Tag: thriller
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agathe Christie Sneak Peek: “Poirot’s eyes sparkled with an extraordinary brilliance. ‘It is a riddle, Hastings, a riddle to be solved—by the little grey cells, and the grey cells alone.’” This gripping scene marks the moment when Poirot takes charge of the investigation into the mysterious death of Emily Inglethorp, setting the stage for…
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Strangers in Time
by David Baldacci Journey back to wartime London with Strangers in Time, a gripping wartime drama from David Baldacci, the internationally bestselling author of The 6:20 Man and A Calamity of Souls. During one of the fiercest conflicts the world has ever known, three strangers’ lives collide . . . EVERY SECOND COUNTS Orphaned with no prospects, Charlie Matters’ life…
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Gallows Wood
by Louise Scarr The signs are unmistakable. The dog halts, his nose up – nostrils quivering. Every inch of him is poised. Moss has a scent. When a hand is found in Gallows Wood, PC Lucy Halliday and her specialist search dog Moss must find the rest of the body. What they uncover is a killer’s dumping…
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Nobody’s Fool
by Harlan Coben A year after the devastating events that took place in Fool Me Once, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce’s college days comes back to haunt him. Present day is hard enough for Kierce, but his past isn’t through with him yet… Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends,…
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Murder In My Backyard
by Ann Cleaves Murder in My Backyard is the second mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . but here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a…
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The Inheritance
by Trisha Sakhkecha On a private island off the west coast of Scotland, the Agarwals gather for a much-awaited family reunion. Raj, the patriarch and business tycoon, who has six weeks to decide how to split his petrochemicals empire between his three children. Shalini, the fragile mother, who longs to see her family healed. Myra, the eldest…
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The Peacock and the Sparrow
by I.S.Berry The thrilling debut from author and former CIA officer I.S. Berry, following an American spy’s last dangerous mission. Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain for his final tour, he’s anxious to dispense with his mission ― uncovering Iranian support for the insurgency.…
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Death In Berlin
by Simon Scarrow CI Horst Schenke is an investigator with the Kripo unit. Powerless against the consequences of the war, he fights to keep criminals off his patch. But with doubts growing about his loyalty to the Nazi regime, he is walking a tightrope. If his relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed, a dreadful…
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Wish You Were Here
by Nicola Monaghan DNA doesn’t lie. But what if the truth is dangerous? DNA expert Dr Sian Love has settled into running her own investigative agency and living with her partner, Kris. She’s also started seeing a therapist to work through her traumatic past – a big step for Sian. Her life threatens to descend…
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Blacklight Blue
by Peter May THE THIRD COLD-CASE INVESTIGATION FOR ENZO MACLEOD, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY MEGASELLER THE BLACKHOUSE. FRANCE. A death sentence. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Enzo Macleod is running out of time to crack the most confounding of unsolved French murders. A death threat. His daughter is nearly killed, Enzo is…