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Nineteen guests with secrets to hide.One exclusive party on a private island.An invitation to die for?Ursula Smart and her mother, Pandora, wangle an invite to crime-fiction powerhouse Anthony Lovell's latest book launch, a weekend-long bash at his private island home.They're ready for an evening of wining, dining and hobnobbing.But trouble always seems to follow the Smart women.Late that night, Ursula is woken up by blood-curdling screams.Anthony is dead. Poisoned by the highlight of the evening feast, the fugu fillet. If prepared incorrectly, this rare Japanese delicacy is deadly.Who killed him?When the accused is put on trial, the Smart women are called as witnesses. But Ursula's not convinced the police have the right person.Is asking questions asking for trouble?

14 April 1912.The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg.At 11.40 p.m. Mair Parsons wakes up, heart thumping. A loud noise vibrates through the ship.The Titanic is sinking.Chaos ensues.The disaster will change her life for ever.Mair awakes in a Manhattan hospital confused and afraid. And ready to face her past. Her fiancé is waiting for her back at home, but before she can return to him, Mair is determined to discover the truth about her absent mother. Even if it means abandoning her life in Wales and the daughter who adores her.Her search takes her to London, where she becomes a Nightingale nurse at St Thomas's hospital and meets the handsome doctor, Andrew Baxter.With new love and a new career, can Mair finally find happiness? Or will her heart be forever bound to those she's left behind?

Please note this was previously published as Death Lies Beneath.Detective Inspector Andy Horton is at the funeral of ex-con Daryl Woodley. He's there to keep an eye on the mourners and watch out for a big-time crook, who they suspect was involved in Woodley's murder.But it's a perplexing case. Prior to his death, Woodley was assaulted and spent three days in hospital before discharging himself. His body is found by a dog walker on Farlington marshes, three miles from the hospital. How did he get there?The funeral surveillance appears to be a bust. But the next morning Horton is called out to another suspicious death.A woman's body is found on a yacht wreck, stabbed in the back. She's wearing a black figure-hugging dress and a wide-brimmed black hat.Horton recognizes the woman instantly. She was at Woodley's funeral.Are the cases linked? Horton is thrown into another complex investigation. As tensions rise, Horton receives a chilling message. It looks like time is running out for our bold detective . . .

Detective Siv Drummond moved back to her hometown in Sussex, hoping for a quiet life by the sea. But trouble soon follows . . .A little girl and her grandfather are murdered, minutes before her fourth birthday party.Detective Siv Drummond arrives at the family's beautiful coastal home to find a horrifying scene.The little girl lies dead at the bottom of the garden. Suffocated in her Wendy house. Her grandfather is in the kitchen, his head caved in.As long-kept secrets begin to surface, the killer is preparing to strike again.The clock is ticking for Siv to uncover the family's dark history and solve the case . . .

Someone betrayed him.They wiped out his entire unit.And now they're coming for him too.British secret service agent Harry Gibson arrives late at the designated safe-house in Prague to find his three colleagues murdered.Shot dead, execution-style. He recognizes the handiwork of two counter-intelligence 'cleaners'. But why would they betray him?Harry can't hang around to find out - not unless he wants to become the fourth corpse.He heads for safety in the Orkney Islands, to lay low until he can find out who ordered the kills. But every bolthole he reaches is shut down. From inside the secret service.Harry Gibson must RUN FOR HOME.

Nick Shannon is a convicted killer. But don't let that put you off. He had his reasons.After serving time in prison for the mercy killing of his quadriplegic sister, Nick Shannon is finally getting his life back on track working as a fraud detective.Business for Shannon Investigations is booming. They don't take any prisoners: no one is too big to escape justice, and they never give up.But when their new client, Roger Ackroyd, dies only two days into the contract, it puts a bit of a dampener on things.Nick finds Ackroyd slumped forward over his partners' desk, face down on the dark green leather top. The police think it was a stroke or a heart attack. But Nick isn't convinced.The next day, the autopsy reveals poison in Ackroyd's system.Nick was right. But now he's the prime suspect.Nick won't go down without a fight, and that's exactly what the real killer has in mind.

Evil lurks beneath the surface of the beautiful Welsh village of Leighton Meadow.A young woman is found dead in the village church. Shot through the heart with a crossbow.She thought she was safe there, but they found her in the end.DI Jemima Huxley thought Leighton Meadow was a safe place to raise her adopted ten-year-old son. But this is a village with many hidden secrets. And this case is hitting really close to home.The victim turns out to be a Czech student who went missing on a night out in Prague.How did she end up dead in a Welsh church?Detective Huxley must find out before more women pay the ultimate price.

Originally published as The Ways of Death.Out on the jagged Northumbrian coast, violent storms uncover an ancient sea cave.The place has been sealed up for millennia. No way in or out. Now Arnold must explore its murky depths. When he does, he stumbles on something impossible.A heap of human remains and rotten clothing. Along with one tiny silver ID badge.Whoever killed the owner - twenty years ago - found the ultimate place to hide their crime. But how did they do it?The man's death is a fiendish puzzle that Arnold can't fathom. Especially when a second body turns up in the very same location.A case of history repeating itself? An uncanny coincidence? Or what?The deeper Arnold gets, the more he fears the past and the present are horrifyingly intertwined.And someone out there will stop at nothing to keep their secret.

Please note this was previously published as A Killing Coast.Suspicious lights at sea, decomposing bodies and an old flame send DI Andy Horton down a rabbit hole in this captivating crime thriller.An elderly man obsessively watches the coast from his Victorian house high on the hill above Ventnor. When he observes mysterious lights out at sea, he reports them to the police.The local police think he's a bit of a nuisance. And when Horton interviews him he's inclined to agree. A judgement he may bitterly regret.Meanwhile a call comes through from Horton's partner, DS Cantelli. A woman's decomposing body is pulled out of the sea, wearing a Victorian-style dress. The post-mortem gives them a massive shock.And when another body is found, Horton thinks he's got a serial killer on his hands. At this point the last thing he needs is his old girlfriend showing up.

Wales, 1908.Still grieving the tragic death of her father and deserted by Nellie, her step-mother, Rhiannon Hughes finds herself abandoned and alone.Unable to trust flighty Nellie, Rhiannon and her younger stepsister, Mair, have always relied on each other. But with no money and no one to turn to, Rhiannon must take Mair from the only home they have ever known in the Welsh valleys and head for Cardiff.Their one spark of hope is her aunt, a popular music hall star. Rhiannon is dazzled by this glamourous and exciting new world - and by the handsome young master of ceremonies, Gus Davenport.Then Nellie unexpectedly returns and it all comes crashing down. Mair is lured into Cardiff's sleazy underworld.How will Rhiannon choose between following her dreams and keeping her promise to Mair, who needs her now more than ever?

There's something deadly in the air at grand old Carton Hall. The sweet scent of revenge?Early one morning, the cleaner makes a shocking find in the tapestry room.A dead body lying among the priceless artworks.His handsome features are a mask of agony, but the cleaner would recognize him anywhere. Dashing perfumier Charles Larrain.His tangled love life is the talk of Old Carton village, but now his luck's run out.Someone has loaded his e-cigarette with poison.The handiwork of a jilted ex? A jealous lover? Or someone else connected with the hall?It's up to Detectives Markham and Noakes to sniff out the ruthless killer - before anyone else pays the ultimate price.

The world's deadliest spider. A detective terrified of the creatures. A ruthless psychopath who will use her fears against her.Detective Kate Hamblin is called out to a reported theft at Moat House in the marshy wilds of the Somerset Levels. The evidence points to a random break-in by a passing vagrant - but when she questions the wealthy homeowner, Professor Dunbar, and his warring family, Kate realizes there's more to this burglary than meets the eye.Professor Dunbar is a world-famous arachnologist. His extensive collection of live tropical spiders includes the world's deadliest specimen, a Brazilian wandering spider, whose bite is instantly fatal. He's named her Martha.Then a family member is found dying in agony in the professor's laboratory. It appears to be a tragic accident when it's discovered Martha has escaped from her supposedly secure tank. But Kate is not so sure.Could there be a killer on the loose?Kate is terrified of spiders because of a traumatic childhood experience. But she's hunting a killer who uses the creatures to pursue a deadly agenda. Can she survive long enough to unmask a murderer . . . and avoid the spider's lethal bite?

A hit-and-run. A naked body in the cemetery. A local woman reported missing.A pregnant woman is knocked down by a couple in a car. They don't stop. Nearby, a man films the whole thing. He stands there smiling.Months later, Detective Mike Nash is called out to the local cemetery. A naked body has been found - a body which definitely shouldn't be there - placed face down on a grave.The post-mortem reveals that the victim was restrained with manacles, and then drowned, his body kept upside-down for several days after death.The dead man was Andrew Derrick. Quiet, well-mannered, he kept himself to himself. Who would want to kill him?Then a second body, a drug dealer, turns up in the cemetery, killed in the same macabre way.What connects them? DI Nash pieces the clues together . . . and finds himself on the trail of a ruthless killer with a deadly agenda.A breathtaking crime thriller perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, J.R. Ellis, L.J. Ross, Angela Marsons, Janice Frost, David J. Gatward, J.D. Kirk, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Biba Pearce, D.S. Butler or Peter Robinson.

This heart-warming and hilarious prequel winds back the clock on Nicholas Rhea's beloved mystery series taking readers back to where it all started.Constable Nick is a fresh-faced young policeman, with dreams of making it as a detective.At last, he gets his big break.With holiday madness at its height, the Crime Investigation Department needs a new recruit.Nick jumps at the opportunity. He heads to the hectic seaside resort of Strensford and finds himself on the trail of two thieves.The first is a phantom knicker-pincher. The second steals a van from under the driver's very nose, along with its surprising cargo.And that's not all.The race is on for Constable Nick to solve the toughest case of his fledgling career.The brilliantly entertaining and heart-warming books behind the hit 90s TV series Heartbeat. One of the top ten most watched shows of the decade.

Rhiannon Grantham is on a warpath to Hawaii, determined to get revenge on Dominic Fairchild, Hawaiian prince and owner of Fairchild Enterprises. According to her dying father, he's a conniving bastard who's as ruthless as they come.Her plan is to tear down his empire from the inside. But sexy, charismatic Dominic may be more than she bargained for. How long will she be able to resist him?Meanwhile, Vienna Wright wakes up in a Hawaiian hospital - the victim of a brutal mugging. She has no idea who she is or what happened. But with attentive Dr Richard Jago and drop-dead gorgeous singer Farron Manikuuna vying to help her recover, her only problem now is which one to pick.She's falling in love, but memories of that terrible night are starting to return. Was she really a victim - or was she the one on the attack?Sparks fly as lovers and enemies become engulfed by love, hate, revenge and desire.Don't miss this gripping and enjoyable romantic suspense novel perfect for fans of Danielle Steel, Willow Rose, Josephine Cox, Nora Roberts or Jackie Collins.

Meet Karen.Married to her childhood sweetheart.Loving mom of thirteen-year-old Jenny.It's Mother's Day and her perfect day becomes a perfect nightmare.A woman turns up at her door claiming to be Jenny's biological mother.Two days later the woman's bloody body is found in a dumpster.And the prime suspect is Karen's own husband . . .A seamless blend of high domestic suspense with a shattering final twist.Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, T.M. Logan, B.A. Paris, Liane Moriarty, Claire Dyer, Sam Carrington, Celeste Ng.

Daniel had the perfect life: a beautiful girlfriend, a great job, a lovely home.But twenty years ago he witnessed something he never should have seen. And now he's plagued by memories of that night.The frightened scream.The splash of something heavy hitting the water.His friend being murdered by his father.It returns again and again and it's driving him slowly mad. Now he's lost his girlfriend, his job and his flat.To get his life back on track, he needs to find out what really happened that night.Daniel decides to walk the canals of England, to look for the boat he thinks he saw. But what he finds out will put the one person he trusts in danger.Fans of Gillian Flynn, T.M. Logan, B.A. Paris, Liane Moriarty, Claire Dyer, Sam Carrington, Celeste Ng will devour this stunning character-driven psychological suspense.

Detective Jemima Huxley gets a frantic call from a man. His wife is missing. She went for drinks with a friend and neither of them made it home.The husband tells her, "You don't know me, but you know my wife, Violet Watkins."It's a name Jemima had done her best to forget.Six years ago, Violet was the victim of serial stalker and predator, Byron Toombes. He was her next-door neighbour. And he thought he could get away with anything because he worked for the police.Jemima tried to protect her. But Jemima and Violet only just made it out alive, and Toombes escaped. The case has haunted her ever since.Is Toombes back to finish what he started?On a cold, isolated Welsh mountainside, DI Huxley might finally face her nemesis.Readers of Simon McCleave, Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons, L.J. Ross, J.M. Dalgliesh, Patricia Gibney, Mark Edwards and Lynda La Plante will love Gaynor Torrance's feisty and flawed protagonist DI Jemima Huxley.

The city of London. Morning rush hour. The police pull over a motorcycle courier for a trivial offence. He doesn't stop. The police give high-speed chase.He jumps a red light and is mown down by an oncoming car. Killed on impact.Detectives Paterson and Clocks arrive at a scene of carnage. Large plastic boxes are scattered across the road. Their lids open, their contents warming up in the early morning sun. A traffic officer comforts a distraught woman driver. The courier's body lies nearby, his left leg bent at an awkward angle, his head at another: the loser of this particular meeting of metal and plastic.The detectives take a closer look at the boxes. It's one of the worst things they've ever seen. And they've seen some very bad things.This discovery leads Paterson and Clocks on their most dangerous investigation yet - and into the path of Alicia Warren, a ruthless international businesswoman who will kill to keep her profits flowing.And if that's not enough, Johnny Clocks, England's most foul-mouthed detective, is trying to keep his new wife happy while building a relationship with the 24-year-old son he never knew he had.

Originally published as Dead Secret.Arnold finds himself on dangerous ground in shady Wolfcleugh Woods.This boggy land has swallowed many a victim. Including the Wolf Man. Archaeologists pull his body from the ground - perfectly preserved, centuries after death.What other secrets lie buried here?Archaeologists are keen to find out, but they might never get the chance. Plans are afoot for a new bypass. One that would decimate the ancient woods.Arnold is called in to keep the peace between developers, eco-warriors and historians.Then comes the grisly find that changes everything. In a lonely glade, Arnold stumbles on a young woman's body.There's nothing natural about her cause of death. She's been bludgeoned from behind.Somewhere among the trees, a ruthless killer lies in wait.Can Arnold catch up to them before they strike again?Fans of Elly Griffiths, Peter James, P.D. James, Joy Ellis, Damien Boyd, Helen H. Durrant, J.D. Kirk, Bill Kitson and Peter Robinson will devour this intriguing mystery.

It's Friday the thirteenth and Detective Inspector Andy Horton's luck is about to run out.His Harley-Davidson is vandalized, a strange symbol etched into the paintwork. Is it some kind of warning?To make matters worse, Horton's nit-picking boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ.And a convicted murderer out on licence has gone missing. Luke Felton. Horton recognizes the name from a case he worked as a sergeant.Now a decomposing corpse washes up in Portsmouth harbour. The bloated body is found lying in the thick slimy mud.Before Horton can get a grip on either case, his phone rings. He doesn't recognize the number. A voice on the other end gives him an address: Willow Bank, Shore Road, Portchester.Horton knows it. The house belongs to a woman he'd met the day before. And now she's dead. Her body lies in her windswept garden.Horton's got a lot on his plate. Can he connect the dots before anyone else dies?

A family brutally attacked in their own home. One survivor. A troubled female detective who must uncover the truth.The call comes through on DI Jemima Huxley's day off. A family of five brutally attacked in their own home. Bradley and Sally Rathbone and their teenage niece and nephew are dead. Only fourteen-year-old Millie survives, found in a broken heap at the bottom of the stairs.It's an unlikely crime scene: a comfortable five-bedroom property in one of Cardiff's most exclusive suburbs. Jemima quickly deduces this was no random burglary gone wrong. These killings were vicious, personal - and carefully planned. But why would someone target an ordinary family going about their everyday business?With Millie in a coma and unable to help with enquiries, it's up to Jemima and her team to unmask the killer.And could they be waiting to strike again . . . ?Readers of Simon McCleave, Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons, L.J. Ross, J.M. Dalgliesh, Mark Edwards and Lynda La Plante will love Gaynor Torrance's feisty and flawed protagonist DI Jemima Huxley.

A cold, grey January morning.A woman with a gun in her hand.A corpse on an abandoned golf course.Detective Inspector Andy Horton is taking a break on the Isle of Wight. But even when he's on holiday trouble follows him . . .On an abandoned golf course, Horton finds a distraught, young woman with a gun in her hand, crouching over one of the derelict bunkers.Then the smell hits him. A dead man lies there. Dressed in walking gear, his body decomposing.The woman with the gun says she's his sister.The local police think she killed her brother, but Horton's not so sure.Then Horton's boat is broken into and another body is found in a barn. The victim stabbed in the back with a pitchfork.Horton must race against time to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.

Twelve years ago, Noah Palmer went for a bike ride and never came home. His body is found in the Box Hill woods, a five-pointed star carved in his chest. He is the fourth victim of a serial killer who has never been caught.Now, a young woman is involved in a shooting outside Harrods in central London. Her DNA shows a familial match to the Box Hill cold case.Detective Rob Miller leads the investigation. But there's not much to go on. Just when he thinks he's got a lead, the case is turned on its head.To solve this mystery, Rob's going to have to go off-book, potentially putting his career - and already complicated love life - on the line.Can he stop the Box Hill killer?

MEET HONEY DRIVER. HOTEL OWNER. WIDOWED MUM. CRIME SOLVER?Honey Driver isn't sure about becoming the new police liaison for the Bath Hotels Association - especially when DS Steve Doherty is her opposite number.Yes, he's good-looking, but he's also arrogant and uninterested in partnering with "Bath's answer to Miss Marple".But, Honey tells herself, nothing ever happens in pleasant, safe Bath.Then an American tourist goes missing. And washes up dead on the riverbank, within sight of the famous Pulteney Bridge.The tourist was staying at Ferny Down Bed and Breakfast across town, run by Cora Herbert.Cora's shifty ex has just come out of prison. The last thing she needs is a dead guest to ruin her reputation.Honey has her suspicions about who's behind the American's death. DS Doherty doesn't want to know, so Honey plunges into her own investigation.And then Cora's new husband is found dead in their garden.Can Honey uncover a killer before any more Ferny Down residents turn up dead?Fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin, Janet Evanovitch, The Thursday Murder Club, Simon Brett, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Rhys Bowen, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will be hooked by this addictive character-driven mystery!

TWO SHIPS IN THE NIGHT.ANOTHER DEAD BODY.NO SAFE HARBOUR.A wave lifts the stern of the boat, rigging groans in protest and a crash comes from down below, as the wails of the cargo rise above the howl of the storm.It's a wild Christmas Day on the rugged Northern Irish coast. But there's no time for turkey and pud with the family for Detectives Harvey and Birch.DS Aaron Birch leans into the wind and driving sleet. Thick, scudding clouds make the streets of Lisburn almost as dark as early evening.Then he gets the tip-off. Smugglers coming into a boatyard in Bangor.Birch and DI Asha Harvey head to the marina. They expect to find drugs. But the evidence points to something far, far worse.When one of the couriers is found murdered in his hotel room, they realize they are facing in a deadly storm of corruption and criminal depravity. Will they sink or swim?Fans of BBC's Line of Duty, Joy Ellis, Lynda La Plante, Tana French, Rachel McLean, Claire McGowan, Angela Marsons, Steve Cavanagh and Helen H. Durrant will devour this new character-driven page-turner by one of Northern Ireland's hottest talents.