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The gripping new mystery in the Hidden Norfolk series, from multi-million-copy bestselling author J M Dalgliesh. Detective Tom Janssen returns to solve his toughest case yet on the rugged and windswept Norfolk coastline...

Let go of your past... or it will be the death of you... When a man's body is discovered crammed into the boot of an abandoned car in a remote location, DI Tom Janssen and his team must unpick his life to find out how he came to be there. The victim was a local man, popular with some although...

Jason and Vanessa are called out to a robbery where political connections are complicating an already tense situation. The case quickly takes an ominous turn, and they must find a missing girl before it's too late.

Jason and Vanessa are sent out to a bloody crime scene with two bodies. The discovery of a file folder in one victim's possession will propel them into a complex case filled with murder and intrigue. The investigation weaves its way through a conspiracy hidden deep within a web of deceit.

Brought to you by Penguin. Start at the beginning - discover the first murder mystery in J M Dalgliesh's internationally bestselling Misty Isle series. You can’t stay dead forever... A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye's remote Coral Beach for a party to celebrate the...

Called out to the scene of a house fire, Jason and Vanessa begin the task of solving their biggest case yet. Starting with little to go on, soon, one shocking clue after another has them playing catch-up to a sinister killer. Their new case will change everything and everyone around them, as Jason and Vanessa attempt to sort through the destruction of a killer whose life is burning down.

On a warm summer evening like so many others, Jack Richardson comes home to learn his little girl is missing. Though Jack and his wife Sarah have no way of knowing it, they're at the flashpoint of an inferno that will leave everyone and everything within their idyllic life scorched beyond recognition. Suspicion, betrayal, and murder will burn through the lives of everyone who is Missing Chloe.

The dead body of a young college student reignites an investigation into a series of bizarre murders that remain unsolved and a killer who has returned with a vengeance. In the career of every detective, there is that one case that haunts them. For some investigators, it's an unsolved murder. For others, it's the victims and the suffering they endured. For Vince Wills, it's a combination of the two, but at least he believed the killings had stopped. Now, he knows he was wrong. Everything is on the line as he attempts to solve his biggest case of New Orleans homicide.

A woman and her daughter return home from a night out celebrating the coming holiday. They make a terrifying discovery that will change this Christmas and every one that comes after. Called to the scene is detective Sean Sparks - the fresh face on the homicide team - and this will be his first case as the lead investigator.

'Did I read this in a day? Yes, yes I did!... It was fantastic. Literally could not put it down... Fast-paced, brilliant characters... Completely loved it... M.J. Arlidge is a genius.' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nowhere to hide. No one to turn to. Nothing to lose. Helen Grace is sure she...

When a ten-year-old boy is abducted from a meadow at night, DCI Beniamin Dinescu, DS Emily Summers, and the Chichester Major Crime Team know it’s a race against time to find him. But as the investigation progresses, it becomes clear this is no ordinary kidnapping. A shocking murder shifts the case in a sinister and unexpected direction. As the team unravels the mystery, Dinescu is forced to confront mistakes from his past that refuse to stay buried. In a story of betrayal and revenge, where nothing is as it seems, the search for the truth becomes more complex with every step.

DCI Beniamin Dinescu faces his darkest case yet in the heart of West Sussex. This gripping British police procedural crime thriller takes readers through dark tunnels, priest holes, and labyrinths of secrets and lies, set against the backdrop of Chichester and the Sussex Downs. When a brutal murder strikes a prestigious private school, Dinescu finds himself entangled in a complex investigation, including the mysterious disappearance of a schoolgirl in the 1980s. How are these two cases connected? Dinescu is joined by a new sergeant, DS Emily Summers, in the Chichester Major Crimes Team.

When the body of a respected local artist is discovered in the waters of Fishbourne Marshes, DCI Beniamin Dinescu and DS Emily Summers of the Chichester Major Crimes Team are thrust into a complex murder inquiry. The case takes a chilling turn when they uncover a connection to the murder of a police officer two decades ago.

After a horrific case upended her life, FBI agent Sarah Cross is sent to Silver Hill. A picturesque, tight-knit town nestled in the Tennessee foothills. Now a thousand miles away from her old city life in Boston. Sarah finds herself at an odd crossroads, haunted by guilt. When a bloody massacre takes place during a prisoner transport. Sarah is personally tasked with investigating the crime. The case quickly takes a shocking turn after an anonymous tip arrives.

When a brutal murder in the historic town of Bloody Mary seems out of place, coroner JJ Graves and Sheriff Jack Lawson are thrust into a high-stakes investigation. As they delve deeper, they uncover connections to a chilling three-hundred-year-old murder. With dark secrets and hidden truths surfacing, JJ and Jack race against time to piece together clues spanning generations. The town of Bloody Mary, renowned for its historical roots, becomes a treacherous ground where past and present collide.

Just as DCI Will Blake is about to set off to hunt for his missing partner, a phone call from Scotland drags him in a completely different direction. Blake’s sister has been accused of murder, and she needs his help to clear her name. But the local police aren’t too impressed with the "celebrity scouse copper" dropping in and Blake’s problems escalate.

Lurking in the dark corners of J. P. Beaumont's bizarre case was not just a demented mind obsessed with murder, but secrets so deadly that even a street-tough cop could die guessing.

Detective Constable Tom Kessler has spent his career hunting drug dealers, liars, and violent men. But nothing prepares him for John Falstead, a ruthless crime boss who threatens Tom’s wife and children after a surveillance job goes catastrophically wrong. When Tom realises he can’t protect his family through the system, he turns to the last man anyone would expect: Pete Johnson, a sharpwitted cocaine dealer with a talent for survival and a grudge of his own. Tom should arrest him. Instead, he warns him. And in that single decision, an unlikely alliance is born.

In the dark woods of Olive Park, in the hills above Sacramento, a California Highway Patrol officer stumbles over a gnarled branch. But it isn’t a branch. It is an arm. Reaching up from a shallow grave. And clutched in the small, desperate hand is a single quarter. So begins one of the most exhaustive investigations in California history. Yet even with their massive resources, State and Federal authorities fail to find any trace of the killer. After two long years, the case goes cold.

FBI agent Emma Griffin witnessed atrocities firsthand as a child. She grew up determined to fight crime, often putting her own life at risk. When a mystery woman is found by the roadside with signs of severe abuse. Emma is called to investigate. The woman has no memory of who she is or where she came from. And the case soon comes to a halt when no new leads are found.