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Little is Paula Godwin to know that her once secure life willspiral downwards when, prompted by finding a Post-it note ina rain-sodden service station, she makes a random telephonecall. Subsequently, DCI Ben Logan has to unravel the confusing circumstancesaround a murder and balance an intricate investigation with his own ambitions.

A routine case leads to a Russian cell operating in the UK. Investigating a tyre blowout on a school minibus is not what DCI Rick Castle had envisaged in his new job in charge of Special Investigations at South Manchester. He'd prefer to be making headway on a cold case murder. Then drugs are found in his car, and he's arrested.

An ancient grave. A modern evil. The Dead and the Dying is the latest pulse-pounding instalment in Lin Anderson's Rhona MacLeod series.

A thoroughly entertaining collection of classic crime stories set in the deep midwinter.

To Pay the Ferryman is the first instalment in a new series featuring Glasgow detective D.I. Lomond - a multi-threaded mystery where Lomond faces a race against time to stop a deranged serial killer. Pat Black tackles themes of patriarchal power, female expression and independence, and the intolerence that is prevelant in our society today.

Wilson, chief of the Australian Spy Agency, posts Tony Jones to Buenos Aires to investigate the funding of terrorists in South America. He mysteriously vanishes with an accomplice, an enigmatic 'old lady' Joan Davis. Together they expose, capture, or eliminate the extortionists, and belatedly inform Wilson. He unenthusiastically orders Jones to Chile to continue his mission. The stakes escalate as Jones is captured by the terrorist Patriotic Front and a ransom is paid, deepening the mystery. Newly freed Jones and Davis do the impossible and their fearless man infiltrates the Front. Discovery means instant death. The reward is priceless. Wilson learns only what Jones chooses to reveal. He and Davis prove to be brilliant, unpredictable, disobedient operatives. The next to face a fear campaign is Santiago. A showdown looms. Jones and trusted allies confront the terrorists. Davis stars in a related subplot. When they reunite, their combined efforts bring the terrorist plot to an end, but the story is far from over. The action ignites in Sydney on their return, where recalcitrant Jones faces unforeseen consequences. The surprise ending stuns the assembled staff of the ASA, Wilson and the reader.

A twisty destination-thriller, The Hideaway follows five strangers invited to an exclusive retreat who, finding themselves stranded in the Costa Rican rainforest with night fast approaching, realise they can't trust their surroundings, or each other . . . Perfect for fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and The White Lotus.

Brooklyn 99 meets The Charm Offensive in this sparkling romantic murder mystery: it's murder cute in the first degree when a detective finds himself falling for the lead suspect in a career-making case.

In a tangled web of betrayal and revenge, Lucy's life comes to a brutal end, and four women emerge, each claiming to be her killer. Who is truly to blame? This is not your typical whodunnit; it's a gripping who-didn't-dunnit.

THE THRILLING SECOND BOOK IN THE HILDUR SERIES - available for pre-order now!Detective Hildur Rúnarsdottir and her trainee Jakob are plagued by their own demons while working on the chilly west coast of Iceland: Hildur by the disappearance of her younger sisters twenty-five years ago and Jakob by a custody battle that has left him unable to see his son. When a local politician is found shot dead on a ski trail, the two must put aside their personal problems to investigate the murder. While initially thought to be a crime of passion, there are much darker secrets hiding beneath the surface. Hildur and Jakob soon realise that even the dead can't stay buried forever.

When a pair of dead bodies are discovered in their newly-purchased whisky distillery in Campbeltown, Eilidh and her wife, Morag, are plunged headlong a storm of murder, suspicion, intrigue and small town bureaucracy. This is a darkly comic crime debut for fans of Columbo, Midsummer Murders and John Dickson Carr.

About the BookWAS AN ASSASSIN'S ROLE AKIN TO A CEO'S ROLE? BOTH NEEDED SOME SUSPENSION OF MORALITY, A WILLINGNESS TO DO THINGS THAT MOST WOULD NOT, OR COULD NOT.After retiring from active corporate life, sixty-year-old Ishmael Dollah keeps himself busy with regular runs around the city, tennis at the club and his book club meets. Life is good-a bit staid maybe, but good. That is until, one day, he hears of his beloved daughter-in-law's rumoured affair. Suddenly Ishmael's perfect world is turned upside down.Never one to give in, Ishmael decides to take matters into his own hands. He'll apply his sharp mind and ruthless boardroom tactics to plan not a hostile takeover, but a carefully orchestrated act of vengeance.As he treads the fine line between right and wrong, blurring it to suit his needs, Ishmael realises he rather enjoys the process. Sixty Is the New Assassin is an intriguing blend of dark humour and suspense that will keep the reader hooked up to the very end.About the AuthorShesh, or Venkatraman Sheshashayee, is a retired CEO living in Singapore. Armed with degrees in Marine Engineering and Management, he first sailed across half the known world and then built businesses across most of the rest of it. In his career spanning thirty-eight years, he built companies from scratch, transformed them and turned them around. Currently, he mentors nine start-ups and about twenty professionals. He is a director on three boards and advises two more.He started writing in his teens. His articles have been published in trade publications (relating to the maritime and offshore energy industry) across the world.Shesh is married to Singapore's best home baker, Radhika (www.sinsationsbyradhika.com). They have two children, both of whom are in Singapore building a start-up in the physical fitness space.When not mentoring or writing, he runs, plays tennis and reads. Though never at the same time.

The new relentlessly suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat thriller from master storyteller Robert Crais, and the twentieth instalment of the bestselling Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novels.