Jesse Stone left the LAPD in disgrace over a drinking problem in the wake of his failed marriage to become chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts. He struggles with alcohol and his tangled relationship with his ex-wife.
The second instalment in the Thomas Maitland series, in which a detective inspector is left to pick up the pieces of his life, after a case from his past came back to haunt him.
AMAZON EDITOR’S MONTHLY PICK FOR THRILLERSBARNES AND NOBLE BEST PAPERBACKS PICKA LOVE READING BOTMWhen Cyra Griffin’s younger sister is murdered by a serial killer, Cyra …
When a group of old college friends reunites for a summer vacation at a beach house in coastal Massachusetts, a sudden disappearance and the arrival of a seductive stranger threaten to unearth the darkest secrets of their relationships.
A reunion unravels into a haunting tale of tension and mystery. When a reclusive writer vanishes and eerie disturbances plague the house, the group is forced to confront long-buried secrets, their fragile connections, and the chilling presence lurking beyond the marsh. Set against the backdrop of a once-Spiritualist fishing village, this masterful page-turner explores friendship, life’s mounting responsibilities, and the fragile dreams of youth in the face of adult reality.
Boston PI Sunny Randall is back to investigate the disappearance of a hard-partying energy drink mogul, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.
Hazel Greenlee, a police transcriber and aspiring novelist, becomes entwined in Black Harbor’s chilling crimes when her neighbor admits to hiding a corpse. Drawn to lead detective Nikolai Kole and the sinister case of the notorious Candy Man, Hazel is pulled into a dangerous investigation. As the story unfolds, she must navigate ambition, temptation, and moral peril – testing how far she’ll go for the story of a lifetime.
Trainee anaesthetist Edie Carter’s repressed childhood trauma resurfaces when an unidentified ICU patient, with her name carved into his body, turns out to be a brutalised convict with ties to her past. As Edie unravels the truth, uncovering betrayal and danger, she must confront buried memories and decide how far she’ll go to protect her secrets.
Twenty electric new crime stories have been commissioned specially to celebrate the sixteenth and final year of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as ‘one of the fifty best festivals in the world’. A star-studded international group of authors has come together in crime writing harmony to provide a killer cocktail worthy of devouring.
Meet Sergeant Ali Wren and her trusty companion Officer Police Dog Wilson, a springer spaniel with a nose for trouble, in this first in warm new crime series set in the Yorkshire Dales.
Books 4-6 of the DI Geraldine Steel series, brought together in one digital edition:
Jack and his team investigate an extortion racket blackmailing high profile sports stars in the fifth Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth novel by million-copy bestselling author Fiona McIntosh.
A dark Southern tale of desperate souls who’ve wound up on the road of poor choices, a messianic child with untold powers, and those out hunting her for their own reward, all drawn together by Michael Farris Smith’s trademark mournful, spirit-gnawing prose.