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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller
When the UK's favourite breakfast TV presenter dies live on air in
front of millions of viewers, the nation is left devastated.
More devastated still when it becomes clear that her death was not an
accident.
The evidence points to one culprit: celebrity chef Sebastian Brooks.
But junior barrister Adam Green is about to discover that the case is
not as open-and-shut as it first seemed.
And although her angelic persona would suggest otherwise, she was not
short of enemies in the glittery TV world . . .
Can Adam uncover the truth?
A vivid and immersive story of obsession perfect for fans of dark
academia and Donna Tartt's The Secret History Oliver Marks has just
served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a
murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released,
he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective
Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what
really happened ten years ago. As a young actor studying
Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his
talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off -
villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to
always be a secondary character in someone else's story. But when
the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns
ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life. When tragedy
strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face
their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and
themselves, that they are blameless.
'A great cast of characters, a riveting storyline, a nail-biting
climax' Valerie Keogh 'By page 3 I was hooked. By the end I was
addicted' Owen MullenA city on fire. A killer who can't be stopped.
Who will be next? When two teenagers are found dead in a fire, DI
Laura Henshall and DS Will Peters are called in to investigate.
They believe it was a revenge attack gone wrong. But soon fires are
cropping up everywhere, and the police suspect they're dealing with
something much bigger . . . something that could bring the city to
its knees. With time running out, can the detectives find the
arsonists before the city goes up in flames? What readers are
saying about Anita Waller: 'I was completely hooked' 'She just gets
better . . . An absolutely fabulous read' 'Grabs you from page one'
'Absolutely phenomenal' 'A cracking good read' 'Honestly, I cannot
get enough of this author'
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