Startling in its revelations, disturbing in its implications - a thriller of gripping intensity and immense literary power. Two violent deaths in the Swedish wilderness; the hurried flight of a sinister stranger: terrible events long buried in Annie Raft's memory - until she sees her daughter in the arms of the man she believes responsible for the killings... ...

A twenty-five-year-old murder, a missing girl, and fatal attraction in a small seaside town... On a sunny Sunday in 1970, in the Devon resort of Pelham Bay, teenager Jennifer Stone discovers the corpse of a woman in the sparkling summer sea. It is an event that is to shape her destiny and that of Mark Piddle, the young reporter called...

In this book crime reporter Norman Lucas, with help of forensic psychiatrist Dr Arthur Hyatt Williams, examines the cases of thirty sex killers including - * Pauline and Juliet, the teenage lesbians whose bizarre fantasies ended in murder * Peter Kuerton, the 'Monster of Dusseldorf' * Sylvestre Matuschka, the Hungarian multiple-killer who found sexual satisfaction amidst the carnage of train...

On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto Tower in downtown L. A. a grand opening celebration is in full swing at the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the dead body of a beautiful woman is discovered. The investigation immediately becomes a thrilling chase through a twisting maze of...

A MAN IS MURDERED IN THE GARDENS OF A BRISTOL HOTEL. Inquiries reveal that he worked as an escort for a local escort agency. Rose Piper, investigating DCI, cannot trace the woman he was on his way to meet. But then another employee of Avon Escorts is found dead... In the heart of the Somerset, Freddie and Constance Lange farm...

Two quirky detective stories from Britain's best sci-fi writer and author of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams. Dirk Gently is a detective - well, a sort of detective. There is a long and honourable tradition of great detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. Dirk Gently calls himself a 'holistic detective' and above all,...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'A classic. If you like a rattling good yarn, then Dick Francis is your man!' 5***** Reader Review 'Brilliant, the pace keeps on racing through the whole book' 5***** Reader Review 'Gallops along and keeps you enthralled throughout. Riveting' 5***** Reader Review ______ 'Admiral...

It was 1882 when Antoinette Giry, Maitresse du Corps de Ballet at the Paris Opera House, took her small daughter to the funfair at Neuilly. And there, in a cage, she saw a filthy manacled creature whose tormented eyes shone from a grotesquely deformed face. It was Antoinette Giry who saved him, freed him, cured his wounds and finally let...

The Quincunx is an epic Dickensian-like mystery novel set in 19th century England, and concerns the varying fortunes of young John Huffam and his mother. A thrilling complex plot is made more intriguing by the unreliable narrator of the book - how much can we believe of what he says? First published in 1989, The Quincunx was a surprise bestseller...

Discover the nightmarish tale of a house that is bigger on the inside than the outside that still inspires devotion among an army of fans... Experimental in terms of design, typography, structure and content, this is a fully immersive and novel reading experience you won't be able to forget. Perfect for fans of Twin Peaks, Black Mirror, Stranger Things and...

A policeman on a mission of mercy is shot dead at point-blank range by a sweet old granny on a frosty morning. The neighbourhood, Paris's bubbling Belleville quarter, is already in uproar because half a dozen other grannies have been found with their shrivelled throats slit. Into this tense situation stumbles Benjamin Malaussène with an overly complicated life that includes...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'Great plot, non-stop action and great bad guys . . . What's not to like?' 5***** Reader Review 'Draws you in in the first five seconds and doesn't let go' 5***** Reader Review 'Dick Francis is a master at holding attention throughout' 5***** Reader...

A sea-story of vivid adventures, In Hazard is set on board the British ship Archimedes which is bound for the Far East from Norfolk (Virginia) via the Panama Canal. When the crew suddenly find themselves in the middle of a violent hurricane the book becomes an absorbing study of how different men behave when faced with danger. ...

An omnibus comprising Raymond Chandler's three Philip Marlowe novels, THE LADY IN THE LAKE, THE HIGH WINDOW and THE LITTLE SISTER. ...

The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend and suitor Franklin Blake brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion, as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff and the Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events...