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A junior researcher at a sensationalist talk show gets wrapped up in a murder inquiry in this debut crime thriller.You never know who is watching . . .When Edward gets a job working behind the scenes on the notorious and controversial Michael O'Shea Show, he thinks he's hit the big time. But little does he realise what he's let himself in for.The presenter's brother is arrested for sex crimes, and the show is threatened with cancellation when two guests are reported missing. Then, when a member of the backstage staff is abducted, it becomes clear someone has the show in their sights.Is someone trying to sabotage a seemingly harmless talk show by targeting its presenters and guests? Or does the truth lie somewhere closer to home?Fast-paced and packed with twists and turns, The Talk Show is the perfect read for fans of authors like Harlan Coben, Mark Edwards and Karin Slaughter.

Moving into a new home is never easy, as four sets of strangers are about to learn in this dramatic contemporary women's fiction debut.What does it take to make a house a home?When four sets of strangers all decide to move, their lives become linked and changed forever.Paul is a young man who is struggling to piece his life back together.Married couple Florence and John are having problems.The empty-nesters Claire and Michael are adapting to their new life.Sarah and Alex are a city power couple who are hoping to relocate. As each of them navigate the troublesome path of buying and selling houses, relationships come under strain . . . Does moving to a new house mean a fresh start? And is home really where the heart is?Perfect for fans of authors like Amanda Prowse, Kerry Fisher, Diana Chamberlain.

A weekend getaway leads to adeadly game of deceit between two cunning sisters-in-law in this British psychological thriller. Though Lucy and Tim have been married for years, she has never gotten along with his sister. So when they plan a weekend in the country, they certainly don't expect Mary to show up. But it's Mary who's shocked when she arrives to find Tim missing. His belongings are gone, there's a bloodstain on the floor, and Lucy's story doesn't add up. Lucy insists that he left her, but Mary suspects foul play. When the police are called, each woman tells her own storybut Detective Reavley doesn't trust either of them. Accusations of affairs and violence only add to the tension, but soon explosive secrets come to light that no one could have expected.

Everyone has a calling. His is murder. A nail-biting serial killer thriller from a debut author making his mark on the genre.When a woman staggers, naked, from a river, she has no idea that she's been saved from a killer.Everton Bowe, a cop whose career is as dead as his marriage, insists there was no one else present at the apparent suicide of a woman named Gina. But he's wrong.Meanwhile, his ex-lover, DC Helen Lake, insists there are similarities between the traumatized river woman and the cold case of three missing women; the victims, she fears, of a serial killer.So, when a strange object, matching one found on the river victim, is found in Gina's house, Everton and Helen's suspicions are raised.If someone was at Gina's house could he also be the river attacker? Is there a serial killer on the loose? If so, what is his motive-and the macabre significance of his calling card?Previously published as The Coop.

';A compelling exploration of the human psyche... stands out as an excellent piece of psychological fiction' from the bestselling author of #MeToo (Book Rant Reviews).What if the past came knocking? Frankie is running away from her past and the repercussions of a night that changed her life forever. Hoping for a fresh start she unexpectedly falls in love. Unbeknown to Frankie, the wheels of fate are set in motion when Herbert Dunne, a convicted murderer, is released from prison. When he moves in with Margaret, a woman he has formed an unlikely relationship with, their dark sides gradually emerge allowing their inner demons to blossom. News of Herbert's release once again rocks the small village of Elkdale, as the locals remember the young woman he murdered. But what is Herbert hoping to achieve by stirring up the past? And who is behind the new spate of murders? One thing is clearsomeone is out for revenge. Someone who thinks Frankie and her friends are to blame...';With settings I could get lost in, characters that inspired even my dark little heart and the thrill of bad meeting bad, I thoroughly recommend this.' Melanie's Reads

A young woman's idyllic life comes apart when her past comes back to haunt her in this psychological thriller by the author of the Dublin Murder Mysteries.After working as a hospital nurse in Dubai and London, Jodie settles down in Kent. With her job at a quiet nursing home and her loving new relationship, it seems that she's finally put her troubled past behind her. But someone from her childhood has been following her for years. And he's decided it's time to makes his presence felt . . . When Jodie receives a distressing call from her manager, her life takes an unexpected turn. Suddenly she's suspended and under investigation. Then her past comes thundering back with a strange parcel tied to her front door. As everything begins to crumble around her, she wonders who she can trust.

In this heartfelt historical romance, an Englishwoman and a Scottish Laird seek healing from the scars of war and betrayal.London, 1953. Life is getting back to normal after the war and Christina Camble is one of those looking to the future. But her trust in men is destroyed when she discovers her fiance has a wife and child. Giving up her job and flat, she flees London and moves to Scotland, where she hopes to get her life back on the right track.Christina's peaceful life is interrupted when she meets handsome, reserved Alex MacDonald, the Laird of Craiglogie. Physically scarred and emotionally wrecked by his experiences in World War Two, Alex can't help but be drawn to the sensitive and beautiful newcomer. But as Christina and Alex cautiously grow closer, a romantic rival does everything she can to drive a wedge between them. Can these two, who have lost so much, learn to love and trust again?

Which would you choose... love or career?For ambitious Lizzie career always came first.So, when an opportunity to climb the ladder lands in her lap, Lizzie ignores her attraction for the handsome client and focuses on finally getting the promotion she's been after. Only this time, Lizzie has fallen in love and keeping the relationship professional is not going to be easy...Things get worse as Lizzie discovers that to help the object of her affection, she will have to choose between him and her career. No longer sure which way to turn can Lizzie make the right choice? And can she have a successful career as well as the man of her dreams?Which Way to Happiness? is a contemporary romance that will appeal to fans of Jill Mansell and Katie Fforde, but also to any woman who ever wondered if there's a way to have it all...

A baffling murder case sends a detective from southern England to sunny Australia-and into a disturbing criminal past-in this gripping crime thriller.When Detective Inspector David Coates is tasked with finding the killer of a woman found naked and strangled in a bin in East Sussex, he has no idea what he is about to face. With little to go on, he hopes the hummingbird tattoo on the victim's abdomen will help solve the mystery of her identity. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Georgina Shaw, a minor celebrity, receives a message from one of her followers who calls himself Elf Man . . . When DI Coates discovers that the DNA on the dead woman's body belongs to Arthur Peebles, a man who went to prison for murder sixteen years earlier, the investigation is thrown into question. As Elf Man closes in on Georgina, DI Coates realises that the key to the case lies in Australia. Is there a link between Elf Man and the body in the bin? Could Arthur Peebles, now a free man, be up to his old tricks?

The inheritance of her late grandmother's house in Crete leads a Chesire woman to divorce her husband and discover a new life in Greece.Anna, the only daughter of Greek immigrants, knows nothing about her father's family until she inherits her grandmother's house in Crete, and uncovers a bitter dispute that has lasted for years.After escaping a lonely marriage, she decides to visit the island and to try to reunite her family. But is her aim achievable and will she ever be able to forgive the people who lied to her?While on the island she meets Leo and begins to unravel her family history. But when she learns a devastating secret her world comes crumbling down.Anna has survived tragedy before, but will she cope with what she discovers this time, and will she ever learn to trust again?Those You Trust explores the emotional themes of trust, family, honour and betrayal and is perfect for fans of Barbara Davis and Amanda Prowse.

"e;A compelling and darkly emotional story of love, loss, heartache, and more . . . an excellent historical novel"e; from the author of The Abandoned (Books of All Kinds).Can love really conquer all?When Charlie Quinn returns to Northern Ireland, having spent sixty years in Canada, the people he left behind are shocked to see him. They presumed he was dead.But Charlie has come back for one reason, Ella, the love of his life and a notorious child murderer. She is back in the headlines and Charlie wants the truth to finally emerge.As he looks back at his life, we learn that nothing is as it seems. Is Ella really a killer? Does Charlie know more than it appears? And can two lost souls get to live happily ever after?Life isn't easy. But death is the most challenging thing of all . . .

A Scottish special forces officer is recruited to help rescue the prime minister's daughter in this thriller by the author of Violation. Tasked with uncovering crucial information from a psychopath nicknamed ';The Red Serpent,' Adam Black infiltrates one of Scotland's hardest prisons. A young woman has been abducted and the Red Serpent may have the answers to her whereabouts. But the clock is ticking. When Black is betrayed, his only option is to break out prison in order to find the woman and the identity of her abductor. Can Black rescue the woman and stop a deranged psychopath? Will he make it out of this alive? Black knows one thing for surethere will be bloodshed.A great choice for fans of Lee Child, Mark Dawson, James Deegan, and Rob Sinclair. Venomous can be read as the third entry in the Adam Black Series or as an unmissable stand-alone.

"e;Waller blends the joy of Christmas, friends and family with this 'Unjoyful' investigation which will hit Connections and those close to them very hard."e; -Love Books, Read BooksThe lead up to Christmas sees the Connection private investigation team planning their festive season. Until a new case arrives . . .Catapulted into their biggest mystery yet, they are tasked with finding a killer who has been released on parole, and subsequently disappeared. Has he returned to finish the murder he tried to commit before his capture nineteen years earlier?As he targets his intended victim, his attention is also focused on the private investigators and their police colleagues with devastating effect.With families torn apart, Doris must seek assistance from a colleague from her past to give Connection the best chance of bringing a psychopath to justice.How will it end? Is this the last we will see of Kat, Mouse, Doris and Luke? And can Connection continue?Also available in the bestselling Kat and Mouse Murder mystery series:Murder UndeniableMurder UnexpectedMurder UnearthedMurder Untimely

A detective and a criminal psychiatrist hunt for a missing maid who may be a murderer in this pulse-pounding historical thriller.In early twentieth-century England, a respectable factory owner fails to show up on a payday, and under pressure from the restless workers, the foreman visits the boss's house to find out why. What lies within the lovely home is a chilling and bizarre crime scene. Sitting at a dining room table, as if enjoying their evening meal, are the decomposing bodies of an entire family-each one murdered and posed like mannequins.The only person missing from the disturbing scene is the family maid, Elizabeth.Detective Richard Crombie is assigned the case, but after weeks of work and no results, he reluctantly requests the help of criminal psychiatrist Doctor Killam, who once worked with Scotland Yard. While the detective and the doctor investigate the murders and hunt for the missing maid, it becomes apparent that they are up against a terrifying psychopath who has a thirst for death and no intention of stopping . . .

An amnesiac must learn the truth behind his girlfriend's death, but he might not like it, in this psychological thriller by the author of The Silent Girls.Who do you trust, when you don't know who you are? Cameron Todd is recovering from a serious brain injury. A trauma suffered the same night his girlfriend Emma plunged to her death from a clifftop. The damage erases all memory of the incident and his life leading up to that moment. Both the police and Emma's relatives are hunting for someone to blame and question whether his amnesia is a convenient fabrication. Desperate to understand what happened that fateful day, self-doubt creeps in when Cameron learns his relationship with Emma might not have been picture-perfect. Is he a victim, or the perpetrator? Can he trust his injured brain's version of events? Or will unearthing the truth reveal something far more sinister?...The perfect read for fans of authors like D.S. Butler and Carol Wyer.

Australia's Sunshine Coast takes a dark turn for a woman whose husband may be linked to a serial killer in this tense psychological thriller.Carrie and Steve Atwell have been happily married for fifteen years. But Carrie's idyllic life is about to be turned upside down when she finds a single earring in Steve's car. At first, she suspects the man she loves is having an affair, but the truth may be far more sinister.For the past few months, the young female victims of a brutal killer have been washing up on beaches across the Sunshine Coast region. When a chilling discovery links Steve to the most recent murder victim, Carrie is catapulted into a living nightmare. Is her husband capable of these horrendous crimes? And if he is, is she capable of bringing him to justice?

A family in quarantine. A killer among them. Home should be the safest place, but what if it isn''t?When a wealthy family goes into lockdown after a vicious virus sweeps the nation, their fragile relationships are put to the test.Mark, the invalid father and husband, is a wreck.The children are scared.The mother, Brenna, is unravelling.And when a member of the household staff starts to show symptoms, it leads them down a dark and deadly path.Will they all get out of lockdown alive? Or will isolation be the end of them?

A London police detective thoroughly dislikes her new partner-but with a vicious killer on the loose, they must unite against a common enemy . . .Recently promoted to Detective Sergeant, Nasreen Maqsood is given the case of a brutalised body found dead in a car park. When they discover the victim was dragged around the car park by a pickup truck and the killer recorded the murder, Nasreen realises she has her work cut out.She also has a new partner, tough but troubled military veteran Alicia Weekes, and the two detectives don't get on. When the victim is identified, the case takes an interesting turn-but when a second murder takes place, it sends them down a different track. Nasreen and Weekes must find a way to put their differences aside-and work together to stop a vicious killer with a sinister agenda . . .

A bizarre murder in the suburbs of Dublin leads a Garda Siochana detective into a perplexing investigation in this gritty crime novel.When Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West and his partner answer an emergency call from St. Monica's church, they discover a dead body suspended from the beams in front of the altar. The victim is identified as Ian Moore, a man recently released from prison after serving time for rape. Revenge seems like the obvious motive for Moore's murder, but as the list of suspects grows, West begins to wonder if there's something deeper going on. Perhaps the killer believes this is God's work. With pressure from both the church and his boss to get the case solved quickly, West and his team have their work cut out for them.

In this moving novel based on true events, a teacher and a British spy discover a group of children hiding from the Nazis in WWII Munich.When their parents are taken to concentration camps, twenty-seven children are left alone, hungry, and scared. Claudia Kellner, a German elementary school teacher, discovers the group hiding in a deserted Munich railroad yard. Only able to hide two of them in her home, she is desperate to find shelter for the others.Meanwhile, British spy Peter Chesham has penetrated Third Reich territory. But his critical mission is interrupted when he discovers the orphans' hiding place. Following through on his orders would have fatal consequences for them. But giving up could mean losing the war. Now Peter and Claudia must work together, attempting an impossible rescue operation with the children's lives-and the fate of the world-at stake.

In this chilling mystery from the author of The Decoy, a DCI investigates when a quaint Christmas holiday at a seaside cottage is interrupted by murder.When Sara is invited by Bette and Mike to spend Christmas in an idyllic cottage on the coast, she jumps at the chance. The couple appear to have a perfect life, but appearances can be deceiving . . . As secrets come to light, tensions in the cottage mount. When a body is discovered near the cottage, DCI Jane Owen is given the case. But how can she solve the mystery when so many lies obscure the truth? And when Mike goes missing, Owen suspects the answers may lie in the darkest places . . . Cliff Edge is a twisty and suspenseful mystery that will appeal to fans of authors like Joy Ellis, LJ Ross and Frances Lloyd.

Nothing is really forgotten...Nothing is ever forgiven...When Athene walks into Mary's cafe and asks for directions to a holiday cottage she has rented, Mary tells her it burned down twenty years earlier. Since Athene has nowhere to stay, Mary suggests that she checks in to a local pub for the night.What Athene doesn't know is that the burnt-out house was where Mary's friend, Bella, lived. The only person she ever loved, who died in terrible circumstances.Brought on by Athene's arrival, Mary feels her past leaking into the present. There is a secret to Bella's death; something she has kept buried for years. But is Athene really who she says she is? Then Trent, a man convicted of starting the fire that burnt down the cottage, contacts Mary. He has received an anonymous email that refers to the past.And when Mary starts to feel like she is being watched, she is terrified the past is coming back to haunt her.Because some things cannot stay buried...

At the turn of the twentieth century, a woman finds herself prisoner of a nefarious hospital in this thriller by the author of Finding Elizabeth.Patty Miller, a paraplegic, is discovered at home barely clinging to life. Her infant son, already dead, lies on her chest still clinging to his mother.On the morning that is Patty found, she is not expected to survive but is taken to hospital where she eventually recovers. But, severely emotionally disturbed, Patty soon finds herself a patient at Hillside Asylum. There, Patty's condition deteriorates, and the staff and doctors perform unnecessary experimental procedures on their patient.But when someone from Patty's past learns about her incarceration, they vow to get her out. And those responsible for the abuse will be made to suffer . . .

A Sheffield police detective risks her career to investigate a brutal double murder in this gripping crime thriller.The truth lies in the darkest places . . .When an anonymous call sends police to a house in Sheffield, a dead couple are discovered in the kitchen. Their skulls have been caved in, their hands mutilated, and their eyes damaged beyond recognition. When Detective Inspector Lucy Miller is handed the investigation, she is thrilled. She loves high-profile cases. But when her boss is involved in a traffic collision the investigation is stripped from her and given to DCI Bennet. But Miller refuses to quit. Soon Bennet realises that Miller is interfering with his investigation and warns her off the case.However, when a link is made to a cold case, she is drawn in deeper. Then, when the police discover the victims aren't who they think they are, the mystery is blown wide open . . . Will Miller be able to solve the case and keep her career intact? Or is this investigation going to be her undoing?Dead Cold is the perfect read for fans of authors like K.L. Slater, Robert Bryndza and Angela Marsons.

A London detective constable hunts down a bloodthirsty woman-while also harboring dark suspicions about one of her fellow cops . . . Since committing her first murder a month ago, Cara Mooney craves the high it gave her. She decides it's time to kill again-and Ryan has no idea he's meant to be her next victim.Meanwhile, after being suspended from her job, DC Nasreen Maqsood returns to work and quickly suspects that DCS Adams might be a dirty cop. She vows to investigate, but knows she must tread carefully. Then she's handed the case of Ryan's murder.With the pressure mounting, Nasreen finds her hands full. Soon it becomes apparent that Nasreen is looking for a sadistic predator, but little does she know just how determined this killer is . . .

The disappearance of a fisherman in Scotland brings dark secrets to the surface in this riveting police procedural from the author of Dark is the Day.When local fisherman Robert Paterson goes missing, DCI McTavish assumes that the man has fallen victim to another tragic fishing accident. However, things don't add up for Inspector Jim Carruthers. Why did Paterson take his boat out at night when he would normally fish during the day? Has he taken his own life or has something more sinister taken place?Then a bloodied body shows up on the uninhabited Isle of May-and Carruthers is shocked to find it isn't the fisherman's. He suspects the two events are connected. After a journalist who'd been investigating the two cases disappears, Carruthers tries to uncover what she discovered, and more questions arise. Has someone been leaking information to the press? If so, why? With the case getting more complicated and a murderer on the loose in this tight-knit coastal community, Carruthers has his work cut out.

Two detectives investigate when a coma patient gives birth in this mysterious thriller by the bestselling author of The First Husband. When a coma patient starts to have contractions and gives birth to a baby boy, the child's arrival triggers an investigation into serious sexual assault. Detectives McQuillan and Blalock are handed the case, while the internal hospital team collects information to help with the investigation. When Dr. Angela Crawford, who helped deliver the baby, learns that the child will be put in foster care, she and her husband agree to take the little boy in. Meanwhile, a young nurse, Jenny O'Hearn, helps compile data on the rapist and discovers several strange things. And when she is attacked, the detectives are forced to examine the case from a different perspective... Could a staff doctor, male nurse, or the chaplain be the rapist? Sometimes the truth isn't always obvious.A great read for fans of authors like K.L. Slater, Lisa Jewell, and Sue Watson.

A long-ago kidnapping is about to upend the lives of a perpetrator, a witness, and a victim who still doesn't know the truth . . . When a robbery turns into a kidnapping, the lives of those involved are changed forever. Conor and Dean are on the run with four-year-old Rosie. When they turn on one another, Conor takes drastic action to protect Rosie. He decides to keep her with him rather than to leave her behind and risk getting caught. His only option is to return to his childhood home in Ireland, passing her off as his daughter.Meanwhile, Sylvia, who witnessed the robbery, has her own secrets to hide. She becomes obsessed with Rosie and will stop at nothing to find the child.Years later, Rosie starts to uncover the lies, but nothing is as it seems. Is Sylvia prepared for what she will discover? And will she protect Rosie-or reveal the shocking truth?