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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
Something scared Nuala Flaherty to death. When her body is found in
the centre of a pentagram on a lonely moor, Rebecca is determined
to find out what. Was she killed by supernatural means, or is there
a more down-to-earth explanation? Rebecca's investigation leads her
to a mysterious cult and local drug dealings. But what she doesn't
know is that crime matriarch Mo Burke still has her in her
crosshairs. Mo wants payback for the death of her son, and after
one failed attempt to hurt Rebecca, she is upping the ante. And
this time, it could be lethal.
Family first. Family last. The Glass family always... Charley Glass
arrived in her family's lives like the hurricane she'd escaped. But
she hadn't run far enough: the ruthless Giordano family are on her
tail and want two things - her life, and the return of the property
she stole from them. No matter how many bodies stack up. After
years of hoping, Charley finally has the family she's always
wanted, but now she's going to have to tell them the real reason
she came looking for them. There is only one way she's going to
stay alive, and that is to employ the muscle of the notorious Glass
Family. The head of the family, Luke, isn't sure they're strong
enough to take on one of New Orleans' biggest crime gangs. But he'd
put his life on the line to protect the empire they've built - even
if they'll have to take on an enemy hurting enough to cross an
ocean for revenge. Page-turning, gritty, and utterly compelling,
Thief is Owen Mullen's best book yet. Perfect for fans of Martina
Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Mandasue Heller. What readers say
about Owen Mullen: 'Owen Mullen knows how to ramp up the action
just when it's needed... he never fails to give you hard-hitting
thrillers that have moments that will stay with you forever...'
'One of the very best thriller writers I have ever read.' 'Owen
Mullen writes a good story, he really brings his characters to life
and the endings are hard to guess and never what you expected.'
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Murder.com
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Haughton Murphy
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A not-so-anonymous victim sends Reuben Frost on a chase to catch a
high-tech killer The girl is found lying beside the East River,
strangled. She's in her late twenties-so why was she carrying a
fake ID? The case should have nothing to do with Reuben Frost,
legendary retired Wall Street lawyer, but Frost has never been
known to mind his own business. Not to mention, his wife, Cynthia,
has been slowed down by arthritis, and his social calendar is
barren for the first time in decades. It's the perfect time to find
a murderer. The dead girl is Marina Courtland, daughter of
millionaire food distributor Daniel Courtland, a treasured client
of Frost's old firm. Working alongside his dear friend Luis
Bautista, the sharpest detective in the NYPD, Frost digs into
Marina's past. But what he discovers is a tangled web of
plagiarism, infidelity, and indiscreet emails that will ultimately
put him face to face with Marina's killer. Murder.com is the 8th
book in the Reuben Frost Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the
series in any order.
They raised her. Nurtured her. And lied about everything.
They told Sadie she was adopted.
They gave her a home and showered her with love.
But they lied.
Sadie was stolen.
They say Sadie’s making it all up.
But you shouldn’t believe a word…
In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti’s own youthful past helps solve a mysterious murder
On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice’s canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Because no official record of the man’s presence in Venice exists, Brunetti is forced to use the city’s far richer sources of information: gossip and the memories of people who knew the victim. Curiously, he had been living in a small house on the grounds of a palazzo owned by a university professor, in which Brunetti discovers books revealing the victim’s interest in Buddhism, the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, and the last crop of Italian political terrorists, active in the 1980s.
As the investigation expands, Brunetti, Vianello, Commissario Griffoni, and Signora Elettra each assemble pieces of a puzzle—random information about real estate and land use, books, university friendships—that appear to have little in common, until Brunetti stumbles over something that transports him back to his own student days, causing him to reflect on lost ideals and the errors of youth, on Italian politics and history, and on the accidents that sometimes lead to revelation.
Pre order the gripping new revenge thriller from the bestselling
author of The Scam! Secrets can't stay hidden forever... After six
years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Sebastian Carter is
out and determined to get answers about who set him up. He knows
it's someone close to him and Sebastian will make sure they pay.
Ava Harper is living a lie. Although she loves her job caring for
young Lily Carter, her real reason for being in the Carter
household is to get answers of her own - from none other than
convicted murderer Sebastian. Sebastian hates liars, but he's
intrigued by Ava. As he gets to know more about her, he wonders if
the answers she's looking for could solve his mystery too. Or will
getting too close to Ava risk them both getting killed...? Praise
for Evie Hunter: 'A brilliant read that hooked me from the outset.
I couldn't tear myself away!' Bestselling author Gemma Rogers.
Lizzie Borden and Amanda Burton join forces with Dorothy Parker to
solve a grisly murder in Prohibition-era New York in this "assured
and witty" mystery (Publishers Weekly). Sixteen-year-old Amanda
Burton is thrilled to be spending the summer in New York City at
her glamorous uncle John's apartment in the Dakota while her
parents are off visiting Tibet. It's 1924, the decade is roaring,
and she's out on the town every night with her father's flamboyant
younger brother-seeing Broadway shows, going to fancy restaurants
and speakeasies, meeting John's rich and famous friends, and even
an occasional gangster. It's all great fun-until the morning she
stumbles upon her uncle dead on the floor with a hatchet blade
buried in his skull. And with Amanda as the prime murder suspect,
the New York City cops consider the case as good as closed. Luckily
the hapless teen has an old ally in town: the infamous-albeit
acquitted-alleged axe murderess Lizzie Borden. Miss Lizzie and her
new pal, the renowned acerbic wit Dorothy Parker, are on the job
faster than you can say, "Forty whacks." But trolling the
glittering New York night scene and underworld for a killer can be
a dangerous occupation for an old lady with a shady past, a
sharp-witted literary icon, and a teenager with a history of
violently losing relatives-especially when they keep turning up
dead bodies.
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Risk
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Kathleen Morris
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A FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi
Arabian public square.
A YOUNG WOMAN DISCOVERED. All of her identifying characteristics
dissolved by acid.
A SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Dumped in a Damascus junkyard.
SMOULDERING HUMAN REMAINS. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in
Afghanistan.
PILGRIM. The codename for a man who doesn't exist. A man who must
return from obscurity. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to
commit an appalling crime against humanity.
'Unputdownable...a high-octane, emotional page-turner.' Bestselling
author Louise Douglas.'A must read- highly original, impossible to
put down, tense, dark, absolutely riveting.' Mary Grand'Suspense at
its best, set against the stunning backdrop of Holy Island. I loved
it!' Amanda James'A well plotted thriller that is dark and
deliciously twisted!' Keri Beevis 'A chillingly vivid thriller that
keeps you hooked to the very end. Unputdownable!' Carol Wyer Does a
killer's blood run in the family?Lexi Jakes thought she could run
from her past...she was wrong. Because when her biological mother
is found dead, with all the same hallmarks of her own serial killer
father, Lexi knows someone is out for revenge, and that she and her
small daughter, Isla, could be next. Determined to protect Isla,
Lexi travels back to Lindisfarne, the small remote island where she
grew up. There, cut off from the mainland, Lexi hopes they'll both
be safe. But as the tide comes in and the causeway slowly closes,
Lexi's greatest fear comes true: now they are trapped with no way
out. Lexi will do anything to save her daughter...she is the serial
killer's girl after all.
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