The Sacred Stranger Part 2
Naomi believed she was building the perfect life-successful, composed, and finally in control.An unexpected delay at the airport brings everything to a standstill.What unfolds is a prolonged conversation with a stranger whose quiet questions and unsettling clarity begin to dismantle the image Naomi has worked so hard to maintain. The delay becomes a confrontation between appearance, reality and surrender.The Sacred Stranger: Part Two is a story of divine delays and uncomfortable truth, reminding us that God often speaks through interruption-and sometimes uses a single conversation to change everything.Inspired by Hebrews 13:2: "Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it."
My Deranged Boss
A gripping workplace thriller about corporate fraud, a toxic boss, and three ordinary people who decide enough is enough.Emily Harris is used to starting over. After months of unemployment following a brutal layoff, a new job as office manager at RT Construction feels like exactly the break she needed. On paper, the company looks legitimate. In reality, it takes about three hours for the cracks to show.The bank account holds twelve dollars. Vendor invoices have been corrected with white-out. Subcontractors are threatening to walk off job sites over unpaid bills. And then the boss arrives. Ragina Thomas pulls into the parking lot in a brand-new leased Bentley, wearing a designer suit that costs more than Emily's rent, gold jewelry flashing in the morning sun. She holds a staff meeting to announce her latest Vegas networking trip. She screams at her employees. She orders Emily to tell a creditor the check is in the mail.The check is not in the mail. There is no money. And the deeper Emily looks, the worse it gets.Forged bank statements stuffed in a folder marked Marketing. Shell company loans taken out in employee names without their knowledge. A company credit card running up thousands in designer bags while the office printer runs out of ink. Behind the chaos stands Ragina, paranoid, volatile, and utterly convinced she is untouchable.But Emily is not alone. Alongside her sharp, quietly fearless colleague Felicity and quick-witted Jasper, she begins building something Ragina never anticipated. A paper trail. A record. A case.In a workplace where loyalty is weaponised and silence is survival, speaking up could cost everything. Staying quiet already is.My Deranged Boss is a fast-paced crime fiction debut for readers who love workplace thrillers, white collar crime stories, and whistleblower fiction with real stakes and characters worth rooting for.
B is for Bella
New York Times bestselling author of the Old Fools series. When two babies are born within weeks of each other in the village of Sixpenny Cross, one would expect the pair to become friends as they grow up. But nothing could be further from the truth. While Bella Tait is destined to become an animal hoarder, Christine Dayton will follow a life of crime. Although their worlds may appear poles apart, their fates are dangerously entwined.Sometimes heart-warming, often chilling, this tale from Sixpenny Cross is perfect for fans of charming English village series, clever twists, and murder served with a slice of homemade cake.The Sixpenny Cross series: A is for AbigailB is for BellaC is for the Captain
A Slow Way to Dissolve
There are forces you can measure. And forces you can't.Dr. Ida Thorne studies phase transitions-how stability collapses under pressure. She never imagined she would become her own experiment. When a provocative new scientist joins her lab, professional tension turns personal. Boundaries blur. Data shifts. Trust erodes.As Ida spirals toward a breakthrough that could secure her legacy, her marriage to James hangs in the balance-and someone is watching from the margins, manipulating the reaction.In a world where intellect is power and desire is destabilizing, Ida must choose: Catalyst or foundation.Combustion or permanence.A Slow Way to Dissolve is a taut, seductive novel about ambition, identity, and the dangerous illusion that you can control the chemistry of your own heart.
Long Arm of the Past
New book in the Scott Morgan mystery series.Kirkus Reviews called the first novel, No Write Way to Die, "A tidy whodunit with a New York state of mind." Either book serves as a captivating entry point to murder and mayhem in and around the Big Apple.Scott Morgan grows suspicious when the long-standing chairman of the global consulting firm where he built his career abruptly retires and dies a short time later. Scott gains the firm's permission to launch a quiet investigation into the cause of the chairman's demise and shocks himself by hiring Delmore Kerbich, a former homicide detective with the New York Police Department, to lead the charge. Delmore Kerbich. The man who, when the writer Ed Blaus was murdered in Scott's daughter's Chelsea apartment years earlier, put Scott and his loved ones under the hot light of high suspicion, upending their lives. But Scott knows Delmore possesses the skills necessary for this latest mission. When Delmore, now a private investigator, gets involved, he becomes aware of years of underhanded schemes the consulting firm carried out with the aid of a nefarious investigatory group. Scott has his own history with that crew. Suddenly, the past is everywhere, and it poses profound threats. Scott must balance his desire to discover the truth about the chairman's death with his desperate need to keep his own morally dubious past actions from surfacing. Meanwhile, Delmore harbors his own compelling personal reason for engaging with Scott. He's also determined to identify and unseat the head of the clandestine group that's done dirty work for the consultants. In the midst of all this, Scott enters into a romance that carries its own need for strict secrecy. Multiple mysteries hurtle toward startling resolutions as Scott and Delmore are forced to work together and make sense of their new relationship. While the novel stands on its own, it's also the second installment in the Scott Morgan mystery series, written by longtime journalist Neal Lipschutz, former deputy editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal.
Four
Japan. Four islands. Four seasons. Four trips. Four current social issues. One book.That was the plan.April 2013. Photo-journalist Iwakura and his reporter friend Eri, as she was known to the whole of Japan, would be working together again. Since their collaboration in 2011 had exposed more about the truth surrounding the hijacking of a shinkansen ('bullet train'), they had worked on many articles together, but this would be their first book. The book would be covering some important current social issues such as depopulation, city regeneration, tourism, and work-related suicides.But fate had another path for them. One where death always seemed to be close at hand.FOUR is the first book (but second that was published) in the 'Iwakura Series' and it continues the adventures of photojournalist 'Rock' Iwakura and journalist Eri Amadera. The book starts in 2013, less than two years after Hijacking Japan was set. Although it contains some spoilers related to that book, it can be read without overly ruining the story and tension if you want to read that one later. Although FOUR is the second in the Iwakura series, it is set before Tokyo 20/20 Vision and helps to explain some of the history and character development that you will have come across if you read that one first.
What the Mountain Buried
When justice never arrives, revenge comes on time..."In Qinglong the mountain keeps its secrets, and it feeds on the living."Qinglong Village lies deep in the mountains, far from police and farther still from mercy. Lin Qianqian and three other women were sold here and kept like property. Escape has been a word they whisper and swallow.Then a man dies. A note appears where no note should be.What begins as a plan to run becomes a hunt. The forest closes in. The river takes what it wants. And the world starts to feel slightly wrong, as if the village has been copied and hollowed out.When children vanish, Qinglong erupts. A scapegoat is chosen. Torture begins.Escape is no longer the question.The question is what you do when survival demands violence, and justice never comes.
Besieged
A school under siege. A shooter in the classroom. An all-too-common American nightmare unleashed again. But this time, former Delta Captain Jake Mahegan happens to be on the school grounds checking in on the daughter of a colleague. Instead, he's staring down a suicidal gunman rigged to blow. During the standoff, another attack begins outside the school. The gunman goes down, Mahegan is knocked unconscious, and a 12-year-old autistic girl is kidnapped. Mahegan knows his mission before the smoke clears, but where it takes him is unimaginable--deep into a widespread conspiracy that threatens the nation's very core. Treason in the highest halls of government. And only one man is prepared to stop it--or die trying . . .
Rectified
A priest is found mutilated inside a Detroit church. No blood at the points of dismemberment. No motive. No weapon known to forensic science.Detectives Leland Jamo and Randy Brecken catch the case expecting the worst the city can throw at them. What they find is something else entirely - a young woman named Christy Harris, daughter of a sitting U.S. Senator, who claims a figure with burning golden eyes has been following and protecting her since childhood. A figure that kills anyone who threatens her.As the investigation pulls Jamo deeper into a world of secret rituals, ancient bloodlines, and institutional power operating centuries beyond the reach of any badge, he begins to understand that the murders are not random acts of violence. They are consequences - the end stage of a hundred-year supernatural binding that has chained a good man's soul to a demonic weapon, controlled by a cult that has been hunting one family's bloodline for fifteen centuries.The clock is running. The binding expires at midnight on July 15, 2019. What happens when it breaks will determine whether the weapon dies free - or whether the cult completes a new ceremony that will bind it for another hundred years, with Christy as the sacrifice.Rectified: The Recollection is gothic horror set in modern Detroit - a story of psychological manipulation, institutional corruption, and the terrible arithmetic of who gets saved and who gets used. Adapted from the original award-considered screenplay, it is the central novel in the Rectified saga.
Stealth Tactics
THEY CLAIM TO UPHOLD JUSTICE.HE KNOWS BETTER.Vigilante assassin Silence Jones is used to operating in the shadows--but this mission burns hot. Sent to infiltrate The Balance--a militant justice collective operating outside the law--he finds a group of enforcers executing brutal punishment on anyone they deem untouchable by the courts.Backed by private money, military-grade firepower, and a twisted sense of righteousness, The Balance claims to go where the law can't. Led by a former prosecutor turned zealot, they strike hard, fast, and without remorse.But when one of their operations spirals into cruelty, Silence pushes back--and begins to uncover a darker truth. Behind their polished mission statement lies something far more dangerous. And the only way to stop them... is to take the war to their doorstep.The next standalone action thriller in the pulse-pounding series. Enter the world of Silence Jones. Hold on tight...If you like action heroes with the steely resolve of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, the calculating will of Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X, and the raw power of Mark Greaney's Gray Man, then you'll love Silence Jones.Unlock STEALTH TACTICS and start your Silence Jones mission today!
Hunting Ground
The next instalment in the explosive, edge-of-your-seat Thomas Caine thriller series from BESTSELLER Andrew Warren. "Don't mess with Thomas Caine. Ever." - New York Times bestselling author Brett Battles They want a war. Caine will give them one... Recovering from a grueling mission overseas, CIA Paramilitary Officer Thomas Caine returns home, eager to resume his relationship with Rebecca Freeling. Even if it means leaving his career behind. But fate has other plans... A bomb reduces a US federal building to smoking rubble. Someone close to Caine is counted among the dead. And the CIA's most lethal killer is determined to bring those responsible to justice, no matter the cost. From New Jersey's urban sprawl to a remote town in the San Bernardino Mountains, Caine's hunt for vengeance sets him on a collision course with a sinister new domestic terror group-and thrusts him into a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of government. These violent extremists are determined to plunge America into a new Civil War... Can Caine stop their next attack, before it's too late? Praise for Andrew Warren: 'Fans of the action hero/assassin genre, in the vein of the Grey Man, John Milton, Dewey Andreas and Victor the Assassin, will love this.' Reader Review 'A gripping read' Reader Review 'The writing is incredible. The atmosphere created by the author is mesmerizing!' Reader Review 'Brilliant, Original and fun.' Reader Review 'An action blockbuster in book form!' Reader Review 'Up there with Lee Child and Vince Flynn!' Reader Review 'Action packed from the start to the end.' Reader Review 'Japan's underworld as we never see it.' Reader Review 'Awesome story! Full of action, suspense, and intrigue...' Reader Review 'A heart stopping roller-coaster ride!' Reader Review 'Move over Jason Bourne... Here comes Thomas Caine!' Reader Review
Getting A Head
A harmless old woman. A trail of missing girls. A secret hidden in plain sight. Angela Bruni looks like a harmless old woman wandering the historic streets of Padova with her small dog and shopping trolley. To anyone who passes her, she is forgettable, just another lonely figure moving quietly through the city. But Angela has a secret.For years, young women have answered her advertisement offering a cheap apartment. Many arrive hopeful, looking for a fresh start in a new country, trusting the opportunity placed in front of them. They come with plans, with dreams, with the belief that they are beginning something better.Some never leave.Behind the walls of her family home, Angela keeps trophies from those who trusted her. Hidden from view, her private world tells a very different story, one built on control, routine, and a silence that no one questions closely enough.When Sofia Rodriguez, a quiet student from Ecuador, disappears after visiting Angela's house, the police assume she has simply run away, another missing person in a world that rarely looks too closely. Cases like hers fade quickly, lost among countless others.But Julie Cosolito does not believe it.As Julie begins investigating Sofia's disappearance, disturbing clues start to surface, pointing toward the one person no one suspects: the frail old woman everyone overlooks. What begins as doubt slowly turns into something far more dangerous as Julie moves closer to the truth.Angela Bruni has spent a lifetime staying one step ahead of suspicion. She understands how to remain invisible, how to be dismissed, how to exist without ever being truly seen.And anyone who gets too close to the truth may lose their head.GETTING A-HEAD is a psychological thriller about control, deception, and the danger of underestimating the wrong person.
The Talon Gambit
The most dangerous heists aren't for money. They're for survival.After a flawless heist turns into a brutal ambush, Blair Morgan and her crew discover they've made a fatal enemy: the Sinaloa Cartel. Their crime? Robbing a nightclub casino in New Orleans without realizing it was protected by the most ruthless criminal organization on the continent. Now there's a $3.6 million bounty on their heads--and it didn't come from Mexico. It came from a powerful American cartel figure the DEA knows only as Talon.To save themselves, the Sky Thieves must do the impossible: infiltrate the organization's U.S. operations, uncover Talon's identity, and find a way to blackmail a ghost. Their search pulls them deep into the underworld's hidden infrastructure--from classified DEA intel to cartel-financed luxury brokers to the underground meeting rooms where real power hides. When they finally pinpoint Talon's next move at a secretive gala in one of the South's most exclusive towns, the crew must break into a fortress of wealth and silence.But inside the estate, nothing is as it seems, and the truth behind Talon will shatter everything they thought they knew. Can a crew of professional thieves outmaneuver a cartel shadow boss who's never been caught?From USA Today bestselling author Jason Kasper comes the most gripping entry in the Spider Heist series yet--a thriller perfect for fans of Money Heist, The Italian Job, and Heat.
Alpha Strike
A new geopolitical alliance is spreading like wildfire--and it's threatening to ignite a global crisis.After years of confronting state-level threats from China and Russia, the United States and its allies now face something far more unpredictable: a powerful, shadowy syndicate forged between Mexican cartels and extremists in Africa's Sahel region.Their goal is simple--maximize chaos, reap profits, and tear at the seams of the liberal democratic order.Harrison Kohl, Director of the CIA's Special Activities Center, is handed a single directive from President Eleanor Cashman: dismantle the network at any cost.But Kohl quickly discovers this enemy doesn't play by familiar rules. Armed with cutting-edge weapons, cloaked by advanced operational security, and backed by billions in illicit funding, the syndicate is more than a threat--it's a revolution in organized violence.When conventional operations fail, Kohl is forced to make a desperate move: activate disavowed assets and launch an off-the-books campaign that could either destroy the syndicate or drag the United States into scandal--and defeat.Fans of Vince Flynn and Tom Clancy will tear through this explosive new thriller where global power, covert action, and moral compromise collide. ___________________________Praise for the authors: "...compares with the best of the timeless classics by Tom Clancy, Dale Brown, and Stephen Coonts." --Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mission Critical"With their background in the U.S. Navy, both Bruns and Olson have the right stuff to create a realistic military tale." ―Booklist"These two guys have lived it. Now they're writing it." --Don Keith, author of Only the Brave and Final Bearing"...some of the best combat writing I've seen since Tom Clancy." --Jason Kasper, USA Today bestselling author of The Enemies of My Country
Price of Allegiance
Deceived. Pursued. Trapped behind enemy lines.Ian Hale is back in the private military game--but this time, he's calling the shots.Fresh from a brutal mission in South Sudan, Hale and partner Laney Shaw have established themselves as elite operators. But reputation alone doesn't keep the lights on. Pressed for cash, Hale takes a high-stakes contract with Diedem, a tech giant crippled by cyberattacks. The mission: escort two executives into Belarus, pay off the hackers, and secure critical data. Simple enough.Until everything falls apart.When a gunshot cracks and one executive topples, Hale realizes he's been set up. Betrayed and hunted through hostile territory, Hale discovers that Diedem has a dark secret--a conspiracy linking the corporation to Moscow's brutal regime. Now, with ruthless Russian assassins and relentless Belarusian forces closing in, Hale must fight not just to survive, but to expose the truth.He didn't start this fight, but he's determined to finish it.From Logan Ryles, author of the acclaimed Prosecution Force series, comes Price of Allegiance. Perfect for fans of Jack Carr, Brad Thor, and Vince Flynn.
These Familiar Walls
A spine-chilling, heart-pounding suburban horror novel at the heart of the genre, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Cassandra Khaw, and Catriona Ward.In 1998, desperate loneliness pushes preteen Amber to ignore the misgivings of her family, particularly her younger sister, when she befriends the troubled new kid in the neighborhood--a boy with dead eyes, a fascination with fire, and no remorse. Their turbulent relationship is brief but creates lasting consequences. Twenty-two years later, in 2020, he resurfaces to kill Amber's parents, and is in turn betrayed by his accomplice and killed in Amber's childhood home. After the deaths, Amber inherits the house and, in an effort to save money, moves in with her husband and two children, hoping to reclaim some sense of stability in the grief and chaos surrounding her. Instead, she finds that the familiar walls are haunted by more than just bitter memories and lockdown stress. She shifts in and out of dreamlike trances, her reflection won't meet her gaze, and a menacing voice whispers to her from the gathering shadows. Although she tried to brush off the strange happenings as stress-fueled hallucinations, Amber is soon forced to admit that something much more real--and more dangerous--haunts her family. But Amber has deadly secrets of her own, and she must resolve these long-buried truths or lose the life she's contrived for herself.
Shadow Hunt
Discover the first in this breathtaking, unputdownable series from bestselling author Tom Bale. If you're a fan of Reacher - you will LOVE Clayton! Suddenly Joe was back in the job and doing what he did best... becoming someone else. Mixing with the bad guys in order to bring them down. Three years ago, after an undercover police operation went disastrously wrong, CID officer Joe Clayton lost his career and his family. Forced to adopt a new identity, he lives under the radar, taking whatever jobs he can find. Always looking over his shoulder, always hunted. Now living on the tiny south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko, Joe works as a bodyguard to Nasenko's wife, Cassie, and her two children. But when a burning summer's day explodes into violence, and a murderous gang targets the ultra-exclusive community, only one man stands a chance of saving the residents from annihilation. Joe must draw upon all his skills and determination to keep them alive. But nothing is as it seems on Terror's Reach, and a long night of betrayal and murder leaves Joe fighting for his own survival ... *Title previously published as Terror's Reach Praise for Tom Bale: 'Very clever and very nasty. Tom Bale is back. With a vengeance.' - Bestselling author Luke Jennings 'A masterclass in nail-biting tension and a true page turner' Bestselling author K. L. Slater 'A fantastic thriller. Gripped me from the first page and didn't let go. Tom Bale is the British Harlan Coben.' John Carson 'Tom Bale is one of the best British thriller writers around.' Simon Kernick Readers are loving the Joe Clayton series... 'A beautifully crafted book Mr Bale. Give me more more more!' Reader Review 'Buckle up! Another great read from this superb author' Reader Review 'Think of the type of character Reacher is, re-invent him as English and you have Tom Bale's Joe.' Reader Review 'Relentless action and drama. Tom Bale's books are brilliant' Reader Review '"Unputdownable" is a clich矇 but it applies to Bale's books. Conclusion: a great read.'Reader Review
Shadow Hunt
Discover the first in this breathtaking, unputdownable series from bestselling author Tom Bale. If you're a fan of Reacher - you will LOVE Clayton! Suddenly Joe was back in the job and doing what he did best... becoming someone else. Mixing with the bad guys in order to bring them down. Three years ago, after an undercover police operation went disastrously wrong, CID officer Joe Clayton lost his career and his family. Forced to adopt a new identity, he lives under the radar, taking whatever jobs he can find. Always looking over his shoulder, always hunted. Now living on the tiny south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko, Joe works as a bodyguard to Nasenko's wife, Cassie, and her two children. But when a burning summer's day explodes into violence, and a murderous gang targets the ultra-exclusive community, only one man stands a chance of saving the residents from annihilation. Joe must draw upon all his skills and determination to keep them alive. But nothing is as it seems on Terror's Reach, and a long night of betrayal and murder leaves Joe fighting for his own survival ... *Title previously published as Terror's Reach Praise for Tom Bale: 'Very clever and very nasty. Tom Bale is back. With a vengeance.' - Bestselling author Luke Jennings 'A masterclass in nail-biting tension and a true page turner' Bestselling author K. L. Slater 'A fantastic thriller. Gripped me from the first page and didn't let go. Tom Bale is the British Harlan Coben.' John Carson 'Tom Bale is one of the best British thriller writers around.' Simon Kernick Readers are loving the Joe Clayton series... 'A beautifully crafted book Mr Bale. Give me more more more!' Reader Review 'Buckle up! Another great read from this superb author' Reader Review 'Think of the type of character Reacher is, re-invent him as English and you have Tom Bale's Joe.' Reader Review 'Relentless action and drama. Tom Bale's books are brilliant' Reader Review '"Unputdownable" is a clich矇 but it applies to Bale's books. Conclusion: a great read.'Reader Review
Oh the Horror!
One man confronts his fear of carnivals to face something worse. Another man wonders if he has squirrels in the walls or is something else coming for him? Two thieves choose the worst house to burgle. One woman traces her late mother's secret meeting on a bridge at midnight. Another woman tries to quench the burning hunger inside. Join these people as they journey into the dark... if you can find your way out! Oh the Horror! includes: Here Comes the Rain, In the Walls, These Premises Protected By..., Returning Home, Soul Hungry.
Into the Cold It's cold out there, but something's colder inside me
'Some secrets drown. Others rise from the depths.Reya thought her new life was finally beginning-until the shadows crept in. A dream proposal. A quiet house. A perfect husband. But something is off.There's the woman in red who vanishes before anyone else can see her. The blackouts Reya can't explain. Unseen eyes seem to follow her every move, dredging up memories she's tried desperately to forget. And then, there's Mila... the sister Reya hasn't spoken to in years, but who never really left.As past and present begin to blur, Reya is pulled into a chilling spiral of fractured memories, unraveling trust, and unrelenting dread. Someone-or something-is watching. Waiting. And no matter how far she runs, the truth is always one step behind.Ishita Banik, the bestselling author of the Light-Year Trilogy, returns with a relentlessly haunting thriller where every twist tightens the noose, every truth is a trap, and what waits beneath the surface is colder-and crueler-than you ever imagined.
Sidonia The Sorceress
Sidonia the sorceress: The supposed destroyer of the whole reigning ducal house of Pomerania Volume 1 examines how fear, superstition, and political ambition can intertwine to shape the fate of both individuals and ruling powers. The narrative unfolds around allegations of hidden forces influencing social order, where whispered accusations intensify existing tensions between religious authority and noble influence. As suspicions spread through a cloistered community and reach the surrounding elite, the consequences of unchecked rumor reveal how reputations can be dismantled through a mix of anxiety, desire for control, and historical pressure. The work reflects the broader climate of witch hunts, showing how belief in unseen powers provides justification for persecution while reinforcing structures of dominance. Through shifting alliances and mounting dread, the story explores how personal agency is constrained when society seeks explanations for misfortune in mystical threats rather than human motivations. The volume highlights how unverified claims gain strength when fear overrides reason, illustrating the fragile balance between justice, belief, and the pursuit of influence.
The East Wing
Struggling writer Wren Lee hasn't slept properly in eighteen months. Not since the car accident that derailed her entire life. The night she still can't fully remember. So when she receives a surprise inheritance from her estranged grandfather, a house in rural Virginia seems like the escape Wren desperately needs.But the grand mansion she arrives at is nothing like she hoped. From the moment Wren arrives, something feels wrong. A strange lullaby echoes through the maze-like hallways at night and Ruth, the housekeeper who still sets a place at dinner for a dead man, watches Wren with an intensity that goes beyond protective. Unwelcome and unsettled, Wren is determined to uncover the house's secrets, starting with the forbidden east wing...Then the storm hits, and Wren is trapped with no way out. To survive, she'll have to confront not only the darkness in these walls but the buried truth about the night that broke her. Because in this house, the past doesn't stay buried. And neither do its ghosts.A completely gripping and twisty gothic thriller that will bewitch fans of Mexican Gothic, The Sanatorium and Sharp Objects.
Dirty Tricks
The BRAND NEW instalment in this gripping gangland series from bestselling author Evie Hunter! The final showdown will be explosive! Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers The score will be settled once and for all... Callie Renfew didn't go looking for trouble, but now it's at her door there's no way she's backing down. It's been a year since Callie last saw her useless husband Gavin and although everyone else thinks he's dead, Callie has an uneasy feeling that her husband is still alive and waiting to make his final vengeful move.... Until then, Callie plans to get on with her life and pushes forward with a new business scheme with her new millionaire business partner, enigmatic Spaniard Carlos Martinez. But when Callie discovers that Martinez might not be as honest she first thought, it becomes imperative that she get to the bottom of how he came to be in her life in the first place. And as Callie suspected, the trail leads straight back to Gavin... But if Gavin thinks he can play dirty then Callie has a few tricks up her own sleeve too. This time the final reckoning will be deadlier than ever... Praise for Evie Hunter: 'A brilliant read that hooked me from the outset. I couldn't tear myself away!' Bestselling author Gemma Rogers 'Couldn't put it down. I was engrossed from start to finish' Reader Review 'Brilliant read!! read in a day!!' Reader Review 'Evie Hunter's books always have you thinking 'who done it?' and surprises you at the end' Reader Review
Karma
Karma can be a real bitch. But she's my bitch. And I've got some people dying to meet her...Years before the Bastard walked into the King's Head, a boy from London's East End is dragged into a world he doesn't belong. Chewed up and spat out by his betters, Dino grows up fast, learning that loyalty is rare, power is everything and survival means playing by your own rules.With one father who didn't want him and another who walked away, Dino learns to rely on the only thing he truly trusts: himself. But when betrayal and tragedy strike, survival isn't enough anymore. Now Dino wants something far more dangerous.Payback. And he's not going to let anyone stand in his way.Brutal, gripping and packed with unforgettable characters, Karma dives deep into the past of one of the Bastard series' most dangerous men.
I, Claudia
Claudia Alcock is looking for a hitman. Not just any hitman but one who can get the job done properly. After all, she may be a frizzy-haired, middle-aged woman with paranoid tendencies and a chequered romantic past, but she's no fool. Her cheating soon-to-be ex-husband Gary, aided by his equally unfaithful new lover Alexa, deserve nothing less than a fitting comeuppance.Unfortunately for Claudia, Gary has plans of his own. Determined to secure Claudia's fortune, he hires his own hitman whose messy efforts range from bombs to snipers to poisonous spiders.Can Claudia dodge these increasingly ludicrous attempts on her life?Zany, darkly comic and gloriously unpredictable.
One of Them Is Lying
The BRAND NEW utterly gripping psychological thriller from the author of No Son of Mine Don't miss this addictive, twist-filled thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister and Claire Douglas. They all have secrets and no one can leave. When Stella lands a job working at Titheridge Farm, she's thrilled. She's aware of what kind of man Alan Titheridge is - he's been embroiled in scandals for months - but it's now her job to try to clear his name. Stella plans a weekend at the farm for the family and invites five VIP guests, in a bid to win them over. But as everyone arrives for their country break, a storm is brewing. Forty-eight hours later, someone is dead. Trapped by the weather and all with secrets of their own, one of the partygoers is lying and one isn't who they say they are. Now they must work out who they can trust, before it's too late... Readers love C.L. Swatman: 'Wow, I could not put this book down. Thrilling, gripping and pacy, I devoured this in one sitting by. Fabulous plot that just kept giving with each chapter.' 'Was very excited to see that this dropped into my kindle at midnight as I loved CL Swatman's last book, No Son of Mine. I have already read it by 08.45 as I was so gripped!' 'Great twists and turns and brilliant ending. Looking forward to more thrillers from the author.' 'So well written, I was hooked from the start to the finish.' 'Believable characters, twisting plot which has you second guessing all the way through. The only drawback is that I finished it too quick!! Can't wait for the next book...highly recommend.' Authors love C.L. Swatman: 'A dark, clever and twisty page turner. I devoured it!' Claire Douglas 'It grabbed me from the beginning and kept me glued to it till the end' Valerie Keogh 'A fast-paced page-turner with some excellent twists - will keep you reading late into the night' Catherine Cooper 'A haunting, gripping page turner I couldn't put down' S.E. Lynes 'Fast paced and deliciously twisty' Keri Beevis 'A tense thriller looking at family dynamics, female friendship and nature versus nurture with plenty of surprises along the way. Loved it.' Catherine Cooper
Missing in Lincoln Park
In the shadow of Chicago's elite Lincoln Park neighborhood, seventeen-year-old Bennett Stone has always lived between two worlds-the legitimate facade of his mother's prestigious law firm and the dark reality of the criminal empire that funds their lifestyle. Raised by Ms. Berta, a maternal figure who runs an upscale strip club, Bennett believes he understands the rules of survival in this morally ambiguous world.But when his ex-girlfriend Harlow is found dead from an apparent overdose, Bennett is forced to confront the true cost of family loyalty. As he works to protect the ones he loves, he uncovers a web of betrayal that reaches into the heart of his own family. With each revelation, Bennett must choose between his remaining innocence and the brutal pragmatism required to survive in a world where everyone has blood on their hands. A gripping crime thriller that explores the price of power and the impossibility of escaping one's origins, Missing In Lincoln Park is a dark coming-of-age story about a young man who discovers that sometimes the greatest enemies are those closest to home.
Parents Weekend
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of If Something Happens to Me, comes one of the year's most anticipated thrillers.In the glow of their children's exciting first year of college at a small private school in Northern California, five families gather over dinner and cocktails for the opening festivities of Parents Weekend. As the parents stay out way past their bedtimes, their kids--five residents of Campisi Hall--never show up to dinner. At first, everyone thinks they're just being college students, irresponsibly forgetting about the gathering or skipping out to go to a party. But as the hours tick by and another night falls with not so much as a text from the students, panic ensues. Soon the campus police call in reinforcements. Search parties are formed. Reporters swarm the small enclave. Rumors swirl and questions arise. Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella--The Five, as the podcasters, bloggers, and TikTok sleuths soon call them--come from very different families. What drew them out on that fateful night? Could it be the sins of their mothers and fathers come to cause them peril--or a threat to the friend group from within? Told from each family's point of view--and marking the return of FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller from Every Last Fear and The Night Shift--Parents Weekend explores the weight of expectation, family dysfunction, and those exhilarating first days in the dorms when friends become family.
Overgrowth
Day of the Triffids meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this full-on body horror / alien invasion apocalypse. This is just a story. It can't hurt you anymore. Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has believed her. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late. The invasion is coming, Stasia's biological family is on the way to bring her home, and very few family reunions are willing to cross the gulf of space for just one misplaced child. What happens when you know what's coming, and just refuse to listen?
One of Them Is Lying
The BRAND NEW utterly gripping psychological thriller from the author of No Son of Mine Don't miss this addictive, twist-filled thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister and Claire Douglas. They all have secrets and no one can leave. When Stella lands a job working at Titheridge Farm, she's thrilled. She's aware of what kind of man Alan Titheridge is - he's been embroiled in scandals for months - but it's now her job to try to clear his name. Stella plans a weekend at the farm for the family and invites five VIP guests, in a bid to win them over. But as everyone arrives for their country break, a storm is brewing. Forty-eight hours later, someone is dead. Trapped by the weather and all with secrets of their own, one of the partygoers is lying and one isn't who they say they are. Now they must work out who they can trust, before it's too late... Readers love C.L. Swatman: 'Wow, I could not put this book down. Thrilling, gripping and pacy, I devoured this in one sitting by. Fabulous plot that just kept giving with each chapter.' 'Was very excited to see that this dropped into my kindle at midnight as I loved CL Swatman's last book, No Son of Mine. I have already read it by 08.45 as I was so gripped!' 'Great twists and turns and brilliant ending. Looking forward to more thrillers from the author.' 'So well written, I was hooked from the start to the finish.' 'Believable characters, twisting plot which has you second guessing all the way through. The only drawback is that I finished it too quick!! Can't wait for the next book...highly recommend.' Authors love C.L. Swatman: 'A dark, clever and twisty page turner. I devoured it!' Claire Douglas 'It grabbed me from the beginning and kept me glued to it till the end' Valerie Keogh 'A fast-paced page-turner with some excellent twists - will keep you reading late into the night' Catherine Cooper 'A haunting, gripping page turner I couldn't put down' S.E. Lynes 'Fast paced and deliciously twisty' Keri Beevis 'A tense thriller looking at family dynamics, female friendship and nature versus nurture with plenty of surprises along the way. Loved it.' Catherine Cooper
One of Them Is Lying
The BRAND NEW utterly gripping psychological thriller from the author of No Son of Mine Don't miss this addictive, twist-filled thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister and Claire Douglas. They all have secrets and no one can leave. When Stella lands a job working at Titheridge Farm, she's thrilled. She's aware of what kind of man Alan Titheridge is - he's been embroiled in scandals for months - but it's now her job to try to clear his name. Stella plans a weekend at the farm for the family and invites five VIP guests, in a bid to win them over. But as everyone arrives for their country break, a storm is brewing. Forty-eight hours later, someone is dead. Trapped by the weather and all with secrets of their own, one of the partygoers is lying and one isn't who they say they are. Now they must work out who they can trust, before it's too late... Readers love C.L. Swatman: 'Wow, I could not put this book down. Thrilling, gripping and pacy, I devoured this in one sitting by. Fabulous plot that just kept giving with each chapter.' 'Was very excited to see that this dropped into my kindle at midnight as I loved CL Swatman's last book, No Son of Mine. I have already read it by 08.45 as I was so gripped!' 'Great twists and turns and brilliant ending. Looking forward to more thrillers from the author.' 'So well written, I was hooked from the start to the finish.' 'Believable characters, twisting plot which has you second guessing all the way through. The only drawback is that I finished it too quick!! Can't wait for the next book...highly recommend.' Authors love C.L. Swatman: 'A dark, clever and twisty page turner. I devoured it!' Claire Douglas 'It grabbed me from the beginning and kept me glued to it till the end' Valerie Keogh 'A fast-paced page-turner with some excellent twists - will keep you reading late into the night' Catherine Cooper 'A haunting, gripping page turner I couldn't put down' S.E. Lynes 'Fast paced and deliciously twisty' Keri Beevis 'A tense thriller looking at family dynamics, female friendship and nature versus nurture with plenty of surprises along the way. Loved it.' Catherine Cooper
One of Them Is Lying
The BRAND NEW utterly gripping psychological thriller from the author of No Son of Mine Don't miss this addictive, twist-filled thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister and Claire Douglas. They all have secrets and no one can leave. When Stella lands a job working at Titheridge Farm, she's thrilled. She's aware of what kind of man Alan Titheridge is - he's been embroiled in scandals for months - but it's now her job to try to clear his name. Stella plans a weekend at the farm for the family and invites five VIP guests, in a bid to win them over. But as everyone arrives for their country break, a storm is brewing. Forty-eight hours later, someone is dead. Trapped by the weather and all with secrets of their own, one of the partygoers is lying and one isn't who they say they are. Now they must work out who they can trust, before it's too late... Readers love C.L. Swatman: 'Wow, I could not put this book down. Thrilling, gripping and pacy, I devoured this in one sitting by. Fabulous plot that just kept giving with each chapter.' 'Was very excited to see that this dropped into my kindle at midnight as I loved CL Swatman's last book, No Son of Mine. I have already read it by 08.45 as I was so gripped!' 'Great twists and turns and brilliant ending. Looking forward to more thrillers from the author.' 'So well written, I was hooked from the start to the finish.' 'Believable characters, twisting plot which has you second guessing all the way through. The only drawback is that I finished it too quick!! Can't wait for the next book...highly recommend.' Authors love C.L. Swatman: 'A dark, clever and twisty page turner. I devoured it!' Claire Douglas 'It grabbed me from the beginning and kept me glued to it till the end' Valerie Keogh 'A fast-paced page-turner with some excellent twists - will keep you reading late into the night' Catherine Cooper 'A haunting, gripping page turner I couldn't put down' S.E. Lynes 'Fast paced and deliciously twisty' Keri Beevis 'A tense thriller looking at family dynamics, female friendship and nature versus nurture with plenty of surprises along the way. Loved it.' Catherine Cooper
AL Virgin
In a quiet village where everyone knows each other, one secret threatens to destroy everything. When her brother is arrested, a young village girl finds her world collapsing. With her father critically ill and time slipping away, she is left with an impossible choice-wait for justice or take matters into her own hands. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a web of corruption, hidden enemies, and truths far more dangerous than she imagined. What begins as a desperate attempt to save her brother turns into a high-stakes battle. With courage as her only weapon, she risks everything-her safety, her reputation, and her future-to pull off a daring plan that could either save her family... or destroy it forever. Gripping, emotional, and filled with suspense, this thriller is a story of courage, sacrifice, and the fight against injustice
Depersonalised
Maddie feels herself slipping away.One moment she's here, the next, she's floating outside her own body, trapped behind glass. Her thoughts echo. Her voice doesn't feel like hers. The world looks wrong... unreal... dreamlike.Depersonalised follows Maddie as she navigates terrifying shifts in perception, fighting to hold on to who she is. In the midst of the darkness, she searches for the light she desperately needs, the way back to herself.
Escaping the Devil's Grave
Located 35,000 feet beneath the waves is the world's most secure prison, the Devil's Grave. The place houses the worst criminals of humanity, and is completely inescapable. For the inmates, life is simple and predictable.That is, until a World War Two-era submarine crashes into the complex. Further disrupting the tranquility are the sub's survivors, who have spent decades perfecting a weapon to end a war-which is already over.After the weapon is unleashed, the inmates must attempt the impossible-breaking free from an inescapable prison alive. During their journey, they learn why the facility bears its peculiar name...
Farm Windows
Windows are strange things. These see through walls, conduits, passageways connected or obscured. Occasionally, windows allow brief glimpses into the lives of strangers ... Follow the lives of our haunted protagonists as they traverse hells of their own creation. Mannhouse, once a family man, now knows nothing but the obligations of his past. Carl and Bethany, loving parents to their son Leon, struggle to cope with the aftermath of a terrifying event. Edda, having fulfilled her dream of moving to the beach, starts obsessing over a strange flickering light. Ward, caretaker to his grandmother Darcy, finds himself slowly going mad living the same routine day in and day out. Experience the lives of these characters unravel as each of them peer through the Farm Windows.
The Last Representative
When democracy falls, one voice must rise. At just 23, Elena is the youngest MP in the current parliament and she is ready to tear down a corrupt government from the inside. Her intern, Sophie, arrives in Parliament full of hope, unaware she is stepping into a political powder keg. When protestors violently storm the Chamber, the government strikes back with brutal force, banning all protests and silencing dissent overnight. As the nation teeters on the edge of authoritarian rule, Elena sees a dangerous opening. Could democracy be reclaimed by transforming protest into power? When a secret recording lands in her hands, the voice is unmistakable. The Prime Minister, conspiring in the shadows with the Governor General. As threats close in and trust fractures, Elena and Sophie are pushed into a deadly game of truth and survival. The Last Representative by Red Ferne is a high voltage political thriller where ambition collides with tyranny, and one woman's fight for truth could either save a nation or destroy her. Is Elena the last hope for democracy, or the last representative to fall?
Gunship
Second novel in the David Pross action technothrillers from former RAF member Julian Jay Savarin. In the tradition of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series.Both machines had been designed solely for the purpose with killing in mind.Both were fitted with rotary cannon. Each carried rockets, air-to-air and ground-attack missiles.On board the British Lynx, avionics, computer and dual radars had been upgraded yet again. The integrated flight and fire control system came from the F-15 air superiority fighter. Armored, the twin engines were uprated for high-altitude combat, it was unmatched and unbeatable.Except possibly by its Russian Hind counterpart, code-named Hellhound.And now, in deadly secret, as KGB and British Intelligence play a cat-and-mouse game across the streets of London and the English countryside, the two hi-tech next generation helicopters and their pilots were being positioned to face off against one another in a duel to the death among the terrifying peaks and ravines of the high Himalayas. And ex-RAF pilot David Pross and British agent Sian Logan will once again find themselves in the cross-hairs.
Cuba Libre
An Environmental disaster and American sanctions have bankrupted the Cuban economy, and a new crypto currency called Libre Coin is sweeping the country promising salvation. But is it just a Ponzi scheme? Are the Russians behind it?Bob Northwick, former CIA resident in Havana is brought out of retirement when Cuban politicians opposed to the currency are murdered.
The Picture
A warehouse in Japan used as an emergency shelter in the aftermath of the 2011 Tsunami. A distraught, young Japanese woman in dishevelled clothes sits on a box, holding her infant daughter. Ben, a US rescue volunteer, kneels in front of her offering comfort. They hug, the baby between them. The moment turns into an hour as the woman sobs into his shoulder; mourning the loss of her husband, her home, the life she knew. A picture is taken, capturing the moment. It becomes a symbol; of help freely given and of the hope of the survivors. The faces in the picture cannot be recognised, and that is how Ben likes it. No celebrity, thanks not required. But others believe that being identified as the person in the picture is their path to fame and fortune. Ben stands, unknowingly, in their way, but nothing a contract killing cannot fix.
