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The Cage: A Shepherd Novella (Shepherd Ser.)
by Ethan CrossThe pulse-pounding prequel to The Shepherd and The Prophet. They thought they could contain him... They were wrong. Francis Ackerman Jr. is one of the most prolific serial killers in US history. But he's not only a serial killer, he's also a serial escapist. When a doctor who has discovered a ground-breaking treatment for psychopaths wants to test his theories upon Ackerman, the madman sees his chance at freedom. The only people that stand in his way are the hospital's Head of Security and a young woman with a personal vendetta against the killer.This ebook exclusive includes extra material: the opening chapters of Ethan Cross's gripping new thriller The Propheti, out in ebook and paperback this October. (Please note that The Cage is a direct-to-digital novella.)
The Cage
by Ethan CrossThey thought they could contain him... They were wrong. Francis Ackerman Jr. is one of the most prolific serial killers in US history. But he's not only a serial killer, he's also a serial escapist. When a doctor who has discovered a ground-breaking treatment for psychopaths wants to test his theories upon Ackerman, the madman sees his chance at freedom. The only people that stand in his way are the hospital's Head of Security and a young woman with a personal vendetta against the killer.Praise for Ethan Cross: 'Francis Ackerman [is] a manipulative monster with a corrupt conscience' The Times 'A fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of James Patterson and Criminal Minds' Andrew Gross 'A great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing' Crimesquad 'A rather unusual talent has suddenly appeared, fully formed... However many chapters you may plan to read, you will be persuaded to read just one more' Barry Forshaw, We Love This Book
The Cage
by Quintin JardineThe latest Bob Skinner mystery from the legendary Quintin Jardine.'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK On a sunny seaside August morning, a woman on maternity leave spots a body wedged in rocks on a Scottish beach. Gavin Ayre's riding gear sparks the assumption that he had been thrown by a panicked horse . . . until an autopsy reveals this was no accident. Soon it becomes clear that Ayre's life was as big a mystery as his death. Detective Superintendent Harold 'Sauce' Haddock heads an investigation that is running into the sand, until a link is revealed between the victim and another man in Spain, with a surprisingly similar name.Faced with the twin puzzle Sauce turns to his mentor, Bob Skinner, moved on from the police service to head an international media group. Soon the two friends are at the heart of a multi-layered conspiracy, as they search for the answer to the prime question . . . who killed Gavin Ayre?Praise for Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner series:'A highly charged, fast-moving crime thriller' HERALD'Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality' THE SUN'Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn' OBSERVER
Cage (Reykjavik Noir #3)
by Lilja SigurdardottirDrugs, smuggling, big money and political intrigue in Iceland rally with love, passion, murder and betrayal until the winner takes all … in the masterful, explosive conclusion to the award-winning Reykjavík Noir trilogy…***Guardian Book of the Year***‘Tough, uncompromising and unsettling’ Val McDermid‘One of the darkest and most compelling series in modern crime fiction … Tackling topical issues, the book will tell you a great deal about why the world’s in the state it is, while never neglecting its duty to entertain’ Sunday Express ‘A tense thriller with a highly unusual plot and interesting characters’ The Times_________________The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her.As a group of foreign businessmen tries to draw Agla into an ingenious fraud that stretches from Iceland around the world, Agla and her former nemesis, María find the stakes being raised at a terrifying speed.Ruthless drug baron Ingimar will stop at nothing to protect his empire, but he has no idea about the powder keg he is sitting on in his own home.At the same time, a deadly threat to Sonya and her family brings her from London back to Iceland, where she needs to settle scores with longstanding adversaries if she wants to stay alive._________________‘Cage is the muted and more credible conclusion to a wayward, but diverting trilogy that began with Snare (2017) and continued with Trap (2018) — ironic titles for essentially escapist fiction … Compassion beats complexity every time’ The Times‘In keeping with a lot of Icelandic fiction, Cage is written in a clean, understated style, the author letting the reader put together the emotional beats and plot developments. Smart writing with a strongly beating heart’ Big Issue‘Deftly plotted though and with a forensic attention to the technicalities of stock exchange manipulations and drug running techniques’ Crime Time‘With shocks and surprises in store, and that oh so satisfying end, Cage provoked, chilled, and thrilled me’ LoveReading‘A novel about survival, about scheming, it’s about self-preservation and about clinging to a vestige of decency in a screwed up world. Superbly translated by Quentin Bates, who knows the language, the country, the people and crime writing intimately. Cage is a pacy thriller; you will find yourself invested in the story’ New Books Magazine‘An emotional suspense rollercoaster on a par with The Firm, as desperate, resourceful, profoundly lovable characters scheme against impossible odds’ Alexandra Sokoloff‘Clear your diary. As soon as you begin reading … you won’t be able to stop until the final page’ Michael Wood‘Zips along, with tension building and building … thoroughly recommend’ James Oswald‘The intricate plot is breathtakingly original, with many twists and turns you never see coming. Thriller of the year’ New York Journal of Books
The Caged Countess (Mills And Boon Historical Ser. #Vol. 464)
by Joanna FulfordA HUSBAND SHE CAN NO LONGER DENY… Eight years ago Claudia, Countess of Ulverdale, said goodbye to her husband Anthony when he left to fight against Napoleon. Now, both working as spies, they find their separate missions bring them together by chance in a Parisian brothel. Claudia’s independence – and her virtue – are compromised.
Cain His Brother: An atmospheric and compelling Victorian mystery (William Monk Mystery #6)
by Anne PerryWilliam Monk faces his most bizarre case to date... In the foggy streets of Victorian London, Investigator Monk continues to solve the city's crimes and murders, with Cain His Brother being the sixth instalment of Anne Perry's mystery series featuring the popular detective. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Sarah Perry.'Just when you think you have it figured out, think again! No one can capture and bring to life the drama, excitement, and feel of Victorian England like Perry' - Mostly Murder Genvieve Stonefield's husband Angus is missing when she seeks William Monk's help to find him. She is convinced that he has been murdered by his twin brother Caleb, a shadowy figure who lives in the slums bordering the Thames and has always hated his respectable businessman brother. Although worried about Hester Latterly's health as she nurses victims of a typhoid outbreak in Limehouse, and threatened by a personal scandal, Monk is determined to bring one of the most bizarre cases he has ever encountered to its conclusion. What readers are saying about Cain His Brother: 'This is the best one in the Monk series... this novel has a most baffling conclusion and left me reeling in surprise''Lots of twists to the tale, it'll have you hooked''Five stars'
The Cairo Affair: A Novel
by Olen SteinhauerSophie Kohl is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after she confesses to her husband Emmett, a mid-level diplomat at the American embassy in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo, he is shot in the head and killed. Stan Bertolli, a Cairo-based CIA agent, has fielded his share of midnight calls. But his heart skips a beat when he hears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved, calling to ask why her husband has been assassinated. Jibril Aziz, an American analyst, knows more about Stumbler, a covert operation rejected by the CIA years ago, than anyone. So when it appears someone else has obtained a copy of the blueprints, Jibril knows the danger it represents... As these players converge on the city of Cairo, Olen Steinhauer's masterful manipulations slowly craft a portrait of a marriage, a jigsaw puzzle of loyalty and betrayal, against a dangerous world of political games where allegiances are never clear and outcomes are never guaranteed.
The Cairo Diary
by Maxim ChattamBritish-occupied Cairo, 1928: Several young children have disappeared and were then found, horribly mutilated, in the tombs just outside the city. Panic is spreading among the locals after a cloaked giant is sighted. Has a ghoul from One Thousand and One Nights been brought to life? British inspector Jeremy Matheson follows the trail of the monster, which takes him into the depths of underground Cairo as well as deep into his own tortured past. Mont-Saint-Michel, 2005: Marion has taken refuge in the wind-swept and remote monastery located on a spit of land on the west coast of France. In the wake of a scandal, caused by her own revelations, that is now reverberating through the French capital, she has been spirited away from Paris and brought here by the Secret Service for her own protection. When she finds a diary dating from 1928 in the monastery library, penned by Jeremy Matheson and hidden inside the jacket of an Edgar Allen Poe book, she is inexorably pulled into the past as she is being watched, and taunting notes and riddles urge her to give back what is not hers. . . ‘One of the best contemporary thriller authors’ Le Monde
Cajun Justice
by James PattersonFrom the world's bestselling thriller writer comes an international thriller going from the Bayou in Louisiana to Tokyo, Japan as justice is served.Cain Lemaire, a Secret Service agent from New Orleans, has the job he’s always wanted – until a single night results in a scandal that gets him fired.Needing a new direction, Cain follows his sister to Japan and takes a job in Tokyo as head of security for the CEO of a top company. But what he thought was a simple security assignment unravels a tangled web of corruption, greed and extortion.Without the wealth of resources he had with the Secret Service, Cain will have to rely on his instincts and training as he races to find justice the way only a former agent can.
A Calamity of Souls: The brand new novel from the number one bestselling author of Simply Lies
by David Baldacci'This is David Baldacci at his best' - Michael Connelly'I couldn’t stop turning the pages, fascinated, moved, horrified' – Alex Michaelides'Baldacci on top form - a tragic, gripping and intensely believable thriller.' - Peter James'A tour de force' – S.A. Cosby'May be the best novel David Baldacci has ever written' - Scott Turow'A tale of high tension, false assumptions and stubborn humanity' - Stacey AbramsSet in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in town. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era.Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution’s deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice.
Calculated in Death: 36 (In Death #36)
by J. D. RobbOn a bitterly cold night on the steps outside an empty office in New York's financial district, a woman lies dead. It seems like a mugging gone wrong, but Eve Dallas soon discovers that the body was dumped there deliberately. Now she has to find out why.Eve has a host of suspects for Marta Dickenson's murder. Using her husband Roarke's business know-how and with Detective Delia Peabody by her side - when not distracted by the upcoming premiere they're all to attend - Eve starts examining the motives of some very powerful people in order to catch a killer.
Calculated Revenge (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Ser.)
by Jill Elizabeth NelsonIt's been eighteen years since Laney Thompson's sister was abducted and killed, but the pain Laney feels has never faded. And now the murderer is back, taunting Laney with mementos of her sister and threatening Laney's young daughter.
Calculated Risk: Steel Resolve (cardwell Ranch: Montana Legacy) / Calculated Risk (the Risk Series: A Bree And Tanner Thriller) (The Risk Series: A Bree and Tanner Thriller #1)
by Janie CrouchShe thought she was finally safe, But her past won’t let her go.
Calculated Risk (Mills And Boon Silhouette Ser.)
by Stephanie DoyleAt the ripe old age of twenty, girl genius Sabrina Masters was booted from the CIA for "willful insubordination." Now, ten years later, they want her back for a mission only she has the brains to complete–breaking a twisted code to flush out a terrorist. Too bad the mission comes with her former trainer and ex-lover–Quinlan–attached.
Calculated Risk: Under The Lawman's Protection Buried Calculated Risk (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Suspense Ser.)
by Heather WoodhavenCLANDESTINE COVER-UP
Calculated Vendetta: Sheriff Calculated Vendetta Crash Landing (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Suspense Ser.)
by Jodie BaileyKILLER STORY
Calico Joe: A Novel (Bride Series)
by John Grisham'No one does it better than Grisham' - Telegraph A father's guilt. A son's redemption. Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged.Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them.************ THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on Netflix ************What readers are saying about CALICO JOE'Hooked from start to finish' - 5 STARS'Riveting' - 5 STARS'A delicious meal of a book!' - 5 STARS
California Bear: A Novel
by Duane SwierczynskiThis "fresh, exciting, and brilliantly unpredictable" thriller (James Patterson) from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly) follows four unlikely vigilantes who pit themselves against the villain behind California&’s coldest case when they decide to take justice into their own hands. NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE &“KILLER&”: Jack Queen has been exonerated and freed from prison thanks to retired LAPD officer Cato Hightower. But when guilt gnaws at Jack, he admits: &“I actually did it.&” To which Hightower responds: &“Yeah, no kidding.&” You see, the ex-cop has a special job in mind for the ex-con… THE GIRL DETECTIVE: Fifteen-year-old Matilda Finnerty has been handed a potential death sentence in the form of a leukemia diagnosis. But that&’s not going to stop her from tackling the most important mystery of her life: Is her father guilty of murder? GENE JEANIE: Jeanie Hightower mends family trees for a living, but the genealogist is unable to repair her own marriage. And her soon-to-be ex may have entangled her in a scheme that has drawn the bloody wrath of… THE BEAR: A prolific serial killer who disappeared forty years ago, who is only now emerging from hibernation when the conditions are just right. And this time, the California Bear is not content to hunt in the shadows… From two-time Edgar nominee Duane Swierczynski, California Bear is clever, moving, and surprising as it takes aim at the true crime industry, Hollywood, justice, and the killers inside us all.
California Fire And Life (Vintage Crime/black Lizard Ser.)
by Don WinslowThe woman on the bed had died in the fire. Pamela Vale, aged 34. She had been beautiful, and had been heavily insured. Her husband showed little grief. Her children seemed terrified. Insurance investigator Jack Wade is sure he knows what happened. All he has to do is to gather the evidence to prove it. And Wade is the best there is: fires talk to him, tell him exactly what happened, and how. But not everyone shares Wade's belief that the woman was murdered. California Fire and Life is ready to pay out Nicky Vale's claim on his wife's accidental death and the destruction of their house. As Wade fights the decision, as he gathers more evidence, he begins to uncover a world of corruption where nothing is quite what it seems, a world where it's not fire that talks, but money. . .
California Moon (Mira Ser.)
by Catherine LaniganShannon Riley is a dedicated nurse living in the shadows of a past she cannot face. Gabe Turner is her patient, a man lying in a coma–and the prime suspect in his business partner's murder. Just outside the door, Officer Ben Richards stands guard, watching as the woman he is falling in love with falls in love with his prisoner.
Call After Midnight: Under The Knife (Mira Ser.)
by Tess GerritsenA ringing phone in the middle of the night begins a horrific journey for newlywed Sarah Fontaine when she is given the news that her husband, Geoffrey, has been killed in a hotel fire in Berlin.
Call The Dying: The Lydmouth Crime Series Book 7 (Lydmouth Crime Series #7)
by Andrew Taylor'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the seventh instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesLove and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are blind. As the grip of a long hard winter tightens on Lydmouth, a dead woman calls the dying in a seance behind net curtains. Two provincial newspapers are in the throes of a bitter circulation war. A lorry-driver broods, and an office boy loses his heart. Britain is basking in the warm glow of post-war tranquillity, but in the quiet town of Lydmouth, darker forces are at play. The rats are fed on bread and milk, a gentleman's yellow kid glove is mislaid on a train, and something disgusting is happening at Mr Prout's toyshop.Returning to a town shrouded in intrigue and suspicion, Jill Francis becomes acting editor of the Gazette. Meanwhile, there's no pleasure left in the life of Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill. Only a corpse, a television set and the promise of trouble to come.'An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling' The Times'The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today' Val McDermid 'There is no denying Taylor's talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' Time Out
Call for the Dead (Penguin Modern Classics)
by John Le CarréThe first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage and international intrigue, Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carré's masterful creation George Smiley. After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carré's first book, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.If you enjoyed Call for the Dead, you might like le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'Intelligent, thrilling, surprising ... makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense' Observer
Call for the Saint (Saint Ser. #27)
by Leslie CharterisIn these two novellas, the Saint puts his life on the line to tackle two very different crimimals. In 'The King of the Beggars', he and Hoppy get on the wrong side of a protection racket in Chicago - leading to murder charges, danger and a meeting with the King himself. Back in New York, Simon's sense of fair play is offended by a crooked boxing promoter, setting him off on an investigation which will end in a life-or-death encounter in the boxing ring.
Call Him Mine: 'A gritty crime novel for those who were glued to Narcos or Sicario' (Dead Good)
by Tim MacGabhann'TOUGH AND UNCOMPROMISING: YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU READ IT' Lee Child'FEVERISH, LYRICAL AND GRIPPING FROM BEGINNING TO END' Independent, 30 best books for summer 2019NOBODY ASKED US TO LOOK. EVERY DAY, EVER SINCE, I STILL WISH WE HADN'T.Jaded reporter Andrew and his photographer boyfriend, Carlos, are sick of sifting the dregs of Mexico's drug war: from cartel massacres to corrupt politicians, they think they've seen it all.But when they find a body even the police are too scared to look at, what started out as just another assignment becomes the sort of story all reporters dream of... ...until Carlos pushes for answers too fast, and winds up murdered, leaving Andrew grief-stricken and flailing for answers, justice, and revenge.'A hilarious, gripping, poetic off-the-wall crime story set in a delirious Mexican underworld. I loved it' Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain 'Call Him Mine pulls you in by the eyeballs, steals your wallet, tramples on your heartstrings, and somehow leaves you feeling uplifted and alive' Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies 'Terrifying, riveting, emotionally wrenching... MacGabhann is a writer of gritty poetic genius. This is the wired, fevered, enthralling Mexico City I live in' Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name