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She must have red hair, green eyes and pale skin. Lizzy's drink is spiked. She wakes up in a locked basement. Trapped by a man who knows exactly what he wants from her. He cuts a lock of her hair as a trophy. But for some reason she's not quite right. And Lizzy survives. Detective Abigail is Lizzy's source handler. Her last informant turned up in A&E, badly beaten, too frightened to talk any more. Now she's relying on Lizzy. Because the attacker is still out there. Still searching. And the next woman might be the perfect victim.

From bestselling author Hannah Ellis comes a seaside mystery of sabotage, suspicion and exceptionally good coffee. For a man who came to North Berwick to hide from life, Jamie Sinclair spends a lot of time unblocking other people's toilets. Life has settled into something unexpectedly good—sea...

Även en till synes perfekt familj kan bära på mörka hemligheter. Hur väl känner du egentligen dina grannar? En smaragdgrön gräsmatta. Välskötta häckar. En metallgrind omgärdad av murgröna och doftande kaprifol. På framsidan ligger två sparkcyklar, en blå och en neonrosa...

Im Januar des Jahres 1887 besucht eine Patientin, Mrs. Callaghan, Dr. Watson, um ihn wegen ihres Mannes zu konsultieren, da sie von Veränderungen in seinem Verhalten irritiert ist. Er scheint plötzlich auch viel mehr Geld zu besitzen als zuvor. Ist er in kriminelle Machenschaften verstrickt? Sherlock Holmes stößt auf Ungereimtheiten und stürzt sich in die Ermittlungen.

Kun 48 timer ... afgør, om du får lov til at leve eller dø. En betjent skal løse en livsfarlig sag. Han er kriminalbetjent og jager koldblodige mordere, men ved han mere, end han vil indrømme? En mor skal redde sin datter. Hun er advokat og skal forsvare en drabsmand – men hvor langt vil hun gå for at beskytte sit eneste barn? Et par vil gerne begå den perfekte forbrydelse.

Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge, it is...

Agatha Christie’s classic novel featuring Superintendent Battle and ‘Bundle’ Brent. Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m...

A new, edge-of-your-seat DI Barton thriller from bestselling author Ross Greenwood. The next chapter could be your last... The annual December gathering of the local book club is usually a relaxed affair, a chance for old acquaintances to catch up. But this year, the convivial evening takes a...

A big reward to capture the mastermind of big bank robberies with twists & turns everywhere.

The first in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins involves a blind man who stumbles across a murder. As he has not seen anything, the assassins let him go, but he finds it is impossible to walk away from murder. “The Detective Story Club”, launched by...

Alice is back in her room, stroking her cats, but not for long. Slipping through the looking-glass, she meets another wild collection of fantasy characters, including the Red and White kings and queens, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and she is entertained by the poems "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter".

Here are the six final stories from The Innocence of Father Brown relating the crime-solving adventures of a rather unconventional detective. Having accumulated wisdom and empathy from years of listening to the dark confessions of his parishioners, in a flash Father Brown is able to solve mysteries that confound all others.

A young Polish girl fixated on fame ~ A killer with a deadly obsession Detective Jack Mackinnon has his work cut out trying to track down missing student, Anya Blonski. As Mackinnon follows the trail of obsession and murder to the shady owners of the Star Academy, who thrive on society's...

Read by Hugh Fraser In Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, one of Agatha Christie’s most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady. Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger...

P. D. James is “the reigning mistress of murder.” –Time Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out...

George Eliot’s sweeping story of a manufacturing town and its inhabitants is widely acknowledged to be her masterpiece and is considered to be one of the greatest English novels. A compelling exploration of social change and human nature, Middlemarch is the most requested title on our website and our edition is an ambitious production that reflects its literary significance.

“Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure.” —Lee Child, # 1 New York Times bestselling author “Fans of Broadchurch are going to LOVE Death at the White Hart! With its compelling pair of detectives and tense, creepy atmosphere, once...

Anthony Cade acepta entregar unas memorias en Londres, sin saber que se verá envuelto en una red de intrigas, persecuciones y asesinatos. Todo lo conduce a Chimneys, una antigua mansión donde secretos del pasado resurgen con fuerza. Entre documentos comprometidos, identidades ocultas y peligros inesperados, Anthony deberá resolver el misterio que esconde la casa... antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

Read by Emilia Fox In Agatha Christie’s baffling detective story, Nemesis, a letter from a dead man instructs Miss Marple how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime. In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr...

Read by Hugh Fraser In Agatha Christie’s classic puzzler Taken at the Flood, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman. A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz...