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The naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztan. Less than 24 hours after this discovery, a link is made to the murder of another girl the month before. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is it the basajaun, the 'invisible guardian' of Basque mythology? 30-year-old Inspector Amaia Salazar heads an investigation w
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2012
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When Joe Reddick and his family are threatened in their LA home by a masked, knife-wielding intruder, it means serious trouble for a gang of desperate criminals. The threat sends Joe Reddick over the edge. He's lived the nightmare of losing a family to a crazed killer once, and he's not going to let it happen again. After sending his wife and son to safety, he goes to war, determined to kill those responsible. Soon Reddick's living nightmare will...
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The Bourbon Kid Trilogy volume 2
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Michael O'Mara
Pub. Date
2009
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In this, the sensational follow-up to The Book With No Name, those who miraculously survived the blood-soaked conclusion to the first novel are back in town for another massacre to remember. Young lovers Dante and Kacy, hapless bartender Sanchez, Peto the Hubal monk and the mysterious Jessica - each will be drawn into the violent vortex surrounding the Bourbon Kid, the supernatural killer who is himself now being hunted. Hot on his heels are several...
4) The match
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Wilde volume 2
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2022
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He is known as Wilde, the boy from the woods. Discovered living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey, he has grown up knowing nothing of his parents, and even less about his own identity. Until now. When a match on a DNA database puts him on the trail of a close relative - the only family member he has ever known - Wilde thinks he might be about to solve the mystery of who he really is. Only this relation disappears as quickly as...
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A serial killer is on the loose. His victims? Crime writers? A murderer is at large, hunting with a bloodlust that shatters all the conventional wisdom on how serial killers operate. Professor Fiona Cameron is a psychologist who uses computer technology to track serial offenders. She vowed never to work for the Met again after they went against her advice and screwed up an investigation as a result. But when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin,...
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HQ
Pub. Date
2015
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"Hypnotic and chilling - you won't forget this in a hurry." - Lee Child NOMINATED FOR THE STRAND CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL OF 2015He lives on your street, in a nice house with a tidy garden. He shops at your local supermarket. He drives beside you, waving to let you into the lane ahead of him. He?s the perfect neighbour. But he also has an elaborate cage in a secret basement under his garage.And he thinks it?s perfectly normal to kidnap young...
7) Blood red
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Mundy's Landing volume 1
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Harper
Pub. Date
2015
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From New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub comes the first in a terrifying new series set in a small town with a sinister secret The razor's gleaming blade slices effortlessly through skin and tendon, and he relishes the final anguished moments of his prey. There's only one thing he prizes more: their long, silken strands of red hair. But these women are merely stand-ins . . . a prelude to his ultimate victim. Nestled in New York's Hudson...
8) Alias Grace
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'Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery. Sixteen years have passed since teenaged Grace was locked up for the cold-blooded murder...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
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Unabridged ed.
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Maeve has everything. A high-powered job, a beautiful home and a string of uncomplicated one-night encounters. She?s also an addict - a functioning alcoholic with a dependence on sex and an insatiable appetite for killing men. When she can?t find a support group to share her obsession, she creates her own. And Psychopaths Anonymous is born. Friends of Maeve. Now in a serious relationship, Maeve wants to keep the group a secret. But not everyone in...
10) Kill me twice
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Morgan Vine volume 2
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Bolinda/Bonnier audio
Pub. Date
2017
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Unabridged ed.
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Karl Savage is dead. He must be. His ex, Anjelica, is in prison for murdering him in an arson attack. Multiple forensic experts testified to finding his charred remains. So when Anjelica begs investigative journalist Morgan Vine to prove her innocence, it seems an impossible task. It doesn't matter that Karl was abusive. That Anjelica has a baby to care for. That she's petrified of fire. The whole world knows Karl is dead. Then he turns up outside...
11) Triptych
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Will Trent volume 1
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When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious Grady Homes, he finds himself faced with one of the the most brutal killings of his career: Aleesha Monroe is found in the stairwell in a pool of her own blood, her body horribly mutilated. As a one-off killing it's shocking, but when it becomes clear that it's just the latest in a series of similar attacks, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are called...
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Bodenstein and Kirchhoff volume 4
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2016
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Unabridged ed.
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Police Detective Pia Kirchhoff is about to leave on her long-delayed honeymoon when she receives a phone call. An elderly woman has been shot and killed while walking her dog. A short while later another murder is committed and the modus operandi is eerily similar - a woman is killed by a bullet that smashes through her kitchen window ... and in both cases the same weapon fired the shot. Two more murders follow in short order. None of the victims...
13) The retreat
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Detective Elin Warner volume 2
Pub. Date
2022
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An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation - but the island itself, known locally as Reaper?s Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it?s rumoured to be cursed. Then a young woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But Detective Elin Warner soon learns the victim wasn?t a guest - she wasn?t meant to be on the island at all. The...
14) The sandman
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Joona Linna volume 4
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The No. 1 Swedish thriller by the author of ?The Hypnotist? and ?The Fire Witness?. During a cold winter night in Stockholm a young man is found walking alongside a railway bridge. The hospital declares that he is suffering from hypothermia and legionella. They also discover a death certificate stating that the man has been dead for over seven years. The man was a victim of the serial killer Jurek Walter, who was arrested by Detective Inspector Joona...
15) Cat and Mouse
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2022
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When you think you're safe, When you think you're all alone, That's when he'll come for you ... A silent killer stalks the city, targeting those home alone at night, playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with the victims. As panic spreads, Detective Inspector Helen Grace leads the investigation, but is herself a hunted woman, her every step shadowed by a ruthless psychopath bent on revenge. As she tracks the murderer, Grace begins to suspect there...
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Harper
Pub. Date
2013
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Includes the spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon?s MASTER OF THE GAMESIDNEY SHELDON?S AFTER THE DARKNESSGrace Brookstein is the beautiful, young, and naive wife of financial superstar, Leonard Brookstein. She seems to live a charmed life, but in 2009, the US stock market goes into a terrifying freefall, and the public want someone to blame. Bu Grace is oblivious and seemingly unscathed, until the death of Lenny in a tragic ?accident? forces her...
17) Triple Cross
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Alex Cross volume 30
Pub. Date
2022
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They strike under the cover of darkness, trigger no alarms and leave no evidence behind. Detective Alex Cross is hunting a killer who targets families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn't the only one investigating. Also in on this most intriguing case is the world?s bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses. The writer, Thomas Tull, calls the Family Man murders the perfect crime story. He believes the killer may never...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
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Unabridged ed.
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A homemade bomb exploded mid-air, killing 214 people on board. Thirteen people survived. Sixteen years later, one of the survivors is found brutally bludgeoned to death. It looks like a crime of passion but DC Lucy Davies knows something is wrong. They were trying to find the bombers. Lucy?s search for the killer brings her into conflict with her long-lost father - who has his own secrets. Dangerous secrets which Lucy must expose so she can confront...
19) The silenced
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Krewe of Hunters volume 15
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MIRA
Pub. Date
2015
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Where is Lara Mayhew? Lara, a congressman's media assistant, suddenly quits her job-and disappears on the way to her Washington, DC, apartment. Novice FBI agent Meg Murray, a childhood friend of Lara's, gets a message from her that same night, a message that says she's disillusioned and "going home." To Richmond, Virginia. Meg discovers that she never got there. And bodies fitting Lara's description are showing up in nearby rivers? Could she be the...
20) The Maidens
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2021
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Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike. Particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated when one of The Maidens, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered. Mariana, who was...
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