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A maid found bludgeoned, a priceless treasure stolen, and the likely suspect gone without a trace… When an old flame from Marius Quin’s past turns up at his door with knowledge of a shocking crime, he is drawn into a new case. A devoted maid has been brutally attacked, a valuable jewellery...

It was the trial that swept the nation But her story isn't finished yet . . . 'Had me hooked from the very first page' Reader Review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Unputdownable!' Reader Review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'I devoured it in a single day' Reader Review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ St Medard's Bay, Alabama...

Welcome to Westport, where the wild beauty of Ireland’s western coast hides deadly secrets… Reeling from a devastating breakup, landscape gardener Ali Brennan escapes to the small coastal town of Westport, hoping its rugged shoreline and quiet rhythms will help her rebuild her life. But...

A blizzard is coming, and a murderer known as the Mockingbird stalks the snow. Seven teenagers went into the mountains on a camping trip. Two days later, their parents lost contact. And now a young woman's body is found tied to a tree. The campsite was destroyed, and the others are all missing. But rumors abound, and a folktale resurrects —legends say there's a wildman in the mountains known as the Mockingbird who mimics the voices of those he kills.

The year is 1919, one year after WWI has ended. Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, finally feel they have a moment to rest. Their family is all gathered together in their Luxor, Egypt, home, including their son, Ramses, their daughter-in-law, Nefret, and their two grandchildren. Just as the dust from the war begins to settle, a new wind kicks up, and their lives take a turn for the worse. Soon after the discovery of a well-preserved tomb, some of the treasure is stolen.

Välskrivet och mycket underhållande. Helhetsbetyg: 4. Elisabeth Brännström, BTJ När Nina Storm beger sig till det lilla samhället Mjöbäck i Västergötland för att ta hand om prästgården som hon fått ärva av sin moster gör hon ett överraskande fynd. I en av prästgårdens garderober hittar hon en kartong fylld med sedelbuntar. Det rör sig om flera miljoner. Nina kan inte förstå var mostern fått pengarna ifrån eller varför hon har gömt undan dem. Innan Nina vet vad hon ska ta sig till kommer kartongen på avvägar.

When Georgina Drake trades London for the tranquil Norfolk countryside, she has simple plans: master pilates, rent out her converted barn to holidaymakers, and slowly heal from a terrible loss. But when she discovers the body of her latest guest—arrogant Cambridge professor Roland Garnett—everything changes. With the police eyeing Georgina as a suspect and the poisoned curry that killed Garnett somehow linked to her friend’s farm shop, she has no choice but to investigate for herself.

DI Shona Oliver’s past and present collide when James McGowan, her ex-classmate–now a famous actor–comes to the area to make a Robert Burns biopic. Shona is tasked with keeping him safe during filming on an isolated island in the Solway Firth, and her job is made much harder when a dead man wearing James’s coat is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances. It seems someone wanted James out of the picture.

'Electrifying' - A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window A Sunday Times Best Thriller Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger. More than two million copies sold in Spain alone. Red Queen is the first in Juan Gómez-Jurado's internationally...

A disused quarry. A suspicious death. A dark past bubbling to the surface . . . Detective Inspector Karen Eiken Hornby is one of the few female police officers on the remote island nation of Doggerland, situated in the North Sea between the UK and Denmark. Though she returned to her homeland...

A murdered clockmaker. A stolen masterpiece. An observatory full of secrets. London, 1889. When elderly clockmaker Horace Whitby is found bludgeoned to death in his workshop at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, suspicion falls on the woman who discovered his body – Charlotte Mellor, who makes...

After ten years as a national park ranger in Oregon, Makalani Pahukula is back on Kaua‘i for her grandmother’s birthday. Having been gone for so long, Makalani finds the disconnect with her people and her struggles have never been more profound. Neither has her need to reacquaint herself with everything she left behind. When she reaches the homestead, she finds a bickering family and the disconcerting news that her cousins—a failed college football player and a rebellious teenage girl—have gone missing.

The last act has begun… A week ago, a woman’s body was found in a park. A day later, images of her death surfaced on the dark web. A snuff film depicting the horror of her final moments. The murder was shocking. The video was worse. Now, a second victim has been found. And yet another film is spreading. FBI Special Agent Amelia Storm has seen horror before, but this case is different. Too calculated. Too performative. Too real. With her former case partner—and now lover—back at her side, she’s racing to unmask the monster behind the camera before he casts his next victim.

The final book in Dolores Redondo’s atmospheric Baztan trilogy, featuring Inspector Amaia Salazar. With masterful storytelling and a detective to rival Sarah Lund, this Spanish bestselling series has taken Europe by storm. It begins with a murdered child. It ends in a valley where nightmares...

THE FIRST THREE BOOKS IN THE TOTALLY BINGE-WORTHY GRACE MCKENNA MYSTERY SERIES!

A distress call draws rescuers Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit to a cruise ship off the coast of Fort Lauderdale that’s sinking from a mysterious explosion. When it appears to be the work of an ecoterrorist and other ships are threatened, it becomes a race against time. More clues are discovered, and evidence is in danger of being washed away by a coming tropical storm. Sloan grows concerned that key details are being ignored, and a strange lack of urgency by authorities sets off alarms.

This killer is setting the world on fire. One house at a time. Special Agent Amelia Storm thought she’d seen the darkest corners of humanity after facing a killer who exploited social media to broadcast his twisted “message.” But her latest case in the FBI Violent Crimes Unit plunges her into a new nightmare—one that catapults her from the frying pan into the fire. Literally. In the dead of night, an affluent Chicago neighborhood becomes a hellscape as an arsonist claims an entire family, leaving nothing but charred remains and unanswered questions. This is no isolated incident.

Six months have passed since the events of A Betrayal. Tracey and Mik's big society wedding is just ten days away. Dani is banned from attending...Kate is dreading the hen party...and Jaiden is terrified that Saskia will be whisked away by persistent millionaire suitor Davros Pentacosta. Meanwhile, Jamila and the National Crime Agency are closing in on Tony and Maria.

“An exceptionally engaging audiobook, delivered by a masterful narrator.” —AudioFile on A Simple Murder, an Earphones Award winner In this short mystery from bestselling author Linda Castillo, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must race through a dangerous blizzard to save an elderly Amish...

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. Under the brooding skies of North Norfolk, Sara faces her toughest case yet and finds that great beauty sometimes conceals great violence.