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There's trouble in paradise ... or is it murder? The third explosive Matt Standing thriller from the bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series. The SAS are used to deaths during combat - it goes with the turf. But when one of their own is said to have committed suicide in Thailand, red...

Being stuck in this house with the husband I’m separating from is unbearable. Dexter barely looks at me. When he does, it’s like I’m not even here. It’s as if he’s already erased me from his life. He won’t engage with me at all and looks to be dragging a burden around with him – a guilty conscience perhaps? I spend hours with my Nan at her care home. She’s the only person I can talk to – the only person who’s always there for me. What’s worse is how Dexter’s taken over with our daughter, Etta – the girl who’s been my North, South, East and West since the day she was born.

A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy? Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land? Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers evil in the blood of America's heartland. No one is safe...

Fourteen long years have passed since Rain Dang's sister vanished without a trace. Now a seasoned detective, Rain is unexpectedly called back to the small town she once called home — not just to solve a murder, but to confront her past. As she delves into the investigation, the cold case of her sister's disappearance begins to heat up, intertwining with sinister secrets the town has long buried. But in a place where the waters run deep and the currents are treacherous, not everyone wants the truth to surface.

'Gripping and grisly, with plenty of twists and turns that race along with black humour.' Craig Robertson St. Andrews, Scotland: When a man's preserved body is discovered in a whisky ageing cask in the local Gleneden Distillery, DCI Andy Gilchrist and his partner, DS Jessie Janes, are assigned...

Shaken by PTSD from a traumatic case, brilliant FBI Agent Sage West recovers in a psychiatric clinic tucked away in the vast Midwest farmlands—when a local case demands his expertise, and local cops need his help before a killer strikes again….Tranquility turns to turmoil when a fellow patient, and friend, is found dead. Dismissed as suicide, Sage senses a sinister plot targeting mental illness. Now he must piece together the clues before the killer strikes again—if his own frail psyche can hold…

Gina Gambino wants revenge. Her life has been turned upside down with the murder of her two hoodlum sons, but she knows who's done it. Her target is Don Francini, leader of one of the most powerful mafia families in Palermo. Using her brain and her body, Gina worms her way into his household, becoming first his housekeeper then his mistress, weaving a complicated web of poison and murder. It seems her plans are going well until one disastrous night.

When the body of a murdered man literally falls at Elizabeth Stuart's feet, she's able to wash away the blood - but not the terror. Unwelcome newcomers to Still Creek, Minnesota, she and her troubled teenage son are treated with suspicion by the locals, including the sheriff. Yet nothing will stop her from digging beneath the town's placid surface for the truth - except the killer. Now Elizabeth must risk everything to save her family and unmask the killer - before the current of evil flowing through Still Creek drags her under.

A young doctor gets caught up with the wrong woman and races to save lives and his career in this debut medical thriller. In a sleepy, small-town Arizona hospital, a thirteen-year-old boy lies in a coma after inexplicably suffering a cardiac arrest. His doctors are perplexed. Although emotionally disturbed Henry Rojelio was a frequent visitor to the emergency room—often for bouts of asthma, but usually just for attention—no one ever anticipated a battle with death.

When whispers of environmental scandal turn into murder among the crop circles of experimental farmland, FBI Agent Harley Cole is thrust onto a trail littered with corruption and corpses. With each clue entwining tighter around industry secrets, Cole’s search for justice grows more urgent—as does her need to ensure that no more death blooms.

Caleb Lambert used to love the once charming little town of Noodle, Indiana. Now, the only thing he loves is the idea of leaving . . . with Noodle in flames behind him. Caleb has been a prisoner in Noodle since his most recent visit, the powers that be keeping him as their puppet for both financial and sinister gains. Death might just be his only way out. Many deaths, in fact. None of them Caleb’s own . . . he hopes.

There's a phrase: Still waters run deep. But there's more to it than that. Because "still" doesn’t denote peace. Nor calm. Nor happiness. It’s an illusion. It's chaos. The only way to handle chaos is to become it. That’s what Lucy did. She created stillness out of the chaos tumbling inside her and called the most chaotic motorcycle club in the United States her family. The Sons of Templar gave her chaos, friendship, family, danger, and death. But she wouldn't want it any other way. Then he came.

Detectives Strong and Layne are tracking a killer who's adept at covering his trail and making their jobs difficult. His targets are smart women who should know better than to get trapped but who are somehow not on guard when they should be. What's most disturbing is the killer's motive. Jason and Vanessa are in a race to stop this guy before he creates any more "collections".

While Dena Jones definitely has what it takes to succeed, she wants out. She's determined to make it out of "Crooklyn" by any means necessary and doesn't have a problem manipulating men to get what she wants.

When an attempt is made on Laz’s life, Red is determined to keep him safe. Laz may not be a client, and Red is still off duty, but Laz is one of their own, and nothing means more to the Kings than family. While an investigation is underway, Red and Laz are growing closer, but can they find a way to help each other heal and take a chance on love, or will their fears and insecurities cost them more than their future together?

Madison Moore has been estranged from her family for years, but when her dying father summons her home, she reluctantly makes the trip back to the place that still evokes heartache. Her family’s reception is lukewarm. They still hold the strict religious beliefs that cast her out. But when her father tells her about a murder years before and that he has proof the woman in prison is not the killer, Madison finds herself in the center of a decades-old mystery.

Imagine you, your spouse, and your 16-year-old son are invited to go out of town. When you get to your destination, you discover someone tricked you into going on the trip. You soon realize your son was poisoned and there is no known antidote. Your child has 10 hours to live, 12 at most. This is exactly what happened to Dr. Amy Sinclair, a medical researcher from Zionsville, Indiana. Still is the enthralling story of the lengths Amy and her husband go through to save the life of their only son.

Wenn es Winter wird und Schnee und Eis alle Spuren verwischen, erwacht in den einsamen Wäldern Brandenburgs das Böse. Über Nacht verschwinden Mädchen und Jungen auf mysteriöse Weise. Kein Kind wird je wiedergesehen. Nur ein Mädchen taucht unerwartet und verstört wieder auf, seine Lippen sind seitdem verschlossen. Erst als ein verzweifelter Vater auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln beginnt, bricht es sein Schweigen. Doch damit dreht sich die Spirale des Bösen nur noch schneller.

Es ist kurz vor Weihnachten, als Hanna Ahlander, 34, von ihrem Chef dazu gedrängt wird, den Dienst bei der Stockholmer Polizei zu quittieren. Als wäre das nicht genug, verlässt sie auch ihr Freund. Das Ferienhaus ihrer Schwester in Åre, dem ältesten Alpingebiet Schwedens, kommt da gerade recht. Während Hanna noch ihre Wunden leckt, erreicht sie die Meldung über eine junge Frau, die nach einer Party spurlos verschwunden ist. Eine Suchaktion wird gestartet, bei minus 20 Grad zählt jede Minute.

Running One Woman's Junk consignment shop, with its constant stream of quirky characters stopping in, is a lot for Winnie and her sisters Bea and Amanda to contend with. So is dealing with each other.