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Dead Lock by Damien Boyd, Napoleon Ryan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEarly on a cold Somerset morning, ten year old Alesha Daniels is reported missing by her father, a violent alcoholic. Her mother, a known drug addict, is found unconscious, but it’s her mother’s boyfriend the police are keen to trace.As the hunt for Alesha gathers pace, a second local girl is taken, plunging another family into the depths of despair... -
![The Girl and the Dragon's Island by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl and the Dragon's Island by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA lifeless body, brought onto shore by the shifting tides.A tranquil setting disguising the darkness behind a puzzling death.While the nature of the world seems undisturbed.And billions continue living.There is one that carries with her the memory of the dead.She has no choice but to replay the very beginning... -
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Dying Inside by Damien Boyd
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series, a brutal murder looks like a gangland execution... until the next body is found.Newly promoted DCI Nick Dixon is stuck behind a desk when the peace of the Somerset countryside is shattered by a spate of sheep killings... -
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Dead Level by Damien Boyd
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the early hours of Christmas Eve, the wife of parliamentary candidate Tom Perry is brutally murdered in an apparent burglary gone wrong.With the by-election campaign about to start in earnest, and the festive season in full swing, torrential rain brings with it flood warnings on the Somerset Levels... -
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![I See You by Elle Gray]()
I See You by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI see you. After years of digging into his wife’s death, Paxton has had enough.He left the force and opened his own PI firm.His first case is to help a family navigate their way through a kidnapping.As Paxton launched into this case, he finds himself in the sights of a serial killer.But there is more than meets the eye about the kidnapper though.Armed with only three names... -
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Firewater Blues by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBe careful who you love …It’s the year 2000 and while Bunny McGarry is theoretically on sabbatical from the police, he just can’t help sticking his nose in where it doesn’t belong.Rosie Flint is an old acquaintance of Bunny’s whose boyfriend mysteriously disappears off the face of the Earth... -
![MoonShadow Murder by Rich Curtin]()
MoonShadow Murder by Rich Curtin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA backcountry commune, consisting of cave-like dwellings hollowed out of an immense sandstone formation in the remote high-desert landscape west of Moab, becomes the focal point of a murder case. A nineteen year old girl named Sunshine, a member of the small community, mysteriously disappears one evening. She was last seen hiking from her residence into an oncoming September thunderstorm... -
![Dead Embers by Matt Brolly]()
Dead Embers by Matt Brolly
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn explosive fire. A double murder. And that’s just the start…When DCI Michael Lambert is called out to an apparent house fire, he knows it can’t be routine. Instead he finds the remains of a burnt house, a traumatised child and two corpses - one of whom is a senior police officer.Lambert’s got other problems. Anti-corruption are onto his boss. His relationships is on the rocks... -
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Cold Comfort by Trevor Douglas
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHow do you catch a killer who never leaves a clue? Bridgette Casseldhorf is a rookie detective working her first murder case. The circumstances surrounding the murder of a young woman lead Bridgette to believe it’s the work of a serial killer, but nobody is listening... -
![Deadly Choices by Rachel McLean]()
Deadly Choices by Rachel McLean
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'You get one of your children back. Your choice.' When Alison Osman takes her children on a trip to Cadbury World, she thinks their squabbling is her worst problem. But when she turns to find them gone, she's plunged into every mother's worst nightmare. And then the message arrives, telling Alison she has three days to choose one of her children... -
![The Girl in the Mist by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl in the Mist by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s something strange about the mist... After a night of a scary movie marathon, a cold thick fog rolls over Sherwood, bringing with it the promise of fall. And when FBI Agent Emma Griffin wakes up the next morning, she can't help but shake the feeling that something is off... -
![Proving Grounds by B.J. Bourg]()
Proving Grounds by B.J. Bourg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the sniper-style murder of an alligator poacher puts two rival families on edge, Police Sniper London Carter and Detective Sergeant Dawn Luke join forces to solve the case. But they'll have their work cut out for them as the two families recruit small armies to fight each other... -
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Suffer The Children by Cheryl Rees-Price
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s every mother’s worse nightmare. Natalie Beynon wakes after a party to find her 18-month-old daughter, Ella, missing and the front door open. Did Ella wander out of the house of her own accord? Or did someone take the child from her bed? DI Meadows is leading the search for the missing child... -
![Deadly Game by D.S. Butler]()
Deadly Game by D.S. Butler
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat if the only way to save your child’s life was to take part in a deadly game? For the Watsons their worst nightmare becomes a reality when their daughter, Ruby, is kidnapped. But that’s only the beginning. When they receive a text message inviting them to take part in a deadly game, things get a whole lot worse... -
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![Stolen Children by Michael Wood]()
Stolen Children by Michael Wood
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA gripping and addictive new crime thriller you need to read in 2020 ‘She is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths The addictive new crime thriller featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons. ‘DCI Matilda Darke is going places’ James Oswald Some cases won’t die.A young boy walks into a police station in France... -
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Shadow's Siege by Mary Stone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShadow Island is under siege.Just a few short months ago, Sheriff Rebecca West thought her toughest battles were behind her. But nothing could have prepared her for the turmoil she’s faced since coming to Shadow Island. Attempts on her life. Heartbreak. Betrayal. And that’s just the beginning.The worst is yet to come...Categorized as:
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![The Berwyn River Killings by Simon McCleave]()
The Berwyn River Killings by Simon McCleave
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA double suicide. A dark investigation into historic abuse. Can DI Ruth Hunter link the present killings to secrets of the past before the killer strikes again?Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter has resolved to put her past life in London behind her... -
![So We Lie by Willow Rose]()
So We Lie by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery.When the mother of two, Arlene Wood, crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward.But evidence found in the remains of the car soon raises the question of whether this was really an accident... -
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Playing Dirty by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJ.J. Graves and her husband, Sheriff Jack Lawson, are sworn to protect and serve. The Christmas season brings out the best—and worst—in people, and death hits close to home when a Bloody Mary local is murdered. Bringing justice to the dead is what they do—even when they don’t like the victim... -
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Free to Prey by Julie Mellon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow that her suspension has been lifted, Katie Freeman is determined to return to work, keep her head low, and – most importantly – stay off her boss’s radar. But someone has other plans. Waiting on her desk is a package with shocking contents, with no indication of who sent it - and the implied threat lands Katie in the one spot she was most determined to avoid... -
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Free to Live by Julie Mellon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpecial Agent Katie Freeman has a secret, one she has only shared with her partner, Michael Powell. While looking at the files of a cold case, Katie discovered a possible personal connection... -
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![Bury Them Deep: Inspector McLean Book 10 by James Oswald]()
Bury Them Deep: Inspector McLean Book 10 by James Oswald
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe tenth book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers When a member of the Police Scotland team fails to clock-in for work, concern for her whereabouts is immediate... and the discovery of her burnt-out car in remote woodland to the south of Edinburgh sets off a desperate search for the missing woman... -
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What Will Burn by James Oswald
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe eleventh book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers.The charred remains of an elderly woman are discovered in a burned-out game-keepers cottage, hidden away in woodland to the west of Edinburgh. Clearly no accidental fire, Detective Inspector Tony McLean suspects that neither is this simply a grim arson attack...Categorized as:
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![Dark Water by Caro Ramsay]()
Dark Water by Caro Ramsay
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA bitterly cold February in Glasgow. In the attic of a deserted tenement, the body of a man is found hanging, his face disfigured beyond recognition.Around his neck is a sign that reads: I Am Stephen Whyte.Investigating officers DI Anderson and DS Costello believe the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old unsolved case.Ten years ago, a young woman was brutally attacked and left for dead... -
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Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSmoke curls from what’s left of the beautiful family home on the edge of the woods. The heat is unbearable as she descends the stairs to the basement, past a set of bicycles––two big, one small... -
![The Murder at Redmire Hall by J.R. Ellis]()
The Murder at Redmire Hall by J.R. Ellis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn impossible murder behind a locked door. Can DCI Oldroyd find the key to the mystery?Lord Redmire’s gambling habit has placed him in serious debt. Determined to salvage his fortune by putting Redmire Hall on the map, the aristocrat performs an impossible locked-door illusion on live TV... -
![Dead and Buried: A Scottish Detective Mystery by John Carson]()
Dead and Buried: A Scottish Detective Mystery by John Carson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, the past is better left behind...Detective Chief Inspector Harry McNeil had found himself back in CID after a leave of absence saw his team disbanded. Now he's been temporarily assigned to an existing Major Investigation team, working alongside his old friend, Detective Inspector Frank Miller, after Miller's DCI dies suddenly.A body is found in the city centre, torn to pieces... -
![One For the Ages by J.D. Kirk]()
One For the Ages by J.D. Kirk
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a blood-soaked old man is spotted wandering through a sleepy fishing village in the far north of Scotland, his neighbours think he’s been in an accident.Until he leads them to his home, and to the mutilated remains of his late wife.It is the first murder that the remote Highland village has ever seen. It will not be the last. Someone is targeting the elderly and vulnerable in their homes... -
![Let Me Go by Willow Rose]()
Let Me Go by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat if a stranger told you that she believed your child is about to be killed? What if that woman was an ex-FBI profiler with a disputable reputation?Would you believe her? Eva Rae Thomas is chasing down a vicious killer, but no one will believe he even exists... -
![The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 1: The Black Echo / The Black Ice / The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly]()
The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 1: The Black Echo / The Black Ice / The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Black Echo:For Harry Bosch - hero, loner, nighthawk - the body stuffed in a drainpipe off Mulholland Drive isn't just another statistic. This one is personal. Billy Meadows was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat," fighting the VC and the fear they used to call the Black Echo. Harry let Meadows down once. He won't do it again... -
![A Dark Sin by J.M. Dalgliesh]()
A Dark Sin by J.M. Dalgliesh
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOur darkest secrets are best left buried...When a local journalist is found dead in an isolated spot on Roydon Common, lying beneath a hangman's noose on the anniversary of a teenager's suicide, DI Tom Janssen is asked to take on the investigation as a favour to local colleagues and must unpick the deceased man's life to discover how he came to be there... -
![The Stone Chamber by Kate Ellis]()
The Stone Chamber by Kate Ellis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe brand new mystery in the bestselling DI Wesley Peterson crime series!'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times __________________On a summer evening, Robert and Greta Gerdner are shot dead at their home in the Devon countryside... -
![Grimm Up North by David J. Gatward]()
Grimm Up North by David J. Gatward
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWelcome to Wensleydale, where the cheese is famous, the scenery beautiful, and the locals have murder on their minds …Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is forced to take leave from Bristol’s Major Investigations Team when his boss, tired of Harry chasing the ghost of his murderous father, sends him north on secondment... -
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![Silent Witness by Tom Watts]()
Silent Witness by Tom Watts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA thrilling debut novel from a real life forensic scientist. SILENT WITNESS. A shocking crime sends the Seattle Police Department searching for answers. Jack Peterson, a decorated Detective, has been shot and is clinging to life. His wife has been murdered. There seems to be more questions than answers as the department struggles to deal with the loss of one of their own... -
![Twisted Pursuit by Paige Black]()
Twisted Pursuit by Paige Black
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor fans of Michael Connelly and Karin Slaughter comes a heart-stopping thriller that explores the depths of redemption and impossible choices.When K-9 Officer Eden Mercer enrolls in an elite search and rescue training course in remote Juniper Wells, Arizona, she has a hidden agenda... -
![James 516: A London Carter Novel by B.J. Bourg]()
James 516: A London Carter Novel by B.J. Bourg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe 2016 EPIC eBook Awards Winner for Best Mystery! The Magnolia Parish Sheriff’s Office is on high alert after a deadly sniper begins executing high-ranking cops. Sheriff Burke puts his best sniper, London Carter, and his internal affairs officer, Bethany Riggs, on the case. Pressure mounts and panic sets in as the body count rises and the killer becomes more embolden... -
![A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan]()
A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFBI Agent Lucy Kincaid’s husband, Sean Rogan, is in a dark place after being held captive. He won’t talk about it with anyone, not even Lucy. She’s hoping a conference in Sacramento, which includes family and the unveiling of a highly sought after drone Sean’s been working on, will help him heal... -
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![Kickback by Damien Boyd]()
Kickback by Damien Boyd
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTrainee jockey, Noel Woodman, has been kicked to death by an aggressive stallion at a horse racing stables near Bridgwater. Everyone is convinced it was an accident, except his brother, Jon, home on leave from Afghanistan... -
![Fatal Lies by Mary Stone]()
Fatal Lies by Mary Stone
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSex, lies, and murder.Two months after the murder of her fashion-model cousin and her own near kidnapping, Sky Stryker is more determined than ever to expose the dark side of the fashion industry and memorialize her cousin’s life. Even if it means dredging up her own long-suppressed but never forgotten horrific nightmares.Then another model is attacked, beaten within an inch of her life...Categorized as:
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![Vanished by Victor Methos]()
Vanished by Victor Methos
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Cheyenne Police Department doesn't handle many murders. So when a woman is found mutilated and crucified, Detective Kyle Dixon catches a case where all the evidence has long since been destroyed... -
![Persons of Interest by Peter Grainger]()
Persons of Interest by Peter Grainger
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the peace and tranquillity of the woods at Pinehills on a Saturday afternoon, a mobile phone begins to ring. The phone belongs to DC Smith and it isn’t unusual that the call is from Kings Lake Central police station; what is unusual is the fact that he seems to be the subject of an investigation rather than taking part in one... -
![Rush to Judgement by John Carson]()
Rush to Judgement by John Carson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA woman is found hanging in the woods in a small Highland town.A hearse crashes into an old church and is abandoned. The police find a coffin inside but the body isn't a recent death. It's the badly decomposed body of a girl who went missing thirty years ago.DCI Harry McNeil is sent north to co-ordinate the hunt for a killer, along with colleagues from Glasgow... -
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![A Savage Hunger by Claire McGowan]()
A Savage Hunger by Claire McGowan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth in the crime series featuring forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Victim: Female. Twenty-two years of age. Reason for investigation: Missing person.ID: Alice Morgan. Student. Last seen at a remote religious shrine in Ballyterrin.Alice Morgan's disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire... -
![The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham]()
The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . .The second rip-roaring mystery from multi-award-winning number international bestseller Mark Billingham starring Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated...Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Well, two problems. First, there's his dead wife and her yet-to-be-solved murder... -
![Grant of Immunity by Garret Holms]()
Grant of Immunity by Garret Holms
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCurrent Edition for ISBN-10: 1503114783; ISBN-13: 978-1503114784WHEN EVIL HIDES BEHIND A BADGE, NO ONE IS SAFE . .. It’s 1976, Los Angeles. Sarah Collins, a young mother of two, is brutally raped and murdered at the Hollywood Reservoir. For nineteen years, the murder remains unsolved and the case goes cold... -
![The Girl in the Motel by Chris Culver]()
The Girl in the Motel by Chris Culver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou can never outrun the past.Detective Mary Joe Court sleeps with a shotgun beside her bed and a loveable bullmastiff at her feet. For the past twelve years, she's hidden from a nightmarish past, but with every passing day, her scars fade, and her heart grows lighter. Now, for the first time in her life, she looks forward to her future. She's happy.Then she finds the body... -
![Luck and Judgement by Peter Grainger]()
Luck and Judgement by Peter Grainger
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen a worker goes missing from a North Sea gas platform, there seem to be just two possible explanations – it was a tragic accident or a suicide. It does not take Smith and his detectives long, however, to discover that James Bell led a double life back onshore in Kings Lake, a life complicated enough to make him at least one dangerous enemy... -
![A Cross to Bear by Vince Vogel]()
A Cross to Bear by Vince Vogel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"They burned it down once…They should burn it down again." Once the star of Scotland Yard, burnt out East London detective Jack Sheridan is now a washed up cop working a low end station, estranged from his family and haunted by his past...
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