January 2018
Naomi Cottle finds missing children. When
the police have given up their search and an investigation stalls, families
call her. She possesses a rare, intuitive sense, born out of her own
experience, that allows her to succeed when others have failed. Young Madison Culver has been missing for
three years. She vanished on a family trip to the mountainous forests of
Oregon, where they'd gone to cut down a tree for Christmas. Soon after she
disappeared, blizzards swept the region and the authorities presumed she died
from exposure. But Naomi knows that
Madison isn't dead. As she relentlessly pursues the truth behind Madison's
disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce defences that have protected her
for so long. If she finds this child, will Naomi ultimately unlock the secrets
of her own life? The Child Finder is by
Rene Denfeld.
'Do you ever think there's maybe something
that's gone wrong with the world?' A man
is found dead in one of the city's luxury homes. Homicide detective Ross Carver
arrives at the scene when six FBI agents burst in and forcibly remove him from
the premises. Two days later... Carver wakes in his bed to find Mia a
neighbor he's hardly ever spoken to, reading aloud to him. He has no
recollection of the crime scene, no memory of how he got home, and no idea that
two days have passed. Carver knows nothing about this woman but as he struggles
to piece together what happened to him, he soon realizes he's involved himself
in a web of conspiracy that spans the nation.
And Mia just might know more than she's letting on… The Night Market is by Jonathan Moore.
Robicheaux is by James Lee Burke. Set against the backdrop of New Orleans,
Detective Dave Robicheaux is fighting his demons to overcome his toughest case
yet. Powerful mob boss Tony Nemo has a
Civil War sword he'd like to give to Levon Broussard, a popular local author
whose books have been adapted into major Hollywood films. The sword's history
can be traced back to Broussard's ancestors, and Tony figures it belongs to Levon.
But Tony's intentions aren't so pure; he believes the gift will lead to a slice
of Broussard's lucrative film adaptations.
Then there's Jimmy Nightengale, the young poster boy of New Orleans
wealth and glamour. Jimmy's fond of Levon's work, and even fonder of his
beautiful, enigmatic wife, Rowena. Tony thinks Jimmy can be a US Senator
someday, and has the resources and clout to make it happen. There's something
off about the relationship between these three men, and after a vicious
assault, it's up to Robicheaux to uncover the truth. Complicating matters is the sudden death of
T.J. Dartez, the New Iberian local responsible for Robicheaux's wife's death,
and all are looking to the detective as the murderer. Can Robicheaux clear his
name before it's too late?
I'm guilty of many things. Bethany Reston is happily married. But she's
also having an affair with a famous client.
And no one can ever know. But I'm
innocent of murder. When Bethany's lover
is brutally murdered, she has to hide her grief from everyone. But someone knows her secret. And then one
day the threats begin. With an
ever-growing pile of evidence pointing to her as the murderer, the only way she
can protect her secrets is to prove her innocence. And that means tracking down
a killer. The Guilty Wife is by Elle
Croft.
You'd die for your family. But would you
kill for them? Family is
everything. So what if yours was being
terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions
become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? And those you thought
would help - the police, your lawyer - can't help you. You become afraid to leave your family at
home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them. Is there?
Fear is by Dirk Kurbjuweit
February 2018
Righteous is by Joe Ide. Super-smart sleuth
Isaiah Quintabe - IQ to his friends - has built a mostly respectable life for
himself, helping out friends and neighbours when he can and taking the
occasional case to make ends meet. But there is one mystery that still haunts
him almost ten years later - did his brother really die in a hit-and-run or was
there more to the story behind his death?
IQ has been approached by his brother's former girlfriend Sarita, whose
younger sister, an erratic DJ and gambling addict, has gone missing in Las
Vegas - with a frightening loan shark, Chinese Triad gangsters, and her own
deadbeat boyfriend hot on her tail. Accompanied once more by his fast-talking,
don't-call-me-a-sidekick partner Dodson, IQ heads off for the casinos and
massage parlours of Las Vegas. His quest takes an unexpected turn when he meets
a criminal mastermind who knows something about the murky circumstances that
surrounded his brother's death. But when Isaiah learns the truth, what will he
do with it?
Sunny skies, sleep water...and a sinister
corpse. Flavia is enjoying the summer,
spending her days punting along the river with her reluctant family.
Languishing in boredom, she drags a slack hand in the water, and catches her
fingers in the open mouth of a drowned corpse.
Brought to shore, the dead man is found to be dressed in blue silk with
ribbons at the knee, and wearing a single red ballet slipper. Flavia needs to put her super-sleuthing
skills to the test to investigate the murder of three gossips in the local
church, and to keep her sisters out of danger. But what could possibly connect
the son of an executed killer, a far too canny police constable, a travelling
circus, and the publican's mysteriously talented wife? The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place is by
Alan Bradley.
March 2018
King is a private detective, running his agency with the help of his daughter, Aja-Denise. Broken by the brutality he suffered and committed while imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, his work and his daughter are the only lights in his solitary life. When he receives a card in the mail from the woman who admits that she was paid to frame him all those years ago, King realizes that he has no choice but to take his own case. Down the River unto the Sea is by Walter Mosley.
'He was her child. The only one she'd ever
have. It would kill her to learn that he was missing.' Alex arrives home from holiday to find that
her ten-year-old son Daniel has disappeared.
It's the first case together for Northumbria CID officers David Stone
and Frankie Oliver. Stone has returned
to his roots with fifteen years' experience in the Met, whereas Oliver is
local, a third generation copper with a lot to prove, and a secret that's holding
her back. But as the investigation unfolds,
they realise the family's betrayal goes deeper than anyone suspected. This
isn't just a missing persons case. Stone and Oliver are hunting a killer. The Lost is by Mari Hannah.
A detective with no one to trust. A killer
with nothing to lose. 18 months after
the 'Ragdoll' murders, a body is found hanging from Brooklyn Bridge, the word
'BAIT' carved into the chest. In London a copycat killer strikes, branded with
the word 'PUPPET', forcing DCI Emily Baxter into an uneasy partnership with the
detectives on the case, Special Agents Rouche and Curtis. Each time they trace a suspect, the killer is
one step ahead. With the body count rising on both sides of the Atlantic, can
they learn to trust each other and identify who is holding the strings before it
is too late? Hangman is by Daniel Cole.
This was meant to be the perfect
honeymoon. A five-star beach resort in
Vietnam, with white sands, private villas and world-class cuisine. A
chance for newlyweds Amber and Ollie Graveney to recover from a tragedy that
has left them on the verge of collapse.
Except things don't go as planned.
When Amber wakes up in hospital after a brutal attack, her husband is
nowhere to be found. Unable to come to
terms with the police’s version of events, Amber returns to the scene of the
crime. She remembers that there was
another couple during the night of the murder.
And the killer is still out there. The Other Couple is by Sarah J
Naughton.
April 2018
It is summer 1989 and fifteen-year-old
Clotilde is on holiday with her parents in Corsica. On a twisty mountain road,
their car comes off at a curve and plunges into a ravine. Only Clotilde
survives. Twenty-seven years later, she
returns to Corsica with her husband and their sulky teenage daughter. Clotilde
wants the trip to do two things - to help exorcise her past, and to build a
bridge between her and her daughter. But in the very place where she spent that
summer all those years ago, she receives a letter. From her mother. As if she
were still alive. As fragments of memory
come back, Clotilde begins to question the past. And yet it all seems
impossible - she saw the corpses of her mother, her father, her brother. She
has lived with their ghosts. But then who sent this letter - and why? Time is the Assassin is by Michel Bussi.
They say I'm a murderer. Six years ago, Kate Reynolds was found
holding the body of her best friend; covered in blood, and clutching the knife
that killed her. I plead guilty. Kate
has been in prison ever since, but now her sentence is up. She is being
released. But the truth is, I didn't do
it. There's only one person who can help: Private Investigator Madison
Attallee, the first officer on the scene all those years ago. But there's someone out there who doesn't
want Kate digging up the past. Someone who is willing to keep the truth buried
at any cost. I, Witness is by Niki
Mackay.
'What do you know about the Devil Mountain
Killer?' THEN Adeline Connor was the
Devil Mountain Killer's final victim. After she was gunned down, the murderer
disappeared and the killing spree ended.
NOW Carter Blake has been hired to do what he does best: to find
someone. But this time he's hunting a dead girl - Adeline Connor's brother is
convinced she's still alive. But this
town doesn't want an outsider digging up old business. And as Blake gets deeper
into the case, it starts to become clear that the murders didn't ju st stop
fifteen years ago. The killer is on the
hunt again. Presumed Dead is by Mason
Cross.
Devoted father or merciless killer? His secrets are buried with him. Florence Lovelady's career was made when she
convicted coffin-maker Larry Glassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years
ago. Like something from our worst nightmares the victims were
buried...ALIVE. Larry confessed to the
crimes; it was an open and shut case. But now he's dead, and events from the
past start to repeat themselves. Did she get it wrong all those years ago? Or
is there something much darker at play?
The Craftsman is by Sharon Bolton.
May 2018
In the slums of Nairobi there is a place
where the fires burn constantly and the stench of decay never fades. Dandora,
the city's dumping ground, is filled with shadowy figures the world has left
behind. Here too are rumours of the night runners - those said to be possessed
by spirits, or the devil. Detective
Mollel understands what it means to be an outsider. Born in a Maasai village
and forever at odds with the corrupt ranks of the city police, he is drawn to
the case of a Fatima, a young girl who has gone missing in the slum. His search
takes him deep into Nairobi's underworld, from rap clubs to voodoo healers, and
to the lair of the self-styled overlord of Dandora. He learns that Fatima is
not the first person to have disappeared, and to find out what has happened to
her, Mollel must open his mind to things he cannot see... Night Runners is by Richard Crompton.
THE SERIAL KILLER ISN'T ON TRIAL. HE'S ON THE JURY... They were Hollywood's
June 2018
My name is Kate. I volunteer at a Missing Persons helpline -
young people who have run away from home call me and I pass on messages to
their loved ones, no questions asked. I don't
get many phone calls, and those I do are usually short and vague, or
pranks. But this morning a girl named
Sophie called. I'm supposed to contact
her parents to let them know their child is safe. The problem is, Sophie isn't safe. And Sophie is my daughter. Where the Missing Go is by Emma Rowley.
Sleeper 13 is by Rob Sinclair. He was their weapon. Now they're the
target. As a child he was smuggled to
the Middle East from his London home, to be trained as one of the most elite
insurgent soldiers of his generation.
For years he was forced to do things no child should do, for a cause he
couldn't believe in. But while his
brothers were preparing to kill, he was looking for a way out. Now, on the eve of the deadliest simultaneous
terrorist attacks Europe has ever seen, he'll finally get his chance. He will break free and hunt down those
responsible for making him a monster. He
must draw on all his training, all of his deadly skills to survive. He is Sleeper 13.
Eighteen years ago Martha said goodbye to
best friend Juliet on a moonlit London towpath.
The next morning Juliet's bike was found abandoned at the
waterside. She was never seen
again. Nearly two decades later Martha
is a TV celebrity, preparing to host a new crime show... and the first case
will be that of missing student Juliet Sherman. After all these years Martha
must reach out to old friends and try to piece together the final moments of
Juliet's life. But what happens when
your perfect friends turn out to be perfect strangers...? Beautiful Liars is by Isabel Ashdown.
July 2018
The morning after Sophie's mother was
attacked and her nanny was murdered, the police found her father's car
abandoned in a field above the Channel with bloodstains on its seats. He has been missing ever since. His friends insist on his innocence. Like
Colin, they are wealthy and connected, and had the means to help him
disappear. Nearly thirty years
later, Sophie infiltrates their circle to learn the truth about their and her
father's secrets. The Double Life is by
Flynn Berry.
How do you solve a puzzle when there are no
pieces? When an attractive, well-dressed
woman is found dying on a Chelsea street, it seems clear to DS Thea Walsh that
this murder will be one that is wrapped up quickly. The policing murder manual describes the
golden hour, that window in time in which the most critical information can be
gathered and they have the best start. The witness who found her reacted
quickly and respected the crime scene. And
then there is the victim herself. She is wearing a wedding ring and has
recently had a child, so someone will be looking for her. She is, to all
intents and purposes, the perfect victim.
Until she isn't. Because what if your perfect victim has no name? What if the woman that everyone should be
looking for, can't be found? A Perfect
Victim is by Emma Kavanagh.
Lies Sleeping is by Ben Aaronovitch. PC Peter Grant has a new case, and it’s going
to take London by storm. There’s a
confrontation coming, and the Faceless Man may never be more dangerous than
when he is cornered.
The Tattoo Thief is by Alison Belsham. A policeman on his first murder case. A tattoo artist with a deadly secret. And a
twisted serial killer sharpening his blades to kill again... When Brighton tattoo artist Marni Mullins
discovers a flayed body, newly-promoted DI Francis Sullivan needs her help.
There's a serial killer at large, slicing tattoos from his victims' bodies
while they're still alive. Marni knows the tattooing world like the back of her
hand, but has her own reasons to distrust the police. So when she identifies
the killer's next target, will she tell Sullivan or go after the Tattoo Thief
alone?
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