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Winter of Shadows
PART OF THE BLACK SPRING CRIME SERIES ENDORSED BY UK GIANTS OF CRIME FICTION INCLUDING IAN RANKIN AND LEE CHILD.NOW OPTIONED FOR TV PRODUCTION WITH RAYDAR MEDIAYORK. In the midwinter of 1862, a young woman is found dead by the river, her body marked by a sinister act of mutilation. The mysterious death spreads fear, for this is not the first corpse to be discovered. Speculation grows there is a killer stalking the city’s medieval streets.ADA FAWKES. The country’s one and only crime scene photographer. As a woman, in Victorian England, this is a dangerous practice that arouses hostility and accusations of witchcraft and Ada has turned her back on her profession to begin a new quiet life in York. But, she is summoned by Scotland Yard to uncover the truth behind the dark happenings in the old city.DI SAM STRAKER. The Yard’s best detective is dispatched from London to work with Ada. He is a man she knows all too well. Straker and Ada have a shared past and his unexpected arrival rekindles traumatic memories of their last investigation, a year earlier in Paris. But they must forget their differences. They know they need their combined skills and experience to solve this mystery.Soon the hunt takes Ada deep into the shadowy heart of the walled city, until – confronted by a murderer prepared to kill again – she realises her worst nightmare is coming true . . . but she is prepared to put her own life at stake in order to stop the killing.Winter of Shadows is the beginning of a new historical thriller series!
In Too Deep
Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure.
Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there.
The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed.
His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk.
A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .
Winner Cake All
In the small town of Normalton, IL, there aren't a lot of opportunities for small business owner Dani Sloan to cater big-ticket events. But that's about to change.
A client named Yvette Joubert is marrying Franklin Whittaker, the richest guy around, and they want Dani to cater their engagement party! The swanky event is the perfect opportunity to put Dani on the map for wealthier clients.
But when a storm hits the party after guests arrive, it becomes clear that more than the dinner is ruined: Yvette is found dead beneath the marquee. Is her death a tragic accident, or a perfectly orchestrated murder?
Then the case gets even juicier – it turns out that Yvette's ex-husband is Spencer Drake, Dani's almost-boyfriend, and the police start circling. Now Dani must follow an unending list of clues to save her business, protect her better half, and catch a criminal. Let's just hope they get their just desserts!
Perfect for fans of culinary cosy murder mysteries by the likes of Joanne Fluke and Kate Carlisle, Winner Cake All continues this exciting small-town series by serving up another deliciously mysterious murder that will keep you guessing until the end!
Blood on Her Tongue
"I'm in your blood, and you are in mine…"
The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate.
The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary insanity caused by a fever of the brain. To protect her twin from a terrible fate in a lunatic asylum, Lucy must unravel the mystery surrounding her sister's condition, but it's clear her twin is hiding something. Then again, Lucy is harbouring secrets of her own, too.
Then, the worst happens. Sarah's behaviour takes a turn for the strange. She becomes angry…and hungry.
Lucy soon comes to suspect that something is trying to possess her beloved sister. Or is it madness? As Sarah changes before her very eyes, Lucy must reckon with the dark, monstrous truth – or risk losing her forever.
A haunting gothic tale for fans of all things supernatural, Blood on Her Tongue is refreshingly biting and unashamedly chilling, taking its place as a horror story for the ages.
Breaking the Dark
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.
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Poe's most macabre and irresistible stories with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.
Edgar Allan Poe's stories uncover the deeply unnerving strangeness lurking within us all. His genius for horror and suspense went on to influence the world, from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of his best short stories contains the well-known works 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' alongside a wide range of delightfully terrifying tales to unsettle and enthrall.
This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR’S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.
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Gyerekjáték
Azt fogod kívánni, bár játszottál volna velem... Kim Stone felügyelőt egy este vérfagyasztó tetthely fogadja: egy idős nőt szögesdróttal egy hintához kötöztek, és a tarkójára egy X-et véstek. Az áldozat a gyermekpszichológia nyugalmazott professzora volt. Hamarosan két újabb holttestet találnak, amelyeken ugyanaz a jellegzetes szimbólum látható, Kim pedig ráébred: egy sorozatgyilkosra vadászik. Ahogy egyre mélyebbre ás az áldozatok múltjában, kiderül, hogy mindannyiukban akad egy közös vonás. A nyomok évtizedekre nyúlnak vissza, egy különleges, gyerekzseniknek szervezett versenyre. Vajon Kim képes lesz a gyilkos elméjével gondolkodni, és megállítani egy újabb vérengzést, mielőtt még túl késő lenne?
Tell Me What You Did
She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she's hiding a terrible secret. It's time for the truth to come out…
Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they've committed to her audience. She can't guarantee the police won't come after her "guests," but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame?a potent combination that's proven difficult to resist. After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind.
But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look. Not only because he claims to be her mother's murderer from years ago, but because Poe knows something no one else does. Her mother's murderer is dead.
Poe killed him.
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Dead Girl in 2A and The New Neighbor comes a chilling new thriller that forces the question: are murderers always the bad guys?
Unworthy
A fearsomely dark, incantatory new dystopia set in a post-apocalyptic convent from the author of viral sensation Tender is the Flesh
In the House of the Sacred Sisterhood, the unworthy live in fear of the Superior Sister's whip. Seething with resentment, they plot against each other and await who will ascend to the level of the Enlightened - and who will suffer the next exemplary punishment.
Risking her life, one of the unworthy keeps a diary in secret. Slowly, memories surface from a time before the world collapsed, before the Sacred Sisterhood became the only refuge.
Then Lucía arrives. She, too, is unworthy - but she is different. And her presence brings a single spark of hope to a world of darkness.
Přístav zklamání
Na pláži za Barcelonou je nalezena mrtvola ředitele z plzeňské Škody. Jeho smrt je považována za nešťastnou náhodu, jeden svědek ale tuší, co jí předcházelo. Manželé Lenzovi se tím i v nuceném exilu znovu dostávají do hledáčku tajných služeb. Jediné, co je může zachránit, je rychlé odhalení pravdy. Barcelona se zrovna nadšeně připravuje na světovou výstavu a hostí zahraniční delegáty, mezi kterými se pravděpodobně skrývá i vrah. Stopy vedou k československému diplomatovi, jednomu zhrzenému námořníkovi a možná i k příteli samotných Lenzových.
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Why We Die
*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*''If you haven''t read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction'' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying''Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. He''s also a tricky plotter'' New York Times Book ReviewWhen Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who robbed Sweeney''s jewellery shop, she''s just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn''t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she''s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who''s dedicating what''s left of his life to protecting Katrina Blake from her late husband''s sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent.Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose, and even Katrina has her secrets. And death, like taxes, can''t be avoided forever.
A Baptism of Fire
The fifth in a series of tense, page-turning crime thrillers set in Cornwall. At fourteen, Kit Retallick sets fire to the family farm, killing his mother, stepfather and seventeen-year-old sister. Or so the jury decided. Fifteen years later, he returns home to Cornwall, committed to proving his innocence, and hires lawyer Eden Gray to help him.Eden is unnerved by the disfiguring scars marring the young man?s face and the storming chaos in his head. She is sceptical, knowing it will be an uphill battle, but finds discrepancies in the evidence deserving further investigation. She?s prepared to ruffle official feathers and risk friendship, but what she?s not prepared for is two new murders committed on the night of his return.If not for the tenacious efforts of her investigator, Ross Trenear, an ex-policeman with a lot to prove, she would throw in the towel. As he picks away at the scab of deceit, he finds plenty of suspects along with prejudice and denial in the tight-lipped rural community. He convinces Eden to stick with the case and they uncover the truth.Can Eden help Kit escape his history and find justice or is he beyond saving?
White King
'As agile as a matador, Gómez-Jurado skilfully balances exhilarating thrills with the melancholy that is the price of Antonia’s gifts' - The Times"I hope you haven't forgotten me. Shall we play?"Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted forensic mind. She’s the lynchpin of a top-secret project, Red Queen, created to work across borders to solve the most devious and dangerous crimes, those that are beyond the skills of the regular police. But the Red Queen project is under attack on all fronts. Across Europe, its agents are murdering each other, and long-resolved cases from the past are rearing their deadly heads again. At the centre of it all is the mysterious and dangerous Mr White. Jon Gutiérrez, Antonia’s protector and the only person she trusts, has been kidnapped. With Jon’s life at stake, Mr White gives Antonia a seemingly innocuous challenge: solve three crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice. The only way to keep Jon alive is to play Mr White’s game, but can Antonia win when she can only see part of the boar? he thrilling conclusion to Juan Gómez-Jurado’s internationally bestselling Antonia Scott trilogy. Translated by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia. Praise for Juan Gómez-Jurado:'Fizzes with energy and lively scene-setting . . . There are obvious echoes of Lisbeth Salander, but the crackling interplay between Scott and Inspector Gutiérrez, a gay Basque policeman, adds an extra layer of originality, as does Nick Caistor’s sparkling translation' - Financial Times'What Gómez-Jurado excels at, as conveyed in Nick Caistor’s brisk translation, is pacing of the breakneck variety. Short chapters, funny asides, lethally potent descriptions: they all contribute to a frenetic page-turning momentum . . . you’ll have great fun reading it' - The New York Times
The Grapevine
''I absolutely couldn''t stop reading . . . It took me hostage'' Marian Keyes ''Lively, original . . . packed with tension'' Janice Hallet ''A revealing close-up of a claustrophobic community. I loved it'' Jennie Godfrey''Deeply impressive . . . The final twist is devastating''The TimesAustralia, 1979.It''s the height of summer and on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac a housewife is scrubbing the yellow and white chequered tiles of her bathroom floor. But all is not as it seems. For one thing, it''s 3 a.m. For another, she is trying desperately to remove all traces of blood before they stain. Her husband seems remarkably calm, considering their neighbour has just been murdered. As the sun rises on Warrah Place, news of Antonio Marietti''s death spreads like wildfire, gossip is exchanged in whispers and suspicion mounts. Twelve-year-old Tammy launches her own investigation, determined to find out what happened, but she is not the only one whose well-meaning efforts uncover more mysteries than they solve. There are secrets behind every closed door in the neighbourhood - and the identity of the murderer is only one of them . . . Richly atmospheric and simmering with tension, The Grapevine is an acutely observed debut novel about prejudice and suspicion, the hidden lives of women, and how the ties that bind a community can also threaten to break it.What readers are saying about The Grapevine: ''A brilliant debut novel'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A gripping suburban drama steeped in mystery and neighbourhood intrigue'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''A compelling blend of psychological suspense and domestic drama'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''An absolutely brilliant read which I couldn''t consume quick enough. And that plot twist at the end!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Kept me up all night'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Shadow
A RITUAL KILLING. AN ANCIENT CURSE. WHAT''S MYTH... AND WHAT''S MURDER?''A slick, masterfully plotted, white-knuckle ride of a read,'' A.A. CHAUDHURI''A highly enjoyable and hugely entertaining read'' NILESHA CHAUVETAfter a bruising encounter with a terrorist group, Detective Kamil Rahman has resigned from the Met and set up a detective agency with his friend Anjoli. But when his boss asks him to go to India to investigate the murder of a British engineer who was found with eighteen arrows stuck in his body, Kamil agrees to take the case, as long as Anjoli can accompany him.When they arrive in Mumbai, they find someone is on a gruesome killing spree, striking down those connected to the engineer in increasingly macabre ways. Meanwhile, an old friend of Kamil’s begs for his help breaking the curse he believes his family is under.As the body count rises, Kamil is torn between solving a very real murder case and protecting his friend from a grisly – if far-fetched – fate. Can he catch a killer and prevent an ancient curse before more people lose their lives?Praise for the Detective Kamil Rahman novels:''Outstanding'' SUNDAY TIMES''Hugely entertaining'' ANN CLEEVES''A rip-roaring mystery that''s engrossing from start to finish'' ABIR MUKHERJEEREADERS LOVE KAMIL AND ANJOLI:‘Keeps getting better and better’‘In Kamil and Anjoli, Ajay Chowdhury has created a modern day Holmes and Watson’‘Full of intrigue and twists and turns’
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Cuckoo
‘Deceptive and darkly compelling’ T.M Logan''Audaciously twisty and achingly tender'' Erin Kelly''Completely twisted and shocking’ Stylist___________________________________________A story of obsession, love and murder – and not the one you’re expecting. . . Discover a gripping new thriller with a killer twist at its core.When Claire surprises her fiancé, Noah, at work for their anniversary, she’s the one who ends up being shocked to her core …Because Noah left the company nine months ago, and she had no idea. How can she not have known?Now he isn’t answering her calls. He won’t respond to her messages. He’s disappeared.As Claire desperately tries to find her fiancé, her world begins to shatter as the truth about who Noah really is starts to emerge.And things are about to spiral dangerously out of control . . .________________________Praise for Cuckoo:''With a killer premise, and an intriguing and complex narrator, Cuckoo is impossible to put down. I flew through it!'' Jennie Godfrey''Brilliant and addictive'' K L Slater??''Twisted and deliciously surprising – I loved it!'' Heather Darwent''This story about love and obsession will have you gripped'' Heat Magazine‘Very dark... A great debut’ The Observer‘If you love a psychological thriller, get your hands on Cuckoo’ That''s Life''A debut with terrific pace and sinister character dynamics. At once beautifully unpredictable and unnerving. I loved it.'' L V Mathews''Cuckoo is an outrageous white-knuckle ride that packs one hell of a punch, but as the psychological journey unfolds, the truth is as heart-wrenching as it is shocking. Callie Kazumi is one to watch'' Alice Slater‘Well-rounded, believable characters....A mystery that keeps you reading’ Daily Mail''Clever storytelling against a backdrop of vivid psychological trauma, and a sense of creeping horror as you realise the truth about the plot. Highly recommended.'' Helen Cooper ''Addictive and poignant and doesn''t let go until the very end'' Joe Gibson
A Sisterhood of Silence
The second in a series of tense page-turning Crime Thrillers set in Cornwall : Cornish Crime Series Book TwoJem Fielding is a pimp and drug lord who counts blackmail and violence as part of his repertoire. But when he abducts mute teenager, Carly Taylor, and attempts to bury her alive, he risks the wrath of a small Cornish town.Carly survives but is damaged by her ordeal. She undergoes a disturbing psychological metamorphosis. As her psychosis grows she turns her back on those she loves; dedicating herself, to Fielding?s destruction. She is not alone. Other women out there have cause to hate Fielding. His abused wife Josie, has found love with another woman but knows he will kill her if he discovers her secret and Kerenza Martin?s ex-husband, a policeman has been trapped in a cycle of blackmail and corruption jeopardizing her family?s safety. If they try to fight Fielding alone, they will lose. If the women join forces, take a stand and discover the power of Sisterhood, they might win but at what cost?.
The Poison Promise
Who is Pinkie Floy? hilippa Floyd (Pinkie to her friends) joins the country club for one reason only, Judge Carlisle is a member, and she intends to kill him. What''s more, she has something very special in mind to do it with; the rosary pea. Beloved of poisoners since ancient times, the plant can always be relied on to do the job.To her friends in the gardening club, she is just another green-fingered retiree who has chosen Cornwall as a place to put down roots, but Pinkie is so much more.A seasoned professional, she always picks her targets carefully and never mixes work with pleasure. When she breaks this cardinal rule, she pays the price. With the police on her tail and an old flame in the wings pushing her buttons, she is forced to abandon her retirement for something altogether riskier.They say one man''s meat is another man''s poison but has Pinkie bitten off more than she can chew this time?
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
‘Think The Secret History meets Saltburn’ – Holly Watt, author of The Dead Line'Intoxicating, enthralling, compelling' – Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange‘Bold and ambitious and consuming from start to finish’ – Louise Candlish, author of The Swimming Pool'A stunning, intricately plotted and clever mystery’ – Claire Douglas, author of The Wrong Sister ***Some women can’t be erased from history . . . A story of love and madness, of obsession and revenge. Paris, 1938: Runaway heiress Juliette Willoughby perishes, with her married lover, in an accidental studio fire alongside her Surrealist masterpiece, Self-Portrait as Sphinx. Cambridge, 1991: Two art history students stumble across proof something sinister was at play in Juliette's death, threatening to expose the long-buried secrets of the artist's aristocratic family. Dubai, now: An art dealer is accused of the brutal murder of his oldest friend – the last surviving member of the Willoughby dynasty. Three suspicious deaths over the course of a century. Is the key to unlocking them all hidden in Juliette Willoughby’s lost paintin? rom the author of The Club, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby is Ellery Lloyd's compulsive multiple-timeline mystery – a story of love and madness, of obsession and revenge. ***‘A clever, richly imagined, first-class mystery. A story both thrilling and deeply layered, touching and fun. I loved it.’ – Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark‘A whip smart page turner with twists and turns that'll keep a hold on you right up until the final, gripping denouement. A terrific, hands down, five star read.’ – John Marrs, author of The Family Experiment‘A big complex thriller about art, family secrets and dark academia and is hugely entertaining and fun. Fans of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair will love it.’ – Mark Edwards, author of The House Guest
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