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A darkly compulsive debut thriller for fans of Tana French, Chris Whitaker and Belinda Bauer, Darkrooms explores the insidious, cyclical power of the past on the present

It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a year since he left his father Kohei - the wisest swordsman in the land - to set up his own blade school by the cool of the river. Ever since, amid the swaying bamboo groves, he waits patiently for his first disciple. But his serenity is soon disrupted by the visit of a mysterious samurai with an unhonourable offer: in exchange for a vast sum of gold, he must attack and injure the daughter of the Shogun's most senior counsellor. Troubled by the proposal, Daijiro, alongside his father and Mifuyu, a female warrior without match, soon set out into the underworld of Edo-era Japan to uncover the conspiracy, before quickly finding themselves embroiled in a series of increasingly perilous adventures . . . Widely considered to be the greatest work by Shotaro Ikenami, the master of Japanese historical fiction, The Samurai Detectives is a twisting, page-turning portrayal of one of the most intriguing, evocative periods in the history of Japan.

The ultimate code-cracking puzzle book for die-hard true crime fansPut your detective skills to the test! With more than 120 crosswords, cryptograms, word searches, word scrambles, and quizzes, Killer Puzzles will keep you guessing. You'll uncover hundreds of fascinating facts about modern history's most notorious criminals and their shocking crimes while you ponder questions like these:- What career did cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer wistfully wish he'd pursued?- Which junk food helped police catch California's Grim Sleeper?- For which band did murderer Charles Manson write a song?- What famous clothing designer had ties to Nazi intelligence?- Which cult carried out a deadly sarin attack to fulfill its world-ending prophecy?- What drug queenpin was known as "The Black Widow"?From serial killers and assassins to femme fatales, mob bosses, and cult leaders, no stone-cold criminal will go undiscovered in Killer Puzzles.

Sometimes the demons of stories take on human faces. When Poe Baxter and her friend Beattie travel to Lima, Peru, to hunt down a rare collection of Peruvian folktales, the two women find themselves mixed up in a game of deceit that echoes the legend of the chullachaqui. Soon, they're having trouble telling truth from lie, even when their lives are at stake. Can Poe and Beattie discern what is real from what is myth before it's too late?

Travel to Syria isn't always the safest choice, but it isn't the political tension that's the danger for Poe. No, the danger is linked to her latest book acquisition. Poe Baxter once heard a man say if he could travel anywhere in the world, he'd visit Damascus, and she hasn't thought about a visit to the city since. So when she hears that a rare codex from the 1st century has come onto the market there, she and Beattie book the next flight to see if they can buy it. Yet, when they arrive, they find there's much more at stake than just a rare scroll. Can centuries of secrets be unearthed safely? Or do they need to be buried again?

It's not every day you get to sit on pristine blue water holding a beautiful, first edition Nadine Gordimer novel, and wondering if you'll survive the day. Poe Baxter has always wanted to go to Capetown, and when she hears that a rare book by a famous South African novelist has come on the market, she takes the opportunity to fly to the city. But as soon as she and her best friend Beattie begin researching the whereabouts of this supposed literary treasure, they come upon another mystery that takes their attention and puts them in peril. What is a rare book worth? A human life or two?

She thought she was just going to reminisce, enjoy the Northern Lights, and celebrate an author, but a murderer had other ideas. On her first trip to Iceland, Poe Baxter is excited about the scenery, the culture and the rare book she's hoping to find. But it soon becomes clear that Poe and her best friend Beattie are in for far more than a quiet, book-buying trip to the country. Will they survive their new bookish escapade? When a case of nostalgia hits, will it also mean the end of Poe's memories?

Who knew that finding a rare book would also involve running for her life? When Poe Baxter fled her job as an English professor, she was thrilled to be launching into her career as an antiquarian book dealer with a trip to Edinburgh. But she soon finds that her queries into a particular book's provenance are drawing some less desirable attention to her and her best friend Beattie. Not everyone is interested in sharing this particular story. Will the women be able to discover the book's origins without bringing about their own ends?

It was supposed to be a simple salvage job. A couple mantels, some doorknobs. . .but definitely not a dead body. Paisley Sutton is sad to see an old Craftsman cottage be gutted, but she's at least glad she gets to salvage some of the pieces. But when she finds the body of an older woman, still warm, in the house's kitchen, she finds herself tangled up in a mystery that has ties to the house's original owner. Who wanted an old woman dead? Do they want the same for Paisley?

Salvaging from historic buildings isn't supposed to require reporting a murder. When salvage expert, historian, and single mom Paisley Sutton crawls into an abandoned store with a house attached, she certainly isn't expecting to find a body on site. But soon, her discovery sends Paisley on an expedition through history that links this murder to the one that led the previous owners to abandon the building in the first place. And someone doesn't want her to salvage this story from the wreckage. Can Paisley preserve herself and her young son while also uncovering the stories that matter most?

What would you be prepared to risk for a friend? Robbie Mayne returns from a business trip to Europe to find his best friend has been killed in a hit and run accident. Not convinced it was an accident, Robbie searches for the truth, triggering a deadly sequence of events that force him into hiding and a fight for his life as he pitted against a notorious organized crime figure. No longer sure who his friends are, Robbie races against the clock to find the truth before he becomes the next victim.

Where do you run when there's no place to hide? Petru Janco finds himself trapped within the shadows of a dangerous criminal underworld. Holding on to a secret that could cost him his life, Petru has no choice but to fight as he is hunted down by a ruthless crime boss. With no job, no money, and nowhere to hide, can he survive long enough to bring down an unbeatable enemy? If you enjoyed the intense action of The Da Vinci Code, you will love the suspenseful twists and turns of The Catalin Connection.

Three million dollars or somebody's life... Which would you choose? After being exonerated for a crime he didn't commit, Adam Wells leaves prison as the only living person who knows the location of a hidden cash fortune. Desperate to help a young friend who will soon die without an expensive and risky operation, Adam must weigh up the risk as he learns the money belongs to a drug syndicate who will stop at nothing to get their money back.

Sometimes you think you can see things behind the fence. Bad things. So it's better not to look . . . In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street. Bird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy. And their children are all well-mannered and smart and high achievers. At least they are for eleven months of the year. In November, however, the 'Darker Days' begin. For November's the month when things take a turn for the worse: accidents, bad luck, familial conflict and illness take hold. And it is in November that a stranger comes to Bird Street to collect the debt owed by the residents. Because, you see, there is a price that must be paid for all the happiness and good fortune they enjoy for the other eleven months of year. And that price is one human life. Every November. Without fail. And so it has been for over a hundred years. To ease their guilt, the residents of Bird Street seek out individuals - usually the elderly or the terminally ill - who wish to die with dignity and are content to be helped on their way. Until one year, things don't go to plan and events take a terrifying turn . . . This a neighbourhood drama to end all neighbourhood dramas. The residents of this particular cul de sac have made a pact with the Devil. For their gilded lives to continue, each year in November, someone must die in the woods . . .

In this interactive crime novel, step into the shoes of a detective and investigate the most mysterious crime of your career. There's been a murder at Elysium, a wellness retreat set in an English country manor. You arrive to find the body of a local businessman on the lawn - with a rose placed in his mouth. It appears he was stabbed with a gardening fork and fell to his death from the balcony above. But that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door, the key is missing, and everyone in Elysium is now a suspect...Gather the evidence and examine the clues. Choose who to interview next, and who to accuse as your prime suspect. But remember that every decision you make has consequences - and some of them will prove fatal...Do you have what it takes? Can YOU solve the murder?Experience a gripping new type of story, unlike anything you've read before, from Antony Johnston, award-winning crime author and veteran games writer.

A remote stage-coach station is closing down and a small group of travellers are thrown together on the last wagon out: the mysterious Doctor Favor and his wife, a traumatised girl, a brutal stranger called Braden, the station manager, the sharp-eyed young narrator and John Russell, known simply as 'Hombre'. The reader can be quietly confident that some of these travellers will not be reaching their destination alive.This superb Western, published in 1961, was one of the novels that made Elmore Leonard's reputation as someone who had single-handedly revived the genre. It was made into a film starring Paul Newman.Also included is Leonard's celebrated short story 'Three-Ten to Yuma'.