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Introducing a unique and unorthodox crime solving duo, ex Met DI Jim Domino, and his inquisitive six-year-old grandson, Danny.

A mysterious victim; a heartless doctor; an assistant whose loyalty extends to murder. Christmas 1904. Falling behind in her first year of science, Vita plans a vacation devoted to study, but is lured from her books when a man with no memory is brought to the hospital, injured. Curious to learn more, she retraces his steps to a disused well, but how did he get there? Piece by piece events leading to the attack emerge, revealing a long-standing arrangement between a country doctor and his wealthy clients. Can Vita protect the amnesiac patient from the toxic partnership of the doctor and his dangerous assistant? Can she escape herself, and convince the police to investigate so many convenient deaths? If you enjoy an Edwardian English Christmas with an extra frisson of gothic intrigue, Dr Potter's Private Practice is definitely one for you.

Cambridge, England. 1903. When a popular boxer dies and her brother collapses after an exhibition match, Vita spots a connection the experts have missed. The very professor who rubbished her dreams of studying science is the one she needs to convince. Can Vita prove what really killed the boxer? And how will the glamorous American widow react? A Thin Sharp Blade is also available in paperback and large print paperback editions.

A dazzling diva. A glittering society dinner. A servant with a terrible grudge. 1903. Bookish, bespectacled Vita Carew longs to be left to her scientific studies. But she cannot avoid the event of the season, a gala at Pemberton Hall. This glamorous concert and sumptuous dinner will mark the Pemberton household's return to society after a run of misfortune. But disaster strikes as soon as the seafood is served. Vita can only offer first aid as elegant guests fall suddenly ill on all sides. Worse still, she suspects a death has been covered up to avoid interrupting the carefully planned soirée. Vita must probe dark secrets behind the country house's elegant veneer to work out who is to blame. But can she do so in time to prevent the poisoner from striking again? If you enjoy a stylish mystery with your Downton Abbey, dip into Poison at Pemberton Hall today.

Some cases should never be reopened... When the remains of a young woman are found at the construction site of the new Govan-Partick Bridge, it appears to close a twenty-year-old cold case from DCI John Lomond's earliest days as a detective. But a retired detective - Lomond's former boss - has a controversial theory that cost him his career. This was no isolated case. And the truth involves dozens of other cold cases, and an extraordinary cover-up by some of the most powerful police and legal officials in the country. With the body count rising, Lomond and his team face a race against time to unmask a sadistic killer who's been hiding in plain sight for decades. In his most raw and emotionally charged thriller so far, Andrew Raymond captures the voices of his beloved home city, and takes you into its hidden depths. If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its devastating final reveal.

The past can be a killer. When the dismembered body of a notorious banker washes up on the beach at Luss, DCI John Lomond finds a sinister message carved into the dead man's forehead. And the same message has just been found on a tortured lawyer in Gullane on the east coast. With a twisted vigilante on the loose, and a brewing scandal threatening to pull his Major Investigations Team apart, they and Lomond must join forces with a team from Edinburgh - led by Lomond's ex. But like the killer they're hunting, she's not ready to leave the past behind. Now, as the body count rises, Lomond's past hasn't just come back to haunt him. It could be the death of him. Shot through with dark Glaswegian humour and thrilling twists, Andrew Raymond captures the voices of his beloved home city, taking you into its hidden depths, and the iconic hills and glens surrounding the nearby bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, David J. Gatward, Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its explosive, gut-wrenching climax.

This is one shortlist no writer wants to be on... When legendary crime novelist William MacRae is found murdered at his Glasgow home, Police Scotland's premier investigator DCI John Lomond is put on the case. After compiling a shortlist of suspects that includes seven bestselling authors - all old friends of MacRae's - Lomond and his team head to a Highlands crime writing festival, where the seven are gathering to remember their fallen friend. But a vicious storm is closing in. And not everyone, it seems, has fond memories of MacRae. Or each other. Cut off from the outside world at a remote country home, it doesn't take long for the whisky to flow, old resentments to reignite...and another dead body to appear. One of them is a killer. But can Lomond sift through all the secrets and lies to unmask them before it's too late? The Shortlist is shot through with Andrew Raymond's dark Glaswegian humour and thrilling twists. Taking you from his beloved home city to the north west coast of Scotland. If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive murder mystery will have you guessing to the very end.

A stolen child. A killer stalking the streets of Glasgow. A troubled detective running out of time. Five years ago, DCI John Lomond led the search for notorious Glasgow child-killer 'The Sandman', until personal tragedy forced him off the case. In Lomond's absence, the killer was never found. Now, with nothing but work left in his life, Lomond remains obsessed with the case - despite the nightmares it brings. When a child is abducted in similar Sandman fashion from an affluent Glasgow suburb, Lomond is brought in to find them before it's too late. But the only forensic evidence belongs to a little girl who was abducted and murdered twenty years ago. Could the Sandman's identity lie buried in the coldest of cold cases? Or is a new killer about to claim their first victim? The Bonnie Dead is the explosive debut Scottish crime thriller from Andrew Raymond - author of Amazon number one political thriller Official Secrets, which has now sold over 100,000 copies. Shot through with dark Glaswegian humour and thrilling twists, he captures the voices of his beloved home city, taking you into its hidden depths, and the iconic hills and glens of nearby Loch Lomond and Arran. If you like writers like JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, and Stuart MacBride, this addictive thriller will have you gripped until its haunting, heart-in-the-mouth climax.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORTill Death Do Us Part"What are you smiling about?" Thom said. "Just murder," she said back. "Your murder."After forty years, Thom Graves has become an incredible disappointment to his wife, Wendy - he drinks too much, flirts with other women, and worst of all, is in danger of revealing their dark secret. But how far is Wendy willing to go to stop him?Starting at the end, and ending at the beginning, Kill Your Darlings is an ingenious mystery about two people's life together, and the secrets which fatally bind them. PRAISE FOR PETER SWANSON:'Swanson is a genius.' Sunday Independent'A killer read with twist after twist.' JANICE HALLETT (on A Talent for Murder)'One of the world's best crime writers. Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDS'Delicious . . . I defy you to stop reading once you begin.' New York Times (on The Christmas Guest)

After solving her first case, Siobhan O'Brien faces her biggest challenge yet - Thanksgiving!

In this witty and endearing PI series, rookie detective Siobhan O'Brien investigates the secrets of a secluded New York college in a search for her friend's missing daughter. Korean-American adoptee Siobhan O'Brien has spent much of her life explaining her name and her family to strangers, but her more pressing problem is whether to carry on the PI agency that her dead boss unexpectedly left to her. Easing into middle age, Siobhan would generally rather have a donut than a romance, but when an old friend and asks Siobhan to find her daughter who has disappeared from her dorm room, the rookie private detective's search begins in Llewellyn College.A private institution of higher learning in upstate New York, Llewellyn, for the first time in its two- hundred-year history, has opened its doors to men, causing a clash between the female students and their former fashion-model president. The financial reasons prompting the change seem like a ruse when fringe- group The Womyn of Llewellyn, aided by Siobhan, discover a newly built science center, which is under 24-hour surveillance.As Siobhan delves deeper into locating the missing girl and campus politics, she encounters vegan cooking that just might kill her, possibly deadly yoga poses, and politely dangerous billionaires.

Billie Levine is back with a new corporate adventure in this sharp and witty take on the classic P.I. novel, a must-read for fans of Veronica Mars and Sugar.

A honeymoon cruise turns deadly when a detective uncovers a sinister plot aboard a luxurious ship. Mysterious deaths plague a luxury cruise ship as it sails from Singapore to Sri Lanka with only two hundred wealthy passengers. With the ship's security seemingly powerless to investigate and the captain reluctant to alarm the guests, newlywed Detective Bernadette Callahan takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. Having no authority and risking her own life she races against time, navigating a web of secrets and intrigue among the wealthy passengers. But as the elegant cruise ship sails into the Bay of Bengal, Callahan and her husband become targets themselves. A page-turning crime thriller which will keep you guessing until the final page. __________________________________________________________________________________________Praise for the Bernadette Callahan Mysteries:? ? ? ? ? Twists and turns on the high seas!? ? ? ? ? Another great read. Couldn't put this book down. ? ? ? ? ? Superb Storyline with Twists and Turns!? ? ? ? ? Good show for your heroine? ? ? ? ? Bernadette is one of my favorite detectives? ? ? ? ? Must read! Very entertaining.

A missing teenager left for deadA detective staring into the abyss---JAKE SAWYER is in limbo. Facing an internal enquiry into his capture of a vicious killer, he turns private detective, and takes the seemingly hopeless case of a teenage boy, missing for seven years. When a young woman podcaster investigating the boy's disappearance also goes missing, Sawyer is drawn into the secretive world of urban exploration. But then an adult male body is found, showing signs of extreme torture, and the murder reminds Sawyer of an unsolved case from his early career. He connects the past with the present, uncovering a terrible link which could hold the key to the disappearances. Out of therapy and tormented by trauma, Sawyer must hold himself together as his quest to find the missing boy and woman leads him to the lair of his most terrifying adversary. ---Set within the bleak beauty of the UK Peak District, this pacy British detective novel is a murder mystery with twists, dark humour and a compelling lead character whose backstory continues through the series. CHASE THE DEVIL is the fifth book in this series of page-turning thrillers from one of the UK's sharpest writers. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, MJ Arlidge, LJ Ross and Michael Connelly. ---????? "This series gets better and better."????? "Tightly plotted and stylishly written."????? "Great suspense. Found myself second-guessing everything."-----Praise for Andrew Lowe:????? "Prose that gets under your flesh and into your bones."????? "Taut and compelling. Not a wasted word."????? "Plot and character perfectly intertwined."????? "Keeps you reading through the night."????? "Poetic and utterly gripping."

A killer on the loose. A detective on the edgeJake Sawyer is feeling the heat. Returning to duty after an enforced psychological break, he's called in to investigate the murder of a young woman found near one of the Peak District's key beauty spots. Sawyer is intrigued by the unusual mix of extreme violence and decorative presentation, and when the death is connected to the earlier killings of three other local women, he joins a task force of regional detectives in a hunt for the man the media are calling The New Ripper. As the UK sweats in a record-breaking heatwave, a fifth woman goes missing, and the killer contacts the police, personally challenging Sawyer to catch him before he claims her as his next victim. A page-turning British detective murder-mystery with twists, dark humour and a compelling lead character whose backstory continues through the series. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, MJ Arlidge, LJ Ross and Michael Connelly. _______________________________Praise for Pray for Rain. ????? "Edge of your seat reading with great characters, twists, and a compelling plot."????? "Set aside plenty of time, because you won't want to put it down."????? "I absolutely loved this book. It kept me wanting more and more."_______________________________Praise for the Jake Sawyer series. ????? "Prose that gets under your flesh and into your bones."????? "Taut and compelling. Not a wasted word."????? "Plot and character perfectly intertwined."????? "Keeps you reading through the night."????? "Poetic and utterly gripping."

An unthinkable evil. An unbearable secret. Jake Sawyer is out in the cold. As winter descends on the Peak District, he finds himself suspended from the force, accused of murder. When two young children go missing, feared abducted, Sawyer must improvise to help solve the mystery. And as the bodies of adults appear in remote locations, he suspects a chilling connection to the missing children. With time running out on his bail, Sawyer must fight, not only to crack the cases, but also to clear his name. But then his world is ripped open as he finally uncovers the unbelievable truth behind his mother's murder. A truth that leads him to question everything he thought he knew. A pacy British detective murder mystery with twists, dark humour and a compelling lead character whose backstory continues through the series. Set within the dramatic Peak District. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, MJ Arlidge and Karin Slaughter. _______________________________________________Praise for A Dying Light:????? "Another fantastic story in this series."????? "Jake Sawyer is a fascinating character."????? "Goes from strength to strength."????? "Full of twists and turns."????? "Engrossing and moreish."????? "A brilliant read."????? "Fabulous."????? "Twisty."????? "The beautiful landscape is so well defined it's like another character."????? "Keeps you guessing right until the end."????? "A captivating police procedural."????? "The characters are all fleshed out and develop credibly."????? "Read the first two. You will be pulled into the series."????? "A fast-paced mystery."????? "Wonderful."????? "One of the most compelling mysteries published this year."????? "Jake Sawyer is engaging, smart, of barbed tongue, and driven."????? "Fabulous dialogue, and not a flaccid phrase."????? "Mesmerising."????? "Characters so well written they jump off the page."????? "Kept me reading long after bedtime."????? "Can't wait for the next one."____________________________________________________Praise for Andrew Lowe:????? "Prose that gets under your flesh and into your bones."????? "Taut and compelling. Not a wasted word."????? "Plot and character perfectly intertwined."????? "Keeps you reading through the night."????? "Poetic and utterly gripping."

Five victims, bonded by blood. A detective blinded by revenge. Jake Sawyer is suffering. After a bruising confrontation with a cruel killer, he has isolated himself in a remote cottage in the bleak and beautiful northern Peak District. Facing an uncertain future, he resumes his covert investigation into his mother's murder, and enters therapy to explore his lack of primal fear response. When an ex-TV personality is found murdered, from a single stab wound to the heart, Sawyer suspects a ritualistic element. But then a second victim is found, and he forms a terrifying theory about the killer's twisted logic. As Sawyer edges closer to mental collapse, he must protect the killer's targets as he uncovers the truth behind the death of his mother. A truth that will put his reputation, and freedom, at risk. ___________________________________________________________????? "Grabs right away and doesn't let up until the last sentence."????? "Had to finish it in one sitting."????? "Gripping and well crafted."????? "Brilliant."????? "Leaves you open-mouthed and wanting more."????? "Sawyer is not your everyday detective."????? "Full of twists and turns."????? "I couldn't put it down."????? "A gripping story that keeps you guessing."????? "So many mysteries in one story."????? "Awesome."????? "Amazing."????? "Can't wait for the next book."