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Vintage Digital
Pub. Date
2019
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A new Simon Serrailler short story from Susan Hill, throwing Simon into a case like no other: an effigy is hanging in the woods, and soldiers are on the run from demons in their past. Simon Serrailler is awoken into a hazy dawn by the sharp ringing of his phone. Called out to the scene, he?s told that there?s a body strung up in tranquil Harnham Woods. But on closer inspection it?s an effigy - a carefully made dummy, stirring in the breeze. Simon...
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twenty7
Pub. Date
2016
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Murder, mystery and books. For fans of Agatha Christie and M.C.Beaton, A Death at the University is the first book in a new murder mystery series. Sam Wiseman owns a cosy bookshop in the heart of Montreal, and has a particular love for detective novels. He leads a simple life, where the only mysteries are the ones he reads about in books. Until now. When Sam discovers the body of a professor at the nearby university, he becomes part of the investigation,...
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If you leave a door half-open, soon you'll hear the whispers spoken . . . Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the sleepy village of Featherbank, looking for a much-needed fresh start. But Featherbank has a dark past. Fifteen years ago, a twisted serial killer abducted and murdered five young boys. Until he was finally caught, the killer was known as 'The Whisper Man'. Of course, an old crime need...
4) In her blood
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DCI Christine Caplan volume 2
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'Girl A' was convicted of murdering three people when she was a child. Now she's missing and a man is dead. The clock is ticking for Scottish detective DCI Christine Caplan to bring her to justice - but the truth may be darker than even she fears . . . When a body is discovered in the water at Connel Bridge, the police assume it's an open-and-shut case of suicide. But when DCI Christine Caplan is called in to take a closer look, she discovers that...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
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After being fired from his uncle?s firm for his playboy antics, George Rowland decides to leave London on a whim. Waiting for his train to depart from Waterloo, a beautiful young girl dashes in and begs him to hide her. Wrapped up in the excitement he agrees to follow a suspicious looking man and guard a packet for her. But he soon finds that she isn?t quite as innocent as she looks?.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio.A retired police inspector recognizes a woman in his village whom he once suspected of murdering her husband. He is determined that her new husband won?t suffer the same fate?.
7) The inn
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Pub. Date
2019
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The Inn at Gloucester stands alone on the rocky New England shoreline. Its seclusion suits former Boston police detective Bill Robinson, novice owner and innkeeper. As long as the dozen residents pay their rent, Robinson doesn?t ask any questions. Yet all too soon Robinson discovers that leaving the city is no escape from dangers he left behind. A new crew of deadly criminals move into the small town, bringing drugs and violence to the front door...
8) Dark truths
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Will Traynor Forensic volume 1
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Black Thorn
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A fresh case lays bare old bones for DI Watt?s team When a young woman?s body is discovered on a popular jogging trail in Birmingham, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts and his team are plunged into a disturbing murder investigation. Not only has the woman been violently stabbed - her head is missing. 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...
9) Absolution
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Anderson and Costello thrillers volume 1
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In 1984, PC Alan McAlpine was given a simple job. Guarding a woman - nameless and almost faceless after an acid attack - at a Glasgow hospital. He has no idea that this simple job will haunt his career and change his life forever. Two decades later, Alan steps into Partickhill police station and back in time.
10) 1st case
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Pub. Date
2020
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When Angela Hoot is kicked off her Masters degree course at MIT for hacking into the computer of a fellow student, she fears she's blown her chances of a glittering career. Angela is wrong. Instead, she's offered a dream internship with the FBI. She jumps at the chance, and is thrown straight into her first case at house in the Boston suburbs where a family of five have been brutally murdered. As Angela struggles to come to terms with the harsh reality...
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Anderson and Costello thrillers volume 2
Publisher
Black Thorn
Pub. Date
2020
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It is the run-up to Christmas when two seven-year-old boys are abducted from the streets of Glasgow. For DI Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing, because the boys look so much like his own young son Peter. When a simple house fire turns into a full-scale murder investigation, and with cold and flu season having taken many officers off the street, the force is stretched to breaking point. DS Costello?s hunch is the crimes are connected,...
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Will Traynor Forensic volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022
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The badly decomposed remains of a young woman are discovered just outside Birmingham, identified as a Manchester University student who disappeared three years earlier. Why would the killer transport the victim on an eighty-mile journey? Criminologist Will Traynor believes that finding the answer to that question is the key to cracking the case.
13) Dark water
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Anderson and Costello thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Black Thorn
Pub. Date
2020
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In the attic of a deserted tenement, the body of a criminal is found hanging with his face horribly disfigured. Investigating officers DI Anderson and DS Costello believe he was a suspect in the decade-old rape and attempted murder of a young student. There are other similar cases on file. But the dead man didn?t act alone, he had an accomplice in his crimes, ?Mr Click?, who is still on the loose. When another young woman is brutally attacked, Anderson...
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Zaffre
Pub. Date
2016
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Sam Wiseman is back to investigate murder and mystery in Montreal! For fans of Agatha Christie and M.C. Beaton, A Brush With Death is the second book in The Bookshop Mysteries series. When a famous author is murdered, bookshop owner and wannabe sleuth, Sam Wiseman, once again finds himself drawn into the investigation. Reuniting with Detective Gaston Lemieux, it seems that the investigative duo have their work cut out, and as they delve deeper into...
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Will Traynor Forensic volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
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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 targetted? 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...
16) The hanged man
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DI Ray Mason volume 3
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A house deep in the countryside where the remains of seven unidentified women have just been discovered. A cop ready to risk everything in the hunt for their killers. A man who has seen the murders and is now on the run in fear of his life. So begins the race to track down this witness before the killers do. For Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd, the road ahead is a dangerous one, with bodies and betrayal at every turn.
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Cornerstone Digital
Pub. Date
2020
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Michael and Megan Fitzgerald are siblings who share a troubling past. Both adopted, and now grown - Michael is a long-haul truck driver, Megan a college student majoring in psychology - they trust each other before anyone else. They've had to. When a young woman is found murdered in Michael's LA apartment, he is the chief suspect and quickly arrested. But then there's another killing that is strikingly similar. And another. And not just in LA - as...
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Cornerstone Digital
Pub. Date
2021
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From the #1 bestselling author and creator of hit Netflix series The Stranger comes a riveting new thriller, starring the new hero Windsor Horne Lockwood III - or Win, as he is known to his (few) friends ... Over twenty years ago, heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors, and the items stolen from her family were never recovered....
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Lincoln Rhyme Novel volume 16
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023
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Lincoln Rhyme is back, and this time he?s in danger, in the brand new crime thriller from Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author of The Final Twist A CITY IN TURMOIL Looming over the Manhattan skyline, a lone crane comes crashing down into the city, sending panic radiating across New York City. A DEADLY CONSPIRACY The NYPD believes a political group is behind the sabotage and turns to Lincoln Rhyme for help. He knows this is just the beginning. A RACE...
20) Memory man
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Amos Decker volume 1
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When ex-detective Amos Decker returned home 18 months ago to find the bodies of his wife and only daughter, he didn't think he could carry on living. Overwhelmed with grief, he saw his life spiral out of control, losing his job, his house and his self-respect. But when his former partner in the police visits to tell him that someone has confessed to the murders, he knows he owes it to his wife and child to seek justice for them. As he comes to terms...