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The Ice Soldier is an
action-packed adventure
story set in Britain and
the Alps in the aftermath
of the Second World War.
While the eyes of the
world are focused upon
attempts to scale Mount
Everest, two young men -
once members of the
world's climbing elite,
subsequently forced into
premature retirement
after the failure of a
secret military operation
in the Alps during World
War II - have become
outcasts of
mountaineering society.
Until, that is, a
peculiar and dangerous
request is made of them,
drawing them back to the
mountains on an exploit
that will prove
treacherous in more ways
than one, as they
confront not only the
pitiless cruelty of
nature but also the
ghosts of their former
selves.
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When Kay Lansing met
wealthy widower Peter
Carrington at a cocktail
party, she was well
aware of the rumours
surrounding the
mysterious death of his
first wife ten years
earlier. Grace, who was
pregnant at the time,
was found floating in the
family swimming pool.
Happy to dismiss the
rumours as the chatter of
jealous rivals. Kay goes
on to marry Peter. But,
to her dismay, she soon
discovers that Peter is a
chronic sleepwalker who
suffers from periodic
nightmares that draw him
again and again to the
very spot where Grace met
her end. When the police
arrive at her doorstep
with a warrant for
Peter's arrest in
connection with a
different death, Kay
begins to fear that she
has married a murderer.
Resolved to find out the
truth, she believes that
the answer lies in a
disturbing scene she
witnessed as a child. But
what Kay does not suspect
is that in covering what
lies behind these
memories may cost her
life.
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Sometimes reliving the
past revives old demons.
..In a Stockholm
apartment, five-year-old
Tilde watches from under
the kitchen table as her
mother is brutally kicked
to death. Meanwhile, in
another part of town,
psychotherapist Siri
Bergman and her colleague
Aina meet their new
patients - a group of
women, all of whom are
victims of domestic
violence. From Kattis,
who was beaten by her
boyfriend and lives under
the constant threat of
his return, to Malin,
the promising young
athlete who was attacked
by a man she met online,
and from Sofi, the
teenager abused by her
stepfather, to Sirkka,
an older woman who had a
troubled marriage - each
woman takes her turn to
share her story in the
safety of the sessions.
But as the group gets
closer, it is not long
before the dangers
lurking in the women's
lives outside invade the
peace with shattering
consequences. And
somehow, the fate of
five-year-old Tilde is
intertwined with that of
Siri and the other women,
so that what started out
as the search for peace
will swiftly turn into a
tense hunt for a
murderer.
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Details: Anna and Magnus
have a happy marriage,
but when, in a moment of
madness, Anna has a
brief fling with Erik, a
man she met at a work
conference, she lives to
regret more than just her
infidelity. Erik is a
disturbed individual who
goes to extreme lengths
to get Anna's attention,
including kidnapping her
ten-year-old daughter and
attacking her mother.
Before she knows it,
Anna's life is in the
grip of this psychopathic
stalker and she must try
desperately to escape his
clutches before it's too
late... Ideal for: Fans
of crime and thriller
fiction books and for
fans of novels by Hans
Koppel. This paperback
book has 410 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.7 x
2.6cm
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Details: Peter Diamond,
ex-CID and notoriously
difficult to work with,
is sacked from his latest
job as a security guard
in Harrods. Doggedly he
turns his sleuthing
skills to unravelling the
mystery of a little
Japanese girl abandoned
in London. Naomi, as she
is known, exhibits the
classic symptoms of an
autistic child. Diamond
regards her first as a
challenge and soon as
someone he cares
passionately about, and
devotes himself to
communicating with the
child. He is close to a
breakthrough when Naomi
is abducted to New York.
By interpreting clues
from drawings left by
Naomi, Diamond goes in
pursuit and is plunged
into a maelstrom of
murder and the mafia,
suicide and drugs. Ideal
for: Fans of crime and
thriller fiction books. A
must for crime buffs.
This paperback book has
346 pages and measures:
19.7 x 12.7 x 2.5cm
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Guilty until proven
innocent. Miranda Wood
arrives home to a dark,
cold cottage - and a man,
stabbed to death, lying
in her bed. Miranda is
the obvious suspect, and
she looks even guiltier
when her bail is paid by
an anonymous donor. As
Miranda fights to clear
her name, she unearths a
murky history of
blackmail, corruption
and scandal. As she gets
closer to the truth, it
becomes clear that
someone else wants to
kill Miranda - someone
with a personal reason
for wanting her out of
the way...
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Details: Thousands will
die. It is not known
where, or how, or who
is behind the threat. 007
is given carte blanche to
do anything necessary to
protect his country, but
there is no blank slate
when innocent lives are
at stake. The only
suspects are career
killers with no care for
civilian victims. Bond
must find out who is
paying them, what they
plan, and stop them. And
he has five days to do
it. Ideal for: Fans of
action and crime fiction
books and fans of 007.
This paperback book has
470 pages and measures:
17.7 x 11 x 3.3cm
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Details: When two social
workers, investigating
reports of child abuse,
appear at Brenda
Scupham's door, her fear
of authority leads her to
comply meekly with their
requests. Even when they
say that they must take
her seven-year-old
daughter Gemma away for
tests.. It is only when
they fail to return Gemma
the following day that
Brenda realises something
has gone terribly wrong.
Particularly worrying is
the calculated manner of
the abduction, and the
fact that one of the
'social workers' was a
woman. For Detective
Chief Inspector Alan
Banks ritual Satanic
abuse is a dreadful
possibility. At the same
time, Banks is
investigating a
particularly grisly
murder at the site of an
abandoned mine.
Gradually, the leads in
the two cases converge,
guiding Banks to one of
the most truly terrifying
villains he will ever
meet... Ideal for: Fans
of crime and thriller
fiction books. This
paperback book has 324
pages and measures: 17.8
x 11.1 x 2.3cm
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The Ice Soldier is an
action-packed adventure
story set in Britain and
the Alps in the aftermath
of the Second World War.
While the eyes of the
world are focused upon
attempts to scale Mount
Everest, two young men -
once members of the
world's climbing elite,
subsequently forced into
premature retirement
after the failure of a
secret military operation
in the Alps during World
War II - have become
outcasts of
mountaineering society.
Until, that is, a
peculiar and dangerous
request is made of them,
drawing them back to the
mountains on an exploit
that will prove
treacherous in more ways
than one, as they
confront not only the
pitiless cruelty of
nature but also the
ghosts of their former
selves.
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Special Agent Maggie
O'Dell is on the trail of
a serial murderer who has
an affinity for lopping
off his victims' diseased
body parts and embalming
the rest of their bodies
in 55-gallon oil drums.
Now Maggie suspects that
her friend Gwen may be
the murderer's next
victim, and her only
chance of finding the
killer depends on the
memory of an
Alzheimer-stricken man.
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The sixtieth birthday
party of Silas Kane was
marred by argument and
dissension amongst his
family. And then, the
morning after the
celebrations, Kane is
found dead at the foot of
a cliff. The theory that
Silas accidentally lost
his way in the fog is
confirmed when the
coroner returns a verdict
of death by misadventure.
But then Kane's nephew
and heir is murdered and
threats are made on the
next in line to the
fortune, throwing a new
and sinister light on
Silas Kane's death. All
clues point to an elderly
lady of eighty as the
killer. But as the
redoubtable
Superintendent Hannasyde
delves further into the
case he discovers that
nothing is quite as it
seems...
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Swimming for his life
towards traffickers on
the Italian shore, Selim
enters a world where
Kurdish refugees disguise
themselves as tomatoes,
dates of birth are a
matter of opinion, and a
residency permit is a
ticket to paradise. When
he ends up in a small
town in Germany, Selim
believes he is finally
safe, until the law
catches up with him and
the clock starts ticking.
Selim realises there is
only one way to avoid
deportation, if he dare
try.. .Fifteen years
later, in a town hall in
Paris, a Registrar
receives an unsettling
book in the post. The
Registrar's Manual for
Detecting Forced
Marriages only fuels her
suspicions surrounding an
impending Kurdish
wedding. Unsure how to
intervene, she embarks
on an investigation that
brings her uncomfortably
close to an old
acquaintance: Selim.
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Details: Reporter Nick
Daniels is conducting a
once-in-a-lifetime
interview with an
infamous celebrity
recluse in a renowned New
York restaurant. But the
interview is cut short by
a horrific murder that
takes place just yards
from their table. The
assassin escapes as
quickly as he entered,
leaving behind him a
chaotic scene and a
bloody corpse. While Nick
is reviewing the tapes
from his interview, he
stumbles upon a piece of
evidence that could be
crucial to the murder
investigation. But
something about the whole
scenario doesn't fit
together. As Nick
investigates the clues
for himself, he realises
that someone is watching
his every move - and they
will stop at nothing to
prevent Nick from
discovering the truth.
Ideal for: Fans of
thriller and mystery
fiction books and for
fans of novels by James
Patterson. This paperback
book has 484 pages and
measures: 17.7 x 11.1 x
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The third novel in Debra
Webb's internationally
bestselling FACES OF EVIL
series, for fans of
Karen Rose, Katia Lief
and Mary Burton. Evil
will follow you... When a
celebrated ballet
instructor is found dead,
the court rules that it
was a tragic accident.
But new Deputy Police
Chief, Jess Harris,
isn't convinced, and she
can't rest easy until
she's discovered the
truth, however
horrifying it may be.
Wherever you go. Jess has
not long been appointed
to her new role and she
was hoping to leave the
troubles of her haunted
past behind. But with the
possibility of a killer
on the loose, she has no
choice but to risk
everything. Can you find
a way to hide? As she
delves deeper into the
seedy underworld of
Birmingham's gangs and
their powerful allies,
Jess finds herself
targeted. With so much at
stake, does she already
know too much?
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A psychopathic killer
targets San Franciscos
most innocent and
vulnerable.
A
young
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The famed creator of
Paddington Bear concocts
another complex case for
crime-solvers Monsieur
Pamplemousse and Pommes
Frites When Monsieur
Pamplemousse is offered a
free ticket to Cuisine de
Chavignol, France's
premier TV cookery
programme, he is
unenthusiastic - there's
something fishy about the
culinary expertise of its
host. But when the show
ends in disaster,
Pamplemousse finds
himself with something
more suspicious on his
hands: a puzzling case of
murder. Pommes Frites,
sniffer dog
extraordinaire, has his
own views on the matter,
but how can he convey the
truth to his unwitting
master? Soon Pamplemousse
and his faithful
bloodhound find
themselves caught up in a
bizarre world of
illusions, unrequited
lust and blackmail in
high places.
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Details: Aurora
Teagarden: 2 There's
nothing like discovering
that an elderly lady has
made you the unlikely
heir of her estate to add
excitement to your life.
Except perhaps finding a
human skull in the window
seat. Roe Teagarden is
sure that Jane Engle
wasn't a killer. Which
means the real murderer
is still out there. And
now it's up to Roe to
identify the victim and
work out which one of
Jane's seemingly ordinary
neighbours is in fact a
cold-blooded murderer -
without putting herself
in deadly danger. Ideal
for: Fans of thriller and
mystery fiction books and
for those who enjoy
reading the 'Aurora
Teagarden' novels. This
paperback book has 215
pages and measures: 19.7
x 12.8 x 1.3cm
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Lilith Benley and her
mother, rumoured to be
witches, were convicted
of the brutal murder of
two teenage girls.
Eighteen years later
Lilith is released from
prison, and shortly
after she returns to her
old home, a young woman
is found dead at a
neighbouring farm where a
celebrity reality TV show
is being filmed. When DI
Wesley Peterson is called
in to investigate he has
to deal with fragile egos
and hidden truths, as
well as the possibility
that Lilith Benley has
killed again. Meanwhile,
archaeologist Neil Watson
discovers a gruesome wax
doll at a house that once
belonged to a woman
hanged for witchcraft in
the seventeenth century.
And when Neil has a near
fatal accident, some
suspect a supernatural
connection. Even though
Wesley has problems
closer to home to solve,
it is up to him to
uncover terrible secrets,
banish dark shadows
collected in the past and
bring a dangerous killer
to justice - a killer who
will stop at nothing to
dispense vengeance and
death.
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Details: Destroyed by
fire years ago, the
infamous Philadelphia
State Hospital was known
as a warehouse for the
criminally insane. But
one man never left. By
night Luther walks
Philadelphia's
backstreets; by day he
roams the catacombs
beneath the city. Luther
is everywhere and
nowhere; he's is in your
dreams - and your
nightmares. Then
Detectives Kevin Byrne
and Jessica Balzano are
called to a bizarre
murder scene: a man has
been killed by a railroad
spike driven into his
head. But this is just
the beginning of a trail
of evil that will lead
Byrne and Balzano back to
the hospital, to a
missing girl and to a
horror they could never
have imagined... Ideal
for: Fans of crime and
thriller fiction books
and for fans of novels by
Richard Montanari. This
paperback book has pages
and measures: 19.7 x 12.6
x 3cm
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Details: An underground
chamber is exposed in a
seedy, dilapidated
house. In the dark
cellar, a ritualistic
display is revealed: a
human skull rests on a
cauldron, surrounded by
slain chickens and
bizarre figurines. Called
to the scene is forensic
anthropologist Dr
Temperance Brennan. She
determines that the skull
is that of a young,
black female. But how and
when did she die? Just as
Tempe is closing in on
answers, another body is
discovered: a headless
corpse carved with
Satanic symbols. As local
vigilantes begin a
witch-hunt, Tempe
struggles to contain her
emotions. But the
eventual truth proves
more shocking than even
she could have imagined.
Ideal for: Fans of crime
and thriller fiction
books and fans of novels
by Kathy Reichs. This
paperback book has 369
pages and measures: 17.7
x 11.1 x 2.5cm
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Details: July 2012: The
Games have arrived in
London and the stage is
set for one of the
greatest ever showcases
of sporting excellence.
When Sir Denton Marshall,
a key member of the
London Olympic organising
committee, is found
brutally murdered, Peter
Knight, head of Private
London, is called to the
scene. Private are
working with the
organising committee on
security for the Games,
so Denton Marshall was a
valuable client. But
there is a more personal
link: Denton was also the
fianc? of Knight's
mother. Knight is
devastated by Denton's
murder, but it soon
becomes clear that this
is no isolated incident.
The killer is targeting
the Games itself, and
the lives of everyone
involved are under
threat. Ideal for: Fans
of crime and thriller
fiction books and for
fans of novels by James
Patterson This paperback
book has 497 pages and
measures: 17.7 x 11 x
3.2cm
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Attorney Scott Finn has
returned to the tough
Charlestown streets of
his youth, where he ekes
out a living from any
legal work he can get.
But nothing has prepared
him for a case as twisted
as the one he now faces.
Fifteen years ago doctor
and illegal immigrant
Vincente Salazar was
convicted of a brutal
attack on a female
undercover cop. Now he
finds support in his
claim for a new trial and
Finn is the only one able
to fight to find the
truth. Allying himself
with maverick detective
Tom Kozlowski, Finn
uncovers a web of lies,
corruption and secrets
that stretch from Central
America to Bostons
suburbs which could
threaten the security of
the nation. Before Finn
and Kozlowski know it,
it will be their lives
that hang in the balance
as they search
desperately for the thin
line between guilt and
innocence.
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For years, Mitch Rapp's
bold actions have saved
the lives of thousands.
He has killed with
impunity, tortured to
avert disaster, and
shown he will do whatever
it takes to win the War
on Terror. He has become
a hero to many - and an
enemy to countless more.
Now, the powerful father
of a dead terrorist
demands vengeance in its
simplest form: an eye for
an eye. He wants Rapp
dead - and his
hate-filled plea has
found sympathetic ears.
In the tangled world of
espionage there are
those, even among
America's allies, who
feel Rapp has grown too
effective. They've been
looking for a chance to
eliminate America's No. 1
counterterrorism
operative - and now their
time has come. Rapp must
use all his skill and
ruthless determination to
save himself before he
can turn his fury on
those who have dared
betray him.
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One play, two murders
and a grievous
miscarriage of justice
After a calamitous
performance and the death
of one of their own,
Lord Westfield's Men are
more than despondent. So
when the mysterious Simon
Chaloner follows Nicholas
Bracewell home with the
offer of a new play,
anonymously penned, his
proposal seems too good
to refuse. It is the
story of a simple death
used to conceal a greater
treachery, perhaps even
treason. But they could
never have known how
dangerous one play could
be. Or how telling the
tale of a murdered
mathematician might put
them all in jeopardy. It
is up to Nicholas to once
more save the acting
troupe from disaster, to
reveal the traitor that
threatens both Queen and
country, and to prove
who really killed The
Roaring Boy.
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In the genteel environs
of Corduroy Mansions,
Pimlico, strange doings
are afoot, mostly in the
name of love. Lonely
William French and his
faithful canine Freddie
are recruited to the
service of MI6 by a
beguiling lady operative,
William's neighbour
Caroline finds her suitor
James mysteriously
lacking, and Barbara
Ragg is tempted to the
Highlands by blossoming
romance. Meanwhile sage
psychiatrist Berthea
Snark, under normal
circumstances the voice
of reason, finds herself
called away to protect
her brother from a band
of scheming New Age
fraudsters seeking to
insert themselves into
the bosom of the family.
Hilarious and
affectionate, The Dog
Who Came In from the Cold
rejoins Alexander McCall
Smith's delightful London
tribe of loveable misfits
and hopefuls in a new set
of adventures in life,
love and philosophy.
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Innocent people are
dying. Who will be next?
Find out in the second
Detective Mark 'Heck'
Heckenburg from 1 ebook
bestseller Paul Finch. A
vicious serial killer is
holding the country to
ransom, publicly - and
gruesomely - murdering
his victims. When a man
is burnt alive on a
bonfire, it seems like a
tragic Guy Fawkes Night
accident. But with the
discovery of a young
couple on Valentine's Day
- each with an arrow
through the heart -
something more sinister
becomes clear. A
'calendar killer' is on
the loose. Detective Mark
'Heck' Heckenburg is up
against it. With a rising
body count and the
public's eyes on him,
Heck must find the killer
before he executes more
victims. Because this
killer has a plan. And
nothing will stop him
completing it. A
heart-stopping and grisly
thriller that will
enthral fans of Stuart
MacBride and Katia Lief.
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Details: With Mitch Rapp
away on assignment in
Pakistan, CIA Director
Irene Kennedy turns to
his protege, Mike Nash.
Nash has served his
government honourably for
sixteen years, first as
an officer in the Marine
Corps, then as an
operative in an elite
counterterrorism team run
by Rapp, never wavering
in his fight against the
jihadis and their culture
of death. Fighting the
War on Terror in secret,
he has been forced to lie
to everyone he cares
about, including his
wife and children. He has
soldiered on secure in
the knowledge that his
hard work and lethal
tactics have saved the
lives of thousands. But
the one thing he never
saw coming was that his
own government was about
to turn on him.. . Ideal
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thriller and action
fiction books. This
paperback book has 516
pages and measures: 17.7
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In Broken Harbour, a
ghost estate outside
Dublin - half-built,
half-inhabited,
half-abandoned - two
children and their father
are dead. The mother is
on her way to intensive
care. Scorcher Kennedy is
given the case because he
is the Murder squad's
star detective. At first
he and his rookie
partner, Richie, think
this is a simple one: Pat
Spain was a casualty of
the recession, so he
killed his children,
tried to kill his wife
Jenny, and finished off
with himself. But there
are too many inexplicable
details and the evidence
is pointing in two
directions at once.
Scorcher's personal life
is tugging for his
attention. Seeing the
case on the news has sent
his sister Dina off the
rails again, and she's
resurrecting something
that Scorcher thought he
had tightly under
control: what happened to
their family, one summer
at Broken Harbour, back
when they were children.
The neat compartments of
his life are breaking
down, and the sudden
tangle of work and family
is putting both at risk..
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A powerful and political
thriller from the master
of the genre The scene is
set for a huge funeral in
St Patrick's Cathedral in
New York. The rich and
the famous from all over
America - and beyond -
have arrived to honour a
former First Lady after
her sudden, unexpected
death. Then follows an
attack that was three
years in the planning.
Hostages are taken - the
ex-President among them -
ransoms demanded, a
couple of hostages shot
to show the kidnappers
mean business. It's all
brilliantly and
chillingly co-ordinated,
and Michael Bennett, the
detective in charge of
the case, knows it will
be his biggest ever
challenge.
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Details: Jack McEvoy is
at the end of the line as
a crime reporter. Forced
to take a buy-out from
the LA Times, he's got
30 days left on the job.
His last assignment?
Training his replacement,
a low-cost reporter just
out of J-school. But Jack
has other plans for his
exit. He is going to go
out with a bang - a final
story that will win the
newspaper journalism's
highest honour - a
Pulitzer prize. Jack
focuses on Alonzo
Winslow, a 16-year-old
drug dealer from the
projects who has
confessed to police that
he brutally raped and
strangled one of his
crack clients. But as
Jack delves into the
story he soon realises
that Alonzo's so-called
confession is bogus. The
investigation leads him
to a killer known as The
Scarecrow who has worked
completely below the
police and FBI radar.
Jack is soon off and
running on the biggest
story he's had since The
Poet crossed his path
twelve years before - but
The Scarecrow knows he's
coming... Ideal for: Fans
of crime and thriller
fiction books and fans of
books by Michael
Connelly. This paperback
book has 421 pages and
measures: 17.7 x 11 x
2.6cm
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In the new and suspicious
world of forensics and
autopsy examinations,
Hatton and Roumande are
the best. But the crime
scene is not confined to
one room. In their
efforts to help the
infamous Scotland Yard
detective Inspector Adams
track down the Lady's
killer, Hatton and
Roumande uncover a trail
of murders connected to a
packet of seditious
letters that, if
published, would change
the face of society and
religion irrevocably.
D.E. Meredith's measured
prose and eye for
exquisite detail moves
seamlessly from the
filthy docks on the Isle
of Dogs to the jungles of
Borneo and the drawing
rooms of London's upper
class.
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A fast-paced thriller
from Alafair Burke,
where no-one in Manhattan
is safe. And no-one is
innocent. In New York
City nights are
dangerous. Days are
numbered. When New York
University student Megan
Gunther is brutally
murdered, NYPD Detective
Ellie Hatcher and partner
J.J. Rogan discover that
Megan has been on the
receiving end of some
sinister online threats.
Is her death the result
of a campus feud that got
out of hand or could
there be a twisted cyber
fanatic at work? And when
a link is revealed
between Megan and a
murdered real-estate
agent, Ellie comes to
wonder if there was
something else behind the
student's death. Ellie
learns that the dead
woman shared a secret
connection to a celebrity
mogul whose bodyguard was
mysteriously killed a few
months earlier. When
Megan's roommate
disappears, the hunt for
the killer is really
on...With fans including
everyone from Michael
Connelly, Harlan Coben,
and Lee Child to Tess
Gerritsen, Lisa Gardner
and Kathy Reichs,
Alafair Burke gives us
another nail-biting
thriller to keep us on
the edge of our seats.
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The fourth book in the
classic Martin Beck
detective series from the
1960s - the novels that
shaped the future of
Scandinavian crime
writing. Hugely
acclaimed, the Martin
Beck series were the
original Scandinavian
crime novels and have
inspired the writings of
Stieg Larsson, Henning
Mankell and Jo Nesbo.
Written in the 1960s, 10
books completed in 10
years, they are the work
of Maj Sjowall and Per
Wahloo - a husband and
wife team from Sweden.
They follow the fortunes
of the detective Martin
Beck, whose enigmatic,
taciturn character has
inspired countless other
policemen in crime
fiction; without his
creation Ian Rankin's
John Rebus or Henning
Mankell's Kurt Wallander
may never have been
conceived. The novels can
be read separately, but
are best read in
chronological order, so
the reader can follow the
characters' development
and get drawn into the
series as a whole. On a
cold and rainy Stockholm
night, nine bus riders
are gunned down by an
unknown assassin. The
press, anxious for an
explanation for the
seemingly random crime,
quickly dubs him a
madman. But Martin Beck
of the Homicide Squad
suspects otherwise: this
apparently motiveless
killer has managed to
target one of Beck's best
detectives - and he,
surely, would not have
been riding that lethal
bus without a reason.
With its wonderfully
observed lawmen, its
brilliantly rendered
felons and their murky
Stockholm underworld,
and its deftly engineered
plot, 'The Laughing
Policeman' has long been
recognised as a classic
of the police procedural.
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It's a two second
decision: Wait for your
little sister or leave
now with your girlfriend.
Adam Austin chose to
leave. His little sister
never made it home.
Twenty years later, Adam
and his brother Kent
still live with the pain
of that decision. This
time, Adam sees a chance
to atone for his mistake.
But this is a game
outside his control. And
now every decision the
brothers make will be a
matter of life and
death... The Daily Mail
said: "Tears at your
heart...An acute sense of
menace and power that
never lets go"
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Simon Templar is the
Saint - daring,
dazzling, and just a
little disreputable. On
the side of the law, but
standing outside it, he
dispenses his own brand
of justice one criminal
at a time. These three
stories find the Saint
flushing out swindlers in
inimitable style.In The
Logical Adventure,
Templar is on the tail of
a famous aviator who has
a sideline in drug
smuggling and human
trafficking.In The
Wonderful War, the Saint
travels to the Central
American republic of
Pasala to avenge the
murder of an oil
inspector, which
involves instigating
revolution.Finally, in
The Man Who Could Not
Die, the Saint
encounters adrenaline
junkie Miles Hallin.
Hallin claims to be able
to cheat death but when
one of Templars friends
is killed, the Saint
decides to put that to
the test.
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Details: For decades,
tired travellers have
stopped at rest areas on
America's epic highways
to rest, refuel and get
a bite to eat, but
little do they know that
one man's rest stop is
another's hunting ground.
For years the
defenceless, the weary
and the stranded have
been disappearing along
the highways and byways,
vanishing without a
trace. When FBI special
agent Maggie O'Dell and
her partner, Tully,
discover the remains of a
young woman in a highway
ditch, the one clue left
behind is a map that will
send Maggie and Tully on
a frantic hunt
crisscrossing the country
to stop a madman before
he kills again. As the
body count rises and
Maggie races against the
clock to unmask the
monster who's terrorising
the nation's highways,
she turns for help to a
former foe who seems to
have an uncanny knack for
guessing what the
killer's next move will
be. But as she gets
closer to finding the
killer, it becomes
eerily clear that Maggie
is the ultimate target.
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and thriller fiction
books and fans of novels
by Alex Kava. This
paperback book has 435
pages and measures: 19.7
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The truth is more
terrifying than you can
imagine. Darren and Beth
Lynwood always dreamed of
having a son, but when
young amnesiac runaway
Adam enters their lives,
he brings with him a
creeping darkness that
threatens to engulf their
family and everyone
around them. When Adam's
memories claw their way
to the surface, Darren
finds himself haunted by
thoughts of his own
childhood - and of a boy
very much like Adam who
was done an unspeakable
wrong. As buried secrets
are unearthed, the
Lynwood's happy home
becomes the hunting
ground for a relentless
evil and an obsession
that will not die.
There's no point locking
the door. There's no use
shutting out the night.
Because the orphan is
already inside. Dare you
read to the end of The
Orphan? Discover the
chilling new novel from
the author of The
Birthing House and The
People Next Door.
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Details: Florence,
October 1966. The rain is
never-ending. When a
young boy vanishes on his
way home from school the
police fear the worst,
and Inspector Bordelli
begins an increasingly
desperate investigation.
Then the flood hits.
During the night of 4th
November the swollen
River Arno, already
lapping the arches of the
Ponte Vecchio, breaks
its banks and overwhelms
the city. Streets become
rushing torrents, the
force of the water
sweeping away cars and
trees, doors, shutters
and anything else in its
wake. In the aftermath of
this unimaginable tragedy
the mystery of the
child's disappearance
seems destined to go
unsolved. But obstinate
as ever, Bordelli is not
prepared to give up. Idea
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thriller fictions. Also
for fans of the Inspector
Bordelli series. This
paperback measures: 19.7
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385.
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A young girl is taken. A
father is silenced. The
lies run deep. It's the
one mystery Supervisory
Special Agent Caitlyn
Tierney has never solved:
her father's suicide
after he had to arrest
his best friend for
murder. It drove Caitlyn
to become one of the
FBI's best - and most
unorthodox - agents. So
when the man she holds
responsible for her
father's death pleads her
assistance in finding his
missing daughter,
Caitlyn is horrified.
But, as whispers of
half-understood
conversations from her
childhood begin to come
back to her, the agent
inside Caitlyn must admit
that something doesn't
feel right. Her search
brings her back to her
North Carolina hometown,
now vibrant with new
money, old lies, and an
unknown enemy who will do
anything to keep Caitlyn
from the learning the
truth...
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Details: In 1993 Harry
Bosch was assigned the
case of a missing person,
Marie Gesto. The young
woman was never found -
dead or alive - and the
case has haunted Bosch
ever since. Thirteen
years later Bosch is in
the Open-Unsolved Unit
when he gets a call from
the DA's office. A man
accused of two killings
is willing to confess to
several other murders in
a deal to avoid the death
penalty. One of his
victims, he says, is
Marie Gesto. Bosch begins
to crack when he realises
that he and his partner
missed a clue back in
1993 which could have
prevented the nine
murders that followed the
killing of Marie Gesto...
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books and fans of books
by Michael Connelly. This
paperback book has 405
pages and measures: 17.7
x 11 x 2.6cm
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Roger Brown has it
all: clever and wealthy,
he's at the very top of
his game. And if his
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Details: Aurora
Teagarden: 1 Real Murders
is a crime club. A great
opportunity for the
people of Lawrenceton to
get together, drink
wine, eat chocolate and
talk at length about
grisly killings. It's a
strange but harmless
pastime. That is, until
the murders begin... One
night, librarian Aurora
'Roe' Teagarden finds a
dead body. Killed in a
manner eerily similar to
a famous case they were
about to discuss. And as
more brutal copycat
crimes follow, Roe must
find the perpetrator.
Quickly. Before she
becomes the next
suspect...or the next
victim. Ideal for: Fans
of crime and thriller
fiction books and for
those who enjoy the
Aurora Teagarden series.
This paperback book has
206 pages and measures:
19.6 x 12.7 x 1.5cm
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Details: Bernie Gunther
is the ideal narrator for
Philip Kerr's bleak tale
of the dirty deals made
by victors and vanquished
alike in post-war
Germany. Having learned
that there's no way to
distinguish 'the one from
the other', the cynical
P.I. has the moral
clarity to see through
the deceit and hypocrisy
of both friend and foe.
Munich, 1949: Amid the
chaos of defeat, it's
home to all the
backstabbing intrigue
that prospers in the
aftermath of war. A place
where a private eye can
find a lot of
not-quite-reputable work:
cleaning up the Nazi past
of well-to-do locals,
abetting fugitives in the
flight abroad, sorting
out rival claims to
stolen goods. It's work
that fills Bernie with
disgust - but it also
fills his sorely depleted
wallet. Then a woman
seeks him out. Her
husband has disappeared.
She's not looking to get
him back - he's a wanted
man who ran one of the
most vicious
concentration camps in
Poland. She just wants
confirmation that he's
dead. It's a simple
enough job. But in
post-war Germany,
nothing is simple... Idea
for: Lovers of crime
fiction and fans of the
Bernie Gunther series.
Kerr brilliantly evokes
the edgy atmosphere of
the post-war period in
one of the most gripping
and accomplished
detective novels
published so far this
year - Sunday Times This
paperback measures: 19.7
x 12.8 x 2.7cm. Pages 410
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Details: High-concept
adventure thriller set in
Egypt and Cornwall. What
connects a lost hoard of
ancient religious texts
with a revival in satanic
rituals? Perfect for fans
of Wilbur Smith. AN
ANCIENT SECRET When a
renowned historian is
found dead in a cave in
the Sahara, his former
student Ryan Harper vows
to find out what
happened. Rumour suggests
he?d uncovered a
priceless religious text,
obsessively hidden for
centuries by a network of
holy men. BROUGHT TO
LIGHT Meanwhile, on
Cornwalls remote
western moorlands
disturbing rituals are
taking place ? rituals
that appear to have
Egyptian connections.
Working the case, DI
Karen Trevithick is
caught up in a dangerous
mystery that will
threaten the person she
loves most. WILL SHAKE
THE WORLD With the help
of filmmaker Helen
Fassbinder, Ryan finds
himself in a race against
time to decipher the
ancient text. Pursued
across Egypt by those who
would use its secrets to
devastating effect, Ryan
draws ever closer to an
unspeakable truth. A
truth that will expose
the most shocking deceit
the world has ever known?
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and thriller fiction
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of Action, history,
religion, and genetics
that combine for a
gripping read that will
keep you reading late
into the night. This
paperback book has 45
pages and measures: 19.7
x 12.8 x 3cm
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Spraining an ankle is
rarely a stroke of luck,
but for Lindsay Gordon,
jobless in Glasgow, the
injury is her
introduction to young
freelance journalist Rory
McLaren and the opening
of a new chapter in her
life. Rory's invitation
to work alongside her in
her booth at the Cafe
Virginia is irresistible.
From there it is just a
short step to political
corruption and other
juicy stories ? all
welcome distractions from
Lindsay's problems at
home, where her
long-term lover Sophie
has decided to heed the
ticking of her biological
clock and get pregnant.
But when a local
car-dealer's stepson is
kidnapped, Lindsay and
Rory are invited to trade
journalism for detection.
The trail leads them to
St Petersburg and a
dangerous snatch-back
operation. It's a journey
that brings a whole new
dimension of risk into
Lindsay's life. Back in
Glasgow, it becomes
clear that Lindsay and
Rory have stumbled into a
bigger, more violent
piece of business than
either of them could have
guessed ? and one which
will test Lindsay to her
absolute limits.
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12.40 a.m. Copenhagen.
Cotton Malone wakes up to
find a stranger in his
house, bearing bad news:
Malone's closest and most
dangerous friend, Henrik
Thorvaldsen, is in
serious trouble -- and
the men who want to kill
him are on Malone's
doorstep. Thorvaldsen has
been tracking a shadowy
group called the Paris
Club. Not only does he
believe that they are
about to trigger a global
financial meltdown, but
also that one of the
club's members murdered
his son, Cai, two years
ago. Thorvaldsen won't
rest until he has avenged
his boy's death. Dragged
into his friend's schemes
and secretly under
pressure from the US
government to stop both
Thorvaldsen and the Paris
Club, Malone soon
discovers that the key to
defeating the conspiracy
and saving his friend's
life -- and his own --
lies in the past, and an
astounding treasure that
Napoleon took to his
grave.
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First, Patrick receives
the mysterious DVDs. They
show invasive footage of
him in the privacy of his
own house. Soon, Patrick
and his wife Ariana find
themselves questioning
everything and everyone
as their lives unravel.
Someone is clearly out to
get them. And then, the
email arrives: Go Alone
Do What We Say Or She
Dies. You don't know who
they are. You don't know
what they want. But you
don't have a choice. This
is an addictive,
relentless novel about an
ordinary couple in an
extraordinary situation.
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Deep in the trenches of
Flanders Fields, men are
dying in their thousands
every day. So one more
death shouldn't be a
surprise. But then a body
turns up with bizarre
injuries, and Sherlock
Holmes' former sidekick
Dr John Watson - unable
to fight for his country
due to injury but able to
serve it through his
medical expertise - finds
his suspicions raised.
The face has a blue-ish
tinge, the jaw is
clamped shut in a
terrible rictus and the
eyes are almost popping
out of his head, as if
the man had seen
unimaginable horror.
Something is terribly
wrong. But this is just
the beginning. Soon more
bodies appear, and
Watson must discover who
is the killer in the
trenches. Who can he
trust? Who is the enemy?
And can he find the
perpetrator before he
kills again? Surrounded
by unimaginable carnage,
amidst a conflict that's
ripping the world apart,
Watson must for once step
out of the shadows and
into the limelight if
he's to solve the mystery
behind the inexplicable
deaths.
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Hot young British film
star Amanda Delany had
the world at her feet.
She'd had a string of
affairs with famous
actors, making perfect
fodder for the tabloids.
Then came a commission to
write a tell-all memoir.
When Amanda is found
brutally murdered, DCI
James Langton's enquiry
discovers the sad truth
behind her successful
facade. Addicted to drugs
and starvation diets,
she'd almost died from a
botched abortion.
Meanwhile, DI Anna
Travis is up for
promotion, but Langton
is blocking her,
accusing her of
professional misconduct.
This latest case could
make or break Anna's
career.
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A gripping new racing
thriller from bestselling
author John Francome It's
summer, Royal Ascot,
and life is good for
young trainer Simon
Waterford. He has
inherited his father's
top-class yard, his
brilliant two-year-old
has just won the Coventry
Stakes and he is soon to
marry his beautiful
half-Brazilian
girlfriend. But Mariana
has a secret which would
wreck her hopes of
marriage - and which
Geoff has found out. And
he has threatened to tell
Simon. On their way back
from the races, two
rough-looking young men
pass lewd comments about
Mariana. There's not much
of a brawl - it's over
too quickly and is hardly
even-handed - but it
leaves Mariana in a sea
of blood tending to
Simon's wounded face and
Geoff lies dead on the
floor. It's a tragedy,
of course, but Mariana
can't help but feel
relieved. Her secret is
safe, for now...
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A stunning psychological
thriller set in Cumbria
past and present, from
the award-winning author
of the Dalziel and Pascoe
series They came to the
Stranger House. And death
followed close behind.
For over 500 years, the
Stranger House has stood
in the village of
Illthwaite, offering
refuge to all manner of
travellers. People like
Sam Flood, a brilliant
young Australian
mathematician, who
believes that anything
that can't be explained
by maths isn't worth
explaining. And Miguel
Madero, a Spanish
historian in flight from
a priests' seminary, who
sees ghosts. Sam is an
experienced young woman,
Mig a 26-year-old virgin.
But both want to dig up
bits of the past that
some people would rather
keep buried. As they
uncover intertwining
tales of murder,
betrayal and love, they
must put aside their
differences in order to
uncover the dark
mysteries at the heart of
this ancient place...
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Simon Templar is the
Saint - daring,
dazzling, and just a
little disreputable. On
the side of the law, but
standing outside it, he
dispenses his own brand
of justice one criminal
at a time. In these three
early adventures, the
Saint's reputation starts
to rise, as he tackles
thieves, smugglers and
killers. In The Man Who
Was Clever he outwits
Edgar Hayn, a drug
smuggler who thinks he's
smarter than everyone. In
The Policeman with Wings
he stays one step ahead
of Inspector Teal in the
hunt for diamonds on
Dartmoor and in The
Lawless Lady one of the
Saint's gang helps him
deal with sea-faring
swindlers, only to fall
in love.
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As the year 1326 draws to
a close, London is in
flames. King Edward II is
a prisoner, and the
forces of his vengeful
queen, Isabella, and
her lover Sir Roger
Mortimer, are in the
ascendant. The Bardi
family, bankers who have
funded the King, must
look to their future with
the Queen, steering a
careful course between
rival factions - if,
that is, they can keep
themselves alive. Others,
too, find their
loyalties torn. Guarding
the deposed King on
behalf of Mortimer, Sir
Baldwin de Furnshill and
bailiff Simon Puttock
find themselves entangled
in a tightening net of
conspiracy, greed,
betrayal and murder.
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One by one he'll stalk
them, then he'll squeeze
the trigger, savouring
the way each lifeless
body crumples to the
reddening snow. One down
already. And then there
were five... Sheriff Dan
Grayson lies near death
and the police department
of Grizzly Falls,
Montana, is in shock.
Then a prominent judge's
body is found. Detectives
Regan Pescoli and Selena
Alvarez head up the
search for the killer,
but they don't realize
how personal and
dangerous the case is
going to be. Headstrong
and eager for justice,
Pescoli tracks the scant
clues straight to a
monster who has had her
and Alvarez in his sights
all along... . 'One of
the best at romantic
suspense.' Harlan Coben
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Details: SOMETIMES WHEN
THE NIGHTMARE ENDS - THE
TERROR IS ONLY JUST
BEGINNING... For Hannah
Shapiro, a beautiful
young American student,
this particular nightmare
began eight years ago in
Los Angeles, when Jack
Morgan, owner of Private
- the world's most
exclusive detective
agency - saved her from a
horrific death. She has
fled her country, but
can't flee her past. The
terror has followed her
to London, and now it is
down to former Royal
Military Police Sergeant
Dan Carter, head of
Private London, to save
her all over again.
Carter draws on the
global resources of
Private in a desperate
race against the odds.
But the clock is
ticking... Private may be
the largest and most
advanced detection agency
in the world, but the
only thing they don't
have is the one thing
they need - time. Ideal
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James Patterson This
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Details: Inspector Banks
visits his nephew in
Toronto. He soon becomes
embroiled in a libel case
in a large foreign-owned
publishing house. From
the author of "A
Dedicated Man", A
Necessary End, Bird
Detective and "Gallows
View". Ideal for: Fans of
crime and thriller
fiction books. This
paperback book has 324
pages and measures: 17.8
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A sunken secret. A
missing woman. A race
against time. Former SAS
major Ben Hope is
relaxing at his home in
Normandy when he hears
the worst news of his
life. His ex-girlfriend
Dr Brooke Marcel has been
kidnapped. Racing against
the clock, Ben's frantic
search for Brooke leads
him from Ireland to the
Spanish mountains and the
rainforests of Peru. What
is the mysterious link
between the kidnapping,
the salvage of a sunken
16th-century Spanish
warship and the secret
activities of its wealthy
discoverer? As the trail
of wreckage and mayhem
intensifies, Ben soon
uncovers a web of
intrigue, corruption and
brutal murder. But will
he be too late to find
Brooke alive?
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A hero can't always be
good. Joe Rickman, head
of clandestine operations
in the Middle East, has
been kidnapped, and with
him top secret CIA
information that could
prove disastrous in the
wrong hands. Mitch Rapp
must find Rickman at all
costs. But something
doesn't add up and he
soon suspects something
even more sinister is
afoot. With elements
inside his own government
working against him,
Rapp will have to make to
make a tough call between
playing the hero and
playing nice. Or will he
be stopped dead before he
can succeed?
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The Travelling Man is on
the move. Former New York
detective Charlie Parker
is a man shattered by the
brutal killings of his
wife and child. The
Travelling Man is an
artist of death, making
human bodies his canvas
and taking faces as his
prize and now another
girl is missing.
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Tom Sagan is staring down
the barrel of a gun. He
has lost everything he
ever loved: his job, his
wife, his daughter, his
reputation. What hurts
most is that he knows his
Pulitzer Prize-winning
career as a journalist
was sabotaged. He was set
up, but he cant prove
it. They - whoever they
are - have beaten him. So
he decides to end his
life. But before he can
pull the trigger, an
enigmatic stranger
appears. Zachariah Simon
has Toms estranged
daughter at his mercy.
What he wants is
something only Tom can
supply. Its the key to a
five hundred-year-old
mystery, one with
explosive consequences in
the modern world. On a
perilous quest that takes
them from Vienna, to
Prague and finally to the
Blue Mountains of
Jamaica, the two men
square off in a dangerous
game. Along the way,
both of their lives will
forever be altered - and
everything we know about
Christopher Columbus will
change.
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Former US Marine Jack
Morgan runs Private, a
renowned investigation
company with branches
around the globe. It is
where you go when you
need maximum force and
maximum discretion. The
secrets of the most
influential men and women
on the planet come to
Jack daily - and his
staff of investigators
use the world's most
advanced forensic tools
to make and break their
cases. In L.A., Jack is
already deep into the
investigation of a
multimillion-dollar
gambling scandal and the
unsolved slayings of
eighteen schoolgirls when
he learns of a horrific
murder close to home: his
best friend's wife,
Jack's former lover, has
been killed. It nearly
pushes him over the edge.
Instead, Jack pushes
back and devotes all of
Private's resources to
tracking down her killer.
And Jack doesn't have to
play by the rules.
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The second novel in Debra
Webb's internationally
bestselling FACES OF EVIL
series, for fans of
Karen Rose, Katia Lief
and Mary Burton. He will
hurt those she loves...
Special Agent Jess Harris
is the only person to
have come close to The
Player, a terrifying
serial killer. And now,
as she tries to rebuild
her life in her hometown
of Birmingham, Alabama -
with the offer of
promotion and the
prospect of love - The
Player has other ideas...
Until she is his. He is
fixated on Jess, on how
close she came to
catching him and on the
terrifying revenge he
plans to enact when he
finds her. As it becomes
clear that he is
targeting those closest
to her, Jess realises
that the only way to save
them is to sacrifice
herself. But can he be
stopped? Jess is
determined to protect
those she loves and
defend her way of life.
But will she be strong
enough? And how high a
price might she have to
pay?
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Details: Someone is
brutally killing women.
Women who bear a striking
resemblance to former DCI
Carol Jordan. The
connection is too strong
to ignore and soon
psychological profiler
Tony Hill finds himself
dangerously close to the
investigation, just as
the killer is closing in
on his next target. This
is a killer like no
other, hell-bent on
inflicting the most
severe and grotesque
punishment on his prey.
As the case becomes
ever-more complex and
boundaries begin to blur,
Tony and Carol must work
together once more to try
and save the victims,
and themselves.
Breathless, gripping and
thrilling -- the Queen of
the Psychological
Thriller is back with her
most spine-chilling novel
to date. The perfect
introduction to the
unforgettable world of
Tony Hill and Carol
Jordan. Idea for: Fans of
crime and thriller
fiction books. This
hardback book has 438
pages and measures: 24 x
15 x 4cm
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A gritty, gangland Romeo
and Juliet story from
bestselling author Jacqui
Rose, Trapped is perfect
for fans of Jessie Keane
and Martina Cole As
teenagers, Maggie
Donaldson and Johnny
Taylor fell hard and fast
in love. But they didn't
know they were from rival
gangland families in
London's criminal
underworld. Going public
with their relationship
would have brought them
more trouble than they
could handle, so for
years they concealed the
truth. But their house of
cards won't be safe for
much longer. Maggie's
violent father Max has
always been out for the
Taylors' blood and treats
his own family with
barely more sympathy.
There's a long-buried
reason for the vendetta
that no one talks about,
a secret so shocking it
could tear each family -
and Maggie and Johnny -
apart...A gritty story of
bitter feuds and
unbreakable bonds,
Trapped is the perfect
read for fans of Mandasue
Heller and Martina Cole.
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Details: When he left the
LAPD Bosch took a file
with him: the case of a
production assistant
murdered four years
earlier during a film set
robbery. The LAPD thinks
the stolen money was used
to finance a terrorist
training camp. Thoughts
of the original murder
victim were lost in the
federal zeal, and when
Bosch decides to
re-investigate, he
quickly falls fouls of
both his old colleagues
and the FBI. When the
investigation enables him
to meet up with an old
friend, shadows from his
past come back to haunt
him... Ideal for: Fans of
crime and thriller
fiction books. This
paperback book has 341
pages and measures: 17.7
x 11 x 2.2cm
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Living among the Sachakan
rebels, Lorkin does his
best to learn about their
unique magic. But the
Traitors are reluctant to
trade their secrets for
the Healing they so
desperately want.
Meanwhile, Snea searches
for the rogue, knowing
that Cery cannot avoid
assassination for ever
but the rogue's influence
over the city's
underworld is far greater
than she first feared.
And in the University,
two female novices are
about to remind the guild
that sometimes their
worst enemy is found
within.
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Detective Lindsay Boxer's
long-awaited wedding
celebration becomes a
distant memory when she
is called to investigate
a horrendous crime: a
badly injured teenage
girl is left for dead,
and her newborn baby is
nowhere to be found.
Lindsay discovers that
not only is there no
trace of the criminals -
but that the victim may
be keeping secrets. At
the same time, Assistant
District Attorney Yuki
Castellano is prosecuting
the biggest case of her
life - a woman who has
been accused of murdering
her husband in front of
her two young children.
Yuki's career rests on a
guilty verdict, so when
Lindsay finds evidence
that could save the
defendant, she is forced
to choose. Should she
trust her best friend or
follow her instinct?
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Twenty years ago John
Costello's life, as he
knew it, ended. He and
his beautiful girlfriend,
Nadia, were victims of
the deranged 'Hammer of
God' killer who
terrorised New Jersey
City throughout the
summer of 1984. Nadia was
killed instantly. John
survived, but withdrew
from society, emerging
only to work as a crime
researcher for a major
newspaper. Damaged he may
be, but no one in New
Jersey knows more about
serial killers than John
Costello. Then a new
spate of murders starts -
all seemingly random and
unrelated - until John
discovers a complex
pattern that links them.
But could this dark
knowledge be about to
threaten his life?
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When a lone gunman goes
on a shooting spree
aboard a packed San
Francisco ferry,
Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer
is called in to
investigate. At the scene
she finds three people
dead and fellow Women's
Murder Club member Claire
Washburn fighting for her
life. Lindsay promises to
find whoever did this.
But it's a promise she
may not be able to keep.
As the investigation
makes it way to court,
news of a child abduction
comes through, Lindsay
discovers that more
children have been taken.
But with no ransom
demands the abductions
don't seem to make sense
- unless the kidnappers
aren't planning on
returning their
hostages... The clock is
ticking as Lindsay tries
to fit all the pieces
together. She knows that
if she doesn't find the
children quickly it will
be too late...
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Mary Marshall would do
anything for her daughter
Julia. A devoted
grandmother to Julia's
children, she's always
been the rock her family
can rely on. Until now.
Mary has a past Julia
knows nothing about, and
it's come back to haunt
her. Julia's husband
Murray French is walking
a tightrope. A solicitor
struggling with an
alcohol problem, he's
about to lose his wife
and his children to
another man: someone
successful, someone they
deserve. Someone who's
everything he's not. Can
he ever get his family
back? Just when Julia
thinks life is starting
to turn around, she
stumbles upon the
brutalised body of a girl
she teaches. And as the
terrible present starts
to shed light on her
mother's past, Julia
realises her family's
nightmare is only just
beginning...
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Details: A pawn-shop
robbery- It's no rest for
the wicked as Kate
Shackleton picks up her
second professional
sleuthing case. But
exposing the culprit of a
pawn-shop robbery turns
sinister when her
investigation takes her
to Harrogate - and murder
is only one step behind..
. A fatal stabbing- A
night at the theatre
should have been just
what the doctor ordered,
until Kate stumbles
across a body in the
doorway. The knife
sticking out of its chest
definitely suggests a
killer in the theatre's
midst. A ransom demand-
Kate likes nothing better
than a mystery - and
nothing better than
solving them. So when a
ransom note demands ?1,
000 for the safe return
of the play's leading
lady, the refined
streets of Harrogate play
host to Kate's skills in
piecing together clues -
and luring criminals out
of their lairs... Ideal
for: Fans of crime and
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and fans of novels by
Frances Brody. This
paperback book has 426
pages and measures: 19.7
x 12.7 x 2.7cm
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Details: Harry is back,
assigned to the LAPD's
Open-Unsolved Unit with
his former cop ally and
partner, Kizmin Rider.
These detectives are the
Closers. They are thrown
into a politically
sensitive and dangerous
case when a white
supremacist is connected
to the 1988 murder of a
mixed race girl. The
police department has
changed, but one thing
hasn't - Harry's nemesis,
Irving. The former
Deputy Chief has been
pushed from power and
given a virtually
meaningless new role.
Full of vengeance,
Irving calls Harry a
'retread'. He watches
from the sidelines like
an injured bear, hoping
Harry will make a
mistake.. . Ideal for:
Fans for crime and
thriller fiction books
and for fans of novels by
Michael Connelly. This
paperback book has 403
pages and measures: 17.7
x 11.1 x 2.6cm
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Oscar Finley, Wally Figg
and David Zinc make up
Finley & Figg:
specialists in injury
claims, quickie divorces
and DUIs. Now they are
about to take on one of
the biggest
pharmaceutical companies
in the States. David gave
up his lucrative career
at Chicago's leading law
firm for the chance to
help the little guy stand
up to the big
corporations. But if
Finley & Figg have right
on their side, why do
they carry guns? David
thought he was used to
cut-throat law, but this
is something else. He
knows he was right to get
out. He just may live to
regret his new choice of
firm...
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Details: There is a
secret from our history -
500 years old - startling
in its revelations and
devastating in its
political impact. A
secret that has,
thankfully, stayed
hidden. Until now. Former
Justice Department agent,
Cotton Malone, travels
to England and finds
himself caught in a dark
conspiracy born long ago,
in the time of the
Tudors. Now both the CIA
and MI6 seem to be
competing to uncover the
mystery and, for Malone,
supposedly on holiday
with his son, Gary,
it's not just the action
which comes thick and
fast. When Gary
disappears, Malone is
forced into a race
against time, as he
battles to decipher a
puzzle that leads him
from the Middle Temple to
the chapel at Windsor
Castle, from an Oxford
college to the sewers
beneath Hampton Court.
With assassins,
traitors, spies, and
dangerous disciples of a
secret society closing
in, Malone discovers
that the solution to the
mystery will not only
draw him into a lethal
trap, but force him
closer to his own
troubling past. And a
shocking revelation.
Ideal for: Fans of
Thriller & mystery books.
The pulse-pounding new
thriller from the number
one international
bestseller, based on a
sensational royal secret.
This paperback measures:
19.7 x 12.8 x 3cm. Pages
450.
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Details: Stuart
MacBrides Number
One bestselling crime
series opens with this
award-winning debut. DS
Logan McRae and the
police in Aberdeen hunt a
child killer who stalks
the frozen streets.
Winter in Aberdeen:
murder, mayhem and
terrible weather?
Its DS Logan
McRaes first day
back on the job after a
year off on the sick,
and it couldn?t get much
worse. Three-year-old
David Reids body is
discovered in a ditch,
strangled, mutilated and
a long time dead. And
hes only the first.
Theres a serial
killer stalking the
Granite City and the
local media are baying
for blood. Soon the dead
are piling up in the
morgue almost as fast as
the snow on the streets,
and Logan knows time is
running out. More
children are going
missing. More are going
to die. And if Logan
isn?t careful, he could
end up joining them?
Ideal for: Fans of crime
and mystery fiction books
and for those who enjoy
the Logan McRae series.
This paperback book has
468 pages and measures:
19.7 x 12.7 x 3.3cm
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It was one of those
occasions when I suddenly
realised how happy I was.
I was female, single,
with money in my pocket..
. I had nobody to answer
to and no ties to speak
of. As usual I?d
forgotten how surges of
goodwill merely presage
bad news. After a
three-week-long
investigation, Kinsey
couldn?t wait to get
home. What she needed
most was a few quiet days
by herself ? but two
things happened to change
all her plans. First she
ran into a murder case.
Then Kinsey met Bibianna
Diaz, and before the
night was over they were
sharing a prison cell...
?Terrifying, hilarious
and rather touching... S
is for Super Sleuth in a
scorching story? Daily
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Details: Dr Temperance
Brennan takes on a case
that uncovers horrors she
could never have
predicted. It is the
skeleton of a young girl,
no more than fourteen
years old - and forensic
anthropologist Tempe
Brennan is struggling to
control her emotions. The
coroner is being evasive,
insisting the bones are
ancient and of no
interest. But this
doesn't feel right, and
Tempe is convinced that
someone is hiding
something. Working on
instinct, Tempe takes
matters into her own
hands. But her work
uncovers horrors she
could never have
predicted, as what
started in the lab
quickly becomes her most
harrowing, and personal,
case yet. Ideal for:
Fans of crime and
thriller fiction books
and fans of novels by
Kathy Reichs. This
paperback book has 438
pages and measures: 17.7
x 10.8 x 3cm
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A global thriller
presenting an apocalyptic
vision of a world on the
brink of despair and
destruction. What would
you do if the world was
brought to a standstill?
If you heard deafening
static followed by the
words, 'My children. Do
not be afraid'? Would you
turn to God? Subscribe to
the conspiracy theories?
Or put your faith in
science and a rational
explanation? The lives of
all twenty-six people in
this account are affected
by the message. Most
because they heard it.
Some because they didn't.
The Testimony - a
gripping story of the
world brought to its
knees and of its people,
confused and afraid.
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Details: On a balmy June
night, Kirsten, a young
university student,
strolls home through a
silent moonlit park.
Suddenly her tranquil
mood is shattered as she
is viciously attacked.
When she awakes in
hospital, she has no
recollection of that
brutal night. But then,
slowly and painfully,
details reveal themselves
- dreams of two figures,
one white and one black,
hovering over her; wisps
of a strange and haunting
song; the unfamiliar
texture of a rough and
deadly hand... In
another part of England,
Martha Browne arrives in
Whitby, posing as an
author doing research for
a book. But her research
is of a particularly
macabre variety. Who is
she hunting with such
deadly determination? And
why? Ideal for: Fans of
crime and thriller
fiction books and for
those who enjoy novels by
Peter Robinson. This
paperback book has 328
pages and measures: 19.7
x 12.8 x 2.2cm
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Details: You don't mess
with Rosie Gilmour and
get away with it. Crime
reporter Rosie Gilmour is
back at The Post,
bruised and battered from
her last investigation
but determined to find
missing barmaid Wendy
Graham. Convinced that
Wendy is the key to an
explosive new story,
Rosie's search leads her
deep into the dangerous
world of Glasgow's Ulster
Volunteer Force. This
time, Rosie will find
herself at the mercy of
the most vicious
gangsters she's ever
encountered. Has she met
her match? Ideal for:
Fans of thriller and
mystery fiction books.
This paperback book has
424 pages and measures:
19.7 x 12.8 x 2.8cm
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The stunning new novel
from the rising star of
the crime writing genre,
Vanishing Point sees DI
Jack Brady investigating
the horrific deaths of
young women in Whitley
Bay - and uncovering a
sadistic and powerful
trafficking ring that has
its roots in the highest
echelons of
power..."Moaning, she
lifted her aching head up
off the cold tiled floor.
In the background the
razor sharp noise of
dripping water echoed
again and again. All she
knew was that she was
hurting. Really hurting.
That was when she
realised that her tongue
was missing..." Early on
a Sunday morning in the
North East seaside resort
of Whitley Bay, a
headless female torso
washes up on the beach.
Two days later, the
body's missing head
appears a mile down the
coast - and with that,
DI Jack Brady is plunged
into one of the most
harrowing cases of his
career. If you like Peter
James, you'll love
Danielle Ramsay.
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Alex Parkinson is in love
with his writing tutor,
Siobhan. He has never
loved anyone like this,
but how can he convince
Siobhan that they are
meant to be together? So
Alex stalks her on
Facebook and finds out
where she lives, buys
her presents using her
own credit card and sends
her messages telling her
exactly what he wants to
do to her. He breaks into
her house, reads her
diary and secretly
listens to her while she
takes a bath. Isn?t that
what all lovers do? But
when a love rival appears
on the scene, Alex has
to take drastic action,
and soon a young woman
lies dead after tumbling
from the roof of her
house. Now there is
no-one standing in the
way of Alex and his true
love. But someone is
watching Alex too and he
is about to discover that
there is a thin line
between love ? and hate.
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Details:
Alisha
Barbas dreams of being a
detective were shattered
when a murder
suspect
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Details: On the morning
she will never forget,
suburban teenager Cynthia
Archer awakes with a
nasty hangover and a
feeling she is going to
have an even nastier
confrontation with her
mom and dad. But when she
leaves her bedroom, she
discovers the house is
empty, with no sign of
her parents or younger
brother Todd. In the
blink of an eye, without
any explanation, her
family has simply
disappeared. Twenty-five
years later Cynthia is
still haunted by
unanswered questions.
Were her family murdered?
If so, why was she
spared? And if they're
alive, why did they
abandon her in such a
cruel way? Now married
with a daughter of her
own, Cynthia fears that
her new family will be
taken from her just as
her first one was. And so
she agrees to take part
in a TV documentary
revisiting the case, in
the hope that somebody
somewhere will remember
something - or even that
her father, mother or
brother might finally
reach out to her... Then
a letter arrives which
makes no sense and yet
chills Cynthia to the
core. And soon she begins
to realise that stirring
up the past could be the
worst mistake she has
ever made... Ideal for:
Fans of crime and
thriller fiction books.
This paperback book has
339 pages and measures:
17.7 x 11.1 x 2.2cm
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Now a major film starring
Ryan Gosling and Carey
Mulligan. Set mostly in
Arizona and L.A., Drive
is about a man who does
stunt driving for movies
by day and drives for
criminals at night.
Sallis combines murder,
treachery and payback in
a sinister plot with
resonances of 1940s pulp
fiction and film noir.
Told through a cinematic
narrative that weaves
back and forth through
time and place, the
story explores Driver's
near-existential moral
foundations, intercut
with moments of bloody
violence.
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Details: The son of one
of New York's wealthiest
families is snatched off
the street and held
hostage. His parents
can't save him, because
this kidnapper isn't
demanding money. Instead,
he quizzes his prisoner
on the price others pay
for his life of luxury.
In this exam, wrong
answers are fatal.
Detective Michael Bennett
leads the investigation.
With ten kids of his own,
he can't begin to
understand what could
lead someone to target
anyone's children. As
another student
disappears, one powerful
family after another uses
their leverage and
connections to turn up
the heat on the mayor,
the press, anyone who
will listen, to stop
this killer. Their reach
extends all the way to
the FBI, who send their
top Abduction Specialist,
Agent Emily Parker.
Bennett's work life - and
love life - suddenly get
even more complicated.
Before Bennett has a
chance to protest the
FBI's intrusion on his
case, the mastermind
changes his routine. His
plan leads up to the most
deadly demonstration yet
- one that could bring
cataclysmic devastation
to every inch of New
York. Ideal for: Fans of
thriller and action
fiction books and for
fans of novels by James
Patterson. This paperback
book has 454 pages and
measures: 17.7 x 11 x 3cm
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Details: They're called
Lincoln Lawyers: the
bottom of the legal food
chain, the criminal
defence attorneys who
operate out of the back
of a Lincoln Town Car,
taking whatever cases the
system throws in their
path. When a Beverly
Hills rich boy is
arrested, Mickey Haller
has his first high-paying
client in years. The
evidence mounts on the
defence's side, and
Haller might even be in
the rare position of
representing a client who
is actually innocent. But
when his case starts to
fall apart, Haller
quickly discovers that
when you swim with the
sharks, it's easy to
wind up as prey. Ideal
for: Fans of crime and
thriller fiction books
and fans of books by
Michael Connelly. This
paperback book has 404
pages and measures: 17.7
x 11 x 2.6cm
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When a prostitute is
found murdered in her
bedsit, the Metropolitan
police set to work
finding the perpetrator
of this brutal attack.
DNA samples lead them
straight to George
Marlow, a man previously
convicted of attempted
rape. The police think
they've found their man,
but things are not quite
what they seem.
..Detective Chief
Inspector Jane Tennison
came through the ranks
the hard way, opposed
and resented at every
step by her male
colleagues. So when DCI
Shefford falls ill, the
opportunity for Tennison
to get herself noticed
finally arrives. But the
boys are not happy and
every one of her
colleagues is willing her
to trip up. Desperate to
remove all doubt around
her suspect, Tennison
struggles to make the
charges stick. And then a
second body turns up.
With the team against
her, and a dangerous
criminal still on the
loose, DCI Jane Tennison
must fight to prove
herself, now or never.
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Roughly 99% of Belfast's
population suddenly
dropped dead. Some have
risen again, and a horde
of the beautiful undead
is descending upon the
city, wreaking bloody
vengeance on the few left
alive. An unlikely group
of survivors flee the
carnage, heading for the
city's main airport. But
their refuge there may
quickly come to an end as
the living dead close in
to besiege the living.
Doll Parts is the sequel
to cult zombie-horror
novel, Drop Dead
Gorgeous.
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Details: Aurora
Teagarden: 3 When Roe
Teagarden decides to
leave her job as a
librarian and turn her
hand to real estate, she
has no idea she's made a
life or death decision.
Until, that is, she
discovers the naked
corpse of a rival estate
agent on her first house
showing. And when a
second body is found in
another house on the
market, it's clear that
being in real estate in
Lawrenceton is a very
dangerous profession. Roe
is going to have to find
the killer, before she
becomes the next corpse.
Ideal for: Fans of
thriller and mystery
fiction books and for
those who enjoy reading
the 'Aurora Teagarden'
novels. This paperback
book has 215 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x
1.5cm
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Details: Terrifyingly
authentic, London-set
debut crime novel with a
psychological edge, by
an ex-Met detective.
Perfect for fans of Mark
Billingham, Peter James
and Stuart MacBride. DI
Sean Corrigan is not like
other detectives. The
terrible abuse he
suffered in childhood
hasn?t stopped him
enjoying family life with
his wife and two
daughters, or pursuing
an impressive career with
South Londons
Murder Investigation
Unit. But it has left him
with an uncanny ability
to identify the darkness
in others ? a darkness he
recognises still exists
deep within his own
psyche and battles to
keep buried there. Now
Seans on the trail
of the most dangerous
killer hes ever
encountered. The
perpetrator has no
recognisable MO, leaves
no forensic evidence and
his victims have nothing
in common. But Sean knows
they were all murdered by
the same man. Now all he
has to do is find the
evidence, convince his
bosses and stop the
killing ? before his
adversary gets too close
to home? Ideal for: Fans
of crime and thriller
fiction books. Also those
who enjoy the Di Sean
Corrigan novels. This
hardback book has 439
pages and measures: 24.1
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January 1916. Britain is
on the brink of enforcing
conscription. Eligible
young men who have not
yet signed up to fight
are despised as
'conchies' and
'shirkers', subjected to
hatred and verbal abuse.
Cyril Ablatt, leader of
Shoreditch's group of
conscientious objectors,
makes a rousing speech at
a meeting of the
No-Conscription
Fellowship, refusing to
be 'an instrument of
slaughter in a khaki
uniform'. When Cyril is
brutally bludgeoned to
death, Scotland Yard
detectives Inspector
Marmion and Sergeant
Keedy are assigned to the
case. As the pair build
up a portrait of Cyril,
they unearth an
intriguing private life
behind the man's saintly
facade. It soon becomes
clear there are plenty of
suspicious characters
with motives for the
killing. Meanwhile,
public sympathy is
lukewarm. Some people
even claim that a conchie
deserves to die if he
won't fight for King and
Country. And in the wake
of the murder, three
close friends of Ablatt
fear that they may also
be under threat. Marmion
and Keedy will have to
work fast to find the
killer before any more
deaths occur.. .
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Details: Ray Hegarty, a
highly respected former
detective, lies dead in
his daughter Sienna's
bedroom. She is found
covered in his blood.
Everything points to her
guilt, but psychologist
Joe O'Loughlin isn't
convinced.
Fourteen-year-old Sienna
is Joe's daughter's best
friend - Joe has watched
her grow up and seen the
troubled look in her
eyes. Against the advice
of the police, he
launches his own
investigation, embarking
upon a hunt that will
lead him to a predatory
schoolteacher; a
conspiracy of silence and
a race hate trial that is
captivating the nation.
With dark psychological
twists and heart-stopping
tension, Bleed For Me is
a page-turner thriller
and undoubtedly
Robotham's best yet.
Ideal for: Fans of crime
and thriller fiction
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book has 470 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.6 x
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When Rink's father is
brutally murdered, Joe
has to stop his friend
rushing headlong for
vengeance. Because Rink's
mother witnessed the
crime and Yukiko isn't
telling everything she
knows. Her silence is
governed by the Japanese
tradition of giri, or
moral obligation. But
when there are more
vicious deaths - all of
them elderly men known to
Yukiko - it becomes a
matter of honour to
uncover the shameful
secret that lies behind
the murders. The killer
isn't playing by the
rules. But some rules are
made to be broken and Joe
doesn't care what he
breaks to ensure Rink
gets his revenge.
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Details: Terrifyingly
authentic, London-set
debut crime novel with a
psychological edge, by
an ex-Met detective.
Perfect for fans of Mark
Billingham, Peter James
and Stuart MacBride. NO
MOTIVE. NO MERCY. NO
REMORSE. A series of
brutal killings leaves
South Londons
Murder Investigation Unit
struggling to connect the
crimes: no recognizable
method; no forensic
evidence; and the victims
have nothing in common.
NO TIME TO LOSE. DI Sean
Corrigans troubled
past has left him with an
uncanny ability to
identify the darkness in
others ? a darkness he
struggles to keep buried
within his own psyche.
Sean knows these murders
are the work of one man.
As the violence
escalates, Sean must
find the evidence he
needs to bring the
perpetrator to justice ?
before the next attack
hits too close to home?
Ideal for: Fans of crime
and thriller fiction
books. This paperback
book has 455 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x
3cm
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When a rock star, a
fashion designer, a
software tycoon and a
millionaire heiress are
all murdered in
mysterious circumstances,
Detective Lindsay Boxer
is quickly assigned to
the high-profile
investigation. Few people
are as interested when a
local hero, Bagman
Jesus, is found brutally
executed. Reporter Cindy
Thomas, however,
becomes fascinated by his
story. He was loved by so
many - who would want to
kill him? Could the
down-and-out Samaritan
have been hiding a dark
secret? Both Lindsay and
Cindy need the help of
their fellow members of
the Women's Murder Club
to crack these
complicated cases; but
with tensions running
high, will the friends
be strong enough to stick
together, or will the
strain tear them apart?
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