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A brand-new, gripping thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!What is a happily ever after really worth?Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family...Then--he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something.It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, get back into the workforce, and piece together the shattered remains of her life.Except, why should she?Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession--and then into something far darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realizes her own life may be in danger.But if it keeps her perfect family intact, isn't it worth it?In The Divorce, #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a raz

Discover the book everyone is talking about! This fun and festive mystery is perfect for fans of Murder on the Christmas Express and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot's ChristmasA village of secrets.Yorkshire, 1952. Christmas is fast approaching when a dead stranger is found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the snow-covered village of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer?A mystery that can't be solved.Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. But as is often the way for him, things don't go according to plan.A Christmas to remember.When the local doctor's husband is murdered, Grasby begins to realize that everyone in Elderby is hiding something.And if he can't uncover the truth soon, the whole country will pay a dreadful price...Praise for Murder at Holly House"The feel-good factor is off the scale." --The Times"Intricately plotted and laced with deliciously dark humor." --The Sunday Post"A hugely entertaining story with an authentic period feel." --The Her

A puzzling new Christmas mystery from USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Benedict!Rest. In. Pieces.On 1st of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner, and Christmas curmudgeon Edie O'Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her doorstep. Unwrapping it, she finds a jigsaw box and, inside, six jigsaw pieces. When fitted together, the pieces show part of a crime scene - blood-spattered black and white tiles and part of an outlined body. Included in the parcel is a message: 'Four, maybe more, people will be dead by midnight on Christmas Eve, unless you can put all the pieces together and stop me.' It's signed, Rest In Pieces.Edie contacts her nephew, DI Sean Brand-O'Sullivan, and together they work to solve the clues. But when a man is found near death with a jigsaw piece in his hand, Sean fears that Edie might be in danger and shuts her out of the investigation. As the body count rises, however, Edie knows that only she has the knowledge to put together the killer's murderous puzzle.

The USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror brings to life fifteen chilling tales of gothic horror and suspensePush past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life.

Three dead. And more to come.A triple homicide in a small Pennsylvania town is no small event. And when one of the locals is a writer with a hefty dose of curiosity, the secrets that people have been trying their best to hide never stay hidden for long...Acclaimed author Randall Silvis pushes the boundaries of crime fiction with The Deepest Black, a gripping and twisty novel written in the style of a true crime memoir that blends fact and fiction and leaves the reader guessing every step of the way.

Powerful men make a sport of hurting women. But now the game is up.We waited for the deafening thunder of flash grenades, the sickening barrage of gunshots, and the possible outcome that both hostage and hostage taker were dead.There's nothing journalist Geneva Chase hates more than predatory men. So when a local news anchor is arrested for holding his wife hostage to prevent her from releasing incriminating information about him, Geneva is more than ready to dig into the dirty details of the man's life. What she finds is worse than she expects. A long trial of blackmail and deception leads her to the doorstep of Whisper Room, an exclusive escort service―but it's unclear what exactly goes on inside. When young women working for the Whisper Room start turning up dead, however, Geneva digs deeper―and inadvertently puts her own life in danger.

Part modern gothic, part ghost story, They Drown Our Daughters explores the depths of motherhood, identity, and the lengths a woman will go to hold onto them both.They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves to visit the rocky shoreline and the creaky old lighthouse, fishing shells from the icy water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in the surf. But the tourists are gone now, and when Meredith Strand returns to her childhood home on the eve of her divorce, young daughter in tow, the Cape seems more haunted by regret than any malevolent force.But her mother, suffering from Alzheimer's, is convinced the stories are real. Not only is there something in the water, but it's watching them. Waiting for them. Reaching out to Meredith's daughter the way it has to every woman in their line for generations―ready to reclaim what once was stolen.

Four strangers in a library strike up a friendship. One of them is a murderer. As they each share their stories, which one has something to hide?The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers sitting at the same table pass the time in conversation. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning―it just so happens that one of them is a murderer.Award-winning author Sulari Gentill delivers a sharply thrilling read with The Woman in the Library, an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most treacherous weapons of all.

Diamond Dagger Award-winning author Martin Edwards delivers a twisty, atmospheric tale of suspense as a young man's suicide reopens a twenty year old cold caseRamona Smith went missing, presumed murdered twenty-one years ago; her body was never recovered. Gerald Lace, accused, tried, and acquitted of the crime, took his own life shortly thereafter in the treacherous waters along the Crooked Shore. In his suicide note, he blamed the police for wrongfully arresting him and ruining his life.On the twentieth anniversary of his father's suicide, Darren Lace has drowned himself in the very same spot. His death reopens the murder investigation for cold case detective DCI Hannah Scarlett. Desperate to finally find answers, Hannah and her team chase leads as meandering as the shoreline. As the body count rises, old scores threaten to consume those dearest to Hannah. Will she be able to unwind both mysteries before her loved ones become collateral damage?

As WWII rages on abroad, one young woman will have to wage her own kind of war at homeNew Orleans, 1944. Justine Byrne works at a small factory in the bayous of New Orleans to keep her head above water. Soon though, Justine begins to suspect that the carbon parts she assembles on the factory line might have something to do with a top-secret government initiative―The Manhattan Project. But Justine is not the only one to realize that the factory is much more than it seems, and German saboteurs will do anything to put the factory out of commission. With no one to trust, it will be up to Justine to figure out who is responsible and protect her coworkers, her factory, and her country from a war that is suddenly very close to home.

A brand new story from the USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horrorThe SS Arcadia vanished during a routine voyage. A strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, but no trace of the ship, or of its crew, could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course.A small team are granted permission to dive to it. Their purpose is straightforward: explore the wreck, film everything, and, if possible, uncover how and why the supposedly unsinkable ship vanished. But the Arcadia has not yet had its fill of death, and the submerged halls hold more than simple mysteries. Trapped hundreds of feet beneath the surface, the dive team must fight for their lives in a place where even the smallest mistake turns deadly.

Miss Fisher Murder Mystery Fans rejoice! The elegant Miss Phryne Fisher returns in this scintillating collection, featuring four new stories.The Honourable Phryne Fisher―she of the Lulu bob, cupid's bow lips, diamante garters, and pearl-handled pistol―is the 1920s' most elegant and irrepressible sleuth.Miss Phryne Fisher is up to her stunning green eyes in intriguing crime in each of these entertaining, fun, and compulsively readable stories. Whether sniffing out the whereabouts of a priceless pilfered book, an heirloom locket, or a missing eight-year-old girl, Miss Fisher proves herself more than equal to the task―and always fashionably attired. With the ever-loyal Dot, the ingenious Mr. Butler, and all of Phryne's friends and household, the action is as fast as Phryne's wit and logic.

From the creator of BBC's Death in Paradise series comes a wholly original new mysteryJudith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives just outside Marlow with no man in her life to tell her what to do and she keeps herself busy setting crosswords for the newspaper. But Judith's peace is disrupted when she witnesses a murder while out for a swim in the Thames River.The local police don't believe her story, so she investigates for herself, joined by a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker and the prim and proper wife of the local vicar. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. When another body turns up, they realize the puzzle they set out to solve might be a real-life serial killer's deadly trap...

Aidan Marlowe just won the lottery. Is today the best day of his life... or the worst?Aidan Marlowe is the superstitious type―he's been playing the same lottery numbers for fifteen years, never hitting the jackpot. Until now. On the day of his wife's funeral.Aidan struggles to cope with these two sudden extremes: instant wealth and the emptiness of his life without the mother of his children. But the money gives him options, and he and his young twins leave everything behind for a new life.Even so, it's not long before Aidan realizes he's merely trading old demons for new ones. Because someone is watching him and his family very closely. Someone who knows exactly who they are, where they've come from, and what they're trying to hide. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want...

Darcy Coates, the Queen of Horror, will haunt your dreams with this collection of fifty short, chilling storiesSomething mimics human voices as it lures you into the woods.One of the morgue's corpses is missing.Your friend wants to meet late at night, but they're not acting like themselves.Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life. Immerse yourself in the macabre, the gothic, and the chilling with this collection of fifty short stories from USA Today bestselling horror writer Darcy Coates.

LA Confidential meets Harry Bosch in this cinematic, gritty police procedural. Hollywood's glittering past casts dark shadows, and some people will kill to keep their secrets out of the light.Shot dead and stripped of his valuables, the senior curator at the Huntington Library appears to be the victim of a mugging gone wrong―a case doomed to rot in an evidence locker. But scholar-turned- LAPD Detective Tully Jarsdel suspects something more sinister is afoot. An investigation that starts with disgruntled grad students and antique dealers soon reveals a history of theft and fraud, all leading to Hollywood's abandoned playground: Catalina Island.In his most dangerous investigation yet, can Jarsdel uncover LA's lost history before the conspiracy silences him forever?

How far would you go to hide a priceless secret?When Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis's longtime assistant, Maggie, returns to her ancestral home on Ikaria for her 104-year-old grandmother's funeral, she quickly realizes not only was Yiayia likely murdered, but that a series of other long-lived Ikariots had recently died under the same suspicious circumstances. Back in Athens, Andreas and his chief detective Yianni pursue a smuggling and protection ring embedded in the Greek DEA, and its possible involvement in the assassination of an undercover cop.These two cases don't appear to be related...but then Maggie and Yianni uncover a connection between their respective leads in the elder-killings on Ikaria and the DEA corruption case, and they realize that there are international intrigues far more dangerous at play than anyone had imagined.

USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror, in print for the first time! He might be dead, but he's not gone...Elle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie proper

A sci-fi horror novel from a USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror, in print for the first time!When a guard discovers an unusual lifeform on her remote moon outpost, she disrega

USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror, in print for the first time! There's something in the lake...Sam is excited to spend a week at her uncle's remote lakeside cabin. It's a ch

It is Autumn, 1282. Edward I, more often hammering the Scots, is at war with Wales and it is not going as well as he wished. Everyone is edgy on both sides of the loosely defined border between Englan

First in a new series! In a city where everyone lies and nothing is what it seems, an LA detective must solve a ritualistic murder…or risk losing himself.A body so badly burned that it could be mistak

A writer involved in an obsessive affair with a married man is caught in a deadly game of secrets and lies in this twisty psychological thrillerAs bestselling novelist Amelie Ferrar knows, an affair w

He’s ready for a little danger on the Maroubra Speedway. But he wasn’t prepared for all of the murders...When Rowland Sinclair, an artist with leftist friends and a free-wheeling lifestyle, is invited

Rick Montoya, eager to experience more of his Italian mother's culture, heads to Rome to start his own translation business. He's armed with curiosity and an appetite for local food and wine.Rick's ma

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS'One of our most ingenious and stylish home-grown crime novelists' – Spectator'A book to delight every puzzle-suspense enthusiast' – New York TimesJohn Wilkins me

To the accompaniment of heavenly choirs singing, the fearless Miss Phryne Fisher returns in her 20th adventure with musical score in hand.An orchestral conductor has been found dead and Detective Insp

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS'No one had tackled Doyce. He had been alone when he fell. He had simply folded up like a jack-knife and slipped to the ground. What had happened?'The 1939 Arsena

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS AND PREFACE BY RACHEL REEVES MP'Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot.'A financier is found shot in the Hou

Polish off your magnifying glass and step into the shoes of your favourite detectives as you unlock tantalising clues and solve intricate puzzles. There are over 100 criminally teasing challenges to b

A delightful English cozy series begins in August 1924. Lady Adelaide Compton has recently (and satisfactorily) interred her husband, Major Rupert Charles Cressleigh Compton, hero of the Somme, in the

Missing treasure, murder, possible treason...Emperor Justinian's former Lord Chamberlain, John, gets a letter from his longtime comrade, Felix, and, placing loyalty to a friend above his own safety, r

The fabulous Phryne Fisher, her sister Beth and her faithful maid, Dot, decide that Luna Park is the perfect place for an afternoon of fun and excitement with Phryne's two daughters, Ruth and Jane. Bu

Phryne Fisher is on holiday. She means to take the train to Sydney (where the harbour bridge is being built), go to a few cricket matches, dine with the Chancellor of the university, and perhaps go to

Towns like Gainesboro, North Carolina, may be small but go big on local traditions. When funeral director and part-time deputy sheriff Barry Clayton and his childhood nemesis, Archie Donovan, Jr., uni

"Fogland Point is a unique, surprising, moving, occasionally hilarious, and entirely marvelous book about the complicated mysteries that lie at the heart of all families - although the Hazard family i

MISSING PERSONS is the first book in the new Buddy Steel mystery series by New York Times best selling author, Michael Brandman.Steel...smart, aggressive, ironic, spare and cynical...has been content

Vancouver, British Columbia - land of psychotically expensive real estate, high-grade cannabis, and Jake Constable. A man adrift.After Jake quits the drug business, his realtor/ex-wife, Nina, gets him

There's trouble brewing in the woods of Beauville, and the only witness isn't talking.When Pru Marlowe is called to a forest clearing to help with an illegally trapped bear, she finds a colleague pass

It's 1928, Jesse Sutherlin now has his own family and has made a success at the sawmill below Virginia's Buffalo Mountain working for JG Edwards. The country's economy is booming. And then David Prive