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A rainy night in London. Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement, ploughing into a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life. But the reality is far more sinister...One life is wiped out...

Four Army Rangers are accused of murdering civilians in cold blood in this scorching summer thriller from the worldwide bestseller James Patterson.________________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFor seven unsuspecting victims, death comes in the dark . . ...

Bob Skinner faces a complex case of murder and organised crime in this absorbing crime thriller.In Edinburgh's old Parliament House, an armed robbery trial is about to take a macabre turn. While the lawyers tussle over the evidence, the judge suddenly...

On a bitterly cold night on the steps outside an empty office in New York's financial district, a woman lies dead. It seems like a mugging gone wrong, but Eve Dallas soon discovers that the body was dumped there deliberately. Now she has to find out why...

This dark and disturbing, edge-of-your-seat thriller from bestselling and prize-winning author Mo Hayder is perfect for fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter. Full of twists and turns, it's an unmissable, engrossing read...'Hayder has...

'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences.' Val McDermid THE FIRST COMPELLING SCOTTISH CRIME THRILLER IN THE GRIPPING DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIESTwo sistersJust before her wedding day, Morven Murray, queen of daytime TV, is found murdered...

'One of the great novelists of all time' STEPHEN KING Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. When federal judge Alex Sand and his two young...

X is the New York Times number 1 bestseller and thrilling, twenty-fourth book in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series from Sue Grafton.In hindsight, I marvel at how clueless I was . . . What I ask myself even now is whether I should have picked up the...

'I read this book in one night and all I have is 3 words. Oh my god.' Reader ReviewEven perfect mothers have secrets...Leah. She's the perfect mum to ten-year-old Samuel, wife to loving husband Thomas, head of the PTA. But her closet is full of...

We seek only the purity of justice. By the time this message reaches you, the first execution will have taken place.New York, the summer of 2059, and the unbearable heat drives everyone to the very edge of madness. So when homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas...

***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** ***Don't miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to...

A captivating and taut thriller that will leave you holding your breath, from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben.'The next time I see Simon Kernick's name on a book, I will pick it up. Brilliant!' - RICHARD...

'The toughest crime stories in print' Sunday TimesThe night's over for Ulysses Galen. It started going bad for the big Greek when a knife was drawn, then there was an axe, then he was being chased and shot at. Now Galen is lying dead in the middle of a...

Skinner is on the trail of organised crime and a cold-blooded killer in this gripping third novel in Quintin Jardine's bestselling crime series. First the joyous birth of Skinner's son...then the grim reality of murder in one of Edinburgh's prosperous...

THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE FARGO ADVENTURES FROM BESTSELLING GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE CLIVE CUSSLER WHO WILL DISCOVER THE LOST RICHES OF CROESUS?________ Treasure hunters Remi and Sam Fargo are in Washington, DC looking for the final clue in a puzzle...

When Army Ranger Quinn Colson, the new sheriff of Tebbehah County, is called out to investigate a child abuse case, what he finds is a horrifying scene of neglect, thirteen empty cribs, and a shoe box full of money. Janet and Ramon Torres seem to have...

'A lyrical and lovely novel that takes Burke back to the top of the crimewriting tree where he richly belongs' Independent On SundayIt is a rainy late-summer's night in New Orleans. Detective Dave Robicheaux is about to confront the man who may have...

A brutal and apparently motiveless murder leads Skinner to suspect his own friends of treachery, in this gripping crime novel of retribution and ultimate justice.For Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner, the Thursday night football game at the local gym...

A crime masterpiece brought back into print - and transformed into the major film, Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt.'Brilliant' WASHINGTON POST 'Gripping' TIMES 'Masterly' WALL STREET JOURNALJackie Cogan doesn't advertise what he does. But when...

She says she's an ordinary mother. He knows a liar when he sees one. Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It's what she wants others to think of her. But the truth is, she needs something new, something thrilling. Meanwhile, DI Tom Thorne is...

Bob Skinner must challenge local beliefs and legends to solve a gruesome murder in this fourth installment in the fantastic Scottish crime series.A four-day tournament involving the world's leading golfers is being staged to mark the opening of a new...

When the body of a red-haired young man is washed up on the shore of the beautiful Isle of Mull, Detective Superintendent Lorimer's tranquil holiday away from the gritty streets of Glasgow is rudely interrupted. The body has been bound with twine in a...

Another impossible case for DCI Gillard, but this time the answers are very close to home...With a baby on the way, a pregnant wife to take care of and a new home to settle into, DCI Craig Gillard seems to have found a life of domestic bliss.But when...

She was just an instrument. A weapon. He wanted it to be in that house, inside the house where the cop believed his little girl would always be safe.A phone call from up high interrupts Eve's plans to have a lazy day with her roguish husband Roarke: The...

'Perhaps the greatest living American crime writer' Stephen KingAfter the Carusos family home is destroyed by police with a no-knock warrant, the family struggle to return to normal. Two former inmates reunite on a TV set. They're both back on the...

Her face was young and pretty, lips and cheeks rosy. 'She's dead isn't she? In this picture, she's already dead'New York's top reporter is sent a glamorous portfolio - a beautiful girl in the prime of her life. But the camera lies. A closer look shows...

As Bergen PI Varg Veum investigates two different cases, it becomes clear that they are uncannily similar to harrowing events that took place thirty-six years earlier... A gripping instalment of the award-winning Varg Veum series, by one of the fathers...

WAKE UP TO TRUE EVIL The third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. ONE GIRL IS DEADAt a home for troubled girls, a young...

A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all... Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac,...

'Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality' SunThe gritty new mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, set in Edinburgh and the Scottish countryside; not to be...

'We've got a corpse that looks like one of the investigators, a houseful of Hollywood and a media machine that's going to eat it like gooey chocolate.'Lieutenant Eve Dallas is panicking - and she's not at a crime scene. Forced to attend a celeb-packed...

A is for Alibi is the first in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.My name is Kinsey Millhone. I'm a private investigator, licensed by the state of California. I'm thirty-two years old, twice divorced, no kids. The day before yesterday I...

James Lee Burke's legendary detective Dave Robicheaux returns to try to save his daughter from a sadistic killer.When Detective Dave Robicheaux's daughter, Alafair, declares her intention to interview a convicted serial killer called Asa Surette, he does...

Murder was work. Some went about the job devotedly, others carelessly. And for some, murder was a labour of love.On the day of his sixtieth birthday, Walter C. Pettibone is blissfully unaware of his impending death. His final act in life is to accept a...

A BRAND NEW KING OLIVER NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEAJoe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up...When friend of the family and...

In Amsterdam, three people are butchered in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between, and confidante of the assassin named Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war...

'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen King***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***Murder is only the beginning for Banks and his team . . .The gruesome double murder at an Eastvale...

In the picturesque Tuscan hill town of Scandicci, the body of a girl is discovered. Scantily dressed, she is lying by the edge of the woods. The local police investigate the case - but after a week, they still haven't even identified her, let alone got...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800994843Author Alun Ffred JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800994843Author Alun Ffred JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm