July 2018
Seven-year-old Hanna has never spoken a word. She is a sweet
but silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father, but with Mummy, things are
different. Suzette loves her daughter but difficulties with babysitters and
teachers over the years have put a strain on their relationship and her sanity.
Then Hanna speaks for the first time, to Suzette alone, and what she says is
chilling. Suzette wants to write it off as a scary joke, but she's becoming
increasingly frightened by Hanna's little games. Could she be in danger from
her own child? And when it's her word against her daughter's, can she make her
husband believe her? Bad Apple is by Zoje Stage.
An Unwanted Guest is by Shari
Lapena. We can't choose the
strangers we meet. As the guests arrive at beautiful, remote Mitchell's Inn,
they're all looking forward to a relaxing weekend deep in the forest, miles
from anywhere. They watch their fellow guests with interest, from a polite
distance. Usually we can avoid the people who make us nervous, make us afraid.
With a violent storm raging, the group finds itself completely cut off from the
outside world. Nobody can get in - or out. And then the first body is found . .
. and the horrifying truth comes to light. There's a killer among them - and
nowhere to run. Until we find ourselves in a situation we can't escape.
Trapped.
1948: an English housewife trapped in a dull marriage escapes
to the South of France to claim a mystery inheritance. But rivals to her
unexplained fortune begin to emerge, and now they want her out of the way ...
She didn't have an enemy in the world... until she inherited a fortune London
1948: Eve Forrester is trapped in a loveless marriage, in a gloomy house, in a
grey suburb. Out of the blue, she received a solicitor's letter. A wealthy
stranger has left her a mystery inheritance but in order to find out more, she
must travel to the glittering French Riviera. Eve discovers her legacy is an
enchanting villa overlooking the Mediterranean sea and suddenly, life could not
be more glamorous. But while she rubs shoulders with film-stars and famous
writers, under the heat of the golden sun, rivals to her unexplained fortune
begin to emerge. Rivals who want her out of the way. Alone in paradise, Eve
must unlock the story behind her surprise bequest - before events turn
deadly... Fatal Inheritance is by Rachel Rhys.
August 2018
A Treachery of Spies is by Manda Scott and is an espionage
thriller to rival the very best, a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse, played in
the shadows, which will keep you guessing every step of the way. An elderly
woman of striking beauty is found murdered in Orleans, France. Her identity has
been cleverly erased but the method of her death is very specific: she has been
killed in the manner of traitors to the Resistance in World War Two. Tracking
down her murderer leads police inspector Ines Picaut back to 1940s France where
the men and women of the Resistance were engaged in a desperate fight for
survival against the Nazi invaders. To find answers in the present Picaut must
discover what really happened in the past, untangling a web of treachery and
intrigue that stretches back to the murder victim's youth: a time when unholy
alliances were forged between occupiers and occupied, deals were done and
promises broken. The past has been buried for decades, but, as Picaut
discovers, there are those in the present whose futures depend on it staying
that way - and who will kill to keep their secrets safe...
Denton, 1984. After a morning's betting at the races,
bookmaker George Price is found in his car, barely alive with a bullet in his head. As he's rushed to hospital, Detective Inspector Jack Frost and the Denton police force start their hunt for the would-be murderer. But with a long list of enemies who might want the bookie dead, the team have got their work cut out for them. And with a slew of other crimes hitting the area, from counterfeit goods to a violent drugs gangs swamping Denton with cheap heroin, the stakes have never been higher. Will Frost find the answers he's looking for before things go from bad to worse?A Lethal
Frost is by Danny Miller.
Resin is by Ane Riel and is the story of what can happen when
you love someone too much - when your desire to keep them safe becomes the
thing that could irrevocably harm them. * Liv died when she was just six years
old. At least, that's what the authorities think. Her father knew he was the
only one who could keep her safe in this world. So one evening he left the
isolated house his little family called home, he pushed their boat out to sea
and watched it ruin on the rocks. Then he walked the long way into town to
report his only child missing. But behind the boxes and the baskets crowding
her Dad's workshop, Liv was hiding. This way her Dad had said, she'd never have
to go to school; this way, she'd never have to leave her parents. This way, Liv
would be safe.
Slow Motion Ghosts is by Jeff Noon. It is 1981. London is bruised by austerity,
social unrest and racial tension, and the police are at war. Anger has erupted
in the Brixton Riots and is finding expression in protest, anarchy and punk.
For Detective Inspector Hobbes, the battle lines are being redrawn within his
own ranks as right and wrong are clouded by prejudice. Into this mess comes a
murder. A promising young singer has been maimed and killed and the artistry of
the crime is disturbing. On the hunt for the killer, Hobbes begins an
investigation that will lead him deep into a subculture hidden beneath the
everyday. A cult of personality that hides from the problems of the city and
escapes to a world of its own, a world that is at once seductive and
devastating. How far will Hobbes have to go to learn the truth?
September 2018
Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can
control. But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn't a smart
missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme? What if it's a
17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around
the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate
that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves? How valuable
would he be? And what wouldn't you do to get hold of him? The Fox is a
race-against-time thriller across continents to find and capture, or protect
and save, an asset with the means to change the balance of world power.
Whatever happens he must not fall into the wrong hands. Because what follows
after that is unthinkable... The Fox is
by Frederick Forsyth.
November 2018
Past Tense is by Lee Child.
Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. He thinks, what’s one extra day? He takes the detour. At the very same moment, close
by, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City
to sell a treasure. They're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of
nowhere. It’s a strange place … but it’s all there is. The next morning in the city clerk's office,
Reacher asks about the old family home. He’s told no one named Reacher ever
lived in that town. He knows his father never went back. Now he wonders, was he
ever there in the first place?
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