But they are harbouring an unholysecret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related toBonnie's disappearance. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devotedto each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. Butsomething in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and EmilyHarris.

Her(very complicated) mother has just died. In King'snew novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved andbrilliantly disguised adversaries.When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating hermissing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy (but alsobrave and ethical) recluse in Mr Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers to afull-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town.Stephen King's HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character HollyGibney. 'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' MARK BILLINGHAM 'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' MARIAN KEYES 'A warm, wise and witty warning never to underestimate the elderly' VAL MCDERMID 'Full of humour and heart, Osman delivers another must-read. 'Opening the new Osman is like sitting down to dinner with treasured friends you know are going to kill you - deliciously!' PETER JAMES

Readers can't get enough of the Thursday Murder Club series! With the clock ticking down and a killer heading to Cooper's Chase, has their luck finally run out? And who will be 'The Last Devil To Die'? The body count starts to rise - including someone close to the Thursday Murder Club - as our gang face an impossible search and their most deadly opponents yet. When it goes missing, chaos is unleashed. On Boxing Day, a dangerous package is smuggled across the English coast. You'd think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world of the Thursday Murder Club.

Nick's Awakening by Simon Strange