At a busy crossing in Lincoln city centre a motorbike skids to a halt. A man in leathers jumps off the bike and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights.

He pushes her roughly aside, remounts the bike, and roars away.

The girl falls to the ground. She’s been stabbed.

Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses the whole thing. She cradles the dying girl and hears the last word on her lips: the name of a missing local boy, a twelve-year-old called Nate Price.

DI Steph Warwick is also looking for Nate. Jane had hoped their paths would never cross again . . .

Now they need to work together to find Nate before he too is executed in broad daylight.

“Wow. I enjoyed the first in the series and the second is brilliant, Full of twists Full of action Full of wholesome goodness From the author who has once again fulfilled a happy Booklover. Enjoyed every page.” – Goodreads review

“Best book I have read in a long time …This is a brilliant book. Fast paced and very well written. Full of intrigue and action. I really recommend you read it.” – Goodreads review

“Loved this book … I really enjoy reading this series and all the characters. I find it easy reading and loved this story which was excellent at highlighting the drug problem and how children are used in country lines. Five star reading.” – Goodreads review

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A young man wakes from a coma to find himself targeted by the men who killed his parents, while someone is impersonating a notorious New Zealand serial killer … the latest chilling, nerve-shredding, twisty thriller from the author of The Quiet People…

“Paul Cleave is an automatic must-read for me” – Lee Child

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How do you catch a killer… When the only evidence is a dream?

James Garrett was critically injured when he was shot following his parents’ execution, and no one expected him to waken from a deep, traumatic coma. When he does, nine years later, Detective Inspector Rebecca Kent is tasked with closing the case that her now retired colleague, Theodore Tate, failed to solve all those years ago.

But between that, and hunting for Copy Joe – a murderer on a spree, who’s imitating Christchurch’s most notorious serial killer – she’s going to need Tate’s help. Especially when they learn that James has lived out another life in his nine-year coma, and there are things he couldn’ t possibly know, including the fact that Copy Joe isn’ t the only serial killer in town…

”An absolute thrill ride. Precise and swift and a joy to read … storytelling at its best” – James Oswald

“Such a unique concept, with wonderful, emotional writing … I hooked on the story from the word go. BRILLIANT” – Lisa Hall

“The most original and intense thriller ever!” – Michael Wood

“I’d forgotten how good Paul Cleave is!” – Sarah Pinborough

“You can’t be a true fan of crime fiction if you’re not reading Cleave’s books” – Tom Wood

“Uses words as lethal weapons” – New York Times

“Cleave writes the kind of dark, intense thrillers that I never want to end” – Simon Kernick

“Riveting from start to finish. Smart and twisty, this book will get under your skin” – Liz Nugent

“Shocking and chilling. A literary ice plunge. I absolutely loved it” – Helen Fields

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THAT NIGHT.

Lisa remembers the first part of the night: an evening in the pub with her best friend.

Then nothing.

She wakes up, days later. She’s in hospital. Her best friend is dead.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Lisa holes up in a remote country cottage, plagued by guilt and flashbacks: how did their assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night?

With only vague memories of the event, she cuts herself off from friends and family, spending her days wandering the hills with her dog, Riley.

Lisa realises there’s another truth still hidden to her, a truth she can’t escape from. A truth that may have been right in front of her all along.

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A brother sent away. A sister in a loveless home. A father ruthlessly murdered.

Ricky and Leonora Bates are brother and sister, best friends, allies in a loveless family.

They are a constant disappointment to their domineering father.

He views Ricky’s quiet bookishness as weakness and Leonora’s feisty intelligence as unbecoming.

Then Ricky is sent away to a boarding school in South Africa to “toughen him up”. And Leonora is stuck dealing with her dysfunctional parents on her own.

The unthinkable happens.

Leonora’s father travels to South Africa to bring Ricky home. Disaster strikes. Her father is shot dead. And her brother is nowhere to be found.

Now Leonora must find the truth.

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The woman who has it all Heather has lucked out. She has a beautiful house, a happy marriage to James Jessop, with two sons, Ben and Harry — and she’s just won the lottery. £29 million!

The loyal best friend Natalie has never quite kept up, but she’s finally in a relationship with a new boyfriend, Nick. She’s been best friends with Heather since they were bullied at school. But will her friend’s new fortune change their friendship?

A dream come true turns into a paranoid nightmare The Jessops’ comfortable life dissolves into chaos. Heather starts receiving anonymous, hateful messages. She begs Natalie to escape with her to Spain, along with a few other close friends. But away from the spotlight in London, things go from bad to worse. Then the unthinkable happens and Heather realizes she can’t trust anyone. Not even her best friend.

Nothing will ever be the same again.

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Beth wants to love her new home on a quiet suburban street. She wishes she could make friends with her beautiful neighbour Oksana. She longs for a new group of friends. Welcoming neighbours to visit. Coffee dates and dinner parties.
But life here feels so closed. Then Beth runs into Oksana’s garden one day to fetch her runaway dog, and she sees something shocking that makes her wonder who her new neighbours really are.

A girl in the window.
A pale desperate face.
A hastily scribbled sign bearing only two words.

HELP ME.

Who is the girl? What are the neighbours hiding?

Sometimes, it’s the most perfect neighbours that hide the most terrible secrets.

“I found myself frantically turning the pages, desperate to uncover what happened!” – Tracy Buchanan, author of Wall of Silence

“Taut and tense . . . builds to an electrifying conclusion!” – Kirsten Hesketh, author of Another of Us

“Bears all the hallmarks of a great thriller . . . I defy anyone not to get swept up in it.” – Claire Dyer, author of The Last Day

“Articulate and gripping — an impressive achievement.” – Shelley Weiner, author of The Sister’s Tale

“I enjoyed Susanna’s emotive and thought-provoking novel — I thought it was an engrossing mystery.” – Sam Carrington, author of I Dare You

“The writing pulls you in and doesn’t let you go until the very last line.” – Robyn B.

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1988. The body of Moira Mackie, a St Andrews University student, is found on a clifftop path. Her ex-boyfriend is found days later, hanged in his uncle’s garage with a suicide note confessing that he killed her. The case is abruptly closed.

Thirty years later, Ros Maitland has seemingly moved on from the horrific murder of her housemate Moira. Then her daughter takes up a place at the same university, and old demons reawaken.

Was Moira murdered in a lover’s quarrel? Or was her death part of something far larger, uglier and more calculated?

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT?

Policeman, Innes Nevin, investigated Moira’s death and has been haunted by it ever since. It was his first murder case, and he knew it had been closed too soon.
Innes and Ros must delve back into the painful past to finally bring the truth to light.

THEN COMES A BRUTAL TURN OF EVENTS. SOMEONE WANTS THEIR INVESTIGATION STOPPED AT ALL COSTS.

In an electrifying standoff, Ros must risk everything she cares about.

CAN SHE FIND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEATH AND ESCAPE WITH HER LIFE?

Janice was born and grew up in West Lothian, Scotland. Her love of writing began when she was given a notebook by a primary school teacher and told to write ‘Just Imagine,’ on the cover. She enjoyed writing stories in the notebook so much that she decided she’d like to be an author. Due to life, work and children, It took a little longer than she imagined.
After living and working in London for ten years, Janice moved to Lincolnshire where she still lives with her husband and one of her two sons.
Janice is the author of six books in the bestselling Merry & Neal series, and the standalone mystery, The Woman on the Cliff.

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In 2005 London, two teenage boys commit a crime so horrendous that the entire nation is shocked and outraged. When Abigail Riley’s body is found in an underground shelter, DS Fraser Harvey finds himself hunting her killers–whose depravity is matched only by their naivety.

Eleven years later, when the young murderers are released to faraway countries with new identities, Harvey remains haunted by the case, convinced that one–or both–will kill again.

Concerned that he is the only thing standing in the way of more deaths of innocents, he must decide how far will he go to stop them–and at what cost to himself and all the others whose lives were changed forever by Abigail’s terrible fate.

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Cameron and Lisa Murdoch are successful New Zealand crime writers, happily married and topping bestseller lists worldwide. They have been on the promotional circuit for years, joking that no one knows how to get away with crime like they do. After all, they write about it for a living.
So when their challenging seven-year-old son Zach disappears, the police and the public naturally wonder if they have finally decided to prove what they have been saying all this time…
Are they trying to show how they can commit the perfect crime?
Electrifying, taut and immaculately plotted, The Quiet People is a chilling, tantalizingly twisty thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing to the last explosive page.

At Jentas we have published The Quiet People in English audio, and several of his books in Danish as print, digital and audio book. The Quiet People has gotten incredible reviews!

‘A cinematic, raging, rollercoaster of a plot with a wry humour … The Quiet People is wildly entertaining and will keep you guessing right to the end’ New Zealand Herald

‘A superb novel from a champion storyteller’ Crime Watch

‘Cleave writes the kind of dark, intense thrillers that I never want to end. Do yourself a favour and check him out’ Simon Kernick

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