Crime and mystery: police procedural
Poisoned Pen Press Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of
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£14.24
Poisoned Pen Press The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas
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£13.95
Danielle Girard One Clean Shot: Rookie Club Book 2
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£22.99
Saddle Peak Entertainment Dark Passage: Rookie Club Book 3
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£22.99
Danielle Girard Everything to Lose: Rookie Club Book 5
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£22.99
Two Oaks Press A Noble Calling
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£11.02
Muswell Press Lost Women: An Inspector Low Novel
Book SynopsisIn the Essex marshlands, twelve women are found abandoned in the back of a truck. Armed with knives but with nothing to say, except Grace. She will only speak to DI Stanley Low. Flown in to assist and aid his ex-colleague, and sometime lover, Met detective Ramila Mistry, Low finds himself confronting a global trafficking ring. They must hurry. Another truck is being prepared. Another twelve, vulnerable women are being groomed. Low can only find them by uncovering the ugliest of truths.Trade Review'Stanley Low is a great character' The Sun. 'This impressive police procedural presents an unflattering but authentic picture of the multiracial megacity' Times Crime Club. 'Fast, tough and smart - this is crime fiction to die for' Tony Parson. 'Classic Raymond Chandler school, wonderfully evocative scenes and illuminating insights into modern, multiracial Britain. A read page-turner' Mihir Bose
£8.99
Cambium The Trail
Book SynopsisA missing person enquiry leads Manchester DCI Rick Castle to Nepal. Manchester. DCI Rick Castle is inspecting his bees when his boss phones. A minor cannabis dealer has been reported missingThree missing. Two continents. One detective.
£10.44
Cambium Cold Dawn
Book SynopsisAgainst the rules, Manchester DCI Rick Castle removes a prisoner from Strangeways and returns to Nepal. His aim: to bring to justice his nemesis Hant Khetan, rumoured to be the next Osama Bin Laden. DCI Rick Castle is back in Nepal. Let the manhunts begin.
£11.39
Cambium Cold Summer
Book SynopsisA race against time as DCI Castle hunts for two wanted suspects before they kill each other. Nothing will be the same again.
£12.34
Ultimo Press Canticle Creek
Book Synopsis‘Hyland, a seasoned firefighter, ensures the climactic inferno takes your breath away. More please.‘ – Mark Sanderson, The Times‘An atmospheric gripper‘ – Crime Monthly‘A gritty, inventive slice of Outback noir‘ – Paul Burke, Crime Fiction Lover‘had me gripped from beginning to end. I hope this is the start of a series as I'll be looking out for the next Jesse Redpath book.‘ – Victoria Goldman, LoveReadingCanticle Creek is a twisty crime thriller set in small town Australia. Two bodies. One long hot summer. A town that will never be the same. When Adam Lawson's wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker’s body, the whole town assumes it’s an open and shut case. But Jesse Redpath isn’t from Canticle Creek. Where she comes from, the truth often hides in plain sight, but only if you know where to look. When Jesse starts to ask awkward questions, she uncovers a town full of contradictions and a cast of characters with dark pasts, secrets to hide and even more to lose. As the temperature soars, and the ground bakes, the wilderness surrounding Canticle Creek becomes a powderkeg waiting to explode. All it needs is one spark. Trade Review ‘The rural crime fiction wave continues with this brilliant new arid drama.’ * Australian Women's Weekly *‘Hyland has mastered the architecture of noir – his sinister tale seethes with small-town atmosphere and satisfying twists, set against the dangers and harsh beauty of the Australian landscape.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *‘an entertaining and engrossing novel. Hyland has written the ideal story for a long, hot summer, where fire always seems a possibility.’ * The Canberra Times *‘You can almost feel the blanketing heat and crunch of dry foliage underfoot while reading Canticle Creek ... a well-paced, atmospheric thriller with unexpected twists’ * The West Australian *‘An atmospheric gripper.’ * Crime Monthly *‘More please.’ * The Times *‘Canticle Creek had me gripped from beginning to end.’ * Lovereading *
£8.54
Ultimo Press Canticle Creek
Book Synopsis"Outstanding crime novel [...] electrifying." – The Sunday Times, November 2022 Crime Book of the Month"Adrian Hyland... sure has a way with words... The climactic inferno takes your breath away. More please." – The TimesCanticle Creek is a twisty crime thriller set in small town Australia. When Adam Lawson's wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker’s body, the whole town assumes it’s an open and shut case. But Jesse Redpath isn’t from Canticle Creek. Where she comes from, the truth often hides in plain sight, but only if you know where to look. When Jesse starts to ask awkward questions, she uncovers a town full of contradictions and a cast of characters with dark pasts, secrets to hide and even more to lose. As the temperature soars, and the ground bakes, the wilderness surrounding Canticle Creek becomes a powderkeg waiting to explode. All it needs is one spark. Trade ReviewAn atmospheric gripper. * Crime Monthly magazine *Canticle Creek had me gripped from beginning to end. I hope this is the start of a series as I'll be looking out for the next Jesse Redpath book. * Victoria Goldman, Lovereading *A gritty, inventive slice of Outback noir that at first appears to be a routine mystery but soon becomes more involved and deeply intriguing... Jesse Redpath is an interesting detective to spend time with, facing up to sexism and the walls put in front of a woman detective, especially one investigating a case outside her jurisdiction. A second outing would be welcome if Hyland has a mind for it. * Paul Burke, Crime Fiction Lover *
£11.69
Ultimo Press The Wiregrass
Book Synopsis" A cracking slice of Aussie Noir." – Heat magazine A murder made to look like an accident. A disgraced cop trying to forget his past. Nash Baker was once a celebrated cop, but his career was ended when he chose to take justice into his own hands. Now he’s living a quiet life in a small town caring for the local wildlife and trying to stay away from trouble. Jesse Redpath has a new job in a new town, Satellite – the stormy weather that greets her first few days on the new beat seems like a sign for what’s to come. A local has died in what seems like an accident, but Jessie isn’t so sure that ‘accident’ wasn’t planned. All evidence seems to point to Nash, but Jessie’s not sure about that either. Seems like Nash has enemies. And what looks like a close knit community might just be cover for dark secrets.No amount of rain will wash this town clean. The new Jesse Redpath crime thriller from the bestselling author of Canticle Creek.Praise for Canticle Creek: ‘The rural crime fiction wave continues with this brilliant new arid drama.’ ― Australian Women's Weekly ‘Hyland has mastered the architecture of noir – his sinister tale seethes with small-town atmosphere and satisfying twists, set against the dangers and harsh beauty of the Australian landscape.’ ― Sydney Morning Herald ‘an entertaining and engrossing novel. Hyland has written the ideal story for a long, hot summer, where fire always seems a possibility.’ ― The Canberra Times ‘You can almost feel the blanketing heat and crunch of dry foliage underfoot while reading Canticle Creek ... a well-paced, atmospheric thriller with unexpected twists’ ― The West AustralianTrade Review"This new Australian thriller crackles with danger ... rival to Chris Hammer’s Oz bestsellers." * Peterborough Telegraph *"A cracking slice of Aussie noir" * Heat magazine *
£14.44
ECW Press,Canada Tin Men: A Crime Novel
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DC Comics Hardware: Season One
Book SynopsisCurtis Metcalf was the brightest shining star of Alva Industries, a brilliant scientist mentored by Edwin Alva since childhood until the failures of Alva technology at the Big Bang disaster threatened to destroy the company, and Alva needed a scapegoat. Now Curtis is on the run from the Dakota police department but a man as smart and paranoid as Curtis takes precautions. With a nearly indestructible suit of armour and remarkable inventions that he never handed over to Alva, Curtis stands determined to do much more than clear his name he s going to take the fight back to Alva himself! Writer Brandon Thomas (Future State: Aquaman, Excellence) is joined by Hardware co-creator and Milestone co-founder Denys Cowan, alongside comics legend Bill Sienkiewicz, to open a legendary new chapter in the story of the Milestone Universe s most complicated man! Is a better world on his mind? Or just a world built for him? This volume collects Hardware: Season One #1-6 and Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0.
£22.10
Canongate Books Dangerous Pursuits
Book SynopsisWhen Gabriel Ash comes across a terrified young woman fleeing a brutal attacker, he and Hazel Best are drawn into a complex and baffling investigation.Rachel Somers, running . . . Something appalling happened in the wood. When Gabriel Ash and his dog come to her aid, she thinks she''s safe. But this is Norbold, where things aren''t always as they seem.Detective Chief Inspector Gorman thinks this is his worst nightmare: a predatory paedophile who''s prepared to kill rather than be taken. Constable Hazel Best thinks she''s helping both the Somers family and her friend Ash, but her tendency to follow her heart rather than her orders is about to get her into trouble again. And the people of Norbold have noticed that descriptions of the attacker, sketchy as they are, fit Ash better than they fit anyone else.With panic stalking the town, DCI Gorman needs to make an arrest before more young girls are attacked, before someone else dies, before the vigilantes who burned Ash''s shop decide to burn him too. But the parameters keep shifting, and almost none of the facts he''s relying on will turn out to be true. The solution to the mystery is more shocking, and more tragic, than even these three could have imagined.
£20.69
Canongate Books Cruel as the Grave
Book SynopsisThe murder of a personal fitness trainer draws DCI Bill Slider and his team into a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears. Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat, his head smashed by one of his own dumbbells. His heartlessly-dumped girlfriend, blood on her clothes and hands, is the prime suspect. She had means, opportunity, and motive.But is the case as clear-cut as it seems? Handsome Erik Lingoss had clients in high places; and he seemed to engender powerful emotions. If it was a crime of passion, there was plenty of that to go round: love strong as death, jealousy cruel as the grave.Who did he let in to his flat that evening? Where is his missing mobile phone? Why is seven hundred pounds in cash stuffed under his pillow? The deeper Slider and his team dig, the clearer it becomes there''s far more to this case than meets the eye.
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Canongate Books Wildfire
Book SynopsisHenry Christie is drawn out of retirement by a brutal killer and must confront old foes in this breathless thriller. Henry Christie is enjoying a quiet retirement running the Tawny Owl pub - until a devastating moorland fire tears through the surrounding area and he finds himself at the forefront of coordinating the local response. When the occupants of a remote farm can''t be contacted, Henry goes to check on them - and makes a grisly discovery.Reluctantly agreeing to help the police with their investigation, Henry is reunited with DC Diane Daniels, and is soon confronting an explosive mix of organized crime, violence and drug turf wars which leads him back to his old hunting ground in Blackpool - and old enemies who will stop at nothing to finally have their revenge.
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Canongate Books Hold Your Breath, China
Book Synopsis"Fascinating . Xiaolong writes with both urgency and grace about modern China in another well-crafted mystery" - Booklist Starred Review"Outstanding . Qiu''s execution matches his ambition. Fans of mysteries about honest cops working for compromised regimes won''t want to miss this one" - Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewInspector Chen is on the case of a serial murderer when he is called away to report on environmentalists trying to tackle the pollution issues in China.Chief Inspector Chen and Detective Yu Guangming are brought into a serial murder case when the Homicide squad proves incapable of solving it. But before Chen can make a start, he is called away by a high-ranking Party member for a special assignment: to infiltrate a group of environmental activists meeting to discuss the pollution levels in the country and how to prompt the government into action.Chen knows it will be a far from simple task, especially when he discovers the leader of the group is a woman from his past. Meanwhile, Yu is left to investigate a serial murder case on his own.Both Chen and Yu face pressure from those above to resolve the cases in a satisfactory way . . . even if that means innocents face the punishment.
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Canongate Books Sarah's List
Book SynopsisA car chase ending with the murder of a senior living centre employee draws Detective Sarah Burke into a chilling case where her career - and her life - are soon at risk.Detective Sarah Burke and new cop Zivko ''Bogey'' Boganicevic are sent to an incident at Fairweather Farms senior living center in Tucson. The center''s van has suddenly been chased at reckless speed by a carload of bandits firing high-powered rifles, and crashed into its own garage. Arriving at the scene, Sarah makes a grisly discovery: the driver, Enrique Lopez, was shot in the head during the chase. Why was a kindly man, dedicated to looking after the elderly, targeted and killed so dramatically by a team of hoodlums?As Sarah works through her list of questions, she soon finds herself drawn into the high-stakes world of drugs, deception and mistaken identity where nothing is as it first appears, and she is forced to risk her career - and her life - in her search for answers.
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Canongate Books First Fix Your Alibi
Book Synopsis"This is another entertaining, laugh-out-loud, mesmerizing, and completely original installment in an excellent series"Booklist Starred ReviewWhen a major drugs dealer seeks vengeance for the death of his family, policemen Harpur and Iles must do all they can to prevent a bloodbathFollowing the murder of his wife and son, tycoon drugs dealer Mansel Shale is determined to get vengeance ? and he wants another drugs baron, Ralph Ember, to help him. Having heard of the movie Strangers on a Train, in which two men agree to undertake each other?s murders as a way of preventing detection, Shale suggests he and Ralph should have a similar arrangement ? and Ralph is in no position to refuse.When he learns of the plan, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles fears that if things go wrong, the hard-won peace he and Harpur have established in the city will be seriously threatened. The two top policemen find they have their work cut out to limit the damage and restore tranquillity.
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Canongate Books Blood on the Rocks
Book SynopsisDI Joanna Piercy is not happy when she''s assigned the apparently minor case of finding a missing elderly man, but it turns out to be far more sinister . . .DI Joanna Piercy is irritated at what she perceives to be an attempt to wrap her up in cotton wool during her pregnancy when she is asked to take on the case of Zachary Foster, a missing ninety-six-year-old man suffering from dementia. Zachary has vanished from his residential care home on the edge of Leek during the night with his beloved old teddy bear. He can''t have gone far, surely, but how did a frail, elderly man manage to abscond from a secure house at night? As Joanna investigates, it soon becomes clear that this apparently minor case is far more sinister than it first appears. Could her own life, and that of her unborn child, be at risk?
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Canongate Books Naked Flames
Book SynopsisA deadly fire at a nudist club plunges DCI Harry Brock and DS Dave Poole into an explosive mix of deception, betrayal and fraud.DCI Harry Brock''s leisurely Saturday afternoon is shattered when he receives the news that Robert Sharp, a charming, good-looking man in his thirties, has been found dead in a suspicious fire in his hut at the Pretext Club, a nudist club near Harrow. Besides being a philandering husband, it seems Robert Sharp was a conman on the wanted list of three different constabularies, a chameleon who managed to escape the police''s clutches and justice . . . until now. Plunged into a deadly mix of deception, betrayal and fraud, Harry and his colleague DS Dave Poole soon uncover a number of people with a grudge against Robert, but can they unmask his killer
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Canongate Books Dark Truths
Book SynopsisIntroducing criminologist Will Traynor in the first of a gripping new forensic mystery series from an expert in the field.When a headless body is discovered on a popular jogging trail, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts and his team are plunged headlong into a baffling murder investigation. Why would someone stab to death a young woman on her daily run - and take her head? When a close examination of the crime scene results in a shocking discovery linking the present murder to a past crime, criminologist Will Traynor is brought in to assist the police. Aware of Traynor''s troubled past and already having to deal with inexperienced rookie PC Chloe Judd on his team, Watts is sceptical that Traynor will bring anything useful to the investigation. He''s about to be proved very wrong ...
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Canongate Books Dreams of Fear
Book SynopsisJane Ferguson suffers from horrific nightmares which she claims not to be able to explain. And when her traumatised 6-year-old daughter finds Jane dead, hanging by the neck in the hallway of the family''s seaside home, it is assumed she took her own life.But routine police enquiries reveal evidence indicating that Jane has been murdered, and her businessman husband Felix, commodore of the local yacht club, becomes the chief suspect.Called in to launch a major inquiry, Detective Inspector David Vogel discovers that nothing connected with Jane Ferguson''s death is as it seems. Gradually, he uncovers a deeply disturbing story involving a succession of shocking family secrets stretching back over three decades.
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Canongate Books A Full Cold Moon
Book SynopsisA murder of an Icelandic man during a Full Cold Moon reminds Lauren Riley of a previous case she failed to solve. She is determined not to let it happen again.Since her partner on the Cold Case team has been out of action after being shot in the line of duty, Lauren Riley has been working Homicide. Her latest case involves an Icelandic man murdered on the streets of Buffalo mere feet from his hotel. The brutality of the case hits Lauren hard. When she realizes the murder was committed on the night of a Full Cold Moon, it triggers memories of the first cold case she investigated that she''s been unable to solve.Lauren is determined not to fail again but when she is involved in a shooting with a suspect, she finds the case may be taken out of her hands . . . especially when it gains attention from the Icelandic government.
£12.59
Canongate Books Hold Your Breath, China
Book SynopsisInspector Chen is on the case of a serial murderer when he is called away to report on environmentalists trying to tackle the pollution issues in China.Chief Inspector Chen and Detective Yu Guangming are brought into a serial murder case when the Homicide squad proves incapable of solving it. But before Chen can make a start, he is called away by a high-ranking Party member for a special assignment: to infiltrate a group of environmental activists meeting to discuss the pollution levels in the country and how to prompt the government into action.Chen knows it will be a far from simple task, especially when he discovers the leader of the group is a woman from his past. Meanwhile, Yu is left to investigate a serial murder case on his own.Both Chen and Yu face pressure from those above to resolve the cases in a satisfactory way . . . even if that means innocents face the punishment.
£16.29
Canongate Books Sarah's List
Book SynopsisA car chase ending with the murder of a senior living centre employee draws Detective Sarah Burke into a chilling case where her career - and her life - are soon at risk.Detective Sarah Burke and new cop Zivko ''Bogey'' Boganicevic are sent to an incident at Fairweather Farms senior living center in Tucson. The center''s van has suddenly been chased at reckless speed by a carload of bandits firing high-powered rifles, and crashed into its own garage. Arriving at the scene, Sarah makes a grisly discovery: the driver, Enrique Lopez, was shot in the head during the chase. Why was a kindly man, dedicated to looking after the elderly, targeted and killed so dramatically by a team of hoodlums?As Sarah works through her list of questions, she soon finds herself drawn into the high-stakes world of drugs, deception and mistaken identity where nothing is as it first appears, and she is forced to risk her career - and her life - in her search for answers.
£12.34
Canongate Books Dangerous Pursuits
Book SynopsisWhen Gabriel Ash comes across a terrified young woman fleeing a brutal attacker, he and Hazel Best are drawn into a complex and baffling investigation.Rachel Somers, running . . . Something appalling happened in the wood. When Gabriel Ash and his dog come to her aid, she thinks she''s safe. But this is Norbold, where things aren''t always as they seem.Detective Chief Inspector Gorman thinks this is his worst nightmare: a predatory paedophile who''s prepared to kill rather than be taken. Constable Hazel Best thinks she''s helping both the Somers family and her friend Ash, but her tendency to follow her heart rather than her orders is about to get her into trouble again. And the people of Norbold have noticed that descriptions of the attacker, sketchy as they are, fit Ash better than they fit anyone else.With panic stalking the town, DCI Gorman needs to make an arrest before more young girls are attacked, before someone else dies, before the vigilantes who burned Ash''s shop decide to burn him too. But the parameters keep shifting, and almost none of the facts he''s relying on will turn out to be true. The solution to the mystery is more shocking, and more tragic, than even these three could have imagined.
£12.34
Canongate Books Cruel as the Grave
Book SynopsisThe murder of a personal fitness trainer draws DCI Bill Slider and his team into a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears. Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat, his head smashed by one of his own dumbbells. His heartlessly-dumped girlfriend, blood on her clothes and hands, is the prime suspect. She had means, opportunity, and motive.But is the case as clear-cut as it seems? Handsome Erik Lingoss had clients in high places; and he seemed to engender powerful emotions. If it was a crime of passion, there was plenty of that to go round: love strong as death, jealousy cruel as the grave.Who did he let in to his flat that evening? Where is his missing mobile phone? Why is seven hundred pounds in cash stuffed under his pillow? The deeper Slider and his team dig, the clearer it becomes there''s far more to this case than meets the eye.
£16.29
Canongate Books Devil in the Detail
Book SynopsisA suspected car-jacking leads to something deeper and darker in the compelling new Will Traynor forensic mystery. The emergency call comes in the early hours of the morning. A man and a woman found in a car in a rundown part of the city, both of them critically injured. A random, opportune attack by a stranger? Or were the pair deliberately targeted? Is there a connection to series of car-jackings which has been plaguing the area? Nothing about this case seems to add up. As each theory as to what might have happened leads to yet more questions, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts decides to call on the help of criminologist Dr Will Traynor. Traynor knows that it''s the small, easily missed details that will crack the case, but not even he could suspect just where those seemingly insignificant details will lead . . .
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Canongate Books Darkness Beyond
Book SynopsisDI Herbert Reardon investigates the curious case of a man seemingly returned from the dead, in the latest 1930s-set historical mystery from Marjorie Eccles. February, 1933. When their eldest brother Paul walks into their hallway, fourteen years after he was presumed dead, successful property developers Thea and Teddy Millar are beset with questions. Where has he been? Why has he never written to let them know he was alive? And most of important of all: what happened to Paul, after the end of the Great War, to make him abandon everything and everyone he ever knew?When Paul''s body is found floating in the canal two weeks later, Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon feels sure the murder is connected to his new life in London. For who would want to kill a man who''s been thought dead for over a decade? But Reardon knows the past can cast long shadows, and as he investigates, he finds a knot of dark secrets and old grudges that someone is determined he''ll never untangle . . .This atmospheric historical mystery brings the interwar period of the 1930s to vivid, compelling life, and is a great choice for fans of traditional mysteries with characters who feel real and sympathetic.
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Canongate Books Life Without Parole
Book SynopsisFans of J.A. Jance and Lisa Gardner will love this exploration of the little-known job of death investigator in small-town Missouri where Angela Richman finds herself investigating the lives and secrets of the one percenters in Chouteau Forest.Chouteau Forest''s wealthy are being targeted by the Ghost Burglars, who''ve carried out twelve burglaries over two weeks. So far, there''s been no bloodshed . . . until Tom Lockridge is brutally slain inside his marble mansion during the latest raid. Angela Richman, death investigator for Chouteau County, is called to assess the scene and the body by Detective Jace Budewitz. As they investigate, Jace becomes obsessed with proving the Ghost Burglars weren''t involved in the murder.Can the burglars be ruled out so easily? Is there more to Cynthia Lockridge, Tom''s wife, seeking solace in the arms of the ambitious local lawyer Wesley Desloge? What about Tom''s long-suffering daughter, or his loose-lipped housekeeper or office manager? Everyone is keeping secrets, but whose erupted into violence that fateful night?
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Quercus Publishing The Devil's Cave: The Dordogne Mysteries 5
Book Synopsis'WALKER'S FINEST YET ... A FIRST-RATE MYSTERY' - Entertainment WeeklyBruno, Chief of Police, investigates when a body is found floating in the river showing marks of Satanism. France's favourite cop must track down a murderer while quelling his town's superstitious fears in this page-turning mystery, part of an internationally bestselling series.It is springtime France's Périgord, a time of beauty and calm. But not for Bruno, chief of police of the small town of St Denis. A woman's body has been found on a boat, bearing signs of a black magic ritual. Bruno has too much on his plate as it is - mediating a domestic abuse case that needs careful handling and a dodgy local development proposal that seems just too good to be true. But a murder case must take precedent and the roots of this one lie buried deep in the past - linked to a chateau above a bend in the river, to the reclusive old woman who lives there, and to the secret hidden in the Devil's Cave.Trade ReviewIf you're looking for some engaging entertainment as a beach read or for a wet afternoon then you're unlikely to go far wrong * Bookbag *The irresistible Bruno ... leaping up mountains and plunging into caves as he prevents various ingenious crimes and plots from upsetting the traditional way of life in St Denis * Literary Review *A page turning thriller ... well crafted and enjoyable * Tribune *Makes for pleasant holiday reading with its panoramic picture of life in all those Dordogne towns and hamlets * Shotsmag *The book's darker edges are balanced out by a likeable main character and Walker's obvious love for and understanding of French country life is obvious in every page * Irish Examiner *Walker's finest yet, a first-rate mystery * Entertainment Weekly *
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Quercus Publishing The Resistance Man: The Dordogne Mysteries 6
Book Synopsis'WALKER BRINGS TO LIFE A COMPLETE COMMUNITY AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO IS ITS PROTECTOR, TEACHER AND FRIEND' - Literary ReviewIn rural Dordogne, Bruno, Chief of Police, knows that WW2 casts the longest shadow. Rare bank notes are found, linking to the famous Neuvic train robbery of 1944 in the sixth internationally-bestselling case for France's favourite cop.In the small town of St Denis, Bruno, can't get a moment's rest. Some rare bank notes have come to light that may have links to the legendary Neuvic train robbery in 1944. The investigation is fraught with issues. Bruno is also dealing with a wave of local burglaries, which have brought his old flame, Isabelle - and their complicated history - back to the town. Worse is to come. Tasked with piecing together these past crimes, Bruno now finds he has the more pressing matter of a body on his hands. He must now trace the links between past and present to restore peace in his beloved town of St Denis.
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Quercus Publishing Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues: A Jesse
Book SynopsisParadise, Massachusetts, is gearing up for the busy summer season when a spate of car thefts places its quiet, tourist-friendly reputation in jeopardy. Jesse Stone fears an automobile theft gang has set up shop in town, and the silver-tongued, heavy-handed police chief vows to put a stop to their activity. Almost as soon as he starts tackling this threat, another materializes: one of a more personal nature. An old enemy, hell-bent on revenge, is fresh out of prison. Thus begins a tale of proactive policing and personal paranoia, in which Stone finds himself defending himself, his patch and - before long - his latest squeeze. In Killing the Blues, Michael Brandman combines all of Parker's tried and tested ingredients to create a highly enjoyable and authentic Jesse Stone thriller.Trade ReviewTougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer * Boston Globe *When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it * Harlan Coben *Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans * Milwaukee Sentinel *One of the great series in the history of the detective story * New York Times Book Review *Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenalin * Boston Observer *Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity * Chicago Sun *The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today . . . the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition * Cincinnati Post *Nobody does it better * Publishers Weekly *Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good * Library Journal *'No one understands what makes Bob Parker's Jesse Stone tick better than Michael Brandman - and Michael is just the writer to carry Jesse into the future' Tom Selleck. * Tom Selleck *
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Judge Fear's Big Day Out and Other Stories
Book SynopsisFrom the pages of the Judge Dredd MegazineA shopping mall where droids sell organs harvested from street trash...A murderous imaginary friend... A psychotic composer drafting music from pain...All in a day’s work for the Lawman of the Future.Edited by and with an introduction by Dredd veteran Michael Carroll, Judge Fear’s Big Day Out and Other Stories gathers the very best short stories from more than a decade of the Judge Dredd Megazine, including stories by legends Alan Grant, Gordon Rennie and Simon Spurrier, among countless others…Table of Contents Introduction, Michael Carroll A Nativity Tale, Gordon Rennie Everything Must Go, David Bishop Rat Town, Jonathan Clements Bernard, Jonathan Morris Lazarus, Gary Russell Judge Fear’s Big Day Out, Simon Spurrier Passive/Aggressive, James Swallow Dead Man Walking, Jonathan Clements Dog Fight, Cavan Scott Lucky for Some, Jonathan Clements Scream Symphony, Alec Worley The Greater Good, Michael Carroll The Pack, Alan Grant Paranoia, Alan Grant Judgement Call, Robert Murphy Comportment, John Ware Psimple Psimon, Jonathan Green Apology Accepted, Alec Worley Going Wheely, T. C. Eglinton Roaches, Cavan Scott Dead Man Talking, David Baillie One-Way Ticket, Jonathan Green Too Hottie to Handle, David Baillie You’d Better be Good, for Goodness’ Sake..., Jonathan Green Back-Up Required, Robert Murphy A Celebration, Michael Carroll The Dinner Party, David Baillie Hunting With Missiles, Karl Stock Miracle on 34th and Peltzer, Jonathan Green Apartment 1027c, Stuart Orford No Act of Kindness, Steve Frame You Shoulda Been There, Michael Carroll About the Contributors
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Judge Dredd Year Three
Book SynopsisWorld’s Changing. Doesn’t Mean Dredd Has To.Mega-City One, 2082. In two short years, Judge Joseph Dredd has tackled hardened killers and would-be revolutionaries; he’s taken beat-downs and bounced back; and he’s even arrested his own brother.There’s no such thing as a “normal year” in the Big Meg. In his third year on the sked, he’ll become embroiled in the growing anti-robot movement; he’ll head back out to the Cursed Earth; and he’ll fall afoul of the secretive SJS – and not for the last time…Trade Review“Takes you inside the head—and out on the beat—of the future’s greatest lawman like never before!” -- Comic Book News * Comic Book News UK *
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. JUDGES Volume Three
Book SynopsisUnited States of America, 2051 A.D.It has been twenty years since Eustace Fargo’s justice bill was passed. There are new weapons on the streets and vast city blocks rising to the sky, as the first human being sets out to visit another star system. New York, California and Texas cry out for autonomy, chafing against a federal government they feel has lost control.Reeling from news of Chief Justice Fargo’s death in service, the nation asks: has it all been worth it?Trade Review“Each story is quickly devoured, packed with twists and brutal political analogy. This is the rise of fascism, eerily familiar and terrifyingly plausible… this is the Justice Department as The Wire, and it really works.” -- Starburst Magazine * Starburst Magazine *“Challenging at times, yet extremely rewarding in the end.” -- Pop Culture Bandit * Pop Culture Bandit *“I enjoyed this book, although it made me nervous. I loved the conflict it caused in me. It’s fast-paced and uncompromising, keeping true to the essence of the Judges.” -- The British Fantasy Society * The British Fantasy Society *
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Quercus Publishing Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice: A Jesse Stone
Book SynopsisA Hollywood movie is shooting in Paradise, Massachusetts. But for its leading starlet, Marisol Hinton, Paradise feels more like perdition. Terrorized by her meth-addicted ex, and increasingly frightened for her life, she has approached Police Chief Jesse Stone for help. Jesse already has his hands full - waging a war against a teenager whose reckless behaviour is endangering the local community, and juggling a series of complaints from Paradise citizens, aggrieved at being charged exorbitantly high fees by the town's water company. Never one to back down from a fight, Jesse throws himself into all three cases with his characteristic vigour. But what he doesn't realize is that those appearing the least dangerous will prove to be the most deadly.
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Pushkin Press Those Who Perish
Book SynopsisA MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE Deaf PI Caleb Zelic has always been an outsider, estranged from family and friends. But when he receives a text that his brother, Anton, is in danger, Caleb sees it as a chance at redemption. A REMOTE ISLAND He tracks Anton down to an isolated, wind-punished island, where secrets run deep and resentments deeper. A KILLER IN THE SHADOWS When a killer starts terrorising the isolated community, the brothers must rely on each other like never before. But trust comes at a deadly price...Trade Review**shortlisted for The Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction of the Year** "Superb... The author’s remarkable gift for enabling hearing readers to imagine Zelic’s often silent or inaudible world lifts this above the pack. This impressive page-turner enables even newcomers to feel an immediate affinity with Viskic’s flawed lead." — Publishers Weekly, starred review "A taut and fitting finale, delivering great characters and sense of place, as well as humanity. Viskic’s prose sings" — Craig Sisterson, Mystery Scene
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Pushkin Press Deep Dark Blue
Book SynopsisWater washes away everything, even the bodies. Lake Zurich is Rosa Zambrano's beat. Once a detective with the Criminal Investigation Department, she's now exchanged serious crimes for the serenity of the water, patrolling it daily as the first female officer in Zurich's maritime police force. Then one day, the body of Dr Jansen, a renowned fertility doctor and successful biotech entrepreneur, is dredged up in a fisherman's nets. The case hits close to home for Rosa -she was a patient of Jansen's and saw him only days before he was killed. The investigation leads her from the opulent villas on the lake's shores to genetic research labs and a thriving escort service on the outskirts of the city -and to four women, each of whom has rejected the hand she's been dealt.Trade Review'Set in the beautiful city of Zurich and full of glorious descriptions of well-cooked and thoughtfully presented food, Deep Dark Blue deals with the subject of genetic manipulation. . . Quietly shocking and full of intriguing information, this novel shows how much more there is to Zurich than secretive bankers' -Literary Review'Elegantly written and featuring a warm and interesting woman as the investigator and an unfamiliar but lovely city brought to vivid life, Deep Dark Blue is highly recommended' -Irish Independent'Seraina Kobler has written a compelling thriller' - WDR2'A gripping crime novel that still makes a holiday in Zurich sound like fun' - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung'In her crime novel, Seraina Kobler has found a calm and unhurried language' - Sonntag'Seraina Kobler knows how to build tension' - Neue Zurcher Zeitung
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Atlantic Books A Time of Mourning
Book SynopsisIntroducing Sandro Cellini, ex-cop and private detective. Florence's answer to Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti.'Thoughtful, lugubrious, adorable Florentine Sandro Cellini has become my comfort-detective of choice... He make me almost long for a cold so I can go to bed and read.' -- Louisa YoungWhen a young English girl goes missing from among Florence's hard-drinking, high-living community of foreign art students, at first ex-policeman, good husband and newly private detective Sandro Cellini is unwilling to see any connection with his investigation of the suicide of an elderly Jewish architect.But as he looks more closely into the circumstances of Claudio Gentileschi's death the connections between the cases multiply, and Sandro's first case turns out to be darker and more complex than he could have imagined...Trade ReviewThoughtful, lugubrious, adorable Florentine Sandro Cellini has become my comfort-detective of choice... He make me almost long for a cold so I can go to bed and read. -- Louisa Young
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Titan Books Ltd The Fire Pit (Faroes Novel 3)
Book SynopsisTHE FIRE PIT IS THE THIRD BOOK IN THE FAROES NOVEL SERIES, FOLLOWING ON FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED THE KILLING BAYIn the wake of a dying man's apparent suicide, the skeleton of a young woman is discovered on a windswept hillside. Detective Hjalti Hentze suspects that it is the body of a Norwegian woman reported missing forty years earlier, while a commune occupied the land, and whose death may be linked to the abduction and rape of a local Faroese girl. Meanwhile British DI Jan Reyna is pursing his investigation into his mother's suicide. But as he learns more about her final days, links between the two cases start to appear: a conspiracy of murder and abuse spanning four decades. And as Hentze puts the same pieces together, he realizes that Reyna is willing to go further than ever before to learn the truth...Trade Review“This particular combination of British mystery and Nordic noir is unique and very satisfying.” The Crime Review
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Transworld Publishers Ltd When She Was Bad
Book Synopsis________'A fresh, clever psychological thriller. I loved it!' CLARE MACKINTOSHYou see the people you work with every day. But what can't you see?________Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years. They know how each one likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose children keep them up at night…But their comfortable routine life is suddenly shattered when an aggressive new boss walks in.Now, there's something chilling in the air.Who secretly hates everyone?Who is tortured by their past?Who is capable of murder?________'Ingeniously sharp thriller, set in an office' HEAT MAGAZINE, 5 *' Tammy Cohen is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors' EMMA KAVANAGH'Psychological thrillers don't get much better than this!' C L TAYLOR'Truly terrifying' RUTH WARE'A thriller with startling twists and a kick to the finish' Sunday Mirror'This was so gripping!' Red Magazine'Unsettling, tense and utterly unputdownable' Woman & Home 'Will keep you guessing right until the end' i magazine________THRILLER OF THE MONTH, Good HousekeepingOne of the Daily Mail's BIGGEST SELLING bookclub authorsTrade ReviewA fresh, clever psychological thriller full of toxic characters you'll love to hate. * CLARE MACKINTOSH *Takes the ordinary and twists it until the sense of danger is utterly overwhelming. Tammy Cohen is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors * EMMA KAVANAGH *A compelling tale of office politics and childhood trauma, that slices through the insecurities, jealousies and hidden agendas of the work place. Skilfully written with Cohen's trademark piercing observation and vivid imagination, this book will have you nervously watching your colleagues wondering what lies beneath their masks. With twists and turns and expertly ratcheted tension, it had me gripped from the off. * AMANDA JENNINGS *I was on the edge of my seat. Psychological thrillers don't get much better than this! * C L TAYLOR *Tammy's books have a way of making you feel like something truly awful is just seconds away, and your whole body is tensed waiting for it. Dark and menacing you won't want to put this down until you know where the danger is coming from. * JENNY BLACKHURST *A taut, immensely readable thriller that kept me guessing right to the end. I love Tammy's books and this one certainly doesn't disappoint. * LOUISE VOSS *A toxic working environment is a great setting for a psychological thriller and the plot of 'When She Was Bad' more than lives up to its original and gripping premise. I couldn't stop reading * Sinead Crowley *Truly terrifying * RUTH WARE *An intelligent and satisfying mystery * Literary Review *Cohen will keep you guessing right to the end, and just when you think you've worked out what is going on, you'll change your mind again. A must-read for fans of psychological crime thrillers * The Scottish Herald *This book is difficult to put down. Tammy Cohen will keep you guessing to the end, and just when you think you've worked out what is going on, you'll change your mind again. * Irish News *This was so gripping, I felt I'd been stuck to the pages. It will keep you guessing. * Red Magazine Must-read of the Month *Unsettling, tense and utterly unputdownable. Kept me reading into the small hours. -- Fanny Blake * Woman & Home *This psychological thriller will have you questioning everyone you know . . . [and] . . . keep you guessing right till the end. * i newspaper *A thriller with startling twists and a kick to the finish. * Sunday Mirror *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Sirens
Book Synopsis‘Brooding, blistering. Sirens is a remarkable literary thriller, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and James Lee Burke’ AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the WindowWATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTHI stopped going to work. I went missing. We still live in a world where you can disappear if you want to. Or even if you don't.Detective Aidan Waits is in trouble After a career-ending mistake, he’s forced into a nightmare undercover operation that his superiors don’t expect him to survive.Isabelle Rossiter has run away againWhen the teenage daughter of a prominent MP joins Zain Carver, the enigmatic criminal who Waits is investigating, everything changes.A single mother, missing for a decadeCarver is a mesmerising figure who lures young women into his orbit – young women who have a bad habit of disappearing. Soon Waits is cut loose by the police, stalked by an unseen killer and dangerously attracted to the wrong woman.How can he save the girl, when he can’t even save himself?*Reader reviews: 'It is an utterly brilliant debut novel; dark, gritty, menacing and meaningful.' *****'Compulsive reading, so well written that even the gruesome cruelty and sense of helplessness in a dark world seemed right.'***** 'Knox is always one-step ahead, deceiving the reader and creating a sexy, stylish world always with danger around every corner.' ******The bestselling debut from the winner of the Sky Arts Writer of the Year Award, the next big name in crime fiction - Joseph Knox.Trade ReviewKnox presents the city as pungently and uncompromisingly as Ian Rankin does Edinburgh * Guardian *A firecracker of a crime tale. His writing is taut, atmospheric and studded with eye-catching descriptions. An arresting new talent. * Metro *Razor-sharp urban noir – very special indeed. -- Lee ChildSirens is a powerhouse of noir. Joseph Knox owns Manchester and paints it in all its grimy colours. -- Val McDermidThrilling, breathless stuff * Observer *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Sleepwalker
Book Synopsis‘He said he didn’t remember killing them…’As a series of rolling blackouts plunge the city into darkness, Detective Aidan Waits sits on an abandoned hospital ward, watching a mass murderer slowly die. Transferred from his usual night shift duties and onto protective custody, he has just one job…To extract the location of Martin Wick’s final victim before the notorious mass murderer passes away.Wick has spent over a decade in prison, in near-total silence, having confessed to an unspeakable crime that shocked the nation and earned him the nickname of The Sleepwalker.But when a daring premeditated attack leaves one police officer dead and another one fighting for his life, Wick’s whispered last words will send Waits on a journey into the heart of darkness…Manipulated by a reticent psychopath from his past, and under investigation from his new partner, Detective Constable Naomi Black, Waits realises too late that a remorseless contract killer is at work.Can Aidan Waits solve his last case before fleeing justice?Or will his name be next on the hit list?Trade Review‘Knox’s pitch-black novels are among crime fiction’s most compelling’ * i *‘Fierce, funny and flint-sharp. Joseph Knox is the true grit of Brit noir' * Cara Hunter *Dark, gritty and compelling, this will have you turning the pages until the early hours of the morning * The Independent *Oozing dread, full of surprises and with a powerful sense of outraged humanity, The Sleepwalker is Joseph Knox’s finest novel yet. * The Times *‘[An] ingenious plot … full of striking revelations’ * CrimeTime *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Slow Motion Ghosts
Book Synopsis'Noon's storytelling is assured and compelling ... it's a belter' Guardian‘Constantly surprising’ SpectatorA viciously occult murder.A curious clue left on the body.The soundtrack to the murder still playing...It is 1981 and Detective Inspector Henry Hobbes is still reeling in the aftermath of the fire and fury of the Brixton riots. The battle lines of society - and the police force - are being redrawn on a daily basis. With the certainties of his life already sorely tested, a brutal murder will shake his beliefs to their very core once more. The manner of the death and its staged circumstances pose many questions to which there are no obvious answers. To track the murderer, Hobbes must cross boundaries into a subculture hidden beneath the everyday world he thought he knew. His investigation takes him into a twisted reality, which is both seductive and devastating, and asks him the one question he has been dreading: How far will he go in pursuit of the truth?Jeff Noon is the author of six acclaimed novels, Vurt, Pollen, Automated Alice, Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove and Falling Out of Cars, as well as two collections of short fictions, and is also the crime fiction reviewer for The Spectator. He lives in Brighton.Trade ReviewThe obsessive world of pop culture becomes a dangerous, dark, bewitching place in Noon’s utterly brilliant crime fiction debut. * William Shaw *Constantly surprising, the novel takes the form of the police procedural and pushes it in a variety of unexpected directions * Spectator *Noon's storytelling is assured and compelling ... it's a belter * Guardian *Slow Motion Ghosts is a triumph … an ingeniously-plotted and multi-layered tale * Independent *The enjoyably convoluted plot encompasses a heartfelt and moving examination of the other-worldly appeal of glam rock for nerds and outsiders. If you weren't poleaxed by Bowie's death, this very absorbing novel will help to explain why others were. * The Telegraph *
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