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Woman in the Water
by Katerina DiamondThe breathtakingly twisty new thriller – guaranteed to shock and surprise
The Woman In The Golden Dress (Hq Fiction Ebook Ser.)
by Nicola CornickFor fans of Kate Morton and Tracy Rees comes a captivating novel about two women, separated by centuries, whose fates are bound together by one haunting secret. ***
The Woman in the Dark: A haunting, addictive thriller that you won't be able to put down
by Vanessa SavageThere's a stranger in the house . . .But what if the stranger is your husband?'Kept us utterly spooked and utterly hooked' HEAT 'Claustrophobic and compelling' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Unputdownable' LAURA MARSHALL'A vivid portrait of buried tensions' DAILY MAIL'An intense tale of deceit, treachery and loss' THE SUN'Scary, pacy and compelling' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Creepy and atmospheric' AMANDA JENNINGS**************For Sarah and Patrick, life has always been easy. Then they move to Patrick's childhood home and everything changes.Fifteen years ago, another family was murdered there. Patrick says they can make it perfect again, but their children are plagued by nightmares and Sarah swears someone is watching the house.Worse still, the longer they live in their 'dream' home, the more different her loving husband becomes . . .A chilling psychological thriller about dark family dysfunction and the secrets that haunt us, The Woman in the Dark will captivate fans of Shari Lapena, Louise Candlish and THE INNOCENT WIFE by Amy Lloyd.**************What readers are saying about THE WOMAN IN THE DARK:'I can honestly say that this book will be next years must read psychological thriller of 2019' 'A deeply disturbing psychological thriller which always stays on the right side of horror' 'What a cracker of a book. Unputdownable and well written''I loved this book and stayed up half the night to finish it' 'A real page-turner . . . I thoroughly enjoyed it''A dark and many layered book. Hooked from the very first page'Brilliant . . . a fantastic ending with a twist that I did not see coming
The Woman in the Blue Cloak (Benny Griessel Story Ser. #6)
by Deon MeyerFrom the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickThe Woman in the Blue Cloak is a brilliant novella which will thrill and entertain fans of Deon Meyer's much-loved detective Benny Griessel.Benny Griessel is a cop on a mission: he plans to ask Alexa Bernard to marry him. That means he needs to buy an engagement ring - and that means he needs a loan.So Benny has a lot on his mind when he is called to a top-priority murder case. A woman's body is discovered, naked and washed in bleach, draped on a wall beside a picturesque road above Cape Town. The identity of the victim is a mystery, as is the reason for her killing.Gradually, Benny and his colleague Vaughn Cupido begin to work out the roots of the story, which reach as far away as England and Holland... and as far back as the seventeenth century.
The Woman in Red: classic crime fiction by Lucy Malleson, writing as Anthony Gilbert (Mr Crook Murder Mystery)
by Anthony Gilbert'No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant' Sunday ExpressWhen Julia Ross, a jobless and penniless girl, is sent to meet a prospective employer, she is oblivious to the trap that awaits her. As she rings the bell to 30 Henriques Square, the door opens on a London household ruled by a red-wigged old lady with murderous intentions.Two days later, Julia awakes in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity. And it's down to lawyer-sleuth Arthur Crook to rescue the missing heroine and clear out the villainous nest.'An excellent thriller' Time Magazine
The Woman in Cabin 10: The unputdownable thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The IT Girl
by Ruth Ware'Reads like Agatha Christie got together with Paula Hawkins to crowdsource a really fun thriller' StylistA PASSENGER IS MISSING...BUT WAS SHE EVER ON BOARD AT ALL?This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship.A chance for travel journalist Lo Blacklock to recover from a traumatic break-in that has left her on the verge of collapse.Except things don't go as planned.Woken in the night by screams, Lo rushes to her window to see a body thrown overboard from the next door cabin. But the records show that no-one ever checked into that cabin, and no passengers are missing from the boat.Exhausted and emotional, Lo has to face the fact that she may have made a mistake - either that, or she is now trapped on a boat with a murderer..._________________Praise for THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10:' Scary and unsettling, it's' edge-of-your-seat stuff' The Sun'A tense, moody drama set on a press trip that goes horribly wrong... a brilliantly claustrophobic setting' Sunday Times'A twisty puzzle' Shari Lapena'Terrifically tense' Good Housekeeping
The Woman In Blue: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 8 (The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries #8)
by Elly GriffithsThe murder of women priests in Norfolk's spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new adventure. 'Ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place' The TimesWhen Ruth's friend Cathbad sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, in a white gown and blue cloak, in Walsingham's graveyard, he takes it in his stride. Walsingham has strong connections to Mary, and Cathbad is a druid after all; visions come with the job. But when the body of a woman in a blue dressing-gown is found dead the next day in a nearby ditch, it is clear that a horrible crime has been committed, and DCI Nelson and his team are called in for what is now a murder investigation.Ruth, a devout atheist, has managed to avoid Walsingham during her seventeen years in Norfolk. But then an old university friend asks to meet her in the village, and Ruth is amazed to discover that she is now a priest. She has been receiving vitriolic anonymous letters targeting women priests - letters containing references to local archaeology and a striking phrase about a woman 'clad in blue, weeping for the world'.Then another woman is murdered - a priest. As Walsingham prepares for its annual Easter re-enactment of the Crucifixion, the race is on to unmask the killer before they strike again...
The Woman In Black (The\susan Hill Collection #1)
by Susan HillThe Classic English Ghost StoryArthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black – and her terrible purpose.
The Woman In Black (The\susan Hill Collection #1)
by Susan Hill‘I did not believe in ghosts’Few attend Mrs Alice Drablow’s funeral, and not one blood relative amongst them. There are undertakers with shovels, of course, a local official who would rather be anywhere else, and one Mr Arthur Kipps, solicitor from London. He is to spend the night in Eel Marsh House, the place where the old recluse died amidst a sinking swamp, a blinding fog and a baleful mystery about which the townsfolk refuse to speak. Young Mr Kipps expects a boring evening alone sorting out paperwork and searching for Mrs Drablow’s will. But when the high tide pens him in, what he finds – or rather what finds him – is something else entirely.In the 'Backstory' discover more classic ghost stories and some real-life ones too...Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
The Woman in Black: Locked In/vigilante/the Woman In Black - Books 1-3 (Jessica Daniel series #3)
by Kerry WilkinsonThe Woman in Black is the third gripping Jessica Daniel novel from bestselling sensation, Kerry Wilkinson.Someone has left a severed hand in the centre of Manchester and the only clue Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel has to go on is CCTV footage of a woman in a long black robe placing it carefully on the ground. With a lengthy missing persons list and frantic families wondering if the body part could belong to their absent loved ones, she has plenty to deal with - and that's before a detached finger arrives for her in the post. By the time a second hand is found and a local MP's wife goes missing, Jessica is left struggling to find out who the appendages belong to, how they are connected and just what the mysterious woman in black has to do with it all.
The Woman He Loved Before: She's Out Of His Life, But Is She Out Of His Heart?
by Dorothy KoomsonLibby has a good life with a gorgeous husband and a home by the sea. But over time she is becoming more unsure if Jack has ever loved her - and if he is over the death of Eve, his first wife.When fate intervenes in their relationship, Libby decides to find out all she can about the man she hastily married and the seemingly perfect Eve. But in doing so she unearths some devastating secrets. Frightened by what she finds and the damage it could cause, Libby starts to worry that she too will end up like the first woman Jack loved...
The Woman from Bratislava
by Leif DavidsenIn Bratislava, Teddy Pedersen, a middle-aged, Danish university lecturer, receives a visit from an Eastern European woman who turns out to be his half-sister. Father to both of them was a Danish SS officer who had officially been declared dead in 1952, but had in fact lived on in Yugoslavia for many years. In Copenhagen, Teddy's older sister is arrested on suspicion of being a Stasi agent, and a murder leads Teddy - and the Danish intelligence service - to investigate the relationship between these two - the woman in Denmark and the woman in Bratislava. The link between them proves to have far-reaching personal and political consequences.
The Woman Downstairs
by Elisabeth Carpenter'Carpenter emerges as an addictive new talent' Helen FieldsCan you ever really know your neighbours?When human remains are found in a ground floor flat, the residents of Nelson Heights are shocked to learn that there was a dead body in their building for over three years. Sarah lives at the flat above and after the remains are found, she feels threatened by a stranger hanging around the building.Laura has lived in the building for as long as she can remember, caring for her elderly father, though there is more to her story than she is letting on.As the investigation starts to heat up, and the two women become more involved, it's clear that someone isn't telling the truth about what went on all those years ago...
The Woman Detective: Gender And Genre
by Kathleen Gregory Klein"Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction." -- Feminist Bookstore News This new edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994. "A highly intelligent analysis." -- Ms. "Well-researched and well-written. . . . Traces the evolution of sexist boundaries in popular detective fiction from a feminist viewpoint and documents the parallels in social history and the women's rights movement." -- Ronald C. Miller, The Armchair Detective "Identifies dozens of good novels whose titles are not well known, its promise of good reading extending well beyond its own covers." -- Jane Bakerman, Belles Lettres
The Woman Chaser: The Woman Chaser, Cockfighter, The Burnt Orange Heresy, The Machine In Ward Eleven
by Charles Willeford Perseus'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore LeonardBy day, Richard Hudson, woman-chaser and used-car salesman, works his crooked car lot with much success. By night, he returns home to a family of misfits. One day, seized by a feeling of terror and revulsion, he realises he's wasting his life in the meaningless pursuit of money. His only hope, he decides, is to pursue his dream of making a movie.Richard completes his cherished project, but forces beyond his control swiftly reject and destroy it. As a result, enraged and humiliated, he goes on a bender of epic proportions, drinking his way through the underbelly of Los Angeles and exacting a monstrous revenge on all who have crossed him.
The Woman Before
by Jennifer MooreFrom an exciting debut author comes an addictive, atmospheric psychological thriller about a mysterious woman and house of shocking secrets…
The Woman at 72 Derry Lane
by Carmel Harrington‘A complete page-turner and an emotional rollercoaster. Tissues will be required’ Sinead Moriarty ‘A wonderfully life-affirming book…Carmel Harrington writes with such honesty’ New York Times bestselling author, Hazel Gaynor
A Woman Alone: A gripping and intense psychological thriller coming in 2020
by Nina LaurinA family running from danger.A house with the darkest of secrets.The compulsive new thriller from the acclaimed Nina Laurin.Cecelia, her husband and their three-year-old daughter have just moved into a new house: a fresh start after a horrific burglary the year before. This house comes with a complex security system that is supposed to make them all feel safe.Except, strange things keep happening. The security system reveals that the house had a prior occupant: Lydia. Where is she now? Cecelia is determined to discover the fate of this mysterious woman. But in doing so, she beings to realise the danger her family is in.As twist after twist catches the reader off guard, Lydia's past and Cecilia's present become inexorably entwined in this tense, page-turning novel.Reader reviews for Girl Last Seen'Absolutely BRILLIANT' 'A dark,twisted and tense thriller that I devoured''This is the best thriller I've read this year. A real page turner''Twists and turns keep you on the edge of your seat'
The Wolves of Winter: A Novel
by Tyrell Johnson‘A cracking futuristic adventure, told with pace and panache and packed with vivid, shiver-inducing description’ Daily Mail ‘Read this in one sitting. DEEPLY satisfying.’ Lucy Mangan
The Wolves of Venice: A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Caravaggio Conspiracy
by Alex ConnorThe city has secrets kept in the shadows. Venice, 16th century. The staggering wealth of Venice contrasts the brutal lives of those in the ghetto. Opportunistic merchants arrive to make their fortune. Deception, malice and perversion thrive, leading to the emergence of a dark society: The Wolves of Venice. Drawn into the Wolves' plots are the innocents – including Marco Gianetti, assistant to Tintoretto; Ira Tabat, a Jewish merchant; Giorgio Gabal, an artist's apprentice; and Giovanni Spoletto, the doomed castrato – all manipulated by the likes of Pietro Aretino, the courtesan Tita Boldini and the spy Adamo Baptista. The lives of these characters criss-cross one another. Their destinies intermingle in a Venice corrupted by spies lingering in the shadows, working for paymasters that change allegiance with the wind. As the betrayals, murders and tragedies continue, will anyone be able to bring the Wolves of Venice to justice? Praise for Alex Connor: 'Alex Connor is a master at keeping the pace moving [and] keeps you turning the pages even though you promised yourself to put the light out fifteen minutes ago!' HISTORICAL NOVEL REVIEW. 'A deep knowledge of the art world is displayed by Connor... The pace is steady with spikes of frantic action... A marvellous twist at the end' CRIMESQUAD. 'A truly superb book... The end is totally unexpected. Highly recommended' EURO CRIME. 'The book sped by and entertained me immensely. I will be without doubt picking up the other books by this author, finding a good thriller writer is hard, finding a great one is nigh on impossible' PARMENION BOOKS. 'Convincing characters and a fast-moving plot lift this above the pack of mystery thrillers centered on an old work of art' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
The Wolves of Savernake: A gripping medieval mystery from the bestselling author (Domesday series #1)
by Edward MarstonRalph Delchard, a soldier who fought at the Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, a talented lawyer, have been commissioned by William the Conqueror to look into irregularities brought to light during the compilation of the Domesday Book, the great survey of England. Their investigations take them throughout the kingdom, but the pair often find themselves embroiled in more sinister mysteries in the towns they visit. The King’s work is a dangerous business.A man’s body is found mutilated in Savernake Forest and the residents of Bedwyn sleep uneasy at night, fearing a monster stalking the town. When Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret arrive, they soon discover that the locals are harbouring dark secrets and that the real killer may be a little closer to home…
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