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Slickensides (Inspector Thomas Brunt #5)
by John Buxton HiltonSlickensides is the name of a farm in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, of a cheese prepared at the farm, and of the old lead mine that lies beneath it. It is also the geological term for a particular rock formation which results in the trapping of energy behind it. Such energy can be dangerously explosive when released. All this Inspector Brunt has occasion to expound on a visit there in 1911 to investigate a reported break-in at the farm. At the same time a private detective with distinctly Holmesean characteristics (they even include a Watson!) arrives at the local inn. He is there to investigate the alleged disappearance of Barnard Brittlebank, the squire’s dissolute son. Before long he informs Squire Brittlebank that his son has left for Canada. So it is disconcerting when young Brittlebank’s body is found in the Slickensides mine. A dense fog descends, cutting off all communication with the outside world, and Brunt is left to answer some tricky questions with no assistance beyond the evidence and that of his own sharp wits. Although nearing retirement, Brunt is as shrewd as ever. In this beautifully realized story of a closed society three-quarters of a century ago, he demonstrates once again that he is one of the most memorable of fictional detectives, and triggers a denouement as explosive as only Slickensides can produce.
Some Run Crooked (Simon Kenworthy #4)
by John Buxton Hilton“There are a thousand paths to the delectable tavern of death, and some run straight and some run crooked.” As regards the deaths recorded here the path runs crooked, very crooked indeed. There lingers at Peak Forest in Derbyshire a curious and ancient anachronistic privilege. A chapel was founded there in the seventeenth century ‘outside the jurisdiction of the bishops’ and the priest was called Principal Official and Judge in Spiritualities in the Peculiar Court of Peak Forest. He had the right to solemnise marriage according to a liberal set of rules – a rival, one might say, to Gretna Green. Julie Wimpole came as a stranger to the nearby village of Peak Low in 1958, and everyone assumed she was there for fifteen days, the qualifying period to allow her to marry her lover. But was she a stranger? Some of the villagers knew more about Julie than they cared to admit – and she about them. What had she known about that other girl also seeking the residential qualifications for a romantic and hasty marriage, who was murdered here in 1940, and how does this relate to the nasty murder of an eloping couple in 1758, and Julie’s own death? Inspector Kenworthy finds himself investigating three murders spread over two hundred years with methods as bizarre and circuitous as ever. In effect a triple whodunit, Some Run Crooked weaves John Buxton Hilton’s knowledge of Derbyshire and of country history and folklore into the construction of a splendidly ingenious and baffling story.
The Sunset Law (Simon Kenworthy #9)
by John Buxton HiltonChief Superintendent Kenworthy, now retired, is visiting his married daughter in Florida. The visit is not wholly successful, for to the unsettlement of retirement was added the disorientation of the American scene, anxiety lest his daughter’s marriage to a State policeman was in low water, and concern that there might be truth in the allegations of corruption made against his son-in-law. The scene changes with the murder of the two prostitutes who had preferred the charges. When his son-in-law disappears, Kenworthy moves into action, contacting the Luther Boones I, II and III, a family who had policed a remote stretch of the Everglades for three generations. As in other John Buxton Hilton novels, the roots of the mystery are embedded in the past. Kenworthy finds himself embedded in the past and listening to tales of the cut-throat land boom of the 1920s when the Everglades were being drained, of the world of gambling and protection, of the massive drug traffic of contemporary South Florida, and of even newer, more ingenious crimes. Two generations of Luther Boones have been outwitted by the man behind the rackets. Could Luther Boone III manage things better? Kenworthy soon has opportunity to go to work in his most dogged and devious fashion. Neat plotting, vivid writing, excitement, and insight into nasty circles – all are here.
Surrender Value (Simon Kenworthy #6)
by John Buxton HiltonWhy has John Everard, a gentle-mannered teacher of old-fashioned outlook surrendered an insurance policy and vanished? Is it really because, as he has told his wife, he fears a deterioration in his health and wants to go out ‘living it up’ in his own way? Have the tensions in a permissive sixth form college got him down? Did other women in his life really matter to him? Or has he absconded with one of his pupils, prim little Susan Shires, who has also disappeared? Why has Sue dumped her bag and booked a double room at a sleazy London hotel? Kenworthy, now retired from the Yard, is called in by Mrs Everard and finds himself exploring a world of some strange values. Meanwhile, reports on missing persons all over the country are being collated. Are Everard and Sue indulging in love-hate tantrums up an down the Norfolk coast? Or are they in the West Country, being turned away by suspicious landladies? The mystery is not simplified when a girl’s body in Sue’s clothes is found in two different places. Kenworthy, working for a change as unofficial assistant to his former side-kick Shiner Wright, breaks this one by his familiar mixture of leaping imagination, bizarre deception – and by his instinct for the motives behind human eccentricities.
Just Another Liar
by Mandy Byatt‘That ending and that reveal!! Actually perfect – I did not see that coming’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ He says he loves you. He says you’re the only one. He’s just another liar…
Just Another Liar
by Mandy Byatt‘That ending and that reveal!! Actually perfect – I did not see that coming’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ He says he loves you. He says you’re the only one. He’s just another liar…
The Younger Woman
by Mandy Byatt⭐ The unputdownable new thriller from Mandy Byatt that will leave you reeling after the final twist…⭐ She knows him better than anyone. She doesn’t know him at all…
The Old Woman With the Knife
by Gu Byeong-moHornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. A fighter who has experienced loss and grief early on in life, she lives in a state of self-imposed isolation, with just her dog, Deadweight, for company. While on an assassination job for the 'disease control' company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of events that brings her past well and truly into the present. Threatened with sabotage by a young male upstart and battling new desires and urges when she least expects them, Hornclaw steels her resolve, demonstrating that no matter their age, the female of the species is always more deadly than the male.
Keep Me Closer: Dangerous Tides 2 (ebook) Dangerous Tides (Dangerous Tides #2)
by Rhyannon ByrdKeep Me Closer is the second novel in Rhyannon Byrd's scorching hot Dangerous Tides series about a family of law men determined to protect the women they love. Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks, Pamela Clare and Kyra Davis.Five years after the end of his marriage, Florida PI Alex Hudson wears a permanent suit of armour to keep the world - and romantic complications - at bay. And it makes his task of protecting beautiful therapist Brit Cramer from a dangerous former patient all the more complicated...Brit's been secretly attracted to Alex from the moment they first met several years ago. But their time to explore their searing desire is running out as they are pursued by a relentless madman. Before they know it, they're fighting not only for their lives, but for the possibility that they may have both found exactly what they've always wanted and needed...in each other.Don't miss the other steamy Dangerous Tides adventures in Take Me Under and Make Me Yours.Look for Rhyannon Byrd's sexy contemporary romance London Affair: An International Love Story, where a dangerous web of passion, deception and intrigue unfolds into an explosive love story in The Weekend, The Chase and The Confession.
Last Wolf Hunting: Last Wolf Standing Last Wolf Hunting Last Wolf Watching (Nocturne #25)
by Rhyannon ByrdHis whole life had been an act After seeing Jillian Murphy for the first time in a decade, Jeremy knew he could no longer ignore his desire. By right of nature she belonged to him. Yet fate and fear had worked against the two headstrong lovers in their youth – and cast Jeremy from his home.
Last Wolf Standing: Blood Runners (Nocturne #23)
by Rhyannon ByrdFive seconds earlier Mason would have sworn it could never happen…
Last Wolf Watching: Last Wolf Standing Last Wolf Hunting Last Wolf Watching (Nocturne #27)
by Rhyannon ByrdThere was nothing simple about what Brody Carter needed to do… With any other woman, it would be. But not with Michaela Doucet. He barely knew the provocative beauty and already her face haunted his dreams. Yet he could not let that affect him.
Make Me Yours: A Dangerous Tides Novella (ebook) Dangerous Tides (Dangerous Tides)
by Rhyannon ByrdMake Me Yours is a sizzling novella in Rhyannon Byrd's scorching hot Dangerous Tides series about a family of law men determined to protect the women they love. Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks, Pamela Clare and Kyra Davis.After her father is murdered, Lily Heller finds herself next on the kill list - and forced to reconnect with Scott Ryder, the only man who can keep her alive - and the one man who is the embodiment of her every fantasy. And as danger stalks her, she'll surrender herself to the lawman whose every touch leaves her breathless and exposed...*Previously published as part of the Wicked and Dangerous anthology by Shayla Black and Rhyannon Byrd* Don't miss the other steamy Dangerous Tides adventures in Take Me Under and Keep Me Closer.Look for Rhyannon Byrd's sexy contemporary romance London Affair: An International Love Story, where a dangerous web of passion, deception and intrigue unfolds into an explosive love story in The Weekend, The Chase and The Confession.
New York Scandal: The explosive romantic thriller, filled with passion...and murder
by Rhyannon Byrd'I was on the edge of my seat from page one all the way to the end. You must read this book!' Susan Stoker, New York Times bestselling author'A steamy read, with a dash of intriguing suspense and topped off with a swoonworthy hero. What's not to love!' Shana Gray'A page-turning read of secrets, scandal and seduction' Rhian Cahill'Wow! That was a great book! . . . suspense, intrigue, drama, action, and a really creepy storyline! . . . I highly recommend' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review'Great story with well written and likable characters! Definitely an entertaining romantic suspense! This book is definitely worth the read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader reviewShe's accused of murder. Only he believes she's innocent. If you love Melinda Leigh, Laura Griffin and Linda Howard, you'll be gripped by Rhyannon Byrd's explosive romantic thriller, New York Scandal............................................................................New York's biggest scandal. A love that defies the odds.When Lottie Beckett is framed for her husband's murder by an obsessed stalker, she goes on the run. Taking refuge in New York City, she spends each day terrified that her past will track her down...and destroy her. The most difficult thing Callan Hathaway ever had to do was watch Lottie marry another man. Nothing about that day felt right, and when he finds her waiting tables in a tiny Brooklyn café, his protective instincts won't allow him to walk away a second time. But while he knows that Lottie is innocent, becoming involved with a wanted woman, when his younger sister is embroiled in a brutal political battle for the office of NYC mayor, could prove devastating to his family. The way Callan sees it, his only choice is to flush out the real killer...and the clock is ticking. He and Lottie face the fight of their lives for the future they so desperately want...and the love they never expected.....................................................................................Readers give Rhyannon Byrd ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐!'Amazing story and action, as always''Addictive and enthralling''Had me from the first page''Fantastic...interesting and gripping''Love all her books''Exciting, sexy, and romantic...with a couple that dazzles. I couldn't put it down!' Virna DePaul, New York Times bestselling authorPassion. Deception. Intrigue. Don't miss London Affair, the first international love story from Rhyannon Byrd!Looking for more? Check out the passionate Dangerous Tides titles: Take Me Under, Make Me Yours and Keep Me Closer.
Take Me Under: Dangerous Tides 1 (ebook) Dangerous Tides (Dangerous Tides #1)
by Rhyannon ByrdTake Me Under is the first in Rhyannon Byrd's scorching hot Dangerous Tides series about a family of law men determined to protect the women they love. Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks, Pamela Clare and Kyra Davis.Ben Hudson - a Miami detective with a bad boy reputation - fell for shy, sexy and married Reese Monroe from the moment he first saw her three years ago. Now Reese is divorced and renting a Florida beach house - which happens to be owned by Ben - and he can't get his new neighbour out of his mind.For Reese, Ben's sudden advances are thrilling but leave her stunned; she never expected a man with such a wicked reputation to pursue her. She knows she should be on her guard, but he's a temptation she can't resist. And when trouble follows her from Boston, threatening her life, Ben may be the only one who can help her...Don't miss the next two steamy Dangerous Tides adventures in Make Me Yours and Keep Me Closer.Look for Rhyannon Byrd's sexy contemporary romance London Affair: An International Love Story, where a dangerous web of passion, deception and intrigue unfolds into an explosive love story in The Weekend, The Chase and The Confession.
The Gatekeeper
by James ByrneA NATION IN DANGER. ONLY ONE MAN CAN SAVE IT. 'Great plot, great pacing, and a voice that jumps off the page' GREGG HURWITZ 'Adrenaline charged...an action-packed, twist-a-minute thrill ride' LISA GARDNERDez Limerick is a retired mercenary, previously known as The Gatekeeper - the man who opened doors that others wanted shut.He's checking out sunny California when his hotel suddenly falls under attack. In the wrong place at the right time, Dez stops a meticulously planned scheme to kidnap Petra Alexandris, the daughter of a major military contractor.While helping her uncover a secret plot buried within her father's company, Dez exposes a conspiracy that becomes more sinister at every explosive turn: a deadly operation involving media manipulation, militias, an armed coup, and an attempt to fracture the United States themselves.There's only one obstacle between the conspirators and the downfall of a nation . . . The Gatekeeper.'The Gatekeeper is a flat-out, high speed winner. I loved it.' ROBERT CRAIS
The Devil's Ark
by Stephen Bywater'Creepy, classy ... full of dread and lust and echoing with the sorrows of war. We need more stories like this' Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Snowblind 'An impressive debut. As much about the horrors of war as the primeval horrors that lurk in the depths of the human psyche' F.R. Tallis, author of The ForbiddenSometimes the past is best left buriedTwelve years after fighting in Mesopotamia in the Great War, Harry Ward returns to the land where he lost his faith, his mind and almost his life. Haunted by bloody visions of bayonets, shrapnel and shells, he takes up the offer of a simple job, working as a photographer on an archaeological dig outside of Mosul.As the dig progresses, Ward begins to realise that what they have uncovered is no ordinary temple; it holds a terrible secret. Now flashbacks are the least of his problems ... and he must face a new kind of terror.
Night of the Damned
by Stephen BywaterWhen darkness falls the nightmare begins . . .It is 1935 and a rubber plantation deep in the Amazon jungle is losing its labourers one by one. Company agent Miller arrives to investigate the mounting number of those disappearing as well as the brutal killing of a fellow agent.Sightings of a corpselike girl and a man who bears a striking resemblance to the dead agent soon have Miller on edge. And when night falls, and the humid air fills with the stench of rotting flesh, he becomes convinced he's found the nearest thing to hell.They roam through the darkness, hide in the shadows and shun the daylight. But what are these deathly-looking figures?As the sun sets over the plantation, only a brave man dares to sleep...
The Beautiful Assassin: Russia's most celebrated sniper, America's most unexpected spy (P. S. Series)
by Michael C. WhiteElizabeth Moynihan, a New York journalist, has hit the jackpot. It's 1996 and a chance remark has sent her to a small farm in Colorado. There resides Russia's most notorious sniper-turned-spy, the one-time beautiful assassin, Tat'yana Levchenko, and Elizabeth knows this story could make her career. When Elizabeth convinces the obstinate and embittered Tat'yana that it is now safe to tell the truth, the old lady begins the story of a mother so devoted to her beautiful daughter that when, aged just four, her child was shot down and killed by a German pilot, all she had to live for was revenge. Enlisting immediately as a sniper, Tat'yana soon racked up three hundred kills and became her nation's most celebrated soldier.But it couldn't last forever, and when she was badly injured during a siege, her superiors had new plans. Eleanor Roosevelt had asked for her to visit the US and tour the nation in a bid to help the war effort. For the Russian army, it was an excellent opportunity to spy for her country. For Tat'yana, it was the chance of a new life.
Soul Catcher
by Michael C. WhiteAugustus Cain has his back against the wall. A war-scarred wanderer, he faces a past he wants to forget, a present without prospect or fortune and an uncertain future, reliant upon his one skill: an uncanny ability to track people who don't want to be found. With the clouds of civil war gathering, a plantation owner has called in a debt and Cain is forced to head north from Richmond and retrieve a runaway slave named Rosetta, on the promise that his creditor will not only clear his debt, but pay him as well.Running Rosetta to ground in Boston, Cain discovers she carries a secret, and the size of the bounty on her head begins to make more sense. Fleeing the northern states pursued by a posse of unionists lead by John Brown, Cain finds himself increasingly drawn to Rosetta and starts to wonder if his five hundred dollar fee - if any fee - could ever be enough to return her to her master…
Open Arms
by Vince CableKate Thompson - glamorous housewife-turned-MP - surprises everyone with her meteoric rise at Westminster. When Kate is sent as a trade minister to India, she hopes it will be her moment to shine. But, embroiled in a personal scandal, she gets drawn into a dangerous world of corruption and political intrigue...Billionaire Deepak Parrikar - head of an Indian arms technology company - is magnetically drawn to the beautiful British minister. But while their relationship deepens, India's hostilities with Pakistan reach boiling point, causing more than just business and politics to collide. In the race to prevent disaster, can their conflicting loyalties survive being tested to the limit?Open Arms is an explosive thriller which circles from Whitehall to the slums of Mumbai. Cable's sweeping tale combines unrivalled political detail with international intrigue, desire, and the quest for power. An electrifying debut.
Bones in the Nest (Sean Denton #2)
by Helen CadburyThe Chasebridge Killer is out; racial tension is rising and the mutilated body of a young Muslim man is found in the stairwell of a tower block in Doncaster. As he gets drawn into the case, Sean Denton’s family life and his police job become dangerously entwined. Meanwhile a young woman is trying to piece her life back together, but someone is out there; someone who will never let her forget what she’s done.
Race to the Kill (Sean Denton #3)
by Helen CadburyTHE CHASE IS ONIt is the middle of a long night shift in Doncaster for PC Sean Denton and his partner PC Gavin Wentworth when they are approached by a dishevelled-looking woman desperate that they follow her. She leads them to the old Chasebridge High School where they find the dead body of a refugee.With a sexual assault court case and a missing girl also vying for his attention, Denton and the murder investigation team are drawn towards the neighbouring greyhound stadium where all is not as it seems. With the worlds of immigration, drugs and sexual abuse pressing in on all sides, Denton is walking ever closer to serious danger.‘HUGELY ASSURED AND GRIPPING’ MARK BILLINGHAM
To Catch a Rabbit: The fast-paced crime debut (Sean Denton Ser. #1)
by Helen CadburyTwo young boys stumble on a dead prostitute. She’s on Sean Denton’s patch. As Doncaster’s youngest community support officer, he’s already way out of his death, but soon he’s uncovering more than he’s supposed to know. Meanwhile Karen Friedman, professional mother of two, learns her brother has disappeared. She desperately needs to know he’s safe, but once she starts looking, she discovers unexpected things about her own needs and desires. Played out against a gritty landscape on the edge of a Northern town, Karen and Sean risk losing all they hold precious.
Evil at Heart (Archie Sheridan And Gretchen Lowell Ser. #3)
by Chelsea CainSince serial killer Gretchen Lowell went on the run, following Detective Archie Sheridan’s latest near-fatal encounter with her, the city of Portland has descended into Beauty Killer hysteria. Even fan sites have sprung up online, where admirers of Gretchen can congregate to discuss their heroine. When a spleen is discovered at a local rest stop, Detective Henry Sobol is at first sceptical it is Gretchen’s work. It is only when he sees the rest stop’s wall –covered in hundreds of tiny red hearts that Henry realises its time to contact Archie . . . Archie Sheridan has spent the last few month’s in the city’s psychiatric hospital, battling with his addiction to painkillers and his strange obsession with the woman who tortured him. But soon he, along with the Beauty Killer taskforce and journalist Susan Ward, find themselves investigating a new spate of killings –when bodies start to turn up at local beauty spots, their eye-balls removed. Could this be the work of a copy-cat? Or has Gretchen really returned? One thing is certain, whoever is behind these brutal murders, they will do whatever it takes to get to Archie . . .