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In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a
week to investigate unsolved murders.
But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the
Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live
case.
Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they
still have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too
late?
Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club.
An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous
package he was protecting has gone missing.
As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online
fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home.
With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble
firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be
the last devil to die?
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Nemesis
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Gregg Hurwitz
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NO GREATER FRIEND
Evan Smoak is the guy you want on your side. A former government black
ops assassin, he'll be there for you in your darkest hour - and he'll
rain hell and thunder on those who caused your pain.
NO WORSE ENEMY
A lone wolf operator, Evan can't afford to lose any of the few people
he likes and trusts. But when Tommy Stojack, Evan's loyal, long-time
gunsmith and armourer, betrays him, it's war.
Because a good assassin keeps his friends close, but his weapons closer
. . .
I was the guy who always found a way.
I was the guy that couldn't be stopped.
A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked
rookie cop is assigned to the department’s file room. A ruthless killer
only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he’s
outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. . .
Meticulously plotted and utterly compelling, these are intimate
portraits of humanity at its best and worst. Each story is entirely
distinct. And with their economical prose and unexpected twists, each
could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher.
INCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY FROM LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN,
STARRING JACK REACHER AND MAGGIE BIRD.
Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run
before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently
moved into – Spyglass, an enchanting old house in the pretty seaside
village of Hope Falls – nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t
fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband
insists that this stranger is his wife.
One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.
Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner named Birdy, reeling from a
life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a
long-lost grandmother brings her to Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles
upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a
person’s date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel
and, as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to
right some old wrongs.
My Husband’s Wife weaves a tangled web of deception, obsession and
mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. Prepare
yourself for the ultimate mind-bending marriage thriller and step
inside Spyglass – if you dare – to experience a story where nothing is
as it seems.
Eight students walk into an exclusive writers’ retreat, but only one
will walk out with a life-changing opportunity to realize their
creative dreams.
Effy is piecing together a story about the tragic betrayal that led to
her mother’s death. Arlo hopes to publish a novel – but he’s also
trying to start a new chapter with Effy after he broke her heart and
ghosted her three years earlier.
Their mentor is Meredith Graffam, enigmatic writer, director and
actress, whose compelling accounts of her own near-death experience on
the same retreat decades before continue to spark controversy.
But this celebrated teacher is not all she seems, and her students
gradually realize they are fighting for something much more primal than
academic advantage. As Graffam’s unorthodox teaching methods push them
past breaking point, they reveal their darkest secrets, take
unthinkable risks and slowly start to turn on one another. But Graffam
never expected they would turn on her . . .
The Maid meets Only Murders in the Building in this twist-packed cosy
mystery set in the smallest residential square in London.
Marchfield Square was meant to be a haven from the outside world. A
place for those who need somewhere safe from their pasts, or who could
otherwise not afford to stay in the city they call home. That was
Celeste Van Duren's plan. One of her tenants being murdered in his own
kitchen, and the police trying to pin it on his long-suffering wife,
was not.
So Celeste does what anyone with a lot of money, a strong sense of
justice and a bad hip would do: she recruits some help to track down
the real murderer. Her cleaner, Audrey, knows everyone in the square
and is liked by all, while failed crime writer, Lewis, is known by no
one. He hates his job, hates his life, and he's not that fond of Audrey
either, but Celeste is persuasive. In theory his knowledge of police
procedure and her way with people should help them find the killer - if
they don't kill each other first...
Despite their differences the two soon discover the victim's dodgy art
deals may hold the key to the mystery – but have they missed something
closer to home? After all, how well do you really know your neighbours?
It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything....
That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go....
An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train will be completely hooked!
The Complete Inspector Grant includes all five of the Inspector
Alan Grant Mysteries by Josephine Tey. Josephine Tey - Inspector
Alan Grant Mysteries: The Man in the Queue, A Shilling for Candles,
To Love and Be Wise, The Daughter of Time, The Singing Sands. Alan
Grant, is clever but very ordinary in many ways, save his dogged
determination to find the truth. He is kind and fair and worries
about whether he has found the right solutions, persevering when
others think it is pointless. He uses his position to ensure that
justice prevails, often against the odds.
New Year's Eve, 1932.
Hercule Poirot and his good friend Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on
the Greek island of Lamperos for a little holiday…or is it?
Catchpool suspects Poirot has a different reason for being there ― one
he won't reveal. As the clock ticks towards the New Year and a festive
guessing game takes a sinister turn, can Poirot stop a murderer who is
determined to strike before midnight?
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Never Say Die
(Paperback)
James Patterson, Mike Lupica
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R335
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Since taking on a famous celebrity client, defence attorney Jane Smith
has been chased down, shot at, and threatened with contempt of court.
She’s a survivor. For now.
Jane Smith represents a Hamptons real estate mogul with more enemies
than clients.
When Jane’s own life is threatened, mounting a legal defence turns into
self-defence.
Knowing every day in court could be her last, she’s armed and ready:
with brilliant arguments, hard evidence - and two Glocks.
Until she hears the words “not guilty,” Jane Smith will Never Say Die.
This is the sixth of Josephine Tey's 'Inspector Grant' novels from
the golden age of British detective fiction. Grant meets a
celebrity photographer, Leslie Searle, briefly at a party in
London. He is later astonished to hear that he has vanished in the
sleeply village of Salcott St. Mary, and sets off to investigate.
Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his
mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a
low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics
drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up
the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his
new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed
down at the bottom of the harbor—a Jane Doe identifiable at first only
by a streak of purple dye in her hair. At the same time, a report of
poaching on a protected reserve turns into a case fraught with violence
and danger as Stilwell digs into the shady past of an island bigwig.
Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, Stilwell doggedly
works both cases. Though hampered by an old beef with an ex-colleague
determined to thwart him at every turn, he is convinced he is the only
one who can bring justice to the woman known as “Nightshade.” Soon, his
investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the
serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big
city.
Kassie has never had to cope with a case like this before, and his
emotions are getting the better of him. As a rookie cop he learned to
keep his distance from a case, not get emotionally involved, because
that’s when mistakes happen. But this case makes distance impossible .
. . children’s lives are at stake. And every time he and Rooi seem to
be making progress with the case, it slithers out from under them, like
a venomous snake.
Wanneer ’n nuuskierige toeris aan Zanzibar se kus vermoor word, peul die vreemdste karakters uit die spesery-eiland se tropiese woud.
Die bou van Giorgio Comaneti se blinknuwe Zanzibar Zen Casino gaan die helfte van die Jozani-woud uitwis. Toast le Roux, omgewingsjoernalis, moet die stootskrapers betyds stop.
Maar Comaneti se gevaarlike handlangers, Tjokkie en Bozo, is reeds op Toast se spoor. En hulle wil net vriendelik met hom gesels.
Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner—a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel. When Molly brings in some old trinkets to be appraised on the show, one item is revealed to be a rare and coveted artifact worth millions. Molly becomes a rags-to-riches sensation, and a media frenzy swirls as she prepares to sell her priceless treasure. Then, on auction day, the treasure suddenly vanishes. and Molly and her friends find themselves at the center of the boldest art heist in recent memory. But the key to this mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly’s Gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about her grandmother’s secrets: how she was born into a wealthy family and fell head-over-heels in love with a young man her parents deemed below her. As fate would have it, Gran’s greatest love was someone Molly knows quite well. A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spell-binding whodunit that will capture your heart.
Julie
Chan didn't mean to steal her identical twin's life. She meant to call
the police when she found the body. She meant to dial 911.
Except when she unlocked Chloe's phone to make that call, she also
gained access to her estranged sister's sponsorship deals, her
followers, her wealth, her whole life.
And Julie's not prepared to give it back. Not yet. So it's goodbye
Julie, love Chloe x
Now all Julie has to do is keep her head down and blend in with the
beautiful Belladonnas, the tribe of influencers who had welcomed Chloe
in to their inner circle before she died.
Julie's going to breathe, detox, workout. Curate each post. Filter each
picture. Spend whole days filming unboxing videos.
But someone out there knows that even identical twins have their
differences...
Josephine Tey wrote ingenious crime novels with utterly believable
characters, beautifully crafted dialogues and plots that delight
and intrigue the reader. For many, these books are their favourite
crime novels, it is just a shame she didn't write more.
No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not
have peace... So goes the family curse, handed down from generation to
generation, ruining families and breaking hearts as it goes. And now
it's calm, rational Eniiyi's turn - who, due to her uncanny resemblance
to her dead aunt, Monife, and her family's insistence that she must be
a reincarnation, has long been used to some strange familial beliefs.
Still, when she falls in love with the handsome boy she saves from
drowning, she can no longer run from her family's history. Is she
destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak, or can
she escape the family curse and the mysterious fate that befell her
aunt?
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