a contract killer who somehow knows her every move in advance keeps you riveted until the very last page. This is Michael Connelly at his very best!

'Michael Connelly is ont of the top crime writers of the decade and should be better known to British readers. His laid-back, emotionally bruised Los Angeles detective, Harry Bosch, is a memorable creation ' The Times
'Michael Connelly...twists the Plot until it screams. Unputdownable is a word I rarely use, but I have to apply it to this riveting book' Sunday Telegraph
'Brilliantly done: one of the finest examples this side of the Atlantic, of what used to be called 'police procedurals ' Daily Telegraph
'No-one writes a better modern thriller than Connelly. Guaranteed to keep you riveted until the very last page' Time Out
'The strongest crime series being written in America now' Spectator
'Exemplary LA-based thriller... exciting, authentic, grimly satisfying' Literary Review 'The plot is cunning, the language stirringly authentic and the excitement almost unbearable. Connelly's high reputation should increase ' Frances Fyfield, Mail On Sunday