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Fearful for Melanie’s safety, Robin discreetly unravels her last known movements and is forced to juggle the investigation and the demands of her three-year old twins. Meanwhile her questions are leading her into the depths of a dangerous, conspiratorial world.   As her dependable mother withdraws to California to `find herself’, her criminal father sets up home where he’s not wanted and her relationship with DCI Finney hits its toughest challenge yet, Robin knows this is not the ideal time to be searching for a possible killer . . . Can she stay in control, and out of danger?     `Remember Sampson’s name; it’s about to become an important one in crime fiction’ Booklist    `A cracking mystery’ Peterborough Evening Telegraph   `This tense thriller will grip you from the start . . . 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With witnesses appearing from the murky surrounds, bloody clothes on the ground but no body, and flames blazing around him, Song panics and flees through the woods – still clutching the boy.   From the smog of the capital to the poverty-stricken countryside, and from the mansions of millionaires to a disused quarry where the children of scavengers root among the rubbish, Song and Robin must unravel the truth behind the murders before they find themselves silenced – and before the killer can make another sinister move . . .","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49548308840721,"sku":"GOR001351678","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0330448218.jpg?v=1751453129"},{"product_id":"pool-of-unease-book-catherine-sampson-9780230014435","title":"The Pool of Unease","description":"Robin Ballantyne is investigating the murder of a British man in Beijing. 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Shattering traditional preconceptions, The Pool of Unease is a gritty, fast-paced thriller that exposes the shadowy underbelly of modern China.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49556327235857,"sku":"GOR001781286","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52108525601041,"sku":"GOR003740313","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53074744410385,"sku":"GOR014728998","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0230014437.jpg?v=1750738402"},{"product_id":"out-of-mind-book-catherine-sampson-9781405040815","title":"Out of Mind","description":"After earning rave reviews with Falling off Air, Catherine Sampson's second novel has British documentary filmmaker Robin Ballantyne in Cambodia filming a documentary about land mines. 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Praise for The Pool of Unease   `An intricate mystery’ Sunday Telegraph   `Original, fast paced and clever . . . an outstandingly interesting description of life in Beijing from two utterly different angles’  Literary Review","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49621656830225,"sku":"GOR001377926","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642648699153,"sku":"GOR003508844","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0230014445.jpg?v=1750876760"},{"product_id":"falling-off-air-book-catherine-sampson-9780892968138","title":"Falling Off Air","description":"\u003cb\u003eCatherine Sampson's debut novel, a thrilling suspense about a single mother suspected of murder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobin Ballantyne's life is finally coming together. 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