Showing results by publisher "Next Chapter Audio Ltd" in Thriller & Suspense

After a young woman is found dead in her apartment, Detective John Steel is brought in. A British cop working with the NYPD, he is a man with unique talent for finding trouble and winding up his partner Detective Samantha McCall. Soon, another woman goes missing, and the duo must find out why.

Una fría mañana de febrero en Escocia comienza con el descubrimiento de un cuerpo, cuando Héctor Mathewson es encontrado muerto en la sala de barriles de su propia destilería. Mientras dirige la búsqueda del asesino, el D.C.I. Alex Warren necesita equilibrar su turbulenta vida personal. Sus abundantes sospechosos tienen motivos que van desde la codicia y el nacionalismo hasta el adulterio y la venganza.

The Reaper Virus has raged across the globe, leaving over one billion people dead. After an EMP brought Earth’s technological age to its knees, the superpowers have entered a race to rearm, leading to new tensions between the East and West. Tensions that those responsible for the virus hope to exploit to deadly effect. Unwillingly thrown into the fight once again, Adam and Sam find themselves in a deadly fight against evil. Against the one responsible for The Reaper. The fate of the human race on Earth is about to be decided once and for all.

AD 674. Werburgh, great-niece of the Abbess of Ely, travels by night to save the abbey's treasure under a wayside cross in the kingdom of Lindsey. A cryptic inscription on the back indicates the location of the magnificent gold and garnet treasure. Becoming a family heirloom, the dove resurfaces at different points in history, only to be buried again.

With a lengthy list of suspects and a host of duplicitous motives, the shocking double homicide of two lovers brings seasoned state detective Al Bruce to the town of Hunter’s Creek. Determined to find the perpetrators, Al sifts through shaky alibis, secret agendas, and the dubious intentions of a sheriff compromised by greed. With pressure mounting to catch the culprit, will players in the murderous game expose their hidden hands - and can Al piece together the truth?

Chapman Bouttell, a South Australian homicide detective, is assigned to investigate an apparently motiveless murder in suburban Adelaide. But this case turns out to be something different altogether, as Chapman recognizes the victim as a member of a covert action unit - to which Bouttell himself was assigned during the Vietnam War. Soon, he discovers that three of the four survivors from his unit have met their end in a similar fashion.

In the UK, Detective John Steel is investigating the organization who killed his family. When he comes across information that something big is going to happen on the cruise ship Neptune, Steel goes undercover. He has 14 days to figure out what is going to happen - and to stop it. In New York, Steel’s NYPD partner, Detective Samantha McCall, is investigating a series of deaths. All seems run of the mill for the homicide detective, until they find out that the deaths are somehow connected to the cruise ship John Steel is on.

As the old gods are eroded by the new church and and ambitious men vie for power, blood is shed throughout the land. In the south, ealdorman Aelfhere believes that for his only daughter, 16-year-old Cynethryth, marriage to a Saxon king is the way to security. And so, against her own wishes, Cynethryth is betrothed. Yet as battle rages around her, Cynethryth too becomes a victim of war. Taken prisoner by the warrior invaders, she is forced into the presence of another Saxon king, who would also have her for his wife. A man she actually loves.

Young film student Joanne is walking through the streets of London, making a hand-held documentary film, when she accidentally catches two men forcing a third into a car on film. The third man - a prominent politician - has just been kidnapped, and the film footage on the student's camera is the evidence. After the kidnappers learn of the footage, Joanne finds herself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Cuando un enigmático escritor llega a la inexperta bruja Fiona DuBois con una petición inesperada, su vida como dueña de una librería cambia para siempre. Mientras los preparativos para la firma de un libro toman un giro siniestro, Fiona se enfrenta a perseguidores maliciosos, conexiones familiares misteriosas y un misterio sobrenatural con raíces más profundas de lo que ella podría haber imaginado. En las profundidades de Black Bayou, ¿puede Fiona descubrir las conexiones a tiempo para encontrar su verdadero poder - y sobrevivir ilesa?

Within the shadows of the US Government, a decision has been made to declare war on the drug trade. Only a few know about this no holds-barred-war. Colonel Ethan Wade, USMC, has been assigned to place a mole within the Mexican Cartel. Colonel Wade calls upon a man from within his Black Ops team, Ricardo "Rico" Garcia, also known by his Marine handle, "Muerte". Rico is known within black ops as a speed-killer, and is given free rein to do whatever needs to be done to destroy the drug trade.

Now, Russia is waging a nuclear war with the United States, and only one thing bears on Will's mind: get his family to safety. Escaping the fallout, they travel to Frenchtown, Wyoming, but land in the middle of conspiracy and a guerrilla war on the US soil. With the world on the brink of nuclear apocalypse, can Will protect his family and lead them to safety?

Sara Mason joins in searching for Huxley's MIA brother's remains in the Vietnam jungle. She is joined by her friend Esmerelda. Later in Hawaii, Sara learns that a six-year-old neighborhood girl had gone missing 10 years earlier. Something odd is going on at the nearby forest cliffs; someone wants this cold case to stay cold. But even after attempts are made on Sara's life, she pushes on with the investigation and pursues the leads that take her on a path of danger. Can she solve the mystery of the Howling Cliffs?

Horvath works for the Firm. He's been sent to track down Van Dyke, who ran off with their money. The morning after, he meets Lana. She’s also looking for someone, so they team up. He’s not sure if he can trust Lana, but he’s attracted to her. And she’s all he’s got. The city is dirty, violent, and corrupt. Run by the Syndicate, criminals control the police, the mayor and the city council. Horvath's leads don't seem to lead anywhere. He wanders through the city looking for clues, sipping espresso, drinking whiskey and popping aspirin like breath mints.

After stealing a famous Rembrandt painting, Terry learns that his daughter Angie has been kidnapped...and the canvas is the ransom. But Terry has his own ideas on how to get his daughter back. A master forger and thief, Terry devises a master plan to save his daughter, and keep the priceless piece of art to himself. A deadly game of cat and mouse is about to begin, and the stakes are high. With the body count rising, can Terry follow through with his plan, or will his greed prove to be his undoing?

Entangled between the gods of the old world and an extremist group in the new, retrocognitive Jake Conley seeks a way to stop the zealots - while struggling to survive. When a conversion attempt leads Jake’s partner Liffi to erect a heathen temple to the old goddess Freya, the fanatics of Woden’s Brethren are furious.

It’s time for the Autumn Bayok Festival Days in Dinosaur, and the full moon is near. Months after the attack, Jenny is consumed with revenge. Against her better judgement, she plans to return to Bayok’s haunt, and her friend Mia refuses to be left behind. The Festival has attracted the attention of long time ghost enthusiast Tamara and her friend, Myranda. To catch a glimpse of the legend, they head to the place where the previous attacks happened years ago. A ghost hunting television crew has also been dispatched to the same spot, and hope to record the beast.

Victorian London, the world’s first metropolis, offered brand new opportunities: You could hide in plain sight or reinvent yourself. Murder is for hire in a street inhabited by the "semi-literate and criminal", a place regarded as the worst in London. Mary and Liza are best friends who live on the street; one on her way up, the other down. When one of them is marked as a candidate for the assassin's ring, their friendship is shaken. As they drift further apart, suspicion sets in.

A self-labeled enigma, Detective Inspector Jack Austin is at once miserable and amusing, melancholy, and motivated. Running the Community Police Unit from his deck chair, DI Austin is known for his ability to solve crimes out of the blue. Trying to work cases while struggling with his mental issues, Austin deals with a variety of major crimes, including bicycle theft.

When novelist Jake Conley regains consciousness after a serious head injury, he discovers he’s affected by a rare condition: synaesthesia. This not only gives his brain heightened psychic powers, but also affects his behavior. Nationally prominent after discovering the tomb of King Aldfrith and writing a best seller, Jake is in a world of trouble.