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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
Callahan Garrity is the owner of House Mouse, a cleaning service
that tidies up after Atlanta's elite. She's also a former cop and a
part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can
ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to
set.
Some people might call Callahan Garrity nosy, but she prefers to
think of her tendency toward snooping as a healthy interest in the
truth. So when news reaches her of her cousin Patti's death during
a carjacking, Callahan shakes off her House Mouse cleaning uniform
to don her detective's cap. It's not that she doesn't have
confidence in the Atlanta police--she used to be among their
ranks--but the crime is too incongruous with Patti's suburban life
to seem like a random incident.
A frightened phone call from her young daughter sends Jenny Carter
into the darkness of Quarry Woods, 17 years after she'd sworn she'd
never return. What she finds there triggers a journey back to a
horrific event in her own childhood - an event which now threatens
the present.
Two siblings, both missing for 20 years turn up within one day of
each other. One dead. One alive.It was an ordinary school day, the
day I lost my little brother. One moment he was on the roundabout
and then was gone. Gone. Missing. They all blamed me. I was in
charge. Even though I was only ten years old. They sent me away.
The hurt, the shame, the questions. The not knowing. I tried to
move on. It's been nineteen years in exile and now somebody wants
me back. Someone with a dark secret. They hold the keys, they know
the truth. So, I need to return to the Welsh village of my
childhood to find out who, because I have a secret, too... I did
something bad. Diane Saxon's standalone thriller is sure to plunge
you into the dark world of secrets and lies. 'An intensely dark
thriller.' Ross Greenwood 'Packed full of secrets and lies, and in
a town filled with an unsettling atmosphere Saxon succeeds in
putting the 'creep' in creepy' ' Valerie Keogh 'Gripping... I
couldn't put it down.' Gemma Rogers 'A complex, dark and disturbing
thriller, full of intrigue, toxic relationships and jaw dropping
twists 5*' Alex Stone
When a brutal attack on a business owner is followed by a
suspicious death, the police first suspect the beginning of a new
underworld drugs war. Then a second victim is found dead, and the
truth starts to look like something much worse. With the death toll
rising and her career under scrutiny from the media and her own
superiors, Kay Hunter is running out of time to unravel the deadly
secrets hiding behind ruthless ambition and treachery. But Kay
isn't going to give up easily. Because this time, the first victim
is closer to home... A Lethal Deception is the 11th book in the
Detective Kay Hunter series by USA Today bestselling author Rachel
Amphlett, and perfect for readers who love fast-paced crime
thrillers.
THE EXPLOSIVE SEQUEL TO THE UK #1 BESTSELLER HOLY ISLAND The past
never stays buried for long... Detective Chief Inspector Ryan
believes he has put his turbulent history behind him. Then, in the
early hours of the summer solstice, the skeleton of a young woman
is found inside the Roman Wall at Sycamore Gap. She has lain
undiscovered for ten years and it is Ryan's job to piece together
her past. Enquiry lines cross and merge as Ryan is forced to face
his own demons and enter into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a
killer who seems unstoppable. Murder and mystery are peppered with
a sprinkling of romance and humour in this fast-paced crime
whodunnit set amidst the spectacular scenery of Hadrian's Wall
country in Northumberland.
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