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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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Pub. Date
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...
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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...
6) Free fire
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Joe Pickett volume 7
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Corvus
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Governor Rulon - a devious but down-home politico - has a special request, one Joe knows he can't refuse. For weeks, the headlines have been abuzz with the story of Clay McCann, a lawyer who slaughtered four campers in a far-off corner of Yellowstone. After the murders, McCann immediately turned himself in at the nearest ranger station. Seemed like a slam-dunk case for law enforcement - except that the crimes were committed in a thin sliver of land...
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John Blake
Pub. Date
2015
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Dr Harold Shipman was a pillar of the community, serving on local committees, donating prizes to sports clubs and organizing charity collections. His patients saw him as kind, attentive and never too busy to chat. Yet behind this charming facade lay a prolific serial killer with at least 300 suspected victims. Small, bespectacled Dr Shipman was making house calls - and then committing murder with bloodcurdling expertise and professionalism. This book...
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Black Star Crime
Pub. Date
2008
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The brutal murders of three young boys paralyse the citizens of Platte City, Nebraska. What's worse is the grim realisation that the man recently executed for the crimes was a copycat. When Sheriff Nick Morrelli is called to the scene of another grisly murder, it becomes clear that the real predator is still at large, waiting to kill again. Morrelli understands the urgency of the case terrorising his community, but it's the experienced eye of FBI...
9) 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...
10) 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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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...
12) 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...
13) Lost girls
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Pinnacle
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Praise for Caitlin Rother and her true-life thrillers "Will keep you on the edge of your seat."-Aphrodite Jones "An exciting page-turner."-M. William Phelps Chelsea King was a popular high school senior, an outstanding achiever determined to make a difference. Fourteen-year-old Amber Dubois loved books and poured her heart into the animals she cared for. Treasured by their families and friends, both girls disappeared in San Diego County, just eight...
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Constable
Pub. Date
2014
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The case became a notorious part of British criminal history and was turned into the film, Dance with a Stranger. The story that has been perpetuated ever since is that of a peroxide tart who killed in a fit of passion. Yet, crucial questions were left unasked in the original trial. Ruth Ellis's sister, Muriel Jakubait, knew her longest of all. She has never given up her search for justice. Now after fifty years she has decided to reveal the hard...
15) 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...
16) The hypnotist
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Joona Linna volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
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Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm. Detective Inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. He?s suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock. Linna?s running out of time. The killer?s on the run and, seemingly, there are no clues. Desperate for information, Linna enlists disgraced specialist Dr Erik Maria Bark, a hypnotist who vowed never to practice again. As the hypnosis begins,...
17) 17th Suspect
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Women's Murder Club volume 17
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The bestselling 17th novel in the Women?s Murder Club series A KILLER WITH A PLAN Detective Lindsay Boxer is on the case of a series of shootings of the homeless in San Francisco, where the killer is methodical yet unpredictable. An encounter with a confidential informer leads her to disturbing conclusions - something has gone very wrong inside the police department itself. A DETECTIVE IN TOO DEEP The hunt for the killer lures Lindsay out of her jurisdiction,...
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Thursday Murder Club volume 2
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The second novel in the record-breaking, million-copy bestselling Thursday murder club series by Richard Osman. Gifted them The Thursday Murder Club last Christmas? Continue the tradition with The Man Who Died Twice.
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Tony Hill and Carol Jordan volume 3
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The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill, hero of TV?s Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. The hunt for a serial killer leads from Britain through Europe in this terrifying psychological thriller. A twisted killer targeting psychologists has left a grisly trail across Europe. Dr Tony Hill, expert at mapping the minds of murderers, is reluctant to get involved. But then the next victim is much closer...
20) Unlucky 13
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Women's Murder Club volume 13
Pub. Date
2014
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The thirteenth novel in the bestselling Women's Murder Club series. When two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge, Detective Lindsay Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic accident. The scene is more gruesome than anything she has seen before. It definitely wasn?t the crash that killed these people. While Lindsay starts to piece this case together, she gets a call she wasn?t expecting. Sightings...
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