First Kill

Renowned thriller writer David Hagberg continues his New York Times bestselling Kirk McGarvey series with this riveting origin story for the CIA assassin in First Kill.It is the beginning of Kirk McGa

P.I. Holland Taylor returns in David Housewright’s Edgar Award-winning series—Taylor is hired to recover stolen files before they are leaked, ruining more than just the careers of five local lawyers.

Trained Marine sniper and CIA operations officer Nathan McBride cannot escape his bloody past. Not when the evidence of it is carved across his body. Now he owns a private security company, his scarre

Presents the first volumes from two of the author's series in which half-vampire Vlad is hunted by a vampire killer, and Joss trains to become a member of the Slayer Society to avenge the death of his

The first book in the fantastic new series from the creator of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod--now in paperback!Over a million readers have heard Vlad Tod's story; now it's time to hear Joss's. When J

A first entry in a new companion series by the best-selling author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod retells the story from the perspective of his former friend Joss Macmillan, who discovers his power

“Richard Opio has neither the look of a cold-blooded killer nor the heart of one. Yet as his mother and father lay on the ground with their hands tied, Richard used the blunt end of an ax to crush the

“Richard Opio has neither the look of a cold-blooded killer nor the heart of one. Yet as his mother and father lay on the ground with their hands tied, Richard used the blunt end of an ax to cr

Now available as A Search For Belonging in paperback'Absorbing... revealing and affecting. There are pleasures here, and lessons to be learnt, whatever colour you are' - The Sunday Times'Michael Fulle

From bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood, the first installment in an exciting new thriller series based on the Sigma Force novels featuring former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his p

Love. Betrayal. Murder.Valentina is living a charmed, glittering life in Miami—falling in love for the first time, showered with gifts and affection by her father, surrounded by friends—when one shock

From an award-winning scholar of the political right comes an immersive and harrowing journey through the other-world of gun schools and the curriculum of violence they teach. To understand why so many people die by the gun, we must first understand how people live by it. This is the realization that led sociologist Harel Shapira to embed himself in Tactical Training, a popular firearms school in rural Texas. Here, students are inducted into an ideology of self-defense, where any grocery store trip could become a shootout, and any passerby could be the home intruder that tears a family apart. To shoot and kill in the name of self-defense is not a matter of "if" but "when." Forty-two classes, ten thousand rounds of ammunition, and one concealed carry license later, Shapira has emerged with Basic Pistol, a dark and richly textured plunge into a uniquely American obsession. Basic Pistol follows Shapira's fraught journey through Tactical Training's extensive curriculum and into a community

你還記得小時候，那些藏在床底下、衣櫃裡的怪物嗎？大人都說那是想像力，但我們知道……那是真的。風靡全球、獲獎無數的現象級暗黑美漫《Something Is Killing the Children》世界觀全面擴展！由漫畫原作者 James Tynion IV 攜手紐時暢銷榜冠軍作家 Kiersten White，正式推出第一部正傳衍生文字小說《Hope Is a Knife》。在 Archer's Peak 那場慘絕人寰的災難發生前，聖喬治面具會（Order of St. George）的獵魔人正默默在暗處與吃人的隱形怪物廝殺。這些怪物殘忍、嗜血，而且——唯有心思純潔的孩子能看見牠們。故事聚焦於全新主角 Hope，她身處在一個被謊言、怪物與冷酷戒律包圍的世界。在這個連長大都成為奢望的小鎮上，她必須學會戴上面具，拿起武器。因為在這裡，坐以待斃等同於死亡，而「希望」不是懦弱的祈禱，而是戳穿黑暗、刺向怪物喉嚨的唯一利刃。Welcome to the dark. It has very sharp teeth.Based on the internationally bestselling comic series, with millions of copies in print,​ the first full-length novel from the terrifying world of Something Is Killing the Children—a stunning collaboration between Eisner-winning co-creator James Tynion IV and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten WhiteAs a Black Mask, Erica Slaughter has a very straightforward job: find the monster, kill the monster, then do it all again. But when she arrives in Badwater, Idaho, nothing is simple. She can’t determine whether the horrific killer o

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. "Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix."--USA Today - "As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates."--Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune--and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he's beset by rivals who'll kill to take this prize. The race is on--and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly - San Francisco Chronicle - Village Voice

DELUXE EDITION―a stunning hardcover featuring stenciled edges, two full-color custom maps, and a foil cover! In this epic dystopian romantasy, one eldest daughter must fight for her survival in a world where birth order determines your fate—and defiance comes at a deadly cost. The first children take up arms. The second children take up books. The third children are taken. The Long Night is the final trial for Firstborn soldiers, and Bryn Ruelle must prove she can take a life—or face immediate exile. If she survives, she’ll graduate to defending the country’s borders against their magic-wielding neighbors. Bryn has never made a kill before tonight. By dawn, someone will be dead by her hands. But when Bryn discovers a plot to kidnap the Lastborn, she must discern if the threat to her youngest sister is real, or merely a ruse to throw Bryn off her game. Her search for the truth forces her to work side-by-side with an alluring traitor-born enemy. As adrenaline and rage ignite a dangerous

The brand-new novel from the bestselling author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With it. Available to pre-order now! If a man hurt your best friend - like, really hurt her - what would you do?Key his car?Broadcast what a scumbag he is to everyone in his life?Hunt him down and chop him into little pieces?If you picked number 3, I think we could be friends. Because that is exactly what I intend to do.I've tracked this lowlife to LA and brought my little sister Antoinette along for the ride. It's like a girls' trip, only with more knives.It won't be the first time I've killed for revenge. But it will be the sweetest.Readers LOVE Katy Brent! 'In a world of toxic masculinity and misogyny, we all need a Kitty Collins' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A riot from start to finish... I'm hopeful that we haven't heard the last of our favourite serial killer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Full of dark humour, wit and misogynistic men getting their comeuppance, this is a book that I highly recommend ' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Being a man I really shouldn't like this

The first book in the million copy selling Gallagher Girls series set at an elite boarding school for spies. Perfect for fans of XO, Kitty. A lot of teenage girls feel invisible sometimes.I'm luckier than most because, at my school, that's considered cool. Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses, but it's really a school for spies. Cammie Morgan is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (three of which involve a piece of uncooked spaghetti).But she's about to embark on her most dangerous mission yet: falling in love.

About the Book:'Katabasis is a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic' OLIVIE BLAKE'Katabasis is more than a novel to savor. This book is an experience. I envy those who get to read it for the first time' REBECCA ROSS'A witty, gory, harrowing ride' LEIGH BARDUGOKatabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.That’s if they can agree on anything.Will they triumph, or kill each other trying?2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new novel by Sunday Times Number One Bestseller R.F. Kuang.

From the bestselling author of The Spellshop comes the award-winning first book in an adult epic fantasy series of malevolent nature spirits, a young woman’s uncertain destiny, a deadly competition, and family found along the way—available in trade paperback for the first time.Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow . . .Only those spirits want to kill you.It’s the first lesson that every Renthian learns.What is a queen?In Renthia, the queen is the one human with enough magical power to prevent the spirits from destroying every man, woman, and child. For the very spirits the humans rely on to live—wood, earth, water, air, fire, and ice—at the same time possess an instinctual drive to exterminate them. The queen is chosen for her ability to control the spirits, but she is also mortal, so to ensure the humans’ survival, potential heirs to the queen’s role are rigorously trained to take her

12-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of Poseidon in the opener to the hilarious, fast-paced adventure fantasy series for young readers ages 10 and upThe eBook edition of the first book in Rick Riordan’s thrilling series, filled with magic, mythology, and plenty of monstersPercy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school again—he can't seem to stay out of trouble. Is he supposed to stand by while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself when his teacher turns into a monster and tries to kill him?Mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. What’s worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.Percy and his friends Grover the satyr, and Annabeth, the demigod daughter of Athena, must find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. They travel cross country to the gates of