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It is six months since Jonathan Ransom foiled the attack on an Israeli jet that threatened to plunge the world into war. He has spent the last six months in hiding in South East Asia avoiding having to confront his wife's double life and the lie that was their eight-year marriage. Now Emma has initiated a reconciliation which Ransom reluctantly goes along with. They meet in London and vow to start over with no more secrets between them. But only minutes after they reunite, they bear witness to a terrible act of violence. A band of gunmen ambush a convoy of limousines carrying the U.S. Secretary of State and the Saudi Arabian Oil Minister to a secret meeting. Caught in the midst of the attack...
A brand-new anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Jeffery Deaver, Val McDermid and Lee Child. A brand-new anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre. Featuring both original in-universe stories and rarely seen reprints, this collection of nineteen masterful short stories brings together some of the genre's greatest living authors. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan take on a delightfully twisted killer in Val McDermid's 'Happy Holidays'. In Fiona Cummin's 'Dead Weight', an overbearing mother resorts to desperate measures to keep control of her teenage daughter. And in Dean Koontz's 'Kittens', a young girl learns the truth about how her pets have been dying, and devises a horrible revenge. Tense, twisted and disturbing, Exit Wounds is a visceral and thrilling collection showcasing the very best modern crime fiction has to offer.
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'No one can plot or tell a story like she can' Daily Express A collection of atmospheric short stories from the international bestseller Val McDermid. The perfect festive gift for any book lover, featuring classic tales alongside exclusive, never-before-seen material Buy Val McDermid's most fiendishly clever thriller yet, PAST LYING, a Karen Pirie novel. The perfect Christmas gift for the crime lover in your life . . . __________ Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these powers are in full force in Christmas is Murder, a festive collection of chilling tales. From an irresponsible baron whose body is discovered beneath a silver birch tree, to a classic detective duo s...
When Ginny's handsome next door neighbor calls in the deed to her family's tobacco farm, little does she know that he wants only to take her in his arms, stroke her into wild abandon--and keep her near him always. From the author of Outlaw Lover and Long Texas Night.
Ten-year-old Sadie is finding it hard to differentiate between all of the places that her teacher wants her to learn about. Her father, Jonathan, decides to try to help her by making up bedtime stories for each of the locations, and so begins a journey across Europe in twenty-six stages, beginning with an angel in Amsterdam and ending with a zombie in Zurich, as Sadie encounters royal personages and legendary creatures along the way.
In Lt. Josie Facundo’s first appointment as an officer in the Salvation Army, they send her to the rural small town of Kayne. It’s a picturesque small town where everyone knows each other, but also a town where not everyone gets along. Under the surface, there is a divide of hatred and grudge that no one ever talks about, One day, an old man misname Josie as Deirdre Chisholm, a girl that died in a tragic accident four decades earlier. Josie is stunned by the reaction the name stirs up, and why no one has ever mentioned her or the accident before. What really happened to Deirdre? And how is this connected to the conflicts in the town today? Josie is certain that the answer to these questions will be the way to heal this broken community. This leads her on a search where the evidence is buried deep, and someone is working against her. Someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder.