Ironwood

<p><b>THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER MICHAEL CONNELLY</b></p><p> ****</p><p><b>On the stunning island of Santa Catalina, California - the sun, sea, and sand hide secrets beneath the beauty...</b></p><p>A confidential informant tips off Detective Stilwell and his team that a major drug deal will occur under cover of darkness at a remote mountain airstrip.</p><p>But things go tragically wrong - with officers down and an unidentified shooter trying to escape the island...</p><p>In the fallout, Stilwell is forced on a break and kills time by clearing out the station's lost and found. A backpack was handed in two months ago, but the detective discovers that its owner has been missing for four years.</p><p>Solving the mystery will reach further than anyone imagines - and engages a killer starting a deadly game of cat-and-mouse...</p><p><b>From the author of the books behind #1 Amazon Prime series <i>Bosch </i>and <i>Ballard</i>, and #1 Netflix show <i>The Lincoln Lawyer</i>, comes a brand-new crime-thriller masterpiece.</b></p><p>****</p><p><b>PRAISE FOR <i>IRONWOOD</i>:</b></p><p>'Connelly, even after 34 years of writing superb cop thrillers, remains at the top of his game'<br><b><i>THE TIMES</i></b></p><p>'Another absolutely unputdownable police procedural'<br><b><i>DAILY MIRROR</i></b></p><p>'If you're not yet a Connelly reader, this is as good an entry point as you will find'<br><b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i></b></p><p>'Pacy, ably-structured, well-written... a very good holiday read'<br><b><i>THE CRITIC</i></b></p><p>'Another model of Connelly's reliable craft'<br><i><b>IRISH TIMES</b></i></p><p>'The man can do no wrong'<br><b><i>BELFAST TELEGRAPH</i></b></p><p><b>CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:</b></p><p>'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'<br><b>IAN RANKIN</b></p><p>'The best mystery writer in the world'<br><b><i>GQ</i></b></p><p>'A superb natural storyteller'<br><b>LEE CHILD</b></p><p>'A master'<br><b>STEPHEN KING</b></p><p>'America's greatest living crime writer'<br><b><i>DAILY EXPRESS</i></b></p><p>'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'<br><b><i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</i></b></p>