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Jane Harper’s superb new novel
The Survivors exhibits all the qualities that make her such a compelling writer…Sure-footed, technically impeccable plotting and storytelling ensure the mystery holds until the final pages’
Irish Times ‘You won’t put this novel down until you’ve uncovered every last skeleton in the closet. I loved it ‘ Louise Candlish Without doubt one of the finest crime writers at work today, a new Jane Harper novel is the highlight of my reading year. She has this knack of painting such beautiful scenes, only to thread them with such menace, such sheer atmospheric terror.
A village on the edge… As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith s home is falling into the North Sea. But the crumbling headland has revealed what he s got buried in his garden: human remains.
A house full of secrets… With the storm still raging, it s too dangerous to retrieve the bodies and waves are devouring the evidence. Which means no one knows how many people Smith s already killed and how many more he ll kill if he can t be found and stopped.
An investigator with nothing to lose… The media are baying for blood, the top brass are after a scapegoat, and ex-Detective Inspector Ash Henderson is done playing nice. He s got a killer to catch, and God help anyone who gets in his way.
Guillaume Pitron
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth s most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do?
The green-tech revolution will reduce our dependency on nuclear power, coal, and oil, heralding a new era free of pollution, fossil-fuel shortages, and cross-border tensions. But there is a hidden dark side to this seemingly utopian vision.
In this international bestseller, award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Guillaume Pitron reveals that, by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are in fact setting ourselves up for a new dependence - on rare metals such as cobalt, gold, and palladium.