Matthew Frank Livres

EXTRAVAGANT WEALTH. HIGH ART. MURDER. PRE-ORDER THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM MATTHEW FRANK NOW 'Tense and twisty . . . completely gripping. I ignored children, a ringing phone, hunger, everything just to devour the last hundred pages' - KAREN PERRY, Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Closest Friend -- Lucinda Drummond, art history expert, was beautiful, clever, successful and loved. When she is found at the bottom of her museum's Tulip Staircase during the pinnacle event of her career, people are as shocked as they are suspicious. Who could have wanted her dead? Detectives Joe Stark and Fran Millhaven are quick on the case, leading them into a world of high art and extravagant wealth that proves far more twisted than they could have imagined. As the bodies begin to mount, and the case grows ever more complex, Stark and Fran must race discover the perpetrator - before the next victim falls . . . --- PRAISE FOR MATTHEW FRANK: 'A clever compelling spiderweb of a plot ' JANE CORRY, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife 'Seriously good . . . a tightly plotted thrilling page turner of a book' JAMES OSWALD, author of the Inspector McLean series

"For Joseph Stark, the Met investigation team's newest detective, death is already all too familiar. Wounded in an attack that killed his comrades, Stark has been haunted by nightmares since his return from the Afghan frontline. Just trying to recover would be struggle enough, but Stark also has to deal with the rigours of a murder investigation while navigating the rivalries and loyalties of his new department. And in a case where nothing is quite what it seems, Stark soon begins to understand what lies at the rotten heart of the killings and realises just what is at stake. But with his own strength fading, this ex-soldier's determination to see justice done may not be enough to carry him through..."- Publishers description.

Pre-order the gripping and masterfully-crafted new thriller from award-winning author Matthew Frank Tense and twisty . . . completely gripping. I ignored children, a ringing phone, hunger, everything just to devour the last hundred pages - Karen Perry, Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Closest Friend Julian Sinclair is a serial killer - charming, manipulative, deadly. He hunted girls for sport, and it's high time justice was served. But when Sinclair's conviction is thrown out in court, DC Joseph Stark and DS Fran Millhaven find themselves forced to protect the man they're sure is guilty from those who would see him pay in blood. Then another girl dies. And Sinclair can't have killed her from his hospital bed. Is a killer lurking inside someone they never suspected? And have they had the wrong man all along? _________ A clever compelling spiderweb of a plot- Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife 'A gripping, pacy read with a one more chapter compulsiveness.' - Laura Marshall, bestselling author of Friend Request Seriously good . . . a tightly plotted thrilling page turner of a book - James Oswald, author of the Inspector McLean series Matthew Frank is a master at juggling light and darkness ... while serving up satisfying plots with plenty of twists - Sarah Hilary, award-winning author of the Marnie Rome series Nail-bitingly tense - Susi Holliday, author of The Last Resort

For a variety of reasons -- population growth, development, economics, investment and infrastructure needs, geopolitics, policy/governance, and the expected impacts of climate change, to name but a few -- the current global energy system is unsustainable in its present form. But in the absence of replacement technologies and clean energy forms that are both scalable and affordable, conventional sources of energy and related infrastructure need to remain robust for decades to come, even as policymakers undertake efforts to transform the energy system. This book identifies and examines the relevant drivers that are likely to dictate future trends in energy consumption and fuel choices in the context of a shifting geopolitical landscape, taking into account the attendant economic, foreign policy, energy security, and environmental consequences and priorities. Projecting out to 2035, the report looks at petroleum, coal, renewables, nuclear energy, and natural gas, plus what the authors term the "game changer"--Climate change. The authors believe that managing the transition to a new energy future will be one of the greatest challenges that the global community will face in the coming decades. Contrary to fashionable political rhetoric, such a transformation is likely to be irregular, costly, and at times painful, but inevitably it will and must be done.

"The sequel to If I Should Die, winner of the Waverton Good Read Award Now a freshly-minted DC, war-hero-turned-copper Joseph Stark is called to the scene of a double murder. The husband and wife victims were shot dead in their own home. It looks like a tragic burglary gone wrong. But Stark has a creeping feeling that the killings might be something more chilling. And when new evidence points to a twenty-year-old cold case the hunt is on . . ."