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It had seemed so simple. But now they were getting inside her mind... When Detective Kim Stone is called to Samantha Brown's home, she finds the young woman lying with her throat cut and a knife in her hand, and rules her death a tragic suicide. But after visiting her parents, Kim realises she's made a huge mistake. Samantha was murdered... Then a young man's body is found in a lake. Both victims spent time at Unity Farm, a retreat for people seeking an alternative way of life. But beneath its cosy façade lies a sinister community preying on the vulnerable. Sending one of her own into Unity Farm is Kim's only hope if she is to catch a killer. But with an undercover officer in way over her head, Kim's neck is on the line. Can she protect those closest to her before another life is taken? An unbelievably gripping crime thriller from multi-million-copy bestseller Angela Marsons that will have you hooked on the Detective Kim Stone series. Read what everyone is saying about Killing Mind: 'Well this was just bloody brilliant, no other way to put it.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'The most fabulous crime series ever written.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'Woohoo Angela Marsons is back with yet another cracking read!... If you consider yourself a crime thriller lover then this book, hell, the whole series is unmissable.' The Book Review Café, ?'I could read about Kim Stone and her team every week and never get bored... simply brilliant.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'Hooks you in on the first page and doesn't let you go until the very end... full of twists and turns, dead ends and false clues, constantly making you think you've worked it out, for it to then all change on the turn of a page!... the best crime series I have read, and long may Kim Stone continue! Fab-u-lous!!' Stardust Book Reviews, ?'I have been an avid reader of detective novels for years and in my opinion nobody does it better than Angela Marsons.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'I've enjoyed every single book Angela Marsons has written... will draw you in from page one. It's gritty, compelling, intriguing and one of the best books I've read this year.' NetGalley reviewer, ?'Hooked as soon as I've read the first page... My reviews will never do this series justice as for me, it is just beyond words as to how brilliant this series is and how it just goes from strength to strength.' Goodreads reviewer, ?

The killer claims they want to be stopped... In a busy shopping centre, a little girl clutches a teddy bear, crying for her mother, Katrina. Hours later, Katrina's body is discovered in an abandoned building. But why would someone kill a young woman out shopping with her chil? ays later, a second woman is found in a local park, her six-year-old son missing. And a handwritten letter from the killer lands on Detective Kim Stone's desk, pleading for help. Kim knows time is running out to bring the little boy home alive, but first she must get inside the mind of a murderer. Why are they sending her messages? What do they wan? ecause if Kim can't work out what they're trying to say, another innocent soul will die... The multi-million-copy bestselling Detective Kim Stone series is every bit as addictive, original and exciting as readers say. You'll be hooked from the very first page. Read what everyone is saying about Deadly Cry:'Utterly fabulous! I loved this so much... fantastic... Read this in one sitting as I was literally glued to it. Highly recommend, if I could give it more than 5 stars I would.' Linda Strong Book Reviews, ?'Angela Marsons writes the type of books that I will literally drop everything just so I can read it.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'I honestly don't know how Angela Marsons gets better and better with each book... My jaw dropped over and over again and I'm just sitting here so shocked at the end!' With A Book In Our Hand, ?'I could read Kim Stone books every day and never get bored, I read this in a day as I couldn't put it down.' NetGalley reviewer, ?'Angela Marsons is the Queen of Crime, and every police team needs a Kim Stone!... this book will bring tears to your eyes, then have you covering those same eyes for fear of what may happen on the next page!!' Stardust Book Reviews, ?'Reading this series is like catching up with old friends... Yet another brilliant work by the amazing Angela Marsons!' Goodreads reviewer, ?'Oh how much have I missed Kim Stone... you are guaranteed a story that will grab a hold of you from the start and keep you invested in the outcome right to the very last page.' Jen Med's Book Reviews, ?'Quite simply, Angela Marsons is THE QUEEN of Crime Fiction...Every book of Angie's is a masterpiece... incredibly enjoyable.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'A series that I will never get tired of. The author has a real talent of keeping each book fresh and exciting... Long live Kim Stone!' Goodreads reviewer, ?

*A Times Best Book of the Year* From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII 'Ten out of ten' The Times ‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON 'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON ‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID 'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES __________ England, May 1945 In the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she’s run away, but in fact she has met a violent end. Replacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved… and these echoing halls hide a killer.

'Extraordinary ... unpredictable' Daily Mail 'Clever and brilliantly observed' Emily Edwards, author of The Herd 'Gripping, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down' Emily FreudWhose life means the most?'Clutched tight in my hand is a scrawled list of names… A list of people who could save my life.'Liv wants to be the mother she never hadLiv has always dreamt of the moment she will hold her own baby. But just at the moment her new life – as a devoted mother to Max, a loving wife to Justin – should be starting, it looks like it may be ending. An undiagnosed heart condition, worsened by her pregnancy, has thrown her whole future into doubt. If she doesn't receive an urgent transplant, she won't live much longer. But what if she can't be here for her so? s she grows weaker, her determination to raise her baby grows stronger. Without her to protect him, what future does Max face? Slowly Liv begins to ask herself a terrible question: she needs someone's healthy heart to replace her failing one. For that to happen, an accident would have to befall someone else. But what if she could engineer that accident herself? What if she could choose someone to die in order that she could liv? f the end of someone else's life offers you the chance of saving your own, whose life means the mos? powerful and completely gripping novel about love, sacrifice and how life forces you to do the unthinkable.

In Hamburg’s troubled Wilhelmsburg district, Prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a brutal double murder amid corruption and gentrification. Battling personal demons and powerful foes, she fights to expose a city’s dark secrets. Germany’s Queen of Krimi returns with the caustically funny, breathtakingly dark next instalment in an addictive series…‘As much a character study as the story of a crime … like a flipbook, full of startling images and sudden movements, that will thrill cynics and romantics alike’ Sunday Times‘For the first time in a long time, I found a book I simply couldn’t put down – and I didn’t want it to end. There really should be a word for the sadness you feel when you’re nearing the end of a truly fantastic read. Sharks is that kind of book’ Leye Adenle‘Taut, compulsive and laced with humour as dark as its setting, Sharks raises the bar again for one of my favourite series. Chastity Riley is the perfect anti-hero for our times, and Simone Buchholz is the real deal’ Rod Reynolds‘Such a revelation’ Laura LippmanThe Chastity Riley series WON the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger____In Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg’s so-called ‘problem area’, an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict house. Prosecutor Chastity Riley is assigned the case and quickly finds herself waist-deep in a murky tangle of city planners, shady investors and vanishing officials. The gentrification machine is rolling on, and someone is sending a very clear message. As November fog settles over the city, Chastity is coughing up blood, her personal life is a slow-motion disaster, and her former colleague Faller won’t stop interfering. But nothing is going to stop her from cutting through the lies, not even the sharks circling ever closer. Dark, caustic and piercing, Sharks is a searing investigation into greed, power and the price of resistance in a city devouring itself, from one of Germany’s finest, most original crime writers. ____Praise for the Chastity Riley series:‘Richly entertaining, wickedly cutting, to the point and funny. The perfect example of a crime novel that is literally pacy and has something to say, because you know Buchholz cares about society and Hamburg, and it shows in her writing’ Paul Burke, CrimeTime‘A dark treat … memorable modern noir, and a fascinating portrait of seedy life in Hamburg’ Telegraph‘Simone Buchholz can make you grin, gasp or gag at will’ The Times‘Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist … uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce’ Guardian‘Beautifully written in cool, witty prose’ N.J. Cooper, Literary Review‘German-American Chastity Riley is snooty, churlish, sarcastic, sometimes drunk and always inappropriate. The whole series breaks the boundaries of typical crime novels’ Romy Hausmann‘A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist … style and sass and St Pauli’ Will Carver‘Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose’ Observer‘Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers’ Graeme Macrae Burnet‘Buchholz’s work remains as persuasive as ever’ Financial Times‘Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space … a palpable hit’Independent‘With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation’ Maxim Jakubowski‘There is a fantastic pace to the story … a unique voice that delivers a stylish story’NB Magazine‘A real blast of adrenaline’ Big Issue

Peter Rachman dominated housing in post-war London - he owned vast swathes in the west of the city, accumulating huge wealth as his tenants lived in squalor and fear of his hard-nosed collectors and enforcers. He was also at the heart of the city's murky, post-war underworld. In Slumlord, Neil Root pulls back the curtain on this seedy world to paint a portrait of a fascinating man whose path intersected with figures as diverse as Christine Keeler, the glamorous society girl at the heart of the Profumo Scandal, and Michael X, the Black Power activist who later went on to be hanged for double murder. Ruthless in his ambition, Rachman was the archetype of the exploitative landlord, and a man who was willing to use the prejudices of his time in order to maximise profits. He is also a compelling leading man in a story of post-war London, a city where, among the grime and the rubble, fortunes could be made. You just had to hold your nose, abandon your morals and be willing to take from those less fortunate.

A teen accused of killing her own mother. An attorney on the brink of self-destruction. Harper Ross’s last client walked free on a technicality, only to slaughter an innocent mother of two. Now she’s drowning her guilt in bottom-shelf bourbon and teetering on the edge of self-destruction. When Heather Morrison, a teen accused of the brutal slaying of her mother, needs a defender, Harper reluctantly takes the case. As she digs deeper, the Kansas City attorney uncovers a sinister web of hatred and manipulation. All clues lead to the door of a charismatic Reverend whose sermons mask a dark secret. Caught between her own demons and a case that seems impossible to win, Harper must navigate treacherous waters to uncover the truth. Bad Faith kicks off the Kansas City Legal Thrillers series. ________________________________________________________Praise for the Kansas City Legal Thrillers? Great legal thriller that I just couldn't put it down. ? As usual Rachael has written a good story and I am looking forward to her next one. ? This was a fantastic book. Loved it. Had lots of suspense and thrills. ? I must say that I am truly impressed and captivated by this new legal thriller. ? Once you read the first sentence you are hooked in the nicely written story.

*Winner of the 2025 CARICON FICTION PRIZE / Shortlisted for the 2025 ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE*'The past is uprooted, the present holds on by thread, and in the midst of it all is Miss Pauline, strong, conflicted, driven and remarkable.' Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Witch, Spider King'Delightful and big-hearted . . . It kept me turning pages deep into the night, and left me full of admiration at the end.' Guardian'One of the Caribbean's finest writers.' Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black ConchWhen the stones of her home begin to rattle and call out to her in the quiet of the night, Pauline Sinclair knows she will not live to see her 100th birthday. From educating herself through stolen books to becoming one of the most successful ganja farmers in the area and raising a family, Pauline has lived a life on her own terms in Mason Hall, a rural Jamaican village. Yet these whispering walls promise to topple the foundations of her security and exhume Pauline's many buried secrets, including the mysterious disappearance of the man who came to claim the very land on which she built her home, stone by stone, from the ruins of a plantation. Compelled to make peace before she dies, Pauline decides to leave the only home she has ever known on a final, desperate mission to uncover truths she could never have imagined . . . 'History's crimes unfurl in this magical story . . . McCaulay's immaculate, breathtaking writing carries it with poise and conviction.' Lisa Allen-Agostini, author of The Bread the Devil Knead'A vivid story of inheritance and belonging, informed by the author's own fascinating family history.' Daily Mail

The brand new psychological thriller from the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling authorYou can run. You can hide.But you belong to me.It was the case of the decade. A 15-year-old girl on her way to school, vanished without a trace. The world feared the worst – but then, after months, she was discovered in a church crypt, lying alive beside the dead body of her kidnapper.Now, 26 years later, Esmeralda Avelar has worked hard to leave her traumatic past behind. She has forged a new identity, and a new career as a police detective.But the past refuses to stay buried. Because notorious serial killer Jason Thorne has escaped from his secure psychiatric hospital, and he has a new obsession… to find Esmeralda, the girl who got away, and make her his.Readers love Claire Kendal''s thrillers…''Terrific, proper page-turning stuff'' ?????''Chillingly good'' ?????''An absolutely terrifying psychological thriller, which not only had me on the edge of my seat but gave me actual goosebumps'' ?????''Hard to put down'' ?????''Such an amazing, creepy, weird page turner! I was instantly hooked from the first page'' ?????''A brilliant, all too believable read, I couldn''t put it down'' ?????''Should come with a ''seriously addictive'' warning..!'' ?????''I was hooked from page 1 and read in almost one sitting! … Well thought out, tense and darkly humorous at times'' ?????

A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison. After receiving multiple tips from his devoted readership, a writer fascinated by the occult put together eleven case files, each featuring its very own strange building. Each of the eleven structures in this book has a floor plan that conceals a disturbing architectural quirk: from disappearing rooms to apartments with no means of escape. Each buildings tells its own chilling story. And each is part of a grander puzzle. Look closely . . . and you'll see that everything is connected. All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won't want to believe it.

'One Came Back is the real thing, a concise account of Scottish-set obsession' THE CRITIC'Dark and devastating . . . a story that haunts you' HEATHER CRITCHLOW'Intriguing . . . creepy . . . downright unsettling' SHARON BOLTONOn impact, the boy seemed to fold down and disappear, as if maybe he hadn't been there in the first place... It's New Year's Eve in Edinburgh when Emily sees Nicky. Or at least she thinks she does. He looks, laughs, and moves just like Nicky. But how can that be? Nicky died when they were teenagers, in an accident on a remote road up in the Highlands... didn't h? week later, Emily sees the man again. He says his name Nicholas. This man not only looks like an adult version of her friend, but he also knows things that only Nicky should know. As her encounters with Nicholas become more frequent and her fixation intensifies, the truth becomes murkier, and more unsettling. Is Emily being haunted, is she going mad - or is something altogether darker going on . . . One Came Back is a powerfully tense debut novel combining the chill of the modern gothic with the hook of a thriller, exploring the depths of grief, memory, and obsession. More praise for One Came Back:'Dark and twisty: like scaling a mountain, and peering over the sheer drop at the edge' JENNA CLARKE'Compelling and genuinely eerie' RUTH THOMAS'A gripping mystery . . . poetic and moving' LUCY RIBCHESTER'A hugely impressive debut. It left me reeling' DEVIKA PONNAMBALAM'Almost impossible to put it down' CATHERINE LLYOD

'I honestly loved this book so much … Highly recommend to fans of character-driven psychological thrillers' Reader review? EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS. SOME ARE DEADLY. Eve returns to the windswept Scottish island of her childhood, drawn back to her mother’s secluded artistic retreat by unsettling news – a local boy connected to the family has gone missing. But the island feels different. Her sister won’t speak, her brother is on edge, and the retreat’s once-thriving group of artists and misfits are quietly packing up and leaving. As a fierce storm rages across the island, Eve must confront whatever it is her family are hiding – and the darkness that may be lurking far closer than she ever imagined. A gripping, twisty psychological thriller for fans of Adele Parks and Claire Douglas. Readers LOVE The Silent Twin: 'Evocative, compulsive, beautifully written – a real page-turner' Sophie Hannah ‘This edge-of-your-seat thriller is heart-wrenching and compelling’ The Sun 'Such a good read, full of twists. I could hardly put it down' Reader review? ‘A joy to read’ Shots Mag 'A riveting and pulse-pounding thriller that’ll grip you from the first to the last page. Your next five-star read!' Karin Nordin 'I honestly loved this book so much … I found myself gripped, rooting for each person without really knowing the truth … Highly recommend to fans of character-driven psychological thrillers' ? 'Kept me guessing!' ? 'This was a brilliant read … I had to keep reading more and more of this book' ?

Set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, international bestselling author Marc Levy’s new novel is a page-turning thriller full of courage, resilience, and love. A mother’s love knows no borders, and her fight knows no limits. Veronika, a nurse, returns home to find that her nine-year-old son, Valentyn, has disappeared. Overcome with a mother’s terror but fueled by relentless love, Veronika embarks on a perilous journey to find him. At the same time, her fiercely independent teenage daughter, Lilya, sets off on her own reckless quest for her brother. Their searches are unknowingly aided by a reclusive hacker, a man indebted to Veronika who battles the conspiracy from the shadows. As the family faces unimaginable dangers, their fight for reunion becomes a testament to the enduring power of hope and courage against a monstrous, real-life plot that aims to erase a generation.

A famous artist murdered. A prime suspect with memory loss. A shocking revelation.A prominent artist from New York City, in town for a show, is found brutally murdered in the back of an art gallery. A prominent gay art dealer stands accused of the murder. He fears he might have done it. He doesn''t remember if he did or not. Damien must get at the truth, which is made more difficult by the fact that even his client doesn''t know the truth about what happened.In the meantime, Damien throws himself into getting his three best friends out of prison. These men mean everything to him. But getting the three guys out means that they must leave Connor O''Brien behind. Damien can''t stand for this to happen, so he risks everything to make sure that Connor can be freed with the others. With the hairpin turns and lightning fast pace that you''ve come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair legal thriller, "Reasonable Doubt" is not to be missed!Jackson County Legal ThrillersBad Faith (Harper Ross)Justice Denied (Harper Ross)Hidden Defendant (Harper Ross)Injustice for All (Harper Ross)L.A. Defense (Harper Ross)The Associate (Damien Harrington)The Alibi (Damien Harrington)Reasonable Doubt (Damien Harrington)The Hate Crime (Damien Harrington)The Accused (Harper Ross)Secrets and Lies (Damien Harrington)Until Proven Guilty (Damien Harrington)

Based on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is a tale of audacious international fraud that is stranger than fiction. In 2009, Notts County FC were struggling to survive in League Two when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahrain royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel, were signed by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had been appointed to take the club all the way to the Premier League. However, within months, the dream turned into a nightmare as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been duped by a convicted fraudster called Russell King. The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.

‘A woman can get more information about German supply lines and replacements than a man with a knife to a soldier’s throat…’ Germany, 1944 Best friends Viv Allen and Junie Knight are drawn into the covert world of America’s Morale Operations Branch, a dark propaganda campaign designed to sow doubt among German soldiers. Their first mission sends them deep into enemy territory, but when the pursuit of a dangerous SS officer goes disastrously wrong, the fallout irreparably fractures their friendship. America, 1955 Now a housewife, Viv has spent years quietly waiting for a chance to make things right with Junie. When the opportunity at redemption arises, Viv finds herself caught between suburban life and international espionage. To save her friendship, she must confront her past and risk everything she holds close. – Readers are LOVING The League of Lonely War Women… 'Captivating … couldn’t put it down' ? 'Fascinating and compelling … transporting me to the past.' ? 'I constantly needed to know what would happen next! … I finished the final pages with a smile on my face' ? 'It moved fast, pulled me in early, and kept me fully invested until the very last delicious page. Buckle up, because you will not want to stop reading.' ? 'Had me hooked, chilled me to the core … and had me rooting for her female protagonists' ? 'The main plot is a page turner in itself, but for me it's the portrayal of female friendship and loyalty that makes this book such a great read' ? 'Edge of the seat reading' ? 'Within the crowded field of WWII fiction, Newton’s novel distinguishes itself by foregrounding female intelligence work and professional ambition rather than battlefield heroics … an accessible, well-structured story that balances romance, rivalry and wartime peril with considerable narrative energy.’ Historical Novel Society

Who is Nellie Thorne and why does she keep disappearing? Jane Pye and Simon Mash are on the case in this cosy crime mystery novel, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood!''Gripping and laugh out loud funny, fans of Richard Osman will love it!'' Jonathan Ross''A smart, funny and assured debut. Like the dish in the title, I devoured it in one sitting'' Sue Perkins----Dev Hooper arrives home from work to find his girlfriend, Nellie Thorne, has vanished. But she''s not the first Nellie Thorne to disappear. In fact, she''s the fifth in fifty years.Enter Jane Pye and Simon Mash: a millennial couple who signed up for a private detective night class on a whim. When they''re assigned Dev''s case for their coursework, they quickly realise they''ve bitten off more than they can chew.Armed with just six weeks of notes, matching trench coats, and a lot of enthusiasm, they set out to solve a case that has baffled Kent’s police for decades.What connects the missing Nellies? Why do locals whisper about a ghostly presence? Only the Pie & Mash Detective Agency can uncover the truth behind this eerie urban legend.Is it an open and shut case? Not on your Nellie…

She wrote for a living. But who wanted her dead? When bestselling author Annie Morrissey is found dead, her daughter Niamh knows in her gut it’s no accident – even if the case needs a good edit. The village is strangely uneventful. The suspects are suspiciously normal. The leads quickly turn into dead ends… But when Annie’s final manuscript lands on the doormat, the pages humming with mystery and suspense, the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur. This can’t be a coincidence. Because if Niamh learnt anything from her mother’s crime fiction, it’s that there’s no such thing. And that village secrets never stay buried for long… From the award-winning novelist & screenwriter, How to Kill a Crime Writer is a funny, mind-bending and brilliantly original mystery that will stay with you long after the final page.

The first in a series of gripping historical murder mysteries, set in fifteenth-century EstoniaAt the dawn of the fifteenth century, Tallinn stands on the edge of Christendom. Merchants, monks, knights and pirates all struggle for control of the wealthy city. When the brutally decapitated corpse of a knight is discovered, apothecary Melchior Wakenstede, famed for his brilliant mind, is asked to investigate.But as Melchior tries to untangle the mystery, he stumbles across truths that many powerful people would prefer stayed hidden... Does he dare to defy them all?