The Twilight Child by Elizabeth Harris
It is 1942, and Clare is awaiting the birth of her first child.
Her husband, Will, is away fighting, and, alone in their cottage in the Sussex village of Firlebury, she waits anxiously for news. Her worries increase when, accompanying the gift of an antique cradle, come mysterious visions of an older, darker, Firlebury. Then she meets Gabriel, a soldier like Will, who seems to offer the support and comfort she so desperately needs. In this twilight world of alluring beauty and brutal savagery, is she awake, or is she dreaming?When her son, Michael, is born, Clare realises the full power of the darkness stealthily surrounding her and her child. As the forces of an ancient evil gather about her with terrifying violence, it seems that the mysterious Gabriel alone can help — but only at the risk of jeopardizing everything she holds dear … Praise for Elizabeth Harris: ‘Enormously enjoyable … hard to put down. Elizabeth Harris writes with sensitivity and skill...
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Truth Lies Buried by Lesley Welsh
Crime, Thriller & Mystery / Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Drive. Keep quiet. Don’t touch the boss’s wife…Well, two out of three ain’t bad.
Sam Riley leaves the army disillusioned and lonely, but alive, and finds work as a bouncer at an Essex nightclub. After defusing a particularly nasty situation, Sam is employed as a personal security guard for Monica, wife of local gangster Benny, and their young son, Brando. Seduced by glamorous, manipulative Monica, Sam is persuaded to help...
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The Girl From Venice by Martin Cruz Smith
The stunning new novel from the author of the international bestseller Gorky Park: a World War II love story set against the romance and danger of occupied Venice.
Cenzo is a world-weary fisherman, determined to sit out the rest of the war. He’s happy to stay out of the way of the SS, quietly going about his business of fishing in the lagoons of northern Italy. Then one night, instead of pulling in his usual haul, Cenzo fishes a...
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The Last Orphans by N.W. Harris
Science Fiction
One horrifying day will change the life of sixteen-year-old Shane Tucker and every other kid in the world.
In a span of mere hours, the entire adult population is decimated, leaving their children behind to fend for themselves and deal with the horrific aftermath of the freak occurrence. As one of the newly made elders in his small town, Shane finds himself taking on the role of caretaker for a large group of juvenile survivors. One...
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The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift
Historical / Literary Fiction
A sweeping drama set just after the English Civil War. When artist Alice Ibbetson discovers a rare orchid, the lady's-slipper, growing in a nearby wood, she is captivated by its beauty. It is the last surviving specimen and she wants to paint it and preserve it for future generations. But others are also intent on taking it for its herbal properties and soon Alice finds herself caught up in a web of danger, deceit and murder.
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Unbeaten: The Story of My Brutal Childhood by Kim Woodburn
For Kim Woodburn finding fame in her 60s in the smash hit television series How Clean is Your House? with fellow dust-buster Aggie Mackenzie is like living a fairytale. Often she has simply wished that she had never been born, for Kim has overcome horrific emotional and physical abuse both at the hands of her alcoholic mother and her philandering, sexually abusive father. In her brave and revealing story Kim's memories of growing up are not of love and cuddles, but of beatings and random cruelty. Shuttled between the brutal houses of her warring parents, a succession of miserable children's homes and a grim convent - Kim's past has cast a long shadow over her life. But just before her sixteenth birthday she finally made her escape. It has taken decades of hard work, and a wonderfully happy marriage to conquer depression but now she has emerged unbowed and unbeaten as Britain's Queen of Clean.
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The Broken Ones by Sarah A. Denzil
A shadow follows Sophie. Watching. Waiting.
Her instinct tells her that it's someone she knows. But who? The man she met internet dating? The nurse caring for her ill mother? Or is her mother faking her illness?The only thing she knows is that she can't trust anyone.Sophie must delve into a dark history to reveal her stalker. But there are some stories that should never be told...
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Libre (The Silver Ships Book 2) by S. H. Jucha
Fantasy / Science Fiction
The saga of the Rêveur continues in this second novel in The Silver Ships series. The surviving Méridiens have returned to Confederation space, aided by their recently discovered cousins, the New Terrans. They expect a celebration after their 71-year absence. Instead, they’re shocked to find the silver ships have destroyed half the Confederation.
The Méridiens are fleeing in advance of the horde of alien ships. But Alex Racine and his crew didn’t come this far to run away from humanity’s enemy. They intend to hunt the silver ships. But, to succeed, they need help.
Renée de Guirnon, the leader of the Rêveur’s Méridiens, reveals a sordid secret of Méridien...
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Girl Jacked (Jack Stratton) by Christopher Greyson
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery / Action & Adventure / Literary Fiction
Officer Jack Stratton is hiding. Hiding from the world. From pain. From the memories of losing his best friend, Chandler, in Iraq.
Isolated from those he cares about, the last thing Jack expects to hear is; “Michelle is gone.”
The words cut straight to his core. Chandler’s sister is missing. Although the police think she just took off he knows Michelle would never leave those she loved behind – like he did.
Now he must take action, find Michelle and bring her home... or die trying.
The first novel in the Jack Stratton Mystery Series “Girl Jacked” introduces us to noble badass Jack Stratton and his dark past. With a debt of honor to his dead foster brother...
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The Truth About Celia Frost by Paula Rawsthorne
Celia Frost is a freak. At least that's what everyone thinks. Her life is ruled by a rare disorder that means she could bleed to death from the slightest cut, confining her to a gloomy bubble of "safety". No friends. No fun. No life. But when a knife attack on Celia has unexpected consequences, her mum reacts strangely. Suddenly they're on the run. Why is her mum so scared? Someone out there knows – and when they find Celia, she's going to wish the truth was a lie... A buried secret; a gripping manhunt; a dangerous deceit: what is the truth about Celia Frost? A page-turning thriller that's impossible to put down.
"Paula Rawsthorne's excellent debut is original and gripping and the tension is palpable throughout... As well as being a compulsive thriller, this novel is also a skilful coming-of-age novel.Both parts of the story build to a thoroughly satisfying climax and resolution, with final twists to surprise." - Books For Keeps
Winner Leeds Book Award 2012 and Sefton Super Reads Award 2012, Winner Brilliant Book Award
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The Neon Lawyer by Victor Methos
With money and hope in short supply, newly minted attorney Brigham Theodore decides it’s time to lower his standards. He joins a seedy fly-by-night firm in Salt Lake City out of desperation. After he loses his first case—a speeding ticket—he’s convinced his career is over. But to his shock, his boss hands him a slightly more complex case: capital murder.
Brigham’s new client is Amanda Pierce, a lost, exhausted woman who...
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The Best Friend by Shalini Boland
They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . Wrong.
Louisa’s new best friend has it all – the house, the status, the money. But she’s also hiding a dark secret. And as Louisa is drawn deeper into her friend’s life, events take a chilling turn . . .
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I Was The Artist (Tales of a Timekeeper Book 1) by S.A. Eldin
They live among us, silently, the Gifted. Beneath the politics of ordinary life a battle rages that affects us all. Our fleeting chance of survival is down to three Timekeepers of the Past, Present and Future.
Zac is a weapon in a war he knows nothing about. The first Timekeeper to manifest in generations, he is thrust into a covert world where his very existence could prevent worldwide destruction.
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No Stranger to Death by Janet O'Kane
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery / Contemporary Fiction
A Scottish village. A burning corpse. And a doctor who must discover who’s killing her patients before she becomes the next victim.
Recently-widowed Doctor Zoe Moreland has moved from an English city to the Scottish countryside for a fresh start among strangers unaware of her tragic past. But the hopes she has for a quiet life are dashed by her discovery of a woman’s body in the remains of a Guy Fawkes bonfire.
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A Place of Safety (Lilly Valentine Series Book 2) by Helen Black
The rape of a young asylum seeker plunges family care lawyer Lilly Valentine into the toughest case of her life.
14-year-old Anna lives in Hounds Place, a hostel in Bedfordshire for youngsters seeking refuge from the atrocities being carried out in their homelands. A chance meeting with three public schoolboys ends in her being horrifically assaulted. When Artan, Anna's friend and a fellow asylum seeker, approaches Lilly about seeking justice through the courts she warns him that the law may not be on their side. Who will believe the words of an asylum seeker over the account of three privileged English boys? Despite this, Lilly is loath to get involved. After all, she is...
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The Pick, The Spade and The Crow (The National Crime Agency Series Book 1) by Bill Rogers
When the body of a man is discovered in woodlands outside Manchester, a ten-year missing-persons investigation can finally be filed away. But this was no ordinary death: gagged, bound and buried alive, he was the victim of a sophisticated and sadistic killer. And there is something else that has the National Crime Agency puzzled. A single character carved into a nearby tree.
Newly promoted to the NCA's Behavioural Sciences Unit...
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Chaos in Death by J. D. Robb
Crime, Thriller & Mystery / Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Eve Dallas' latest case is starting off a little more bizarre than usual - a police sketch of a killer based on eye-witness testimony reveals he has green skin, swollen red eyes, goblin ears, and a dislocated jaw-structure that defies the human form. Is it a mask? Is it make-up? Or is the explanation more sinister?
Dallas faces off against multiple suspects - all of them students of medicine capable of precisely slicing the ears, noses, and eyes of the three victims. But who had the motive? More importantly, what kind of rogue science are these healers practicing?
Set between New York to Dallas and Celebrity in Death.
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Devil's Briar by Amy Cross
When Paula Mitchell follows her husband Bill into the remote Colorado wilderness, she never expects them to stumble upon a deserted ghost town. Devil's Briar has been abandoned for many decades, but it soon becomes clear that the town harbors some dark secrets. What happened to the people of Devil's Briar, and why are both Paula and Bill starting to see and hear strange things as they explore the town?
Meanwhile, back in 1925, the people of Devil's Briar welcome a new arrival. Thomas Paternoster is a secretive scientist who immediately becomes a central figure in the community. However, just as it seems that Devil's Briar is poised to achieve greatness, the true extent of...
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The Ley Lines of Lushbury (Power of the Stones #1) by Scott Hunter
From the author of the Amazon Top 20 mystery adventure, The Trespass . . . 'A thrilling time-travel adventure - I couldn't put it down ...' 'All the ingredients of the better Harry Potter novels, but packs a stronger punch in the quality of the writing. A brilliant read.'--Amazon The Ley Lines of Lushbury was long-listed for the Times newspaper/Chicken House Children's Novel Competition. Have you ever looked at the great standing stones on Salisbury Plain and wondered: 'How?' or 'Why?' What motivated our ancestors to create this amazing monument? What is its purpose?
The stones are silent. They tell us nothing and yet there is an atmosphere about the place, something intangible, ancient...
The stones have power ...
Perhaps within these pages you will find an answer ... When Tim Herring's family moves to the village of Lushbury near Stonehenge, strange things begin to happen. . . Who is the mysterious girl, Domino, and why is she hiding in Tim's garden? Why do the birds of Lushbury only fly in straight lines and why do the church bells toll when the building has lain derelict for years? Tim's questions are soon answered as the children are pitched into a desperate race to protect an ancient secret buried beneath the Standing Stones - but can they really hope to win against such a terrifying enemy?
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Last Rites by Neil White
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
What do you see in your dying moments…?
A young woman is on the run, her boyfriend found brutally slain in their bed. A simple crime of passion. Or is it?
The Lancashire town of Blackley has been rocked by the violent death of Luke Howarth. The fingers of suspicion point towards his girlfriend, Sarah Goode - missing since his murder. Just another crime of passion with a tragic end.
Or is it? Reporter Jack Garrett isn't so sure - especially when he's asked by Sarah's distraught parents to find their daughter. Their description of caring schoolteacher Sarah doesn't tally with the media's portrayal of a cold-blooded killer.
But as he hunts for Sarah...
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Exhume (Dr. Schwartzman Series Book 1) by Danielle Girard
Dr. Annabelle Schwartzman has finally found a place to belong. As the medical examiner for the San Francisco Police Department, working alongside homicide detective Hal Harris, she uncovers the tales the dead can’t tell about their final moments. It is a job that gives her purpose—and a safe haven from her former life at the hands of an abusive husband. Although it’s been seven years since she escaped that ordeal, she still checks over her shoulder to make sure no one is behind her.
Schwartzman’s latest case is deeply troubling: the victim bears an eerie resemblance to herself. What’s more, a shocking piece of evidence suggests that the killer’s business is far from over—and that Schwartzman may be in danger. In this pulse-pounding thriller from award-winning writer Danielle Girard, a woman must face her worst nightmare to catch a killer.
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Awakened (Many Lives Prequel Book 1) by Laxmi Hariharan
All I have to do is save my friend, save my city, and save my soul. Piece of cake.
She's hell bent on saving everyone, but I just want to protect her. Can they save their city while losing their hearts along the way? For the first time in her life, Ruby Iyer knows...
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