January 2019
When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress
call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber
gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend
Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal
little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the
police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as
they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the
doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and
isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one
would mean sacrificing the other... My
Sister the Serial Killer is by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
For the Hell Of It is by Phil Rickman. The River Wye, according to local folklore,
takes a life every year. But in the lower Wye Valley something truly evil is
stirring and the locals can sense it. TV
star Arlo Ripley seeks solace in a church at the water's edge. But a famous
face always attracts attention and if he thinks he can hide his failings, he
couldn't be more wrong. Up river, an ambitious writer thinks she's uncovering
Wordsworth's stranger secrets while an urban career-criminal, newly out of
prison, assures a sceptical DI Frannie Bliss that he's left his old life behind
to find an unlikely pastoral peace.
Enter diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins. As she wades into the murky
depths, Merrily discovers that the darkest and most disturbing evil doesn't
always involve murder...
February 2019
Michael lost his wife in a terrorist attack on a London
train. Since then, he has been seeing a therapist to help him come to terms
with his grief - and his anger. He can't get over the fact that the man he
holds responsible has seemingly got away scot-free. He doesn't blame the
bombers, who he considers only as the logical conclusion to a long chain of
events. No, to Michael's mind, the ultimate cause is the politician whose
cynical policies have had such deadly impact abroad. His therapist suggests
that he write his feelings down to help him forgive and move on, but as a
retired headteacher, Michael believes that for every crime there should be a
fitting punishment - and so in the pages of his diary he begins to set out the
case for, and set about committing, murder.
Waltzing through the darkling journal of a brilliant mind put to serious
misuse. Kill [Redacted] is by Anthony
Good.
Gallowstree Lane is by Kate London. Please don't let me die. Please don't.
When a teenage boy steps out of the shadows of Gallowstree Lane and asks a
passer-by for help, it's already too late. His life is bleeding out on the
London street. The murder threatens to
derail Operation Perseus, a cover police investigation into the Eardsley Bluds,
an organised criminal network. Detective Kieran Shaw can't and won't allow that
to happen. But fifteen-year-old Ryan has other ideas. He's witnessed the death
of his best friend, and now he wants someone to pay... As loyalties collide, a chain of events is
triggered that threatens everyone with a connection to Gallowstree Lane.
March 2019
A seventeen-year-old girl has disappeared after a fight with
her boyfriend that was interrupted by armed men, leaving the boyfriend on life
support and the girl an apparent kidnap victim. It's a common occurrence in the
region-prime narco territory-but the girl's parents are rich and powerful, and
determined to find their daughter at any cost. When they call upon Carlos
Trevino, he tracks the missing heiress north to the town of La Eternidad, on
the Gulf of Mexico not far from the U.S. border-all while constantly attempting
to evade detection by La Eternidad's chief of police, Commander Margarito
Gonzalez, who is in the pockets of the cartels and has a score to settle with
Trevino. Don’t Send Flowers is by Martin Solares.
April 2019
The Feral Detective is by Jonathan Lethem. Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a
shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She's looking for her
friend's missing daughter, Arabella, and hires Heist - a laconic loner who
keeps his pet opossum in a desk drawer - to help. The unlikely pair navigate
the enclaves of desert-dwelling vagabonds and find that Arabella is in serious
trouble - caught in the middle of a violent standoff that only Heist,
mysteriously, can end. Phoebe's trip to the desert was always going to be
strange, but it was never supposed to be dangerous...
May 2019
'If you're reading this, I'm dead.' Rejected by her family and plagued by insomnia,
Rose Shaw is on the brink. But one dark evening she collides with a man running
through the streets, who quickly vanishes. The only sign he ever existed - a
journal dropped at Rose's feet.
Catapulted into a dark world of fear and obsession, she begins to
dedicate her sleepless nights to discovering what happened to Finn Matthews,
the mysterious author of the journal. Why was he convinced someone wanted to
kill him? And why, in the midst of a string of murders, won't the police
investigate his disappearance? Rose is
determined to uncover the truth. But she has no idea what the truth will cost
her... Night by Night is by Jack Jordan
June 2019
An eerie old Scottish manor in the middle of nowhere that's
now hers. Ailsa Calder has inherited
half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a
trace twenty-seven years ago. Her father.
Leaving London behind to settle her mother's estate, Ailsa returns to
her childhood home nestled amongst the craggy peaks of the Scottish Highlands,
accompanied by the half-sister she's never taken the time to get to know. With the past threatening to swallow her
whole, she can't escape the claustrophobic feeling that the house itself is
watching her, or ignore how animals take care never to set foot within its
garden. And when Ailsa confronts the
first night time intruder, she sees that the manor's careless rugged beauty
could cost her everything... Missing
Years is by Lexie Elliott.
The Last House Guest is by Megan Miranda. Her best friend is dead. Now everyone thinks she's a killer.
Littleport, Maine is like two separate towns: a vacation paradise for
wealthy holidaymakers and a simple harbour community for the residents who
serve them. Friendships between locals and visitors are unheard of - but that's
just what happened with Avery Greer and Sadie Loman. Each summer for a decade the girls are
inseparable - until Sadie is found dead. When the police rule the death a suicide,
Avery can't help but feel there are those in the community, including a local
detective and Sadie's brother Parker, who blame her. Someone knows more than
they're saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name before she's branded a
killer.
Treason sleeps for no man...London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby,
physician and reluctant spy, returns to his old haunts on London's lawless
Bankside. But, when the queen's spymaster Robert Cecil asks him to investigate
the dubious practices of a mysterious doctor from Switzerland, Nicholas is soon
embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not just the life of an innocent young
patient, but the overthrow of Queen Elizabeth herself. With fellow healer and mistress of the
Jackdaw tavern, Bianca Merton, again at his side, Nicholas is drawn into a
dangerous world of zealots, charlatans and fanatics. As their own lives become
increasingly at risk, they find themselves confronting the greatest treason of
all: the spectre of a bloody war between the faiths... The Serpent’s Mark is by S W Perry.
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