Corruption Thriller

An impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air - abducted from his quarters in a building whose entrances and exits are all sealed. The brilliant and mercurial investigator, Ana Dolabra, and her assistant Dinios Kol have been called in to crack the case...

Ex-DCI Luke Sackville investigates nefarious activities at Wessex Police at the request of the Chief Constable. He and his Ethics Team put their own lives at risk as they seek to unveil the guilty. Luke is horrified when he discovers that a long-established secret society is behind the corruption and is planning a series of attacks on the public. He finds himself in a race against time to identify and capture the secret society’s members before innocent people are murdered on an unprecedented scale.

The most authentic novel of gangster family life ever written, from the No. 1 bestselling author. The Bailey brothers are gangsters determined to make their mark in the world. Peter and Daniel are chalk and cheese in many ways - Peter's calm exterior belies his ruthless nature, while Daniel's...

In the wake of the rebel Niyandrians' abduction attempt, Anskar DeVantte, now a knight-inferior of the Order of Eternal Vigilance, has set sail with the Grand Master, bound for the mother house in Sansor. Anskar has already begun to suspect that the Order's holy convictions aren't as pure as they appear, and his doubts are confirmed when the ship detours to the slave markets of Atya. As the Grand Master gathers an expedition to retrieve an ancient artifact from an unearthed ruin, Anskar finds himself torn.

THE FAMILY by Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole gets right to the core of family life and the dangerous line between love and hate. The 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian), Martina's unique, powerful storytelling will appeal to fans of Karin Slaughter and Patricia Cornwell...

It is December 1657. John Grey, at his cramped desk in Lincoln's Inn, is attempting to resume his legal career. A mysterious message from a "Mr SK" tempts him out into the snowy streets of London and to what he believes will be a harmless diversion from his studies. Mr SK's letter proves to have been intended for somebody else entirely, and Grey finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a plot to assassinate the Lord Protector - a plot about which he now knows more than it is safe to know.

Some towns survive by keeping secrets. Some men survive by breaking them. Simon Peake was only supposed to pass by Red Hollow — not through it. But when his truck breaks down on the outskirts of the old gold-mining town, he has no choice but to stay. Red Hollow is a place clinging to its...

Phillip Murphy is a family man. He worships his old mum; he takes care of his siblings who help run his business empire; he dotes on his two young sons who will one day take over. And then there's his wife and saviour Christine, whom he loves with a vengeance. To Phillip Murphy, family is...

Mia White knows too much. At twenty-seven, she's spent her life trapped in her father's construction empire – a world of corruption, violence, and secrets she never wanted any part of. Desperate for a fresh start, Mia makes a plan to disappear. A new name. A new passport. A new life. By dawn...

With great corruption comes great power. Jack is pretty sure that's the way the saying goes. It's a good thing, too, for the war in Ter’nodril, which he’d hoped would spell the beginning of the end for the DIR, instead left him corrupted, body and soul. The good news is that the Fallen used the Blight that now fills his veins as a weapon in their war against the gods themselves. He’s sure that he can find a way to use it, too, to destroy Valia Online once and for all. He even knows exactly who he'll test its power against first: Manhart.

Brought to you by Penguin. What if the killer she's hunting turns out to be the woman she's falling for? A gripping debut thriller in a unique location from a major new talent in Scottish crime. ****** Just because the most dangerous criminals in society are caught and locked up, doesn’t mean...

A Drop of Corruption – der fesselnde Biopunk-Krimi-Folgeroman zu The Tainted Cup Ein unmögliches Verbrechen ist geschehen. Ein Beamter des Schatzamts ist spurlos verschwunden – aus einem Gebäude entführt, dessen Ein- und Ausgänge alle versiegelt sind. Die brillante und unberechenbare...

When CIA agent Adam Darby is abducted and left stranded in the wilderness, he never expected it would lead him to a group of retired operatives, a dangerous conspiracy, and the love of his life. Betrayed by his boss and abducted during a routine stakeout, Adam finds himself lost in the rugged landscape of northern Montana. In his search for civilization, he stumbles upon some unlikely friends. The shock of betrayal and a new organization of retired operatives give Adam a determination to save his parents from blackmail, but soon finds himself fighting for the safety of all Americans.

When Dean Lincoln takes on the high-profile appeal of a man accused of killing a respected South Carolina judge, he knows the case is stacked against him. But as Lincoln digs deeper, he uncovers more than procedural missteps—he finds a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power. With dangerous men closing ranks and witnesses going silent, Lincoln must risk everything to unravel a web of corruption before it buries him next.

David Shepherd, haunted by a battlefield trauma, finds solace helping injured and homeless veterans. But a viral video of him confronting a powerful politician sparks a movement. A movement that gains momentum thanks to a fiery prophecy by an enigmatic preacher. David finds himself thrust into a high-stakes political race he never wanted.

Nightsveil has fallen. Humankind is reeling. It is the start of a war between planes. The Primeval Demon, Belzu, continues to wreak havoc throughout the Human Lands. Saffron Merryster shall try to gather the Greater Vampire Families against this threat, Edithe Dawnrise will work to unite her broken company after the company war, and Daniel Song will finally brave his way into Elutra. All of them working separately to tackle Belzu. But Salvos only has one goal: grow stronger.

Bloomsbury presents The Devil's Bargain by Stella Rimington, read by Penelope Rawlins. I wanted more' DAVID GILMAN One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it. Harry Bristow: policeman, father, chauffeur, fraud. In 1988 Harry made one mistake: he took a bribe, letting a man he knew as...

Anastasia was a Russian mafia princess. I was unworthy to even look at her. But that didn’t stop a bond, a friendship to form between us. She was the only good and right thing in my painful, brutal life. She was the only one who could look at my bruises and wounds and see I wasn’t a total waste of space. But I was ripped away from her, thrust into the underground world of violence and fighting, molded and shaped to be the ultimate killing machine for the Bratva. And that’s who I was now. Razoreniye. Ruin.

A GRIPPING POLITICAL THRILLER SET IN THE HEART OF THE ARAB SPRING, FROM THE AUTHOR OF A DYING BREED 'Topical, authoritative and gripping' CHARLES CUMMING | 'Tight, pacy and strong on atmosphere' MICHAEL PALIN | 'Completely unputdownable - gripping' SEB EMINA | 'Compelling' MISHAL HUSSAIN |...

Adam Foreman was a pig farmer... until one mistake cost him everything. In a brutal dark fantasy world sealed inside an immense mountain basin known as The Bottoms, Adam watches his parents dragged toward execution for a crime he committed. When a desperate escape ends in bloodshed and loss, Adam flees into the forbidden caves of the Rim of the World, where he awakens an ancient, forbidden magic never meant for mankind.