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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Organized crime
The brand new novel from the international bestselling author of
The Bridesmaid and Queen Bee! Nameless. Faceless. Deadly?Waitress
Kit Lowman knows that people look down on her and the job she does.
But being anonymous offers Kit safety and security and allows her
own terrible secrets to remain hidden. And then Kit's luck changes,
and she suddenly faces a terrible dilemma: reveal her true identity
and accept that life will never be the same. Or stay in the
shadows...where she hopes she'll be safe? But secrets can't stay
hidden forever. And the more Kit tries to hide away, the more
someone makes it clear that they are going to make her pay for what
she did. Praise for Nina Manning: 'Heart-stopping, pacy and tension
filled. Highly recommended.' Claire Allan, USA Today Bestseller
'Compelling and claustrophobic, Nina is an exciting new voice and
definitely one to watch' Phoebe Morgan, author of The Babysitter
'Chilling and creepy. An atmospheric and addictive debut.' Diane
Jeffrey, author of The Guilty Mother 'Totally addictive. I couldn't
put it down!' Darren O'Sullivan, author of Closer Than You Think 'A
claustrophobic, nail-biting thriller that draws you in and doesn't
let go.' Naomi Joy, author of The Liars 'Clever, emotionally
draining and totally gripping. I absolutely loved this book!' D E
White, author of The Forgotten Child
It's different when it's your daughter. DI Gravel's daughter Emily
has landed her dream job working for high profile solicitor Charles
Turner. But the job turns deadly when she attracts the attention of
a serial killer. Gravel is already on the case, the bodies are
piling up and the killer's sick fantasies are enough to give the
detective nightmares. However, the killer's obsession with Emily
raises the stakes. Can Gravel and Emily survive the case? This is
the third book in the dark, edge-of-your-seat Carmarthen Crime
thriller series set in the stunning West Wales countryside.
*Previously published as A Cold Cold Heart*
It's different when it's your daughter. DI Gravel's daughter Emily
has landed her dream job working for high profile solicitor Charles
Turner. But the job turns deadly when she attracts the attention of
a serial killer. Gravel is already on the case, the bodies are
piling up and the killer's sick fantasies are enough to give the
detective nightmares. However, the killer's obsession with Emily
raises the stakes. Can Gravel and Emily survive the case? This is
the third book in the dark, edge-of-your-seat Carmarthen Crime
thriller series set in the stunning West Wales countryside.
*Previously published as A Cold Cold Heart*
He's inside her home. Successful novelist Mia is being stalked.
Photos of her and her four-year-old daughter arrive in untraceable
emails that demand Mia perform various tasks or else . . .
Terrified, Mia tries to escape, but the killer follows her all the
way to Italy. In desperation, she returns home, but nowhere is
safe. Meanwhile, DI Gravel is investigating the murder of three
women. The detective's last case pushed him to new extremes. Now
with his health failing and his career at an end, what lengths will
Gravel go to in order to catch a vicious killer? Once you've
crossed the line, can you ever turn back? This is the fourth book
in the dark, edge-of-your-seat Carmarthen Crime thriller series set
in the stunning West Wales countryside. *Previously published as
Every Move You Make*
A sensational second book in The Biggest Gang trilogy from
detective turned author Stephen Hayes. Fifty Shades Of Black 'N'
Blue will not disappoint - the beatings continue, the culture of
police corruption is further outlined with yet more real-life
examples and there's yet more sex both in and out of uniform. Mr
Hayes tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in
this shocking sequel to his first book The Biggest Gang In Britain.
The new book is slicker and sicker than his first and and as
compelling as any kicking in the police cells. This volume starts
with a bizarre death that led to life-changing alterations for the
author and his family. It's already being considered as a movie
storyline with one New York Times author describing the plot as
"simply superb". Read it and weep - Daily Record Unlike a rubber
truncheon this book will leave marks - Sunday Mirror The whole
truth, like a kick in the crutch, can be very painful - Daily Star
Sunday The honesty on the subject of police dishonesty is most
refreshing - Stockport Express
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
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
The brand new instalment in Frances Evesham's bestselling Ham Hill
Murder Mysteries!One unexplained disappearance is strange, but two
are sinister. In Lower Hembrow, an idyllic village nestled beneath
Ham Hill in Somerset, the villagers are preparing to enjoy the
autumn traditions of the rural English countryside until Joe
Trevillion, a curmudgeonly local farmer and the father of six
children, vanishes. When Adam Hennessy, the ex-detective proprietor
of The Plough, the village's popular Inn, investigates, he finds
ominous undercurrents beneath apparently harmless rumour and
gossip. Meanwhile, a vicious campaign of vindictiveness forces Adam
and his three amateur sleuth friends to dig deep into the secret
lives of their neighbours to expose the source of a cruel vendetta
and prevent another death. As they uncover the disturbing truth,
the friends learn they must also lay their own past lives to rest
before they can hope to make their dreams for the future come true.
A brand new cosy mystery series from the bestselling author of A
Village Murder, and A Racing Murder perfect for fans of Faith
Martin, Betty Rowlands and M.C. Beaton. Other Books in the Ham Hill
Murder Mystery series by Frances Evesham A Village Murder A Racing
Murder Also by Frances Evesham - The Exham-on-Sea Murder Mystery
Series Murder at the Lighthouse Murder on the Levels Murder on the
Tor Murder at the Cathedral Murder at the Bridge Murder at the
Castle Murder at the Gorge Murder at the Abbey
Is it revenge or is it justice? DI Gravel is supposed to be on
mandatory leave, but when a severed head washes up on the estuary
beach his holiday is cut short. Back on the job, he's shocked when
the case leads him to the victim from an old case Seventeen years
ago, the system failed Rebecca. They let the abuser of a
six-year-old girl walk free. But she's all grown up now and taking
the law into her own hands. Is this one killer DI Gravel doesn't
want to catch? This is the second book in the dark,
edge-of-your-seat Carmarthen Crime thriller series set in the
stunning West Wales countryside. *Previously published as Before I
Met Him*
Through political and cultural analysis of representations of the
so-called war on drugs, Oswaldo Zavala makes the case that the very
terms we use to describe drug traffickers are a constructed
subterfuge for the real narcos: politicians, corporations, and the
military. Though Donald Trump's incendiary comments and monstrous
policies on the border reveal the character of a deeply depraved
leader, state violence on both sides of the border is nothing new.
Immigration has endured as a prevailing news topic, but it is a
fixture of modern society in the neoliberal era; the future will be
one of exile brought on by state violence and the plundering of our
natural resources to sate capitalist greed. Yet, the realities of
violence in Mexico and along the border are obscured by the books,
films, and TV series we consume. In truth, works like Sicario, The
Queen of the South, and Narcos hide Mexico's political realities.
Along with these examples, Zavala discusses Charles Bowden, 2666 by
Roberto BolaNo, and other important Latin American writers as
examples of works that do capture the realities of the drug war.
Drug Cartels Do Not Exist will be useful for journalists, political
scientists, philosophers, and writers of any kind who wish to break
down the constructed barriers-physical and mental-created by those
in power around the reality of the Mexican drug trade.
'Anti-hero Nick Belsey, a policeman so maverick as to make Rebus
look like a jobsworth, has burnt his bridges and fled to Mexico in
Harris's latest marvellous thriller' Telegraph, 50 Best Books of
2022 Praise for Oliver Harris: 'One of our finest thriller writers'
Evening Standard 'Oliver Harris is always pure quality' Ian Rankin
Nick Belsey's on the run. Touching down in Mexico City, he doesn't
have much in the way of funds, but he has a new continent and
surely that's enough to start afresh. But it's not as easy as that.
An idyllic interlude in a coastal village is interrupted when men
turn up who seem to know exactly who he is. And they have some very
urgent questions. DI Kirsty Craik had also hoped she'd left Nick
Belsey behind her, in the wilder days of her career. When a five am
call instructs her to track him down or she'll be dead by
Christmas, it seems he's walked back into her life with
characteristic commotion. Craik is forced to break the rules once
more to find out what her former lover is up to. She needs to save
herself, and, just maybe, to save Belsey too.
'A gritty powerful story. A must read for fans of gangland crime.'
Bestselling author Kerry KayaBold, daring and ruthless, Tony
Lambrianu is now the main player in London's sleazy but lucrative
underworld. As the boss of a high-end nightclub in the West End and
with a never-ending string of gorgeous women on his arm, Tony is
the darling of the tabloids. However, despite his success, the
little boy who lived on the streets is never far away. Desperate
for respect, he's driven to achieve more and more. Most of all, he
craves the acceptance of Ralph Gold and to become a bigger part of
his extensive web of organised crime. Fearlessly facing up to
enemies, winning battles and becoming the undisputed boss of the
London underworld can be a nasty business, but it's the only
business Tony knows. And he'll stop at nothing to succeed! Please
note, this is a re-release of Nasty Business previously published
by Gillian Godden
'A gritty powerful story. A must read for fans of gangland crime.'
Bestselling author Kerry KayaBold, daring and ruthless, Tony
Lambrianu is now the main player in London's sleazy but lucrative
underworld. As the boss of a high-end nightclub in the West End and
with a never-ending string of gorgeous women on his arm, Tony is
the darling of the tabloids. However, despite his success, the
little boy who lived on the streets is never far away. Desperate
for respect, he's driven to achieve more and more. Most of all, he
craves the acceptance of Ralph Gold and to become a bigger part of
his extensive web of organised crime. Fearlessly facing up to
enemies, winning battles and becoming the undisputed boss of the
London underworld can be a nasty business, but it's the only
business Tony knows. And he'll stop at nothing to succeed! Please
note, this is a re-release of Nasty Business previously published
by Gillian Godden
'A masterclass in crime fiction' Jane E James The BRAND NEW
thriller from bestselling author Ross Greenwood! When DI Barton is
asked to investigate a seemingly innocuous fire that kills, he
believes it's either children fooling around or a worrying
racially-motivated crime. As he delves deeper into the case, he
soon realises that there is a history of similar blazes spread out
over many years, all within a close area. An idea suggested by
pathologist Mortis makes Barton suspect he has the arsonist's
motives wrong. When a night worker comes forward with a tip, Barton
narrows down the suspects. But with all of them acting
suspiciously, he knows for sure that one or more of them must be
lying. And when a huge house blaze shocks everyone, Barton fears
the killer has lost all control. Who is The Fire Killer? What will
be next to burn? DI Barton is back as Ross Greenwood continues with
his bestselling series, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Ian
Rankin. Praise for Ross Greenwood: 'Move over Rebus and Morse; a
new entry has joined the list of great crime investigators in the
form of Detective Inspector John Barton. A rich cast of characters
and an explosive plot kept me turning the pages until the final
dramatic twist.' author Richard Burke 'Master of the psychological
thriller genre Ross Greenwood once again proves his talent for
creating engrossing and gritty novels that draw you right in and
won't let go until you've reached the shocking ending.' Caroline
Vincent at Bitsaboutbooks blog 'Ross Greenwood doesn't write
cliches. What he has written here is a fast-paced, action-filled
puzzle with believable characters that's spiced with a lot of
humour.' author Kath Middleton
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