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Tick Tock
Tick Tock
Oct 6, 2024 6:43 PM

Author:Simon Mayo

Tick Tock

'A slice of scary, escapist fun' Observer

'The twists and turns are never-ending' Daily Mail

'An unnervingly plausible and scintillatingly paced thriller' Radio Times

'A phenomenal thriller, meticulously plotted and brilliantly realised' Clare Mackintosh, Books of the Year

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If you can hear it, your time is running out.

Teacher Kit Chaplin can't understand why some students at his north London school are experiencing an extreme ticking noise in their ears. Perhaps it's just a severe form of tinnitus? But only days later, it spreads to more students - and starts leaving bodies in its wake.

Eminent vaccinologist Lilly Slater has never seen anything like this before. She must race against the clock to work out what is happening - and to find a cure.

But their investigation throws up more questions than answers until they realise the mystery behind the illness is even bigger than they could have imagined...

Will the truth behind this catastrophe become clear before it's too late?

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Readers are loving Tick Tock

'Well, BBC Radio presenter Simon Mayo sure can write a darned good thriller!'

'An excellent conspiracy theory thriller, it's exciting, full of danger... it's riveting and hard to put down'

'I was utterly gripped and read this in one sitting! I could feel the tension and fear in every page - loved it!'

'Never has there been a more timely thriller! I was gripped from the first page. I was so immersed, I read it in one night.'

Reviews

Tick Tock is an unnervingly plausible and scintillatingly paced thriller

—— Radio Times

Thrilling

—— Shots Magazine

Cracking

—— Peterborough Telegraph

The characters are well observed, the dialogue effortless and the twists and turns never-ending

—— Daily Mail

Mayo spools out his many twists and turns skillfully. A slice of scary, escapist fun

—— Observer

Cleverly and credibly, Mayo turns his medical thriller into something of a spy thriller...[the] dialogue is a joy throughout

—— Sunday Times

Another sure fire hit, we expect excellence from McAllister and she delivers

—— ADELE PARKS

A gasp-inducing twist we wager you won't see coming, a whip-smart, fast-paced plot, this crime thriller will leave you breathless

—— Sunday Post

Another masterpiece from the queen of the emotional thriller. This book has one of the best twists I've ever come across. It's a super-smart detective story, a gripping missing-person thriller and a powerful mother-daughter drama, all rolled into one beautiful novel

—— Beth O'Leary

A deftly plotted police procedural with a shocking twist

—— Red

An impossible dilemma . . . will keep you gripped

—— Best

Another fantastic, gripping McAllister read, ideal for the summer weeks ahead.

—— Glamour

An involving, cracking story, filled with tension

—— Literary Review

The new queen of the what-would-you-do crime thriller is back with a tightly-plotted and twist-packed tale which will send your head spinning and have you asking how far you would go to protect your child. Be prepared to read it twice and kick yourself [for] the clever clues you missed the first time round!

—— Ellery Lloyd, bestselling author of The Club

[An] intricately plotted, unexpected thriller

—— Good Housekeeping

A chilling mystery

—— i paper

Jaw-droppingly good

—— Sun on Sunday

That. Twist. You will gasp out loud and question everything you've read so far... with Just Another Missing Person, Gillian McAllister has secured her crown as the queen of the mind-bending plot twist.

—— HOLLY SEDDON

Ingenuously plotted

—— Guardian

Praise for Wrong Place, Wrong Time

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It's perfection, every word, every moment. A masterpiece . . . I had my mind blown apart. After I finished it I sat with my mouth hanging open in awe. One of the best books I've ever read

—— Lisa Jewell

A spellbinding 'whydunnit'. A novel with a difference. Richly layered

—— Sunday Times

It's absolutely AMAZING. The plot is astonishing - original and ingenious

—— Marian Keyes

Extraordinary and Sinister. The mystery overlaps with blackmail and revenge in a dark and convoluted plot that takes the breath away.

—— Daily Mail

A stunning, clever and ingeniously plotted thriller with jaw-dropping gasp out loud twists

—— The Sunday Express

In his new thriller, Robert Harris wrests [a] fascinating period back from its unjust oblivion, showing how closely its complex landscape of constitutional crises and Puritan politics played out in new unregulated media resonates with us today

—— The Critic

Harris, deft as ever, weaves a hefty amount of historical fact into the narrative, politics, religion, colonial life, family ties - as well as themes of forgiveness and reconciliation. Underneath it all though is the remorseless and building propulsion of hunter and prey

—— New Statesman

A drama so involving and nerve-wracking, you can barely turn the pages fast enough. Historic!

—— Saga Magazine

Another fantastic piece of historical fiction from Robert Harris, immaculately researched and utterly believable

—— IPU Review

A gripping thriller and a timely reminder of the dangers of a deeply divided and intolerant society

—— The Shropshire Magazine

The book excels in its stunning recreation of the landscape of America... Harris proves himself to be masterful at this and it gives the book a vibrant memorability

—— New Statesman

Few writers combine history, politics and excitement of a thriller as enthrallingly as Robert Harris does.

—— Sunday Times

What Harris does here is nothing short of masterful.

—— Irish Times

Harris displays an impressive grasp of the historical context without taxing his readers by showing his 'workings'.

—— Church Times

Based on real and fascinating history, this is Robert Harris's best since An Officer and a Spy

—— The Times

Pacy and tense, and the pungently evoked past offers up some shrewd present-day parallels

—— Mail on Sunday

An absolutely stunning historical novel and a ripping crime thriller at the same time. I've been recommending it far and wide and buying it for people for Christmas!

—— Dead Good

The best historical fiction combines a gripping plot with meticulous research - leaving the reader inspired to learn more about the real-life protagonists. And the latest release from Robert Harris once more proves his mastery of the genre

—— Soldier

I loved Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris, which achieves the astonishing feat of taking 17th-century events and people and telling their stories in 21st-century language without a single seam showing

—— Ben Macintyre , The Times

Thrilling

—— Gregory Doran , The Times

This is a novel that asks big historical questions. You could read it as a pure thriller, and it is one of Harris's most compellingly paced to date. You could read it as a piece of intelligent historical immersion. I think it is more; I think it is his best novel since Fatherland.

—— Sunday Times

It's a belter.

—— The Times

If only all historical thrillers could be this entertaining.

—— Observer

In this tense and beautifully written account of the ensuing manhunt, Harris brings sympathy to characters on either side of the civil war that divided a nation.

—— Daily Mail

A brainy, compulsive page-turner.

—— Daily Telegraph

A violent, gripping, globetrotting chase thriller

—— Daily Mirror

He’s my go-to person that I know will keep me entertained

—— Jane Garvey

[A] rich, propulsive novel

—— Sunday Times
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