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The Lizard
  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804960431
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99
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The Lizard

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From the bestselling author of Holy Island comes the gripping fifth novel in The Summer Suspense Mysteries, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.

From the bestselling author of Holy Island comes the gripping new novel in the Summer Suspense Mysteries, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.

\"LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers\" — The Times

\"A literary phenomenon\" — Evening Chronicle


There’s nothing so deadly as the sea, and the man who survives it . . .

Bryher Enys is the proud owner of Cornwall's newest restaurant, The Peninsula.

When she isn't whipping up culinary feasts, she volunteers with the local lifeboat crew - a tight-knit team who regularly risk their lives to save others.

With no immediate plans to settle down, life is pretty much perfect.

Until one stormy night, when a distress signal shatters the calm. A luxury yacht is going down fast, and Bryher joins the rescue.

Too late to save the vessel, they search the raging seas for survivors - but find only one...

A man with no name, no memory and the power to turn her world upside down.

  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804960431
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

LJ Ross

LJ ROSS is an international bestselling author known for her atmospheric mystery and thriller novels, including the DCI Ryan series which has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. Her debut novel Holy Island published in 2015 and reached number one in the Amazon UK and Australian charts. Louise has since released over thirty novels, most of which have been UK number one digital bestsellers. She is also the creator of the bestselling Dr Alexander Gregory series and the Summer Suspense series. Louise is a keen philanthropist and proud to support numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction, the Northern Photography Prize and the Northern Film Prize. Born in Northumberland, England, she studied Law at King’s College, University of London, then abroad in Florence and Paris, and worked as a lawyer before pursuing her dream to write. She lives with her family in Northumberland.
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