January 2019
It was nothing more than a one-night stand. Juliana Brody, a judge in
the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumoured to be in consideration for the
federal circuit, maybe someday the highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago hotel,
she meets a gentle, vulnerable man and in a moment of weakness has an
unforgettable night with him. They part with an explicit understanding that
this must never happen again. But back
home in Boston, it becomes clear that this was no random encounter. The man
from Chicago proves to have an integral role in a case she's presiding over - a
sex-discrimination case that's received national attention. Juliana discovers
that she's been entrapped, her night of infidelity captured on video. Strings
are being pulled in high places, a terrifying unfolding conspiracy that will
turn her life upside down. But soon it becomes clear that personal humiliation,
even the possible destruction of her career, are the least of her concerns, as
her own life and the lives of her family are put in mortal jeopardy. In the end, turning the tables on her
adversaries will require her to be as ruthless as they are. Judgment is by Joseph Finder.
Verses for the Dead is by Preston & Child. After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's
New York field office, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is forced to accept
an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the unorthodox lone
wolf must now work with a partner.
Pendergast and his new cohort, Special Agent Coldmoon, are dispatched to
Florida to investigate a rash of ritualistic murders. A killer
is carving out the hearts of his victims, and depositing the stolen organs
alongside the headstones of existing graves. Accompanying each heart is a
cryptic letter, signed by a 'Mr Brokenhearts'. There is one more intriguing
aspect to Mr Brokenhearts' macabre modus operandi: the chosen graves all
belong to women who have committed suicide.
As he searches for the connection between the old suicides and the new
murders, Pendergast realises the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the
iceberg: that he faces a conspiracy of death reaching back decades.
February 2019
Begging to Die is by Graham Masterton. A young girl is found
wandering the city alone. Who is she?
Someone is killing beggars on the streets of Cork. But why? DCI Katie Maguire, Ireland's most fearless
detective, must find out. But while she fights for justice for the homeless,
her fiance Conor has his own crusade: against illegal puppy farming. A hugely
lucrative black market run by terrifying gangs, it is a huge scandal in
Ireland. Soon their freedom, their
marriage, and even their lives are in danger...
March 2019
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett
encounters bad behavior on his own turf: a drone is killing wildlife - and the
drone belongs to a mysterious and wealthy man whose grandson is dating Joe's
own daughter, Lucy. When Joe tries to
lay down the rules for the drone operator, he is asked by the FBI and the DOJ
to stand down - and with good reason: the man is in the witness relocation
program and he's being hunted by four killers from the Sinaloa cartel. If Joe
isn't careful, his actions will expose the witness to his pursuers. Teaming up with a new partner - a female game
warden - to confront these assassins, Joe finds himself their prey - along with
Lucy and her boyfriend. Wolf Pact is by
CJ Box.
The Friend is by Joakim
Zander. Jacob Seger arrived in Lebanon
with a head full of dreams. This is his first job in the world of international
diplomacy, and he's determined to change the world for the better. When he
meets the handsome, soulful Yassim at a glamorous party, his happiness is
complete. But three weeks later, Jacob
recognises his own face in the newspaper. He is wanted on terrorism charges -
apparently he is plotting attacks on Stockholm, London, Brussels, and Rome.
Jacob is crushed. Has Yassim set him up? Is he now a pawn in a murderous plot?
Jacob doesn't know who he can trust. But one thing's for certain: he needs to
flee Beirut - and fast. At once a moving
love story and a gripping adventure, The Friend is an intelligent and
urgent thriller that untangles the complexities of international politics and
casts light on the dark threats facing the world today.
A Suspicion of Silver is by P F
Chisholm. Sir Robert Carey leaves
the court of Scotland's King James VI in early January, 1593, on the hunt
for Joachim Hochstetter - also known as Jonathan Hepburn. Carey, the Queen's Deputy Warden in Carlisle,
is carrying a warrant for Hochstetter's arrest for plotting with the King
of Spain and Scottish earls to assassinate King James. Hochstetter, a skilled
engineer, is a son of a family of Anabaptists from Augsburg and may have taken
ship. Or he may have gone to ground at Vicar's Island, Derwentwater, where his
widowed mother, Radegunda, rules the smelting business and her unruly brood. Is
he a man driven by the religious politics of the period? Or is
he just a stone-cold killer?
Meanwhile, what is the fate of Sir Robert's surly henchman Henry
Dodd? Is his wife - the redoubtable Janet - now a childless
widow?
April 2019
In Kossuth square, Lajos
Kolompar, a local politican is found dead, face down in a pond in front of
Parliament. With his blood alcohol nudging fatal levels, he's believed to have
fallen and drowned. Gypsy cop Balthazar
Kovacs of the Budapest murder squad reads of
The Playground Murders is by
Lesley Thomson. Wormwood scrubs
playground, 1980. The wind blows across the common, and the girl in her
shorts shivers. The playground is isolated, timeless. Far from the prying eyes
of grown-ups, she and her friends can play make-believe here. The looming slide
is a mountain; the upturned log a pirate ship. But six-year-old Sarah Ferris
does not know that in two days' time, she will be dead: a victim of jealousy,
betrayal, and her own innocence. Hammersmith, 2019. Cleaner Stella Darnell
loves rooting into shadowy places and restoring order. She'll clear your attic,
polish your kitchen and scrub your bath - but she also investigates cold cases.
Stella can spend hours sifting through forgotten evidence looking for shreds of
evidence the police might have missed. So when a woman is found dead, and the
killer is linked to the Sarah Ferris murder, Stella is the woman for the case.
But dredging up the past can be dangerous. Especially if the playground killer
is back...
May 2019
A wounded daughter. Detective Fabian Risk's daughter is in a coma
at Helsingborg hospital. It's Risk's fault for getting her involved in his last
investigation - and the guilt is crippling.
A murdered boy. A young
Syrian refugee has been killed. It looks like a racist attack - but
A Date With Death is by Mark
Roberts. All they wanted was to find
their happy-ever-after... Instead, they met their deaths. Three women have been killed in Liverpool. The
MO points to a stranger, and now DCI Eve Clay is on the trail of a vicious
man who preys on lonely women on dating sites. He signs off the same way
with each message: "Kiss kiss,
night night." His crimes are
escalating - and Eve has to stop him before another girl dies. But first she
needs to find him. And that means going undercover online, and posing as his
perfect victim...
June 2019
A Line of Forgotten Blood is by
Malcolm Mackay. Scotland has been a
proudly independent country for centuries. But success has now turned sour.
Malcolm Mackay's remarkable novel of crime and corruption is set in a brooding,
rain-swept Scottish city that is compellingly different from the one we think
we know. The Scottish city of Challaid
is corruption-riddled place where people frequently go off the radar. So when
PC Vinny Reno discovers his ex-wife, Freya, has disappeared, he turns to
private detectives Darian Ross and Sholto Douglas. Their search will lead them to a collision
between Freya and a wealthy banking family. But it also leads to more questions.
What does Freya's disappearance have to do with a year-old murder case? What is
the involvement of a young man who never leaves his house? As they dig deeper
into the past, Darian and Sholto realise they must stand against the most powerful
people in the city if they are to unearth the truth...
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