Lie for Your Life by Anna Sharpe. 'You're trying to play a game with me. So is someone else. But me? I'm not playing. I'm not saying nothing more.' The truth doesn't always set you free. Nicole is a rising star in the courtroom - sharp, ambitious, and determined to outrun the shadow of her criminal family. Her latest case could make her career: prosecuting the infamous serial killer known as The Tattooist. It's a tough challenge, but Nicole is confident she can secure a conviction. Everything changes when Nicole discovers evidence that suggests the defendant may have been set up. Then a body is found followed by a threatening message: unless she secures a conviction of the man on trial, the killer will strike again. And this time, it's her family on the line. Torn between her loyalty to her family and desire for justice, Nicole is left with no choice but to hunt down the killer before the jury reach a verdict. Taut, twisty, darkly witty, and razor-sharp, Lie For Your Life is a gripping exploration of true crime obsession, the lies we tell and what we're willing to sacrifice to protect the people we love.
On an island with no way out, even old friends become suspects . . . When Cassie Brogan and her friends are invited to a school reunion on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, their first instinct is to refuse. Ravenwood Academy is a chapter of their lives they'd rather forget - a place haunted by tragedy, secrets and betrayal. But the lure of a five-star stay at the secluded and luxurious Tech Duinn Manor soon proves impossible to resist. As the guests begin to arrive, tensions rise and old rivalries reignite. When a dead body turns up, it soon becomes clear that someone is out for revenge. Trapped on an island with no escape, Cassie must uncover the truth about what really happened at Ravenwood Academy - before history repeats itself. The Island is by Cathy Cole.
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Wolf Point is by Lisa Howells. One missing girl. Three possibilities. No turning back. Wolf Point, Alaska. When police officer Terril Black is thrust into the role of sergeant under brutal circumstances, she expects a quiet first night in charge. Instead, a teenage girl vanishes from a remote motel - and for Terril, walking away is never an option. With a department that doesn't want a woman in charge, a hostile officer undermining her at every turn, and a rookie fresh from Miami as her only back-up, she is plunged into a desperate missing persons investigation, racing against time and the elements. Here, it isn't the first 48 hours that count - it's the first four to eight. After that, even something innocent can end badly. But as she digs deeper, unsettling clues point towards something dark festering beneath the surface of this isolated small town. And when a violent snowstorm cuts them off from the outside world, Terril isn't just fighting to save the girl - she's fighting to get out alive. Yet Wolf Point never surrenders its humanity. Terril Black, Eli Ash, Angela Stone―you'll remember these names long past The End.'
February 2027
The Therapist's Secret is by Kingsley Pearson. Will he help her? Or hurt her? When therapist Aaron Pereira arrives on the Isle of Wight seeking a fresh start, the last thing he expects is to find himself caught in a tragedy. The police suspect that his predecessor, Dr Geoffrey Miller, is guilty of murdering a former patient. The problem? He's nowhere to be found. As long-buried secrets come to light, Aaron finds himself questioning everything the authorities claim and is drawn to investigate. After all, what would drive a respected and kindly therapist to harm a patient they're sworn to protect? And even worse - if a therapist like him could be a killer, what might Aaron himself be capable of?
March 2027
The Last Secret: Victor Rothschild and the Cambridge Spies by Roland Thomas. On a cold February day in 1944, a British intelligence officer knelt in a Northamptonshire field, staring into a crate of onions. Hidden inside: Nazi explosives, bound for British ships, planes and factories. He began to dismantle the bomb, dictating every move into a field telephone. One slip, and he would be blown to pieces. His name was Victor Rothschild, and he was one of the richest men in England. Darkly handsome, dazzlingly clever and unflinchingly brave, Rothschild was a rising star of British intelligence. He was also a Cambridge scientist, a first-class cricketer and heir to the legendary banking dynasty. He could have been anything he wanted. He chose to run MI5's counter-sabotage unit, disarming bombs and hunting Nazi agents. Yet the greatest danger he faced, and his greatest sacrifice, was personal. His friends from Cambridge, Anthony Blunt and Guy Burgess, had shared his flat, his table and his trust. He helped them into positions of national importance, at the heart of British intelligence. Both were Soviet spies, traitors to Britain. The Last Secret is a true story of loyalty and betrayal, courage and misjudgment. Drawing on newly released MI5 files and unheard testimony, it reveals for the first time the extraordinary scope of this decades-long cat-and-mouse game - Rothschild's obsessive struggle to clear his own name and bring his former friends to justice.
When Lee Black – once the golden child of the crime community, now miserly creative writing lecturer – opens his student’s work-in-progress, he is at first confused, then slightly disturbed, and then, finally, flattered. It’s fanfiction. But what the awkward, brilliant Bella has done with his most famous character – classic detective figure DCI Last – is something far bolder and more subversive than he would ever have dreamed of … Sensing an incredible opportunity, Lee sends the first few chapters off to his agent, pretending to have written them. She loves them – and so does his former publisher. This is truly Lee’s ‘Last’ chance. This could change everything, even save his failing marriage. But when Lee tries to complete the new idea himself, it’s soon obvious he’s not getting it. He just needs to persuade Bella to come on board. And if she doesn’t agree? Well, there’s always his brother-in-law’s secluded countryside lodge to go to – perfect for a writing retreat. Of sorts. Fanfiction is by Liam Brown.
April 2027
My Husband's Family is by Kristina Kamen. 'Sleek as a yacht cutting through the Med, My
June 2027
There are three truths: My truths, Your Truth, and the Truth. French Riviera, Spring 2023. Off the coast of Cannes, a yacht drifts between the Lérins Islands. On board lies Oriana Di Pietro, an Italian publisher and heiress to a famous Milanese family. Brutally attacked, she succumbs after ten days in a coma. Who killed Oriana? A man and three women offer their version of the story: Adrien, the victim's husband, a seductive and mysterious jazz pianist; the elusive Adèle, his young mistress; Justine, the local police officer in charge of the investigation; and finally, Oriana herself, through the harrowing account of the last weeks of her life. No one is lying. But no one agrees on the truth. Someone Else is by Guillaume Musso.
Careful What You Wish For is by Kirsty Lockwood. The perfect home or your worst nightmare? After breaking up with her long term boyfriend, Freya is in a rut. Working a dead end job with debts mounting up she longs to escape. So when she hears about The Wishing Well, an app where wealthy donors grant wishes for deserving strangers, she decides she has nothing to lose. Within days, a donor known only as Anon grants her wish for 'escape' and Freya is gifted a stay in an isolated country cottage, rent free. The cottage is perfect and Freya finally has the freedom to focus on her dreams. However, not everything is as it seems, a young woman has gone missing in the nearby hills and Freya finds herself entangled in the investigation into her disappearance. As Anon bombards Freya with messages and gifts, it becomes clear that they believe they are owed for their generosity and will go to extreme lengths to get what they want . .
When Marianne Capaletti's mobester hsuband goes missing , she finds both the FBI and the Patriarca crime family at her door. As it becomes clear that her life and er son's are in grave danger, there is only one place she can flee to for safety. - the lawless frozen wasteland of Northern Quebec, and the home she swore she would never return to. When The Devil Knows Your Name is by R J Ellory.
One morning, a phone call from a real estate agent changes the life of Lumiere, a broke architect in Paris. He is invited to view a historic mansion on the Ile de la Cité, a location far beyond his wildest dreams. If approved, he'll be able to call it home.The only catch? He must visit the ailing owner at a sanatorium in Switzerland and help him uncover the family secrets embedded in the mansion's walls.. Where the Light Leads is by Heesung Baek.
Set over one eventful New Year's Eve in a luxury Dubai hotel – when the festivitoes are held up by armed mercenaries, ex-SAS fighter Sam and his daughter Megan must defy all odds to reunite. Freefall is by M J Arlidge
The London Silver Vaults – the largest collection of silver for sale in the world, with more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punchup. Not somewhere you can murder someone without a trace- Only that's what happened. The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light, and memory loss amongst the witnesses make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit. But Peter's about to encounter something – and somebody – that nobody expects. In High Places is by Ben Aaronovitch.
