January 2019
The New Iberia Blues is by James Lee Burke. Detective Dave
Robicheaux first met Desmond
Cormier on the backstreets of New Orleans. He was
a young pretender who dreamt of stardom whilst Robicheaux had his path all
figured out. Now, twenty-five years
later, their roles have reversed. When Robicheaux knocks on Cormier's door, he
sees a successful Hollywood director. It
seems dreams can come true. But so can nightmares. A young woman has been crucified, wearing
only a small chain on her ankle, and all the evidence points to Cormier.
Robicheaux wants to believe his old friend wouldn't be capable of such a crime
- but Cormier's silence is deafening.
And he isn't the only ghost from Robicheaux's past which comes back to
haunt him...
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.
Flavia de Luce, the twelve-year-old chemist and amateur
detective is eager to turn professional. She and her father's valet, Dogger,
have founded a detective agency, Arthur Dogger & Associates, and
unexpectedly cut into their first case during the revelry at her sister
Ophelia's wedding reception. After an
eventful ceremony with a missing best man and spontaneous ventriloquist act,
spirits are high as Feely and her new husband head for the towering and
beautifully iced wedding cake. But as Feely slices into the first piece, a
scream rings out - the bridal cake contains a severed human finger. Delighted, Flavia wraps the finger in a
napkin and whisks it away to her chemical laboratory. By studying the embalmed
skin, the indentation of a ring, and the slope of the fingernail, she'll not
only be able to determine the identity of the victim - but also point a finger
at a killer. The Golden Tresses of the
Dead is by Alan Bradley.
February 2019
Isaiah Quintabe - IQ for short - has never been more
successful, or felt more alone. A series of high-profile wins in his hometown
of East Long Beach have made him so notorious that he can hardly go to the
corner store without being recognized. Dodson, once his sidekick, is now his
full-fledged partner, hell-bent on giving IQ's PI business some real
legitimacy: a Facebook page, and IQ's promise to stop accepting Christmas
sweaters and carpet cleanings in exchange for PI services. So when a young painter approaches IQ for
help tracking down her missing mother, it's not just the case Isaiah's looking
for, but the human connection. And when his new confidant turns out to be
connected to a dangerous paramilitary operation, IQ falls victim to a threat
even a genius can't see coming. Waiting
for Isaiah around every corner is Seb, the Oxford-educated African gangster who
was responsible for the death of his brother, Marcus. Only, this time, Isaiah's
not alone. Joined by a new love interest and his familiar band of accomplices,
IQ is back - and the adventures are better than ever. Wrecked is by Joe Ide.
NOW.. My name is
Matthew McConnell. You've probably heard my story. I took five of my friends on
a boat through the longest canal tunnel in England. YOU... It takes two hours and twenty-six
minutes to travel through that tunnel.
Six of us entered that tunnel but I was the only one to come out.
DON'T... It was pitch black in there - I
don't know what happened to them. But I'm the only suspect. And if I don't find out how they disappeared,
I'll be sentenced to murder. Now You See
Me is by Chris McGeorge.
The Silent Patient is by Alex Michaelides.
I love him so totally, completely sometimes it threatens to
overwhelm me. Sometimes I think -
No. I won't write about that. ALICIA -
Alicia Berenson writes a diary as a release, an outlet - and to prove to her
beloved husband that everything is fine. She can't bear the thought of worrying
Gabriel, or causing him pain. Until,
late one evening, Alicia shoots Gabriel five times and then never speaks
another word. THEO- Forensic psychotherapist
Theo Faber is convinced he can successfully treat Alicia, where all others have
failed. Obsessed with investigating her
crime, his discoveries suggest Alicia's silence goes far deeper than he first
thought. And if she speaks, would he
want to hear the truth
March 2019
The Wrong Mother is by Michel Bussi. I have several mothers. It's a bit complicated for me. Especially as they really don't like each
other. There's even one who's going to
die. Maybe it's a little bit my
fault... Maybe everything happened
because of me. Because I can't remember
which one is the real one. Malone, a
child of four, starts to claim that his mother isn't his real mother. It seems
impossible. His mother has birth certificates, photos of him as a child and
even the paediatrician confirms this is her child. The school psychologist is
the only one who believes him and he's in a race against time to find out the
truth . . .
The Scandal is by Mari Hannah. When an young man is found stabbed to death
in a side street in Newcastle city centre in the run up to Christmas, it looks
like a botched robbery to DCI David Stone. But when DS Frankie Oliver arrives
at the crime scene, she gets more than she bargained for. She IDs the victim as Herald court reporter,
thirty-two-year old Chris Adams she's known since they were kids. With no
eyewitnesses, the MIT are stumped. They discover that when Adams went out,
never to return, he was working on a scoop that would make his name. But what
was the story he was investigating? And who was trying to cover it up? As detectives battle to solve the case, they
uncover a link to a missing woman that turns the investigation on its head. The
expose has put more than Adams' life in danger. And it's not over yet.
Three Bullets is by R J Ellory. It was the shot heard around the world. On
22nd November 1963, John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade rode through
Dealey Plaza. He and his wife Jackie greeted the crowds on a glorious Friday
afternoon in Dallas, Texas. But what if
it missed? Mitch Newman is a
photojournalist based out of Washington, D.C. His phone never rings. When it
does, a voice he hasn't heard in years will tell him his former fiancée Jean
has taken her own life. When the truth
is bigger than all the lies. Jean was an investigative reporter working the
case of a lifetime. Somewhere in the shreds of her investigation is the truth
behind her murder. Who would believe it? For Mitch, piecing together the clues will
become a dangerous obsession: one that will lead him to the dark heart of his
country - and into the crossfire of a conspiracy...
Shadows of Athens is by J M Alvey. The Persian War is over and an unaccustomed
decade of peace has come to ancient Athens. Philocles, an aspiring comic
playwright, is making his living as a writer for hire; but this year is the
highlight of his career - he has a play in the drama competition at the
prestigious Dionysia Festival. The last thing he wants to find on his doorstep
the day before is a body with its throat cut.
Just who is this dead man? Is it just a robbery gone wrong? With the
play that could make his name on the horizon, Philocles must find out who this
man is, why he has been murdered - and why the corpse was in his door way.
He soon realises that he has been caught up in something far bigger than he
could have imagined, and there are players in this game who don't want him
looking any further...
In 1975, 15-year-old April Cooper and her 18-year-old
boyfriend embark on a week-long killing spree. No-one knows if April was a
willing accomplice or a victim herself, as the pair were apparently killed in a
bloody shoot-out. In 2015, Robin Brennan’s parents have been involved in a
shooting. Her father is dead, and her mother is in a critical state, with Robin
desperate for her to wake. But when Jameson Malloy, the host of Closure – a
true crime podcast investigating the San Gabriel Valley murder – shows up,
Robin soon learns that her parents are maybe not who they say they are… Never Look Back is by A L Gaylin.
Tell Me Everything is by Emma Rowley. You
know nothing about her. But she knows
everything about you. Olivia is the domestic goddess-turned-internet sensation
who has won millions of followers by sharing her picture-perfect life online.
And now she's releasing her tell-all autobiography. Nicky is the ghost writer tasked with coaxing
out the full story - including details of the tragic accident that blighted
Olivia's golden childhood. But, as she
delves into Olivia's life, Nicky discovers cracks appearing in the glamorous
facade. From money worries to Olivia's strained relationship with her handsome husband,
the truth belies her perfect image. As
Olivia becomes increasingly hostile to the woman she's let into her life, Nicky
becomes ever more relentless in her hunt for the truth. Has Olivia really escaped the ghosts of her
past - or will Nicky find there are more sinister reasons she wants to leave an
old tragedy well alone?
Fugitive 13 is by Rob Sinclair. Aydin Torkal - aka Sleeper 13
- is on the run. Hunted not only by the
world's intelligence agencies, but also by the elite brotherhood of insurgents
he betrayed, he has lived the past year like a ghost. Until now.
MI6 agent Rachel Cox knows Aydin better than anyone. The only person who
believes he is an ally in the on-going war on terror, not the enemy. So when a coded message arrives from him,
warning her not to trust her own colleagues, Rachel must choose between her
career and the truth. But as Aydin hunts
down those who destroyed his childhood, the trail he follows will lead him
closer to home than he ever expected. He
won't stop until he has his revenge. He
is FUGITIVE 13.
April 2019
No one will believe ... WHAT SHE SAW LAST NIGHT. Jenny Bowen is going home. Boarding the
Caledonian Sleeper, all she wants to do is forget about her upcoming divorce
and relax on the ten-hour journey through the night. In her search for her cabin, Jenny helps a
panicked woman with a young girl she assumes to be her daughter. Then she finds
her compartment and falls straight to sleep.
Waking in the night, Jenny discovers the woman dead in her cabin ... but
there's no sign of the little girl. The train company have no record of a child
being booked on the train, and CCTV shows the dead woman boarding alone. The police don't believe Jenny, and soon she
tries to put the incident out of her head and tells herself that everyone else
is right: she must have imagined the little girl. But deep down, she knows that isn't the
truth. What She Saw Last Night is by M J
Cross.
The Sound of her Voice is by Nathan Blackwell. Some murder cases you can't forget. No matter
how hard you try. For Detective Matt
Buchanan it is the death of 14-Year old Samantha Coates. That innocent girl he
just can't get out of his head. He has
probably been in the job too long. But when Buchanan pursues some fresh leads,
it soon becomes clear he's on the trail of something big. As he pieces the horrific crimes together,
Buchanan finds the very foundations of everything he once believed in start to
crumble. He's forced across that grey line that separates right and wrong -
into places so dark, even he might not make it back . . .
In a dangerous alliance
with troubled amateur sleuth Clementine Starke, DI Dominic Bell must hunt down
a ruthless killer targeting a group of urban explorers who risk their lives
exploring abandoned London locations. Can Starke and Bell identify the masked
victims before it is too late? A group of anonymous urban explorers stumble into a murderer's kill room in a
derelict film studio. Terrified, they run, thinking they are safe as no one in
the group knows their identities. When one of them is brutally murdered during
an exploration of an abandoned underground station, they realise they are being
hunted. DI Dominic Bell and his team are
investigating the series of murders but cannot find the connection between the
victims. The only person who can help is Clementine Starke, who is researching
adult thrill seekers as part of a university research project. However,
Clementine is haunted by dark and violent obsessions, primarily her former
relationship with DI Dominic Bell. As
the body count rises, Clementine Starke and DI Dominic Bell form an uneasy
alliance to hunt the killer. But as they close in on their prey, and things
turn personal, Clementine has to decide which side of the law she's really on. You Die Next is by Stephanie Marland.
She's killed before. She'll kill again. Senior police officer Florence Lovelady
returns to Sabden to honour a promise made to dying Larry Glassbrook, a serial
killer she put away for murder. Four child skeletons have been uncovered near a
children's home, and Larry insists these are not ancient remains. Liberated by
the news of her father Larry's death, Cassie Glassbrook is now free to revisit
her hometown to win back the love of her childhood sweetheart. She'll stop at
nothing to get him back. As the two
women return to the town that nearly took their lives thirty years ago,
long-buried secrets are unearthed that could destroy them all. The Poisoner is by Sharon Bolton.
May 2019
For Better and Worse is by Margot Hunt. On their first date back in law school,
Natalie and Will Clarke bonded over drinks, dinner and whether they could get
away with murder. Now married, they'll put the latter to the test when an
unchecked danger in their community places their son in jeopardy. Working as a
criminal defence attorney, Nat refuses to rely on the broken legal system to
keep her family safe. She knows that if you want justice...you have to get it
yourself. Shocked to discover Nat's
taken matters into her own hands, Will has no choice but to dirty his, also.
His family is in way too deep to back down now. He's just not sure he
recognizes the woman he married. Nat's always been fiercely protective, but
never this ruthless or calculating. With the police poking holes in their
airtight plan, what will be the first to fall apart: their scandalous secret -
or their marriage?
Tobias Winter has been assigned to the Abteilung KDA – the
Department for Complex and Unspecific Matters. Despite the intriguing
department name, as Winter explains, dealing with the strange and the
supernatural is ‘actually 90% paperwork’. But this is a story about the other
10% of the job: the life-threatening danger part. This is a tale about the
Queen of the Harvest, the October Man, and the little-known time the vineyard
around Trier started to eat people . . . Winter may be PC Peter Grant’s German
counterpart, but surviving this investigation is entirely down to him . . . October Man is by Ben Aaronovitch.
Rebecca didn't know love was possible until she met Paul, a
man with a past as dark as her own. Their demons drew them together, but twenty
years later, the damage and secrets that ignited their love begin to consume
their marriage. When Paul catches the
attention of the police after two women go missing, Rebecca discovers his
elaborate plot to build a new life without her. And though Rebecca is quickly
spiralling out of control, it doesn't stop her from coming up with her own
devastating plan for revenge... they made a promise to each other, after all. Til death do they part. The Woman Inside is by E G Scott.
June 2019
Twisted is by Steve Cavanagh.
Who is JT LeBeau? A bestselling
crime writer, whose words have gripped the world. The only mystery greater than his stories is
his true identity. One woman thinks
she's found him - her husband has millions in the bank and a letter for the
enigmatic author. But the truth is far more
TWISTED.
Jaded reporter Andrew and his photographer boyfriend, Carlos,
are sick of telling just another story: from cartel massacres to corrupt
politicians, sifting the dregs of Mexico's drug war, they think they've seen it
all. But when they find a body even the
police are too scared to look at, what started out as just another reportage
becomes the sort of story all reporters dream of.... until Carlos pushes for
answers too fast, and winds up murdered, leaving Andrew grief-stricken and
flailing for answers, justice, and revenge.
Caught in a web of dirty money that stretches from the boardrooms of the
United States to the death squads of El Salvador, Andrew must decide whether to
save himself - or find out who killed the man he loves, and destroyed the only
home he's ever known. Call Him Mine is
by Tim MacGabhann.
Death in Avignon is by Serena Kent. When Penelope Kite
attends the opening of an art exhibition on the arm of the gorgeous Mayor of St
Merlot, Laurent Millias, it seems she is finally settling into life in
Provence. But beneath the glamour, trouble is lurking. Shockwaves ripple when
British expat artist, Roland Doncaster, collapses after choking on an olive. A tragic accident? Or was he poisoned?
Penelope is thrust once again into the middle of a murder investigation, but
when she casts suspicion on one of the Mayor's friends, she finds herself out
in the cold. As winter draws in,
Penelope must rely on the friendship of her local music group - including the
dashing art dealer, Gilles de Bourdan - the support of the effervescent
Frankie, and her own sleuthing instincts to untangle this mystery...
What happens when a private investigator ends up being the
one uncovered? Having lost everything
after a failed marriage, Beverley Sanders now lodges in the basement flat of a
house owned by her best friend Sophie and husband, Tim. With her former
glittering marketing career in the gutter, she begins to do investigative work
for other wronged women (gathering dirt on philanderers, bosses and exes). Beverley takes on the case of Sophie's
friend, Angela who is seeking to uncover grounds for divorce from her husband,
Jerry, the shadow Science Minister, who is knee-deep in corruption, sleeping
around and leeching off her money. She takes the case but soon discovers that
she isn't the only one who doing the investigating, and Beverley has a secret
history she doesn't want coming out...
Tightrope is by Marnie Riches.
