Three Burials

A THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOK OF 2024<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER 2025<BR><BR>'Extraordinary . . . both a madcap crime caper and a savage state-of-the-nation novel . . . Anders Lustgarten writes like a man possessed: bursting with energy' The Times<BR><BR>An electrifying wild ride of a debut novel from award-winning playwright Anders Lustgarten<BR><BR>Meet Cherry, a bandit queen on the run, driving a pink soft-top convertible through the badlands of South-East England. She's never felt more Thelma & Louise in her life - except there are three of them in the car and one of them is dead.<BR><BR>How did a head nurse and mother of two end up driving a handcuffed policeman and the corpse of a murdered refugee on a journey to find justice? Pursued by a racist, roid-raged, shaven-headed officer of the law - not to mention by her husband and daughter - what else can a woman with a conscience do in modern Britain?<BR><BR>Thrilling, radical and darkly comedic, Anders Lustgarten's open-hearted storm of a book explores pressing political concerns with clear-sightedness and holds a mirror up to contemporary Britain.<BR><BR>'An irreverent, tragicomic tour de force as absurd and as urgent as hope . . . Lustgarten's novel is comedy as weapon and deep moral inquiry' Guardian

Vor der Küste Englands treffen in tiefer Nacht verzweifelte Flüchtlinge auf selbsternannte Patrioten. Die schicksalhafte Begegnung löst eine irrwitzige Verkettung von Ereignissen aus, wobei es allen Beteiligten nur um eines geht: endlich - endlich - Frieden zu finden.Ein Boot mit Flüchtlingen stottert auf dem Ärmelkanal in Richtung englische Küste. Die Männer sind am Ende ihrer Kräfte, einer ist Omar, er ist neunzehn und hofft, seine Asha bald wiederzusehen. Auch eine Truppe von britischen Patrioten in einem Festrumpfschlauchboot ist unterwegs, um ihr Land vor Flüchtlingen zu schützen.Tags darauf erwacht Cherry am Strand. Sie hat sich in der Nacht die Kante gegeben, die Ehe ist ein Scherbenhaufen, ihr Sohn Liam hat sich das Leben genommen. Sie entdeckt die Leiche eines dunkelhäutigen Mannes, vom Meer angespült, das Genick gebrochen, ein laminiertes Foto in der steifen Hand. Er erinnert Cherry so sehr an Liam, dass sie sich schwört, die junge Frau auf dem Foto zu finden und ihn zu beerdigen. Welchen Preis wird Cherry bezahlen?

Perhaps one reason not enough people kill billionaires is it's actually quite tricky...<BR><BR>'Hopeful and exciting. Funny and heartbreaking ... I want to read more books like this!' Mikaela Loach<BR>'Scarily believable' Daily Mail<BR><BR>When her home is destroyed in wildfires, fourteen-year-old Australian outback genius Kayla Connolly decides to hunt down the culprits of climate change: billionaires.<BR><BR>She teams up with Mr P, a giant ex-soldier from Tuvalu whose home is being flooded by rising sea levels. Together, they find ingenious ways to kill a property developer building on protected wetlands and a mining company CEO poisoning the earth with toxic chemicals. They also find an unexpected ally in Nancy, a wealthy elderly woman with a shocking past.<BR><BR>The trio's mission soon develops a life of its own, taking them first to California to crack billionaire tech bros and then to London for superrich oil executives, spawning a global movement along the way. In pursuit are the FBI and Detective Sergeant Kate Anderson of Scotland Yard, but Kate is having doubts about whether Kayla is even in the wrong. Will Kayla be able to stay ahead of the game and pull off one final, remarkable hit?<BR><BR>'I wouldn't be surprised if it became a handbook for the revolution' Patrick Alley