July 2017
Eight-year-old Jess and her little brother were playing at the
water's edge when their parents vanished. For hours the children held hands and
waited for them to return. But nobody ever came back. Years later, Jess has
become a locker of doors. Now a lawyer and a mother, she is determined to
protect the life she has built around her. But her brother Ro has grown
unpredictable, elusive and obsessive. When new evidence suggests that their
mother might be alive, Ro reappears, convinced that his sister knows more than
she claims. And then bad things start to happen. The Orphans is by Annemarie Neary.
Fifty Fifty is by James Patterson and Candice Fox. It’s not easy being a good detective – when
your brother’s a serial killer. Sam Blue
stands accused of the brutal murders of three young students, their bodies
dumped near the Georges River. Only one person believes he is innocent: his
sister, Detective Harriet Blue. And she’s determined to prove it. Except she’s now been banished to the outback
town of Last Chance Valley(population 75), where a diary found on the roadside
outlines a shocking plan – the massacre of the entire town. And the first
death, shortly after Harry’s arrival, suggests the clock is already
ticking. Meanwhile, back in Sydney, a young
woman holds the key to crack Sam’s case wide open. If only she could escape the madman holding
her hostage . . .
She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. She had her whole life
ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. Ten years on,
Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And then she meets a charming
and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet. But what really takes her
breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter. Because his daughter
is the image of Ellie. Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted
Laurel come flooding back. What really happened to Ellie? And who still has
secrets to hide? And Then She Was Gone
is by Lisa Jewell.
August 2017
Hiding in Plain Sight is by Susan Lewis. Andee Lawrence is in heaven. Well, the South
of France to be exact. Ex-detective Andee has swapped freelance investigation
and a broken marriage, for two months in Provence, renovating a beautiful villa
with the new man in her life. Pottering around a small picturesque town on an
early summer's day, she is at peace. But her world is about to be shattered.
Remember me? Two words spoken by a woman from the back of a car that say so
much yet reveal so little. As the car drives away Andee is left reeling, overwhelmed
by shock, confusion, self-doubt and mounting trepidation. Almost thirty years
ago, fourteen year old Penny had disappeared from her family's life, never to
be heard from again. It is the missing child case that has haunted Andee her
whole life; And now Penny - Andee's sister - is back. The question is: why?
The Walls is by Hollie Overton.
What if murder was your only way out? Single mom Kristy Tucker works as
a press agent for the Texas Department of Corrections handling everything on
death row from inmate interviews, to chronicling the last moments during an
execution. Her job exposes Kristy to the worst of humanity and it's one that's
beginning to take its toll. So when Kristy meets Lance Dobson, her son's
martial arts instructor, she believes she's finally found her happy ending.
She's wrong. Kristy soon discovers that Lance is a monster. Forced to endure
his verbal and physical abuse, Kristy is serving her own life sentence . . .
unless she's willing to take matters into her own hands. Perfectly poised to
exploit the criminal justice system she knows so well, Kristy sets out to get
rid of Lance - permanently.
The Store is by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo. The Store doesn't
just want your money - it wants your soul. Imagine a future of unparalleled
convenience. A powerful retailer, The Store, can deliver anything to your door,
anticipating the needs and desires you didn't even know you had. Most people
are fine with that, but not Jacob and Megan Brandeis. New York writers whose
livelihood is on the brink of extinction, Jacob and Megan are going undercover
to dig up The Store's secrets in a book that could change the entire American
way of life. But after a series of unsettling discoveries, Jacob and Megan's
worst fears about The Store seem like just the beginning. Harbouring a secret
that could get him killed, Jacob has to find a way to escape The Store's
watchful eye and publish his expose - before the truth dies with him.
There was a time when Jackie Reed knew her sons better than anyone.
She used to be able to tell what they were thinking, feeling, if they were
lying... But it's as though every day, every minute even, she knows them a
little less. Her boys aren't boys anymore, they're becoming men - men she's not
sure she recognises, men she's not sure she can trust. So when one of her son's
classmates is killed in suspicious circumstances, people start asking
questions. Was it really a hit and run? A car-jacking gone wrong? Or something
much more sinister? Now Jackie must separate the truth from the lies. How did
that boy end up on the road? And where was her son that night? If I Die Tonight is by A L Gaylin.
The Word is Murder is by Anthony Horowitz. A wealthy woman strangled six hours after
she's arranged her own funeral. A very private detective uncovering secrets but
hiding his own. A reluctant author drawn into a story he can't control. What do
they have in common? Unexpected death, an unsolved mystery and a trail of
bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's new thriller. SPREAD THE
WORD. THE WORD IS MURDER.
1470 The recent tensions between King Edward and his great ally the
Earl of Warwick lie forgotten these past months, but even as winter tightens
her grip on the land, the peace is shattered by a vicious attack on one of the
King's allies. Long buried secrets are brought to the surface, and Thomas and
Katherine must finally decide where their loyalties lie and to choose between
fight or flight, knowing either choice will incur a terrible price. From
Lincoln to Bruges, from Barnet to the great battle at Tewkesbury, both must
play their part in one of the most savage wars in history. The wars of the
roses. Kingmaker: Kingdom Come is by
Toby Clements.
A literary puzzle that introduces a young heroine plunged into the
twisted world of a secret society with a dark agenda. Lee Cuddy is seventeen
years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. After taking
the fall for a rich friend, Lee reluctantly accepts refuge in the Crystal
Castle - a cooperative of homeless kids squatting in an austere, derelict
building. But homeless kids are disappearing from the streets in suspicious
numbers, and Lee quickly discovers that the secret society's charitable facade
is too good to be true. She finds an unexpected ally in Tomi, a young artist
and hacker whose knowledge of the Internet's black market is rivalled only by
his ability to break into and out of buildings. From abandoned aquariums to
highly patrolled museums to the homes of vacationing Philadelphians, Tomi and
Lee can always chart a way to the next, perfect hide-out. But the harder Lee
tries to escape into the unmapped corners of the city, the closer she
unwittingly gets to uncovering the disturbing agenda of the very men who pull
the strings of the secret society she's hoped to elude, a group of fanatics
obsessed with the secrets encoded in the work of early-twentieth-century artist
Marcel Duchamp. What these men want is more twisted than anything Lee could've
imagined, and they believe Lee holds the key to it all. The Readymade
Thief is by Augustus Rose.
Lydia Smith lives her life hiding in plain sight. A clerk at the
Bright Ideas Bookstore, she keeps a meticulously crafted existence among her
beloved books, eccentric colleagues, and the BookFrogs—the lost and lonely regulars
who spend every day marauding the store’s overwhelmed shelves. But when Joey Molina, a young, beguiling
BookFrog, kills himself in the bookstore, Lydia’s life comes unglued. Always
Joey’s favourite bookseller, Lydia has inherited his meager worldly possessions.
Trinkets and books; the detritus of a lonely man. But when Lydia flips through
his books she finds them defaced in ways both disturbing and inexplicable. They
reveal the psyche of a young man on the verge of an emotional reckoning. And
they seem to contain a hidden message. What did Joey know? And what does it have
to do with Lydia? As Lydia untangles the mystery of Joey’s suicide, she
unearths a long-buried memory from her own violent childhood. Details from that
one bloody night begin to circle back. Her distant father returns to the fold,
along with an obsessive local cop, and the Hammerman, a murderer who came into Lydia’s
life long ago and, as she soon discovers, never completely left. Bedazzling,
addictive, and wildly clever, Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore is a
heart-pounding mystery that perfectly captures the intellect and eccentricity
of the bookstore milieu. Midnight at the
Bright Ideas Bookstore is by Matthew Sullivan.
The Dying Game is by Asa Avdic.
‘Oh, it’s really quite simple. I want you to play dead.’ On the remote island of Isola, seven people
have been selected to compete in a 48-hour test for a top-secret intelligence
position. One of them is Anna Francis, a workaholic with a nine-year-old
daughter she rarely sees, and a secret that haunts her. Her assignment is to
stage her own death and then observe, from her hiding place inside the walls of
the house, how the other candidates react to the news that a murderer is among
them. Who will take control? Who will crack under pressure? But as soon as Anna steps on to the island
she realises something isn’t quite right. And then a storm rolls in, the power
goes out, and the real game
begins…
September 2017
Haunted is by James Patterson and James O. Born. You can take Michael Bennett out of New York
City, but you can't take the cop out of Michael Bennett. Detective Michael
Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push him, and his
family, to the brink. He settles on an idyllic small town in the beautiful Maine
woods. But just when Bennett thinks he can relax, he gets pulled into a case
that has shocked the tight-knit community. Kids are disappearing with no
explanation - until several bodies turn up in the woods. Far from the city
streets he knows so well, Bennett is fighting to protect a town, the law, and
the family that he loves above all else.
Mistaken identities, dark
family secrets and mysterious conspiracies lie at the heart of this gripping
new thriller. Fifteen years ago in small-town New Jersey, a teenage boy and
girl were found dead. Most people concluded it was a tragic suicide pact. The
dead boy's brother, Nap Dumas, did not. Now Nap is a cop - but he's a cop who
plays by his own rules, and who has never made peace with his past. And when
the past comes back to haunt him, Nap discovers secrets can kill... Don’t Let Go is by Harlan Coben.
Munich is by Richard Harris. September
1938 Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve
the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be
notorious for what takes place there. Munich. As Chamberlain's plane judders
over the Channel and the Furher's train steams relentlessly south from Berlin,
two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of
Chamberlain's private secretaries; Paul Hartmann a German diplomat and member
of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to
power, they haven't seen one another since they were last in Munich six years
earlier. Now. as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are
destined to cross again . When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to
betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience?
November 2017
The Hanged Man is by Simon Kernick. A house deep in the countryside
where the remains of seven unidentified women have just been discovered. A cop
ready to risk everything in the hunt for their killers. A man who has seen the
murders and is now on the run in fear of his life. So begins the race to track
down this witness before the killers do. For Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd, the
road ahead is a dangerous one, with bodies and betrayal at every turn...
