New Releases by Sarah Pinborough

''Sixteen''s an interesting age: not quite a fully grown man, but not a kid either. Anything is possible when you''re sixteen.'' Finmere Tingewick Smith was abandoned on the steps of the Old Bailey. Under the guardianship of the austere Judge Harlequin Brown and the elderly gentlemen of Orrery House, Fin has grown up under a very strange set of rules. He spends alternate years at two very different schools and now he''s tired of the constant lies to even his best friends, to hide the insanity of his double life. Neither would believe the truth! But on his sixteenth birthday, everything changes. The Judge is killed, stabbed in the chest with a double-edged sword that''s disturbingly familiar, and from that moment on, Fin is catapulted into an extraordinary adventure. Through the Doorway in Fin''s London, a hole in the boundaries of Existence, lies another London -- and now both are in grave danger. For the Knights of Nowhere have kidnapped the Storyholder, the keeper of the Five Eternal Stories which weave the worlds together. Because of the Knights'' actions, a black storm is coming, bringing madness with it. Fin may be just 16, but he has a long, dark journey ahead of him if he is to rescue the Storyholder and save Existence!

The prophecy has come to pass. The London Stone has been stolen and the Dark King rules the Nowhere. Only Mona and the new Seer dare to stand against him, leading an underground rebellion in the frozen wasteland . . . but what chance do they have, against both the Army of the Mad and Arnold Mather''s soldiers? There is still hope: if they can recruit a banished race to their cause, maybe Fin and his friends can force a final battle against the Dark King. But that aid will be hard-won, through an almost impossible quest, and even then there are no guarantees. It will come down to three friends, standing together against all odds. And fulfilling their destinies, whatever the cost . . .

Don’t miss the brand new twisty thriller from Sarah Pinborough – INSOMNIA – available to buy now!

Un rutinario análisis de sangre trastocó por completo la vida de Toby. Apartado de su familia, vive ahora en la Casa de la Muerte con otros jóvenes bajo la atenta mirada de la supervisora y su equipo de enfermeras. Esperan la aparición de los primeros síntomas de la enfermedad. Cualquier signo de que algo ha cambiado en ellos. Entonces es el momento de llevarlos al sanatorio. Nadie vuelve del sanatorio. Toby pasa los días absorto en sus recuerdos y preguntándose cuánto tiempo le queda. Hasta que llega alguien que rompe esa frágil calma y hace que todo cambie. "En este libro hay momentos sombríos, es cierto. Hay momentos escalofriantes. Pero espero que a lo largo de él también haya rayos de luz. Porque me encariñé con los adolescentes que viven en sus páginas. Creo que sus personalidades resplandecen a través de la tristeza. Es una historia sobre amistades y peleas, y sobre los lazos que se crean entre las personas, lo queramos o no. Es una historia sobre la vida y la muerte, y sobre los sacrificios que hacemos unos por otros, pero también sobre seguir viviendo. Sobre la fuerza del amor. Sobre aprovechar el momento y no rendirse nunca. Porque todos morimos... Pero lo importante es cómo elegimos vivir." Sarah Pinborough "Una historia maravillosa, contada honestamente." Neil Gaiman "Pinborough reúne un maravilloso relato del primer amor apasionado con la amistad y la hermandad que sólo sienten los que están destinados a morir juntos. Emocionante." Strange Horizons "Una gran historia con un final sorprendente." Irvine Welsh, autor de Trainspotting

Lord of the Flies meets Never Let Me Go in this “moving and totally involving” (Stephen King) dystopian thriller from the internationally best-selling author of Behind Her Eyes Toby’s life was perfectly normal . . . until it was unraveled by something as simple as a blood test. Taken from his family, Toby now lives in the Death House; an out-of-time existence far from the modern world, where he, and the others who live there, are studied by Matron and her team of nurses. They’re looking for any sign of sickness. Any sign of their wards changing. Any sign that it’s time to take them to the sanatorium. No one returns from the sanatorium. Living in his memories of the past, Toby spends his days fighting his fear. But then a new arrival in the house shatters the fragile peace, and everything changes. Because everybody dies. It’s how you choose to live that counts.

"Story Behind the Book: Volume 5" collects over 40 essays about writing and editing fiction by some of the finest contemporary authors. These essays reveal vibrant and tumultuous relationship between the author and its work, and candidly explore the process of putting the story together. Includes essays by Sarah Pinborough, J.M. Sidorova, Rod Rees, Dara Horn, Lesley McDowell, David Rain, Kim Lakin Smith, Charlaine Harris, Brian Freeman, Claude Lalumiere, Charlie Lovett, Paul Witcover, Ariel Djanikian, Christopher Brookmyre, Simon Ings, Simon Morden, Michael Gruber, Ian McDonald, J. Sydney Jones, Jaime Lee Moyer, Paul Kane, Stephen Volk, David Moody, Matthew Quinn Martin, Paula Brackston, Phil Rickman, Rebecca Alexander, Jaine Fenn, Francis Knight, Steven Brust and Skyler White, David Hair, Ian Sales, Gareth L. Powell, Justin Richards, Freda Warrington, Nicholas Kaufmann, P.B. Kane, Tom Lloyd, Stan Nicholls, David Drake, Shirin Dubbin, Christopher L. Bennett and Daniel Rabuzzi.

An enticing contemporary retelling of the classic story of Sleeping Beauty. While the the handsome prince, the evil fairy, the beautiful girl and of course the spindle all appear, Sarah Pinborough’s charming and provocative spin on the story will captivate fans of the fairy tale all over again. The third of three brand-new retellings of classic fairy tales by Sarah Pinborough.

The classic Cinderella story is given a sexy contemporary makeover in this wicked fairy tale featuring all the heroes and villains that we know and love: the handsome prince, the fairy godmother, the wretched sisters, and the beautiful girl.

Snow White gets a twisted, sexy makeover in this dark fairy tale retelling from the New York Times–bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes. Meet handsome prince, the jealous queen, and the beautiful girl as you’ve never seen them before . . . Sarah Pinborough’s charming, provocative, and adult spin on Snow White will captivate fans of the classic fairy tale all over again. Poison is the first of Sarah Pinborough’s three sexy, contemporary retellings of classic fairy tales featuring the heroes and villains we all love.

"few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough, but there are none who do it better. Quite, quite brilliant." --John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series In this gripping sequel to the acclaimed Mayhem, Sarah Pinborough continues the adventures of troubled Victorian forensics expert Dr. Thomas Bond. Haunted by the nerve-shattering events he endured during the Jack the Ripper and Thames Torso Killer investigations, Dr. Bond is trying to reestablish the normal routines of daily life. Aiding in his recovery is the growing possibility that his long-held affections for the recently widowed Juliana Harrington might finally be reciprocated. He begins to allow himself to dream of one day forming a family with her and her young boy. Soon, however, a new suitor arrives in London, challenging the doctor''s claims on Juliana''s happiness. Worse, it seems the evil creature that Dr. Bond had wrestled with during the Ripper and Torso Killer investigations is back and stronger than ever. As the corpses of murdered children begin to turn up in the Thames, the police surgeon finds himself once again in a life-and-death struggle with an uncanny, inexorable foe.

« Rares sont les auteurs qui savent mêler aussi finement le mystère et le surnaturel. Mais aucun ne sait le faire comme Sarah Pinborough. Brillant. » John Connolly Londres, 1888. Lorsque des cadavres de femmes atrocement mutilées sont repêchés dans la Tamise, le médecin légiste Thomas Bond comprend qu''un second tueur sévit dans les rues de Whitechapel. Or cet assassin paraît plus inhumain que Jack l''Éventreur lui-même... Pour lutter contre ses insomnies, le docteur Bond passe ses nuits dans les fumeries d''opium. Chaque soir, un inconnu en noir vient examiner les rêveurs perdus dans les brumes opiacées. Pourrait-il être la clé du chaos qui s''est emparé de la capitale ?

"a new supernatural-whodunit-polyphonic thriller for those not of the faint of heart" --Fort Worth Telegram "Pinborough''s fiction moves at a breakneck pace. Once you start, you can''t stop." --Sarah Langan, author of The Keeper and The Missing Already frustrated in their attempts to capture serial murderer Jack the Ripper, the detectives of Scotland Yard are suddenly confronted with a new monster, dubbed the Torso Killer for his habit of leaving behind neatly wrapped parcels of his victims'' body parts, minus the heads. With the terrible increase in mutilated corpses to examine, the highly regarded police surgeon Dr. Thomas Bond has lost the ability to sleep. True, a growing dependency on opium affords him some solace in his loneliest and most desperate hours, but he also fears the grip of the drug. During Dr. Bond''s nightly tours of London''s underbelly in search of pharmaceutical respite from the horrors that plague him by day, he encounters a mysterious Jesuit priest scouring the opium dens himself, clearly in search of someone--or something. The doctor at first rejects the strange priest''s unnatural theories about the Torso Killer as an affront to scientific thought. But over time Dr. Bond''s opium-addled mind begins to crumble under the growing impression that there might be some awful truth to the Jesuit''s ideas. As the police struggle to capture two serial killers, the troubled forensics expert begins to suspect that he may actually know the Torso Killer personally. If he is right, Dr. Bond will need all the strength he can muster to save his small circle of loved ones from falling victim to the bloody depravities of this twisted creature.

"It spreads like a plague but it''s not a disease. Medical science is helpless against the deadly autoimmune reaction caused by the bite of the swarming African flies. Billions are dead, more are dying. Across the world, governments are falling, civilization is crumbling, and everywhere those still alive fear the death carried in the skies. Some say the flies are a freak mutation, others say they''re manmade, but as hope of beating them fades, most turn to the only comfort left and see the plague as God''s will... But not everyone dies. A few seem immune. They call themselves mungus and preach acceptance of the plague, encouraging people to allow themselves to be bitten by the "flies of the Lord" so that they may join Him the afterlife. Nigel, an investigative reporter, searches the apocalyptic landscape of plague-ravaged England in search of Bandora, a kidnapped African boy. On a quest for personal redemption as well as the truth, his search takes him away from the troubles he can no longer face at home, and into world of the head mungu, a man who speaks truth in riddles and has no fear of the African flies"--Page [4] of cover.

From the Number One bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES comes a beautiful, harrowing, heartbreaking story, filled with exquisite truths. ''A beautiful story, honestly told'' Neil Gaiman Tonight is a special terrible night. A woman sits at her father''s bedside, watching the clock tick away the last hours of his life. Her brothers and sisters - all broken, their bonds fragile - have been there for the past week, but now she is alone. And that''s when it always comes. The clock ticks, the darkness beckons. If it comes at all.

The tables have turned, and now Detective Inspector Cass Jones is a wanted man on the streets of London. Framed for murder and hunted by his former colleagues, Cass needs every ally he can get—including a very unexpected figure from his past. While detectives Hask and Ramsey search for the killer behind the lethal Strain II virus, Mr. Bright continues to pull strings from the shadows, and there are dire warnings of a final battle that could tear everything apart. As he searches for his kidnapped nephew while eluding his own pursuers, Cass is determined to find the answers—even if he has to confront the darkest secrets of the history of humanity to do it.

Cuidado com o que você deseja! Para fãs de Once Upon a Time e Grimm, a série Encantadas prova que contos de fadas são para adultos! Você se lembra da história da Cinderela, com sua linda fada madrinha, suas irmãs feias e um príncipe encantado? Então esqueça essa história, pois nesta releitura de Sarah Pinborough ninguém é o que parece. Em um reino próximo, a realeza anuncia um baile que encontrará uma noiva para o príncipe e parece que o desejo de Cinderela irá ganhar aliados peculiares para ser realizado. Contudo, não será fácil: ela não é a aposta de sua família para esse casamento real, e sua fada madrinha precisa de um favorzinho em troca de transformar essa pobre coitada em uma diva real. Enquanto isso, parece que Lilith não está muito contente com os últimos acontecimentos e, ao mesmo tempo em que seu reino parece sucumbir ao frio, ela resolve usar sua magia para satisfazer suas vontades. Feitiço é o segundo volume da trilogia iniciada com Veneno, um best-seller inglês clássico e moderno ao mesmo tempo em que recria as personagens mais famosas dos irmãos Grimm com personalidade forte, uma queda por aventuras e, eventualmente, uma sina por encrencas. Princesas, rainhas, reis, caçadores e criaturas da floresta: não acredite na inocência de nenhum deles! Palavra da editora: Nada é o que parece no segundo volume da saga encantadas! Em Feitiço, Cinderela, com seu desejo desmensurado de fazer parte da realeza, fará qualquer coisa para obter atenção do príncipe. Mas seria mesmo este um final feliz? – Mariana Rolier

The author of the “diabolically clever”* A Matter of Blood returns with another gritty supernatural thriller featuring hard-boiled homicide detective Cass Jones… A devastating terrorist attack has crippled London. To find a perpetrator who is more than human, Special Branch turns to Detective Inspector Cass Jones. Cass is already investigating a series of student suicides, but saying no to Special Branch isn’t an option—even when he’s hit with a much more personal and deeply disturbing mystery: a message left for him by his murdered brother revealing that Cass’s nephew was stolen at birth. Cass’s investigations and his search for the boy lead him down a dark labyrinth to the shadowy Mr. Bright and his otherworldly allies—and into the middle of an ancient and deadly feud, with no less than the fate of humanity hanging in the balance… *F. Paul Wilson

In a world steeped in darkness, a new breed of evil has fallen… London’s ruined economy has pushed everyone to the breaking point, and even the police rely on bribes and deals with criminals to survive. Detective Inspector Cass Jones struggles to keep integrity in the police force, but now, two gory cases will test his mettle. A gang hit goes wrong, leaving two schoolboys dead, and a serial killer calling himself the Man of Flies leaves a message on his victims saying “nothing is sacred.” Then Cass’ brother murders his own family before committing suicide. Cass doesn’t believe his gentle brother did it. Yet when evidence emerges suggesting someone killed all three of them, a prime suspect is found—Cass himself. Common links emerge in all three cases, but while Cass is finding more questions than answers, the Man of Flies continues to kill...

London streets are now clogged with thick webs and dead bodies. Spidery creatures straight out of a nightmare have infested the city, spinning sticky traps to catch human prey. A few desperate survivors have banded together, realizing their only hope for survival is to flee the dying city.

Cass Jones hat wieder alle Hände voll zu tun: Eine Selbstmordwelle unter Studenten gibt der Polizei Rätsel auf. Die Toten hinterlassen nur einen einzigen Satz: Chaos im Dunkel, ein Satz, den sich niemand in ihrem Umfeld erklären kann. Cass erkennt bald eine Verbindung zum schattenhaften Netzwerk um den geheimnisvollen Castor Bright. Doch auch dieses zeigt Zerfallserscheinungen: Es haben sich unterschiedliche Parteien gebildet, die sich feindlich gegenüberstehen. Als Terroranschläge London erschüttern, ist klar: Die Welt gerät langsam aber sicher aus den Fugen und ist zum Schlachtfeld unberechenbarer Mächte geworden. Und Cass spielt in deren undurchsichtigen Plänen offenbar eine immer wichtigere Rolle ...

Cardiff Bay. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI Tom Cutler is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know. The disbanded Torchwood Institute spent a century accumulating non-terrestrial artefacts and catching aliens. Who knows what - or who - might still be intact down there. But by the time they find the first body, Suzie Costello is long gone. Based on the hit science fiction series created by Russell T Davies, Long Time Dead is a prequel to Torchwood: Miracle Day, starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles as Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper. It features Suzie Costello, as played by Indira Varma.

Rachel Wright wakes up in the hospital one morning with no memory of who she is. It takes a while, but once she gets over the shock she decides amnesia isn’t all bad. Rachel grasps this opportunity for a fresh start. What does she care if everyone she used to know thinks she’d changed a bit too much? Life is good for the “new” Rachel. . . . But now her life is starting to fray at the edges. She’s been having hideous nightmares and seeing strange things in mirrors. She’s becoming more and more certain that something bad is coming. Something wants to break into this world, to play games of blood and death with the living. And it’s coming for Rachel.

Saving the planet, watching over the Rift, preparing the human race for the twenty-first century... Torchwood has been keeping Cardiff safe since the late 1800s. Small teams of heroes, working 24/7, encountering and containing the alien, the bizarre and the inexplicable. But Torchwood do not always see the effects of their actions. What links the Rules and Regulations for replacing a Torchwood leader to the destruction of a supermarket? How does a witness to an alien''s reprisals against Torchwood become caught up in a night of terror in a university library? And why should Gwen and Ianto''s actions at a local publisher''s affect Torchwood more than a century earlier? For Torchwood, the past will always catch up with them. And sometimes the future will catch up with the past... Featuring sci-fi stories by writers for the hit Torchwood series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television, including James Moran and Joseph Lidster, plus Andrew Cartmel, Sarah Pinborough and David Llewellyn.

The body in the church hall is very definitely dead. It has been sliced open with surgical precision, its organs exposed, and its vocal cords are gone. It is as if they were never there or they''ve been dissolved... With the Welsh Amateur Operatic Contest getting under way, music is filling the churches and concert halls of Cardiff. The competition has attracted the finest Welsh talent to the city, but it has also drawn something else - there are stories of a metallic creature hiding in the shadows. Torchwood are on its tail, but it''s moving too fast for them to track it down. This new threat requires a new tactic - so Ianto Jones is joining a male voice choir... Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit sci-fi series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

Not your average book of chillers... Twelve tales guaranteed to amuse, disturb and make you squirm. From body parts gone missing to body parts inexplicably arriving, from parasitic children to dead grammas, get ready for some wild stories from four very distinct and unique voices.

The ghost of a girl who died thirty years ago has come back to get revenge on the people who let her die, and she''s bringing friends.

Society rapidly gives way to terror when women start giving birth to carnivorous spider-like creatures.