Your Search Results

      • Fiction
        March 2016

        A Coin for the Hangman

        by Ralph Spurrier

        Booksellers never know what they might find in an estate sale. When our man finds the tools of England’s last hangman, along with the diary of a man he executed, he knows he has a mystery to solve. Was there a miscarriage of justice? Did the wrong man die at the noose? And just who is telling the truth?  A mystery that has readers guessing to the very last page.

      • Fiction
        March 2020

        Perdition's Child

        by Anne Coates

        Dulwich library is the scene of a baffling murder, followed swiftly by another in Manchester, the victims linked by nothing other than their Australian nationality. Police dismiss the idea of a serial killer, but journalist Hannah Weybridge isn't convinced. She is drawn into an investigation in which more Australian men are killed as they try to trace their British families. Her research reveals past horrors and present sadness, and loss linked to children who went missing after the Second World War. Have those children returned now? Once again Hannah finds herself embroiled in a deadly mystery, a mystery complicated by the murder of Harry Peters; the brother of Lucy, one of the residents of Cardboard City she had become friendly with. It soon becomes clear Lucy is protecting secrets of her own. What is Lucy's link to the murders and can Hannah discover the truth before the killer strikes again? Anne Coates gripping thriller is the perfect read for fans of Emma Tallon, K.L.Slater and Laura Marshall.

      • Fiction

        Blue Room Hotel

        by Roberto Monti

        The mayor of Tap Town, Jasmine Brune, issues a special decree that prohibits the use of paper and ink and favors digital publishing, now the only legalized medium. As it always occurs, there come those who, under cover of darkness, continue to write on paper, though it is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Among them, Billy Ray is the smartest and most uncatchable of all. To eliminate paper writers once for all, the police chief, Philipe Gore, organizes roundups everywhere. Several paper writers are found killed and something connects them to the most famous hotel in town: the Blue Room Hotel. Preface by author Barbara Sarri. ---  Il sindaco di Tap Town, Jasmine Brune, con un emendamento speciale, proibisce l’utilizzo di carta e inchiostro a favore della pubblicazione digitale, unico mezzo legalizzato.Come per ogni cosa, nell’oscurità vi è sempre chi, in modo clandestino, continua a scrivere sulla carta, sempre più difficile da reperire.Fra questi, Billy Ray è il più astuto e irraggiungibile di tutti.Per debellare definitivamente gli scrittori di cartacei, il capo della polizia, Philipe Gore, organizza rastrellamenti ovunque per sequestrare tutti i libri cartacei presenti in città riuscendo ad impedire anche l’importazione dai centri abitati limitrofi.Oltre all’azione della polizia, diversi scrittori di cartacei vengono trovati uccisi e qualcosa li lega al più famoso albergo della città, il Blue Room Hotel, all'interno del quale vi è una misteriosa camera: la Stanza 14.Quando anche la morte di Billy Ray sopraggiunge, conseguenze oscure per il destino dei libri e della carta prendono a materializzarsi.Un noir che sfocia nel giallo, dal ritmo coinvolgente e dalle atmosfere cupe, dove i bassifondi la fanno da padrone, dove solo chi è invisibile riesce a sopravvivere.

      • Fiction
        October 2020

        Spare The Heir

        by Meta Valentic

        Forget the Sexiest Man Alive. Prince James is the Sexiest Spare Alive, having just married beautiful, mixed-race former actress Emma in a blockbuster wedding. The younger brother in the famed Lacy dynasty, James outran the classic curse of the spare by becoming half of the most beautiful power couple on earth. Prince James and Princess Emma have it all: looks, style, and a burning desire to use their considerable platform to change the world. Which makes them entirely too hot for the Palace to handle.   Prince Chester is the dull, dutiful heir to the British throne. When James’s celebrity starts to eclipse his own, he helps engineer a campaign to run James and Emma out of London. And it works. The couple flee the intense press attacks, institutional racism, and toxic family drama for a better life in Toronto. They spend a year launching a global charitable foundation and more importantly, living life on their own terms. They are never coming back.   Then, a call from the Palace changes everything in an instant.   Her Majesty has an urgent message: Prince Chester has disappeared. Desperate to keep the news under wraps, James and Chester’s mother Queen Cordelia summons them back to London to help find Chester and distract the press with their presence. James and Emma find themselves playing detective while getting pulled back into the Palace life they desperately wanted to escape. The sooner they track down the wayward heir, the sooner they can get back to their real lives. But The Firm is still dysfunctional and Chester does not want to be found. Facing the possibility of having to rejoin Royal life, the couple battle the Palace while playing detective with their staff and a reluctant investigator from Scotland Yard. Chester’s disappearance plunges James and Emma into a mystery that will send the couple on an unexpected journey of discovery. What they find is both shocking and liberating...and will change the Monarchy forever.

      • Fiction
        February 2018

        Eye of the Moon

        by Ivan Obolensky

        Built upon the fabric of the author’s background as a member of the 1%, yet woven from whole cloth, Eye of the Moon is an enchanting web of multigenerational intrigue, secret love affairs, sumptuous black- and white-tie dinner parties, potential murders, Egyptian occultism, vicious curses, unexpected magic, and secrets that break, or reshape, lives. It is peopled by characters like Russian dolls, with shocking elements revealed in layers over the five-day house party in Rhinebeck. Though the opening chapters are perhaps benign, readers and reviewers alike rave that they become ensnared in the story and can’t put the novel down, even if it means they burn their dinner or stay up to 4 am. Percy, the narrator, begins as someone raised on the fringes of the elite, quasi-abandoned by his traveling parents. He is abruptly reunited with his pseudo-brother and pulled into his hijinks. They stumble upon the dark story of Johnny's Aunt Alice, the legendary socialite who had died mysteriously twenty years earlier. Her letters and journals bring a more sinister world to the light and the two men dive headlong into the shadows. This inadvertently involves everyone at the estate, including the butler, Stanley, who was the only confidante of Alice with hidden knowledge of what happened behind closed doors before her death. She still lives in the places lit with magic, her narrative woven tightly with Percy’s. What will be the cost of revealing the truth? Where does Percy ultimately belong?

      • Fiction
        March 2021

        The Takers and Keepers

        by Ivan Pope

        Where do the disappeared go? The girls and women who vanish, sometimes never to resurface. Allen Kimbo, a freelance journalist, thinks there is a circle of keepers – men who guard their taken. An email invites Allen to Belgrade, to a meeting of the Takers and Keepers. Allen’s girlfriend Emily pleads with him not to go, but he believes he can uncover more about this network. In Belgrade, Allen sees more than he had thought possible. However, back at home Emily is missing. 60,000 words

      • Fiction
        October 2020

        The West House

        by Erik Dussere

        When Kese, just out of college, starts his summer job in a small New England town, he finds himself trying to unravel a mystery. Charlotte West, rich and imperious, has been baffling the locals since she arrived in the town more than twenty years ago. Does she have a dark past—or is she just an excuse for Kese to indulge an obsession, or to avoid the encroaching boredom of his days? His investigation takes him back through the history of the town and of America itself, with its borders of class and race and bloodline. A work of literary fiction with an American mystery at its center, The West House is about the traumatic pasts that haunt the book’s characters, and about the stories that it is possible for us to tell about those pasts, those hauntings.

      • Fiction
        October 2019

        Monk

        by Chris Parker

        Dan Brown meets Andy McNab in Chris Parker's gripping new thriller series. Early in its history, the Roman Catholic Church established a secret sect of elite spies and killers tasked with protecting the Church, its secrets and its treasures - the Mystiko Kataskopos, shortened to the MK. Members of the MK are, to this day, contemplative monks highly trained in both mystical practises and spying and assassination. They do whatever the Church demands. One such mystical assassin is Raphael Ward and he is secretly charged with tracing the 'real' version of the legendary Turin Shroud, unbeknownst to the world to have been stolen by the Nazis in WWII. As Raphael pursues new leads and deciphers the code that will lead to the Shroud, his mission forces him to engage with the world's darkest, most violent underbelly. As he faces threats to his life - and threatens those of others - he begins to question the very faith that has sustained and driven him for so long. Monk is a compelling, clever and page turning thriller in the best traditions of Dan Brown and Michael Byrnes.

      • Crime & mystery
        July 2020

        Turn to Dust

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        When the body of a naked man is found in the middle of a barren field, a rural community is left in shock – and fear.   Discovering that someone is offering money in return for information about the dead man and anyone connected to him, Detective Kay Hunter realises there is a dark side to the victim’s past.   When a key witness disappears and a web of deceit and lies threatens to derail the investigation, she fears the worst.   Can Kay and her team of detectives find out who is behind the man’s murder before another victim is targeted?   Turn to Dust is the ninth book in the Detective Kay Hunter series by USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett, and perfect for readers who love fast-paced murder mysteries.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/turn-to-dust/

      • Crime & mystery
        March 2020

        None the Wiser

        A Detective Mark Turpin murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        What if some secrets were never meant to stay buried?   When a parish priest is brutally murdered in cold blood, a rural community is left in shock – and fear.   New to the Vale of the White Horse, Detective Sergeant Mark Turpin discovers the murder bears the hallmark of a vicious killer who shows no remorse for his victim, and leaves no trace behind.   After a second priest is killed, his broken body bearing similar ritualistic abuse, the police are confronted by a horrifying truth – there is a serial killer at large with a disturbing vendetta.   As fear grips the once tranquil countryside, Mark and his team race to uncover a tangle of dark secrets and lies before the killer strikes again. In doing so, Mark finds out that the truth is more twisted than he could ever have imagined…   None the Wiser is the first book in a new murder mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/detective-mark-turpin-crime-novels/none-the-wiser/

      • Crime & mystery
        October 2020

        Her Final Hour

        A Detective Mark Turpin murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        What if the perfect friend was hiding a deadly secret?   When a championship jockey discovers the body of a young woman during a cold morning’s training ride, the local racing community is shocked to its core.   Everyone says she was the perfect friend, the perfect daughter and the perfect fiancée.   However as Detective Mark Turpin delves into the girl’s fateful last hours, he discovers a past full of lies and mystery. Investigating the truth behind her savage death, Mark uncovers jealousy and ambition within the tiny community, accompanied by a disturbing reluctance to help the police.   When another death takes place only days later, Mark realises he is running out of time to stop a killer who will do anything to keep a dark secret hidden...   Her Final Hour is the second book in a new murder mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/detective-mark-turpin-crime-novels/her-final-hour/

      • Crime & mystery
        December 2016

        Scared to Death

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        "If you want to see your daughter alive again, listen carefully."   When the body of a snatched schoolgirl is found in an abandoned biosciences building, the case is first treated as a kidnapping gone wrong.   But Detective Kay Hunter isn’t convinced, especially when a man is found dead with the ransom money still in his possession. When a second schoolgirl is taken, Kay’s worst fears are realised.   With her career in jeopardy and desperate to conceal a disturbing secret, Kay’s hunt for the killer becomes a race against time before he claims another life.   For the killer, the game has only just begun…   Scared to Death is a gripping fast paced murder mystery from author Rachel Amphlett, in a series introducing Kay Hunter – a detective with a hidden past and an uncertain future...   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/scared-to-death/

      • Crime & mystery
        April 2017

        Will to Live

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        Your next journey could be your last...    When a packed commuter train runs over a body on a stretch of track known to locals as ‘Suicide Mile’, it soon transpires that the man was a victim of a calculated murder.   As the investigation evolves and a pattern of murders is uncovered, Detective Sergeant Kay Hunter realises the railway’s recent reputation may be the work of a brutal serial killer.   With a backlog of cold cases to investigate and attempting to uncover who is behind a professional vendetta against her, Kay must keep one step ahead of both the killer and her own adversaries.   When a second murder takes place within a week of the first, she realises the killer’s timetable has changed, and she’s running out of time to stop him…   Will to Live is the second book in a thrilling police procedural series featuring Kay Hunter – a detective with a hidden past and an uncertain future...   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/will-to-live/

      • Crime & mystery
        June 2017

        One to Watch

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        Sophie Whittaker shared a terrifying secret. Hours later, she was dead. Detective Kay Hunter and her colleagues are shocked by the vicious murder of a teenage girl at a private party in the Kentish countryside. A tangled web of dark secrets is exposed as twisted motives point to a history of greed and corruption within the tight-knit community. Confronted by a growing number of suspects and her own enemies who are waging a vendetta against her, Kay makes a shocking discovery that will make her question her trust in everyone she knows. One to Watch is a gripping murder mystery, and the third in the Detective Kay Hunter series. Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/one-to-watch/

      • Crime & mystery
        November 2017

        Hell to Pay

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        When a road traffic accident on a dark autumn night uncovers a disturbing conspiracy, Detective Sergeant Kay Hunter’s investigation exposes a ruthless serial killer exploiting vulnerable young women.   With her enemies unmasked and her career spiralling out of control, Kay’s determination to seek vengeance for the victims brings her dangerously close to those who want to silence her.   Undeterred, she uncovers the real reason behind a plot to destroy her career and sets in motion a terrifying chain of events.   Could Kay’s need for revenge be her undoing, or will she survive to see justice served?   Hell to Pay is a gripping murder mystery, and the fourth in the Detective Kay Hunter series.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/hell-to-pay/

      • Crime & mystery
        March 2018

        Call to Arms

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        If you knew what the truth could do, would you lie?   Returning to work after an enforced absence, Detective Kay Hunter discovers she wasn’t the only victim of her previous investigation.   DI Devon Sharp remains suspended from duties, and the team is in turmoil.   Determined to prove herself once more and clear his name, Kay undertakes to solve a cold case that links Sharp to his accuser. But, as she gets closer to the truth, she realises her enquiries could do more harm than good.   Torn between protecting her mentor and finding out the truth, the consequences of Kay’s enquiries will reach far beyond her new role…   Call to Arms is a gripping cold case murder mystery, and the fifth in the Detective Kay Hunter series.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/call-to-arms/

      • Crime & mystery
        July 2018

        Gone to Ground

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        While attending a crime scene on the outskirts of Maidstone, DI Kay Hunter makes a shocking discovery.   The victim has been brutally cut to pieces, his identity unknown.   When more body parts start turning up in the Kentish countryside, Kay realises the disturbing truth – a serial killer is at large and must be stopped at all costs.   With no motive for the murders and a killer who has gone undetected until now, Kay and her team of detectives must work fast to calm a terrified local population and a scornful media.   When a third victim is found, her investigation grows even more complicated. As she begins to expose a dark underbelly to the county town, Kay and her team are pulled into a web of jealousy and intrigue that, if left unchecked, will soon claim another life.   Gone to Ground is a gripping serial killer thriller full of page-turning suspense, and the sixth book in the Detective Kay Hunter British detective series.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/gone-to-ground/

      • Crime & mystery
        January 2019

        Bridge to Burn

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        When a mummified body is discovered in a renovated building, the gruesome discovery leads Detective Kay Hunter and her team into a complex murder investigation.   The subsequent police inquiry exposes corruption, lies and organised crime within the tight-knit community – and Kay’s determination to seek justice for the young murder victim could ruin the reputations of men who will do anything to protect their business interests.   But as Kay closes in on the killer, tragedy strikes closer to home in an event that will send a shockwave through her personal life and make her question everything she values.   Can Kay keep her private and professional life under control while she tries to unravel one of the strangest murder cases of her career?   Bridge to Burn is the seventh book in the USA Today bestselling Detective Kay Hunter series.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/bridge-to-burn/

      • Crime & mystery
        October 2019

        Cradle to Grave

        A Detective Kay Hunter murder mystery

        by Rachel Amphlett

        When a faceless body is found floating in the river on a summer’s morning, Detective Kay Hunter and her team are tasked with finding out the man’s identity – and where he came from.   The investigation takes a sinister turn when an abandoned boat is found, covered in blood stains and containing a child’s belongings.   Under mounting pressure from a distraught family and an unforgiving media, the police are in a race against time – but they have no leads, and no motive for the events that have taken place.   Will Kay be able to find a ruthless killer and a missing child before it’s too late?   Cradle to Grave is the eighth book in the Detective Kay Hunter series by USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett, and perfect for readers who love a fast-paced murder mystery.   Read an extract here: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/books/kay-hunter-series/cradle-to-grave/

      • Fiction
        January 2018

        Victims for Sale

        by Nish Amarnath

        A fledgling TV reporter fights to expose a crime ring where mentally challenged women are sexually abused and forcibly sterilized.    Sandy swaps a TV gig in Mumbai for life as a media researcher and BBC stringer in London, where she arranges to live as a paying guest with the Sawants, The Sawants are a regular quiet Indian family. Or so she thinks. But her first night at the Sawants' home finds her waking up to a young woman with a knife at her throat...and a dark secret.  An ominous stranger is found snooping on the Sawants' porch, weeks later. The family seems to be hiding something. It's only after Sandy runs a sting operation on a care home for differently-abled women that she makes a connection between an institute acting as a front for a sinister nexus and the odd family she lives with. Chasing the truth up a trail of brutal murders, Sandy must expose the predators and step up to the deranged kingpin of a thriving sex racket. Before time runs out.    For fans of Stieg Larsson's 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' and Sophie Hannah's 'A Room Swept White', this debut psychological thriller and crime suspense novel, set in London, is a strident expose on an under-reported form of social injustice where the line of distinction between the betrayer and the betrayed increasingly fades into oblivion.

      Subscribe to our

      newsletter