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May 1942. Thousands of American GIs are stationed across eastern England building airfields to bomb Germany. Cambridge is a liberty town - a hot spot for Yanks on leave. DI Eden Brooke is called to the aerodrome five miles east of the city when the remains of an airman, identified by his dog tag, are uncovered as workmen extend the runway. Its clear the victim has been buried for decades. Brooke discovers the base was used to train US pilots in the Great War - a quarter of a century earlier. When another soldiers body turns up just days later, its clear there is a connection . the clues all lead back to a long-lost parish register, and a story of love and revenge which spans two world wars.

1949. The Cold War is intensifying and rumours abound that the Russians are close to creating an atomic bomb.Beattie Cavendish, special operative for a covert section of GCHQ is sent to Scotland, to a listening station in the Highlands at Kilbray. Beatties arrival is greeted with suspicion by the stations staff. She faces an uphill battle to turn things around. When Beattie discovers that her uncle Howard, who lives nearby, has gone missing, she becomes convinced his disappearance is more sinister. She learns Howard has been visiting a remote Highland lodge used during the war to hide out of favour special operation executive officers. As she delves deeper, there is no one she feels she can trust except for private detective Patrick Corrigan. But Corrigan has troubles of his own as he needs to get out of London after crossing the Kutsnetsov brothers, a pair of notorious Russian gangsters.As the snow begins to fall hard and fast, Beattie realises the search is putting her life and that of Corrigans in danger, and that the answers she is looking for lie buried in her wartime past.

The plotting is excellent, with admirable narrative drive . an engaging and entertaining read Historical Novels ReviewJanuary 1901. Abigail and Daniel Wilson, often lauded as The Museum Detectives, are on their way to the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Their explorations of the pyramid, including the Robbers Tunnel, take a very sinister turn when they come upon the dead body of a man who has been brutally garrotted. Investigations by the local police reveal him to be Simeon McGruder, a wealthy American who is financing an excavation of the pyramids. When Daniel and Abigail return to Cairo they are asked by the American Embassy if they can take on the case, but they have a difficult path to tread as they try to keep different factions onside: the British and American authorities, the puppet Egyptian Government and officials, while at the same time facing lies and deviousness from McGruders associates and friends.

As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, Im inclined to believe herDaily MailHeavily pregnant yet still running her flower shop in Keswick, Simmy Brown agrees to deliver an unusual bouquet to remote Eskdale. There she encounters three generations of women - and the next day, one of them is brutally murdered. Drawn into the mystery, Simmy and her friends soon find themselves navigating eccentric artists, fractured families, and secrets buried deep in the Lakes. As her new assistant Evie proves unexpectedly determined to sleuth, and tangled motives begin to surface, Simmy realises the truth is darker - and closer - than anyone imagined. And time is running out, in more ways than one.A Rebecca Tope novel, be it one of her Lake District, Cotswold or West Country Mysteries is a guarantee of a complex, page turning plot that will keep the reader guessing until the last page. A thoroughly enjoyable read which I heartily recommend.Mystery People

Former lawyer Merrin McKenzie has returned to her hometown of St Ives, the stunning coastal town in Cornwall. She has settled back into life there in a lovely cottage, and new friendships are beginning to blossom. An old friend, Jane Faulkner is going through a messy divorce, and her daughter Emily is keen to stay with Merrin, but just three days into the holiday, she disappears. Emily has pushed a note through Merrins bedroom door to say she is going back home to Bristol but has left behind all of her possessions. It soon becomes clear she is not heading home and the police are notified, but when a ransom demand is made to her parents requesting 500,000 for the girls safe return, matters take a distinctly sinister turn .

Paris, 1945. Frederick Rowlands arrives in a city riven by the political turmoil following the Liberation at the behest of MI5 agent, Iris Barnes. A young woman calling herself Clara Metzner has just been released from Ravensbruck concentration camp - and Rowlands, who last met her in Berlin in 1933, has been given the task of confirming whether she is who she says she is. This is far from easy, not only because of Rowlands blindness, but because Claras experiences have changed her almost out of recognition. But her evidence may be vital in assisting Iris to track down suspected collaborators in the upper echelons of French society.Then Clara - or the girl who is claiming to be her - is found dead, in circumstances that point to murder. Thrown into the unfamiliar world of Parisian high society, Rowlands must track down the killer, and prevent further deaths - including his own.

December, 1922. Ruby Vaughn is looking forward to a quiet, relaxing trip to Oxford in the week before Christmas with her octogenarian housemate and colleague Mr Owen. Far away from the arcane, unusual - and occasionally illegal - books that seem to always get her into trouble. The most she expects to do is attend a handful of his antiquarian society meetings.But when the body of disgraced scholar Julius Harker is amongst his exhibition of Egyptian antiquities looted by Napoleon, panic spreads throughout the cobbled streets of Oxford. The last thing Ruby wants is another investigation, but then an old friend comes begging for her help. If that wasnt enough, her past insists on haunting her when Ruan Kivell, the intriguing folk healer that she met in Cornwall, suddenly reappears. It seems there is much more going on in Oxford that meets the eye.

January 1941. When Detective Inspector John Jago is called to a house in Londons Bloomsbury, he finds the body of a woman whos been attacked and left to die, her only crime seemingly being her kindness to strangers. Shes taken victims of the Blitz and the war thats torn Europe apart and given them refuge in her home, but now shes a victim too - of murder.As Jago tries to find out who killed her and why, he uncovers a tangle of damaged hearts and minds. There may have been envy, resentment, even outright hostility. But who would want to strike down an angel of mercy in her own home?

Cuanto más te acerques a la verdad más evidente será que ningún lugar es seguroLa peor tragedia del idílico vecindario de Hemlock Circle ocurrió en la residencia de Ethan Marsh. Una noche de julio, cuando tenian diez años, Ethan y su mejor amigo Billy pasaron la noche en una tienda de campaña en el jardin. A la mañana siguiente, Ethan desperto solo. Alguien habia rasgado la tienda con un cuchillo y se habia llevado a Billy durante la noche. Desde entonces no se volvio a saber de el.Treinta años despues, Ethan regresa a la casa de su infancia. Atormentado por pesadillas e insomnio, empieza a notar cosas extrañas en mitad de la noche. Parece que alguien merodea por el barrio a horas inusuales y lo mas inquietante de todo es que comienzan a aparecer señales de la presencia de Billy. ¿Se trata de una broma cruel? O Billy, al que todos creian muerto, ¿ha regresado de algun modo?Desesperado, Ethan inicia una busqueda que lo reunira con antiguos amigos y lo conducira hacia los bosques que rodean Hemlock Circle. Bosques donde Billy aseguraba haber visto fantasmas y donde un siniestro instituto realiza investigaciones clandestinas. Asi, poco a poco descubrira que el pasado nunca desaparece y que siempre encuentra la forma de alcanzarnos.

When the past claws its way back, the hunt for truth could cost him everything.Five years after the brutal murder of his girlfriend Eva, haunted PI Ravn is dragged back into the one case hes never been able to close. New evidence surfaces, igniting a desperate chase for justice that plunges him into a dark web of crooked cops, a dying hitman, and a powerful elite guarding a deadly secret.To get the answers he craves, Ravn must strike a dangerous bargain with ruthless crime boss Kaminsky: recover 71 million in stolen cash, or lose everything. From Copenhagens gritty underworld to the corridors of corrupt power, Ravn will risk it all to unmask Evas killerif the truth doesnt destroy him first.The Pact is the electrifying fifth novel in the bestselling Ravn seriesperfect for fans of "Department Q" and Nordic noir that cuts to the bone.

On a wind-stilled bay in Roslagen, Sweden, the Omheten care home rests where sea meets pine-scented air. After a residents death, Tore Lindahl, a former policeman, suspects foul play, but his concerns are dismissed as the ramblings of an old man.Lindhahl turns to Veronika Wiklund, a young journalist stuck tracing small-town stories for the local paper. Together, the unlikely duo begins asking questions that unsettle their entire community.As Veronika searches for answers, the care home reveals itself as the battleground for power, and the hunting ground for a killer tangled in dark legacies of World War II.Gripping and moving, Cecilia Sjogrens The Things We Leave Behind is a story of memory, grief, and guilt that echoes across decades. As the past collides with the present, it asks: what do we owe the dead, and at what cost do we unearth what they left behind?Fans of The God of the Woods by Liz Moore will love this atmospheric Swedish crime novel.

Its almost Christmas, and Gwinny Tuffels thoughts are on what shell buy for DCI Birch (retired) and whether she can adopt another furry friend. But sorting through her late fathers papers leads her into his mysterious past, pointing to an enigmatic liaison now living in a Somerset commune. Gwinny and Birch find themselves unexpectedly snowed in with a group of retired spies, along with an energetic Cocker Spaniel, and embroiled in a murder case. Will they uncover the culprit and escape in time for Christmas?

En la residencia Ömheten, la vejez es solo el primer peligroLa repentina muerte de un residente en la apacible residencia de ancianos Ömheten despierta las sospechas del expolicía Tore Lindahl. Algo

El gran maestro del misterio honkaku, por primera vez en español. Ganadora del Premio de Misterio Honkaku y del Premio de la Asociación de Escritores de Misterio de Japón. «Magistral. Un rompecabezas

¡Descubre el thriller más trepidante de Lisa Jewell!Es el hombre perfecto.Te dice que te ama.Crees que es tu media naranja.En poco tiempo, se ha instalado en tu corazón y en tu casa.Y luego se va durante dias. No sabes adonde ha ido ni con quien esta.Pronto te das cuenta de que, si pudieras volver el tiempo atras, te dirias a ti misma: no le dejes entrar.Apasionante. Impactante. Magistral. FREIDA McFADDEN, autora de La asistenta

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El naufragio de un pesquero, un Vigo fantasmal y la muerte que acecha: Un nuevo maestro del thriller atmosférico. En 2022, el pesquero Alacrán se hundió en las costas canadienses tras un fuerte temporal maritimo y solo sobrevivieron dos de sus veinticuatro tripulantes. Despues del inicio del juicio para esclarecer las causas, aparece muerto Raul Barros, el presidente del conglomerado empresarial propiedad del pesquero, junto a su unica hija, con la que hacia tiempo que no se hablaba. A partir de ese momento se desata un complicado entramado corporativo en el que los miembros de la junta directiva de la naviera gallega lucharan por el control de la compañia. El inspector Tristan Negreira y la subinspectora Virginia Almada, del Grupo de Homicidios de la Policia Nacional de Vigo, seran los encargados de investigar el doble crimen, cuyos motivos se remontan mucho tiempo atras.Una arrolladora novela negra, escrita por un nuevo autor de thriller policial atmosferico y ambientada en la costa norte, que parte de un hecho real: un desgraciado suceso que tuvo lugar en Canada y que en la sociedad gallega sigue muy presente.