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USA Today bestseller! Would you sell your secrets? Catherine
Carlisle is trapped in a loveless marriage and the threat of World
War Two is looming. She sees no way out... that is until a trusted
friend asks her to switch her husband's papers in a desperate bid
to confuse the Germans. Soon Catherine finds herself caught up in a
deadly mixture of espionage and murder. Someone is selling secrets
to the other side, and the evidence seems to point right at her.
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down... Kept me reading until the wee hours of the morning... I
enjoyed every page.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'More twists,
turns and surprises than I could have imagined!' Goodreads
reviewer, 5 stars 'Riveting... I read the entire book in one
setting.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'Wow. I did not want to put
it down... I absolutely loved this book.' Goodreads reviewer, 5
stars 'What a wonderful book... This is the first book I have read
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Ridiculously addictive.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'A gripping
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When a mysterious killer haunts Arkham, three struggling
investigators must confront the eldritch horrors of their past in
this action-packed pulp adventure from the world of Arkham Horror
In the swirling sewers beneath Arkham, excavators uncover a
crystalline formation that hints at dark events from the city's
past. As the discovery makes headlines, so too does a series of
bizarre murders. With no leads, the Arkham police are always one
step behind. Acting on a hunch, down-on-his luck former journalist
Andy Van Nortwick reunites with adventurer Jake Williams and
struggling filmmaker Maude Brion to unearth the truth. The trio
know of the supernatural horrors that lurk beyond this world, and
the reality haunts them. But time is running out and between them
they must face their nightmares before the city of Arkham is lost
to blood and chaos.
The strangest detective story in the history of music - inspired by
a true incident. A world spiralling towards war. A composer
descending into madness. And a devoted woman struggling to keep her
faith in art and love against all the odds. 1933. Dabbling in the
fashionable "Glass Game" - a Ouija board - the famous Hungarian
violinist Jelly d'Aranyi, one-time muse to composers such as
Bartok, Ravel and Elgar, encounters a startling dilemma. A message
arrives ostensibly from the spirit of the composer Robert Schumann,
begging her to find and perform his long-suppressed violin
concerto. She tries to ignore it, wanting to concentrate instead on
charity concerts. But against the background of the 1930s
depression in London and the rise of the Nazis in Germany, a
struggle ensues as the "spirit messengers" do not want her to
forget. The concerto turns out to be real, embargoed by Schumann's
family for fear that it betrayed his mental disintegration: it was
his last full-scale work, written just before he suffered a nervous
breakdown after which he spent the rest of his life in a mental
hospital. It shares a theme with his Geistervariationen (Ghost
Variations) for piano, a melody he believed had been dictated to
him by the spirits of composers beyond the grave. As rumours of its
existence spread from London to Berlin, where the manuscript is
held, Jelly embarks on an increasingly complex quest to find the
concerto. When the Third Reich's administration decides to unearth
the work for reasons of its own, a race to perform it begins.
Though aided and abetted by a team of larger-than-life
personalities - including her sister Adila Fachiri, the pianist
Myra Hess, and a young music publisher who falls in love with her -
Jelly finds herself confronting forces that threaten her own state
of mind. Saving the concerto comes to mean saving herself. In the
ensuing psychodrama, the heroine, the concerto and the pre-war
world stand on the brink, reaching together for one more chance of
glory.
Deadly secrets dwell behind closed doors...In the summer of 1380 a
French captain is murdered in Hawkmere Manor - a lonely, gloomy
dwelling place, otherwise known as the 'Devil's Domain'. The house
is used by Regent John of Gaunt to house French prisoners, captured
during the bloody battles waged between the French and the English
on the Narrow Seas. Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan are
summoned to investigate the mysterious death but their path is
riddled with obstacles. How could the murderer have entered the
Frenchman's chamber when the room was locked from within? Brother
Athelstan is back in another full-throttle medieval mystery,
perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom, E. M. Powell and S. J. Parris.
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A dazzling literary thriller set in Japan-occupied China from the
most translated Chinese novelist of our time. China, 1941. At the
height of the Second World War, Japan rules over China. In
Hangzhou, a puppet government propped up by the Japanese wages an
underground war against the Communist resistance. Late one night,
five intelligence officers, employed as codebreakers by the regime,
are escorted to an isolated mansion outside the city. The secret
police are certain that one of them is a communist spy. None of
them is leaving until the traitor is unmasked. It should be a
straightforward case of sifting truth from lies. But as each
codebreaker spins a story that proves their innocence, what really
happened is called into question again and again. Praise for Mai
Jia: 'A spy novel on a grand scale in which nothing is as it seems'
The Times on The Message 'Jia's playful mix of tradecraft,
puzzle-solving and human folly brings an original twist to the spy
fiction canon' Sunday Times on The Message 'A page-turner with a
gripping plot, otherworldy aura, and flamboyant detail' New York
Times on Decoded 'A mix of spy thriller, historical saga and
mathematical puzzle that coheres into a powerful whole' Financial
Times on Decoded 'A literary superstar' Telegraph
*LAURA PURCELL'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE WHISPERING MUSE IS
AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW* Winner of the Historical Crime Book of
the Year 2021 Award at the 2022 Fingerprint Crime Awards 'Dripping
with atmosphere with a corkscrew plot, Laura Purcell just gets
better and better' STACEY HALLS 'It truly kept me guessing to the
very last page' SONIA VELTON Wicked deeds require the cover of
darkness... A struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks
out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead -
and to try and identify their killers - in this beguiling new tale
from Laura Purcell. Silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep
her business afloat. Still recovering from a serious illness
herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her
orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then one of her
clients is murdered shortly after sitting for Agnes, and then
another, and another... Desperately seeking an answer, Agnes
approaches Pearl, a child spirit medium lodging in Bath with her
older half-sister and her ailing father, hoping that if Pearl can
make contact with those who died, they might reveal who killed
them. But Agnes and Pearl quickly discover that instead they may
have opened the door to something that they can never put back...
What secrets lie hidden in the darkness?
'Has a charm, and mystery, all of its own' THE TIMES 'Frances Brody
has made it to the top rank of crime writers' DAILY MAIL The first
historical mystery in a new classic crime series from bestselling
author Frances Brody. This is the perfect locked room page-turner
for fans of Agatha Christie and Jacqueline Winspear. ___________
1969. A job in the Prison Service is not for everyone. The training
is hard, the cells are bleak and a thick skin is needed. But for
Nell Lewis, helping prisoners is something she cares about deeply,
and when she's promoted into a new post as governor of HMP
Brackerley in Yorkshire, she's tasked with transforming the
renowned run-down facility into a modern, open prison for women.
Just as Nell is settling into her new role, events take a dark turn
when a man's body is discovered in the prison grounds. The mystery
deepens still when one of their female inmates goes missing,
ensuing a search across the country. Can Nell resolve the sinister
happenings at HMP Brackerley, before anyone else is put in danger?
___________ What readers are saying about Frances Brody: 'Witty,
acerbic and very, very perceptive' Ann Cleeves 'A splendid heroine'
Ann Granger 'An engagingly forthright and indefatigable
investigator' Irish Times 'Frances Brody matches a heroine of free
and independent spirit with a vivid evocation of time and place . .
. a novel to cherish' Barry Turner, Daily Mail 'The series is right
up there with Miss Marple' Sunday Sport 'Delightful' People's
Friend 'Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs in
a subgroup of young, female amateur detectives who survived and
were matured by their wartime experiences' Literary Review 'Brody's
excellent mystery splendidly captures the conflicts and attitudes
of the time with well-developed characters' RT Book Reviews 'In
Yorkshire we are proud to have such a first-rate crime novelist in
our county' Yorkshire Gazette & Herald
THE GRIPPING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER What happens when the person
closest to you has led a life of deception? 'Full of suspense and
intriguing characters' MY WEEKLY 'A gritty, gripping drama' WOMAN'S
WEEKLY _______ After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent
is approached by a man named Angus Tweedy. He claims to be her
father and tells her that he served time in prison for marrying
Sally bigamously. What does he hope to gain by telling her this
now, thirty years on? How can her adored dad Ralph not be her true
father? And why did her mother betray her so badly? She had
accepted Sally's many faults, and her reluctance to ever speak of
the past. But faced with this staggering deception, Alice knows she
must uncover the whole truth about her mother. Whatever the cost.
As Alice journeys into the past she discovers her mother may never
have been the woman she claimed to be . . . _______ 'Brilliantly
builds intrigue' WOMAN & HOME 'A raw, truthful and moving
account, building intrigue as Alice gradually uncovers her mother's
life of deception, lies - and love' WOMAN'S WEEKLY 'Written with
Pearse's typically engaging and effortless style of storytelling,
Deception is an intriguing book of highs, lows, struggles and
perseverance' CULTUREFLY Praise for Lesley Pearse 'Storytelling at
its very best' Daily Mail 'Gripping and suspenseful' Daily Express
'A twisting and intense read' Woman's Own
Who said nothing ever happens in the French countryside?Picardie,
1964. On a deserted country road, three Moroccan nationals are shot
dead with precision, a cold-blooded execution, one bullet each. To
Inspector Lucas Rocco, it's a mystery. Why them and why here? A
short time later, he happens upon two police officers who have been
assaulted by an enraged motorist, one of them seriously. The
unapologetic assailant, found to have an unregistered gun in his
possession, claims to be the secretary of a high-profile and
influential Parisian lawyer, Guy De Lancourt. The two cases
seemingly have nothing in common. But on closer examination Rocco
feels something isn't quite right. Just what lies beneath De
Lancourt's carefully-cultivated public persona? And what secrets
are hidden at Les Cypres, the heavily-guarded former mental asylum
De Lancourt has made his home? A scintillating French historical
crime thriller, perfect for fans of Martin Walker, Donna Leon and
Maigret.
A stunning debut historical thriller set in the turbulent 14th
Century for fans of CJ Sansom, The Name of the Rose and An Instance
of the Fingerpost. London, 1385. A city of shadows and fear, in a
kingdom ruled by the headstrong young King Richard II, haunted by
the spectre of revolt. A place of poetry and prophecy, where power
is bought by blood. For John Gower, part-time poet and full-time
trader in information, secrets are his currency. When close
confidant, fellow poet Geoffrey Chaucer, calls in an old debt,
Gower cannot refuse. The request is simple: track down a missing
book. It should be easy for a man of Gower's talents, who knows the
back-alleys of Southwark as intimately as the courts and palaces of
Westminster. But what Gower does not know is that this book has
already caused one murder, and that its contents could destroy his
life. Because its words are behind the highest treason - a
conspiracy to kill the king and reduce his reign to ashes...
A government conspiracy that goes to the very top...Murder by
suicide? Three senior government officials - a judge, a politician,
and an ex-police chief - are all dead by their own hands. Inspector
Lucas Rocco finds himself once more working for the Interior
Ministry: undertaking an investigation meant to avoid a government
scandal and ignoring unpalatable truths. He's soon convinced that a
common denominator must be at play... Rocco uncovers top-level
fraud, theft and deception. And when he narrowly survives an
attempt on his life, he realises that he has nothing to lose by
bringing the truth out in to the open - whatever the risks. The
sixth gripping instalment in the Inspector Rocco crime thrillers,
perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Jean-Luc Bannalec and Mark
Billingham.
'An atmospheric, disturbing, even scary tale that touches on
otherworldliness' THE TIMES 'Too-cool-for-school teenage girls, an
outsider welcomed into their fold, and murder...a guaranteed good
read' STYLIST 'Witchcraft, murder, and adolescent passion' HEAT
IT'S 1997. VIOLET IS A NEW STUDENT AT ELM HOLLOW ACADEMY AND
DESPERATE TO FIT IN. Quiet, artistic, unremarkable. When invited to
an advanced study group by her alluring art teacher, Annabel, she
is at once terrified and delighted. There she meets Robin, Grace,
and Alex: charismatic outsiders who invite her into their clique.
But once the study sessions on the school's history of
seventeenth-century witchcraft and magic become more than just
theory, Violet must decide what she's prepared to do in order to
stay popular. And maybe she'll solve the mystery of what happened
to a former member of their group. The one who went missing.
"Downton Abbey meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries!" "A Child Lost
is undoubtedly a novel that should not be missed-the story is
genius, flawlessly written, and wildly entertaining! A thrilling
five stars!" - The Red Headed Book Lover "Once again, Cox delivers
the passion and intrigue of Henrietta and Clive with a story that
leaps right off the page. A Child Lost is a true thrill . . . " -
Paperback Paris "The characters' depth and complexity is
beautifully written...this is a truly enjoyable and addicting
series." - Nurse Bookie A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost
little girl . . . When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed
Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to
investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman
operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is
suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an
open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when
Henrietta-much to Clive's dismay-begins to believe the
spiritualist's strange ramblings. Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and
Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther,
locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman
Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the
little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search
leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible
truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly
admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta
return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta
begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When
Clive doesn't believe her, she decides to take matters into her own
hands . . . with horrifying results.
Turn a Blind Eye is the third instalment in the gripping story of
Detective Inspector William Warwick, by the master storyteller and
Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Clifton
Chronicles. William Warwick, now a Detective Inspector, is tasked
with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose
crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan
Police Force. His team is focused on following Detective Jerry
Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle appears to exceed his
income. But as a personal relationship develops with a member of
William's team, it threatens to compromise the whole investigation.
Meanwhile, a notorious drug baron goes on trial, with the
prosecution case led by William's father and sister. And William's
wife Beth, now a mother to twins, renews her connection with an old
acquaintance who appears to have turned over a new leaf - or has
she? As the undercover officers start to draw the threads together,
William realizes that the corruption may go deeper still, and more
of his colleagues than he first thought might be willing to turn a
blind eye. 'Peerless master of the page-turner' - Daily Mail
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW 'Banville writes dangerous and
clear-running prose and has a grim gift of seeing people's souls.'
DON DELILLO 'Crime writing of the finest quality, elegant,
distinctive and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail 'John Banville is
one of the best novelists in English.' Guardian '[The Strafford and
Quirke series] promises to elevate the crime novel to new artistic
heights.' Financial Times The Sunday Times bestselling author of
Snow and April in Spain returns with Strafford and Quirke's most
troubling case yet. 1950s Dublin, in a lock-up garage in the city,
the body of a young woman is discovered, an apparent suicide. But
pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon
suspect foul play. The victim's sister, a newspaper reporter from
London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to
uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy
German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may
have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an
ever-deepening mystery. With relations between the two men
increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to
the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of
a hidden puzzle?
Every gift has a price . . . every piece of lace has a
secret.
Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator, hails
from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the
patterns in lace, and who have guarded a history of secrets going
back generations. Now the disappearance of two women is bringing
Towner back home to Salem--and is bringing to light the shocking
truth about the death of her twin sister.
Told through four interlinked cases, this Gothic horror mystery
sees Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula join forces to banish a
terrible enemy 1902. Sherlock Holmes's latest case begins with a
severed finger. With no signs of decomposition and an adverse
reaction to silver, it is the most perplexing mystery yet - one
that relates to their next client - and the moment Sherlock's and
Watson's lives are irrevocably changed. A Transylvanian nobleman
called Count Dracula arrives at Baker Street seeking Sherlock's
help, for his beloved wife Mina has been kidnapped. But Dracula is
a client like no other and Sherlock and Watson must confront -
despite the wild, unbelievable notion - the existence of vampires.
And before long, Sherlock, Watson and their new vampire allies must
work together to banish a powerful enemy growing in the shadows...
Four years after being exiled to Paris for disgracing the family
name, Alabama debutante Zoe Barlow is still reeling from the horror
of her ejection. Still, she's managed to create a new family among
fellow expats and artists, including Hadley and Ernest Hemingway.
When a valise containing all of Ernest's writings goes missing, Zoe
volunteers to help Hadley track it down. Unfortunately, the valise
leads to two murders-the train porter who stole the bag, and a
young woman rumored to be Anastasia Romanov-shot to death on the
edge of a small village. With much more at stake than the missing
manuscripts, Zoe risks everything she holds dear to find out who
among her adopted family is a murderer.
"Sir Hugh is in top form tracking down the wily killer of local
clerics while eating his way through a feast of mediaeval dishes. A
delightful mystery with an authentic historical touch." Fiona
Veitch Smith, author and scriptwriter Keeping watch over the Easter
Sepulchre, where the Host and crucifix are stored between Good
Friday and Easter Sunday, is considered a privilege. So, it is
shocking when it is discovered that Odo, the priest's clerk, has
abandoned his post. But as the hours pass and Odo is not found,
Hugh de Singleton is called upon. It is Hugh that finds the dried
blood before the altar, and fear grows for the missing man... Will
Hugh be called upon to investigate another murder, or will the man
be found hale and hearty? But if so, where has the blood come from?
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