{"title":"GCC Recommendation","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-ending-writes-itself","title":"The Ending Writes Itself","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘In the running for the best mystery of 2026’ Stephen King\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvelyn Clarke is the pseudonym for Number One\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author V.E. Schwab, and screenwriter and YA author Cat Clarke.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSELECTED FOR 2026 ONES TO WATCH:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, BBC News Online, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStylist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Herald Scotland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMy Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMuddy Stilettos Berkshire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A cracking read'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Smart, original and completely addictive’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarin Slaughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAnd Then There Were None\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eYellowface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKate Mosse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘The most fun I've had with a book in a very, very long time’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA. 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