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In this lawyer on the run action suspense, attorney Quinton Bell loses the trial of his career, and possibly his life.Dead By Proxy takes you on a heart-pounding journey through the life of a criminal defense attorney, whose world is wiped out. When Quinton loses a career-defining case, he finds himself being hunted by the very client he tried to save.As Quinton navigates the treacherous path of survival, he is running from a powerful and relentless adversary who will stop at nothing to see him silenced. Finally landing in Houston, he hides in plain sight while re-inventing his new life as a trial lawyer.When he's forced to take on a high-profile murder case, he exposes himself and those he loves to danger. With each passing moment, the noose tightens, and he must draw on every ounce of wit to outsmart those who still want him dead.Will Quinton Bell find a way out, or will he forever be a target in a deadly game of cat and mouse?Dead By Proxy is the first book in the edgy Proxy Legal Thriller Series. If you like memorable characters, smart gritty action, and jaw-dropping twists, then you'll love Manning Wolfe's fast-paced page-turner."A riveting read that expertly teams courtroom drama and legal maneuvering with imminent danger, spine-tingling suspense, a touch of romance, and non-stop action. Talk about an adrenaline rush!" - Reedsy"Manning Wolfe just put herself on my list of must-read authors!" - John Ellsworth

Peter Holmes, leader of Action 4 England, and his deputy, Tommy James, recruit one of their members to set off a bomb on a train carrying delegates to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester - making it appear to be an Islamic terrorist attack.Michelle Hartley has been working in Dubai but is travelling to Manchester to take up a new Project Manager role.Glen Hargreaves is Australian; having delivered a yacht from the Caribbean to UK, he is visiting the Northwest to see where his family originated.Jeff Shaw is transgender; he's been looking for a way of transitioning without causing financial problems for his family. He is travelling to Manchester to spend the weekend as his alter ego, Yvette.When the bomb explodes, the train derails and Glen and Michelle are fatally injured. Neither has family or friends to miss them and Jeff realises this is his opportunity for his male identity to be 'killed' in the accident and for him to reappear as Michelle.But where did Michelle's substantial bank balance come from - and will it bring consequences in the future?Can Holmes and James get away with blaming an Islamic group for the bombing - or will Khalid Ali of the Habbani Intelligence Service discover the truth and bring them to justice?

In 1969, a home-made bomb explodes in the sleazy heart of Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, killing eleven people, and igniting a controversy that could threaten the government itself. When small-time criminal Johnny Arnold is charged, his fight for justice sets two men - father, then son - on a collision course with the state's most powerful men. Set against the backdrop of Queensland's seedy underworld of criminals and cops, Cop This! is a powerful tale of corruption, idealism and personal courage, spanning two decades of dark political intrigue and sensational courtroom drama. Top Queensland criminal lawyer Chris Nyst draws on the experiences of his high-profile career to weave a tale of treachery and double dealing in Australia's 'deep north'.

'EXPLODES WITH A LOUD AND SATISFYING ROAR' New York Times'IT GRABBED ME AND KEPT ME GOING' Len Deighton'A FIRST-RATE, HIGH-POWERED THRILLER' Desmond Bagley'ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST THRILLER WRITERS' Irish Independent*****Mining engineer Jim Keogh is enjoying a relaxing break in Cape Town when he witnesses a sadistic policemen's violent attempt to arrest a black man.Appalled by the policeman's brutality, Keogh steps in and helps the man escape.But unknown to Keogh, the man he has helped is Shack Twala, a high-profile black rights activist recently escaped from Robben Island.With the policeman badly injured, Keogh and Twala are now both wanted men, and the regime's most lethal operatives are sent after them.As the fugitives race 900 miles to cross the border to safety, they are drawn into a conspiracy much bigger and deadlier than they realize...THE WILBY CONSPIRACY is a thrilling mix of high adventure, political conspiracy and pursuit set in Apartheid South Africa which fans of Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth and Wilbur Smith will love - and which was made into a successful Hollywood movie starring Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier and Rutger Hauer.PRAISE FOR PETER DRISCOLL AND THE WILBY CONSPIRACY: 'Even trickier and more polished than The Odessa File' New York Times'The best chase story I have read for a long time' Eric Ambler'A real winner... You'll be entertained and intrigued every step of the way until the totally unexpected finale' Publishers Weekly'No doubt about it at all, this is a real thriller writer who knows how to write with three-dimensional physical force... an all-action spellbinder' The Scotsman'Welcome to a new thriller master, a writer who knows how to build up tension and keep a story moving at top speed' John Braine'The headlong action moves from Cape Town to Johannesburg to the bush, in a high-tension game of political intrigue. The plot is gripping and superbly ingenious. Beats Le Carré and the rest at their own game' New York Magazine'Driscoll is a good writer and... he has us at his mercy all the way' The New Yorker'A Slam-bang winner!' Saturday Review

Dallas, 1963: In the immediate aftermath of the JFK assassination, the shock is multiplied for young CIA agent Philip Marsden when he learns of the death of his Cuban American wife. As evidence builds and the threats begin to mount, he discovers that the two tragedies might not be unrelated.

Cuba, 1962: The Cold War reaches its zenith with the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba threatening the United States. While JFK and his brother face deep divisions in trying to defuse the apocalyptic crisis, young CIA agent Philip Marsden is sent on a mission to the island where he is betrayed by a joint CIA-Mafia operation.

A TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2024'A damn exciting read' JAMES PATTERSON'A pretty much flawless thriller' LEE CHILD'A masterclass in intelligent suspense' MICK HERRON'If you're looking for a kick-ass, pedal-to-the-metal thriller you need HUNTED' MARK BILLINGHAM'A mature, intelligent thriller... Stunning' JANICE HALLETTYOU CAN'T SAVE YOUR KIDS... BUT CAN YOU STOP THEM?It's a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall...In London, armed police storm Heathrow Airport and arrest Sajid Khan. His daughter Aliyah entered the USA with the suicide bomber, and now she's missing, potentially plotting another attack.But then a mysterious woman called Carrie turns up at Sajid's door after travelling halfway across the world. She claims Aliyah is with her son Greg, and she knows where they could be.Back in the US, Agent Shreya Mistry is closing in on the two fugitives. But the more she investigates, the more she realises this case is far from as simple as it seems.Hunted by the authorities, the two parents are thrown together in a race against time to find their kids before the FBI does and stop a catastrophe that will bring the world to its knees.Discover the new TWIST-PACKED thriller from the author of The Shadows of Men'Smart and blisteringly contemporary' Mail on Sunday'Skintight plotting and a twisting storyline... [Hunted is] unputdownable' Sunday Times'Tense, twisty...will keep you guessing' Ruth Ware'A high-octane, high-adrenaline thriller...Chillingly plausible' Erin Kelly 'A race-against-time story with some excellent twists and subversions of expectations' Observer'Mukherjee enters contemporary thriller-dom with a bang... his cunning twists make for a buoyant read' Daily Telegraph'Hunted is a phenomenal achievement, with its sizeable cast of memorable characters, flawless juggling of multiple storylines, and a political dimension that makes it more than pacey entertainment' Sunday Times Thriller of the month

False Reckoning is an 86,000 word fictional, political thriller set in early 21st century Canberra.The crises are set in some present-day political realities of politicians swayed by the reactionary right, and of government abandoning responsibility for aged care to the market.Intelligence chief Mick Darby is convinced that corrupt gospel church leaders are trialling assistive robots in aged care as a lead up to surveilling politicians and senior bureaucrats. Obstructed by the politics he gets nowhere; confused he becomes paranoid and leaks details of investigations into the church by the Attorney-General's office.The leaks are widely publicised, sparking outrage and sympathy for the popular pastors of Asher Ministries; the church run by Hudson and Phoebe Lang. Phoebe, best friends with the Prime Minister, is angling for a seat in the Senate. Hudson runs the nursing homes where lives are lost to understaffing, poor food and serious overcharging for the services and care denied residents. The Langs' blood money is laundered by the directors of Asher Ministries.This intriguing, fast-paced thriller focuses the risks and conflicts in revealing the high stakes of pursuing corruption. The story's Australian setting, edgy tone and casual dialogue will appeal to readers open to a look at what actions may result from walking past corruption. It will leave them like Fagan, 'reviewing the situation'.

O brave new world, that has such people in't.Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.What does it mean?It's a truism of our time that it'll be the next generation who'll sort out our increasingly toxic world.What would that actually be like?In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?And what's a horse got to do with any of this?Gliff is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, it's a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.'As always, Ali's inventiveness and intelligence lit fireworks in my mind. Gliff is an irresistible invitation to rethink and reword our way to a truly brave new world' Michelle de Kretser

In the fourth book in David P. Warren's Scott Winslow Legal Mysteries Series, attorney Scott Winslow and investigator Lee Henry tackle a high-stakes case in the brokerage industry. A secretive coalition of elite brokers has devised a clever way to trade on insider information without leaving a trace.When Broker Assistant Kathy Jenkins overhears a suspicious conversation between her boss and an unknown person, she's thrust into a dangerous situation, leading to her wrongful termination. Hiring Scott Winslow, Kathy aims to expose the wrongdoing, while Lee Henry's unconventional investigation uncovers a network of seasoned brokers dealing in non-public information without a paper trail.As Scott builds the case against Jessica and her brokerage house, Lee works on taking down the clandestine association responsible for the illegal trading. But danger looms as members of the association start turning up dead, and the remaining brokers live in fear, desperately seeking a way out.In this gripping tale of mystery and suspense, the lines between right and wrong blur as unexpected twists unfold. With lives on the line and fear gripping the association, Scott and Lee must navigate a treacherous path to bring the culprits to justice before more lives are lost.

A young California woman, Maddie Crawford, falls headlong into the world of QAnon. Her beliefs take her to to the Capitol, attending the Stop the Steal Rally on January 6th, and later enmeshed in the violence that followed.Maddie returns to San Diego, imagining that the local school board is about to indoctrinate children in critical race theory. Her solution is to commit an act of terrorism.Follow Maddie's journey as she navigates the political and criminal path she and her family have become embroiled in. The consequences of her radical actions, lead to a personal crisis from which she may never recover.

Altar of Ashes opens with two young hunters witnessing a horror in the backwoods of Indiana: the sacrificial rite of sati, with the bride on the funeral pyre a ten-year-old girl atop the corpse of her husband. Allen Southworth, the local prosecutor, soon finds himself embroiled in a spectacular case revolving around issues of religious toleration, cultural bigotry, and multicultural diversity, which sweep the small community into a vortex of national publicity and communal conflict. His marriage already under strain from his own mid-life crisis, Southworth is drawn toward the beautiful Asian-American co-counsel he has sought-out for assistance on the case. His opponent in the courtroom turns out to be his former law-firm counsel, Madison Fulbright, an African-American giant of brilliant legal repute. Ultimately, the case is subsumed along with its principals in the larger zeitgeist of American political conflict and cultural confrontation, impelled toward its unsuspected, astonishing resolution.