Broken Ones

Richards, Ren

Viper

'Disturbing, blackly funny and completely compulsive' - ALEX NORTH\n'a SERIOUSLY creepy thriller. I may never venture into the loft again' - MARK BILLINGHAM\n'Dark and disturbing yet so absorbing. Jackson knows how to reel you in' - MEL SHERRATT\nTHERE'S A SERIAL KILLER ON THE RUN 
AND HE'S HIDING IN YOUR HOUSE\nThomas Brogan is a serial killer. Having left a trail of bodies in his wake, and with the police hot on his heels, it seems like Thomas has nowhere left to hide. That is until he breaks into an abandoned house at the end of a terrace on a quiet street. And when he climbs up into the loft, he realises that the can drop down into all the other houses on the street through the shared attic space.\nThat's when the real fun begins. Because the one thing that Thomas enjoys even more than killing, is playing games with his victims. And his new neighbours have more than enough dark secrets to make this game his best one yet...\nDo you fear The Resident? Soon you'll be dying to meet him.\n'A brilliantly creepy, edge-of-your-seat, tense thriller' - WILL CARVER\n'Utterly compelling and impossible to put down. Incredible' - LUCA VESTE\n'Twisted as hell. I loved it!' - MANDASUE HELLER\n'Clever, addictive and brazenly terrifying. I slept with the lights on after reading this one' - CHRIS WHITAKER\n'Darkly thrilling and utterly compulsive. A tour de force!' - VICTORIA SELMAN\n'A devilishly dark, wickedly funny crime novel' - PAUL BURSTON\n'I highly recommend this book, had me terrified' I'm never going in the attic again. Ever' - LISA HALL\n'Menacing, disturbing, compelling and unique' ALEX SHAW\n'Breathtaking, engrossing and deliciously dark, I dare you to read The Resident and think differently' - STEPHEN EDGER

The Resident

David Jackson

'Horrific, hilarious and often rather moving' THE TIMES 
'The master of razor-sharp one liners. An absolute belter' - MANDASUE HELLER 
'Brilliant. This is British crime writing at its best' - MARK EDWARDS 
________________________________________\nMY DAD SAYS BAD THINGS 
HAPPEN WHEN I BREAK IT...\nDaniel is looking forward to his birthday. He wants pie and chips, a big chocolate cake, and a comic book starring his favourite superhero. And as long as he follows The Rule, nothing bad will happen.\nDaniel will be twenty-three next week. And he has no idea that he's about to kill a stranger.\nDaniel's parents know that their beloved and vulnerable son will be taken away. They know that Daniel didn't mean to hurt anyone, he just doesn't know his own strength. They dispose of the body. Isn't that what any loving parent would do? But as forces on both sides of the law begin to close in on them, they realise they have no option but to finish what they started. Even if it means that others will have to die...\nBecause they'll do anything to protect Daniel. Even murder. 
________________________________________\n'Excellent as always. Grimy and heartbreaking in equal measure' - WILL CARVER\n'A pacy, smart and darkly funny heartbreaker of a crime novel' - SUSI HOLLIDAY\n'A stupendous piece of literary engineering' - JENNY O'BRIEN\n'An intense and compelling read. Highly recommended' - LISA HALL\n'David Jackson has done it again. The Rule is incredible' - NOELLE HOLTEN

The Rule: The new heart-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of Cry Baby

Literature & Fiction

Jackson, David

Genre Fiction

'A riotous delve into the dark medical world of Restoration London' - S.G. MACLEAN 
'An infectious read, packed with atmosphere and colourful characters' - OSCAR DE MURIEL 
'A gripping whodunnit with a sinister twist' - JENNIFER RYAN 
________________________________________\nWHO WOULD MURDER THE DYING...\nLondon, 1665. Hidden within the growing pile of corpses in his churchyard, Rector Symon Patrick discovers a victim of the pestilence unlike any he has seen before: a young woman with a shorn head, covered in burns, and with pieces of twine delicately tied around each wrist and ankle.\nDesperate to discover the culprit, Symon joins a society of eccentric medical men who have gathered to find a cure for the plague. Someone is performing terrible experiments upon the dying, hiding their bodies amongst the hundreds that fill the death carts.\nOnly Penelope - a new and mysterious addition to Symon's household - may have the skill to find the killer. Far more than what she appears, she is already on the hunt. But the dark presence that enters the houses of the sick will not stop, and has no mercy...\nThis hugely atmospheric and entertaining historical thriller will transport readers to the palaces and alleyways of seventeenth-century London. Perfect for fans of Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Andrew Taylor and C.J. Sansom. 
________________________________________\n'A sickening, desperate London, wonderfully evoked. A terrific read!' - ALIX NATHAN\n'A rollicking, roistering tale with humour horror and human decency at its dark heart' - KATE GRIFFIN\n'Brilliantly convincing and thrillingly infectious' - S.W. PERRY\n'A gorgeous, darkly witty novel that transports readers to the London of Charles II' - MARIAH FREDERICKS\n'Dark, haunting and unexpectedly witty' - SUSAN ELIA MACNEAL

The Plague Letters

Valentine, V.L.

'A riotous delve into the dark medical world of Restoration London' - S.G. MACLEAN'An infectious read, packed with atmosphere and colourful characters' - OSCAR DE MURIEL'A gripping whodunnit with a sinister twist' - JENNIFER RYAN________________________________________WHO WOULD MURDER THE DYING...London, 1665. Hidden within the growing pile of corpses in his churchyard, Rector Symon Patrick discovers a victim of the pestilence unlike any he has seen a young woman with a shorn head, covered in burns, and with pieces of twine delicately tied around each wrist and ankle. Desperate to discover the culprit, Symon joins a society of eccentric medical men who have gathered to find a cure for the plague. Someone is performing terrible experiments upon the dying, hiding their bodies amongst the hundreds that fill the death carts.Only Penelope - a new and mysterious addition to Symon's household - may have the skill to find the killer. Far more than what she appears, she is already on the hunt. But the dark presence that enters the houses of the sick will not stop, and has no mercy...This hugely atmospheric and entertaining historical thriller will transport readers to the palaces and alleyways of seventeenth-century London. Perfect for fans of Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Andrew Taylor and C.J. Sansom.________________________________________'A sickening, desperate London, wonderfully evoked. A terrific read!' - ALIX NATHAN'A rollicking, roistering tale with humour horror and human decency at its dark heart' - KATE GRIFFIN'Brilliantly convincing and thrillingly infectious' - S.W. PERRY'A gorgeous, darkly witty novel that transports readers to the London of Charles II' - MARIAH FREDERICKS'Dark, haunting and unexpectedly witty' - SUSAN ELIA MACNEAL

V.L. Valentine

'A dark gothic delight' JANICE HALLETT, author of THE TWYFORD CODE 
'Inventive, lavish, twisty... will keep you guessing until the very end' ALISON LITTLEWOOD, author of MISTLETOE\nA dark house filled with darker secrets...\nWinter 1954, and in a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn, Sam Cooper realises that she has nothing left. Her mother is dead, she has no prospects, and she cannot afford the rent. But as she goes through her mother's things, Sam finds a stack of hidden letters that reveal a family and an inheritance that she never knew she had, three thousand miles away in Yorkshire.\nBegars Abbey is a crumbling pile, inhabited only by Lady Cooper, Sam's ailing grandmother, and a handful of servants. Sam cannot understand why her mother kept its very existence a secret, but her newly discovered diaries offer a glimpse of a young girl growing increasingly terrified. As is Sam herself.\nBuilt on the foundations of an old convent, Begars moves and sings with the biting wind. Her grandmother cannot speak, and a shadowy woman moves along the corridors at night. There are dark places in the hidden tunnels beneath Begars. And they will not give up their secrets easily...\nA chilling read that will keep you turning the pages late into the night, Begars Abbey is a must-read for fans of Laura Purcell and W.C. Ryan.

Begars Abbey

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Hirsch is a whistle-blower. Formerly a promising metropolitan detective, now hated and despised, he's been exiled to a one-cop station in South Australia's wheatbelt. Threats. Pistol cartridge in the mailbox.\nSo when he heads up Bitter Wash Road to investigate gunfire and finds himself cut off without backup, there are two possibilities. Either he's found the fugitive killers thought to be in the area. Or his 'backup' is about to put a bullet in him.\nHe's wrong on both counts. But Tiverton when the next call-out takes him to the body of a sixteen-year-old girl, his investigation has disturbing echoes of the past he's trying to leave behind...

Bitter Wash Road

Disher, Garry

*** LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD *** 
*** A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME PICK OF THE MONTH ***\n'A scorchingly good novel' - MICHAEL ROBOTHAM\n'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMER\n'An utterly compelling mystery with rare heart and humanity' - DERVLA MCTIERNAN 
________________________________________\nAN ACT OF INEXPLICABLE CRUELTY. A FAMILY DESTROYED.\nConstable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in the dry farming country south of the Flinders Ranges. He's still new in town but his community work - welfare checks and a light touch - is starting to pay off. Now Christmas is here and, apart from a grass fire, two boys stealing a vehicle, and Brenda Flann entering the front bar of the pub without exiting her car, Hirsch's life has been peaceful.\nUntil he's called to an incident on Kitchener Street, a strange and vicious attack that sickens the community. And when the Sydney police ask him to look in on a family living on a forgotten back road, it doesn't look like a season of goodwill at all...\nA hugely atmospheric police procedural set in the dust of the Australian outback. Perfect for readers of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and Dervla McTiernan. 
________________________________________\n'In this brilliant novel, Disher takes his readers on a harrowing journey' - JOCK SERONG\n'An atmospheric and nail-biting novel by one of Australia's finest writers' -THE TIMES\n'Disher is brilliant at rural noir, capturing the stifling atmosphere of a small town where resentments simmer' - SUNDAY TIMES

Peace: A Sunday Times crime pick of the month

*** THE #1 KINDLE BESTSELLER *** 
*** A NETGALLEY BOOK OF THE MONTH ***\n'Dark, heartbreaking and totally absorbing' - LORRAINE KELLY 
'Brilliantly written and emotionally compulsive' - HARRIET TYCE 
'A powerful and thought-provoking page turner' - KATERINA DIAMOND 
________________________________________\nCALL ME MUMMY. IT'LL BE BETTER IF YOU DO.\nGlamorous, beautiful Mummy has everything a woman could want. Except for a daughter of her very own. So when she sees Kim - heavily pregnant, glued to her phone and ignoring her eldest child in a busy shop - she does what anyone would do. She takes her. But foul-mouthed little Tonya is not the daughter that Mummy was hoping for.\nAs Tonya fiercely resists Mummy's attempts to make her into the perfect child, Kim is demonised by the media as a 'scummy mummy', who deserves to have her other children taken too. Haunted by memories of her own childhood and refusing to play by the media's rules, Kim begins to spiral, turning on those who love her.\nThough they are worlds apart, Mummy and Kim have more in common than they could possibly imagine. But it is five-year-old Tonya who is caught in the middle... 
________________________________________\n'Disturbing and distinctive, this is a book I couldn't put down' - AMANDA JENNINGS 
'Tense and gripping, these characters will stay with me' - ALICE CLARK-PLATTS 
'Psychologically twisty and utterly gripping' - LISA HALL

Call Me Mummy: 'Totally absorbing' - Lorraine Kelly

Baker, Tina

The Appeal: The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month

* THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH *'This dazzlingly clever cosy crime novel completely trumps Richard Osman. A modern Agatha Christie' - SUNDAY TIMES'This is a case you're about to become obsessed with. A triumph' - ALEX NORTH'A daring debut... Hallett will soon have you laughing out loud' - THE TIMES'Gripping. I loved the ambitious and unusual approach' - SOPHIE HANNAHIn a town full of secrets...Someone was murdered.Someone went to prison.And everyone's a suspect.Can you uncover the truthDear Reader - enclosed are all the documents you need to solve a case. It starts with the arrival of two mysterious newcomers to the small town of Lockwood, and ends with a tragic death. Someone has already been convicted of this brutal murder and is currently in prison, but we suspect they are innocent. What's more, we believe far darker secrets have yet to be revealed. Throughout the Fairway Players' staging of All My Sons and the charity appeal for little Poppy Reswick's life-saving medical treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. Yet we believe they gave themselves away. In writing. The evidence is all here, between the lines, waiting to be discovered. Will you accept the challenge Can you uncover the truthThe standout debut thriller of 2021 that delivers multiple brilliant twists, and will change the way you think about the modern crime novel.'Extremely addictive, it will reel you in, one piece of evidence at a time' - ALEX PAVESI'Takes the whodunnit to a whole new level. A rare feat' - ELIZABETH HAYNES'Fiendishly clever and totally gripping' - CASS GREEN'A cracking book. Fresh, original and very clever' - MEL SHERRATT

Hallett, Janice

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Broken Ones

The Resident

The Rule: The new heart-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of Cry Baby

The Plague Letters

The Plague Letters

Begars Abbey

Bitter Wash Road

Peace: A Sunday Times crime pick of the month

Call Me Mummy: 'Totally absorbing' - Lorraine Kelly

The Appeal: The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month