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'My name is Darcy, I'm your nurse. I'm here to help you.' I repeat the words I've said so many times. Except this time, I don't mean it...If you saw me, you'd think I was pretty ordinary - I wear a crisp, white nursing uniform, my hands are scrubbed clean and you'd have no reason to believe I was anything other than a good citizen. A good nurse.But looks can be deceiving. You shouldn't trust me - because I don't even know if I can trust myself.Now I stare in the mirror - dark smudges under my eyes and blood on my hands - listening for the sound of police sirens.Because the truth is I had to do something terrible. I broke all the rules a nurse should follow. And now someone is dead...An utterly page-turning psychological thriller from the number one bestselling author of The Doctor's Wife. If you loved Behind Closed Doors, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train then The Perfect Nurse will have you flipping the pages until the breath-taking final pages.What readers are saying about The Perfect Nurse:'Absolutely gripping and addictive... I couldn't put it down!... A thrilling ride from start to finish... Kept me on the edge of my seat... I was hooked... Excellent... Flawless... Electrifying and unforgettable!' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'WOW!... Had my jaw on the floor... Made me gasp out loud. I could not put this book down... I just HAD to know what was going to happen... A must-read... Completely blew my mind... A WILD ride!' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'Talk about binge worthy!... I was literally on the edge of the sofa with my heart racing.... GULP! I just had to keep on reading... I kept saying to myself 'one more page'. Next, it's lights out and it's 4am!... What a wild ride!... l loved every minute... Wowser!' coffeeandpages2021, ?????'Absolutely jaw-dropping... WOW!' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'HOLD THE FRONT PAGE! This is my FAVOURITE Daniel Hurst book to date! Absolutely fantastic!... So many absolutely jaw-dropping moments, that snatched my breath away as the tension built to an explosive finale. Just. WOW!I cannot WAIT for the next one in this brilliant new series.' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'So addictive and compelling made me want more and more I loved the plot twists and the twists unexpected!! Highly recommend I loved this book!! I binged in one day! So shocking and the cliffhanger twist at the END!!!! You need to read this!!!!' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'WOW... Boy, I am shocked but the best kind of shocked! It was absolutely amazing!... This book blew me away and I finished it in 24 hours, I couldn't put it down!... A fast-paced psychological thriller that has you on the edge of your seat and you might think you know the how the story will go but you will be so wrong!' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'Had me hooked immediately! Absolutely fantastic! Constant twists and turns. I just didn't want to put this down until I knew how it ended. Daniel is definitely my favourite author!' Goodreads reviewer, ?????'I devoured this book... Wowza, did it slap me in the face!... Starts with a bang and doesn't slow down until the end. The plot continues to build at a rapidly terrifying pace and then comes the free-fall plot twist that will leave you speechless!' KKEC Reads, ?????

'If you aren't reading B P Walter yet, now's the time' A. J. Finn'Accomplished, dark and stylish: I will read anything B P Walter writes' Gillian McAllister

In the mid-1970s, a rapidly growing college becomes a playground where young lecturers, barely older than their students, balance ambition with maturity. The competitive atmosphere, marked by jealousy and corruption, blurs the lines between innocent play and darker rivalries. Lecturers, seen as professionals with full control over their classrooms, usually uphold their responsibilities. However, one day, indulgence and recklessness lead to a situation spiralling out of control, putting two lives at risk. The identities of those in danger and those who have endangered them remain a mystery, until two lecturers, the eager Gillian and the hesitant Roger, embark on solving it, leading to a scandal that will affect the futures of both lecturers and students, guilty and innocent alike.

The final book in the Annie Graham series will leave you racing to the finish!

Evie is violently attacked one evening, and in a desperate fight for her life, she kills her assailant. Now, years later, Evie is finally finding peace in the life she's rebuilt. But an anonymous letter arrives, threatening the safety she's fought so hard for.

You've never read a voice like hers...

'It's brilliant! Buy it!' Ann Cleeves**Shortlisted for The People's Books Prize 2024/2025!**Yorkshire Dales, Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of her remote cottage, and into the pale dawn light. She scrawls a note for her friends.Gone to see the sunrise. V xxxThat's the last anyone ever hears from twenty-year-old music lover Vicky.Another victim of the Fellside Strangler?That would make Vicky the fourth young woman to lose her life this summer. Snatched by a mysterious killer who stalks the fells . . .But Vicky's body is never found.2019. A skeleton is discovered in a twisty network of caves beneath the fells. Detectives Leo Donovan and Shan Young think they can finally give Vicky's mother the closure she so desperately wants. After twenty long years of questions and anguish.But the deeper they dig into the past, the less certain they become.And nothing can prepare them for the shocking truth . . .Discover a brand-new British crime thriller from a bestselling author, perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Angela Marsons, J.R. Ellis, Val McDermid and Caro Ramsay.WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT CATH STAINCLIFFE:'A real knockout.' Ian Rankin'One of the best police procedurals I've read this year.' Ann Cleeves'A star in the firmament of British crime fiction.' Big Issue'Mercilessly exciting.' Daily Telegraph'Such a good writer.' The Times'Powerful, complex and utterly gripping.' Sunday Mirror'Ripped from the headlines and totally scary.' Irish Independent'Real suspense.' The Guardian'A swift, satisfying read.' City Life¿¿¿¿¿ 'An absolutely cracking read, fast paced, absolutely believable, I loved this DCI and found myself rooting for her.' Pinkmouse¿¿¿¿¿ 'Good characters and a tangled story.' JackTHE DETECTIVESDetective Leo Donovan is a veteran of the Yorkshire force. A true empath, he's happily married, but prone to low mood and bouts of arthritis. Compassion motivates him, and a need to see justice done in a flawed world that is seldom fair. Leo's wayward son drives him to distraction, but working with his partner Shan is a breath of fresh air.Detective Shan Young is a rising star of Leo's team. She lands her first case as detective while pregnant. Not that she's fazed by it. A salt-of-the-earth Yorkshire lass with Chinese heritage, she often feels caught between two cultures - something which makes her appreciate Leo all the more, as a mentor and a friend.THE SETTINGWelcome to the Yorkshire Dales, an untamed landscape of fells and valleys, waterfalls and ruined barns, deep, dark caves and windswept limestone pavements. Farming and mining have shaped these remote hills over the centuries. But what secrets lie buried beneath the spectacularly beautiful surface?

A darkly comic and fiercely smart interrogation of the value of female labour, following a young mother who turns detective when a local sex worker goes missing.

Rachel Chance is enjoying married life, especially since it includes not one but two Greyhounds, Abby and Zane. She's torn in multiple directions, though. A real estate colleague draws her attention to possible shady dealings by a colleague who works in her stepfather's firm. At the same time, she tries to sooth hurt feelings from her family after she decided to elope with Will Keller.Rachel is glad for the distraction of helping her stepfather Frank McClure raise funds for a new jazz museum. She is fascinated by the story of how a recording studio in a small town in Indiana was so important to the evolution of jazz across the country. When local philanthropist Walter Carmichael announces he will fund the jazz museum and arrange for funding into the future, it seems as though a new jazz museum will be a reality.Musician JJ Jackson returns to Glen Falls, Indiana to support the construction of a new jazz museum dedicated to the history of jazz recordings made there. Soon, he's embroiled in drama as a bitter rival, Greg Norton, tries to derail plans for the new jazz museum and disparage JJ's reputation.When Greg Norton is murdered, a Facebook page with a local focus immediately throws suspicion on his colleagues in the real estate business, including Rachel's stepfather. Rachel is determined to find the murderer and save the reputation of Frank's real estate agency.When suspicion for Norton's murder falls on JJ Jackson, the plan for a new jazz museum is suddenly frozen. Despite pleas from JJ, Walter Carmichael will no longer fund the museum.Rachel enlists her husband Will in her search for clues. They discover Greg Norton may have been using illegal methods to secure real estate sales. As they talk to Norton's colleagues and clients, they find more than one person with a motive for murder.Greg Norton's lavish lifestyle led to debts he couldn't pay. Could his wife have seen the payout of a large life insurance policy as a way to solve her financial problems? Even with all the debt, there are hints that Norton had hidden a large amount of cash. Rachel knew the search for the hidden cash was a key to solving the mystery.Further Facebook posts are filled with misleading information and accusations. Some of the accusations point a finger at Rachel's stepfather which motivates her to find a killer before McClure Realty is crushed by negative publicity.Every time Rachel and Will think they have found an answer, more questions arise. The path to the hidden money puts Rachel and Will directly in the path of great danger. When it seems that a killer may be escaping justice, Rachel and Will decide a risky plan is the only option.In an exciting conclusion, Rachel's life is threatened. The mystery is solved, and a killer unmasked, when not one but two Greyhounds intervene to help bring a murderer to justice.

On the anniversary of a teen's disappearance, three friends face a deadly hometown reunion in this twisty suspense novel by a New York Times bestselling author.On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woods...never to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promise--even when it shatters lifelong friendships.On the twenty-fifth anniversary of that night, Midge, Kelly, and Talia reunite at Haven Cliff, now a gleaming architectural jewel. But they aren't alone. Someone is watching. Someone who knows what really happened to Caroline--and to the man who now lies dead a stone's throw from where she was last seen.Police detective Midge knows she's dealing with a murder the moment she sees the item clutched in his lifeless hand. Only three other people in the world would grasp its significance. That means Kelly and Talia are either involved or in danger, because Caroline is long gone...or is she?

Four brilliant investigators combine forces to outwit an insidious master of online mind control in a gripping thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Final Equinox. Investigator Sloan McPherson finds a frightened vagrant suffering from amnesia living in a Florida swamp-then learns he disappeared from Oregon when he was a teenager. To find out how he ended up three thousand miles from home thirty years later, Sloan enlists the help of two brilliant colleagues. FBI agent Jessica Blackwood and scientist Theo Cray have already made an alarming connection. A female classmate of the Everglades drifter disappeared at the same time, and their high school journals reveal ties to an enigmatic figure they both called Mr. Whisper. Under his influence they did as they were told. The case is also attracting the attention of corporate security expert Brad Trasker, whose trail is leading to the dark heart of a master manipulator. Jessica, Theo, Sloan, and Brad must now bring their unique skills to the table to take down a diabolical adversary. Unless Mr. Whisper's decades-long control of the vulnerable is too powerful and far-reaching to stop.

The deeper into the past she digs, the higher the price she must pay for the truth. It's been ten years since Alison's perfect world fell apart. Ten years since her son Sam disappeared while on a family holiday. Lost at sea, they said, his body never found. And even though her brother and sister were supposedly looking after the kids, Alison will always blame herself. Caught in a spiralling web of all-consuming grief where the lines between reality and fantasy blur, Alison refuses to let go. So when her ex-husband seeks to have Sam officially pronounced dead, Alison embarks upon a desperate and harrowing quest to discover what really happened that day on the beach. But is the truth worth losing what is left of her sanity?

The novel features the utterly charming Emily Leverton, a woman with a dark past determined to leave it behind in her respectable new role as a governess. But when she is recruited by a secret network of governesses who spy on the ton, it may just be a way to redeem the dark secrets of her past. Zach, the hero, is an ex-solider turned railroad magnate. Straddling the worlds of the ton and the working class, he hunts killers for the Metropolitan Police by day and dutifully attends balls at night. In neither world has he met a woman with the brazenness to mock him. So when a saucy governess blows him a kiss he is determined to catch her, never expecting that when he does he will find an intelligent, quirky woman hiding more than her true name. As Zach peels back the layers of Emily's lies, he falls for the street-wise woman who handles a dagger like a pro and kisses like a mistress. But when his affair with Emily intertwines with his hunt for a killer, he discovers Emily is hiding an explosive secret-one that could destroy them both.In this delightfully witty Victorian romance, a governess spy running away from her past falls for an ex-soldier turned railroad magnate-perfect for fans of Manda Collins and Bridgerton!The utterly charming Emily Leverton has a dark past and is determined to leave it behind in her respectable new role as a governess. But when she is recruited by a secret network of governesses who spy on the ton, it may just be a way to redeem the dark secrets of her past.Straddling the worlds of the ton and the working class, as an ex-solider turned railroad magnate, Zach hunts killers for the Metropolitan Police by day and dutifully attends balls at night. In neither world has he met a woman with the brazenness to mock him. So when a saucy governess blows him a kiss he is determined to catch her, never expecting that when he does he will find an intelligent, quirky woman hiding more than her true name. As Zach peels back the layers of Emily's lies, he falls for the street-wise woman who handles a dagger like a pro and kisses like a mistress. But when his affair with Emily intertwines with his hunt for a killer, he discovers Emily is hiding an explosive secret-one that could destroy them both.

Don't miss the next instalment in the Maisie Cooper Mystery series, Murder at Sunny View. Available to pre-order now!Maisie Cooper is excited to have a change of scenery for the weekend in the heart of the Devonshire countryside. But it's not all sunshine and blue skies at Sunny View guesthouse, as a suspicious death means Maisie has her hands full with a new investigation!Amateur sleuth Maisie Cooper had hoped for a peaceful weekend at Sunny View guesthouse, when she finds herself amidst another mystery. She had received a puzzling letter from owners of the guesthouse, Russell and Audrey, asking for her help. A shocking revelation has created tension amongst the residents in the small hamlet of Trout Leap, and Maisie has a reputation of problem solving... When the body of one of the villagers is found lying dead by the river, Maisie is convinced that this is more than just an accident. Maisie can't help but feel that the murder is somehow connected to the ongoing mystery at Trout Leap. Is someone hiding something? Who would commit such a crime? And can Maisie crack the case, before the killer strikes again? Everyone is gripped by the Maisie Cooper Mysteries:'Maisie Cooper is a brilliant main character, an everyday Miss Marple!... I love cosy crime and I loved this book!' Reader review ?????'Fans of Osman are in for a treat!' Peter James'Fabulous, full of wit, mystery, romance and small town politics... The characters are witty, quirky... The plot is twisty and engaging with lots of red herrings' Reader review ?????'I loved the way that I was pulled into the mystery... I found myself constantly looking for potential clues which made it feel like a real puzzle to get stuck into. I had a lot of fun reading this book' Reader review ?????'I was addicted from the first page' Fern Britton'Mixes classic whodunnit with cozy mystery elements... Kept me guessing... I thoroughly enjoyed it' Reader review ?????