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Former detective Harper Adams is only days into sobriety when she realizes her mother’s car accident wasn’t an accident at all. The faded skid marks on the bridge. The drugs in her tox screen. The packed suitcase in the trunk, for a trip her homebody mother never mentioned. Something sinister happened—and Harper is determined to uncover the truth.

The setting itself is elemental P. D. James: the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm’s. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school’s young ordinands. He is the son...

Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history of piracy and cruelty but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men and women in positions of high authority who require privacy and guaranteed security. But the peace of Combe is violated when one of the...

Megan Miller is an ordinary woman with a young family - until a shocking discovery shatters her perfect world. When two young boys are brutally murdered in their tight-knit village community, Megan slowly begins to realize the signs all point to the lovable local primary school teacher - her husband. But when she begins to delve deeper into her husband's secret life, she makes discoveries that will make her question everything she knows - and make her fear for her young daughter's life.

Award-winning author P.D. James' second mystery in her bestselling series featuring Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh is now available on CD! When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland...

The Book of Adam is more than a story—it is a mirror. Through the scattered voices, across generations and places, a haunting pattern emerges: each grappling with love and loss, guilt and grace, survival and meaning. Their words feel different, yet eerily familiar. Because their struggles are ours. Is truth a matter of fact, or of perspective? Is it found in the courtroom, in the silence of a diary, in the grip of loss—or in the spaces between? These Adams are not just characters; they are reflections of what it means to be human. To be man. To be men.

Amanda Flynn's life is falling apart. Her spineless cheating husband has taken her beloved children. Her paedophile father, who went to prison vowing revenge, has been abruptly released. And now someone in the shadows is watching her every move. When one by one her father and his cohorts turn up dead, Amanda finds herself at the centre of several murder investigations;with no alibi and a diagnosis of Multiple Personality Disorder. Abandoned, scared and fighting to clear her name as more and more damning evidence comes to light, Amanda begins to doubt her own sanity.

From 14 best-selling authors comes a new crime thriller anthology guaranteed to keep you up all night.

A deeply affecting debut novel set in Trinidad, following the lives of a family as they navigate impossible choices about scarcity, loyalty, and love WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE “Golden Child is a stunning novel written with force and beauty. Though true to herself, Adam's...

Jack Brogan earned his nickname 'Blood' on the icy shores of the Falkland Islands, a name forged in a conflict he'd rather forget. Now, in the quiet cathedral city of Norwich, 1987, he's just a Detective Constable hoping for a peaceful life. But peace is a luxury a serial killer won't allow. A shadow is stalking the streets, leaving a trail of bodies and a chilling calling card: a perfectly sharpened piece of flint. Each victim is a mystery. Each shard of stone, a silent accusation.

Thirty years ago, four-year-old Georgina Adams was kidnapped from a fair in Franklin, Tennessee. She was taken away from her sister, her parents, her community. Neither she nor the people who knew her were ever the same again. This is her story.

The story of Adam and Eve updated as an elderly couple coping with Alzheimer's disease, alcoholism and poverty. Ever since they were expelled from the garden, they've been condemned to living their mistakes and variations of their lives over and over without end.

The Dunella Hotel, a legacy, a sanctuary. Bruce arrived seeking peace and a new life, but this old Georgian building nestled in a Scottish seaside town, harbours more than just guests. Hidden rooms, forgotten rituals, and a history steeped in dread begin to surface, twisting his newfound happiness into a horrifying ordeal. He must confront the hotel's dark secrets, or become another lost soul trapped within its haunted walls.

Hoping for a romantic escape, newlyweds Eleanor and Thomas leave London for a secluded cottage on the misty fringes of Edinburgh. But their honeymoon is quickly pierced by the chilling sound of distant bagpipes—a tune only they can hear. The locals speak in fearful whispers of a phantom musician known as The Silent Piper, and the terrifying fate of all who listen to his song. As the mysterious melody draws closer, Eleanor and Thomas realise they have stumbled into a dark Scottish legend. Some secrets demand to be heard, and some tunes only play for the dead.

Esirlikten kurtulan ama hürriyetin tadına varamayan Cengiz Dağcı'yı anlatır. "Yurdunu kaybeden adam için hürriyetin bile bir manası kalmadığını şimdi anlıyorum. İçinde doğduğum, gülüp oynadığım yerlerde benim dilim konuşulmuyor artık. Bir zamanlar, o topraklarda dilimi konuşan insanların ne olduklarını da bilmiyorum. Son fırtına, ağacı devirdi. Bizler, uçurduğu birkaç yaprak, boşlukta yolunu şaşırmış, ümitsiz ve şaşkın, meçhul bir geleceğe doğru, yalpa vurup duruyoruz.

Brock Larson is a successful criminal defense lawyer. Wealthy, charming, and ruthless in the courtroom, he has a long list of victories—and a darker list of secrets. Behind closed doors, he preys on the vulnerable women who come to him for help, twisting their desperation into his private playground.

Detective Richard “Dick” Marshall has been missing for 12 years. Leaving his old life behind after a case gone bad, he fell off the radar. Ever since then, bodies began surfacing across the country. Happily married women slaughtered in a random pattern, but all the deaths seemed to be linked to one person - The Wife Slayer. Agent Eva Parks of the FBI, formerly Detective Marshall’s partner, is on The Wife Slayer case. When a familiar face is spotted at each crime scene, she realizes she knows the killer.

Eleanor and Jack Harvey just celebrated their 25th anniversary. On what should have been a perfect night, Eleanor receives a message from a voice from her past. Over the course of a few months, the mysterious stranger ups his game to a deadly obsession and their happy life together takes a heinous turn for the worse. Stalked, followed, threatened, tormented, Eleanor's life spirals out of control while her elusive stalker gets closer and closer. He seems to know her only too well and is always one step ahead.

In this fast-moving suspense novel, Detective Adam Stanley searches for Miles Muldoon, a hardworking, career-minded businessman, and Pinevale’s latest serial killer. Evidence puts Muldoon at each scene giving the police a prima facie case against him.

Detective inspector Adam Stanley returns to face his most challenging case yet. Someone is randomly killing ordinary Pinevale citizens. Each time DI Stanley gets close to the killer, the killer turns up dead - the next victim in someone’s crazy game. Meanwhile, his girlfriend’s brother, Andrew, currently on remand for murder, escapes and kidnaps his own 11-year-old daughter. However, tragedy strikes, leaving the girl in grave danger. Suffering a potentially fatal blow himself, how can DI Stanley possibly save anyone?