Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Maya is the perfect politician's wife. She supports her husband at every turn. The camera loves her, the country loves her, most of all – he loves her. As the country heads towards a general election, the Stones are set to take the polls by storm. But when a body is discovered in their back garden, the media spotlight turns its glare on the couple who had it all. As their picture-perfect life starts to unravel, Jeremy claims it’s nothing more than political foul-play.

The guest list for Brit and Joe’s joint bachelor-bachelorette weekend is small and exclusive: the bride, the groom, the best man, a work friend... and me, the maid of honor. I’ve planned every detail to make this a celebration none of us will ever forget. Expect daytime drinking, poolside lounging — and a White Lie Party designed to help us share all our little secrets. After all, confession is good for the soul... and one of us is hiding something truly killer.

I'm Daphne Wood, the bookseller of Castle Combe. My life was peaceful until the best-selling author Gill Holland moved to town. He bought the house next to mine, the late Bettie's place, and became my new neighbour. The girls from the book club envied my luck. I thought so too, until I started seeing the most disturbing things. They didn't know Gill Holland like I did.

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No one told mob princess Hope Whitmore how boring witness protection would be. So when her boss sets her up on a blind date, Hope throws caution to the wind. A girl’s gotta live a little, right? Wrong. Turns out her well-meaning boss secretly put her picture on a dating app, and Hope finds herself face-to-face with the father of the teenager she accused of murder.

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We've won a multi-million-pound house in the Cotswolds. It's a dream come true. But the nightmare is just beginning. The threats start immediately. The day we move in, the woman next door comes over, with a bottle of red wine. Then I get a message congratulating me... and saying they know about what happened sixteen years ago. The mistake that ruined everything. And things are about to get even worse.

Opening the door, I kiss my handsome man and smile as the children run into the home I’ve spent all day making perfect. I still can’t believe that I’m living in this warm, safe place that’s filled with laughter. But I’m always looking over my shoulder because I know that my gorgeous family could be taken away from me in a heartbeat.

DI Clare Mackay will be pushed to her limits as the bodies begin to pile up... A body is hauled out of St Andrews harbour. The cause of death a blow to the back of the head. DI Clare Mackay and her team are immediately suspicious. This was no accident. Local Dennis Gibb was murdered. Meanwhile a...

How do you stop a killer no one believes exists? DS Kat Ballantyne wants to know why a perfect girl like Rosie Duggan would jump to her death from a multistorey car park. Everyone is saying she took her own life. But Kat is unconvinced. Girls like Rosie—bright, popular, well adjusted, and with her whole life ahead of her—don’t fall from tall buildings. Unless someone pushes them.

ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE THRILLER FROM THE MILLION COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Welcome to the Crazyhouse. Where unwilling contestants play the game of death. The north of England is rocked by two horrifying but bewildering crimes: a £600,000 drugs heist, the couriers and the buyers all slain. And the...

Life in Little Shaw is as nice as pie for librarian Ginny Cole. She’s got a tentative truce with her grumpy neighbor Detective Inspector Wallace, and Sunday quiz nights at The Lost Goat with her friends (team name: The Merry Widows). Until the young quizmaster is found dead in the cellar. The police call it an accident; Ginny suspects murder. But with Wallace strangely impossible to locate and convince, she and the other widows must step—carefully, mind—into the breach.

In the car on the way to her husband’s funeral, Honey Beckett still can hardly believe that Barney is actually dead. Granted, he was more than twice her age. But he was Barney Beckett, visionary tech genius, full of surprises—by turns romantic, inspirational, and controlling. Always in control. At the service, she impulsively goes to sit with the three ex-wives: practical Rita, fiery Svetlana, ambitious Meredith. Each broke up the other’s marriage in turn—and now, one final betrayal awaits.

Elena’s looking forward to a quiet Friday night curled up with her husband with a glass of wine and a new crime drama on TV. As the show starts, she realises, with a jolt of panic: every detail mirrors one horrific night she’s spent years trying to forget. Elena doesn’t believe in coincidences. Someone knows her secret—and she’ll lose everything if the truth comes out.

You've woken up in a hospital bed with no memory of who you are or how you came to be hurt. You were in a car accident. You want to tell them that you're an innocent man, that you're not a murderer, but you don't know why you were in the car or where you were going. Then a mysterious woman arrives, offering you a way out of your predicament. All you have to do is trust her.

The charming seaside Isle of Man cozy mystery series continues in A Case of Pier Pressure. Toby Haddock and his investigative partner, Quinn Flitcroft, had recently played a pivotal role in bringing a vicious murderer to justice. But if Toby thought life in his new home on the Isle of Man was going to be a sedate, quiet affair from now on, he was in for a serious wake-up call.

Der junge Ritter Otto von Linn ringt mit der Last der Führung, der Knappe Wenzel mit der Angst auf dem Schlachtfeld und die Novizin Magdalena mit ihrer Berufung und ihren Sehnsüchten, die ihr Leben in eine völlig andere Richtung lenken könnten. Eine Todesprophezeiung und ein Mordanschlag vergiften das kaiserliche Lager. Zwischen Wahrheit und Verrat weiß bald niemand mehr, wem er den Rücken zukehren darf. Hunger, Hitze und Seldschuken fordern zahllose Opfer. Ein Triumph lässt Hoffnung aufglimmen. Kurz. Dann kommt der Tag, der alles nimmt.

January 1901. Abigail and Daniel Wilson, often lauded as "The Museum Detectives," are on their way to the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Their explorations of the pyramid, including the Robbers' Tunnel, take a very sinister turn when they come upon the dead body of a man who has been brutally garrotted. Investigations by the local police reveal him to be Simeon McGruder, a wealthy American who is financing an excavation of the pyramids.

Lady Eleanor Swift is visiting Dublin with her husband Hugh Seldon and butler Clifford to meet Samuel O’Sullivan, a man who may be able to tell her more about the mysterious disappearance of her parents two decades ago. Deciding they should explore the city a little more, they jump at the chance to visit the world-renowned Finnegan’s brewery. But their taste test of the famous black stout turns deadly when Eleanor spots a body in one of the barrels!

Sur les landes du Yorkshire, la célèbre autrice Faye Mathis apprend à vivre avec un Alzheimer précoce. Elle entreprend d'écrire son autobiographie, déterminée à fixer son passé sur le papier avant que sa mémoire ne la trahisse. Mais son histoire familiale est pleine de zones d'ombre, de lignées brisées, de liens du sang emmêlés en nœuds impossibles… Quand une photo de Faye – sale, débraillée, errant seule sur la lande – fait le tour d'Internet, sa vie bascule dans le chaos. Faye se lance à la recherche de cette inconnue, mais plus elle creuse, plus la vérité lui échappe.

It’s the annual Locharran Highland Games and Ally McKinley has never seen her little village so busy or excited. Everyone’s enjoying the Scottish dancing, the bagpipes, and cheering the competitors on. But there’s a hitch in the proceedings when champion challenger Archie Armstrong drops dead in the middle of tossing the caber. Rushing to the scene, Ally is the first to spot that Archie’s death was no accident–this was murder!

When Molly Williams is abducted and her husband's frantic plea for help reaches The 83 Trust, Kaine and his team are drawn into a violent new conflict. Their enemies are ruthless, their motives buried beneath layers of deception, and not even Kaine is prepared for the brutality that follows.

Beneath the waters of the River Derwent lies a terrible secret. When the submerged body of a woman is discovered, it opens an investigation full of old grudges and dangerous truths. Can Gemma and her friends find the killer and bring calm back to their local town of Belper?

Rachel has orchestrated the perfect plan to win back her husband’s attention. A bloody handprint. Signs of a struggle. And a disappearance staged by Rachel herself. He’ll follow the clues, rescue her, and feel needed again. But when Jake doesn’t come looking, Rachel realizes that their marriage has turned darker than she thought.

Still reeling from her sister’s unexpected death, artist Emily Harper isn’t convinced Becky’s fall down the grand staircase was an accident. But when a hidden journal resurfaces—along with cryptic notes and eerie visions—Emily begins to suspect her sister was on the verge of uncovering something dangerous. Then a body is discovered at Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, and the past crashes into the present. A local historian has been murdered—one who may have known the truth about Becky’s final days.