Crime Fiction

Saffy is waiting to go into an important meeting when she receives a missed call and then a text message from her best friend, Leona: Please help...come now. Of course, she races to her friend’s house. But when she arrives, she notices something strange....

The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation. Their young live-in chef, Bill Kareama, was swiftly charged with murder and brought to justice. But the brutal crime scarred the idyllic town of Cambridge forever.

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....

Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social media influencers vanish without a trace, leaving their followers–and families–in a state of shock, and the police clueless as to their whereabouts.

A lavish weekend party, a practical joke that goes murderously wrong, and stolen state secrets all transpire in The Seven Dials Mystery, by Agatha Christie.

Get three absolutely gripping crime thrillers set on the UK's atmospheric north Norfolk coast from number one best-selling British author J M Dalgliesh in this great value collection....

A brand new Nikki Galena mystery where echoes from the past haunt the twistiest, most complex investigation of her career.

Former Detective Hillary Greene and her cold case team are handed an impossible case. Thirty years ago, two days before Christmas, the much-loved Reverend Keith Coltrane was hit over the head and left to die inside his own church. The killer was never caught.

Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed "Mister Whisper", earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process....

The new Kings Lake Central murder squad is about to spend its first morning on team-building exercises and reviewing cold cases when the call comes in that the body of one of the city's rough sleepers has been found in a shop doorway.

Newly minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder — a 'file and forget'. But this is no ordinary cold case, as the discovery of more bodies triggers a chain of escalating events in the present day.

Hogmanay. New Year's Eve. A dead teenager, another missing. One hell of a case. Meet DS Vicky Dodds. Settling down for a nice Hogmanay with her daughter and her best friend, a phone call pulls DS Vicky Dodds into work and to a deadly new case.

She fears the dark. He rules it. Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. Little do most know it’s just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time....

Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write - and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented savagery and cunning is at large....

Annapolis. The U.S. Naval Academy. Here begins Widow's journey—a path from a promising naval career to a crossroads of life and death. Rewind to Widow's final days as a twenty-two-year-old midshipman, where a dying woman's request catapults him into a whirlwind of lies and buried truths.

When a landslip on Pembrokeshire’s stunning coastal path reveals the harrowing remains of two bodies, ex-DCI Evan Warlow’s quiet retirement is shattered....

Holly Stewart moved into Solace House thinking it would be a fresh start for her and her family. She knew a tragic murder had taken place there, but she didn’t know the full ghastly history of the house....

Community service clean-up was supposed to be a tedious affair. But, when a young offender stumbles upon a bin bag filled with human remains, a quiet Highland village is thrown into chaos.

When Dan Armstrong is asked to provide security for some of the most powerful tycoons in the media world at a private villa on the outskirts of Pisa, he’s pretty sure it will be an easy job. But when one of the group is found murdered, Dan’s heart sinks....

Tormented by the recent loss of a colleague, DCI Jack Logan is on the warpath, determined to bring down all those he holds responsible for the officer's death....

When popular TV baking contest and national institution ‘The Best of British Baking Roadshow’ rolls into town and sets up camp in the grounds of Boskern House, a historic stately home near Penstowan, former police officer Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker finds herself competing in the grand final.

When nineteen-year-old farmgirl Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette, she sees it as her ticket out of a life too small for her. The paper's owner, Valdene Bullark, seeing something of the girl she once was in young Adelaide, puts her straight to work.

Esme is a start-up success who runs her own successful media company and heads up a series of investigative podcasts. She sets out on a new series of interviews to get to the truth behind Simone Fischer’s high-profile murder of her husband....

When a sadistic killer begins picking off victims on the streets of Inverness, Jack’s boss decides to bring in some outside help. But the new team member is an old flame from Jack’s past who isn’t quite ready to let him go....

When a young man is found frozen to death on a Highland street in mid-December, DCI Jack Logan initially puts it down to a Christmas night out gone tragically wrong....

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

जयंतनगर में छोटे-छोटे बच्चों का क़त्ल हो रहा है, पर क़ातिल का कोई सुराग़ नहीं मिल रहा। पुलिस को लगता है कि ये एंटी-नैशनल लोगों का काम है, जो हिंदू-मुस्लिम एकता को तोड़ना चाह रहे हैं, जिससे जयंतनगर में लॉ एंड ऑर्डर की समस्या खड़ी हो जाए। शहर में NRC और CAA का विरोध हो रहा है। पुलिस को लगता है कि कोई ऐसा आदमी इस सिचुएशन का फ़ायदा उठना चाह रहा है, जिसकी पकड़ हिंदू और मुस्लिम दोनों ग्रूप में है। इधर सुगंधा की शादी को काफ़ी साल हो गए हैं पर उसे अभी तक बच्चा नहीं हुआ, इसलिए वह बच्चा पाने के लिए किसी भी हद तक जाने को तैयार है।

Während sich Professor James Moriarty auf der Spur einer mathematischen Formel befindet, die so mächtig ist, dass sie die Zukunft vorhersagen kann, wird ihm ein grausamer Mord angehängt. Und der berühmte Sherlock Holmes ist daran maßgeblich beteiligt. Auf der Flucht vor dem Gesetzt und dunklen Mächten muss Moriarty in die Londoner Unterwelt fliehen und versuchen, seine Unschuld zu beweisen. Doch Holmes lässt nicht locker–und so entsteht ein Duell zweier genialer Intellekte, das immer mehr zu eskalieren droht.

Poirot recibe una carta urgente del Sr. Renauld desde Francia, quien teme por su vida y le pide ayuda. Junto a Hastings, Poirot viaja a Merlinville-sur-Mer, pero llega tarde: Renauld ha sido asesinado. Decidido a resolver el caso, Poirot, con sus "células grises," trabaja junto a la policía, mostrando su astucia y criticando los métodos de investigación tradicionales.

Most folks in Exile, Texas, think Megan Leary got away with murder. Megan was acquitted of her mother's vicious killing after someone else confessed—but suspicion still shadows her fifteen years later. Now a private investigator, she's come back to help a friend look for her missing teenage daughter—and it's not just gossip that's being stirred up. Sheriff's Deputy Dan Fox wasn't sure what to think of Megan or her mysterious past when he pulled her over for speeding. But suddenly, people are dying—and Dan may have to decide whether he can put his trust in Megan to ensure both of them survive.

1872. Marguerite has fled to London, leaving behind a traumatic past in Paris. When she is offered work as a cook for mysterious French widow Madame Riel, she seizes the chance to start afresh. But as soon as Marguerite arrives, she is stifled by the tension in the house and before long she comes to resent her stingy and volatile employer, as well as her unfriendly housemaid. Just as Marguerite is about to resign, Madame Riel’s beautiful actress daughter Julie returns to the house and charms her into staying.

Charlotte Hammond wasn't prepared to be the guardian of her murdered sister's children. But when her brother-in-law is arrested for the murder, she has no choice. When nine-year-old Chester doesn't return home from school, Charlotte fears the worst. True crime writer Dougal Lachlan is hiding his own secrets. He believes he holds the key to solving the thirty-year-old murders of five librarians but if he's right the killer may be closer than anyone thinks.

Haunted by a past trauma, Cathy yearns for sanctuary away from city life. She finds it with her boyfriend Alfie, at Blacksheep Farm, a haven in the Peaks of Derbyshire. But their peace is blighted by Bertha, the cold-hearted matriarch of Alfie’s family, who is hell-bent on keeping control of the farm—and her children. When a collection of hidden portraits is found by Alfie, Cathy is drawn to their mysterious beauty and embarks on a quest to return them to their owner. But her journey threatens to unearth long-buried secrets and tear her new life apart.

Alto, corpulento, con barba y melena, sombrero de ala ancha y botas de vaquero, el texano Roy Cady lleva unos años ejerciendo de matón profesional en Nueva Orleans. Roy es un tipo tranquilo, comprensivo, capaz de ver el lado filosófico de las cosas, lo cual no le impide ser implacable cuando la ocasión lo requiere. Pero su vida da un giro radical el día que le diagnostican un cáncer avanzado. De pronto, sus puntos de referencia se trastocan, y el relieve de la realidad cobra una nueva dimensión.

Shane is straight out of prison, and plans to wreck everything dear to the man who put him behind bars. And number one on that list is Rosen, Ed Beck’s son. Shane’s plan is to incriminate the boy, but when the dreamy blue eyes meet his, Shane can think of a hundred other ways to ruin Rosen right under his father’s nose.

“Quattro Natali, quattro decenni, quattro storie milanesi”... Incluso nella raccolta Quattro volte Natale – Piccoli omicidi a Milano, Marlon e il calendario dell’avvento è ambientato negli anni Sessanta. Protagonista dell’indagine, ovviamente, è quello stesso detective Mario Longoni che, con l’avvocato Greta Morandi, è al centro dei libri e dell’immaginario di Giorgio Maimone. In questa sua nuova avventura, Marlon dovrà affrontare l’Enigmista, uno strano serial killer col gusto per le parole crociate... Giorgio Maimone, classe 1953, è milanese di nascita e per vocazione.

"Wenn man den Pfad der Vergeltung beschreitet, soll man zwei Gräber ausheben."(Konfuzius) Jules Lefèvre ist Lehrer an der Public École im normannischen Lion-sur-Mer. Jules und seine Frau Malin genießen das Familienglück mit der kleinen Tochter Lilou. Doch dann zwingt ein Burn-out Jules, sich zu Hause einzuigeln. Die Genesung verläuft schwierig, denn seine Wahrnehmung ist getrübt. Er ist psychisch instabil und paranoid.Auch als ihm Paul Moreau, der Rektor seiner Schule, einen Besuch abstattet, misstraut Jules dessen Freundlichkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft.

"Stell dir vor, deine größte Lüge wird plötzlich wahr … Was würdest du tun?! Berenice ist Tierkommunikatorin und kann mit schwierigen Pferden telepathisch Kontakt aufnehmen – behauptet sie zumindest. In Wirklichkeit schummelt sie sich durchs Leben und zieht den Leuten mit ihren Lügengeschichten das Geld aus der Tasche. Bis sich eines Tages tatsächlich ein sprechendes Pony bei ihr meldet: Berenice soll helfen, einen verschwundenen Pferdekumpel aufzuspüren. Ehe sie sich versieht, ist sie einem handfesten Skandal auf der Spur, stolpert von einer peinlichen Situation in die nächste.

Melbourne, 1868. When dazzling theatre star Marie St Denis dies in the arms of her best friend, fellow actress Lola Sanchez, everyone believes it was suicide by laudanum overdose. Everyone except Lola. On the brink of stardom herself, she risks everything by embarking on a quest to find Marie's killer. When journalist Magnus Scott, writing as 'the Walking Gentleman', publishes a compassionate obituary about her friend, Lola decides to seek his help.

Madison Colson knows deep down that her father—a convicted serial killer—is innocent. Duty calls her back to Fog Lake, Tennessee, where terrifying events begin to unfold. The Good Samaritan Killer—or a copycat—is back. FBI Special Agent Shane Townsend is determined to stop the deadly rampage that has sent the tight-knit community into a frenzy. But he needs to earn Madison’s trust first. The task feels impossible, especially considering his father is the one who put her dad in prison.

Marc Madison is a loveable rogue, with a flawed addictive personality but no one ever got sacked for smoking a little too much weed or nursing the hangover from hell. He is, unbeknown to others, also one of the Mets best undercover cops and his current assignment is to bring down the drug Kingpin of south London. With the help of bad boy dealer Christian, Marc has successfully infiltrated a local maintenance firm and is getting ever closer to the Duke Of York, the head of the OCG.

I found the woman of all my most secret dreams. The one woman I must not touch and the only woman I want. As soon as my eyes first catch that curvy little minx, I sense her desires and I feel her aching need. She has no idea how her bouncy curves and the sway of her hips make a man’s need stiffen and grow. She deserves a better man than me, and a much younger man, too. I want so badly to protect her and care for her. I’m aching to claim that beauty and make her mine. Forever. But I must resist the pull of her charms.

Anna Caldwell, a dedicated school teacher in the idyllic town of Harper’s Creek, never imagined her quiet life would unravel with the discovery of a hidden box in her basement. Inside, she finds surveillance tapes revealing the town’s most influential figures engaging in dark and illicit activities. Her shock turns to dread when one of the people on the tapes is found murdered, and Anna is thrust into the center of a dangerous conspiracy.

When the body of a renowned archaeologist is found naked and laid out in a gruesome manner in the grounds of a ruined castle, DI Marc Fagan is faced with a nine hundred-year-old mystery. The victim’s archaeology team put up a wall of silence regarding his murder. DI Fagan must unravel the mystery behind the killing. In doing so he stumbles upon another murder mystery stretching back to 1975, when another archaeologist was murdered in the same fashion.

Von der Ermittlerin zum Opfer: Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Die Fotografin Katrin Sandmann verschwindet nach einem Shoppingtrip mit einer langjährigen Freundin spurlos, als im Rheinland durch einen plötzlichen Wintereinbruch das Chaos ausbricht. Am selben Nachmittag flieht der brutale Frauenmörder Mario Brindi aus der Klink für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Die Polizei glaubt nicht daran, dass die beiden Fälle zusammenhängen, doch als kurze Zeit später die grauenvoll zugerichtete Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird, ist es vielleicht schon zu spät für Katrin.

Rachel thought she could outrun her past. But when her sister Imogen returns home after years abroad, the walls Rachel built around her begin to crumble. Imogen wants what she believes is hers—no matter the cost. Twenty years after the tragic drowning of their baby brother, Rachel has constructed a life that appears perfect on the surface. A successful career, a loving daughter, and a claim on her parents’ beautiful family home, The Old Rectory. But the cracks are starting to show.

Ein Serienmörder versetzt eine ganze Stadt in Angst und Schrecken. Seine grausamen Taten sind nicht nur das Werk eines eiskalten Verbrechers, sondern auch eine makabre Inszenierung, die die Ermittler an ihre Grenzen bringt. Detective Jonas Müller, ambitioniert und entschlossen, nimmt die Herausforderung an, doch schnell wird klar: Dieser Täter spielt nicht nach den Regeln. Unterstützt von der brillanten Kriminaltechnikerin Eva Hartmann, taucht Jonas in ein Netz aus Lügen, Symbolen und tödlichen Rätseln ein.

When murdered women keep popping up all over town, Tess, a cold, sexy, zero-fucks-given attitude-having private investigator is called in to assist the local police department, with the help of Nate, her life-long best friend and fellow private investigator.

Journalist Lucy Reed has always sought the truth, but when a cryptic note lands on her desk hinting at a connection between the sudden death of a wealthy philanthropist and a secretive group known as "The Network," she finds herself thrust into the most dangerous investigation of her career. As Lucy digs deeper, she uncovers a chilling pattern: prominent figures dying under mysterious circumstances, each linked to an underground network that thrives on power and corruption.

Former NSA agent Eve Wicker has faced many hardships and tragedies in life. Needing to be closer to her ailing father, Eve takes a position as her hometown Sheriff. A position she never imagined would open many old wounds from her past. When she receives a phone call about a body in the woods, She drives up to the crime scene. There, she grabs the attention of the town’s mountain recluse. Roman Pike, a big burly ex-marine who’s as abrasive as he is brash.