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Charlie Parker returns in the chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LOVERS. The border between Maine and Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled across it: drugs, cash, weapons, people. Now a group of disenchanted former soldiers has begun its own smuggling...

Banks is back - and this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre, and compromising photos are found in his room. DCI Banks, brought in to investigate, is assailed on all...

An untimely death wipes the smile from Hamish's face . . . In Scotland, where thrift and a 'nice set of dentures' are generally admired, Dr Frederick Gilchrist's cheap rates and penchant for pulling teeth have gained him quite a clientele. However, wiser Highlanders - like Hamish Macbeth - opt...

No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can't imagine a more perfect life. There's not much crime in his remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, nothing much at all to do but fish...

Stabbed and stuffed in a closet... When police constable Hamish Macbeth receives the news that there has been a murder at Arrat House, home of the relentless practical joker Arthur Trent, he doesn't race to the scene of the crime. After all, last time he was called to investigate a death at the...

It's springtime in the Highlands but storms are brewing for Hamish Macbeth. His life is going to pot. He has - horrors! - been promoted, his new boss is a dunce, and a sinister self-proclaimed gypsy and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the middle of the village. Hamish...

Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has been missing for years following revelations about harm done to the children in his care. Believing him dead, his daughter Rebecca has tried to come to terms with her father's legacy, but her fragile peace is about to be shattered. Someone is...

Her table manners were a crime. But she didn't deserve to die! There's not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth's sky - just plenty of warm sunshine but not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. But as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for...

Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of two collections of short stories and 29 internationally bestselling novels, including the latest James Bond novel Carte Blanche. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth...

After three years deep under cover, US agent Harry Latham has penetrated the fortress-like mountain hideaway of the Brotherhood of the Watch, a neo-Nazi organisation born after the fall of the Third Reich. Then, on the eve of his most spectacular success, Harry disappears. Drew Latham is frantic...

A chilling short story taking us back to DI Sean Corrigan’s days as a newly minted detective from Luke Delaney, ex-Met detective and author of Cold Killing. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. 1993. The Parkside Rapist has been terrorising the women of South...

When music mogul Teddy Paris, a former teammate from the New Orleans Saints, visits Nick Travers and asks him to help find $700,000 taken from a rap prodigy, Nick can't turn down his friend. The missing money will pay a bounty on Paris's head that was set by a crosstown rival, a street-hard thug named Cash. Nick soon finds himself lost in the world of Gucci-lined Bentleys and endless bottles of Cristal champagne. He sets out with fifteen-year-old rap star ALIAS, seeking a team of grifters that conned the kid.

1955: Tampa, Florida, is a city pulsing with Sicilian and Cuban gangsters, cigar factories, sweet rum, and violence. The death of retired kingpin Charlie Wall—the White Shadow—has shocked the city, sending cops, reporters, and associates scrambling to find those responsible. As the trail winds through neighborhoods rich and poor, enmeshing the innocent and corrupt alike all the way down to the streets and casinos of Havana, an extraordinary story of revenge, honor, and greed emerges.

Wenn du dieses Lied hörst, bist du der Nächste! Ein gnadenloser Serienmörder, zwei Kommissare, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, und eine Verschwörung, die alles Bisherige in den Schatten stellt. Zuerst halten es Kommissar Raimond Schubert und sein Kollege Enzo Conti für einen schlechten Scherz, als vor einem Kölner Supermarkt ein Hakenkreuz aus Blutwurst entdeckt wird... und es soll nicht der letzte Fund dieser Art sein. Bei jedem Mord hinterlässt der Killer eine Strophe eines alten Kinderliedes. Die beiden Kommissare beginnen einen Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um den Mörder zu stoppen.

Er kennt all ihre Ängste und all ihre Geheimnisse. Er weiß, wovor sich seine Opfer fürchten. Das, was sie einst geliebt haben, verwandelt er in einen Alptraum. Psychologe Johannes Hornoff und Hauptkommissar Breuer stehen vor einem Rätsel: Warum lässt der Serienkiller seine Opfer wieder frei, nachdem er sie gefangen und gefoltert hat, um sie dann später doch zu töten?

Den bästsäljande spänningsförfattaren Charlie Donlea är tillbaka med en otroligt skickligt skriven thriller som kommer att hålla läsaren i sitt grepp från första till sista sidan. Alex Armstrong har ändrat hela sin identitet – sitt namn, sitt utseende och sin bakgrund. Hon är inte längre den skräckslagna tonåring som tv-tittarna såg föras ut i handbojor från sitt hem den natt då hennes familj brutalt mördades. Flickan, Alexandra Quinlan, som i media kallades Tomma ögon, greps för morden men lyckades rentvå sitt namn och vittnade senare i det mycket uppmärksammade förtalsmålet som fängslade en hel nation.

Shauna and Erin are celebrating their joint bachelorette party, living their best lives, drinking and dancing with a group of their girlfriends. One of the girls won't make it to the end of the night because on this - the best night of their lives - a killer lies in wait. Lt. Eve Dallas is on the case

Oxen hat wochenlange Gefangenschaft und grausame Kämpfe in den Katakomben überlebt. Um Abstand zu gewinnen und seine Taten zu sühnen, begibt er sich auf Pilgerreise. Aus heiterem Himmel werden er und seine Partnerin von PET, Margrethe Frank, von Ex-Geheimdienstchef Axel Mossmann kontaktiert, der ihre Hilfe bei einem geheimen Informationskauf von einer Bank in Panama benötigt. Gleichzeitig arbeiten sie mit der jungen Polizistin Sally Finnsen daran, den ungelösten Fall aufzuklären, der sie immer noch verfolgt. Ihre Ermittlungen führen sie auf die Spur eines Netzwerks unsichtbarer Kräfte.

New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns with a new pulse-pounding suspense novel featuring beloved private investigator J. P. Beaumont as his investigation of a seemingly accidental death uncovers a complex web of evil. Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont faces trouble in...

On a balmy, late summer morning in Hilden Heights, Hattie Baker is found dead in her pool, and she wasn’t the first. A socialite and successful business owner, Hattie was an excellent swimmer. Even so, her death was ruled an accident. Her boyfriend, Mason Willis, however, doesn’t believe it was an accident. He thinks she was murdered and goes to Harry Starke for help. Thus begins an investigation that almost costs Harry his life.

In “HE Came Back,” a gripping romantic suspense, a woman’s life takes a haunting turn as her husband returns home transformed. Sean’s mysterious assignment and distant behavior raise questions. A phone call from a stranger reveals unsettling truths.

Hvordan kan han bevise at det var mord? Ingen fingeraftryk. Intet våben. Ingen vidner. Kan kriminalassistent Cross bevise at det var mord? Kriminalassistent George Cross stoler ikke på gætterier, og han har ikke tid til falske formodninger. Han er en betjent som arbejder ud fra de beviser der er for næsen af ham, ikke 'intuitioner' eller 'mavefornemmelser'. Han ved ikke hvad de er. Da en ung kvinde bliver fundet død, er Bristols Efterforskningsenhed hurtig til at erklære at der er tale om et selvmord da kvinden havde en fortid med stofmisbrug.

Una girandola di personaggi, un crescendo di situazioni in cui le tracce dell’assassino in fuga si confondono con quelle di pirati vichinghi o del Cinquecento, una successione di colpi di scena in cui le vite di tutti sono in bilico sullo sfondo magico delle più belle navi del mondo. Bussi mozzafiato più che mai.

Schrei nicht! Niemand kann dich hören. Nur er ist hier. Er, der dich am Ende töten wird. Doch fürchte dich nicht. Auf der anderen Seite gibt es keinen Schmerz mehr und keine Schuld. Und ein Licht wird dir ewig leuchten... Eine grausame Mordserie hält Kommissar Bastian Straub und seine Kollegin Viola Basler von der Kripo München in Atem. Der Täter entfernt seinen Opfern Teile der Haut, bevor er ihnen die Kehle durchschneidet. Während die Ermittler noch nach einer Verbindung zwischen den Ermordeten suchen, verschwindet schon wieder eine junge Frau.

Boston, verano de 1974. Una noche, Jules, la hija adolescente de Mary Pat, se queda fuera hasta tarde y no vuelve a casa. Esa misma noche, un joven negro aparece muerto, arrollado por un tren en misteriosas circunstancias. Los dos sucesos parecen no tener relación, pero Mary Pat, impulsada por la desesperada búsqueda de su hija, empieza a hacer preguntas que molestan a Marty Butler, jefe de la mafia irlandesa, y a los hombres que trabajan para él.

Von zahlreichen Messerstichen zerfetzt und in Blut getränkt: So findet die Polizei einen auf grausame Weise getöteten Mann vor. Der frischgebackene Leiter der Mordkommission Wolfgang Stöhrl erkennt sofort, dass dieser das Opfer ungezügelter Raserei wurde. Zunächst vermutet er eine Beziehungstat, doch als ein weiterer Mord geschieht, werden die Ermittlungen kompliziert. Beide Tote nutzten Dating-Plattformen, um nach unverbindlicher Lustbefriedigung mit einem speziellen Kick zu suchen. Trotzdem glaubt Stöhrl weiterhin an seine ursprüngliche Fährte.

For much of the last year, the liaison position thrust on Detective Reed Mattox and his K-9 partner Billie, forcing them to split time between the Columbus Police Department and the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation, saw them doing an increasing amount of work for the latter. Cases handpicked by the governor with the hope of currying goodwill on his own behalf, sending them to nearly every corner of the state.

Introducing Punk Rock Private Eye, Nick Paras. He has to work on Christmas. He's got a new client, but taking care of the case isn't what he expected it to be, and it turns out he isn't who he expected to be.

When the body of a local boat tour operator is found on the beach beside Llandudno Pier, it seems that her murder might be linked to an ongoing rivalry with a new boat tour company. However, when it is discovered that the victim had recently started a relationship with a much younger man, the focus of the investigation changes.

He has always had an eye for the ladies and being married with children hasn't stopped that. So when beautiful women message him on social media, he is elated. However, when he arranges to meet one that he thinks he's fallen in love with, his anger gets the better of him when she demands money from him, and looks very different from the pictures and videos she had sent in her messages.