Breaking the Dark
By Lisa Jewell

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author,and discover the grippingand Sunday Timesand bestseller and gritty detective novel,and the first book in the brand-newand Marvel Crimeand series.'A fun, entertaining readand that reallyand packs a punch!'and Shari Lapena Immersive, page-turning, addictive, freshand andand fun.' Andrea Mara Tricksy, endlessly interesting and pure entertainment,and don't miss this one.'and Gillian McAllister'Exhilarating, twistyand andand original. Agatha Christie meetsand Black Mirror!' Claire Douglas----Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner.And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them.To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle-but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas?Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people?Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet.Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favourite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura.----Readers are lovingand Breaking the Dark . . .'Iand quickly became absorbedand into the story andand couldn't put it down.'and 5-star reader review'Wow... The bookand can be read by someone super into Marvel and also someone who has no prior super hero knowledge.' 5-star reader review'Fun and exciting.and I recommend it!' 5-star reader review'Aand supercharged readand that even readers who are not lovers off Marvel will be able to pick up and enjoy.' 5-star reader review'What a book. I loved it!' 5-star reader review'Anand exciting, riveting, adrenaline-pumpingand story' Liz Nugent, bestselling author ofand Strange Sally Diamond Fresh, lively, insightful-and the action scenes hit like a chop.' AJ Finn, bestselling author ofand The Woman in the Window'Theand perfect blendand ofand psychologicaland thriller andand supernaturaland chiller.' Mark Edwards, bestselling author ofand The Retreat'So cleverly plotted and as ever beautifully written'and Harriet Tyce, bestselling author ofand Blood Orange Classic Lisa Jewelland with anand amazing twist!' Jenny Colgan, bestselling author ofand Close Knit'Reveals theand depth and complexityand of one of theand most fascinating and indomitable charactersand in the Marvel canon.' S. A. Cosby, bestselling author ofand All the Sinners I wasand hooked from the startand andand couldn't turn the pages fast enough.'and Alice Feeney, bestselling author ofand Rock Paper Scissors Absolutelyand compulsive, complexand andand gripping.' Nadine Matheson, bestselling author ofand The Jigsaw ManSunday Timesand bestseller, July 2024