A bookseller finds an old diary containing a condemned man's last words—but can they be trusted? "A compelling book, superbly plotted" (Peter Lovesey, author of The Last Detective).Browsing through a collection of old volumes, a bookseller comes across a diary—contained in it, the final words of a man sentenced to die for murder, addressed to his executioner. But after reading the journal, the bookseller wonders if there was a miscarriage of justice? Did th...

In the brand-new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of White Colander Crime, someone with an old grudge decides it’s time to bury the hatchet . . .“Smartly written and successfully plotted, the debut of this new cozy series . . . exudes authenticity.” —Library Journal on A Deadly GrindVintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton has agreed to help her sister clear out the house of a deceased older neighbor, and she...

A lost chest. A clue hidden in the manuscripts of the Divine Comedy. The search for the key begins... Perfect for fans of Scott Mariani and Lee Child.The year is 1217. A group of eighty Knights Templar cross the icy waters of the Baltic, escorting a chest to an isolated spot in Iceland. Eight hundred years later, someone is about to decipher the clues to its location hidden in the lines of Dante's Divine Comedy and the paintings of Botticelli, Leonardo and Raphael....

A psychological thriller that pits a community against a man, and that man against himself.Joseph Lee lost his wife, the love of his life. She was slain in their home, right under his nose. As if the grief weren’t enough, Lee was also blamed for her murder. At the end of the day, the detectives didn’t have any proof that Lee was the murderer, but that didn’t stop the community from shunning him or his friends and family from cutting him out of their lives. They did...

For fans of John Harvey's Charlie Resnick series and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, Night Market is the second in the gripping Detective van de Pol investigation series.When Henk van der Pol is asked by the Justice Minister to infiltrate a team investigating an online child exploitation network, he can hardly say no - he's at the mercy of prominent government figures in The Hague.But he soon realises the case is f...

“Colorful alchemical lore and a vividly imagined 1543 London enrich Lawrence’s engaging . . . sequel to . . . The Alchemist’s Daughter.”—Publishers WeeklyIn the mid sixteenth century, Henry VIII sits on the throne, and Bianca Goddard tends to the sick and suffering in London’s slums, where disease can take a life as quickly as murder . . .For years, alchemist Ferris Stannum has devoted himself to developing the Elixir of Life, the...

For fans of Patricia Gibney, Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Alex Barclay, Little Bones introduces Cathy Connolly, a bright young heroine set to take the world of crime fiction by storm.Attending what seems to be a routine break-in, troubled Detective Garda Cathy Connolly makes a grisly discovery: an old wedding dress - and, concealed in its hem, a baby's bones.And then the dress's original owner, Lavinia Grant, is found dead in a Dublin suburb.

Paris, April 1968.The cafes are alive with talk of revolution, but for Will Flemyng – secret servant at the British embassy – the crisis is personal. A few words from a stranger on the metro change his life. His family is threatened with ruin and he now faces the spy's oldest fear: exposure.Freddy Craven is the hero and mentor Flemyng would trust with his life, but when he is tempted into a dark, Cold War labyrinth, he chooses the dangerous path and plays h...

How do you protect your family when you can't remember who's hunting them? A gripping international thriller, perfect for fans of Lee Child and Mason CrossA family in England is massacred, the father left holding the shotgun.PC Lucy Davies is convinced he's innocentA sleeper agent in Moscow requests an urgent meeting with Dan Forrester, referencing their shared past.His amnesia means he has no idea who he can trust.

"Difficult to put down." - Amazon Top 1000 ReviewerWhen the bestselling true crime author is poisoned during a book signing, investigators believe they're searching for a killer.They're wrong.They're searching for a manuscript.As fellow author Joss Jax retraces Alexandra's final days, she uncovers a hidden memoir capable of destroying reputations, exposing decades-old betrayals, and revealing a truth that should have remained buried...

Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself?'Brilliantly readable' SUNDAY MIRROR.'Intriguing and unsettling' JANE LYTHELL.'Wonderful' CLAIRE MCGOWAN.Lizzie lives in the Lake District with her partner, Jonty, and his teenage son, Sam. Though she's only ten years older than her stepson, their set-up works. They are a family.Then Sam becomes sullen and withdrawn, and Lizzie suspects something sinister is going on.But no o...

All she wanted was somewhere to belong.Caitlin never meant to stay so long. But it's strange how this place warps time. Out here, in the middle of nowhere, it's easy to forget about the world outside.It all happened so fast. She was lonely, broke, about to give up. Then she met Jake and he took her to his 'family': a close-knit community living by the lake. Each day she says she'll leave but each night she's back around their campfire. Staring into the flame...