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July
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 White Devil is by Domenic Stansberry. Vittoria, as she's known in Italy, is a small-time actress who left behind a dark past in her native Texas and followed her fading writer husband to the Eternal City.
Guided by her controlling, obsessive brother
Johnny, Vittoria soon enters the upper circles of Roman society, becoming
a paparazzi darling and mingling with shady cardinals and corrupt
senators. Among them is Paolo Orsini, who quickly falls prey to Vittoria's
charms. Too bad he's married; too bad his wife, an aging film icon, is
murdered. From the ravishing beauty of
Rome - a city of dark secrets held within the frescoed walls of
glamorous palazzos - to the pristine beaches of Malibu and the
dangerous alleys of a mysterious South American city, Vittoria finds herself at
the heart of a lethal chase, spiralling dangerously out of control...
EVERY STEP... Paul
Davis forgets things - he gets confused, he has sudden panic attacks. But he
wasn't always like this. TAKES YOU
CLOSER... Eight months ago, Paul found
two dead bodies in the back of a co-worker's car. He was attacked, left for
dead, and has been slowly recovering ever since. His wife tries her best but
fears the worst... TO THE TRUTH... Therapy helps during the days, but at night
he hears things - impossible things - that no one else can. That nobody
else believes. Either he's losing his mind - or someone wants him to think
he is. Just because he's paranoid
doesn't mean it's not happening... A Noise Downstairs is by Linwood
Barclay.
August 2018
A Double Life is by
Flynn Berry. Some wounds need more than
time. They crave revenge.Claire's
father is a privileged man: handsome, brilliant, the product of an aristocratic
lineage and an expensive education, surrounded by a group of devoted friends
who would do anything for him. But when
he becomes the prime suspect in a horrific attack on Claire's mother - an
outsider who married into the elite ranks of society and dared escape her
gilded cage - fate and privilege collide, and a scandal erupts. Claire's father disappears overnight, his car
abandoned, blood on the front seat.
Thirty years after that hellish night, Claire is obsessed with
uncovering the truth, and she knows that the answer is held behind the closed
doors of beautiful townhouses and country estates, safeguarded by the same
friends who all those years before had answered the call to protect one of
their own. Because they know where
Claire's father is. They helped him
escape. And it's time their pristine
lives met her fury.
How far would you go...
Gina Mills is desperate to be a newsreader, but her boss - the director of the struggling Channel Eight, won't help.
Walking home one night, Gina stumbles upon a dead body, and after
calling the police, she makes the split-second decision to report the murder
live. When questioned by the police,
Gina can't remember specific details about her discovery, but these memory gaps
are explained away as shock. ...to
uncover your family's deadly secret? But
when Gina finds a second body, it's clear she's being targeted. But why? And how is this connected to the death of
Gina's younger sister so many years ago?
The Other Sister is by Elle
Croft
Private Investigator Alma is caught up in another impossible
murder. One of the world's four richest people may be dead - but nobody is sure which one. Hired to discover the truth behind the increasingly bizarre behaviour of the ultra-rich, Alma must juggle treating her terminally ill lover with a case which may not have a victim. Inspired by the films of Kubrick, this stand-alone novel returns to the
near-future of The Real Town Murders,
and puts Alma on a path to a world she can barely understand. By The
Pricking of Her Thumbs is by Adam Roberts.
September 2018
Anna Byrne is a jailhouse librarian. Most days, she
loves her job and shares the life-affirming power of books to people who would
have no hope without them. Often, she can get too close and forget some of
these men are dangerous criminals. But
some of them never had a chance. Like Michael Hudson, who's been locked up
awaiting trial before his sudden release. He's happy and relieved but can't
shake the question preying on his mind: how comes the witness who put him
behind bars is suddenly refusing to testify?
There's a man who might have the answer, but he wants something
first. Phil Ornazian is a private investigator who moonlights as a
petty criminal. He's not exactly proud of it, but times are hard in Washington
D.C. People have to change to survive, or die trying. But everything comes at a price and, at some
point, everyone has to pay. The Man Who Came Upstairs is by George
Pelecanos.
John Rebus is not as young as he was, but his detective
instincts have never left him. And after the daughter of a murder victim turns up outside his flat, he's going to need them at their sharpest. Enlisting the help of his old friend DI Siobhan Clarke, Rebus is determined to solve this cold case once and for all. But Clarke has problems of her own, problems that will put her at odds with her long-time mentor and push him into seeking help from his age-old adversary: 'Big Ger' Cafferty.This haunting story takes Rebus to places he has never been before, sets
him and his long-time foe on a collision course and takes us deeper into one of
the most satisfying conflicts in modern fiction. Rebus:
Long Shadows is by Ian Rankin and Rona Munro.
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is
one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of
its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life
case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together
suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary
investigation, The Real Lolita tells
Sally Horner's full story for the very first time. Drawing upon extensive
investigations, legal documents, public records and interviews with remaining
relatives, Sarah Weinman uncovers how much Nabokov knew of the Sally Horner
case and the efforts he took to disguise that knowledge during the process of
writing and publishing Lolita.
Sally Horner's story echoes the stories of countless girls and women who never
had the chance to speak for themselves. By diving deeper in the publication
history of Lolita and
restoring Sally to her rightful place in the lore of the novel's
creation, The Real Lolita is by
Sarah Weinman and casts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern
classic.
October 2018
In a house of lies, who can ever know the truth? John Rebus might be retired, but he's far
from finished. In this brand new mystery from the peerless Ian Rankin, the
ex-DI returns alongside series stalwart Detective Siobhan Clarke in a case that
will dredge up the secrets of the past and disrupt an even murkier present. In a
House of Lies is by Ian Rankin.
In a thrilling new partnership, Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly picks up the story of detective Harry Bosch in the first novel in a new series, pairing Bosch’s talents with that of Renee Ballard, who made her entrance in the Ballard series-opener The Late Show.At the
end of a long, dark night Detectives Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths
for the very first time. Detective Renee
Ballard is working the graveyard shift again, and returns to Hollywood Station
in the early hours only to find that an older man has snuck in and is rifling
through old file cabinets. The intruder is none other than legendary LAPD
detective Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch, working a cold case that has crept under
his skin. Unimpressed, Ballard kicks him
out, but eventually Bosch persuades her to help and she reluctantly relents.
Because Bosch is on the trail of a cold-case which refuses to stay buried;
investigating the death of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway who was
brutally murdered. It’s a case that haunts Bosch - who crossed paths with
Daisy’s devastated mother on a previous case. As Bosch and Ballard are drawn
deeper into the mystery of her murder, they find there are more surprises
awaiting them in the darkness.
Annie is the dream wife. Supportive, respectful,
mild-mannered - everything her husband wants her to be. But underneath, she is
so much more. Annie is a prisoner in her own life. Her finances, her
routine and her contact with the outside world are all controlled by him. Only
her love for her little boy keeps her sane, and at night she escapes into a
dream world where she is free. But Annie
is about to do a very bad thing. And you
won’t believe how she is going to do it.
A Good Wife is by Louisa de
Lange.
November 2018
Crimea, 1914. When the
Tzar's head of security is assassinated, Fandorin is called to investigate: the
killer has been overheard mentioning a 'black city' so Fandorin and his trusty
companion, Masa, head to Baku, the burgeoning capital of oil. But as soon as they arrive, they are attacked
and Fandorin almost drowns in an oil well. Saved by a stranger who hides him in
the labyrinth of Baku's Old City, Fandorin begins to suspect the plot might be
part of something larger - and much more dangerous. With war brewing in the Balkans, and Europe's
empires struggling to contain the threat of revolution, Fandorin must try and
solve his difficult case yet before time runs out. Black
City is by Boris Akunin.
'It was the news they had all been dreading, confirmation of
a fourth victim.' When the body of a
young woman is found by a Northumberland railway line, it's a baptism of fire
for the Murder Investigation Team's newest detective duo: DCI David Stone and
DS Frankie Oliver. The case is tough by
anyone's standards, but Stone is convinced that there's a leak in his team -
someone is giving the killer a head start on the investigation. Until he finds
out who, Stone can only trust his partner.
But Frankie is struggling with her own past. And she isn't the only one
being driven by a personal vendetta. The killer is targeting these women for a
reason. And his next target is close to home….
The Insider is by Mari Hannah.
Dark Sky Island is
by Lara Dearman. DCI Michael Gilbert is
called out to Sark - the world's first dark sky island - after bones are found
on Derrible Bay. He is followed by journalist Jennifer Dorey, driven by a
secret in her own past. The remains are decades old, but after a body is
discovered Jennifer and Michael fear there may be a killer on the island.
Together they follow a dark trail of bad blood and a conspiracy of
silence. Everyone on the island is under
suspicion. No one is what they seem. And the murderer could strike again at any
time...
Lies Sleeping is by Ben Aaronovitch. Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice. But even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long term plan. A plan that has its roots in London’s two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees. To save his beloved city Peter’s going to need help from his former best friend and colleague–Lesley May–who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch…
December 2018
For The Missing is
by Lina Bengtsdotter. She must find
Annabelle. Before it's too late. When a
teenage girl goes missing from a small town, the local police start to buckle
under the pressure. Enter Charlie Lager,
the brilliant but conflicted Detective Inspector sent from Stockholm to solve
the mystery of Annabelle's disappearance.
Her superiors don't know that Charlie grew up in this very town - and
she's determined to keep it that way. But as she gets closer to the truth,
cracks begin to form in her own lies.
Can Charlie find Annabelle before her darkest secrets are brought to
light? FOR THE MISSING, time is running out
ONLY A MOTHER . Erica Wright lives a quiet, lonely life in
her two-bed end of terrace. Her front door hasn't been graffitied in more than
a year but that's soon about to change - her son, Craig, is being released from
prison. COULD BELIEVE HIM. Local journalist, Luke Harding is determined
to warn the public. As the person who covered the arrest and trial all those
years ago, he knows the kind of predator Craig really is. COULD BURY THE TRUTh. Luke's worst fears are realised after a girl
goes missing days after Craig's release and he becomes obsessed with trying to
prove that Craig was behind it. COULD
FORGIVE WHAT HE HAS DONE. Erica is
worried, too - but how can a mother turn her back on her son? And how far will
she go to protect him? Only a Mother is by Elizabeth Carpenter.
January 2019
Only she knows what happened.
Only I can make her speak. Alicia
Berenson shoots her husband in the head five times, and then never speaks
again. Forensic psychotherapist Theo
Faber must find a way to get Alicia Berenson to talk if he wants to treat her.
Only then can he unravel the shocking events of that night five years
before. The Silent Patient is by Alex Michaelides.
I've been watching you DS Alice Parr. I saw you trying to save the poor young woman you found in the park. The woman I tried to kill. I've been waiting for you to find her family. To find someone who cares about her. But you can't can you? You've never had a case like this. I know everything about you. You know nothing about me. Even though I'm the man you're looking for. And you will never catch me... To Catch a Killer is by Emma Kavanagh.
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