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FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND SEVEN BRIDGES He thought he was invincible, but he was wrong... When an old man is found dead inside the ancient hermitage at Warkworth Castle, Northumbria CID are called in to investigate. With no apparent motive, it's their job to unravel why he was murdered - and this time they're forced to do it without their star detective... DCI Ryan is thousands of miles away. He's tracked a killer across Europe and has sworn not to return until he has his man in custody. Nathan Armstrong is a dangerous psychopath but there's just one problem - he's also an international celebrity; a world-famous thriller writer with money and connections. Ryan is a stranger in a foreign land, but he knows one thing - he'll never give up. Murder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit set amidst the spectacular landscapes of Northumberland and Tuscany. "LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers" - The Times "A literary phenomenon" - Evening Chronicle
All four of C. J. Tudor's novels have been Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers. The fifth is her most twistiest and chilling yet. A crashed coach full of students. A stuck cable car full of strangers. An isolated chalet full of friends. A killer snowstorm outside. Inside one group, a killer. But which one? And why is no rescue coming? How did they become trapped? And what were they all trying to escape?
"The tiny Caribbean isle of Ste. Anne seems like the perfect vacation spot for three New York professionals in search of sunshine, underwater adventure, and perhaps a little tropical romance. But when Eddie Bell, Eve MacFarland and Julian Carteret embark on an afternoon dive, they soon discover that still waters can run deadly. In this business suspense novel, three young professionals must use their wits, financial savvy, and the expertise of a band of unlikely and colorful characters to discover the truth and neutralize the threats...before it is too late." "Sharon Agar is a delicious writer with a gift for the utterly hypnotic twists and turns that put your day on hold. "Out of Options" is intelligent and propulsive-a suspenseful, sometimes funny novel about New York professionals slogging through the unexpected." -Norb Vonnegut, NYT-acclaimed author of "The Trust" "With dazzling realism, chess-like intricacy, witty dialogue, wry humor, and profound emotional insight, in "Out of Options" Sharon Agar marvelously and suspensefully fashions a skein of mystery, drama, romance, and corporate behavior that will not let go of you, long after you've turned the final page. " -David M. Darst, Author, Educator, and former Chief Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
An unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer. THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN THIS ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF A THRILLER... In London, the Metropolitan Police set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit - a cold case squad - to catch the criminals nobody else can. In Geneva, millionaire art collector Miles Faulkner - convicted of forgery and theft - was pronounced dead two months ago. So why is his unscrupulous lawyer still representing a dead client? On a luxury liner en route to New York, the battle for power within a wealthy dynasty is about to turn to murder. And at the heart of all three investigations are Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick, rising star of the Met, and ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan, brought in from the cold. But can they catch the killers before it's too late? Praise for Jeffrey Archer: 'Probably the greatest storyteller of our age' Mail on Sunday 'Peerless master of the page turner' Daily Mail 'If there were a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win' Daily Telegraph 'Archer is a master entertainer' Time Jeffrey Archer's previous novel Nothing Ventured was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 28th March 2020.
Number one New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink’s fast-paced thriller Final Spin is a story of love, brotherhood, suffering, happiness and sacrifice – a story about life. Johnny... Shouldn’t be in a dead-end job. Shouldn’t be in a dead-end bar. Shouldn’t be in a dead-end life. But he is. It’s a hamster-wheel existence. Stocking warehouse store shelves by day, drinking too much whisky and beer by night. In between, Johnny lives in his childhood home, making sure his alcoholic mother hasn’t drunk herself to death, and looking after his idiosyncratic older brother Arty, whose world revolves around his laundromat job. Rinse and repeat. Then Johnny’s monotonous life takes a tumble. The laundromat where Arty works, and the one thing that gives him happiness, is about to be sold. Johnny doesn’t want that to happen, so he takes measures into his own hands. Johnny, along with his friend Goat, come up with a plan to get the money to buy the laundromat. But things don’t always go as planned...
An incredible new thriller you won’t want to put down! It’s a case unlike anything detective Mina Dabiri has seen before. A woman trapped inside a magician’s box, with swords pierced through. But this time, it’s not a magic trick. It’s murder. Knowing she has a terrifying killer on her hands, Mina enlists the help of celebrity mentalist, Vincent Walder. Only he can give her an insight into the secret world of magic and illusions. Mina and Vincent soon discover that the murder victim has the roman numeral III engraved on her leg. The killer is counting down. There are going to be three more murders. And time is running out to stop them.
In die debuutroman (wat in Engels publiseer is as Dark whispers) onthul een van Megan Wright, 'n sielkundige, se kliente dat sy deur 'n snydokter wat in ginekologiese operasies spesialiseer, geskend is. Dit word duidelik dat die gewraakte operasie geen ongeluk was nie. Die vrywaringsbrief wat die pasient vooraf moes teken, maak dit egter onmoontlik om die betrokke dokter te laat vervolg. Toe Megan haar kom kry, is sy daarop uit om die dokter te ontbloot en te keer dat hy nog vrouelewens vernietig. Veral toe sy uitvind dat hy 'n hele paar ander pasiente ook geskend het, soms so erg dat hulle nooit sal kan kinders he nie. Nie een van die klagtes wat teen die dokter gele is, was suksesvol nie. Verwikkelinge in Megan se persoonlike lewe word meesterlik met die verhaal se hoofspanningslyn vervleg.
Athol Fugard is South Africa’s most prominent international playwright. This is his only novel. Tsotsi has been adopted as the Grade 11 official English novel in South Africa for 2016; a new generation will be exposed to Tsotsi and help it on its way to becoming a modern classic.
With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal
killers, detective Cork O'Connor must solve the murder of a young
girl in William Kent Krueger's latest unforgettable "New York Times
"bestseller.
'Think Jack Reacher fronting Line of Duty' Ian Rankin You get away with murder. In a remote sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, a fisherman vanishes without trace. His remains are never found. You make people disappear. A young man jumps from a bridge in Glasgow and falls to his death in the water below. DS Max Craigie uncovers evidence that links both victims. But if he can't find out what cost them their lives, it won't be long before more bodies turn up at the morgue... You come back for revenge. Soon cracks start to appear in the investigation, and Max's past hurtles back to haunt him. When his loved ones are threatened, he faces a terrifying choice: let the only man he ever feared walk free, or watch his closest friend die... LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR! Max, Janie and Ross return in the second gripping novel in this explosive Scottish crime series. Readers LOVE The Blood Tide 'Line of Duty on steroids... It just never lets up!' John Barlow 'The Blood Tide grabs you from page one and doesn't let go. Be warned: don't sit down planning to read only a few pages!' Kate London 'Tightly plotted, tense and thrilling. Neil Lancaster just gets better and better' Marion Todd 'You can't beat the voice of experience... A rugged tale from a writer who's done this chilling stuff for real' Paul Finch 'A rattlingly good read. The pages practically turn themselves...' John Sutherland 'An absolutely thrilling read from a brand-new star of Tartan Noir. Superb.' Cass Green 'Authentic to a tee. A story to die for. Characters that leap of all the page-turny pages.' Imran Mahmood 'What a gripping page-turner - it kept me guessing until the very end' Michelle Davies 'I've been hooked on this for a few days. It has it all: action, humour, tightly plotted with the most satisfying of endings!' Chris McDonald
In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer. The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change―and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook where she scribbled her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found. Then Eve is summoned away to a nearby building site to view more remains―in this case decades old, adorned with gold jewelry and fine clothing―unearthed by recent construction work. She isn’t happy when she realizes that the scene of the crime belongs to her husband, Roarke―not that it should surprise her, since the Irish billionaire owns a good chunk of New York. Now Eve must enter a complex world of real estate development, family history, shady deals, and shocking secrets to find justice for two women whose lives were thrown away…
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