Crime Fiction
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Back of Beyond by C J Box £7.99 Twilight falls on a cold, wet spring day in the mountains of Montana. A cabin smoulders in the forest. In the remains of the kitchen, a table set for two; next door, the remains of a single body. Alerted by hikers, Detective Cody Hoyt is called to the scene. While a brilliant cop, Cody is also an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety and it doesn't help that the body in the cabin is his AA sponsor Hank Winters. It looks like the suicide of a man who's fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that….. |
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Betrayal by Karin Alvtegen £7.99
When Eva discovers her husband has been having an affair, her grief and rage drive her into vengeful action. Then she meets Jonas, who for the past two years has been keeping vigil beside his comatose girlfriend. Burdened with his own sinister history, he sees a chance to start afresh with Eva. This new novel from the author of ‘Missing’ and ‘Shadow’ is a thrilling chase, full of desperation and murder that reaches deep into the hidden secrets of family life in a remote Swedish town. |
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Worth Dying For by Lee Child £7.99
Has Jack Reacher finally met his match? ‘61 Hours’ ended with Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him. Was that really the end of the road for the maverick loner? This is the kind of explosive thriller only Lee Child could write - a heart-racing page-turner no suspense fan will want to miss. |
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Postcard Killers James Patterson & Liza Marklund £7.99
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him - he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of the killer of his daughter and her fiancé, who were murdered while on holiday in Rome. Since then, young couples in many European cities have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard sent to the local newspaper prior to each attack. Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm - and they think they know where the next victims will be... |
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Tigerlily’s Orchids Ruth Rendell £7.99
When Stuart Font decides to throw a house-warming party in his new flat, he invites all the people in his building. The party will be one that everyone remembers, but not for the right reasons. They are all about to experience a dramatic change in their lives, as a consequence of the young, beautiful Asian woman who lives opposite, in reclusive isolation. Darkly humorous, piercingly observant of human behaviour, Ruth Rendell has created here another compelling fable. |