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The wicker coffin remained upended where it had been dropped headfirst in the open grave. But it was the pale arm reaching from beneath – fingers curled around the woven edge – that froze the mourners where they stood. In the rain-soaked Scottish Highlands, Detective Inspector James...

Wish You Were Dead is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Peter James. Roy Grace and his family have left Sussex behind for a week’s holiday in France. The website promised a grand house, but when they arrive the place is very different from the pictures. And it soon becomes clear...

When an old adversary implements his plan to annihilate every U.S. citizen, analyst Bradley Whitman and his FBI counterparts must discover what’s causing thousands to die. As the death toll surges with each tick of the clock, so does the physical and psychological toll on those tasked with finding answers. Bradley’s longtime adversary, Ali al-Haqani has lived to see another day and he’s elevated the devastation to a new level with global consequences.

From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes I Follow You, a nerve-shredding standalone thriller. To the outside world, suave, charming and confident doctor Marcus Valentine has it all. A loving wife, three kids, a great job. But there’s something missing, there always has been...

When actress Gloria Lamark takes her own life, her devoted son, Thomas, is heart-broken. Something must be wrong with a world in which such a tragedy is allowed to happen. How could her high-profile, media-star psychiatrist have failed to save such a special person, whom Thomas loved in such a very special way? Dr Tennent has a lesson to learn - a very painful one. Michael Tennent is caught up in the first flush of love - but has no idea how dangerous romance can be. For both Michael and Thomas will do anything for the women they love.

The last time the dream came, Sam was seven years old, and that was the night her parents were to die. Twenty-five years later, Sam's nightmares are starting to come true once more. Now a successful TV commercials producer, juggling her roles of career woman, wife and mother, she attempts to shut them out.  

Ian Kelly rents a cottage on the water to pull him and Samantha away from the heat. Now, he's hearing rumors that his landlord, Walter Ponce, may have chained a man to the riverbed.

Would you really like to read minds? Will Rivers is barely keeping it together—haunted by his past, terrified of real connection, and desperate for something to change. When he signs up for a clinical drug trial, he expects a quick payday. What he gets is something else entirely.

Ex-intelligence agent James Ryker has done many things in the past he’d prefer to forget. The last time he saw Gregor Minko - son to one of Ukraine’s most dangerous and politically influential arms dealers – Gregor was a scared 6-year-old boy in need of protection. But Ryker had to walk away. The boy wasn’t the mission. Twenty years on Ryker is approached by two strangers in Antibes, France, asking for his help in finding Gregor – now going by the name of Gregor Rebrov. With a back catalogue of ‘crimes against the Russian state’, Gregor has escaped from a gulag in Siberia.

Charlie Falkingham is convinced someone is stalking him. There are signs. But no one believes him. After living through a childhood horror, Charlie suffers from a severe paranoia disorder, among many things, and the Hamilton Police Department has labeled him the boy who cries wolf. Arrogant and young, Officer Takoda Dyani has a chip on his shoulder a mile wide. He’s rude and brash and doesn’t play well with others. He has more enemies than friends. When his senior officer assigns him to be Charlie’s consultant, Takoda knows it will end badly.

When a group of friends arrive at their remote Lake House rental, all is seemingly serene. But when one friend turns up missing and another is found dead. The group’s getaway takes the most horrifying turn. And by the time FBI Agent Ava James arrives on the case, a gruesome and traumatizing scene is the only remnants of the once perfectly planned getaway.

Agent Ava James has settled in the town of Harlan just outside of Washington, DC in her new field office. Amid this big change, her mother goes missing somewhere in South Africa, leaving her and her father distraught.

A week at a cabin on willow lake. A relaxing and picturesque getaway to escape from all the stressors of work. But like most things in life, not everything will go according to plan. After a nice dinner at the Willow Lake Resort, Ava decided that a nice evening stroll by the lake to the waterfalls would be exactly what she needs. As she relishes the feeling of peace and tranquility, she sees someone at the bottom of the steep little trail. Making her way down, she realizes that the woman looks to be passed out, and her face slightly familiar.

Tina is a pillar of a quiet village, a loving mother who once epitomized safety and order. But when her rebellious son's decisions tear through the fabric of her seemingly orderly life. her fierce devotion drives her to commit the unthinkable. In an act fuelled by desperation and love that defies all boundaries, she steps into a shadowy realm where right and wrong become tragic illusions.

FBI Agent Ava James had a difficult entrance into the FBI. After shadowing famed agent Emma Griffin inside the disturbing underbelly of Windsor Island, Ava James is now ready to carve out her own path in the agency.

Kara Davis had the perfect life. A doting husband, a beautiful home, and everything she could have ever wanted. But in an instant her source of happiness was tragically taken from her. Since then, nothing has ever been the same, and the paralyzing sadness within her followed her everywhere she went.... Unbeknownst to Kara, her life was once again about to face another change. All thanks to the arrival of the couple next door.

In the shadow of his mother's death and his father's bitter disappointment, nineteen-year-old James finds refuge behind the bar of the Belle Vue: a crumbling pub where secrets fester like damp in the walls. Then Adam walks in. Confident, magnetic, and inexplicably drawn to James, Adam offers something James has never dared hope for: the chance to be seen, to be wanted, to finally matter to someone. But in a world where difference is dangerous and love can be a death sentence, their connection threatens to ignite a violence that will consume everything James holds dear.

Stability in Newcrest was never guaranteed. It was maintained. As new pressures build inside City Hall, personal relationships and professional responsibilities begin to collide. Decisions once handled through routine process now carry political consequences, and private conversations start shaping public outcomes. The administration finds itself navigating competing expectations from council, staff, and a community that senses more is happening than anyone is saying.

Beneath the sunny skies of the Florida Panhandle, dark currents flow--hidden and secretive. Meeting in utmost seclusion, a private club of rich and powerful men meet to discuss their favorite pastime, hunting—people. Under cover of night, they capture their hapless, unsuspecting victims and carry them to the Kill Club's hunting preserve. After a time, they release the prey then hunt them down and kill them. And the latest hunt is about to start. But one of their victims this time is not so helpless. And therein lies the tale.

From the internationally acclaimed author, a stunning gothic reimagining of the Jekyll and Hyde story in which Captain Edward Hyde, chief detective of Victorian Edinburgh, investigates a gruesome murder that may unmask his own darkest secret Victorian Edinburgh. Captain Edward Henry Hyde is...