Nightshade

<p><b>OUT NOW - THE NEW THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER MICHAEL CONNELLY</b><br><br>LAPD Detective Stilwell has been forced out of the Homicide department to a dead-end post on Santa Catalina Island.<br><br>It might be an idyllic holiday destination but Stilwell knows it''s a backwater to keep him out of sight and out of mind. But the usual weekend case-load of petty drunken violence is disturbed by a report of a body found in the harbour, weighed down by an anchor.<br><br>Driven to prove a point to his superiors back on the mainland, Stilwell will cross every line of protocol and jurisdiction to solve the murder case.<br><br>It''s sink or swim, as failure will cost him everything, and finding the killer will reveal the dark heart of his new home.<br><br>But on a small island with big secrets - someone is always watching...<br><br>****<br><br><b>CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:</b><br><br>''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation''<br><b>IAN RANKIN</b><br><br>''The best mystery writer in the world''<br><b><i>GQ</i></b><br><br>''A superb natural storyteller''<br><b>LEE CHILD</b><br><br>''A master''<br><b>STEPHEN KING</b><br><br>''America''s greatest living crime writer''<br><b><i>DAILY EXPRESS</i></b><br><br>''One of the great storytellers of crime fiction''<br><b><i>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</i></b></p>