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Detective Rozlyn Priest never expected to find herself here. Teetering on the brink of an ancient grave. She takes a breath, willing herself to look down. Old bones, broken relics—that’s what should be buried here, not the dead man staring back at her now. He is Charlie Higgins, a petty criminal Roz once called on for help. Is she the reason he’s dead? Slashed with a spear that belongs in the Dark Ages? Roz won’t rest until she finds the truth. And now she’s seeing things—visions of a flame-haired Saxon warrior who shares her thirst for justice.

Twenty years ago, a series of gruesome murders terrified the nation. The victims were young men, abducted and then found dead in the New Forest. Ezra Crowley was caught and convicted. The killings stopped. But now, another body has been found in the woods. And the scene is disturbingly familiar...

Christian Windsor's odd genius brought him and his FBI unit fame when he stopped the sadistic murderer called The Surgeon. Christian's genius couldn't reveal the sociopath working right next to him, though: the world-renowned psychiatrist, Luke Titan. Dead bodies begin showing up again, but this time, Christian knows them. The killer doesn't want other people: He wants Christian. A delusional psychopath thinks Christian can bring God's return, which gives Luke Titan the perfect opportunity to continue his own sick purpose.

Beloved Father Cherian's murder is the latest in line of a slew of priests murdered by a serial killer. Was he just another victim or was his death a culmination of justice?A mysterious beggar loitering outside the church has the answers but it is up to Inspector Sayantani to uncover the secrets...

A breath-taking, high-octane debut thriller that will have you leaving your lights on well into the night. It's happening again. A mutilated body discovered in the woods. A murderous plan conceived in the past. A reckoning 70 years in the making.... Charlie Priest, ex-detective inspector turned London lawyer, is hired by influential entrepreneur Kenneth Ellinder to investigate the murder of his son. But Priest is no ordinary lawyer. Brilliant yet flawed, this case will push him, and those closest to him, to the edge.

The past had been buried. But now someone has remembered . . . Prolific lawyer Charlie Priest has bet his career on one case, but when his star witness turns up brutally murdered on the first morning of the trial, things start to fall apart. Priest knows there's a vicious killer out there, but...

Privatdetektiv Atticus Priest wird von einem reichen Ehemann angeheuert, um Schmutz über dessen in Scheidung lebende Frau zu finden. Doch als diese nach einem Bad im Fluss Avon plötzlich verschwindet, kommt er einer Verschwörung auf die Spur. Denn eine Gruppe von fünf Freunden teilt ein Geheimnis, das sie nicht nur aneinander bindet, sondern sie auch in Teufels Küche brächte, sollte es je herauskommen. Ein Geheimnis, das sie um jeden Preis begraben müssen.

Als ein Bauer in einem abgelegenen Feld in der Nähe von Salisbury Knochen entdeckt, wird Atticus Priest in ein dunkles Geheimnis verwickelt, das bis zu den gewalttätigen Unruhen von 1830 zurückreicht. Als ein aktueller Mordfall mit längst begrabenen Wahrheiten verflochten wird, muss Atticus die Wahrheit hinter einem brutalen Erbe aufdecken – bevor weiteres Blut vergossen wird.

If you were going to die, who would you kill? A hard-nosed former US Marine/retired cop receives a terminal prognosis. But when a local priest is accused of molesting children, he hears the calling of another mission. He enlists a coterie of like-minded patients to seek his own brand of vigilante justice. Tommy Borata has cancer. He realizes he can kill without consequences, and he’s got a list. A pedophile priest, a corrupt cop, a fascist political candidate—where to start? The hardest battles, the ones he hadn’t counted on, are right in his own home: an alcoholic, unfaithful wife and bringing himself to accept his son’s sexuality. In book one of this trilogy, Tommy befriends Moses, a black ex-con. As both seek redemption for their past misdeeds, and with nothing to lose, they set their sights on Father Damien Tarat. Will his fight against evil and his own internal demons come too close to home?

Discover the wild world of Bareggio with Confessions of an Italian Priest. This shocking, no-holds-barred novel will leave you breathless as you follow the journey of a priest determined to get his hands on some cash, no matter what it takes. From tricking the parishioners, to sleeping with half the women in the town, this tale is anything but simple. With the bishop imposing new targets, the competition is fierce and the stakes are high. But amid the scams and cheating, miracles happen in the most unexpected ways.