January 2017
Cruel Mercy is by David Mark. Three Irishmen went to America. One's dead.
One's as good as. One is missing...The missing man is Valentine Teague. Petty
criminal, bare-knuckle fighter - and DS Aector McAvoy's brother in law. Back
home, Val's being held responsible for the blood spilt in the snowy woods of
upstate New York. If McAvoy doesn't find out the truth, all hell will break
loose, putting his own family in the crossfire. Investigating proves harder
than he could have imagined. New York City is a different world, with different
rules. Soon, he finds himself up against squabbling cops, mafias old and new,
and the culmination of a crime forty years in the making. All McAvoy can do is
the right thing. Even if it kills him..
A
man with no identity...hunting a man without limits. When a pile of bodies is
found in Paris, CIA Agent Tom Blake hustles his way onto a major case: tracking
a man with enhanced abilities, the test subject of a secret government
programme. There's just one problem: the man using Agent Blake's identity is
not Agent Blake. He's Tom Reese. Reese is searching for his brother's killer.
He stole Agent Blake's identity two months ago and has bluffed his way onto the
team investigating his only lead. But his time as a CIA agent is accelerating
toward its expiration date. Soon the CIA will find out that Agent Blake is in
two places at once. Soon the augmented man will come looking for him. And soon
both will discover that Tom Reese carries a secret even he doesn't know about.
He is the last test subject of Project Prometheus. The
Prometheus Man is by Scott Reardon.
Walk Away is by Sam Hawken. Former combat medic Camaro Espinoza is trying
to put her past behind her. She knows she's done bad things - but they were
always for good reasons. Then her calm, anonymous life is interrupted by a
distress call from her sister Annabel. She's become trapped in an abusive
relationship with petty criminal Jake Collier, and she needs Camaro's help.
Camaro has always protected Annabel, and she won't stop now. But the situation
is more dangerous than she realises. Jake has a sibling of his own, an
ex-Marine named Lukas who is as unhinged as Camaro is uncompromising. And he
and Jake are planning a much bigger crime. As the federal marshals pick up Lukas's
trail, and a bounty hunter with a debt to settle closes in, Camaro's smart
enough to know that standing her ground is the last thing she should do. But
even with a freight train like Lukas barrelling towards her, if there's one
thing she can't do, it's walk away.
February 2017
Blood Mother is by Dreda Say Mitchell. 1970s
London has stopped swinging, but it's not staying still. Babs thought she had
all the world ahead of her. Then she got pregnant and the father did a runner.
Salvation comes in the form of a man who'll look after her. Or so she thinks.
But Stan Miller is the devil in disguise...and over the next twenty years, Babs
will have reason to regret she ever met him. Can she protect her family - or
will he get the better of her?
Who
do you believe? He said it was consensual. The woman said nothing. But Laura
saw it...didn't she? In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura and Kit
interrupt something awful. Laura is sure about what happened. Later, in a
panic, she tells a little white lie - and four lives are changed irreparably.
When the victim turns up on their doorstep, her gratitude spills into dangerous
obsession. Laura and Kit decide to run - but Beth knows they have pledged to
see every eclipse together. They will never be able to entirely escape her. As
the next eclipse draws near, Laura must confront the fallout from what she saw
in the darkness. Confessing will cost her marriage; keeping the secret might
prove fatal. But all secrets, sooner or later, will come to light. He Said,
She Said is by Erin Kelly.
Susan
Bayliss became notorious when she blew the whistle on her boss, a heart surgeon
at a renowned children's hospital. She accused him of negligence, operations
were stopped and an inquiry launched. In the end she was the one suspended as a
troublemaker. Now Dr Harry Kent, a medical examiner with the Met Police, has
been called out to certify her suicide. But something about the scene is wrong.
Someone held Susan down...The grieving parents of the children who died demand
answers. The hospital is stonewalling. Everyone has secrets - it's up to Harry
and DCI Frankie Noble to find out which were worth killing for. A
Handful of Ashes is by Rob McCarthy.
Rusty Puppy is by Joe R Landsdale. Hap and Leonard investigate a racially
motivated murder that threatens to tear apart their East Texas town. Hap, a
former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, is recovering from a
life-threatening stab wound. He's hoping to take it easy, but then Louise Elton
arrives with a job...Months earlier, a bully cop pulled over and sexually
harassed Louise's daughter, Charm. When he started stalking her, her brother
Jamar tried to get evidence on him. The next thing Louise knew, Jamar got in a
fight and was killed by local hoods. It doesn't add up: he was a straight-A
student, destined for better things, until he began to ask too many questions
about the racist police force. Leonard, a tough black gay Vietnam vet and
Republican, joins Hap in the investigation, and they stumble upon the racial
divides that have shaped their Eastern Texas town. But if anyone can navigate
these pitfalls and bring the killers to justice, it's them.
March 2017
Betrayal is by Anthony Riches. Rome, AD
68. Nero has committed suicide. One hundred years of imperial rule by the
descendants of Julius Caesar has ended, and chaos rules. His successor Galba
dismisses the incorruptible Germans of the Imperial Bodyguard for the crime of
loyalty to the dead emperor. Ordering them back to their homeland he releases a
Batavi officer from a Roman prison to be their prefect. But Julius Civilis is
not the loyal servant of empire that he seems. Four centurions, two Batavi and
two Roman, will be caught up in the intrigues and the battles that follow - as
friends, as victims, as leaders and as enemies. Hramn is First Spear of the
Bodyguard. Fiercely proud of his men's honour, and furious at their disgrace,
he leads them back to the Batavi homeland to face an uncertain future. Alcaeus
is a centurion with the tribe's cohorts serving Rome on the northern frontier -
men whose fighting skills prove crucial as Roman vies with Roman for the
throne. A wolf-priest of Hercules, he wields the authority of his god and his
own fighting prowess. Marius is a Roman, first spear of the Fifth Legion: a
self-made man who hates politics, but cannot avoid them in a year of murderous
intrigue. Aquillius, former first spear of the Eighth Augustan, like Hramn, is
in disgrace for refusing to dishonour his oath of loyalty. But their paths will
lead them to opposite sides of an unforgiving war. And Civilis, Kivilaz to his
countrymen, heroic leader, Roman citizen and patriotic Batavi, will change both
the course of the Empire's destiny and that of the centurions.
Lane
Roanoke is fifteen when she comes to live with her maternal grandparents and
fireball cousin, Allegra, at the Roanoke family's rural estate following the
suicide of her mother. Over one long, hot summer, Lane experiences the benefits
of being one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But what she doesn't know
is being a Roanoke girl carries a terrible legacy: either the girls run, or
they die. For there is darkness at the heart of Roanoke, and when Lane
discovers its insidious pull, she must make her choice... The Roanoke Girls is by Amy Engel
The Legacy is by Yrsa Sigurdardottir.
The only witness to a shocking murder is the victim's
ten-year-old daughter,
Margret. The police turn to the Children's House for their expertise in
childhood trauma. The manager Freyja doesn't much like the police - especially
the detective in charge, Huldar. But she does want to help them protect
Margret. And when more people die - their murders heralded by strange messages,
texts, and strings of numbers - they will have to work together to crack the
riddle before they become targets themselves.
April 2017
The Burial Hour is by Jeffrey Deaver, A
businessman is snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight - or
so it appears to the eight year old girl who is the only witness. The perp
leaves a token at the site of the kidnapping: a miniature noose. A crime scene
this puzzling demands forensic expertise of the highest order. Lincoln Rhyme
and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. Rhyme and Sachs' investigation
takes an unexpected turn when a similar kidnapping occurs across the Atlantic
in a small town outside Naples. The killer's M.O. is bizarre and frightening.
Obsessed with music, the man records the final breaths of his victims, then
uses their dying sounds to compose a tune. The search for the killer will
become a complex case of international cooperation - yet not all is as it
seems, and soon Sachs and Rhyme find themselves playing a dangerous game with
shadowy parties from across the globe.
The Third Nero is by Lindsey
Davis. It is understood that a plebian
aedile, thought to be Ti Manlius Faustus, has issued a formal complaint to the
editors of the Acta Diurna, about the wording of a recent notice
concerning his wedding. Due to health issues, queries should be referred to his
wife. In view of sensitive material
contained in this publication, Our Master and God has instructed that the
scrolls must be subjected to detailed scrutiny by the intelligence service.
Some revelations may affect national security or be prejudicial to the safety
of agents in the field. Names and other information concerning senior officials
will be subject to redaction. No public statement is expected. Information has been received that the
sovereign nation of Parthia submitted a diplomatic protest about this
publication, which it calls cynically Parthio-phobic, at the same time strongly
denouncing recent treatment of its ambassadors in Rome and requesting the
urgent return of one its citizens. The Palatine has declined to comment. T Flavius Abascantus, freedman of the imperial
family, points out that after a brief sabbatical, which he describes as a
rest-break by mutual agreement, he has resumed all duties as Secretary of
Petitions. He stresses that no formal charges have been laid against him and
states that he has the full confidence of the Emperor. The Emperor is currently
in Pannonia and unreachable.
The Binding Song is by Elodie Harper
and takes you on a trip to Halvergate Prison. If you're lucky, you'll get to
leave...Dr Janet Palmer has just been appointed as lead psychologist at HMP
Halvergate in a remote, bleak area of Norfolk. It is a promotion, but not a
comfortable one: there have been a string of suicides, and her predecessor
seems to have disappeared - along with his notes. The staff are hostile, the
threat of violence is ever-present, and there are rumours of a 'woman in white'
stalking the corridors, punishing the inmates for their sins. Janet is
determined to find out what is really going on. But the longer she stays and
the deeper she digs, the more uncertain she feels. Halvergate is haunted by
something. But it may be a terror worse than ghosts..
Penance is by Kanae Minato. When
they were children, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko were tricked into separating from
their friend Emili by a mysterious stranger. Then the unthinkable occurs: Emily
is found murdered hours later. Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko weren't able to
accurately describe the stranger's appearance to the police after their
friend's body was discovered. Emily's mother curses the surviving girls, vowing
that they will pay for her daughter's murder. And over the years, in unexpected
ways, all of them do... Penance is a dark tale of revenge and psychological
trauma
May 2017
Adrenaline-junky
Simon Newman sneaks onto private land to explore a dangerous cave in Wales with
a strange man he's met online. But Simon gets more than he bargained for when
the expedition goes horribly wrong. Simon emerges, the only survivor, after a
rainstorm trap the two in the cave. Simon thinks he's had a lucky escape. But his
video of his near-death experience has just gone viral. Suddenly Simon finds
himself more famous than he could ever have imagined. Now he's faced with an
impossible task: he's got to defy death once again, and film the entire thing.
The whole world will be watching. There's only on place on earth for him to pit
himself against the elements: Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
But Everest is also one of the deadliest spots on the planet. Two hundred and
eighty people have died trying to reach its peak. And Simon's luck is about to
run out. The White Road is by Sarah
Lotz.
The Lost Order is by Steve Berry The
Knights of the Golden Circle was the largest and most dangerous clandestine
organization in American history. It amassed billions in stolen gold and
silver, all buried in hidden caches across the United States. Since 1865
treasure hunters have searched, but little of that immense wealth has ever been
found. Now, one hundred and sixty years later, two factions of what remains of
the Knights of the Golden Circle want that lost treasure - one to spend it for
their own ends, the other to preserve it. Thrust into this battle is former
Justice Department agent Cotton Malone, whose connection to the knights is far
deeper than he ever imagined. At the center is the Smithsonian Institution -
linked to the knights, its treasure, and Malone himself through an ancestor, a
Confederate spy named Angus "Cotton" Adams, whose story holds the key
to everything. Complicating matters are the political ambitions of a reckless
Speaker of the House and the bitter widow of a United States Senator, who
together are planning radical changes to the country. And while Malone and
Cassiopeia Vitt face the past, ex-president Danny Daniels and Stephanie Nelle
confront a new and unexpected challenge, a threat that may cost one of them
their life. From the backrooms of the Smithsonian to the deepest woods in rural
Arkansas, and finally up into the rugged mountains of northern New Mexico, The Lost Order is a perilous adventure
into the dark past of the United States, and a potentially even darker future.
The Ultimatum is by Karen Robards. My
true name is the Guardian. I was named after the Galatians for the Guardians
and managers until the date set by the Father.' Bianca Saint-Yves is smart,
talented, beautiful-and one of the best in the world at her profession. She's a
high-end thief, a master manipulator, a card shark, a genius of disguise,
conning thieves out of the money they stole and giving it back to those who
should rightfully have it. A femme fatale Robin Hood, she preys on the bad and
those that prey on the less fortunate. Her job will take her all over the
world, turning the tables on dangerous international criminals...
An Inexplicable Abduction in Bollywood
is by Vaseem Khan. Mumbai is a city that thrives on extravagant spectacles and
larger-than-life characters. But, as Chopra is about to discover, even in the
city of dreams, there is no guarantee of a happy ending. Rising star and
incorrigible playboy Vikram Verma has disappeared, leaving his latest film in
jeopardy. Hired by Verma's formidable mother to find him, Inspector Chopra and
his sidekick, baby elephant Ganesha, embark on a journey deep into the world's
most flamboyant movie industry. As they uncover feuding stars, failed
investments and death threats, it seems that many people have a motive for
wanting Verma out of the picture. And yet, as Chopra has long suspected, in
Bollywood the truth is often stranger than fiction...
Crime Song is by David Swinson. Frank Marr, a retired D.C. police detective
working as a private eye, has a serious problem. He is secretly a drug addict,
and his supply of cocaine is about to run out. While staking out an upscale
nightclub in an attempt to identify criminals whose homes he might hit for
drugs, he settles on a young college student. After spending a long night
following his target, Marr returns home to find he has been burgled. Although
Marr's drugs are safe, several items are missing: his .38 revolver, and his
cherished music collection that includes dozens of records that belonged to his
deceased mother. Marr reports the burglary to the police, but immediately
begins investigating the crime himself. And then comes even worse news: the
cocaine dealer Frank was following is stabbed to death in his own fortified
home. Frank knows in his gut that the burglary and murder are related. With
good cops, bad cops, and exceptionally dangerous drug lords on his tail, Frank
is determined to find out the truth, even if it kills him. This time, it just
might.
June 2017
A Game of Ghosts is by John
Connolly. It is deep winter. The
darkness is unending. The private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished,
and Charlie Parker is dispatched to track him down. Parker's employer, Edgar
Ross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has his own reasons for
wanting Eklund found. Eklund is no ordinary investigator. He is obsessively
tracking a series of homicides and disappearances, each linked to reports of
hauntings. Now Parker will be drawn into Eklund's world, a realm in which the
monstrous Mother rules a crumbling criminal empire, in which men strike
bargains with angels, and in which the innocent and guilty alike are pawns in a
game of ghosts ...
Svalbard,
Norway, 1977. Engineer Yuri takes the last boat to the Soviet outpost of
Pyramiden, just as the sun sinks for three long months. When his ambitious
assistant Semyon is found dead in a mine, the circumstances seem strange. Yuri
still plays by Stalin-era rules: Don't trust anyone; Keep your head down; Look
after number one. Yet is his tempestuous love affair with the fickle, brooding
Anya blinding him? On an island where the vodka follows freely and anyone could
be a secret agent, even the people closest to you are not always what they seem. Currently untitled novel by Stephen Burke
Girl at Midnight by Katarzyna
Bonda. Sasha Zaluska used to be a police officer, and an alcoholic. But it is a different Sasha who picks up the
phone in her flat in England, with her daughter asleep nearby. Yet the voice
she hears takes her back to the bad days in Poland – and eventually, to the
murder of a brother and sister that had been unsolved for twenty years,
changing everything she thought she knew.
Fever is by Deon Meyer. A compelling story of survival and betrayal
set in a world after 'The Fever'. Nico Storm and his father Willem drive a
truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among
the few in South Africa - and the world, as far as they know - to have survived
a devastating virus which has swept through the country. Their world turned
upside down, Nico realises that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he
is destined to be his father's protector, even though he is still only a boy.
But Willem Storm, though not a fighter, is both a thinker and a leader, a wise
and compassionate man with a vision for a new community that survivors will
rebuild from the ruins. And so Amanzi is founded, drawing Storm's 'homeless and
tempest-tost' - starting with Melinda Swanevelder, who they rescued from brutal
thugs, Hennie Flaai, with his vital Cessna plane, Beryl Fortuin with her ragtag
group of orphans and Domingo, the man with the tattooed hand. And then there is
Sofia Bergman, the most beautiful girl that Nico has ever seen, who changes
everything. So the community grows - and with each step forward, as resources
increase, so do the challenges they must face - not just from the attacks of
biker brigands, but also from within...Nico will find experience hardship and
heartbreak and have his loyalty tested to its limits as he undergoes an
extraordinary rite of passage in this new world. Looking back as he writes in
memoirs later in life, he recounts the events that led to the greatest rupture
of all - the murder of his father.
City of Masks is by S D Sykes. Oswald de Lacy is far from home. Accompanying his mother on a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem, the young lord of Somershill Manor is forced to stay with a family
friend in Venice. When he discovers the
brutally murdered body of his hot’s son, Oswald is drawn into an investigation
that propels him towards the dark heart of a city ruled by ritual and fear,
soon putting his own life in desperate danger.
DS Harri Jacob is by Danielle Ramsay. First, he selects them. Strips them of their
identity. Then he kills them. All for her...DS Harri Jacobs transferred to
Newcastle from the Met in the hope of leaving her past behind: the moment where
her stalker turned violent. He left her alive, saying that one day he would be
back. And she ran. But a year later, she realises he has followed her from
home. He'll prove his devotion. With blood...
