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Liza Metreveli is a young, talented ballet dancer with her whole life ahead of her - that is, until one fateful day when she falls victim to a horrific, mysterious murder. In this suspenseful, dialogue-driven story it is a race against the clock for Liza's grief-stricken friends and family to investigate the details and mysteries that lie at the heart of this crime. When the police fail to identify the motives or identity of the killer, it falls upon those closest to her to do a bit of their own private investigating so that they might at last serve justice on the matter and finally find a bit of closure. In a story that is as emotionally engaging as it is nerve-racking, you will not be able to put this down until you know who killed Liza Metreveli.

Abigail and her husband Jacob live in San Francisco, everything might appear normal at first glance but under closer inspection their world is similar to ours but not identical - in their world assassins have become legalised, and this is Abigail's profession. Just like any working couple they struggle with finding their work-life balance and are striving to give each other what they need without holding the other back. All seems to be aligning when one day in her office at Hazardous, one of the leading assassination firms in San Francisco, she receives a job from a woman named Sigrid Pleie, a job that will pay more than she has ever seen in all her career. What she soon learns is that this mammoth sum is there for a reason, and what starts off as a simple job, quickly turns into something far more terrifying.

At the pharmaceutical company CytoSerum, Gordon Harris and his team of scientists are working on a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, one that could put a stop to it for good. While this might seem like something that could bring nothing but good to the world, the harsh reality of it is that a discovery such as this one is worth a lot of money, and with a lot of money on the line comes a lot of danger. It doesn't take long for rival companies to catch wind of CytoSerum's state of the art technological advances and before long Harris, his loyal colleagues and their families are under violent threat from all directions. A fast-paced, action-packed thriller that ventures from London all the way to Sierra Leone - you won't be able to get this story out of your head!

Framed for a crime he didn't commit, private bodyguard Alex Drayce goes on the run in Las Vegas, hunted by both the police and a vicious gang out for blood.

Recent real-life terror-related murders pose a very important question for all of us: 'Why, actually, did the terrorist do it?' Thus, in this second fast-paced crime and adventure novel by David John Adams, Jewels Worldwide, Scotland Yard detectives uncover huge surprises about who and what was behind the Hatton Garden bombing in Jewels of Glory. Follow the original characters as they travel the world making startling discoveries, leading up to amazingly powerful climaxes.

FYRE FESTIVAL meets ONE OF THE GIRLS in this locked-room thriller about a series of kidnappings at a music festival that culminate in murder`It¿s the hottest ticket in town. But once yoüre in, there¿s no getting out.¿.

When, on the morning after this dinner, which was to form an era in her life, Mme. Favoral woke up, her husband was already up, pencil in hand, and busy figuring.

Most of us see some romances in life. In my capacity as Chief Manager of a Life Assurance Office, I think I have within the last thirty years seen more romances than the generality of men, however unpromising the opportunity may, at first sight, seem.

It Takes a Killer . . . Foster is not Jasper's father. He's the assassin who killed his family. Jasper was eight years old when he was kidnapped and raised by a killer. Not only raised . . . trained. To Raise a Killer . . . Jasper has now been a trained assassin for decades. Not only does he kill for a living, he has continued in Foster's footsteps - raising a 'family' of his own. Lost souls of the departed. Children who should be dead. Saved by Jasper. To Raise a Killer . . . Now, Jasper must contend with the imminent return of his most accomplished protégé, Gulliver. He decides to tell him everything - his life, how he came to be the man he is now, and what has happened to the family since he left. Only, there is someone else out there determined to stop Jasper and find the lost and missing. And they'll stop at nothing to bring an end to what Jasper has built.

THE ROYALLY BRILLIANT FOURTH BOOK IN THE HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN INVESTIGATES MYSTERY SERIES - NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER IN HARDBACK, EBOOK AND AUDIOBOOK!________________1957 - A young woman is found dead in a mews house a mile from Buckingham Palace, wearing only silk underwear and a a diamond tiara. An older man is discovered nearby, garrotted and pierced through the eye with a long, sharp implement. According to the police, a high society card game was going on downstairs that night. One of the players surely committed the murders, but each of them can give the others an alibi. When someone very close to her is implicated, the young Queen is drawn in to the investigation . . .

A killer stalks the streets of Leeds, a city in England's industrial north. Every man is a suspect. Every woman is at risk. But in a house on Cleopatra Street, women are fighting back.It's the eve of the 1980s. Police officer Liz Seeley joins the squad investigating the murders. With a violent boyfriend at home and male chauvinist pigs at work, she is drawn to a feminist collective led by the militant and uncompromising Rowena. There she meets Charmaine—young, Black, artistic, and fighting discrimination on two fronts.As the list of victims grows and police fail to catch the killer, women are too terrified to go out after dark. To the feminists, the Butcher is a symptom of wider misogyny. Their anger finds an outlet in violence, and Liz is torn between loyalty to them and her colleagues and job.In this novel based on the true events of the Yorkshire Ripper murders and the feminist arson campaign it triggered targeting porn outlets, Ajay Close combines the tension of a police procedural with the power and passion of the Women's Lib movement. By turns emotional, action-packed, and darkly funny, What Doesn't Kill Us reveals just how much the world has changed since the 1970s-and how much it hasn't

'The police. They're digging in the scrapyard.' Cal Lovett has spent half his life telling other people's stories on his true crime podcast. But the police are close to solving the mystery of his sister's disappearance - now he might finally get to tell Margot's story. A desperate relative begs for his help. Cal seeks respite on a holiday in the Scottish Highlands, but is dragged into a new cold case: an unsolved murder that shattered a family fourteen years ago. An isolated community wary of outsiders. Eyes follow Cal everywhere. And someone makes it very clear that they don't want him snooping around... How far will he go to find justice? And how far is far enough? The second thrilling instalment in the Cal Lovett Files, perfect for fans of Helen Fields, Jane Casey and Claire Douglas. Praise for Unburied 'Moody and broody and grandly atmospheric, blending the remote-community disquiet of The Wicker Man with the pace and edge of something altogether modern. Exceptionally good' A. J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window 'A tense and gripping tale that explores the complexities of motherhood' Heather Darwent, author of The Things We Do For Our Friends 'Exquisite prose, an exhilarating case and expertly crafted. A perfect follow up to a brilliant debut' Sam Holland, author of The Twenty 'A palpably intense yet tender novel... Flawlessly crafted, with one mystery nestled within another. An exquisite series' Dominic Nolan, author of Vine Street 'Flawless plotting, an atmospheric sense of place and a deep dive into the characters' lives' Emma Styles, author of No Country For Girls 'A cleverly constructed thriller... I adored everything about this book from the remote highland setting to the small town malice that seeps through the pages and across the years' Robert Scragg, author of End of the Line 'Wow what a book... I could not put it down.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review 'A brilliant story that is gripping from start to end. This will keep you on the edge of your seat with some great surprises along the way.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review 'This was so good. The characters are well rounded and likeable... I can't wait for more Cal!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review 'What a ride!! That book kept me guessing until the very end. I loved the pace and the speed of the book. I can't wait to read more by this extremely talented author!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review 'Gripping. I was hooked from the first chapter ... so well written, perfectly paced and detailed, I was totally immersed in this world. If you like mystery, suspense and whodunnits this book is definitely for you! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review

The Dog Park Detectives is a joyous and fur-ociously entertaining murder mystery for fans of dogs and cosy crime, and the first in a pawfully exciting new series that is perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood.

Part police procedural, part thriller, part mystery, this rich tapestry of a novel delves into the threats that face all those who use the social media that has become an essential part of our everyday existence. In two weeks time Tom and Kate are due to tie the knot, but when the body of a young man is discovered in a terraced house in East Manchester he is drawn inexorably into the dark side of the internet, where nothing is as it seems, and where lurks a threat to his own happiness and that of those closest to him. One of the bestselling DCI Tom Caton Manchester Murder Mysteries,

Christmas approaches. A killer dressed as a clown haunts the streets of Manchester. This is his reckoning. DCI Tom Caton and forensic profiler Kate Webb must follow the trail from the site of the old mass cholera graves, through the penthouse opulence of canalside apartments, to the Victorian Gothic grandeur of the Town Hall. Time is running out for Tom, Kate, and the City. The first in the acclaimed British Crime Fiction Series - the DCI Tom Caton Manchester Murder Mysteries. Winner of the 2011ePublishing Consortium Writers Award 2011, shortlisted for the Amazon Breakthrough Debut Novel Award, and the LongBarn Books Debut Novel Award.

A mass murder, reported on the news, leads Paul Gallo to Alaska, following the trail of his brother's disappearance. But the town he arrives in has a terrible, twisted secret.

When crime lord Jack Barker's brother is murdered, it is Barker's old friend, DCI Frank Palmer, who is tasked with leading the investigation to find the perpetrator. The gangster's pursuit of vengeance leaves a wake of destruction across the capital and triggers a wave of violence that rapidly engulfs the city's underworld.DCI Palmer attempts to restrain the rampaging Barker as he searches for answers, and soon discovers that old sins have long shadows.

Tina Brown thought she had it all.She had married the love of her life and had a brand-new baby boy.On Tina's first day back to work after her maternity leave,she vanished from the staff parking lot of the restaurant she worked at,never to be seen again.When Taylor Duncan, the cop who led the investigation into Tina's disappearancegets promoted to take over the cold case division,he brings Tina's case back to life.Taylor and his partner, Julia Miller, follow the breadcrumbs down a crooked little pathin search of the answers Tina's family has been waiting seven years for.Some of the answers they find hit a lot closer to homethan anyone could have ever imagined.