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Glamorous debutantes, heartbreak and discovering just what is worth fighting for in the new historical novel from Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks.1914. Vivian, a young, impassioned debutante is hurried into...

They framed me.They abducted my wife.They took my child.I want him back.Sam Capra has one reason to live: to reclaim his baby son from the people who kidnapped him. Teaming...

Taut, suspenseful and ferociously readable thriller featuring psychological profiler Dr Tony Hill. 'A terrific chiller from Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris' Guardian Nobody moves around inside the messy heads of...

After a brilliant career in ceramics spent making things and breaking things, now it is Jay herself who has cracked. Recovering from a breakdown, she and her husband Simon move...

'A first class dark thriller with a venomous bite.' Crime TimeThe epic and compulsive debut thriller for fans of The Institute, The Night Agent and I am Pilgrim. Trust no-one,...

Winner of the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel 2014 In the middle of an unusually hot Swedish summer, a young woman studying at the Vaxjo Police Academy is...

'A little bit Margery Allingham with hints of Mitford, definite tones of Eva Ibbotson and as delightful as I Capture the Castle, D is for Death is an instant classic....

*** FROM THE #1 EBOOK BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CALL ME MUMMY ***'Gripped my throat and didn't let go until the final sentence' - CAROLINE ENGLAND'A slow-burn thriller, both horrifying and...

348 393 9028: MEDUSA. After the heated pool, the air was distinctly cool, even down here in the sheltered terraces above lake Lugano. He keyed in the number, then turned...

OLD CRIMES, NEW CONSEQUENCESTHE PASTIn wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled behind the National Theatre, a rough and dangerous area of the city known as 'the shadow district'....

'A riveting murder mystery' Kiran Desai'Brilliant, brutal' The TimesIn the quiet village of Teetarpur, a child is found dead, hanging from a Jamun tree. Suspicion in the mainly Hindu community...

A highway patrol trooper notices something strange on the side of the road: a homemade cross, fashioned as a memorial. Except the date being 'remembered' is the following day -...

PLAY FAIR . . . OR PLAY TO WIN?Falling in love with polar-opposite men was an intoxicating ride that nearly ended Sage Reese's life. Now it's time for Sage to...

'I DEVOURED THIS STORY IN ONE SITTING.' Louise Jensen, author of The Sister A teenage girl is missing. Is your daughter involved, or is she next? When Karen Finch's seventeen-year-old...

'An intoxicating thriller' SUN (5 STARS, Book of the Week) Aspiring actress Elizabeth Smart lands her centre stage role: her mutilated body is found dumped in North London's red light...

On December 7, 1941, four brothers exploring a pit on a small island off the coast of Washington state make an extraordinary discovery, only to be interrupted by news of...

THE SECOND IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER DAGGER.'In a class of his own' Guardian'Reads like a breathless scalpel through the bloody heart of a great...

Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2016.From the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, comes Every Night I Dream of Hell, a dark and thrilling...

'SUPERB' TELEGRAPH'YOU EITHER GOT IT OR YOU DON'T ... WATT ABSOLUTELY HAS' THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH'THE FINAL CHASE SCENE ... IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE READ' OBSERVER...

**USA Today Bestseller**No WiFi, no distractions. No way out... Agatha's husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift-a one-day...

The electrifying third novel from the author of the nail-biting thriller, The Vanishing SeasonFBI agent Reed Markham is haunted by one painful unsolved mystery: who murdered his mother? Camilla was...

Everyone in the family had a secret. Which one has proved deadly?When Mallory Dawson gets a call from a former colleague, Elsa, describing a strange scene, she initially thinks nothing...

'Vivid, amusing and immensely enjoyable . . . A triumph' Alexander McCall SmithMeet Tannie Maria: the loveable writer of recipes in her local paper, the Klein Karoo Gazette.One Sunday morning,...

After years of Hollywood success composer Chris Lowndes wanted only one thing: to take his beloved wife home to the Yorkshire Dales.But Laura is gone, and Chris is on his...

The twenty-seventh entry in Janet Evanovich's No.1 New York Times bestselling series isn't just the biggest case of Stephanie Plum's career. It's the adventure of a lifetime.**The No. 1 New...

Senseless is the first in a two-part series by Mary Burton - America's dark mistress of crime. Every Serial Killer Knows . . . The vicious burns scarring the victims'...

Merciless follows Senseless as the second in Mary Burton's thrilling two-part series. First you beg. Then you die . . . No PityEach skeleton is flawless - gleaming white and...

The theft of the diamond necklace and the antique pistols might all be explained, but the body in the lake is particularly puzzling. 'Don't expect me to solve anything,' Inspector...

Jon Smith is attending a W.H.O. conference in The Hague on infectious diseases and wakes in his hotel room to find a man aiming a gun at him. Smith neutralizes...