Nightshade: The Brand New Blockbuster Thriller from the Number One Bestseller Hardcover – 20 May 2025 by Michael Connelly

LAPD Detective Stilwell has been forced out of the Homicide department to a dead-end post on Santa Catalina Island.

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.

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.

It's sink or swim, as failure will cost him everything, and finding the killer will reveal the dark heart of his new home.

But on a small island with big secrets - someone is always watching...

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