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Macmillan
Pub. Date
2018
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From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes an explosive standalone thriller that will grip you and won't let go until the very last page. Investigative reporter Ross Hunter nearly didn?t answer the phone call that would change his life - and possibly the world - for ever. ?I?d just like to assure you I?m not a nutcase, Mr Hunter. My name is Dr Harry F. Cook. I know this is going to sound strange, but I?ve recently been given absolute...
3) First drop
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Series
Charlie Fox volume 4
Publisher
Isis Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Large print ed. pbk.
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Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Among those featured are the murder of an uncle by his niece in 1831, a woman whose throat is slashed by her jealous husband in 1859, a mother poisoned by her son in 1910, and a double murder in 1906. Illustrated with a wide range or archive material and modern photographs, Coventry Murders is sure to fascinate both residents and visitors alike as these shocking events of the past are revealed for a new generation.
Author
Publisher
Harper Element
Pub. Date
2018
Description
A collection of inspiring and moving real life short stories from foster carer and New York Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Darby, whose parents keep her locked in her bedroom, and who arrives pale and terrified one Christmas Eve.Nathan, who lives with his cruel, violent father, and no longer knows who he is.Paulie, just five, who?s been rejected by his mother, and accused of a sickening crime.Connor, who, at only eight years of age, is delivered...
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Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The godfathers of old were seen by many as a stabilising influence. Their power inspired respect and they well and truly kept the underworld in check. The 21st century gangs of Britain are far more shady.Their brutality has spread far and wide and they live and thrive in our midst, on the streets and in suburbs where ordinary folk live. The creeping tentacles of crime have never stretched further. Organised crime is now worth more than GBP 10 billion...
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Liz Carlyle volume 10
Pub. Date
2018
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A man lies dying in a hospital in upstate Vermont. The nurses know only that he is an academic at a nearby university but they have been instructed to call the FBI should anyone visit their patient. News of this suspected Russian illegal soon reaches MI5 in London where Liz Carlyle has been contacted by a top secret source known as Mischa who is requesting a clandestine rendezvous in Berlin. Meanwhile in Brussels a Russian sleeper agent who has lived...
Author
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
2016
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Hitman Anders, recently out of prison, is doing small jobs for the big gangsters. Then his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets a female Protestant vicar (who also happens to be an atheist), and a homeless receptionist at a former brothel which is now a 1-star hotel. The three join forces and concoct an unusual business plan based on Hitman Anders? skills and his fearsome reputation. The vicar and receptionist will organise jobs for a group...
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Series
The Silent Witness volume 2
Publisher
Harper Element
Pub. Date
2017
Description
?I?m so sorry, Casey,? my link worker John said, sounding weary. ?I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.? It?s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books (South Africa)
Pub. Date
2023
Description
?Serial killers experience the power over life and death as omnipotence ? When I interrogate a serial killer, I dive into the abyss of his soul.? From 1994 to 2000, when South Africa was a young democracy, the country was stalked by a succession of brutal serial killers. Psychologist Micki Pistorius became the first profiler for the South African Police Service, playing a vital role in identifying and interrogating these killers, as well as training...
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Series
Silent Witness volume 2
Publisher
Harper Element
Pub. Date
2017
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?I?m so sorry, Casey,? my link worker John said, sounding weary. ?I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.?It?s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
14) The last witness
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D.C.I. Daley volume 2
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This book is the much anticipated sequel to Whisky from Small Glasses, the first of the D.C.I. Daley novels. James Machie was a man with a genius for violence, his criminal empire spreading beyond Glasgow into the UK and mainland Europe. Fortunately, James Machie is dead, assassinated in the back of a prison ambulance following his trial and conviction. But now, five years later, he is apparently back from the grave, set on avenging himself on those...
15) The feud
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Two rival families. One East End.The explosive first novel in the Mitchells & O?Haras trilogyFor more than a decade, two East End families have been locked in a bitter war.On one side are the Mitchells, a notorious underworld mob from East London?s Canning Town. They have an iron in every fire and will resort to intimidation and violence to get what they want.On the other side are the O?Haras. The Mitchells? biggest rivals are a travelling family...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Discover the truth behind many of her books, such as how the exploits of Jack the Ripper inspired the serial killings in The ABC Murders and how the plot twist in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was suggested by Lord Mountbatten. This book also reveals how many of her illustrious acquaintances found themselves immersed in episodes so bizarre that they could have been written by Christie herself, including how the father of Miss Marple actress Margaret...
17) The accident
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Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2014
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A gripping psychological thriller about the deadly secrets your children can keep ? Sue Jackson has the perfect family but when her teenage daughter Charlotte deliberately steps in front of a bus and ends up in a coma she is forced to face a very dark reality. Retracing her daughter?s steps she finds a horrifying entry in Charlotte?s diary and is forced to head deep into Charlotte?s private world. In her hunt for evidence, Sue begins to mistrust everyone...
18) Invisible murder
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Series
Nina Borg volume 2
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Description
The second installment in the bestselling Danish crime series starring Red Cross nurse Nina Borg, following Fall 2011's New York Times-bestselling The Boy in the Suitcase � In the ruins of an abandoned Soviet military hospital in northern Hungary, two impoverished Roma boys are scavenging for old supplies or weapons to sell on the black market when they stumble upon something more valuable than they ever could have anticipated. The resulting chain...
19) Watching Edie
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Pub. Date
2016
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Back when they both had dreams for the future. Before it all went horribly, terrifyingly wrong? Years later Edie is pregnant and alone, desperately trying to rebuild her life. But someone?s been watching her, waiting for the chance to prove what a perfect friend she can be. It?s no coincidence that Heather shows up just when Edie needs her the most.A dark secret lies between them and Edie?s about to learn that those who have hurt us deeply-or who...
20) Cold revenge
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Series
DI Hanlon volume 2
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2015
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Detective Inspector Hanlon is back. She's been promoted and now she goes undercover in Oxford to find the sadomasochistic killer of two students. Philosophy lecturer Dr Gideon Fuller, with his penchant for high end sadistic sex, is in the frame, but Hanlon is not convinced. From the specialist brothels in Oxford and Soho, to the inner sanctum of a
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