Joseph Knox

WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTHI stopped going to work. I went missing. We still live in a world where you can disappear if you want to. Or even if you don''t.Detective Aidan Waits is in troubleAfter a career-ending mistake, hes forced into a nightmare undercover operation that his superiors dont expect him to survive.Isabelle Rossiter has run away againWhen the teenage daughter of a prominent MP joins Zain Carver, the enigmatic criminal who Waits is investigating, everything changes.A single mother, missing for a decadeCarver is a mesmerising figure who lures young women into his orbit young women who have a bad habit of disappearing. Soon Waits is cut loose by the police, stalked by an unseen killer and dangerously attracted to the wrong woman.How can he save the girl, when he cant even save himself?

It starts with the girl. How it ends is up to DC Aidan Waits. Isabelle Rossiter has run away again. When Aidan Waits, a troubled junior detective, is summoned to her father's penthouse home - he finds a manipulative man, with powerful friends. But retracing Isabelle's steps through a dark, nocturnal world, Waits finds something else. An intelligent seventeen-year-old girl who's scared to death of something. As he investigates her story, and the unsolved disappearance of a young woman just like her, he realizes Isabelle was right to run away. Soon Waits is cut loose by his superiors, stalked by an unseen killer and dangerously attracted to the wrong woman. He's out of his depth and out of time. How can he save the girl, when he can't even save himself?

Gritty as hell. I loved it. A great urban cop thriller Ian Rankin As heard on BBC Radio 5 Live Phil Williams ShowFrom the bestselling author of Sirens, Detective Aidan Waits is on the hunt to find the identity of The Smiling Man.________A body has been found on the fourth floor of Manchesters vast and empty Palace Hotel. The man is dead. And he is smiling. The tags have been removed from his clothes. His teeth have been replaced. Even his fingertips are not his own. Only a patch sewn into his trousers offers any information about him. Detective Aidan Waits and his unwilling partner, DI Sutcliffe, must piece together the scant clues to identify the stranger. But as they do, Aidan realises that a ghost from his past haunts the investigation. He soon recognises that to discover who the smiling man really is, he must first confront the scattered debris of his own life . . . ________'Talents such as Knox rarely emerge more than once in a generation. A crime fiction masterpiece' ***** Metro'Packing a punch from the very first page. You will love The Smiling Man' Jane Harper, author of The Dry

Dark, gritty and compelling, this will have you turning the pages until the early hours of the morning. - The IndependentFierce, funny and flint-sharp. Joseph Knox is the true grit of Brit noir - Cara Hunter________He said he didnt remember killing themDetective Aidan Waits sits on an abandoned hospital ward, watching a mass murderer slowly die. He has just one job: to extract the location of Martin Wicks final victim before the notorious mass murderer passes away. Wick has spent over a decade in prison, in near-total silence, having confessed to an unspeakable crime that shocked the nation and earned him the name The Sleepwalker.Wicks whispered confession will send Waits on a journey into a dark world of lies and revenge on both sides of the law but can you ever trust a murderers dying words?___Readers are obsessed with The Sleepwalker:***** So addictive and gripping. I literally couldnt but it down.***** I read in one breathless sitting . . . its hard to tell who the real villains are.***** It hooked me from the first page. Aidan Waits is a perfect anti-hero.

Fuyant un passé trouble, Lynch, un escroc en burn-out, vient de débarquer à Londres. Son téléphone est mort, il n’a pas d’argent, pas de contacts, personne à retrouver. Jusqu’à ce qu’il tombe sur une

Brooding, blistering. Sirens is a remarkable literary thriller, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and James Lee Burke AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the WindowWATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTHI stopped going to work. I went missing. We still live in a world where you can disappear if you want to. Or even if you dont.Detective Aidan Waits is in trouble After a career-ending mistake, hes forced into a nightmare undercover operation that his superiors dont expect him to survive.Isabelle Rossiter has run away againWhen the teenage daughter of a prominent MP joins Zain Carver, the enigmatic criminal who Waits is investigating, everything changes.A single mother, missing for a decadeCarver is a mesmerising figure who lures young women into his orbit young women who have a bad habit of disappearing. Soon Waits is cut loose by the police, stalked by an unseen killer and dangerously attracted to the wrong woman.How can he save the girl, when he cant even save himself?*Reader reviews: It is an utterly brilliant debut novel; dark, gritty, menacing and meaningful. *****Compulsive reading, so well written that even the gruesome cruelty and sense of helplessness in a dark world seemed right.***** Knox is always one-step ahead, deceiving the reader and creating a sexy, stylish world always with danger around every corner. ******The bestselling debut from the winner of the Sky Arts Writer of the Year Award, the next big name in crime fiction - Joseph Knox.

A triumph. Dazzlingly originalSunday TimesRiveting and relentless...A unique story, brilliantly toldTerry HayesBrilliant, compelling and originalSteve CavanaghHighly original and mischievousJohn Boyne______________What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens to the Zoe Nolans of the world?In the early hours of Saturday 17 December 2011, Zoe Nolan, a nineteen-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where she had been living for three months.She was never seen again.Seven years after her disappearance, struggling writer Evelyn Mitchell finds herself drawn into the mystery. Through interviews with Zoes closest friends and family, she begins piecing together what really happened in 2011. But where some versions of events overlap, aligning perfectly with one another, others stand in stark contrast, giving rise to troubling inconsistencies.Shaken by revelations of Zoes secret life, and stalked by a figure from the shadows, Evelyn turns to crime writer Joseph Knox to help make sense of a case where everyone has something to hide.Zoe Nolan may be missing presumed dead, but her story is only just beginning.______________Readers love TRUE CRIME STORY:Perfectly combines the best parts of true crime, fiction and mystery. SuperbMy favourite read of 2021...fascinating, perplexing and bloody brilliantIve been looking for something different and new in the crime genre. Here it is

Manchester, 17 décembre 2011. Zoe Nolan, 19 ans, quitte la tour de sa résidence universitaire à l’aube, après le déclenchement de l’alarme incendie lors d’une fête organisée dans sa colocation. C’est

La patience n’a jamais été le fort de l’inspecteur Aidan Waits, et faire le planton au chevet d’un meurtrier pour en recueillir les dernières confessions ne compte pas parmi les plus glorieuses heu

Après une erreur qui aurait pu lui coûter sa carrière, c’est le déshonneur total pour le jeune inspecteur Aidan Waits. Mais ce déshonneur arrange bien ses supérieurs qui obligent Waits à mener une da

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Brilliant... absolutely enthralling John MarrsIts Knox at his mesmerising bestFinancial TimesWill hook you with its Ripley-like vibes and sharp dialogueThe Times_____________WHEN YOURE LIVING A LIE, YOU FIND ITS BEST TO AVOID CLOSE ATTACHMENTSLynch, a burned out con-artist, arrives, broke, in London, trying not to dwell on the mistakes that got him there. When he bumps into Bobbie, a rehab-bound heiress - and when she briefly mistakes him for her missing brother - Lynch senses the opportunity, as well as the dangerBobbies brother, Heydon, was a troubled young man. Five years ago, he walked out of the family home and never went back. His car was found parked on a bridge overlooking the Thames, in the early hours of the same morning. Unsettled by Bobbies story, and suffering from a rare attack of conscience, Lynch tries to back off.But when Bobbie leaves for rehab the following day, he finds himself drawn to her luxurious family home, and into a meeting with her mother, the formidable Miranda. Seeing the same resemblance that her daughter did, Miranda proposes she hire Lynch to assume her sons identity, in a last-ditch effort to try and flush out his killer.As Lynch begins to impersonate him, dark forces are lured out of the shadows, and he realises too late that Heydon wasnt paranoid at all. Someone was watching his every move, and theyll kill to keep it a secret.For the first time, Lynch is in a life or death situation he cant lie his way out of._____________Readers love Imposter Syndrome:A fast-paced and exciting readA gripping and intense psychological thriller that masterfully explores themes of deception, identityAn intelligent read that you wont want to put down and you certainly wont want to endI knew I would love this as everything Joseph Knox writes is brilliant, but this is probably my favourite to date now!

El detectiveAidanWaits, a quien conocimos enSirenas, emprende la caza del hombre que sonríe.El detective Aidan Waits ha regresado al turno de noche, a patrullar las calles insomnes de Manchester. Una llamada lo conduce al hotel Palace, antiguo edificio victoriano ahora casi abandonado. En la cuarta planta halla el cadaver de un hombre. Han cortado todas las etiquetas de su ropa. En su rostro, una mueca extraña.UN MUERTO QUE SONRIEPor si fuera poco, el detective se ha entrometido en un caso de chantaje sexual hasta ganarse el odio de un periodista de la derecha alternativa. En la ciudad, cada noche arden contenedores de basura y causa estragos la droga de moda, la matraca. Waits, al borde del colapso, se esfuerza por reconstruir la identidad del hombre de la sonrisa mortal, pero ignora que alguien esta escarbando en la suya propia.QUIZA HA LLEGADO EL MOMENTO DE MIRAR ATRASLa segunda novela de Joseph Knox es una historia bella y cruel sobre la identidad, protagonizada de nuevo por un antiheroe muy humano: el maltrecho Aidan Waits.Criticas: Esta serie va a convertirse en un clasico.TheSunday TimesTodavia mas fuerte que Sirenas. Knox se supera en cada libro.TheGuardianSi te gusto Sirenas, te encantara Sonrisa mortal. Dura, negrisima, un puñetazo al alma detras de otro, desde la primera pagina. Jane Harper, autora de Años de sequiaTalentos como el de Knox rara vez tienen equivalente dentro de su generacion. Un maestro del genero negro.MetroJoseph Knox escribe novelas electricas. Su prosa es de neon. Sus tramas, de alto voltaje. Una de las mejores voces del genero y un autor con un talento descomunal. A.J. Finn, autor de La mujer en la ventanaEn su segunda novela, Knox ha descrito tan bien la esencia del mal y la corrupcion que casi se pueden oler.Sunday ExpressMas dura que el infierno. Una novela de polis genial. Ian Rankin

Sirenas es una novela negra como la pez, preparada para intoxicar. La de Joseph Knox es una nueva voz en el género que fascinará a los lectores de Ian Rankin, Tana French, Don Winslow y Dennis Lehane.Una mision suicidaInfiltrarse en el circulo del hermetico Zain Carver, el señor de la droga de Manchester, es un asunto peligroso. Pero hacerlo y a la vez rescatar de sus garras a Isabelle Rossiter, la hija de un influyente politico que ha escapado de casa, es directamente imposible. Por eso Aidan Waits es perfecto para este trabajo: un agente caido en desgracia, emocionalmente inestable y detestado por sus superiores.Creen que es un peon prescindiblePero Waits logra abrirse paso en el mundo de los clubes nocturnos, hasta llegar al mismisimo Carver. Por el camino, todos los vicios cuentan. A lado y lado del mismo florecen los cadaveres de bellas jovenes tratadas como mercancia. ¿Sera Isabelle la siguiente? Sin embargo, en cuanto Aidan cruza todas las lineas rojas, deja de recibir apoyo policial. Esta listo para sucumbir a los cantos de sirena.¿Como salvara a la chica si no puede salvarse ni a si mismo?Criticas: Leanla y estaran de acuerdo conmigo: la editorial nos engaña si insiste en que una novela tan excepcional y redonda como esta es una opera prima. Paco CamarasaKnox escribe sobre la ciudad, en este caso Manchester, con una fuerza inusitada.El nuevo Ian Rankin.The GuardianTe sacara de tu zona de confort y te abrira las puertas de un mundo sordido.EsquireUna fabrica de ambiente criminal. Knox domina Manchester y lo sabe pintar conla paleta mas oscura. Val McDermidUna afilada novela negra de ambientacion urbana. Verdaderamente especial. Lee Child

________Gritty as hell. I loved it. A great urban cop thriller Ian RankinFrom the bestselling author of Sirens, Detective Aidan Waits is on the hunt to find the identity of The Smiling Man.________A body has been found on the fourth floor of Manchesters vast and empty Palace Hotel. The man is dead. And he is smiling. The tags have been removed from his clothes. His teeth have been replaced. Even his fingertips are not his own. Only a patch sewn into his trousers offers any information about him. Detective Aidan Waits and his unwilling partner, DI Sutcliffe, must piece together the scant clues to identify the stranger. But as they do, Aidan realises that a ghost from his past haunts the investigation. He soon recognises that to discover who the smiling man really is, he must first confront the scattered debris of his own life . . . ________Talents such as Knox rarely emerge more than once in a generation. A crime fiction masterpiece ***** MetroPacking a punch from the very first page. You will love The Smiling Man Jane Harper, author of The DryJoseph Knoxs first stand-alone novel True Crime Story is coming 17 June 2021

El detective Aidan Waits, a quien conocimos en Sirenas, emprende la caza del hombre que sonríe. El detective Aidan Waits ha regresado al turno de noche, a patrullar las calles insomnes de Manchester. Una llamada lo conduce al hotel Palace, antiguo edificio victoriano ahora casi abandonado. En la cuarta planta halla el cadaver de un hombre. Han cortado todas las etiquetas de su ropa. En su rostro, una mueca extraña. UN MUERTO QUE SONRIE Por si fuera poco, el detective se ha entrometido en un caso de chantaje sexual hasta ganarse el odio de un periodista de la derecha alternativa. En la ciudad, cada noche arden contenedores de basura y causa estragos la droga de moda, la matraca. Waits, al borde del colapso, se esfuerza por reconstruir la identidad del hombre de la sonrisa mortal, pero ignora que alguien esta escarbando en la suya propia. QUIZA HA LLEGADO EL MOMENTO DE MIRAR ATRAS La segunda novela de Joseph Knox es una historia bella y cruel sobre la identidad, protagonizada de nuevo por un antiheroe muy humano: el maltrecho Aidan Waits.Criticas:Esta serie va a convertirse en un clasico.The Sunday Times Todavia mas fuerte que Sirenas. Knox se supera en cada libro.The Guardian Si te gusto Sirenas, te encantara Sonrisa mortal. Dura, negrisima, un puñetazo al alma detras de otro, desde la primera pagina.Jane Harper, autora de Años de sequiaTalentos como el de Knox rara vez tienen equivalente dentro de su generacion. Un maestro del genero negro.Metro Joseph Knox escribe novelas electricas. Su prosa es de neon. Sus tramas, de alto voltaje. Una de las mejores voces del genero y un autor con un talento descomunal.A.J. Finn, autor de La mujer en la ventanaEn su segunda novela, Knox ha descrito tan bien la esencia del mal y la corrupcion que casi se pueden oler.Sunday Express Mas dura que el infierno. Una novela de polis genial.Ian Rankin

Sirenas es una novela negra como la pez, preparada para intoxicar. La de Joseph Knox es una nueva voz en el género que fascinará a los lectores de Ian Rankin, Tana French, Don Winslow y Dennis Lehane. Una mision suicida Infiltrarse en el circulo del hermetico Zain Carver, el señor de la droga de Manchester, es un asunto peligroso. Pero hacerlo y a la vez rescatar de sus garras a Isabelle Rossiter, la hija de un influyente politico que ha escapado de casa, es directamente imposible. Por eso Aidan Waits es perfecto para este trabajo: un agente caido en desgracia, emocionalmente inestable y detestado por sus superiores. Creen que es un peon prescindible Pero Waits logra abrirse paso en el mundo de los clubes nocturnos, hasta llegar al mismisimo Carver. Por el camino, todos los vicios cuentan. A lado y lado del mismo florecen los cadaveres de bellas jovenes tratadas como mercancia. ¿Sera Isabelle la siguiente? Sin embargo, en cuanto Aidan cruza todas las lineas rojas, deja de recibir apoyo policial. Esta listo para sucumbir a los cantos de sirena. ¿Como salvara a la chica si no puede salvarse ni a si mismo?Criticas:Leanla y estaran de acuerdo conmigo: la editorial nos engaña si insiste en que una novela tan excepcional y redonda como esta es una opera prima.Paco Camarasa Knox escribe sobre la ciudad, en este caso Manchester, con una fuerza inusitada. El nuevo Ian Rankin.The Guardian Te sacara de tu zona de confort y te abrira las puertas de un mundo sordido.EsquireUna fabrica de ambiente criminal. Knox domina Manchester y lo sabe pintar con la paleta mas oscura.Val McDermid Una afilada novela negra de ambientacion urbana. Verdaderamente especial.Lee Child