A lone gunman unleashes pandemonium when he shoots into a crowd of people in a public plaza in Indiana. Five people are killed in cold blood, shot through the head. But he leaves a perfect trail of evidence behind him, & soon the local police chief tracks him down. After his arrest, the shooter's only words are, ' Get Jack Reacher for me.' What could possibly connect this psychopath & the wandering dropout ex-army cop? Critics call Lee Child's thriller series 'addictive', so here is the next, much-longed for, Reacher fix. ...

Six shots. Five dead.

A heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case.

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It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unknown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet. Soon afterwards, one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered. Is it the same killer, & what could the connection be? In this investigation Wallander is always, tantalisingly, one step behind. ...

It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unkown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet. Soon afterwards, one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered. Is this the same killer, & what could the connection be? In this investigation, Wallander is always, tantalisingly, one step behind. ...

It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unknown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet. Soon afterwards, one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered. Is this the same killer, & what could the connection be? In this investigation, Wallander is always, tantalisingly, one step behind. ...

It is Midsummer's Eve, three young friends gather in a wood. In the still-sunlit Scandanavian dusk, they don costumes joyfully to enact
- or so it appears to an unseen observer
- a kind of masque. The hidden watcher soon brings their performance to an end. His approach is careful; his aim is perfect. Three bullets, three corpses. The murderer then carefully photographs the grisly tableau. The Ystad police station meanwhile is experiencing a summer lull, indeed Inspector Wallander's peace of mind is shattered when one of his colleagues is murdered. Forced to dig more deeply than he would have wanted into the personal life of one of his colleagues, Wallander's investigation reveals something none of his team could ever have imagined. However, they remain tantalisingly, terrifyingly one step behind.

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She longs to be free, but will she always be tied to the past?

Ever since she was eight years old, Katie Roberts

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