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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.
Age is just a number... Until yours is up.
When a blood-soaked old man is spotted wandering through a sleepy
fishing village in the far north of Scotland, his neighbours think he’s
been in an accident.
Until he leads them to his home, and to the carefully arranged remains
of his late wife.
It is the first murder that the remote Highland village has ever seen.
It will not be the last.
Someone is targeting the elderly and vulnerable in their homes. Someone
they know. Someone they trust.
Arriving to lead the manhunt, DCI Jack Logan finds a close-knit
community closing ranks. Can Jack break down the wall of silence before
more lives are lost? Or, in this twisted, sadistic killer, has Jack
Logan finally met his match?
One For the Ages is the 16th book in the multi-million selling DCI Jack
Logan series from Scottish crime author, JD Kirk.
Alex het 'n teorie oor chaos. Waar hy ookal gaan, volg dit hom. Dis
hoekom hy joernalis geword het en hom nou in Tanzanie bevind. By 'n
troue iewers tussen Dar es Salaam en Arusha ontmoet Alex vir Ranna,
'n vryskutfotograaf met 'n bos swart krulhare, 'n t-hemp wat se Dr.
Seuss is altyd reg, en 'n verlede waaroor sy nie praat nie. Alex
wat lankal nie meer in Die Liefde glo nie, weet: dit is hoe dit
voel. Maar dan haal die chaos hom in. Eers begin dit onophoudelik
reen en paaie en dorpies spoel weg. En dan, wanneer die lyk van 'n
Amerikaanse IT-biljoener op ’n strand uitspoel, word dit duidelik
dat Ranna met rede haar verlede probeer begrawe. Waarom anders stel
die polisie skielik in haar belang?
One beautiful Californian evening, a wealthy businessman falls to his
death from his secluded cliff-top house onto the rocks below.
A tragic accident? Or murder?
Nora and her half-brother Sam suspect it may be the latter, and team up
to uncover the truth of what really happened that night.
But their relationship has never been easy, and it is about to be
tested to the limit as they start to question how well either of them
really knew their elusive father.
Unravelling his mysterious past takes them back to a world they knew
nothing about, to a tangled love affair and a web of relationships that
other people would far rather stay buried...
Filled with passion, intrigue, lies, and dark, dark family secrets, The
Night We Lost Him is a page turning mystery you won’t ever want to put
down.
Over five intense years, a small but skilled team of spies navigated a
treacherous landscape of deceit, risk, and setbacks, culminating in the
downfall of one of South Africa’s most dangerous terrorist
organisations.
Narrated by David Africa, the intelligence mastermind behind the
operation, the book chronicles Pagad’s transformation from a local
anti-gang movement to a violent terror group and takes readers deep
into the heart of the covert operation, detailing the complexities of
intelligence gathering, the battles with internal resistance within the
state security forces, and the relentless pursuit of a terror network
determined to wreak havoc.
How can a man who’s already dead be wanted for murder?
This is the question sports agent Myron Bolitar asks himself when two FBI agents visit him in New York. The man they are looking for is Myron’s former client and rival, Greg Downing. Greg’s DNA has been found at the scene of a high profile double-murder, and he is now the FBI’s main suspect. But Greg died three years previously, Myron says. He went to his funeral and gave the eulogy.
The FBI are disbelieving, and Myron knows he has to find some answers – and quickly. Could Greg Downing still be alive?
The more Myron and his close friend Win dig into what really happened, the more dangerous their world becomes . . .
Secrets, lies and a murderous conspiracy that stretches back into the past lie at the heart of Harlan Coben’s blistering new thriller.
"A war's on and a murder has been committed-and we sit here talking
nonsense about almond whirls and mince pies!" Good old Uncle
Willie-rich, truculent and seemingly propped up by his fierce
willpower alone-has come to stay with the Redpaths for the
holidays. It is just their luck for him to be found dead in the
snow on Boxing Day morning, dressed in his Santa Claus costume and
seemingly poisoned by something in the Christmas confectionery. As
the police flock to the house, Willie's descendants, past lovers
and distant relatives are drawn into a perplexing investigation to
find out how the old man met his fate, and who stands to gain by
such an unseasonable crime. First published in 1944, Murder After
Christmas is a lively riot of murder, mince pies and misdirection,
cleverly twisting the tropes of Golden Age detective fiction to
create a pacey, light-hearted package admirably suited for the
holiday season.
A Stylist Best New Fiction of 2021 Selection, this stunning 1950s
set debut mystery is a perfect summer read. 'A remarkably assured
debut. A tale of inequality, broken dreams and quiet desperation
behind a picture-perfect facade' Guardian 'A clever and absorbing
debut by Inga Vesper, who bricks Joyce up in her perfect house,
then smashes it to pieces with aplomb' The Times ________
Yesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time . . . It's the
summer of 1959, and the well-trimmed lawns of Sunnylakes,
California, wilt under the sun. At some point during the long, long
afternoon, Joyce Haney, wife, mother, vanishes from her home,
leaving behind two terrified children and a bloodstain on the
kitchen floor. While the Haney's neighbours get busy organising
search parties, it is Ruby Wright, the family's 'help', who may
hold the key to this unsettling mystery. Ruby knows more about the
secrets behind Sunnylakes' starched curtains than anyone, and it
isn't long before the detective in charge of the case wants her
help. But what might it cost her to get involved? In these long hot
summer afternoons, simmering with lies, mistrust and prejudice, it
could only take one spark for this whole 'perfect' world to set
alight . . . A beguiling, deeply atmospheric debut novel from the
cracked heart of the American Dream, The Long, Long Afternoon is at
once a page-turning mystery and an intoxicating vision of the ways
in which women everywhere are diminished, silenced and ultimately
under-estimated. Everyone is talking about The Long, Long Afternoon
'Beguiling and evocative. This vivid and atmospheric pageturner
will keep readers guessing all the way to its satisfying finale'
Sunday Express 'Beautifully crafted, claustrophobic and compelling.
As delicious as a long drink on a hot day' Stacey Halls, Sunday
Times bestselling author of The Familiars and The Foundling 'Such a
vivid atmosphere of stifling LA heat and stifling 50s domesticity'
Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures 'Breathtakingly stylish,
hypnotic and masterfully gripping' Chris Whitaker, author of We
Begin at the End, Waterstones Thriller of the Month 'A triumph.
What a pleasure to read something fresh and original. For once the
hype is justified and Inga Vesper's gripping page turner must
surely now be bound for Netflix' Evening Standard 'A tasty, tense,
page-turning combo of James Ellroy and Kate Atkinson with a bit of
Mad Men thrown in' Liz Hyder 'For fans of Revolutionary Road and
Mad Men, this is an atmospheric tale of repression and style at the
heart of the American Dream' Stylist
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