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A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and gives to his heartsick daughter, Ruth Kettering, the 'Heart of Fire', one of the world's legendary jewels that once adorned the crown of the Tsars. Legend has it that the possession of the jewel leads to death - but despite her...

Returning home from a police conference, DCI Boyd catches the last train back to Hastings from Brighton, unaware that he's about to play a central role in what will become a sensational news story.

When Ishmael Jones and his partner, Penny, are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson’s life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael’s mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape?

In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive?

Gary Nelson has a routine for the commute to his rather dull job in the city. Each day, he watches as a woman on the train applies her make up in a ritual he now knows by heart. He's never dared to strike up a conversation...but maybe one day. Then one evening, on the late train to Gipsy Hill, the woman invites him to take the empty seat beside her. Fiddling with her mascara, she holds up her mirror and Gary reads the words 'HELP ME' scrawled in sticky black letters on the glass.

Ivan Kendall died in a train station restroom eighty miles from home in March, 2014. Why did the quiet family man travel to Westbury from South Wales so late at night? The Crime Review Team, headed by formerly retired policeman Gus Freeman to investigate cold cases in Wiltshire, England, now must tackle another cold case besides that of Ivan Kendall. As the team closes in on an assassin, from the previous cold case involving Grant Burnside’s death, an old adversary stands in their way.

Return to the worlds of The Craftsman and Lacey Flint in this first short-story collection from Sharon Bolton, International award-winning author of The Split. This collection is available exclusively in audio and features eight short stories, each with a new introduction written and read by the author.

A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces. 'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion...disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers.' Kees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps.

Starring Ray Milland, Ruth Roman and Frank Lovejoy. As they travel together on a train, a psychotic stranger confronts a pro tennis star with his theory on how two complete strangers could commit murder for each other - a theory he plans to implement!! One of the Classic Radio Theatre productions you will want to listen to over and over again!

Headstrong journalist Anna Rothman knows what suicide looks like - her own husband killed himself five years ago. When Elly Swift, an agitated passenger beside her on a train, leaves a locket in Anna's bag before jumping onto the tracks, Anna starts asking questions. But everything points to suicide and the police close the case. However, Anna believes that Elly's fears for Toby, her young nephew who was snatched from St. Stephen's church six months ago, fail to explain the true reason behind Elly's distress.

Embark on the Coastal Express, where desire meets dread and darkness lurks in every compartment. Kurt and Emily seek to reignite the flames of their marriage amidst the debauchery of the hedonistic train, the Coastal Express. But when Kurt falls ill, Emily is thrust into a nightmare she never imagined. As US Marshal Robert Colton hunts the elusive Rail Car Cleaver, a serial killer hiding among the train's decadent passengers, Emily finds herself trapped in one terrible situation after another.

In Tokyo, murder’s easy to hide. Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white-collar crime in Tokyo. When an American businessman turns up dead, his mentor Takamatsu calls him out to the site of a grisly murder. A glimpse from a security camera video suggests the killer might be a woman. Hiroshi quickly learns how close homicide and suicide can appear in a city full of high-speed trains just a step - or a push - away.

Jeden Morgen pendelt Rachel mit dem Zug in die Stadt, und jeden Morgen hält der Zug an der gleichen Stelle auf der Strecke an. Rachel blickt in die Gärten der umliegenden Häuser, beobachtet ihre Bewohner. Oft sieht sie ein junges Paar: Jess und Jason nennt Rachel die beiden. Sie führen - wie es scheint - ein perfektes Leben. Ein Leben, wie Rachel es sich wünscht. Eines Tages beobachtet sie etwas Schockierendes. Kurz darauf liest sie in der Zeitung vom Verschwinden einer Frau - daneben ein Foto von "Jess".

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone’s adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta’s most notorious gentlemen's club and the woman committed to finding them. When Damaris “Charm” Wilburn, a new daytime dancer, is missing for her shift at Boom...

Elly Parker helped a perfect stranger. She didn’t know he was the perfect killer…in another “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) psychological thriller from the author of Witness 8. One offers a helping hand. The other is your worst...

When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again, for a heavy blow has killed her. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board.

Un cadavre en morceaux est retrouvé aux environs de Paris. La victime a été décapitée et son corps martyrisé a fait l'objet d'une mise en scène défiant l'imagination. Le commissaire Franck Sharko est dépêché sur les lieux. Les ténèbres, il connaît : sa femme a disparu depuis six mois. Aucun signe de vie, aucune demande de rançon. Et cette nouvelle affaire, en réveillant le flic qui dormait en lui, va l'emmener au cœur de la nuit, loin, beaucoup trop loin.

Girl on a Train: Booktrack Edition is enhanced with a musical soundtrack from Booktrack for an immersive listening experience! Journalist Anna Rothman knows what suicide looks like. When Elly Swift, a passenger beside her on a train, leaves a locket in Anna’s bag before jumping onto the tracks, Anna starts asking awkward questions. But everything points to suicide and the police close the case. Anna embarks on a dangerous crusade to find Elly’s killer.

Driven by obsession and ambition, archaeologist Emelia Wagner leads her team into the rugged wilderness in search of the fabled Nazi Treasure Train—an armored ghost loaded with stolen gold and priceless artifacts, hidden away before Hitler’s defeat.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Visitors come to Cutter’s Pass to disappear into nature…not vanish into thin air. Don’t miss this “eerie thriller [that] can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining” (Booklist) about a disappearing...