Thriller / suspense fiction

Book SynopsisWhen the hunter becomes the hunted…Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Shari Lapena and Lisa Jewell.It was eight o’clock on a Sunday morning when I was attacked. He burst into my life, turning my world upside down. He took everything he wanted and left me broken. Now the police can’t find him. They have no idea who he is or what he’s capable of. But I do. I know just how dangerous he is and if they can’t stop him before he hurts someone else, then I will.Praise for Gemma Rogers: 'Unputdownable. a nail-biting thriller that grips to the very last page.' Keri Beevis ‘A beautifully written edge-of-your-seat thriller that had me guessing right until the end’Dreda Say Mitchell, 'A brilliant thriller from an exciting new voice. Stalker it had me on the edge of my seat' Kerry Barnes , 'An atmospheric, taut thriller which keeps you hooked from the first page' Jacqui Rose, 'A cracking read. Brilliantly written characters and a gripping plot. Highly recommended.' Caz Finlay 'A page-turning must-read. It will have you hooked from the first page until the last' Stephanie Harte 'An intense thriller - it's a must-read' Sam Michaels ‘An incredible read that had me engrossed from the first page. A five-star read’ Alex Kane ‘A real page turner, full of sinister secrets' Casey Kelleher

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Book SynopsisTo catch a villain sometimes you just have to become one.From the bestselling author of Jailbird.Detective Constable Bailey Morgan is back doing what she does best – working undercover.This time she has to infiltrate the inner circle of a notorious underworld family. Posing as a fellow villain, she is on a one-woman mission to bring the family to their knees.But things are never that simple. Bailey finds that she is forced to confront shadowy wraiths from her past and will come face-to-face with a set of devastating revelations that will shatter her world and threaten her very existence.With only herself to trust, Bailey is on her own and the stakes are higher than ever.Heart-stopping and gripping. Perfect for the fans of hit TV shows such as Line of Duty and Gangs of London.What readers are saying about Villain 'I could not fault this book in any way for it's journey through unpredictable twists and turns in the plot, believable characters, and the frenzy of excitement and emotions that I experienced along the way.''Guaranteed to be a relentless page turner. Can’t wait to read this writer’s next book!''A gritty gangster story that will have you hooked all the way through.'' If you like Anna Smith, you’ll love Caro Savage.'

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Book Synopsis‘Fear the north wind. Because no one will hear you scream…’A family is gunned down in the snow but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing - no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold.Fifty years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather – each time it snows another person dies. As an exhausted and grizzled DI Barton and his team scrabble to put the pieces of the puzzle together, the killer is hiding in plain sight. Meanwhile, the murders continue…The first in a new series, Ross Greenwood has written a cracking, crackling crime story with a twist in its tale which will surprise even the most hardened thriller readers. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Stuart MacBride.Praise for The Snow Killer'Move over Rebus and Morse; a new entry has joined the list of great crime investigators in the form of Detective Inspector John Barton. A rich cast of characters and an explosive plot kept me turning the pages until the final dramatic twist.' author Richard Burke'Ross Greenwood doesn’t write clichés. What he has written here is a fast-paced, action-filled puzzle with believable characters that's spiced with a lot of humour.' author Kath Middleton ‘With The Snow Killer, master of the psychological thriller genre Ross Greenwood once again proves his talent for creating engrossing and gritty novels that draw you right in and won’t let go until you’ve reached the shocking ending.’ Caroline Vincent at Bitsaboutbooks blogWhat readers think of The Snow Killer:'Absolutely brilliant!!''A crime novel with a social conscience.'' It grabbed me a few pages in and wouldn't let go''Great stuff dripping with tension and intrigue.''it was so easy to get inside each characters head and it felt almost like I was part of the story''Ross Greenwood takes us on a journey that is both full of thrills and emotion. I absolutely loved it.''It was a story which gripped me from the off and kept me glued to the page right''The book had a feeling of authenticity about it, and was full of surprises and genuine emotion'

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Book SynopsisShe can run, but she can’t hide...Bailey Morgan is being HUNTED.Someone is out to murder Detective Constable Bailey Morgan before she can testify in an upcoming trial.Using her undercover skills, Bailey embarks on a dangerous mission to help the police catch this elusive killer before it’s too late. But it won’t be easy for she’s up against a cunning and ruthless adversary who will stop at nothing to eliminate her.A tense game of cat and mouse ensues, leading to a shocking revelation at the heart of which lies the key to Bailey’s survival.

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Book SynopsisThe perfect life? ...Or the perfect lie?When Regi moves into her new house share, she's ready for a clean slate. A new home. A new routine. A new identity... Desperate to escape the shadow of her past that follows her everywhere she goes, Regi finds the ideal distraction in the perfect lives of others on social media. But as innocent scrolling turns into an unhealthy obsession, Regi will soon learn that seeking perfection comes at a price...A gripping psychological suspense from the international bestselling author of The Daughter In Law. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, K L Slater and Jackie Kabler.What readers are saying about The House Mate: 'Heart-stopping, pacy and tension filled. Highly recommended.' Claire Allan, USA Today Bestseller'Compelling and claustrophobic, Nina is an exciting new voice and definitely one to watch' Phoebe Morgan, author of The Babysitter'Chilling and creepy. An atmospheric and addictive debut.' Diane Jeffrey, author of The Guilty Mother'Totally addictive. I couldn't put it down!' Darren O'Sullivan, author of Closer Than You Think'A claustrophobic, nail-biting thriller that draws you in and doesn't let go.' Naomi Joy, author of The Liars‘Clever, emotionally draining and totally gripping. I absolutely loved this book!’ D E White, author of The Forgotten Child

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Book SynopsisDCI Hanlon faces the toughest decision of her career as a string of political murders lead to a deadly confrontation.A controversial, right-wing German politician is due to speak at the Oxford Union. Following a series of murders linked to a violent anarchist group, the city is on high alert. DCI Hanlon has been partnered with DI Huss to ensure the speech goes smoothly and that there will be no more killing.Meanwhole, as Hanlon traces the person behoond the murders, she soon realises that the chilling truth has a terrible price. Is Hanlon willing to meet the cost?The final gripping case for DCI Hanlon. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Lisa Regan and Mark Dawson.This book was previously publihsed as An Incidental Death by Alex Howard.What readers are saying about The Silent Victims:'Having read all four books to date the story keeps getting better''Great Book and a Great Read!'

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Book SynopsisAn unsettling, supernatural thriller; The Notch is based in the stunning countryside of rural Wales. Through the four main characters the book closely explores infidelity, domestic abuse, murder and the painful intricacies of being forced to face our demons... Will Alice get her revenge? Will Serena get what she desires? Will Michael be found out? Will Dylan get the Love of His life back? The Notch will shock you and perhaps even have you re-evaluating your own moral compass and life choices. Coincidence, Serendipity, Karma, Fate, Evil...let's see if they really exist.... Lucy is a best-selling Scottish Author, based in Glasgow. More about her and her writing is inside this book and on her website www.thenarcissisthunter.co.uk

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Book SynopsisOn a rainy winter night in Mexico City, a ten-member wedding party is kidnapped in front of the groom's family mansion. The perpetrator is a small-time gangster named El Galán, who wants nothing more than to make his crew part of a major cartel and hopes that this crime will be his big break. He sets the wedding party's ransom at five million US dollars, to be paid in cash within 24 hours. The only captive not related to either the bride or the groom is the young Jessica Juliet Wolfe, a bridesmaid and close friend of the bride. Jessie hails from a family of notorious outlaws that has branches on both sides of the border, and when the Wolfes learn of Jessie's abduction, they fear that the kidnappers will kill the captives after receiving the ransom-unless they rescue Jessie first. Gritty and exhilarating, James Carlos Blake's The House of Wolfe takes readers on a wild ride from Mexico City's opulent neighborhoods to its frenetic downtown streets and feral shantytowns, as El Galán proves how dangerous it is to underestimate an ambitious criminal, and Jessie's blood kin desperately try to find her before it's too late.Trade ReviewBlake has an unerring sense of control, and - though Elmore Leonard and Cormac McCarthy are lurking in the book's DNA - a distinctive voice to boot... a pungent and exhilarating read -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *Book Geek was completely engrossed in this hugely satisfying read! -- Book Geek * Book Geek *Blake delivers a thriller that hits all the right spots and hits them hard -- Robert C Hahn * Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine *an absorbing look at dire poverty, depravity and the all-too-successful business of kidnapping for profit * Kirkus Reviews *Blake's masterly third Border Noir * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisA terrifying literary thriller set on the Alaskan tundra, about the mystery of evil and mankind's losing battle with nature. NOW ON NETFLIX Wolves have come for the children of Keelut. Three children have been taken from this isolated Alaskan village, including the six-year-old boy of Medora and Vernon Slone. Wolf expert Russell Core arrives in Keelut to investigate the killings and learns of the horrifying darkness at the heart of Medora. When her husband returns from a desert war to discover his boy dead and his wife missing, he begins a maniacal pursuit that cuts a bloody swathe across the frozen landscape. As Core attempts to rescue Medora from her husband's vengeance, he comes face to face with an unspeakable secret about the indestructible bonds of family, and the untamed animal in the soul of every human being. An epic woven of both blood and myth, Hold the Dark recalls the extreme climate and tribalism of Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone and the primeval violence of James Dickey's Deliverance.Trade ReviewA fierce, extraordinary new novel... spectacularly violent and exquisitely written...If dust jackets were more than paper and ink, this one would bear blood and frost...Giraldi writes with force and precision and grace -- John WilwolLyrical and poetic with a hard hitting edge, 'Hold the Dark' is a literal walk on the wild side -- Howard LinskeyThis is horror at its finest -- Nalini HaynesWilliam Giraldi easily holds place alongside great authors such as Daniel Woodrell, Megan Abbott and James Ellroy in terms of being able to recreate the dark nature of man and convey it with compelling conviction -- Oz Noir * Just A Guy That Likes To Read *Shrouded by the dark, kept away from the light...Loren Kleinman details her immersion into William Giraldi's Hold the Dark! -- Loren Kleinman * Huffington Post *

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Book SynopsisA harrowing and ecstatic descent into a breathtaking netherworld aswirl with the real, the imagined and the absolutely unforgettable. Amid the post industrial decay of Quinsigamond glitters a fabulous jewel - Herzog's Erotic Palace - America's most lavish porn theatre and a gangland laundry for semi-sour cash. But most of all, Herzog's is the place where dreamers meet and seductive nightmares find their dazzling realisation. For the obsessed grunge auteur, the heartsick crime king, the apocalyptic tele-evangelist and the young woman intent on a capturing a shrouded past and an onrushing future within a camera's lens, The Skin Palace will reveal all secrets, in a script fraught with danger and feverish transformation.Trade ReviewOne of the best novels about film I have come across, a tortuous and tortured tale about Quinsigamond's surviving cinema -- Maxim Jakubowski * Guardian *Mesmerizing...light-years away from your garden-variety thriller. The Skin Palace may remind you of Blade Runner or the novels of William Gibson, but O'Connell has his own dazzling tale to tell...Wickedly clever * Seattle Times *It's a measure of O'Connell's immense talent that, while creating his absolutely original and hyperbolic world, he also paints a striking vision of the haunting ways in which life and art mirror each other * Publishers Weekly *the sheer chutzpah of his enterprise sweeps you in -- Michael Carlson * Crime Time *as original and microscopically etched as a thumbprint * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisYour only child is lost between this world and the next, and more than anything you want him back. A controversial doctor and a mysterious stranger claim they have the answer. Who do you trust? Are you willing to risk everything? Are you prepared to enter Limbo? Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending fantasy, The Resurrectionist is a wild ride into a territory where nothing is as it appears. It is the story of Sweeney, a druggist by trade, and his son, Danny, the victim of an accident that has left him in a persistent coma. Hoping for a miracle, they have come to the forbidding, fortress-like Peck Clinic, whose doctors claim to have 'resurrected' other patients who were lost in the void. What Sweeney comes to realize, however, is that the real cure for his son's condition may lie in Limbo, a fantasy comic book world into which his son had been drawn at the time of his accident. Plunged into the intrigue that envelops the clinic, Sweeney's search for answers leads to sinister back alleys, brutal dead ends, and terrifying corners of darkness and mystery. With The Resurrectionist, Jack O'Connell has crafted a breakout thriller that's gripping, suspenseful, and all-out heart-pounding.Trade ReviewA brilliantly tuned, mesmerizing labyrinth of a quasi-real world as only a master artist could draw it -- James EllroyIt's a helter-skelter, a roller-coaster, a ride on a ghost train - if the fairground had been designed by Philip K Dick, Stan Lee and Edgar Allan Poe -- Brandon Robshaw * The Independent on Sunday *A feast of unsettling pleasures -- Barry Forshaw * The Independent *No one does the improbable like O'Connell -- Maxim Jakubowski * The Guardian booksblog *one of the most original American novels of the year -- Jeff VanderMeer * Omnivoracious *

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Book SynopsisHearing footsteps pounding along the street behind him he glanced back, fleetingly worried, then laughed because the street was deserted. All the same, he felt uneasy. Everything looked different in the dark. Then he heard more footsteps approaching, and a hoarse voice called out. Turning his head, he made out a figure hovering in the shadows and as it raised one arm, the barrel of a gun glinted in the moonlight The dead body of unassuming David Lester is discovered in a dark side-street, and DI Geraldine Steel is plunged into another murder investigation. The clues mount up along with the suspects, but with the death of another man in inexplicable circumstances, the case becomes increasingly complex. As Geraldine investigates the seemingly unrelated crimes, she makes a shocking discovery about her birth mother.Trade ReviewOnce again, Leigh Russell did not disappoint. I have been a fan of her books ever since she released Cut Short. There is nothing like a good police procedural, and this book was just that -- Lisa * Bookalicious *Smoothly professional fare from the always-consistent Russell -- Barry Forshaw * Crime Time *Leigh Russell's intelligent writing is gripping and really draws your attention -- Claire * Claire Loves to Read *Russell cleverly creates a tale of murder, police investigation and personal issues -- Lainy * Goodreads *Kept me guessing throughout -- Noelle * Crime Book Junkie *

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Book SynopsisIn New York City's work hard, play harder singles scene, a young woman looking for love can find herself the object of a deadly obsession. With each meaningless date and disappointing new boyfriend, Katie Porter is becoming more and more disillusioned. No matter how wide a net she casts she can't seem to find a guy who really understands her.But someone thinks she's special - very special. And he's following her... But it's not her boyfriend, Andy. The frat-boy who never grew up is too busy working out how far Katie will go and if her friends are hot, to stop and think whether Katie's 'the one'. But someone's already decided she is - and he's watching her. Peter sees Katie at the gym. He sees her at the coffee bar she stops at on the way to work. In fact, he sees her almost everywhere, as he quietly follows her. But most of all, he sees her in his plans for the future. He's got the proposal worked out, he's even got the ring and their happy home already bought. After all, he's had enough time to plan things to perfection - he grew up in the same small town. Surely, after all these years, he can't let anything stand in his way

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Book SynopsisFamily trouble! Growing old quietly was never really an option for Nick Sharman. When he takes on a job for a prosperous Manchester businessman looking for his runaway teenage daughter, Meena, he should, perhaps, have known better. He finds himself in a race against time to save he girl from the kind of trouble that gives families a bad name. Trying to do the right thing, Nick swaps sides and ends up starring in his own version of a Straw Dogs shoot out with family and friends, where nobody comes out the winner.Trade Reviewa climax worthy of the Wild Bunch -- Mike Ripley * The Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisA fast-paced thriller from Alafair Burke, where no-one in Manhattan is safe. And no-one is innocent. In New York City nights are dangerous. Days are numbered. When New York University student Megan Gunther is brutally murdered, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher and partner J.J. Rogan discover that Megan has been on the receiving end of some sinister online threats. Is her death the result of a campus feud that got out of hand or could there be a twisted cyber fanatic at work? And when a link is revealed between Megan and a murdered real-estate agent, Ellie comes to wonder if there was something else behind the student’s death. Ellie learns that the dead woman shared a secret connection to a celebrity mogul whose bodyguard was mysteriously killed a few months earlier. When Megan's roommate disappears, the hunt for the killer is really on… With fans including everyone from Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, and Lee Child to Tess Gerritsen, Lisa Gardner and Kathy Reichs, Alafair Burke gives us another nail-biting thriller to keep us on the edge of our seats.Trade ReviewPraise for City of Fear: ‘[Ellie Hatcher] is warm, funny and engaging, and City of Fear is efficient and briskly paced’ Laura Wilson, THE GUARDIAN Praise for Alafair Burke: ‘These are characters I’d follow forever.’ Tess Gerritsen ‘Alafair Burke just keeps getting better and better.’ Harlan Coben ‘She’s got what it takes and will be sticking around.’ Michael Connelly ‘Suspenseful and entertaining.’ Kathy Reichs ‘Alafair Burke delivers a first-rate thriller.’ Lisa Gardner ‘Terrific.’ Laura Lippman ‘Burke’s brisk and ultimately suspenseful narrative offers wily and intricate plotting and sharply etched major and minor characters.’ Kirkus Reviews ‘Burke leaves her principle characters little time to sleep; her readers will relate.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Alafair Burke is a wonderful writer with the kind of skill and confidence I admire. I’m a big fan.’ Sue Grafton ‘Alafair Burke has been on the front lines in the courtroom and on the streets, and brings her world alive.’ Linda Fairstein Praise for City of Lies: ‘Entertaining, full of suspense and really enjoyable. A great read.’ Closer Magazine

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