{"product_id":"lockdown","title":"Lockdown","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining a devastating pandemic with a gripping murder mystery plot, Peter May’s high octane thriller is a chillingly prescient page-turner. Deploying all the clockwork pacing and knife-edge twists that we have come to expect from such an accomplished writer, \u003cem\u003eLockdown\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathtakingly exciting slice of crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey said that twenty-five percent of the population would catch the flu. Between seventy and eight percent of them would die. He had been directly exposed to it, and the odds weren't good.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA CITY IN QUARANTINE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon is in lockdown under martial law. A hospital is being urgently built by the river Thames to contain the thousands of victims of a flu-like epidemic. Construction is brought to a sudden halt when a leather holdall containing the bones of a child is unearthed from the rubble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA KILLER WITHOUT REMORSE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA psychopath has been unleashed on the city; his mission is to take all measures necessary to prevent the bones from being identified. But why are he and his handlers determined to go to such murderous lengths to hide the origins of the body?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA GRIEVING INSPECTOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDI Jack MacNeil is facing his last day on the force, his career in ruins, his marriage over and his beloved son Jack dying from the virus. He has only hours to prevent the killer from eliminating all witnesses to a conspiracy whose evil effects are beyond belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of seventeen, after a childhood in a fostered family followed by six years in care homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his real name was not Norman. It was Lemn Sissay. He was British and Ethiopian. And he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since his birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Lemn's story; a story of neglect and determination, misfortune and hope, cruelty and triumph. Sissay reflects on a childhood in care, self-expression and Britishness, and in doing so explores the institutional care system, race, family and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the nation's best-loved poets, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy sharing some of the experiences and lessons from the highs (and lows!) of my career, I hope to be able to help young people to prepare for the journey ahead of them. I've had great fun working on the book and I hope that the young readers \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eand the older ones \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e enjoy it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo summers ago at the World Cup, Gareth's inspirational leadership and his 'anything is possible' mind-set helped bring the nation together, leading the England Men's team to one of their best performances at a tournament in decades. Gareth's humble, positive and compassionate style struck a chord with youngsters, parents and people of all ages. Now, in \u003ci\u003eAnything Is Possible: Be Brave, Be Kind \u0026amp; Follow Your Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Gareth shares his thoughts on how young people can thrive and achieve their own dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the twice winner and internationally bestselling, a collection of writing – essays, book reviews, memoir – from over thirty years contributing to the London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. Hooking a reader from the first page, this modern love story about growing up and the infinite complexities of intimacy is a masterful debut from a major new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; instead he found himself all alone, adrift on the vastness of Caddo Lake. A sudden noise - and all goes dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanger Darren Matthews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. He intends to make Quincy the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. There's one way to guarantee that. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"brillianthot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35261322297495,"sku":"","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0445\/6697\/0519\/products\/9781529411690.jpg?v=1596008532","url":"https:\/\/brillianthot.myshopify.com\/products\/lockdown","provider":"brillianthot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}