January 2019
With a mind sharper than a razor
blade it was only a matter of time before Ruby Darke fought her way to the top.
From humble beginnings she became the queen of London's retail, but she didn't
get there by obeying the law. Now with
her son Kit and daughter Daisy finally by her side she's ready to start a new
chapter in her life, but, unknown to all of them, enemies are circling. There aren't many who threaten Ruby Darke and
live to tell the tale. But this time, she may just have met her match. If you live on the edge, you may just die on
it . . . The Edge is by Jessie Keane.
It Should Have Been Me is by
Susan Wilkins. She thought she knew
everything about her sister. It seems she was wrong . . . DC Jo Boden was eleven years old when her older
sister, Sarah, was brutally murdered during her first year at University. Her
boyfriend, Nathan Wade, was convicted of the killing. Now, sixteen years later, Wade is being
released on licence and documentary film-maker, Briony Rowe, says she can prove
his innocence. The Boden family has
never recovered from the tragedy, and they have always been certain that Wade
is guilty. But Jo, who grew up believing her sister was perfect in every way,
starts to question the evidence which put Wade behind bars. And perhaps Sarah
harboured some very dark secrets of her own . . .
Blood & Sugar is the
debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson. June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a
hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver's
mark. Some days later, Captain Harry
Corsham - a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career - is
visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist
Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause
irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He'd said people were
trying to kill him, and now he is missing . . .
To discover what happened to Tad, Harry is forced to pick up the threads
of his friend's investigation, delving into the heart of the conspiracy Tad had
unearthed. His investigation will threaten his political prospects, his
family's happiness, and force a reckoning with his past, risking the revelation
of secrets that have the power to destroy him.
And that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in
Deptford . . .
February 2019
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Seeking women ages 18-32 to participate
in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity
guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up
for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr Shields, she thinks all
she'll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money and leave. But
as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive, and the sessions
become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to
feel as though Dr Shields may know what she's thinking . . . and what she's
hiding. As Jess's paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust
what is real in her life, and what is one of Dr Shields's manipulative experiments.
Caught in a web of deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some
obsessions can be deadly. An Anonymous
Girl is by Greer Hendricks and Susan Pekkamen.
After a hectic morning involving
two rather irritating cases of mistaken identity, Inspector Montalbano finally
arrives in his office ready find out what's troubling Vigata this week. What he
discovers is unnerving. A woman on her way home from work has been held up at
gunpoint, chloroformed and kidnapped, but then released just hours later -
unharmed and with all her possessions - into the open countryside. Later that day, Montalbano hears from Enzo,
the owner of his favourite restaurant, that his niece has recently been the
victim of the exact same crime. Before long, a third instance of this baffling
overnight kidnapping has been reported.
As far as Montalbano can tell, there is no link between the attacker and
the victims. So what exactly is this mystery assailant gaining from these
fleeting kidnappings? And what can he do to stop them? Montalbano must use all
his logic and intuition if he is to answer these pressing questions before the
kidnapper finds his next victim . . .
The Overnight Kidnapper is by Andrea Camilleri.
March 2019
When Frank Peter's wife Maureen
dies, he feels that his once-idyllic life on the Yorkshire Moors is over. And
with a daughter emigrating to Australia and a son who has his own marital
problems, Frank feels resigned to a life of loneliness. Then one night he finds
a frightened young woman hiding at the back of his farmhouse. She explains that
her name is Irena and was brought to this country by a man who promised her the
world and then forced her into prostitution.
Frank offers her a bed for the night but it's the middle of winter, and
when heavy snowfall prevents her from leaving the next day, he's forced to
extend the invitation. But the longer Irena stays, the easier it gets for the
men she's trying to escape from to find her.
People-trafficking could just be the tip of the iceberg, and Frank has
no idea what these people are really capable of. Brutal is by Mandasue Heller. 
On a routine anti-poaching
patrol, Sean and his tracker dog Benny watch in horror as over-eager rookie
Tumi Mabasa is almost killed and her dog gravely injured in the explosion. Along with Tumi and best mate Craig Hoddy,
Sean is determined to hunt down the elusive bombmaker who has introduced this
destructive weapon to the war on poaching.
But Sean is his own worst enemy. Haunted by nightmares of the war and
wracked with guilt from driving away his ex-wife, Christine, he soon discovers
she and Craig are in the midst of an intense affair. And there's another enemy at play . . . As bombs target Sean's team, can he get
himself back on track and win the fight for Africa's wildlife - and Christine -
before it's too late? Scent of Fear is
by Tony Park.
I Thought I knew You is by Penny
Hancock. Who do you know better? Your
oldest friend? Or your child? And who
should you believe when one accuses the other of an abhorrent crime? Jules and Holly have been best friends since
university. They tell each other everything, trading revelations and
confessions, and sharing both the big moments and the small details of their
lives: Holly is the only person who knows about Jules's affair; Jules was there
for Holly when her husband died. And their two children - just three years
apart - have grown up together. So when
Jules's daughter Saffie makes a rape allegation against Holly's son Saul,
neither woman is prepared for the devastating impact this will have on their
friendship or their families. Especially
as Holly, in spite of her principles, refuses to believe her son is guilty.
Ray Celestin heads to New York
City, for the third book in his award-winning City Blues quartet, The Mobster's Lament. Fall, 1947. New York City. Private Investigator Ida Davis has been
called to New York by her old partner, Michael Talbot, to investigate a brutal
killing spree in a Harlem flophouse that has left four people dead. But as they
delve deeper into the case, Ida and Michael realize the murders are part of a
larger conspiracy that stretches further than they ever could have
imagined. Meanwhile, Ida's childhood
friend, Louis Armstrong, is at his lowest ebb. His big band is bankrupt, he's
playing to empty venues, and he's in danger of becoming a has-been, until a
promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career . . . And across the city, nightclub manager and
mob fixer Gabriel Leveson's plans to flee New York are upset when he's called
in for a meeting with the `boss of all bosses', Frank Costello. Tasked with
tracking down stolen mob money, Gabriel must embark on a journey through New
York's seedy underbelly, forcing him to confront demons from his own past, all
while the clock is ticking on his evermore precarious escape plans.
April 2019
FOR SALE: A lovely family
home with good-sized garden and treehouse occupying a plot close to woodland.
Perfect for kids, fitness enthusiasts, dog walkers . . . And, it seems, the perfect hunting ground for
a serial killer. On a hot July day,
Garrick and Olivia Lockwood and their two children move into 25 The Avenue
looking for a fresh start. They arrive in the midst of a media frenzy: they'd
heard about the local murders in the press, but Garrick was certain the killer
would be caught and it would all be over in no time. Besides, they'd got the
house at a steal and he was convinced he could flip it for a fortune. The neighbours seemed to be the very picture
of community spirit. But everyone has secrets, and the residents in The Avenue
are no exception. After six months on
the case with no real leads, the most recent murder has turned DC Wildeve
Stanton's life upside down, and now she has her own motive for hunting down the
killer - quickly. The Neighbour is by
Fiona Cummins.
FBI Special Agent Amos Decker
discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly
consequences. Amos Decker and his FBI
partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's
approached by an unfamiliar man. But he instantly recognizes the man's name:
Meryl Hawkins. He's the first person Decker ever arrested for murder back when
he was a young detective. Though a dozen years in prison have left Hawkins
unrecognizably aged and terminally ill, one thing hasn't changed: He maintains
he never committed the murders. Could it be possible that Decker made a mistake
all those years ago? As he starts digging into the old case, Decker finds a
startling connection to a new crime that he may be able to prevent, if only he
can put the pieces together quickly enough . . This new book in David Baldacci’s Amos Decker
series is currently untitled.
`My wife! I think she's dead!'
Matt frantically calls to park rangers, explaining that he and his wife, Marie,
were out hiking when she stumbled on a cliff edge and fell into the raging
river below. They start a search but aren't hopeful: no one could have survived
that fall. It's a tragic accident. But when police discover Matt's first wife
also died in suspicious circumstances - a fire in their family home - they have
a lot more questions for him. Is Matt a
grieving husband, or has he just killed his second wife? Detectives Loren and
Spengler dig into the couple's lives to see what they can unearth. And they
find that love's got teeth, it's got claws, and once it hitches you to a
person, it's tough to rip yourself free.
So what happens when you're done making it work? As Long as We Both Shall Live is by JoAnn Chaney
May 2019
Dead at First Sight is by Peter
James. You don't know me, but I thought
I knew you . . . A man waits at a London airport for Ingrid
Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD
cop waits in a bar in Florida's Key West for his first date with the lady who
is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they've
been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world - and that
neither women exist. Meanwhile, a
wealthy divorcee plunges, in suspicious circumstances, from an apartment block
in Munich. In the same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to
investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton, that is clearly not what it
seems. As his investigations continue, a handsome Brighton motivational speaker
comes forward. He's discovered his identity is being used to scam eleven
different women, online. The first he knew of it was a phone call from one of
them, out of the blue, saying, `You don't know me, but I thought I knew
you'. That woman is now dead. Roy Grace realises he is looking at the tip
of an iceberg. A global empire built on clever, cruel internet scams and the
murder of anyone who threatens to expose them.
June 2019
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady
Detective is by Susannah Stapleton. Once famed as ‘the woman Sherlock Holmes’,
Maud West opened her London detective agency in 1905 and sleuthed on behalf of
society’s finest for more than thirty years. She had a keen eye for PR and her
exploits grabbed headlines throughout the world. Beneath the public persona,
however, was a woman forced to hide vital aspects of her own identity in order
to thrive in a class-obsessed and male dominated world. As such, she was an
extremely unreliable, if entertaining, witness to her own life. Interweaving
tales from Maud West’s own ‘casebook’ with social history and extensive
original research, the author investigates the stories Maud West told about
herself and her work to uncover the reality of life as a female private
detective in the Golden Age of Crime while, at the same time, peeling back the
layers of Maud West’s glamorous public persona to reveal her true identity and
the numerous hurdles she overcame in her ‘rags to riches’ rise to the top of a
male profession. With walk-on parts by Dr Crippen and Dorothy L Sayers,
Bolshevik blackmailers and Parisian gangsters – and a heroine as likely to be
found eavesdropping in a suburban laundry cupboard as exposing police brutality
in America – the result is a portrait of a woman ahead of her time and a
deliciously salacious glimpse into the underbelly of ‘good society’ during the
first half of the twentieth century.
At their wedding Mia and Roy
Kapoor promised to love and cherish each other.
Whilst not perfect, their marriage is sacred and their commitment
absolute. But a knock at the door
changes everything when Roy is questioned in the disappearance of a young woman. As Roy and Mia's life unravels, they must
question everything they know about each other if their marriage is to
survive. But what if the real truth is
not what they, or you, think? Your Truth
or Mine is by Trisha Sakhlecha
What if someone could rewrite
your entire life? "My son has been
erased." Those are the last words the woman tells Barry Sutton, before she
leaps from the Manhattan rooftop. Deeply
unnerved, Barry begins to investigate her death, only to learn that this wasn't
an isolated case. All across the country, people are waking up to lives
different from the ones they fell asleep to. Are they suffering from False
Memory Syndrome, a mysterious new disease that afflicts people with vivid
memories of a life they never lived? Or is something far more sinister behind
the fracturing of reality all around him?
Miles away, neuroscientist Helena Smith is developing a technology that
allows us to preserve our most intense memories and relive them. If she succeeds,
anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the
final moment with a dying parent.
Barry's search for the truth leads him on an impossible, astonishing
journey as he discovers that Helena's work has yielded a terrifying gift--the
ability not just to preserve memories but to remake them . . . at the risk of
destroying what it means to be human.
Recursion is by Blake Crouch.
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