Thriller

David Walker disappeared in the summer of 1969 and was assumed dead.Imagine going to work one day, then waking up in 2019 without knowledge he had gone to sleep for fifty years in suspended animation.Would he be able to live successfully in the life he now faced, being the world's first cryonaut , and with a son who he last saw as a three-year-old, who was now an older man?It was difficult trying to cope with the latest technology, and he was sad that he had missed the birthdays, anniversaries, and deaths of those he loved - in particular his wife, Blossom.David continued to work with the Suspended Animation Program, with little knowledge that his pioneering work would be used to save his son from a cruel, debilitating disease. But, a sinister plan was afoot when his son was captured, facing certain death.

The pandemic is over. Humanity is saved. The misery is over. Or is it? From the wreckage of the old world, a new order has arisen. On the banks of the Borava River, a city stands divided between two oppressive civilisations engaged in an endless struggle with one another. Under the callous rule of their power-hungry overlords, the people long for liberation yet can find no cause for hope or redemption. Amidst the contradictions and hypocrisies of this decaying world however, a string of unexplained murders ignites a spark of renewed enthusiasm as an investigation unfolds in a desperate search for answers to the murderous mystery. It is an endeavour which will lead straight to the grim and uncomfortable truth lying at the very heart of this post-pandemic civilisation, a truth which is better left unknown...

Do you ever escape emotional scars handed down by your parents? Can you change the path of destiny? It's 1978. The winter of discontent brings Britain to its knees, the world's first test tube baby is born...and the Sex Pistols play their last gig together. In a downbeat London suburb, teenager Emily Enderbie gives birth to twins, Annie and Bea. Separated at birth in shocking circumstances, the girls face very different futures. Raising vital questions about family, identity, pain and loss, the book explores the way the past stalks the present and the enduring heartache passed from one generation to the next.

To Christian Simpkins, time was of the essence. His old friend, a rather eccentric rotund scientist had been abducted from his own facility in Cornwall, England. Simpkins was on the trail, piecing together tiny snippets of information to steer him onward into the unknown. Others also desperately wanted this scientist, they wanted his knowledge and they wanted a particular little prototype that could seemingly defy gravity. Slowly, too slowly, Simpkins begins to unravel the workings of those that took his friend and their murderous intentions. Highly skilled in their deadly arts, they turned their attention to this worrying thorn in their side. Simpkins' survival plan was based on luck, circumstance and very little else except his strangely tuned mind, a strategy somewhat lost to the seasoned professionals on their deadly errand. A fast-paced windmill of twists of thought and cryptic subterfuge. A tale of intrigue, death, love and unerring friendship set in today's world of unforgiving hard truths.

The Butterfly Theory - the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have significant effects elsewhere. A thriller oscillating between three generations... In 1937 Amy's life was consumed by trying to survive, living hand to mouth on a small farmstead in the wild wind-swept hills of the Derbyshire moors high above the village of Castleton, England. Never knowing where the next meal might come from and with the added burden of caring for her aged, alcoholic father, Amy's concerns cannot afford to stray far from the confines of High Oakham Cottage. Out of the blue, a new bright, fresh horizon opens before them in the form of a circus. Amy and her father, being swept away by the arrival of Circus Franconi, are transported by the kaleidoscope of fascination, colour and energy that the circus presents. As the ringmaster traverses his audience with an exciting realm of chaos, surrealism and magic, his long-awaited fantastic finale is yet to be unveiled. Waiting in the wings to explode in a confetti concoction of perfidy and intrigue embroiled in a dark long-forgotten past, the sadistic influence of the ringmaster creeps silently through the very walls of High Oakham Cottage, searching for the best finale ever. As the saying goes, the show must go on...and on...and on... In 2020 a father and daughter, Len and Georgia, move to High Oakham cottage to escape the chaos of London following the tragic death of Len's wife. Their lives turn for the worse when they find themselves embroiled in a mystery that has haunted the locals for years.

When Iris sat on a train to her new job at the Institute of Historical Research in Germany, she was picturing a relaxing time ahead of her, with heavy history books on her lap. And a few weeks later, she was proven wrong. One of her closest colleagues, a young man named Gert, wanted to study the ideas of Neo-Nazism in a rather practical manner; by going "undercover" in a Neo-Nazi group. When Iris heard that, she got the feeling of danger in her gut. And shortly after that, she was proven right. The next weeks were far from relaxing.

First, biotech exec Will Franklin¿s boss angrily announces that he¿s about to fire him for reasons vaguely suggesting impropriety; then, just hours later, he succumbs to a critical illness and lands in the hospital on a ventilator, leaving Will few clues with which to untangle the mystery of his possible transgressions. Can Will clear his name before it¿s too late?

'Brilliantly original, with characters that jump off the page. Highly recommended and a huge 5 stars from me.' Angela MarsonsIt was the wedding of the year. Millie Beaumont marrying billionaire playboy Oscar Hayat, the eyes of the world watching. But the dream turns into a nightmare when Millie and Oscar are brutally abducted while on honeymoon. Millie is killed, her body dumped in London. Oscar is still missing ... Enter DS Mumtaz 'Moomy' Khan - not your typical police officer. Moomy is running from her own troubled past, while colleague Sarah Heaton is having to live with the hard choices she has made. Yet they will stop at nothing to find Millie's murderers and track down Oscar. Only a family as high profile as the Hayats have enemies lurking in every corner - have they taken the ultimate revenge, or is someone else behind the death and kidnapping?And can Moomy find Oscar - before time runs out and he suffers the same fate as his wife?The first book in the gripping, fast-paced new DS Mumtaz Ali crime series, this book was previously called The Unbroken. Fans of A.A. Dhand, The Khan and Robert Bryndza won't be able to put this down. Praise for Until Death: 'It was nothing short of brilliant. I read the entire book with bated breath... I freaking loved the book!!' Reader Review'The twists in this book are so jaw-dropping, I can't even put into words how awesome they were...tension and suspense is ramped up right from the beginning' Reader Review'An absolutely gripping, engaging, engrossing read, I could not put this down' Reader Review'Original, and well written. An excellent addition to the genre' Reader Review'Wonderful well-written plot and storyline that had me engaged from the start.' Reader Review'Besides being a solid British police procedural, I appreciated the diverse, multiracial cast of characters in the story' Reader Review'A brilliant police thriller...I loved this exciting rollercoaster!' Reader Review'The red herrings and cliffhangers at the end of chaptersmeant I couldn't put the book down' Reader Review'A riveting read that had me clinging onto every word.' Reader Review'An intriguing story of wealth, hypocrisy, racism, love andbetrayal. So many twists and turns! You're kept guessing to the very end!' Reader Review

Who murdered Nancy Guterman in Cincinnati over a century ago? Travel back in time and join firefighter William Foss on a hunt for a killer and experience the grittiness of urban life in Cincinnati in 1898, from its soulful music, technology, steamboats, river culture and the African American experience along the underdeveloped shore, to the rise of America's favorite pastime, baseball. Smell the Cracker Jacks at the ballpark and ride the carousels, as you are transported back to the time of the Spanish-American War. With the odds stacked against him, can Foss solve the case and catch the killer?

Glauser Award 2015 Best German Crime NovelLasswitz Award 2015 Best German SF NovelWhy interview witnesses when all their movements and conversations have already been archived on a hard disk? Why investigate crime scenes when police drones have already photographed them from all possible angles?A Brussels MP is found murdered near the EU capital. At first, detective Aart van der Westerhuizen is confident he can solve the case quickly using Europol';s near-omniscient police computer TEREISIAS. But then he realizes the digital evidence may have been tampered with. Soon Aart becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens to shake Europe to its core.Praise for Drone State';: A sweeping thriller about our future in the surveillance state . . . since Orwell has aged a little, it was high time for a novel like this. - Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungThe scariest thing about this gripping detective story is how plausible the future presented in it seems.- Technology ReviewBrillant and fast-paced, ';Drone State' is a treasure trove of imagination, chock-full of futuristic high-tech ideas.- Les Inrockuptibles

Recently widowed, Sarah Laforge arrives in Zaire to take up her new post at the U.S. Embassy, determined to find meaningful work. The year is 1989 and the expatriate Europeans and Americans Sarah encounters in Kinshasa live in a privileged world where they drink, flirt, and gossip about who is sleeping with whom. But throughout all of this petty activity important business is getting done. Information is being gathered. Big power plays are being made. Jacques Delpech, a Belgian businessman born and raised in Zaire, also moves in these circles. His deep commitment to the country opens up another world for Sarah, while her idealism and openness help to soften his own painful memories. As a plot to overthrow the dictator Mobutu gains momentum, power, corruption, and sexual jealousy threaten to shatter their idyllic love affair.

Lee Mandel's historical novel Moryak revolves around the story of Lieutenant Stephen Morrison, a naval officer assigned by President Theodore Roosevelt to remove Tsar Nicholas II from Russia before he can sabotage the upcoming Portsmouth Peace conference.The mission goes awry and Morrison is captured and sentenced to death. Through a quirk of fate, he is instead sent to the infamous Russian prison on Solovetsky Island. There, his increasingly violent nature eventually allows him to dominate the camp as "e;Moryak"e; (Russian for Sailor). He soon catches the attention of the Bolshevik prisoners and their growing interactions come to have devastating effects on the evolving revolution in Russia, as well as the Allied war effort as the world descends into the chaos of World War I.As events of the novel unfold in the whirlpool of the global socio-political metamorphose, Moryak in fact tells the life story of one man's struggle for acceptance, him finding his place and finding himself.***Thistitlehasbeenrealisedbyateamofthefollowingdedicatedprofessionals: MaximHodak- N (Publisher),MaxMendor- N N (Director),YanaKovalskaya andCamillaStein.

Imagine St. Petersburg in the end of the 19th century. In the absurd and gloomy atmosphere of the tsarist Russia's old capital - where rumours spread faster than a wolf runs along Nevsky Prospect - Ivan Putilin, a crafty local detective, takes on a case of a notorious foreign diplomat murder. These are the settings of a masterfully stylised retro-detective story Harlequin's Costume by Leonid Yuzefovich, the first volume in a series whose hero is based on the real-life Ivan Putilin, the Chief of St. Petersburg Police 1866-1892. Present novel, brilliantly translated by Marian Schwartz, revolves around the real murder case taken by the author from the diaries of the famous detective. The beauty of this book is in the fact that it's up to the reader to find out who is who in this "e;Dostoevskian"e; city and as it is told by famous Russian critic Leo Danilkin: "e;Sieving through the text and separating the truth from the literature in it is the real pleasure derived from Yuzefovich's work."e;***Thistitlehasbeenrealisedbyateamofthefollowingdedicatedprofessionals: Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz,MaximHodak- N (Publisher),MaxMendor- N N (Director),YanaKovalskaya andCamillaStein.

This unsettling tale of unrelenting horror begins in Denver when a plague that begins as a series of unheeded omens transforms both physically and philosophically into a ubiquitous reality. Cayden, an engineer, must confront his own psychological terrors and grapple with subsistence, endurance, and his very existence in a time seemingly outside of itself-a time riddled with a plague of not only organic form but also of misinformation, distrust, and conspiracy. This engrossing novel is written through the lens of the existential eye. It is a haunting tale of confrontation with death and the absurd. It will make readers start to question everything.

In 1985, a ten-year-old girl and her mother vanished in the night without a trace. The mystery of their disappearance was never solved, and the case went cold. Twenty-five years later, a Sullivan's Island resident takes interest in the disappearance, and their story finally starts to unfold...all while the perfectly-carved lives of three friends-Beth, Sarah, and Mary Ellen-become hopelessly enmeshed in secrets, lies, and regrets.When you live in a small island town, you learn to keep secrets because your past never leaves you. But just because it's a small town, doesn't mean its secrets are small.Beth decides to Google her boyfriend, only to find out he has a dark, sad secret. Sarah witnesses her daughter cause a fatal car accident and now she's faced with an impossible decision. Should she report the mistake that could ruin her child's life forever, or take matters into her own hands? Mary Ellen discovers that the passenger in a fatal accident is connected to an unsolved missing person's case. But before she can tell anyone, she is rendered unconscious. The three friends are suddenly entangled in a frightening web of danger, mystery, and deceit. Then one night, it all ends in murder...If You Don't Tell is a page-turning suspense novel full of twists, turns, and dark secrets, intricately spun in a compelling plot until the very last page.

Secret Doors is a love story about a young, devoted black couple, Ron and Sylvia Spencer, who becomes very rich by utilizing the stock market. Unfortunately, their path crosses with that of a wealthy, deceptive, high-society couple, Andrew and Diana Zwindski. The Zwindskis believe that they have found an opportunity to use the Spencers as a front to hide their illegal activities from the law. The story pivots around a tremendous amount of wealth, paranormal encounters, missing friends, racism, and so much more. Find out if the Spencers stumble upon the inheritance left behind inside of this third-generation family mansion that they now own, or will they become the victims of another's greed. Retreat to a quiet room, kick your feet up, pour yourself a glass of wine, then take in the pleasures of a good, exuberant read. Enjoy!

It can happen any place, any time. In an era when religion often divides us and spawns terrorism, what could happen if we laid our differences aside to fight terrorism? United in Peril answers that question while tackling several other relevant points that pop up in our daily headlines, such as the following: Can good come out of evil? Are some acts of terrorism justifiable? Can courageous people make a difference? Can natural enemies agree to disagree and work for peace?Join Avi and Sam, from opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, got in the wrong place and the wrong time, along with the Dominican foreign minister, a likely target of terror. With Henry and Emily, they were recently touched by the coordinated terror attacks in Paris, wondering how they set foot again in a violent drama. Many of the webs of global politics and terrorism intersect on one unremarkable route when the truly remarkable occurs, giving hope to everyone who reads this spellbinding story. Albert Mordechai on Southern Sense Talk Radio

This explosive novel revolves around a United States Drug Enforcement Agent. When world events from the past connect to the present, agent Thomas Allen discovers that his present stumbles into the past! When Tom is assigned to uncover a drug smuggling operation in the New England area, he discovers that the woman he is sent to arrest becomes the woman he falls in love with. Tom then has to make a decision that his love for her and world events from the past, will be enough to convince him whether he should betray his oath, which he has sworn to, in order for them to live in their future!

Birmingham, Alabama, is a bustling city on the move in the era of Prohibition. It's a time of corruption, a time where it is tough to be an honest man of the law. Bureau of Investigation officer Francis Laurent finds that out the hard way when his partner and best friend August Day is gunned down in cold blood by a corrupt BOI agent and his gang of thugs during a high-stakes heist on the highway. When Laurent's commanding officer pulls him off the case without a good reason, this man of the law begins to suspect a cover-up and decides to take action to exact justice on those responsible. Finding allies in unexpected places, his winding tale of revenge and redemption is told through the eyes of his estranged daughter Raina, as she nears the end of her time in a state medical institution. If anyone can understand Francis's desire to mete out justice and make the punishment fit the crime, it's Raina. She has more than a few of her own demons buried just beneath the surface when it comes to playing judge, jury...and executioner.

A "e;gripping, intense and romantic"e; thriller about seeing the future, escaping the past, and finding redemption.Simon Lyons has it all: good looks, intelligence, a steady job. He can also see ten seconds into the future. His employers think his skill is quite useful. Only he knows it drives him insane. Desperate for a cure, he walks away from everything and disappears to Boston, the last place he called home. He spends his days drinking to forget, taking his anger out on petty criminals, and failing to kill himself. A book from his past leads him to a young college professor who unexpectedly mutes his condition-the first person in ten years to make him normal. Determined to find a cure, Simon enters Doctor Kelly Austin's life, manipulating everyone around her in search of sanity and peace. That's when his former life finds him, stopping at nothing to keep the origins of his skill hidden. When someone threatens the woman who mutes his condition, Simon must choose: a familiar and violent past, or the terror and sacrifice of redemption. The Archer's Thread blends action, scientific intrigue, romantic suspense, and psychological tension in a genre-defying thrill ride. Readers who wonder how Lee Child would've written Anthony Doerr's About Grace will love this gripping debut. Even if you can see the future, you can never escape your past.

Aaron Field is a farmer. He's sworn off parties and bonfires, and being more concerned with losing his farm than anything else, he has little time for church. When his field is hired by the church for a Guy Fawkes night bonfire, Aaron is ill prepared for the feisty Welsh woman who steps onto his land and into his heart.Meaghan Knight is a farmer's daughter. It's her job to make sure the church's bonfire party runs smoothly, and if that means ironing out the kinks in surly Farmer Field then that's what she'll do. When she finds out what's really behind his attitude, she feels ill prepared to face his history, his family, and the danger.As Aaron and Meaghan join forces, they discover an evil so demonic it threatens not only the farm, but their lives, as well. Meaghan knows God can prevail, but first she has to convince Aaron not to give up.

Wednesday's Child grieves for his soul...Liam Page, school teacher and ex-missionary, is a man with a secret agenda. Revenge. But when he says it with flowers, and accidentally drenches a woman who just happens to be the school's landscape architect, he may have found a light in his darkness. After an abusive relationship, Jacqui Dorne prefers work to men. It's safer. But Liam Page with his boyish charm and wounded soul, manages to change her preferences. Has God led her to Liam to help him heal?When their growing relationship is marred by the reappearance of Jacqui's ex-boyfriend, they find themselves suddenly embroiled in a series of dangerous events which leads them to Africa and has them fighting for both love and life.