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At this dead hour of the morning, the lorry park is deserted. It is a bitterly cold night, with rain falling and an edge of snow, and under the sickly yellow lighting the great lorries and tarpaulined trailers are dark and bulky as huddled beasts. For the last six months, Callan has been spending nights looting the lorries for their precious cargos - and its all been going well. But this fateful evening something will change, and Callan will find himself at the heart of a murder, and DCI Kelso Strang finds himself at the heart of the investigation .

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.

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

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.

Summer. A dark, brooding season of oppressive heat and thunderstorms, and Flotsam yearns for fresh air and a sea breeze. But business is brisk in Baker Street and becomes even brisker when a lady who purports to be a spiritualist brings Sherlock Holmes a mysterious message from the dead. The legendary detective has no time for mediums, yet the message proves remarkably prescient when, later the same day, he is consulted about the Last Will and Testament of the deceased armaments tycoon, Erasmus Belladonna.Belladonnas only child, a son, had been stolen from his cot twenty years previously and has never been seen since### shortly after the infants disappearance, Belladonna had blown himself up in an experiment gone wrong, leaving his entire fortune to his son, to pass to him on his 21st birthday. Now, with that date looming, not one but seven young men have come forward. But which, if any, is really the missing child?

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.

Something old, something red, something stolen, something dead.Sunset Hall, a house-share for the old and unusual, is gearing up as energetically as its aged inhabitants can for Bernadettes big wedding day. However, with the RSVPs comes an anonymous note that threatens to cast a pall over the upcoming festivities. Agnes is in (somewhat begrudging) wedding planning mode and she and the not-so-sprightly gang of pensioners decide to hide the note from the betrothed, not wanting to cause stress. It is up to Agnes to dig into this poison pen letter, determined to help the wedding go off without a hitch . . . aside from the bodies theyve already had to hide from the blushing bride.

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

La incursión de Siri Hustvedt en el thriller psicológico de la mano de Lily Dahl, una joven en pleno despertar a la vida y a la sexualidad y enfrentada a un inquietante misterio.«Un drama tenso y con

¿Qué pasa por la mente de un piloto a 30 000 pies de altura?Thomas Rye, piloto de una línea aérea low cost, esconde un oscuro secreto que no puede ser desvelado. Por otro lado, el parapsicólogo aficionado Sinesio Amoros ha conseguido grabar unas inquietantes psicofonias que parecen ser la primera pista para resolver un inquietante misterio de origen celta. En un momento dado, ambos personajes se encuentran y, cuando las tramas de ambos chocan entre si, se inicia una angustiosa cuenta atras de devastadoras y asombrosas consecuencias...Publicada por primera vez en 2015, Caja negra es un thriller tragico, trepidante con sorprendente parecido con una realidad que, en algun momento, todos podemos llegar a conocer.

UNA FAMILIA PERFECTACuando Tina, la niñera de los Barclay, muere al caer por la ventana del tercer piso de la lujosa mansión familiar, Rose, la pequeña, se sumerge en un hermético silencio debido al trauma que le produce el suceso.UN ACCIDENTEStella Hudson tendra que hacerse cargo del caso para tratar de encontrar respuestas sobre lo ocurrido. Pero a medida que la investigacion avanza, se da cuenta de que lo que parece un accidente puede ser en realidad un asesinato, y que todos tienen un motivo para resultar sospechosos. UNA SERIE DE SECRETOS QUE NO PUEDE SALIR A LA LUZStella pronto comienza a pensar que en aquella casa nada es lo que parece y a preguntarse que es lo que se esconde tras la fachada de familia perfecta.

¿ESTÁ CAPACITADO EL SISTEMA LEGAL PARA HACER JUSTICIA?Reno, Nevada. Santi Elcano es un abogado penalista que ha pasado de ser un entusiasta del sistema legal a un descreído de la justicia. En particular, por el caso de Anna Weston, una joven madre cuyo cuerpo fue hallado en el desierto.Junto con su mentora C. J. asumieron la defensa de Michael Atwood, el acusado. A pesar de haber escasas pruebas tanto fisicas como testificales en su contra, fue condenado a muerte.Santi y, sobre todo, C. J. estaban convencidos de la inocencia de Atwood y, debido a esto, Santi lleva años cargando el peso de no haber podido hacer nada para evitar su destino.Hasta que, pocos meses antes de que llegue la ejecucion, Santi recibe una carta de Atwood pidiendole que lo visite en la carcel. Ese encuentro sera revelador y dara un giro inesperado a los acontecimientos.

Once Ida nearly died at the hands of a killer. Now shes trying to live again, to forget the monsters in her head.But the nightmares are coming back, more terrible than ever.Because Ida, now working as a journalist, has uncovered evidence of a serial killer stalking Helsinkis streets. And no one - not Ida, not homicide officer Kerttu Leppanen, tortured by her own demons - can stop them.Sometimes the monsters are real. And hunting them can destroy you.

Summer, 1993, and Alex Lane finds himself at the end of the University summer term, broke and without any concrete plans. So, when hes offered the chance to join a group of students tasked clearing out Solace House, a large Victorian residence left to the University by a reclusive hoarder called Flayne, he jumps at it. The other students are a mixed bunch, but Alex quickly falls into a close friendship with the mercurial, red-headed Ella.At first the house seems to be an ordinary, if grandiose, property. But as the team begin sorting through piles of junk, they stumble upon Flaynes journals in which he details his obsession with his missing mother, his discovery of a strange place called Bewise, and - most mysteriously - his belief in another realm lying parallel to ours, along with coded instructions on how it might be reached.As the students continue to sort through the detritus, one of Alexs companions becomes increasingly obsessed with the hidden secrets of Solace House, Flaynes missing mother, and the possibility that, if only they can decipher Flaynes increasingly unintelligible writings, they might gain knowledge beyond their wildest dreams. That is, assuming, they are willing to sacrifice everything.