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Wolves of Rome
by Valerio Massimo ManfrediFrom the international bestselling Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal of Teutoburg Forest that devastated the Roman Empire. This is a must read for fans of Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden.Bound by Blood. Divided by an Empire.Deep in a dark, foreboding forest, the Roman Empire will face its bloodiest test.3 BC. Two wild Germanic brothers, Armin and Wulf, are held hostage in Rome to keep their father from rebelling against the Empire. As the years pass, they are moulded into ideal soldiers: brave, disciplined, ruthless. Attributes that are to be tested when a conspiracy arises, threatening their emperor and the Empire’s future . . .As serving Roman soldiers, the brothers are separated at opposite ends of the Empire, each proving their bloody might on the battlefield. But Armin begins to realize that no matter how far he travels and how many lives he takes, he has an inescapable bond to his father, mother and the tribes of Germania. His goal: to unite them all under one banner.Wulf, though, remains loyal to Rome and it soon becomes clear that both he and the might of the Roman Empire are the only obstacles standing between Armin and his dream of freedom for the Germanic people . . .
Wolves of Memory (Harpur and Iles)
by Bill JamesA cash-in-transit raid goes pear-shaped when armed police show up. After all the smart planning and careful preparation someone must have talked - so think the relatives and friends of the jailed gang members. And it looks like the grass must have been the only raider to escape the trap. A vengeance squad is on the prowl and Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his boss Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles are given the job of protecting the informant and his family. Yet all the time the lynch mob is closing in . . . 'James's writing dazzles with its poetic brevity' Publishers Weekly
Wolves in the Dark (Varg Veum)
by Gunnar StaalesenReeling from the death of his great love, Karin, Varg Veum’s life has descended into a self-destructive spiral of alcohol, lust, grief and blackouts.When traces of child pornography are found on his computer, he’s accused of being part of a paedophile ring and thrown into a prison cell. There, he struggles to sift through his past to work out who is responsible for planting the material … and who is seeking the ultimate revenge.When a chance to escape presents itself, Varg finds himself on the run in his hometown of Bergen. With the clock ticking and the police on his tail, Varg takes on his hardest – and most personal – case yet.Chilling, shocking and exceptionally gripping, Wolves in the Dark reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the world’s foremost thriller writers.‘Mature and captivating’ Rosemary Goring, Herald Scotland‘Moving, uncompromising’ Publishers Weekly'There is a world-weary existential sadness that hangs over his central detective. The prose is stripped back and simple … deep emotion bubbling under the surface – the real turmoil of the characters’ lives just under the surface for the reader to intuit, rather than have it spelled out for them’ Doug Johnstone, The Big Issue‘An upmarket Philip Marlowe’ Maxim Jakubowski, The Bookseller‘Norwegian master Staalesen is an author who eschews police procedural narratives for noirish private eye pieces … with some abrasive social commentary’ Financial Times‘Staalesen is one of my favourite Scandinavian authors and this is a series with very sharp teeth’ Ian Rankin‘A Norwegian Chandler’ Jo Nesbø‘Razor-edged Scandinavian crime fiction at its finest’ Quentin Bates'Staalesen's storytelling draws you in and leaves you breathless all the way to the end, and like a fine wine, always leaving you wanting more, but you know you blood pressure could not take it’ Atticus Finch
Wolves at the Door (Varg Veum)
by Gunnar StaalesenThe wolves are no longer in the dark … they are at his door. And they want vengeance…The next instalment in the international, bestselling Varg Veum series by one of the fathers of Nordic Noir …‘Gunnar Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors. Operating out of Bergen in Norway, his private eye, Varg Veum, is a complex but engaging anti-hero. Varg means “wolf” in Norwegian, and this is a series with very sharp teeth’ Ian Rankin‘The Norwegian Chandler’ Jo NesbøOne dark January night a car drives at high speed towards PI Varg Veum, and comes very close to killing him. Veum is certain this is no accident, following so soon after the deaths of two jailed men who were convicted for their participation in a case of child pornography and sexual assault … crimes that Veum himself once stood wrongly accused of committing.While the guilty men were apparently killed accidentally, Varg suspects that there is something more sinister at play … and that he’s on the death list of someone still at large.Fearing for his life, Veum begins to investigate the old case, interviewing the victims of abuse and delving deeper into the brutal crimes, with shocking results. The wolves are no longer in the dark … they are at his door.‘Not many books hook you in the first chapter – this one did, and never let go!’ Mari Hannah‘Staalesen continually reminds us he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists’ Financial Times‘Chilling and perilous results — all told in a pleasingly dry style’ The Sunday Times‘Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society in this highly disturbing entry’ Publishers Weekly‘With an expositional style that is all but invisible, Staalesen masterfully compels us from the first pages … If you’re a fan of Varg Veum, this is not to be missed, and if you’re new to the series, this is one of the best ones. You’re encouraged to jump right in, even if the Norwegian names can be a bit confusing to follow’ Crime Fiction Lover‘With short, smart, darkly punchy chapters Wolves at the Door is a provocative and gripping read’ LoveReading‘Haunting, dark and totally noir, a great read’ New Books Magazine
Wolf's Bane: Number 132 in Series (The Destroyer #132)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirA wild child of the bayous, Leon Grosvenor is a two-legged freak show of shaggy hair and talons with an insatiable hunger for raw flesh. These unique abilities make him the perfect contract killer for Cajun mafia boss Armand "Big Crawdaddy" Fortier. Their current target -Remo Williams. As Leon and his pack circle closer to The Destroyer, the question remains: Who is the hunter...and who is dog meat?Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Wolf's Bane (The Destroyer)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirA wild child of the bayous, Leon Grosvenor is a two-legged freak show of shaggy hair and talons with an insatiable hunger for raw flesh. These unique abilities make him the perfect contract killer for Cajun mafia boss Armand “Big Crawdaddy” Fortier. Their current target -Remo Williams. As Leon and his pack circle closer to The Destroyer, the question remains: Who is the hunter…and who is dog meat?Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Wolf Winter
by Cecilia EkbäckWinner of the 2016 HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown Award.'Exquisitely suspenseful, beautifully written, and highly recommended.' Lee ChildThere are six homesteads on Blackåsen Mountain.A day's journey away lies the empty town. It comes to life just once, in winter, when the Church summons her people through the snows. Then, even the oldest enemies will gather.But now it is summer, and new settlers are come.It is their two young daughters who find the dead man, not half an hour's walk from their cottage.The father is away. And whether stubborn, or stupid, or scared for her girls, the mother will not let it rest.To the wife who is not concerned when her husband does not come home for three days; to the man who laughs when he hears his brother is dead; to the priest who doesn't care; she asks and asks her questions, digging at the secrets of the mountain.They say a wolf made those wounds. But what wild animal cuts a body so clean?
Wolf Winter: Wolf Winter
by Clare FrancisIn the chill of the Cold War, two Norwegians are shot dead after straying into Soviet wilderness, killings that will bind together three people in a web of treachery and passion: Halvard Starheim, veteran explorer, torn by the deaths of his friends and his love for a beautiful woman, Ragna Johansen, the exquisitely attractive widow of one of the dead men on a desperate search for love and fulfilment, Rolf Berg, brilliant Norwegian journalist whose secret other life holds the key to a deadly conspiracy. The mission for the truth will lead them to a final confrontation in the freezing wastes of an Arctic wolf winter . . . 'A magnificent read. Move over Frederick Forsyth and Hammond Innes' Sunday Telegraph 'The classically structured spy thriller has rarely been better done' New York Times
Wolf Undaunted: Wolf Undaunted Witch's Fury (Mills And Boon Supernatural Ser.)
by Shannon CurtisMortal enemies…bound by a kiss!
Wolf To The Slaughter: (A Wexford Case) (Wexford #3)
by Ruth RendellThe third book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.Passion can be lethal.Anita Margolis has vanished. Dark and exquisite, Anita's character is as mysterious as her disappearance. There was no body, no crime - nothing more concrete than an anonymous letter and the intriguing name of Smith. According to headquarters, it wasn't to be considered a murder enquiry at all. With the letter providing them with only one questionable lead to follow, Wexford and his sidekick Inspector Burden are compelled to make enquiries. They soon discover Anita is wealthy, flighty, and thoroughly immoral. The straight-laced Burden has a very clear idea of what happened to her. But Wexford has his own suspicions...
Wolf Time
by Joe GoresHollis Fletcher has no idea why someone has tried to kill him. Fletcher is a professional hunter with years of tracking experience, and he's going to find the man who left him for dead in the frozen Minnesota woods, and take vengeance. Soon he discovers he is after big game: someone in the entourage of Fletcher's boyhood friend, Gary Westergard - candidate for the presidency - pulled the trigger, and his own daughter is a key figure in the campaign. Hollis Fletcher is a threat to someone, someone who has taken steps to remove the problem. In failing, they've only made it worse.The hunt has begun. Fletcher is skilled, patient and deadly - and his target never escapes ...
Wolf Slayer: Wolf Slayer Vampire Undone (Mills And Boon Nocturne Ser. #1)
by Linda Thomas-SundstromForbidden desire
The Wolf Sea: Brothers In Arms, Rising From The Seas (The Oathsworn Series #2)
by Robert LowThe gripping second novel in the Oathsworn series, charting the adventures of a band of Vikings looking for the return of the Rune Sword that will lead them to Attila’s Hoard
The Wolf Road: A Novel
by Beth LewisA debut literary thriller from an incredible new voice. What do you do when the man who gave you everything turns out to be a killer? Perfect for fans of STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel.
The Wolf Princess
by Cathryn ConstableOrphan Sophie dreams of going on the school trip of a lifetime to St Petersburg in Russia, but doesn’t hold out much hope. She has neither the money nor the support of her aunt, who is her legal guardian. But after a mysterious Russian woman visits her boarding school and takes an inexplicable interest in her, Sophie finds herself on the list along with her two best friends, the bookish Marianne and the sophisticated Delphine. However, the school trip doesn’t exactly go to plan. On route to St Petersburg, the girls find themselves abandoned on the train. They are forced to leave the train by a disgruntled conductor and seek refuge from the deep-set snow in a derelict but cosy hut. They are rescued in the night by a bear-like man, Ivan, who seems to have been expecting them and who escorts them onto an altogether more decadent train – but the destination is not St Petersburg. Instead, the girls find themselves the guests of the glamorous and mysterious Princess Anna Volkonskaya. The Volkonsky palace is a crumbling and rambling place, with family portraits on the walls and whispers of family secrets echoing through the corridors. A family of servants live in the Under Palace in a warren of alleyways and rooms. The Princess takes a keen and somewhat intimidating interest in Sophie, who is at first beguiled to have been singled out for once in her less-then-remarkable life. But pleasure soon turns to fear as the Princess’s behaviour becomes more and more sinister. And, as white wolves prowl outside, Sophie knows the palace and its inhabitants are in danger. With the help of surly teenage servant, Dmitri, Sophie uncovers the secret of the incredibly valuable family jewels which have been missing for decades, discovering also that the Princess is a fraudster and not of the royal line at all. Most startlingly Sophie discovers that it is she who is next in line to the throne and set to inherit the great fortune, and it is she who and must continue to keep the great Volkonsky name alive. With one last attempt at deceit, Anna convinces Sophie to entrust the diamonds to her to keep them safe, which Sophie does. The diamonds are whisked away, the fortune gone for good. The pack of white wolves, whom Sophie had always feared, turn out to be protectors of the true Volkonsky line and rally to keep the young princess safe. Meanwhile Anna, in mid-escape across the treacherous frozen lake, is tragically swept to her death under the ice. But with the jewels gone and the mistress of the house no more, Sophie must now make the hardest decision of all. Should she return home with her friends and sever her connection with the Volkonsky family, or should she stay on at the palace and live with her new-found and loyal friends? She decides that family and blood run deepest and decides to stay. And as she contemplates life in the crumbling palace there is one last surprise in store: A long thick rope of diamonds gently held in the mouth of a pure white wolf. Restored to their rightful owner…
Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett #19)
by C.J. BoxTHE HUNT IS ON. The good news is that Joe Pickett has his job back. The bad news is that Wyoming's Twelve Sleep County game warden is only days away from the most dangerous predators he's ever faced. Joe's working with Katelyn Hamm, his counterpart in adjacent Shell County, to trace a drone operator whose aerial acrobatics have been stampeding elk and deer to their deaths. Their investigation will put them both on a collision course not only with the FBI, but also with the Wolf Pack, a remorseless quartet of killers. Coming up from the south, the Wolf Pack have been tracking their prey across the USA. Behind them, a trail of dead - ahead, their target. They will let nothing will get in their way - especially two game wardens. 'Terrific plots, muscular writing, unlikely heroes and wild terrain' DAILY MAIL. 'An exemplary writer of crime novels' FINANCIAL TIMES.
The Wolf Mile (The Pantheon Series)
by C.F. BarringtonSquid Game meets The Hunger Games in this thriller where modern-day recruits compete with ancient weapons in a deadly game across the streets of Edinburgh.Welcome to the Pantheon Games. Let the streets of Edinburgh run with blood...The Games are the biggest underground event in the world, followed by millions online. New recruits must leave behind their twenty-first century lives and vie for dominance in a gruelling battle to the death armed only with ancient weapons – and their wits.Tyler Maitland and Lana Cameron have their own reasons for signing their lives away. Now they must risk everything and join the ranks of seven warrior teams that inhabit this illicit world. Their journey will be more extraordinary and horrifying than anything they could have dreamed, testing them to breaking point. Will they find what they seek? Or will they succumb to the nature of the Pantheon?Let the Season begin.Praise for the Pantheon series:'The Wolf Mile is a thrilling ride and a heck of a debut. C.F. Barrington knocks it out of the park.' Matthew Harffy 'The moment you ask yourself if it could just be true, the story has you.' Anthony Riches 'Gripping and original – a terrific read!' Joe Heap 'So gripping that I sometimes find myself holding my breath while I'm reading!' Ruth Hogan 'A brilliant eccentric concept which hits you like a fever dream.' Giles Kristian
The Wolf in Winter: A Charlie Parker Thriller: 12 (Charlie Parker Thriller #12)
by John ConnollyA pulse-pounding thriller featuring Detective Charlie Parker from the bestselling author of The Wrath of Angels.'The finest crime series currently in existence' - Independent on SundayHis client is dead. But Charlie Parker will not rest . . .The community of Prosperous, Maine, has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own.The death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive.
Wolf in the Shadows (A Sharon McCone Mystery #14)
by Marcia MullerMuller's popular heroine, San Francisco sleuth Sharon McCone, faces her greatest challenge when her boyfriend disappears while delivering a $2 million ransom for a kidnapped researcher. Each of Muller's mysteries sells more than the previous, and this 14th ties into her new July hardcover Till the Butchers Cut Him Down.
Wolf Haven (Jackson Hole, Wyoming Ser. #9)
by Lindsay McKenna"Talented McKenna delivers excitement and romance in equal measure." –RT Book Reviews
The Wolf Children (Frank Stave Investigations #2)
by Cay RademacherBook Two of the Inspector Frank Stave Investigations, a German detective trilogy set in post-WWII Hamburg. More than 150,000 copies sold.Hamburg, 1948It is a year of extremes. After a bitterly cold winter of starvation, the bombed city groans under excruciating heat. And Chief Inspector Frank Stave is confronted with a new case.In the ruins of a shipyard, the corpse of a boy is found and Stave's hunt for the killer leads him into the world of "wolf children" - orphaned children who have fled from the Occupied Eastern Territories and are now united in gangs.When two more bodies are discovered Stave is under even increasing pressure as he struggles to keep his personal life together too . . .Praise for the Frank Stave Investigations'Undoubtedly the most powerful work of crime fiction I have read this year' Independent'Vivid and harrowing' Sunday Times'Police procedural, romance, thriller The Murderer in Ruins has a bit of everything and it's one hell of a read.' BücherReader reviews for The Wolf Children'This is writing at its best. A well crafted murder hunt set in haunting landscape of post war Hamburg. Cay Rademacher has again written a book that will stay in my memory for a long time' *****'Another atmospheric, well-researched novel from Rademacher. He has a remarkable ability to bring characters to life in the space of a paragraph' *****'A bit of a goldilocks book. Not too heavy, not too light, not too long, not too short. Just about right' *****Translated from the German by Peter Millar
Wolf by Wolf: Book 1 (Wolf by Wolf #1)
by Ryan GraudinWhat would the world look like if the Nazis had won the war? Wolf by Wolf is a gripping thriller about one girl's extraordinary mission to kill Hitler. "Wild and gorgeous, vivid and consuming. I loved it! I can't wait for the sequel." Laini Taylor, bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogyThe year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule. To commemorate their Great Victory, they host an annual motorbike race across their combined continents. The prize? An audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.Yael has witnessed too much suffering, and the five wolves tattooed on her arm are a constant reminder of the loved ones she lost when she was a prisoner in a brutal concentration camp. Now part of the resistance, Yael has one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler. But the only way to enter the race is to impersonate last year's only female racer, Adele Wolfe. Yael is a master of deception but there are two other competitors it may be impossible to fool - Adele's brother, Felix, and Luka, a boy she clearly has history with. But as Yael grows closer to the other competitors, can she be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and stay true to her mission? The future of the world is depending on her . . .A fast-paced, clever story that will leave you breathless.
Wolf at the Door: The spellbinding mediaeval mysteries series (Bradecote & Catchpoll #9)
by Sarah Hawkswood'Hawkswood clearly knows her stuff, both as a historian and a crafter of mysteries' Historical Novel Society1144. The body of Durand Wuduweard, the unpopular keeper of the King's Forest of Feckenham, is discovered beside his hearth, his corpse rendered barely identifiable by sharp teeth. Hushed whispers of a man-wolf spread swiftly and Sheriff William de Beauchamp's men, Bradecote and Catchpoll, have to find out who killed Durand and why, amidst superstitious villagers, raids upon manors and further grim deaths. Who commands the wolf, and where will its fangs strike next?
The Wolf at the Door (Sean Dillon Series #17)
by Jack HigginsDillon and company are back in the ultimate blockbuster from the legend that is Jack Higgins…
The Wolf and the Watchman: The latest Scandi sensation
by Niklas Natt Dag'A remarkable debut novel' Sunday Times'The best historical thriller I've read in twenty years' A.J. Finn'A thrilling, unnerving, clever and beautiful story. Reading it is like giving a little gift to oneself' Fredrik BackmanThe year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound.A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and painted veneer.The Wolf and the Watchman depicts the capacity for cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world.'An unexpected masterpiece, a wild and unusual mix of genres that in one fell swoop succeeds in renewing the entire crime fiction genre' Arne Dahl