Thriller

You think you met her by chance. You're wrong.Charlotte has it all: the successful career, the loving family. But, secretly, she is dangerously bored of her rigid and structured life. Bianka is a free spirit, always the life and soul. When she and Charlotte meet, it feels like fate - Bianka is exactly the person that Charlotte needs. When they escape to Ibiza for a girls' trip, home is soon forgotten. Charlotte dives head first into a life that is looser, wilder. But the holiday soon spirals out of control with fatal consequences - someone doesn't return home. Charlotte soon regrets ever breaking out of her carefully constructed routine. And as the aftermath of the trip ricochets disastrously through her life, she wonders whether meeting Bianka was really an accident - or something much more calculated . . . A fabulously creepy simmering 'glam-noir' thriller, perfect for fans of Harriet Tyce, Claire Douglas and TM Logan.Readers can't get enough of Alex Dahl . . .'An irresistible read' Daily Mail'Fast-paced and unsettling' Guardian'A tense thriller that felt utterly real' Jane Shemilt

A married couple borrows a luxurious home on the Norwegian fjords, entangling themselves in a web of lies when they pretend to be the owners. Chilling, darkly funny psychological suspense by the international bestselling author of The Bird Tribunal.

There are no easy choices when the dark clouds gather DI Shona Oliver's past and present collide when James McGowan, her ex-classmate - now a famous actor - comes to the area to make a Robert Burns biopic. Shona is tasked with keeping him safe during filming on an isolated island in the Solway Firth, and her job is made much harder when a dead man wearing James's coat is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances. It seems someone wanted James out of the picture. Meanwhile, Shona has her hands full at home too; her husband is on trial for a crime he claims he did not commit, but if he speaks out he risks his wife and their teenage daughter coming to harm. Can Shona keep her head above the waves and protect those around her? A compulsive, atmospheric crime thriller set in Scotland, perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Ann Cleeves and Neil Lancaster. Praise for The Gathering Storm 'A page turner. The atmospheric setting draws the reader in to the extent that I felt that I was a spectator, chilled by the rain' ¿¿¿¿¿ Reader review 'An interesting plot. Characters are well written and likeable with a strong female detective' ¿¿¿¿¿ Reader review 'An excellent addition to the DI Shona Oliver series. The setting is described perfectly and I really like the characterisation. There is plenty of action and it's full of atmosphere... I highly recommend' ¿¿¿¿¿ Reader review 'Wow what a book, I could not put it down. Would definitely recommend to others' ¿¿¿¿¿ Reader review 'This was a brilliant story that kept me captivated. I was hooked from start to finish' ¿¿¿¿¿ Reader review 'This series gets even better with each story. Whilst there is a lot going on the threads are clear, well-defined and well contextualised... compelling reading' ¿¿¿¿¿ Reader review 'I loved this book! I only just started reading Lynne McEwan's books and can never put them down' ¿¿¿¿¿ Reader review

Two brothers return to their family home to care for their dying father, only to find the ghosts of their pasts are restless and hungry for blood, in this gothic horror perfect for fans of Hereditary and readers of Stephen Graham Jones.

In the small town of Pennsylvania, home to around 10,000 residents, a tyrant by the name of Mr. Mendoza holds sway. As the owner of all the local businesses and banks that employ the townspeople, he exerts his control both financially and mentally. But unbeknownst to him, a group of six extraordinary teenagers have come together with a daring plan to overthrow Mendoza's oppressive regime and restore freedom to the town. With so much at stake, their mission could cost them and the townspeople their very lives. This thrilling novel is a tale of courage, rebellion, and the fight for justice in the face of overwhelming odds.

A madcap spy satire from one of America's most prodigiously talented novelists.

One of The Times' "Best Crime Novels by Women since 2000"    "Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund" iNews    "In a television world now awash in female coppers, there aren't many as interesting and human as Rebecka"  Wall Street Journal The frozen body of a woman is found in a fishing ark on the ice near Torneträsk in northern Sweden. She has been brutally tortured, but the killing blow was clumsy, almost amateur.  The body is quickly identified, raising hopes of an open-and-shut solution. But when a six-month-old suicide is disinterred, Rebecka Martinsson and Anna-Maria Mella find themselves investigating shocking corruption at the heart of one of Sweden's most successful mining companies. One that has powerful enemies of its own.

Unwilling participants in the dramatic last days of the Knights of St John, Vanderville and Gracchus are forced to play a perilous double game to unmask a deadly hidden killer

The second in a powerfully unsettling trilogy by the master of the psychothriller, Sebastian Fitzek.Dr Suker is one of the best eye surgeons in the world. He is also a psychopath who abducts women to sexually abuse them. Before he rapes a woman, Suker carefully removes her eyelids. So far, all the victims of the twisted doctor's crimes have committed suicide shortly thereafter. The police are unable to proceed against him due to the lack of evidence.When another woman is abducted, her mother turns to Alina Gregoriev for help. Gregoriev, the blind physiotherapist, has been considered a medium since her abilities helped capture an infamous serial killer. She reluctantly gets involved in the Suker case - and is drawn into a whirlpool of madness and violence that also engulfs her old friend, police officer turned journalist Alexander Zorbach.Reviewers on Sebastian Fitzek'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists.' Harlan Coben'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers' Karin Slaughter

Brian Stewart is a respected professional man, liked by his colleagues and friends and loved by his wife Marcia and their two young children. He has never been the kind of man who would lose his sense of propriety or do anything on an impulse.Until, that is, the day he starts to go off the rails. Alarmed at the change in her husband, Marcia is horrified to discover that he has incurred tens of thousands of pounds in debts after starting to gamble compulsively. Soon afterwards, he is arrested for alleged sexual offences, including rape. Marcia stands by Brian but is unable to understand or explain this profound change in her husband's behaviour. Surely, he is not in his right mind. But what sort of affliction could lead to such serious loss of control over his basic impulses?

Nick Randal is a superstar actor with two Oscars to his name. He is the hottest property in Hollywood and lives the life of a hermit. He specialises in a technique called Deep Acting in order for him to 'get into character'. This involves him becoming that person he is going to portray by revisiting where they lived and the places they went - even living and eating as they would have in their time period.The problem with doing this, however, is that after the film is released, and after he is awarded his Oscars, these characters then take over his conscience and control him for short periods of time, causing him all kinds of problems - like getting involved in murder!Deep Acting by Michalis Neokleous describes the internal battles of Nick Randal's mind with the historical characters he portrays and who now reside in his head. In an effort to get them out, he decides to take one more role, that of Freud, thinking he can use Freud to get them to leave. He has a problem, though, there is another person in his head, a kid, someone from his past - a past he has repressed. The other people in his head fear this kid. Why? What harm can a kid do to them? Can Nick succeed in his efforts to rid them from his head?

When a woman mysteriously vanishes from her small town home, her sister must tally up the clues to uncover the truth behind the mystery.Beautiful sculptor Marguerite has disappeared from her small town in upstate New York. But was foul play involved? Did she merely get away for some fun? Or did she finally make the decision to leave behind her claustrophobic life of limited opportunities?Younger sister Gigi wonders if the flimsy silk Dior dress, so casually abandoned on the floor, is a clue to Marguerite's vanishing. The police puzzle over the footprints made by her Ferragamo boots, which end abruptly close to her home.Bit by bit, revelations about both women are uncovered, as Gigi, not so pretty as her sister, reveals her true feelings about the perfect, much-loved Marguerite. The fate of the missing beauty slowly and subtly comes to light In this suspenseful story about the complex relationship between two sisters.48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister is an exquisitely suspenseful tale from Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of Blonde and We Were the Mulvaneys.'This elegant, captivating tale is un-put-downable.' Publishers Weekly 'Perfect for all the Daisy Jones & the Six fans out there.' Katie Couric Media'Another masterpiece of storytelling.' Booklist'Not just a ripping good mystery, but a meticulous character study.' Los Angeles Magazine