The Devil's Playground

Stav Sherez

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Penguin Books, Ltd.

When Nikos, a detective in the final years of his career, is persuaded back to his home town he is faced with the gory murder of a young boy near the old monastery. Echoing two murders committed 33 years previously in the exact same spot, and a mass cult suicide, it brings back a part of the island's history that it has tried hard to forget.There is a lot at stake - the island's lucrative tourist trade and the open secret of the drugs trade that goes hand in hand with the hordes of mainly young British holiday makers. As Nikos begins his investigation, two British crime writers arrive on the island. The best selling Kitty Carson, on a break from the pressures of writing and her strained relationship, and Jason an aspiring writer whose aim is to strike up a friendship with her and convince her to help him get published. As the two writers are thrown together in an unexpected way, another murder is committed and Jason and Kitty are drawn into an investigation of their own. As they discover more about the island's dark past what began as a diversion becomes a dangerous pursuit.

The Black Monastery

Thrillers & Suspense

Faber&Faber

People used to come to the small Greek island of Palassos for the historic ruins. Now they come to take drugs and party all night. But the horrific ritual murder of a boy in the grounds of an old monastery brings back memories of two similar deaths in the mid-1970s, and of a mysterious cult who once dwelt in the island's interior, memories the island has tried hard to forget. As Nikos, the police chief who has been persuaded back to his home island for the final years of his career, begins his investigation, two Brits arrive on the island: the bestselling crime writer Kitty Carson, on a break from the pressures of work and her strained marriage, and Jason, an aspiring writer with a secret of his own. When a second body is discovered - further endangering the island's lucrative tourist trade - these three characters are thrown together, as the gruesome secrets of the past begin to emerge.

Mystery

Faber and Faber Crime

"A Dark Redemption" introduces DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller as they investigate the brutal rape and murder of a young Ugandan student. Plunged into an underworld of illegal immigrant communities, they discover that the murdered girl's studies at a London College may have threatened to reveal things that some people will go to any lengths to keep secret...Unflinching, inventive and intelligent, "A Dark Redemption" explores a sinister case that will force DI Carrigan to face up to his past and DS Miller to confront what path she wants her future to follow.

Dark Redemption

Eleven Days (Carrigan & Miller)

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-05-02 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: Faber Faber Crime A fire rages through a sleepy West London square. engulfing a small convent hidden away among the residential houses When DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller. arrive at the scene they discover eleven bodies. yet there were only supposed to be ten nuns in residence.Its eleven days before Christmas. and despite their superiors wanting the case solved before the holidays. Carrigan and Miller start to suspect that the nuns were not who they were made out to be. Why did they make no move to escape the fire Who is the eleventh victim. whose body was found separate to the others And where is the convents priest. the one man who can answer their questionsFighting both internal politics and the church hierarchy. Carrigan and Miller unravel the threads of a case which reaches back to the early ...

Faber Faber Crime

The Devil's playground

When the body of an old tramp, Jake Kuper, is found in a secluded Amsterdam park, Dutch detective Van Hijn is convinced this is the work of the serial killer stalking the city. Except all his previous victims were young, female and beautiful.

Michael, Joseph

When a distressed young woman arrives at their station claiming her friend has been abducted, and that the man threatened to come back and 'claim her next', detectives Carrigan and Miller are thrust into a terrifying new world of stalking and obsession. 
Taking them from a Bayswater hostel where backpackers and foreign students share dorms and failing dreams to the emerging threat of online intimidation, hacking and control, The Intrusions explores disturbing contemporary themes with all the skill and dark psychology that Stav Sherez's work has been so acclaimed for. 
Under scrutiny themselves, and with old foes and enmities resurfacing, how long will Carrigan and Miller have to find out the truth behind what these two women have been subjected to?

Intrusions, The

Literature & Fiction

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La Giostra Del Diavolo

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The Devil's Playground

The Black Monastery

The Black Monastery

Dark Redemption

Eleven Days (Carrigan & Miller)

The Devil's Playground

Intrusions, The

La Giostra Del Diavolo