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Its autumn and with crisp frosty weather and the leaves as colourful as theyve ever been, Olivia and Jago are nestling into their life in Penbartha. Until local resentment about incomers and second home ownership is ignited by what seems to be an increasingly militant action group.A violent death makes the situation even more sinister. Maybe Penbartha isnt the happy place Olivia thought it was? Is the discontent really about second homes or is someone exploiting a well-supported cause in order to pursue a much more personal agenda? She and Jago need to find the source of the trouble before it gets even closer to home...

Newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, a shotgun still in his hands. Few see his demise as cause for sorrow, but before long, Quirke realizes that, rather than the suspected suicide, Diamond Dick has been murdered.Suspicion soon falls on one of Jewells biggest rivals, but as Quirke gets to know Jewells beautiful, enigmatic wife, his fragile sister and those who work for the family, it becomes clear that not everything in this household is as it seems.

After a month of various people clearing up various messes, Felicity Jardine is finally cleared to go back to her little village cottage. But when a celebratory cream tea with her new and well-connected friend Percy is interrupted by a snipers bullet, shes off again, to a safe house in Notting Hill. There her only contact is her former colleague Matthew, still with MI6, who offers her a bit of investigation she can do online to pass the time. But Felicity is not one to work from home when she can be out and getting stuck in, especially when someone on the inside seems to be betraying her...

Secrets bloom where the roses die and Mel Greenway is digging up the truth.In post-war Britain, Avonby estate is a crumbling relic hiding deadly secrets. Lady Melinda Mel Greenway, a former army mechanic and the familys poor relation, seeks solace in its overgrown gardens until she unearths a body beneath the roses.The discovery drags Mel into a tangled web of lies, resentments, and buried truths, forcing her to clash with Inspector Derrin Bradley, her wartime lover turned investigator. As Derrin digs into the dark web of secrets entangling Avonbys privileged residents and its resentful staff, Mel is determined to solve the mystery herself. As sparks fly and old wounds resurface, Mels relentless pursuit of the truth puts her at odds with both her family and Derrin, while making her a target for a killer desperate to keep the past buried.A tale of resilience, forbidden romance, and suspense, A Thorn in the Rose is a richly atmospheric mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

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.

The CIA forced Lily to retire before she was ready. Shed spent 40 years as a field agent. Shed been skilled, resourceful, dedicated everything that makes a good agent, but shed rubbed too many of her bosses the wrong way. They jumped on a botched op as an excuse to fire her. Now in her 70s, waiting in a doctors office, she reads a magazine article that startles her out of retirement. The story casts doubt on everything she believed about her first and happiest posting in Hayalistan, one of the old Soviet republics. Lilys angry, and she decides to find out what really happened when she was stationed there. As word of her investigation gets back to the CIA, the Company knows they must silence her. But Lilys aging body cant perform the feats it managed in her 40s and 50s, and escaping their attempts on her life will test her physical and mental skills at a whole new level.

Two bored, obsessed teenagers break into and secretly live in influencers houses. But when they choose the wrong home, their twisted experiment turns deadly. A darkly funny, breathtakingly tense thriller from the most original writers in Britain (Daily Express)Alyssa wants to be seen. Less wants to be someone. She takes two buses to class, posts pictures of her lunch, and pretends its all effortless. He hides his privilege beneath thrifted clothes and a sketchbook full of impossible designs. Together, they are inseparable two outsiders constructing a version of themselves the world might finally applaud.Then Alyssa stumbles upon the hidden world of phrogging living unnoticed inside other peoples homes. She and Less slip through Los Angeles glossy veneer: influencers, producers, pop stars, all so busy performing their perfect lives they dont notice the shadows in their attics, the scratching in their walls.An act of rebellion. A harmless thrill. A social experiment.Until they choose the wrong house.Until the influencer they idolise catches them in the act.Until the cameras, already rolling, capture everything.What begins as a reckless adventure becomes a nightmare of lies, power and the cost of visibility. Bad Influence is a breathtakingly tense, darkly funny thriller about the lives we curate, the secrets we hide, and the monsters made by the need to be seen.____________Praise for Will CarverOne of the most exciting authors in BritainDaily ExpressA smart, stylish writerDaily MailIncredibly dark and very funnyHarriet TyceUnlike anything youll read this yearHeatImpossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfeltChris WhitakerWeirdly page-turningSunday TimesAmbitious, dark and funnyMike GayleA highly original state-of-the-nation novelLiterary ReviewOozes malevolence from every pageVictoria SelmanArguably the most original crime novel published this yearIndependentMesmericGuardianMemorable for its unrepentant darknessTelegraphPerceptive and twisted in equal measureCultureFlyPitch-dark, intelligent and utterly addictiveMichael WoodUnflinching, blunt and brutalSam HollandEqually enthralling and appallingJames OswaldOne of the most compelling and original voices in crime fictionAlex NorthUtterly believable, dark and disturbing one of my books of the yearTrevor WoodBrilliantly originalSam HollandClever, compelling, funnyDaily MailSuperbly paced and remarkably inventive, a book that demands to be read in a single sittingM.W. CravenDelightfully dark and wickedly inventive S J WatsonMulti-layered and masterfully writtenHeat magazine Book of the Month

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.

Xu is a writer to watch Isabel Banta, author of HoneySmart, engaging, and thought-provoking Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftover WomanElizabeth Zhang knows her place in the world. She knows shes in the tenth percentile for likability, the seventieth percentile for attractiveness, and the ninety-ninth percentile for academics.With a hard-working ethic instilled in her by immigrant parents, armed with impeccable grades, Elizabeth thinks she is set for Harvard Law School. Until she is rejected for being too ordinary, which she translates to mean shes just another boring Asian female. But when her classmate Laura Kim gets in, everything falls apart. Why was Laura accepted? What makes her so interesting?At first, she follows her because shes just curious. What Laura eats for lunch. Where Laura shops. The answer for Elizabeths failure must lie somewhere in Lauras life. But still, Elizabeth just cant see it. The only thing she sees is that Laura has taken her spot at Harvard.A spot she knows she deserves. A spot that shell simply have to take back.Layered, subversive, and satirical, this novel brings to light how, in the face of societal expectations and self-inflicted pressures, a person can unlock the darkest parts of themselves and show how far theyre willing to go to achieve their vision of success.

Mitad detective, mitad streamer, 100% peligrosa. Un thriller trepidante que une el misterio clásico con el mundo digital, donde una detective en streaming destapa una conspiración centenaria con millones de seguidores.Valeria Quebracho, con mas agallas que filtros, se agarra a su ultima oportunidad en la vida: la identidad oculta tras la plataforma de streaming Detective Publico. Los suscriptores deciden los casos que se van a investigar mediante un sistema de crowdfunding que permite que quien no pueda costearse un detective privado acceda a uno publico con dos condiciones: el progreso y la resolucion del caso seran retransmitidos a traves de la plataforma y no se aceptaran fricadas. En la ultima votacion ha sucedido lo que Valeria mas temia: sus suscriptores han elegido un caso que, tras la aventura de una herencia sin resolver, oculta uno de los mayores enigmas de la historia, el de la desaparicion de todos los habitantes de la ciudad de Elvira en 1920.Obligada a enfrentarse a un misterio irresoluble para no desprestigiar a Detective Publico, Valeria pronto se dara cuenta de que hay alguien dispuesto a todo para que la verdad siga enterrada. Ademas, si las primeras setenta y dos horas son cruciales para resolver cualquier desaparicion, ¿que sucede cuando han pasado casi un millon de horas?Una herencia millonaria en juego, un pueblo entero por encontrar, conspiraciones centenarias y el competitivo mundo del streaming se dan la mano en este thriller rompedor que viene a renovar el genero de misterio con una protagonista que quiere darlo todo.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOWAbsorbingThe TimesGrippingScotsman Quirkes pathology department, set deep beneath 1950s Dublin, is his own gloomy realm: always quiet, always night, and always under his control. Until, late one evening, he stumbles across a body that should not be there.The investigation he opens uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the citys high Catholic network - a secret with the power to shake his own family and everything he holds dear.Praise for the Quirke Series:A joy to read.Sunday TimesDarkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.Daily TelegraphBeguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.The Times

Confías en ellos para cuidar de tu hijo. Pero no deberías.Cada lunes después del colegio, además de a mi hija, Coralie, cuido a otros cuatro niños de su clase. Vamos al parque cuando hace sol y nos acurrucamos en el sofa a leer cuentos cuando llueve. De martes a viernes, son los otros padres quienes se encargan de ellos, incluida mi hija. Es perfecto: un circulo de cuidado infantil gratuito y amistoso.Pero esta mañana he recibido una nota anonima:Conozco vuestros secretos mas oscuros. Ninguno de vosotros es lo que parece. ¿Como habeis sido capaces de confiar los unos en los otros para cuidar a vuestros hijos? Disponeis de cinco dias para decir la verdad. De lo contrario, habra consecuencias.Estoy aterrada, llevo años ocultando mi secreto mas oscuro, y no puede salir a la luz. Pero no soy la unica de nuestro grupo que guarda secretos.¿Revelar mi secreto servira para proteger a mi hija, o nos pondra en un peligro aun mayor?---¿¿¿PERO QUE ACABO DE LEER??? Increible No recuerdo la ultima vez que devore un libro tan rapido. Absolutamente brillante Una lectura adictiva, trepidante, absorbente y explosiva que te engancha desde la primera pagina hasta el fantastico desenlace.Bookworm86 Lleno de giros y completamente adictivo Imposible de soltar Fantastico, no queria que se acabara Me tuvo totalmente enganchada.Little Miss Booklover 87 ¡Ese final! Un giro detras de otro. Me ha encantado.@bookscoffeemorebooks ¡Lleno de giros que no vi venir! No podia dejar de leer Increible.Renita DSilva Te lo vas a leer en un suspiro. Si te gusta Freida McFadden, vas a devorar este libro.Reseña en Goodreads Te deja con la boca abierta Un thriller apasionante, lleno de giros, que me tuvo expectante todo el tiempo.Reseña en Goodreads

You didnt go to the seminary to become a priest, the rector had explained on their first morning. You went to learn what God was asking of you.When Mack OBrien left his home in Port Talbot for the seminary as a teenager, he didnt imagine hed be back a decade later, unordained and at war with his faith. Back in his childhood bedroom, he remains committed to the idea of a moral life, but isnt entirely sure what that looks like. He takes a job as a security guard at the local steelworks and begins an uneasy transition into the world of industry, brotherhood, and community he once rejected. When the men of the steelworks organise an unprecedented strike in protest against job cuts, he goes along with it. Meanwhile, his mother watches footage of past catastrophes and prays for the dead.The last person Mack expects to see in the local club is Siwan Roderick - the woman who appeared out of the blue at the seminary one day to make a confession and swore him to secrecy. Mack kept his word. But as the day of the strike nears, tensions in the town escalate and allegiances are tested. Macks loyalty to Siwan and his desperation to do the right thing will change both of their lives forever.

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The worlds most unlikely crime solving duo is back and this time Irish nun Sister Agatha Murphy and Indian hotel owner Avtar Mehta discover that family secrets are the most deadly.When the tyrannical head of one of Delhis richest families is found dead inside a locked room within the historic Elephant House, Sister Agnes and Avtar must solve an impossible murder.All the children have motives, but would any of them really kill their mother for her money? Or is her death payback for a much deeper debt?As the city builds bonfires to celebrate the festival of Lohri, Sister Agatha and Avtar face backstabbing siblings, a gangster with untold influence, a police siege and a cigarette-stealing elephant. Avtar and Sister Agatha are on the hunt for a murderer, but is someone pulling their strings? When a killer is prepared to do the unthinkable, no one is safe and no one can be trusted.

When couturiere-turned-sleuth Jemima Flowerday accepts a last-minute invitation to a Murder Weekend at Firebrace Court, a crumbling Devon mansion perched on a storm-lashed headland, she expects nothing more than champagne, theatrics, and the fun of playing the daughter of a fictitious duchess. The whole thing is meant to be an absolute hoot.But the hoot turns to horror within hours. The arrival of Hal and Daisy Merriweather fabulously wealthy Texans lured to Firebrace by hints of Hals ancestral claim to the estate is as spectacular as their motorcar: a gleaming Bentley that skids on the rain-soaked drive and crashes into the ancient bridge. The structure collapses into the swollen stream below, revealing a mans skeleton tangled among the wreckage. And the discovery of a fresh murder turns the screw. The killer must be one of those within the house. Family member, staff or guest. This murder weekend is only too real...

London, 1856. Ben Canaan is a young detective on the payroll of Her Majestys Executive, riding high on a string of successful cases. Then a notorious crime boss turns up murdered on the city streets, the latest in a series of brutal killings targeting the most powerful men in the global opium trade. To track down the culprits and prevent more blood from being shed, Ben is sent out to the newly-founded British colony of Hong Kong: a lawless frontier town on the southern shores of Chinas Great Qing Dynasty.Ben is plunged headlong into a labyrinthine conspiracy, set against the backdrop of an empire in collapse and a sweeping civil war. As his hunt brings him closer to the truth and the ruthless corporate interests that want him dead, Ben is forced to choose between what is necessary and what is just.

A vida de Zuisantim é virada de ponta-cabeça com a morte de seu pai, um homem cheio de enigmas. Ao seguir as pistas que ele deixou, Zuisantim é arrastado para o limiar do maior segredo da humanidade.Esta no e apenas uma historia de alienigenas e conspiraçes. E um mergulho nas relaçes humanas, na busca pela verdade e na luta interna de um homem para encontrar seu lugar no universo.Prepare-se para uma aventura desafiante e reconfortante, com momentos hilarios e profundos. A cada revelaço, Zuisantim o fara questionar tudo inclusive sobre a sua propria jornada.

Its a steamy, restless end of the school year in New Orleans. Sister Holiday is busy teaching music classes and preparing for her permanent vow ceremony, a pivotal moment in her journey of faith. But when one of her favourite students is found dead of a fentanyl overdose, Sister Holiday and her partner-in-PI, Magnolia Riveaux, are launched on a mission to track down the drug dealers.As students continue to fall prey to this sinister drug under her watch, Sister Holiday becomes more and more desperate to stop the epidemic. All the while, she must contend with her own past with addiction, a demon that is never too far.As she goes deep undercover with a local gang, Sister Holidays darkest and most shocking case yet will test the limits of her faith-and her sanity.

A double dose of gripping psychological suspense, pairing two complete novels and two rare short stories, from six-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates. Two serial killers one female, one male murder in the name of a higher cause. Ideal for fans of Alice Munro, Ann Patchett and Anne Tyler.Celebrating 40 Years of pseudonymous suspense from JOYCE CAROL OATESFour decades ago, acclaimed literary author Joyce Carol Oates penned her first novel of psychological suspense under the name "Rosamond Smith." In the Smith books, Oates explored themes of betrayal and deception, lust and murder, through stories involving twins, doubles, and hidden second identities initially, keeping her own double identity a secret.Hard Case Crime is proud to bring these extraordinary works of crime fiction, long unavailable in bookstores, back into print in definitive double editions, each pairing two complete novels and two never-before-collected Oates short stories, all linked thematically, to weave a sinister web filled with dark reflections.In This VolumeA female serial killer seeks refuge in her twin sisters home in STARR BRIGHT WILL BE WITH YOU SOON, while a male serial killer murders for the woman he craves in SOUL/MATE -- and the echoes continue in the rare short stories "The Murderess" and "An Unsolved Crime.""A brilliant writer." TIME"Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious, and creative writer going." GILLIAN FLYNN