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The Wych Elm: The 'Sunday Times' bestseller

by Tana French

'For me it all goes back to that night, the dark corroded hinge between before and after, the slipped-in sheet of trick glass that tints everything on one side in its own murky colours and leaves everything on the other luminous and untouchable.' One night changes everything for Toby. He's always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins.But not long after Toby's arrival, a discovery is made: a skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden.As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself.A spellbinding standalone from a literary writer who turns the crime genre inside out, The Wych Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, if we no longer know who we are.

The Wych Elm: The Sunday Times bestseller

by Tana French

From the writer whose novels inspired the BBC's Dublin Murders TV series... 'One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt's The Secret History' THE TIMES 'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully written mystery' SOPHIE HANNAH 'Dark and twisty' SUNDAY TIMES'Mesmerising' GILLIAN FLYNN'I'm a big fan of Tana French' IAN RANKIN________________________________________WHAT DO WE HIDE INSIDE OURSELVES?One night changes everything for Toby. He's always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins.But not long after Toby's arrival, a discovery is made: a skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden.As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself.A spellbinding book from a novelist who takes crime writing and turns it inside out, The Wych Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, if we no longer know who we are.________________________________________'The Wych Elm should cement French's place in the first rank of great literary novelists 'Observer'This book confirms Tana French as [crime fiction's] biggest contemporary star' Guardian'Lyrical, suspenseful, unpredictable' Harlan Coben 'French offers a masterclass in unreliability' Sunday Times 'Terrific - terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent' Stephen King'Another one of her rich psychological thrillers that will work its way under your skin' Lucy Mangan, Stylist'To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather she's simply this: a truly great writer' Gillian Flynn'This mystery about family, memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long, long time' Erin Kelly

Wyatt’s Hurricane / Bahama Crisis

by Desmond Bagley

Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer set in the islands of the Caribbean.

Wyatt’s Hurricane (Oxford Bookworms Ser. #Stage 3)

by Desmond Bagley

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the islands of the Caribbean.

Wuthering Heights (Seasons Edition -- Winter)

by Emily Bronte

&“My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I&’m well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.&” – Wuthering Heights, Emily BronteIn the classic Wuthering Heights Catherine is forced to choose between passionate, tortured gypsy Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton. Catherine surrenders to the expectations of her class and sets off a domino effect with lasting consequences. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal are visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the lovers tortured past. This e-book includes select, highly designed pages featuring quotes about the winter season.The Seasons Edition - Winter collection includes Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, and Wuthering Heights.

Wrongly Accused: Wrongly Accused Down To The Wire (SWAT: Top Cops #1)

by Laura Scott

A DESPERATE FATHER

A Wrongful Death (A Barbara Holloway Novel #4)

by Kate Wilhelm

Who knew that being a Good Samaritan would lead Barbara Holloway to face her biggest challenge ever: being named prime suspect in a high-profile kidnapping?

The Wronged: The Trap, Payback, The Wronged

by Kimberley Chambers

With family like this, who needs enemies…

The Wrong Woman: The utterly tense and gripping new thriller from the Number One internationally bestselling author

by J P Pomare

When private investigator Reid is sent to look into a suspicious car crash, he finds himself in the one place he swore he'd never go back to - the town where he grew up.Returning to Manson brings back traumatic memories that Reid has spent a decade burying; and keeping his past separate from the investigation is futile. People remember what he did all those years ago.As rumours swirl about the couple involved in the crash, Reid's line of questioning is taken in a new direction when the Chief of Police's daughter goes missing. Was the car crash just an isolated tragic accident, or is there something darker beating at the heart of this small town? Can Reid escape Manson again, or will it finally swallow him whole?Tense and claustrophobic, The Wrong Woman is an edge-of-your-seat suspense novel with provocative characters and gripping twists.

Wrong Way Home: the compelling, suspense-packed crime thriller you won't be able to put down

by Isabelle Grey

'Sympathetic and suspense-packed' Sunday Times'A classy, satisfying read, superbly put together' Mari HannahA cold case leads DI Grace Fisher on the hunt for the most dangerous killer of her career - but after twenty-five years, can she really be sure she will get to the truth?The same night a local hero saved two people from the burning Marineland resort in Southend, a young woman was raped and murdered minutes from the scene of the fire, the culmination of a series of brutal rapes in the town. The killer was never found.Twenty-five years on, new DNA techniques have blown the cold case open. DI Grace Fisher relishes the prospect of finally catching the culprit, but when the evidence doesn't point to one clear suspect, she must reconstruct the original investigation. Any suggestion that the Essex force was less than thorough at the time could alienate her colleagues and destroy her chances of reaching the truth.Grace finds her investigation shadowed by a young true-crime podcaster backed by veteran crime reporter Ivo Sweatman. As pressure mounts she cannot afford to be distracted. She knows that a cold-blooded killer is slowly being backed into a corner, and a cornered predator is often the most dangerous of all...

Wrong Time, Wrong Place (Quick Reads 2013 #1)

by Simon Kernick

A gripping Quick Read from the master of the race against time thriller.Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time?You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl.She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can’t speak English.She is clearly running away from someone.Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends’ lives – and your own - in terrible danger?

The Wrong Stuff: Number 125 in Series (The Destroyer)

by Warren Murphy Richard Sapir

A mechanical killer space spider goes on the rampage in Florida. This, however, is no simple angry arachnid robbing armored cars and supermarkets. It's the adopted new brainchild of the reality-challenged head of NASA and his elite cadre of Space Cadets.But not even Captain Kirk is aware of the nightmare that's been unleashed in the name of interplanetary exploration. An old enemy is back in action and, with a click and a whir, can morph from titanium spider into his ugly old android self. And with NASA and America's favorite horror writer in his steel-plated back pocket, he's got a leg - or eight - up on his true mission - destroy the Destroyer.This time, failure is not an option.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The Wrong Stuff (The Destroyer)

by Warren Murphy Richard Sapir

A mechanical killer space spider goes on the rampage in Florida. This, however, is no simple angry arachnid robbing armored cars and supermarkets. It’s the adopted new brainchild of the reality-challenged head of NASA and his elite cadre of Space Cadets. But not even Captain Kirk is aware of the nightmare that’s been unleashed in the name of interplanetary exploration. An old enemy is back in action and, with a click and a whir, can morph from titanium spider into his ugly old android self. And with NASA and America’s favorite horror writer in his steel-plated back pocket, he’s got a leg – or eight – up on his true mission – destroy the Destroyer. This time, failure is not an option.Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

The Wrong Sister: From the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman Who Lied

by Claire Douglas

**THE BRAND-NEW SUSPENSE-FILLED THRILLER FROM NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER CLAIRE DOUGLAS**'Claire Douglas at her masterful best - twisty, surprising, and extraordinarily clever. I loved it' ANDREA MARA'I raced through it...The solution to the mystery is so clever I was nowhere near guessing it! I loved it' HARRIET TYCE'The Wrong Sister is Claire Douglas at her finest. I couldn't put it down!' LUCY CLARKE'Douglas is particularly good at twists and red herrings. She keeps the plot on the boil right to the end with a conclusion that is both gratifying and surprising' DAILY MAIL'A real treat for psychological thriller fans' TM LOGAN'A brilliant jigsaw of suspicious characters, grisly deeds, and family tragedy' ABIGAIL DEAN'Excellent. Claire Douglas keeps getting better' LOUISE O'NEILL'Packed full of clever twists, secrets and suspense, this book was unputdownable' ALICE FEENEY'A triumph. If you love a Christie-esque mystery that keeps you guessing, The Wrong Sister definitely won't disappoint' C.L. TAYLOR--------------------------You’ve known her all your life…Or have you?Tasha and her older sister Alice might look alike, but they couldn’t be more different.Tasha’s married with two children and still living in her home town near Bristol. While Alice is a high-flying scientist travelling the world with her equally successful husband.But each would trust the other with their life.So when Tasha and husband Aaron want a break and Alice offers to stay in their home with the kids,Tasha knows they’re in safe hands.But she couldn’t be more wrong.The call from home is unexpected: Alice and her husband Kyle have been attacked.Alice is in intensive care. Kyle is dead.Rushing to Alice’s bedside, Tasha finds the police trying to piece events together.She can’t think why anyone would attack her sister.Then the note arrives, addressed to Tasha:It was supposed to be you . . .---------------------------Brilliant...I was blown away by the intricate plotting, the page-turning tension and the relatability of the sisters...And boy, do they have secrets! B.A. PARIS'Edgy, unsettling and unputdownable' WOMAN & HOME'Cunning, intelligent, expertly told and with twists and turns that will give readers whiplash, I think it’s destined to be one of the best thrillers of the year' JOHN MARRS'Claire Douglas has done it again with this twisty, ingenious and suspenseful tale of long-buried secrets' TM LOGAN'This is a book that won’t leave you be. It’s a brilliant jigsaw of suspicious characters, grisly deeds, and family tragedy - and Douglas only lets you see the full picture on the very last page' ABIGAIL DEAN'An excellent thriller. Claire Douglas keeps getting better and better' LOUISE O'NEILL'A triumph of masterful misdirection and intricate plotting. It keeps you guessing from the first page to the last and it's Claire Douglas's best book yet. If you love a Christie-esque mystery that keeps you guessing, The Wrong Sister definitely won't disappoint' C.L. TAYLOR'Full of twists and turns... No one seeds shocking secrets into seemingly ordinary families quite like Claire Douglas. Hugely enjoyable! I loved it' EVE CHASE'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist' GILLIAN MCALLISTERClaire Douglas, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, September 2022

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Harry Bosch Series #19)

by Michael Connelly

Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA's darkest secrets in this new gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly.'What do you want me to do?' Bosch asked again.'I want you to find someone for me,' Vance said. 'Someone who might not have ever existed.'Harry Bosch is working as a part-time detective in the town of San Fernando outside of Los Angeles, when he gets the invitation to meet with the ageing aviation billionaire Whitney Vance. When he was eighteen Vance had a relationship with a Mexican girl called Vibiana Duarte, but soon after becoming pregnant she disappeared.Now, as he reaches the end of his life, Vance wants to know what happened to Vibiana and whether there is an heir to his vast fortune. And Bosch is the only person he trusts to undertake the assignment.Harry's aware that with such sums of money involved, this could be a dangerous undertaking - not just for himself, but for the person he's looking for - but as he begins to uncover Vibiana's tragic story, and finds uncanny links to his own past, he knows he cannot rest until he finds the truth.

Wrong Place Wrong Time: How do you stop a murder when it’s already happened? THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

by Gillian McAllister

THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' LISA JEWELL'Wow. Amazing! Loved every page . . . If you are looking for a summer read, I've found it!' HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'Page-turning time-loop thriller . . . An intelligent puzzle full of heart and good sense' GUARDIAN'A mind-bending page-turning thriller. Non-stop thrills right from the start. A rare gem' STEVE WRIGHT, RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB'A spellbinding "whydunnit". A novel with a difference' SUNDAY TIMES'Skilful, satisfying. Couldn't put it down. Don't miss it!' OBSERVER, 'THRILLER OF THE MONTH'CAN YOU STOP A MURDER AFTER IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED? . . . DISCOVER THE MOST TALKED ABOUT THRILLER OF THE YEAR_________It's late. You're waiting up for your son.Then you spot him: he's with someone. And - you can't believe what you see - your funny, happy teenage boy stabs this stranger.You don't know who. You don't know why. You only know your son is charged with murder. His future is lost.That night you fall asleep in despair. But when you wake . . . it is yesterday. The day before the murder.Somewhere in the past lie the answers - a reason for this crime.And your only chance to stop it . . ._________'Masterfully plotted and ingenious. One of the best books I've read this year' SUNDAY EXPRESS'A genre-defining masterpiece. An instant classic' HOLLY SEDDON'I was gripped' JANE CORRY'Brilliantly original, so tense and so moving' LUCY CLARKE'So riveting you'll pull a sickie and ignore all family and friends until the breath-taking final page' CELIA WALDEN'Mindblowingly good. I'm in awe' JANE FALLON'Fiendishly clever and flawlessly executed' ROSIE WALSHPRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER:'Gillian McAllister just gets better and better' CLAIRE MACKINTOSH'Like watching a gripping, claustrophobic box set' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'The queen of the moral dilemma' HOLLY SEDDON'If Jodi Picoult wrote thrillers, they would look like this' ROSMUND LUPTON'Any writer can keep you turning the pages - few can make you care this much' ERIN KELLY

Wrong Place (DC Maggie Neville #2)

by Michelle Davies

Wrong Place is the second gripping crime novel in the DC Maggie Neville series from Michelle Davies, following her critically acclaimed debut Gone Astray.Two women lie hospital beds, both subjects of police investigations. One, a vulnerable old lady, has been assaulted in her own home. Suspected to be the fifth victim of a young couple targeting pensioners, her injuries indicate an escalation in violence from the perpetrators. The second, a wife, has been attacked by her own husband, who subsequently fails in his own attempt to kill himself. Whilst there are no obvious parallels between the victims, DC Maggie Neville, the Family Liaison Officer involved in both cases, begins to question what happened. Is it simply a case of both being in the wrong place at the wrong time or is something far more sinister at play?

The Wrong Move

by Jennifer Savin

YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THE PERFECT FLAT...When Jessie moves into a flatshare at Maver Place, she’s finally found a decent place to live.And when she’s befriended by fellow tenants Lauren and Sofie, she’s got great flatmates to share it with.You think she’s safe. You think she can trust these people. You’re wrong.When you flatshare, how well do you really know the people that you're living with?A dark, twisty domestic thriller about the perfect flatshare gone wrong for fans of Shari Lapena's The Couple Next Door and Louise Candlish's Our House.

The Wrong Mother: the heart-pounding and gripping thriller of motherhood, secrets and betrayal

by Charlotte Duckworth

'Full of pace, suspense and intrigue' L V MATTHEWSOne mother on the run. A safe place to hide. But you can't escape the past forever . . .Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own.Then she discovers a co-parenting app: Acorns. For men and women who want to have a baby, but don't want to do it alone. When she meets Louis through it, it feels as though the fates have aligned.But just one year later, Faye is on the run from Louis, with baby Jake in tow. In desperate need of a new place to live, she contacts Rachel, who's renting out a room in her remote Norfolk cottage. It's all Faye can afford - and surely she'll be safe from Louis there?But is Rachel the benevolent landlady she pretends to be? Or does she have a secret of her own?'Pulse-pounding' LOUISE MUMFORD'The perfect thriller' EMILY FREUDHEAR WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING ABOUT CHARLOTTE DUCKWORTH'S NOVELS:'Smart, compulsively readable and with an end you won't see coming' Woman & Home'Surprising and original' Lesley Kara'A real thrill ride' Heat'I love Charlotte's dark, messy takes on modern relationships' Claire McGowan'A taut, chilling read with a killer twist' Sun'Tense, twisty and deeply unsettling' BP Walter'Unpredictable, tense and engrossing' Rebecca Fleet'A writer at the top of her thriller game' Louise Mumford

The Wrong Man (James Bishop #1)

by Jason Dean

The fantastic debut novel from Jason Dean.Nine hundred and seventy three days.Thinking. Planning. Waiting for the perfect moment.Former Marine James Bishop will only have one opportunity to make his prison break. And one chance to prove that he isn't responsible for the murders that put him inside.Three years ago Bishop was the leader of an elite close protection team hired to protect a millionaire and his daughter. After being attacked, Bishop regained consciousness to find seven bodies strewn throughout the millionaire's Long Island mansion - including those of his two charges - and a mountain of evidence guaranteed to send him down for murder.But to find out who set him up and why, Bishop needs to be free. And now the time has come to make his move.Prepare yourself for the most exciting debut thriller of the year...

The Wrong Man (A\jason Kolarich Novel Ser. #3)

by David Ellis

A young girl is murdered with a single bullet through her skull. A homeless man is arrested, and as the evidence against him stacks up, everyone thinks he's guilty - except lawyer Jason Kolarich. Jason can't resist the urge to dig deeper, and begins to uncover a much darker reason for her death. What he finds will crack the case wide open. An army is training for a war against the government. Everyone is going to pay for what they did.

The Wrong Hand

by Jane Jago

We all make mistakes. Moments that change us and the path we are on irrevocably.For Rachel Allen it was the moment that she let her son's hand slip from hers. For Danny Simpson and Graham Harris it was the moment one of them took it.Seven years ago Danny and Graham were just children themselves, angry, marginalized and unguided. That was, until they committed a crime so heinous that three families were left devastated. They were no longer just boys. They were monsters.Released from juvenile detention, it is time for the boys, now men, to start again; new names, new people. But they can never escape who they are or what they did. And their own families, now notorious; the Allens, destroyed with grief; and the country at large have never been able to forget.They will always be running. They will always be hiding. But are some mistakes too large, the ripples to far reaching, to outrun forever?

The Wrong Goodbye

by Toshihiko Yahagi

A classic slice of Japanese hard-boiled noir paying homage to the master of the genre: Raymond ChandlerThe Wrong Goodbye pits homicide detective Eiji Futamura against a shady Chinese business empire and U.S. military intelligence in the docklands of recession Japan. After the frozen corpse of immigrant barman Tran Binh Long washes up in midsummer near Yokosuka U.S. Navy Base, Futamura meets a strange customer from Tran's bar. Vietnam vet pilot Billy Lou Bonney talks Futamura into hauling three suitcases of "goods" to Yokota US Air Base late at night and flies off leaving a dead woman behind. Thereby implicated in a murder suspect's escape and relieved from active duty, Futamura takes on hack work for the beautiful concert violinist Aileen Hsu, a "boat people" orphan whose Japanese adoption mother has mysteriously gone missing. And now a phone call from a bestselling yakuza author, a one-time black marketeer in Saigon, hints at inside information on "former Vietcong mole" Tran and his "old sidekick" Billy Lou, both of whom crossed a triad tycoon who is buying up huge tracts of Mekong Delta marshland for a massive development scheme. As the loose strands flashback to Vietnam, the string of official lies and mysterious allegiances build into a dark picture of the U.S.-Japan postwar alliance. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum

The Wrong Girl (Detective Pieter Vos #2)

by David Hewson

She knew they would come for her. How long can she wait? The Wrong Girl is the second title in the Detective Pieter Vos series, David Hewson's atmospheric crime novels set in the city of canals and coffee shops.

The Wrong Girl

by Laura Wilson

A sudden death exposes three generations of family secrets in this gripping, atmospheric psychological thriller for fans of Clare Mackintosh, Belinda Bauer and B A Paris.Janice Keaton is living a quiet, easy life when a longed-for reunion with the daughter she gave up for adoption several decades earlier drags her into a lethal confrontation with her past. Did her brother, Dan, die a natural death? Is Joe, her former lover, really an acid casualty, or was there another reason for his abrupt withdrawal from public life? And what is her granddaughter, Molly, hiding? As she struggles to come to terms with a series of shocks, Janice realises that her recollections of the past hold a sinister secret - one with deadly consequences. And then Molly disappears...

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