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Verity
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Colleen Hoover
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A GOLD COLLECTOR'S EDITION HARDBACK FEATURING A LETTER FROM COLLEEN
AND A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FINAL CHAPTER THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND . .
. THINK YOU KNOW HOW IT ENDS? THINK AGAIN. The No.1 bestseller and
TikTok sensation from the author of It Ends With Us. Are you ready
to stay up all night? Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the
brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a
lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity
Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a
successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen
arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of
Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get
her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic
office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for
anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions,
including Verity's recollection of the night their family was
forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from
Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already-grieving
father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she
recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his
wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his
injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for
him to continue loving her . . . OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD - SEE
WHAT REAL READERS ARE SAYING: 'One of the best thrillers I have
ever read' ***** 'Powerful, mind-blowing and emotional' ***** 'The
plot twists and that ending came out of nowhere' ***** 'There are
no words. Bravo' ***** 'Dark, creepy, and one hundred per cent
original' ***** 'I NEEDED to know how this was going to end' *****
'Left me completely speechless' ***** VERITY was a No.1 Kindle
bestseller on 18.03.22
TOM THORNE IS BACK . . . AND SO IS HIS WORST NIGHTMARE A gripping,
grisly read. Mark Billingham is a terrific crime writer' -----
ANTHONY HOROWITZ Tom Thorne has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil
Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. He finally has a
love life worth a damn and is happy in the job to which he has
devoted his life... He has everything to lose. Hunting the woman
responsible for a series of grisly murders, Thorne has no way of
knowing that he will be plunged into a nightmare from which he may
never wake. And he'll do anything to keep it. Finally, Thorne's
past has caught up with him and a ruinous secret is about to be
revealed. If he wants to save himself and his friends, he must do
the unthinkable. PRAISE FOR MARK BILLINGHAM 'Mark Billingham is a
master of psychology' Ian Rankin 'Fast-paced and twisting' Paula
Hawkins 'At the very least it should reach the shortlist of this
year's Booker prize' The Times
In the year 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new
partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe
Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate an unexplained
disappearance. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere
on this barren island, despite having been kept under constant
surveillance in a locked, guarded cell. As a killer hurricane bears
relentlessly down on the island, hints of radical experimentation
and covert government machinations add darker, more sinister shades
to an already bizarre case. Because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital
is remotely what it seems.
John Dickson Carr lays on the macabre atmosphere again in this
follow-up to It Walks by Night, in which Inspector Bencolin
attempts to piece together a puzzle involving a disappearing
street, a set of gallows which mysteriously reveals itself to a
number of figures traipsing through the London fog, and the bizarre
suggestion that a kind of fictional bogeyman, Jack Ketch, may be
afoot and in the business of wanton execution. An early gem from
one of the great writers of the classic crime genre. This edition
also includes the rare Inspector Bencolin short story 'The Ends of
Justice'.
When three dead bodies are discovered in Detective Ian
Peterson's hometown of Kent, it becomes clear that a vicious killer
is on the loose. And without his trusted colleague, Detective
Geraldine Steel, by his side, Ian's left to take the lead on a
complex murder case with few clues.
The first victim is a middle-aged woman named Martha, brutally
stabbed to death in the local park. Her husband, who did not report
her missing, is the prime suspect until a young prostitute, Della,
reveals his whereabouts the night Martha was murdered. But then she
is strangled to death in her apartment. While the police are
frantically gathering evidence and looking for a connection, a
second prostitute is suffocated.
With nothing but the timing of the murders to tie the three
women to one another, Ian and his new partner, Polly Mortimer,
struggle to make sense of the case and find the elusive killer
before he strikes again. But by the time Ian realizes the truth, it
may be too late to save Polly.
'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
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Dirty Who?
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Jerry Kennealy
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'The best police procedural I've read in years' Jane Casey 'Grabbed
me from the first page' Ian Rankin This grave can never be opened.
The head of Scotland's most powerful crime family is brutally
murdered, his body dumped inside an ancient grave in a remote
cemetery. This murder can never be forgotten. Detectives Max
Craigie and Janie Calder arrive at the scene, a small town where
everyone has secrets to hide. They soon realise this murder is part
of a blood feud between two Scottish families that stretches back
to the 1800s. One thing's for certain: it might be the latest
killing, but it won't be the last... This killer can never be
caught. As the body count rises, the investigation uncovers
large-scale corruption at the heart of the Scottish Police Service.
Now Max and Janie must turn against their closest colleagues - to
solve a case that could cost them far more than just their lives...
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 McILVANNEY PRIZE FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF
THE YEAR 'The best police procedural I've read in years -
fast-paced, compelling and deeply authentic. DS Max Craigie is a
brilliant hero and I can't wait for the next in the series' Jane
Casey 'Genuinely gripping, a total page-turner and one of my
favourite reads of the year' Matt Nixon, Daily Express 'A stone
cold classic of the genre; the strongest start to a series I've
seen in years' Tony Kent 'Absolutely blown away by how good this
is' Marion Todd 'A thriller writer set to blow up the bestseller
lists' C. L. Taylor 'The most authentic voice in thriller writing'
Tony Parsons 'A genuinely thrilling adventure' Scottish Sun 'A page
turner you won't want to miss' Denzil Meyrick Don't miss the first
stunning thriller in the new DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime series!
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The Hollow Ones
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Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan
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The Cat Who Caught a Killer by L T Shearer is a charming cosy crime
read for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club and S. J.
Bennett's The Windsor Knot. 'Charming and original. This book is
the cat's whiskers' - Anthony Horowitz, author of The Twist of a
Knife Meet Conrad. Conrad is a cat. You've never met a detective
like him before. Neither has Lulu Lewis, until he walks into her
life one summer's day. Mourning the recent death of her husband,
the former police detective had expected a gentle retirement,
quietly enjoying life on her new canal boat, The Lark, and visiting
her mother-in-law in a nearby care home. But when her mother-in-law
dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances, Lulu senses foul play
and resolves to find out what really happened. And a remarkable cat
named Conrad will be with her every step of the way . . . Readers
are loving Conrad the cat detective: 'This was such a charming tale
and a genuine mystery that had me glued to my e-reader from start
to finish' Amazon reviewer, 5* 'I absolutely loved this book!
Conrad was a wonderful character who I would love to encounter
again' Amazon reviewer, 5* 'I just loved Conrad the talking cat who
really is the star of this gentle murder mystery story' Amazon
reviewer, 5*
Family always comes first. Until now. Get ready for the ultimate
summer read with the explosive new novel from Sunday Times No.1
bestseller and 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian)
Martina Cole. Diana Davis has been head of the family business
since the death of her husband, an infamous bank robber. She's a
woman in a man's world, but no one messes with her. Her only son,
Angus, is a natural born villain, but he needs to earn Diana's
trust before she'll allow him into the business. Once he's proved
he has the brains to run their clubs in Marbella, he is given what
he's always wanted. It's the beginning of a reign of terror that
knows no bounds. But Angus has a blind spot: his wife, Lorna, and
their three kids, Angus Junior, Sean and Eilish. And as the next
generation enters the business, Angus has a painful truth to learn.
Even when it comes to family, he must show no mercy... 'She's a
total one-off' Guardian 'The stuff of legend' Mirror 'Superstar
crime writer' This Morning 'There really is only one Martina Cole'
Closer 'The undisputed Queen of crime writing' Erwin James
Detroit process server Jack Ryan has a reputation for being the
best in the business at finding people who don't want to be found.
Now he's looking for a missing stockholder known only as "Unknown
Man No. 89." But his missing man isn't "unknown" to everyone: a
pretty blonde hates his guts and a very nasty dude named Royal
wants him dead in the worst way. Which is very unfortunate for Jack
Ryan, who is suddenly caught in the crossfire of a lethal
triple-cross and as much a target as his nameless prey.
'The characters are quite extraordinarily living...A most original
and grimly farcical situation' - Dorothy L. SayersRobert Arthur
Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he
retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artefacts and
devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert's wife,
Bertha, feels that there are few things more dreadful than a
husband who will persist in making a fool of himself in public.
Their marriage consists of horrible quarrels, futile arguments,
incessant bickering. Scarcely any friends will visit the
Kewdinghams in their peaceful hometown Shufflecester. Everything is
wrong - and with the entrance of John Harrigall, a bohemian
bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye, they take a turn for
the worse. Soon deep passions and resentments shatter the calm
facade of the Kewdinghams' lives. This richly characterised and
elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten
classic.
From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of
MEXICAN GOTHIC (July 2020) and VELVET WAS THE NIGHT (August 2021),
comes UNTAMED SHORE, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced coming-of-age
story with a classical noir. 'Brutality takes on an almost divine
quality' LA Review of Books Baja California, 1979: Viridiana spends
her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in
their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore. Her head
is filled with dreams of romance, travel and of a future beyond
this drab town where her only option is to marry and have children.
When a wealthy American writer arrives with his wife and
brother-in-law, Viridiana jumps at the offer of a job as his
assistant, and she's soon entangled in the glamorous foreigners'
lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from her
humdrum life. When one of them dies, eager to protect her new
friends, Viridiana lies - but soon enough, someone's asking
questions. It's not long before Viridiana has some of her own
questions about the identities of her new acquaintances. Sharks may
be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour
a naive young woman unwittingly entangled in a web of deceit.
Prince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community,
enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter. Spirited,
beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable
young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her
cousin Lord Wellende for a few days' hunting. On the way Prudence
encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard - who is pursuing a
quarry of his own. Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring
that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge.
It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers - who
may be forced to kill, to protect their secret.
Bavaria, 1776. When Albrecht Durer the Much Much Younger's Frog
Prints go missing, he knows exactly where to turn for help. Gretel
(yes, that Gretel), now 35 and still living with her gluttonous
brother Hans, is the country's most famous private investigator,
and she leaps at the opportunity to travel to cosmopolitan
Nuremberg to take on the case. But amid the hubbub of the city's
annual sausage festival, Gretel struggles to find any clues that
point toward the elusive thief. Even with the aid of the chatty
mice living under her bed, the absent prints remain stubbornly out
of view, and Gretel is forced to get creative in her search for the
truth.
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