Krim og spenning

There will be scores to settle when Hattie is caught up in a murder related to the production of a musical in a grand Tudor house -- in the new Theatreland mystery.

It's four days til Christmas, and a huge snowstorm has brought England to a standstill. At Mistletoe Manor, twelve strangers are trapped together until the roads are cleared.Nick, seeking refuge at the hotel, longs to get home to his wife and baby daughter. As he joins the group by the crackling fire that first night, carols playing softly in the background, he's relieved to have made it to safety. But little does he know that one of the other guests isn't quite what they seem...Because the next day, one of their number is discovered murdered, a chilling note by the body declaring 'I know what you did.' And twelve strangers suddenly become eleven suspects.Cut off from the outside world, tensions rise as secrets are spilled. Can Nick uncover the killer before another life is lost?This festive locked-room mystery is perfect for fans of cosy whodunits, Agatha Christie and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett.

Falling into trap of writing commercially successful literary fiction, sure to alienate literary critics of yore, May Sinclair's reputation has been unfairly diminished in recent years - although in her day she drew the praise of writers as respected and disparate as George Orwell and Agatha Christie. Combining the traditional ghost story with Freudian logic and Modernist values, these Uncanny Stories - the first of two supernatural story collections - are a thrilling, familiar read, and yet a shocking departure from the genre as it was known, and makes for as compelling a read today as the day they were written.

The sixth Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment.Her blood-soaked body bears a chilling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier.Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in, and a past that could hold the clue to the killings...

Jesse Thomas, a humble, unassuming war hero from a tiny northeast Mississippi town, has dealt with a lot in his short life, including the tragic loss of his parents in a car crash. But what troubles him most is the disappearance of his wife, Mary, over a year ago. Cleared as a suspect by investigators, Jesse is perplexed that no one talks about her anymore. It’s as if she never existed.Only one clue was left behind: the remains of Mary’s dog. Although dismissed by law enforcement, Jesse thinks it’s significant to the case. Other than sympathy, it’s difficult to get much else from enigmatic sheriff Frankie Weatherford, Jesse’s legal guardian and the father of Brax, Jesse’s best friend growing up. Mr. Frankie, who’s like a second father, wouldn’t have anything to hide … would he?The more Jesse pokes around, the more hostility he encounters, especially from a pair of seedy childhood acquaintances who radiate envy and hatred toward him. Do they know what happened to Mary? Does Brax, a once-promising athlete whose life is in ruins, know more than he’s telling? Can Johnny Coats, a hard-to-read friend of the sheriff, be trusted? And how far will Jesse go to protect Ellie, his soulmate since middle school?

The latest thrilling and intense psychological suspense from the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen dives into the complicated and dark world of a prestigious ballet academy and explores just how far mothers will go to make their daughters stars.

***The gripping eighth instalment in the internationally bestselling series, available to pre-order now***PRAISE FOR THE CORMORAN STRIKE SERIES'A superlative piece of crime fiction' Sunday Times'The work of a master storyteller' Daily Telegraph'A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning . . . Strike and Ellacott remain one of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian'No one can deny [Robert Galbraith, pseudonym of ] J. K. Rowling's formidable talents as a crime writer' Daily Mail'Strike is a compelling creation . . . this is terrifically entertaining stuff' Irish Times

A local woman is found in a children's playground, tied up and burned to death. Her clothes are neatly folded and laid at the base of a nearby tree. Her body, charred and still smoking, is on display for all to see.One town over, another victim is discovered in the scorched remains of a brutal fire, her clothes having been laid out just beyond the reach of the vicious flames. Isabel Reis is called back to her post in the PolÍcia Judiciária hunt the serial killer and extinguish the red-hot city of Lisbon, or will she too get caught up in the smoke of the fire burning so close to home . . .The blood-tingling final instalment in the critically acclaimed Inspector Reis series propels us back to Portugal, right into the path of a serial killer.

The shocking sequel to Jeneva Rose's multimillion-copy bestselling thriller, The Perfect Marriage.

Book 5 in the DCI Frank Merlin series

The New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Harper L. Woods returns with The Damned, the next book in her unforgettable Coven of Bones series.Trapped.He fell through the gate to Hell to save my life.Beelzebub, the Lord of Gluttony, is no longer his own. He's been mine ever since he caught me singing to myself, falling prey to the magic of my song. If I can keep my distance, we can both move on.But now, he is caught under my spell, which makes him forbidden to touch. And yet, he is the only one I can trust to get me back to Crystal Hollow.We'll have to make it through the Nine Circles of Hell first.No matter what we lose along the way.