A
murdered family. A dying serial killer. A missing child. DC Max Wolfe hunts a pitiless killer through
the streets of London. This title is
written by the author of The Murder Bag. On New Year's Day, a wealthy family is found
slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in north London, their
youngest child stolen away. The murder
weapon - a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered - leads Detective
Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a killer
who thirty years ago was known as the Slaughter Man. But the Slaughter Man has done his time, and
is now old and dying. Can he really be
back in the game? And was the murder of
a happy family a mindless killing spree, a grotesque homage by a copycat killer
- or a contract hit designed to frame a dying man? All Max knows is that he needs to find the
missing child and stop the killer before he destroys another innocent family -
or finds his way to his own front door...A murdered family. A dying serial killer. A missing child. And a detective who must learn that even the
happiest of families have black, twisted secrets that someone is ready to kill
for. The Slaughter Man is by Tony
Parsons and is due to be published in May 2015.
14th
Deadly Sins is by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro and is due to be published
in February 2015. Detective Lindsay
Boxer and her three best friends are back and recovering from the events that
pushed them all to the edge. After her
near-death experience, Yuki is seeing her life from a new perspective and is
considering a change in her law career. San
Francisco Chronicle reporter Cindy has healed from her gunshot wound and has
published a book on the infamous serial killers she helped to bring down. Lindsay is just happy that the gang are all
still in one piece. But a new terror is
sweeping the streets of San Francisco. A
gang dressed as cops are ransacking the city, and leaving a string of dead
bodies in their wake. Lindsay is on the
case to track them down and needs to discover whether these killers could
actually be police officers. Maybe even
cops she already knows...
Falling in Love is by Donna Leon and due
to be published in April 2015. In Death at La
Fenice, Donna Leon's first
novel in the Commissario Brunetti series, readers were introduced to the
glamorous and cut-throat world of opera and to one of Italy's finest living
sopranos, Flavia Petrelli - then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned
German conductor. Now, many years after
Brunetti cleared her name, Flavia has returned to the illustrious La Fenice to
sing the lead in Tosca. As an opera
superstar, Flavia is well acquainted with attention from adoring fans and
aspiring singers. But when one anonymous
admirer inundates her with bouquets of yellow roses - on stage, in her dressing
room and even inside her locked apartment - it becomes clear that this fan has
become a potentially dangerous stalker. Distraught,
Flavia turns to an old friend for help. Familiar
with Flavia's melodramatic temperament, Commissario Brunetti is at first
unperturbed by her story, but when another young opera singer is attacked he
begins to think Flavia's fears may be justified. In order to keep his friend out of danger,
Brunetti must enter the psyche of an obsessive fan and find the culprit before
anyone comes to harm.
A
ship carrying a fortune in emeralds is hijacked on the China seas in a
brilliant plan masterminded by Ghostwoman Angela. The plan falls apart when it turns out,
unbeknownst to her, that the ship was carrying a second cargo, far more
valuable than the gems. In serious
trouble, Angela calls on her former pupil, the Ghostman sometimes known as Jack. Together, these two experts need to find a
way to disappear with both treasures. Hunting
them down is an army of gem smugglers, and, to complicate matters further, an
exceptionally dangerous mercenary named Laurence-whose mysterious employer will
go to any length to see his secret cargo returned. Vanishing Games is by Roger Hobbs and is due
to be published in July 2015.
February
2014: Police Capitaine Ines Picaut is called out to investigate a blaze in the
old town of Orleans. This is the fourth
in a series of increasingly brutal arson attacks, and at the centre of the
conflagration lies a body. An Islamic
extremist faction claims responsibility, but Ines and her team cannot trace its
whereabouts, or any evidence of its existence.
And a partly melted memory card found in the victim's throat is the only
clue to his identity. September 1429:
Joan of Arc is in the process of turning the tide of The Hundred Years' War. English troops have Orleans under siege, and
Tomas Rustbeard, the Duke of Bedford's most accomplished agent, finally has her
in his sights. But he knows that killing
'The Maid' - the apparently illiterate peasant girl who nonetheless has an
unmatched sense of military strategy and can ride a warhorse in battle - is not
enough. He must destroy the legend that
has already grown around her. And to do
that, he must get close enough to discover who she really is. More fires rage and the death toll mounts
while Ines fights to discover what connects an expert in the analysis of war
graves, the unquenchable ambitions of the Family which seeks to hold the city
in its absolute power, and the discredited historical theories of her own late
and much lamented father. When Tomas
risks everything to infiltrate the hotly defended inner circle of the Saviour
of France, he finally discovers a secret that will prove as explosive nearly
six hundred years later as it would do if revealed in his own time. As each thread of Manda Scott's immaculately
interwoven narrative unfolds, Ines and Tomas's quests become linked across the
centuries. And in their pursuit of the
truth, they find that love is as enduring as myth - but can lead to the
greatest and most heart-breaking of sacrifices.
The Girl Who Walked into Fire is by Manda Scott and is due to be
published in May 2015.
Hidden
is by Emma Kavanagh and is due to be published in April 2015. A gunman is stalking the wards of a local
hospital. He's unidentified and
dangerous, and has to be located. Urgently. Police Firearms Officer Aden McCarthy is
tasked with tracking him down. Still
troubled by the shooting of a schoolboy, Aden is determined to make amends by
finding the gunman - before it's too late.
SHE'S WAITING - To psychologist Imogen, hospital should be a place of
healing and safety - both for her, and her young niece who's been recently
admitted. She's heard about the gunman,
but he has little to do with her. Or has
he? As time ticks down, no one knows who
the gunman's next target will be. But
he's there. Hiding in plain sight. Far closer than anyone thinks ...As time
ticks down, no one knows who the gunman's next target will be. But he's there. Hiding in plain sight. Far closer than anyone thinks...
I’m
Travelling Alone is by Samuel Bjork and is due to be published in June
2015. A six year old girl is found
hanging from a tree. Around her neck is
an airline tag, which says 'I'm travelling alone'. A special homicide unit in Oslo is re-opened
with veteran police investigator Holger Munch at the helm. He must convince his erstwhile partner, Mia
Kruger, an extremely talented but eccentric investigator, to leave the solitary
island to which she has retreated in order to take her own life. When scrutinising the murder files, Mia spots
the number One carved into the dead girl's fingernail. She returns to duty to prevent more little
girls falling victim to a terrifying, revenge-driven serial killer...
Businessman
Hunter Alden, Jr thinks he has it all: a beautiful wife, a wonderful teenage son,
and billions in the bank. However his
life is turned upside-down one night when he finds the severed head of his
chauffeur, stuffed into a bag painted with his son's initials, in blood. But the price to get him back might be too
high - even for one of the world's richest men.
NYPD Red 3 is by James Patterson and Marshall Karp and is due to be
published in April 2015.
Slaughter the Victims - In Boston,
Detective Jane Rizzoli, and Forensic Pathologist
Maura Isles are investigating
a bizarre murder. A man has been found
gutted and hanging in his home. When the
remains of another victim are found, it is clear that this murderer has been at
work for years, and not just in Boston. The Killer - Six years ago, a group of
travellers set off on an African safari.
None of them are seen again - apart from one woman who stumbled out of
the bush weeks later, barely alive. The
only woman to have seen the killer's face.
The Survivor - Has the
'safari killer' resurfaced in Boston? Jane
is sent to Africa to find the one link between the two cases - the only
survivor - and convince her to face death once again. Die Again is by Tess Gerritsten and is due to
be published in January 2015.
Second
Life is by S J Watson and is due to be published in February 2015. . She
loves her husband. She's obsessed by a
stranger. She's a devoted mother. She's
prepared to lose everything. She knows
what she's doing. She's out of control. She's innocent. She's guilty as sin. She's living two lives. She might lose both.
'If
you start feeling anything for a client - and it does happen - count the money. That always brings you back down to earth.’ Stella is an escort, immersed in a world of
desire, betrayal, and secrets. It's
exactly where she wants to be. Stella
used to be someone else: respectable, loved, safe. But one mistake changed all that. When a fellow call girl is murdered, Stella
has a choice: forget what she's seen, or risk everything to get justice for her
friend. In her line of work, she's never
far from the edge, but pursuing the truth could take her past the point of no
return. Nothing is off limits. Not for her - and not for them. But no one is truly untouchable. Untouchable is by Ava Marsh and is due to be
published in June 2015.
The
Burning Man is by Christopher Fowler and is due to be published in March 2015. London is under siege. A banking scandal has filled the city with
violent protests, and as the anger in the streets detonates, a young homeless
man burns to death after being caught in the crossfire between rioters and the
police. But all is not as it seems; an
opportunistic killer is using the chaos to exact revenge, but his intended
victims are so mysteriously chosen that the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in
to find a way of stopping him. Using
their network of eccentric contacts, elderly detectives Arthur Bryant and John
May hunt down a murderer who adopts incendiary methods of execution. But they soon find their investigation taking
an apocalyptic turn as the case comes to involve the history of mob rule,
corruption, rebellion, punishment and the legend of Guy Fawkes. At the same time, several members of the PCU
team reach dramatic turning points in their lives - but the most personal
tragedy is yet to come, for as the race to bring down a cunning killer reaches
its climax, Arthur Bryant faces his own devastating day of reckoning. 'I always said we'd go out with a hell of a
bang,' warns Bryant.
Three
confessions. Two liars. One killer.
Three friends have had their lives ripped apart. Their pasts haunt them. They are consumed by guilt. And they don't trust anyone. Not even themselves. But in their small, isolated, island
community, trust is the only way to survive.
Now a child has gone missing. And
no one knows who to believe... Little
Black Lies is by Sharon Bolton and is due to be published in April 2015.
A
family torn apart. Another trying to
find a way to be as one. Ingemar Lerberg
had it all: successful businessman, politician, husband, and father. Until he is found, brutally beaten and left
for dead, in his mansion in a fashionable district of Stockholm. His wife, Nora, is missing. With no alternative, his children are taken
into care. In one night, a family has
been ripped apart. Journalist Annika
Bengtzon is assigned to the case. As she
delves into the horrifying details of this family's fate, she grapples too with
the change in her own. With her new
boyfriend she must patch together a family from their respective children and
stepchildren, and find a way for them all to live harmoniously. Family matters above all else, but all is
never as it seems. Behind the scenes,
darkness lies. Without a Trace is by
Liza Marklund and is due to be published in June 2015.
You
don’t know her but she knows you. Rachel
catches the same commuter train every
morning.
She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row
of back gardens. She's even started to
feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on,
but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of
the lives she's only watched from afar. Now
they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train... The Girl on the Train is by Paula Hawkins and
is due to be published in January 2015.
The
Shut Eye is by Belinda Bauer and is due to be published in March 2015. Five footprints are the only sign that Daniel
Buck was ever here. And now they are all
his mother has left. Every day, Anna
Buck guards the little prints in the cement.
Polishing them to a shine. Keeping
them safe. Spiralling towards insanity. When a psychic offers hope, Anna grasps it. Who wouldn't?
Maybe he can tell her what happened to her son...But is this man what he
claims to be? Is he a visionary? A shut eye?
Or a cruel fake, preying on the vulnerable? Or is he something far, far worse?
Jasper
Dent can't escape his family. Wherever
he goes, whatever he does, his father's reputation hangs over him. Because Billy Dent's not like other dads. He's a serial killer. And now he's got Jasper's girlfriend in his
clutches. Billy must be stopped, against
all the odds. Jasper knows he's the only
one who can do it, the only one smart enough and quick enough to find him. After all, it's in his blood. Blood of my Blood is by Barry Lyga and is due to be published in May 2015
A
mum from North London sets up a self-help group for families who have
experience of murder in their family. She
calls the group Megan's Angels, after her own daughter was found murdered on
Hampstead Heath. Told from key points of
view - the mum of a victim, the brother of a victim, a police detective, and
the sly journalist sent to cover the story, Tammy Cohen's new chiller The
Murder Club is a page turner with a punch-in stomach ending you just can't see
coming. It is due to be published in
June 2015.
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