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AN UNPUTDOWNABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A STUNNING FINAL TWIST.They find a cabin in the woods and think they're finally safe. But little do they know, the nightmare is just beginning.This camping trip is Chris's last chance to keep his family together. His wife is gone and, after what he did, his daughters aren't speaking to him. But things go wrong as soon as they get to the mountains.Kayla is still so pissed at him, and Emma runs off into the woods. By the time they find her, she's broken her leg and there's a bad storm rolling in. They need shelter, fast.They think they've found sanctuary when they come across an old farmstead. The woman inside welcomes them in out of the howling blizzard and straps up Emma's leg.But the phone lines are down. The roads are blocked. And the woman in the cabin is not what she seems . . .Will Chris and his daughters survive the night?Set in the stunning wilderness of the Colorado Flat Tops, this addictive thriller packed with shocking twists will make you question everything you think you know about family.

SET UNDER THE BROODING SKIES OF NORTH NORFOLK. MEET SARA HIRST AS SHE SEARCHES FOR HER LOST FATHER AND FINDS THAT GREAT BEAUTY SOMETIMES CONCEALS GREAT VIOLENCE.Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. She wants to know the truth about her father, who has connections to the area. Her mother won't tell her the real story.A NEW JOB. A NEW PLACE. SAME OLD PROBLEMS.Sara's first call-out is to a decomposing body discovered in a ditch on a local farm. How does the murder relate to a recent spate of thefts? Who wanted the victim dead?THEN THE CASE GROWS VERY PERSONAL . . .

Northamptonshire, April 1926.Emily lost her husband during the Great War, and now lives with her son Chadwick. Over the Easter weekend, he takes her to visit her beloved family home. But, for Emily, returning to Alleyn Dene dredges up the pain of the past.The memories soon come flooding back. Of the girl she once was, of her lost innocence, of how life used to be before that fateful night at the ball at Nethercote Hall when she was seventeen.She has kept her secret since that day, and has lived with her pain ever since.Her husband was a good man, and she is blessed that Chad has grown up to be just like his father, but Emily is still waiting for the sun.Now, after a chance meeting with a handsome bus conductor on a trip to London, Emily is finally starting to feel like the clouds might part.A prisoner of the past, she might be able to look to the future - if only she can confront the terrible truth that she has kept hidden for more than twenty years.

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. Under the brooding skies of North Norfolk, Sara faces her toughest case yet and finds that great beauty sometimes conceals great violence.Too many secrets.Too much pain.Too many leads.Dawn breaks as a dog-walker finds a dead body, half-naked and wrapped tightly in an old groundsheet.Sara is first on the scene.Who is the victim? And who will be next?Sara must take on some of Britain's most wanted criminals if she's to find out the truth.This crackling, twisty thriller set within the mysterious beauty of the east coast will have you flying through the pages right till the gripping end.

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit.Carnival week in Cromer. It's been an easy-going summer for the Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit - until this morning.The body of Daisy Shaw, the Carnival Queen, is discovered in a back alley, stretched out on the cobbles. Her long blonde hair lies matted and dishevelled around her head, her fingers clutch a sparkly plastic tiara.Suspicion falls on the carnival crew, especially when it turns out that one of them is Daisy's boyfriend.The atmosphere in Cromer soon grows nasty. The town turns against the outsiders. The roads are closed. The town descends into chaos. And the murder detectives are right in the thick of it, trying to piece together what happened to Daisy.The close-knit carnival community is all too used to prejudice and none too keen on helping the police.Meanwhile, both Sara's mother and boyfriend have bombshells to drop. Can Sara solve the case before anyone else gets hurt?

After three months off, a gruesome murder throws Detective Rachel King back into the thick of it. But can she cope? The pressures of the job and of being a single mum are taking their toll. It's a horrifying sight. The body of an elderly woman is carefully posed on the altar. There's gaffer tape over her mouth, her hands are crossed over her chest, tied together with white ribbon. A single white rose is placed between her fingers. The victim is quickly identified as Mary Dunn, whose turn it was to arrange the church flowers. Everyone loved Mary. The motive for her murder is a mystery. Then forensic evidence produces a shocking result: a link to the Slasher, a notorious serial killer who stalked the streets of Manchester fifteen years before. But the Slasher was murdered in prison - so how come his DNA is found on Mary's clothing? Does Detective Rachel King have a serial killer on her patch? One who's back from the dead . . .

Right person, wrong time? Or better off as friends? Holly Anderson needs to decide. Cheerful and confident veterinarian Holly doesn't do flings. Falling in love is not in her five-year plan. Moving her entire life out of London to a fishing village in the Scottish Highlands is definitely not part of her plan. But then Holly's life is turned upside down. She finds herself in tiny Eastercraig, where a run-down surgery, a gorgeous seaside home and two immediate new friends await. She has barely arrived when a tipsy Greg Dunbar lets himself into her cottage in the middle of the night.Greg is only back in Eastercraig to discuss the future of the family farm with his stubborn brother. He doesn't know that Holly has moved in. Neither of them is looking for romance.They should just be friends . . .Right?

Detective Helen Carter is back in the thick of things. It's a race against time to catch a serial killer targeting young women.Twenty years ago, Helen's father, Detective Richard Carter, worked himself to the bone to put away a notorious serial killer. Mark Landis earned infamy as the Button Killer, known for his gruesome habit of stuffing buttons down the throats of his victims.Now it looks like the Button Killer is back. There's a spate of killings in the city, each victim found with his trademark signature - the button . . .Is Helen dealing with a clever copycat killer?Or even worse, could her father have put the wrong man behind bars?Now the killer is leaving taunting messages demanding Landis' release - or else.All eyes are on Helen. This case will cost her dearly, she must face her own family's dark past to find the answers so desperately needed - and the truth could shatter her life forever . . .

Big-time businessman Sir Gerald Campion is losing money. The losses in his gambling division look like an inside job. He's angry, and betrayal like this can't go unpunished. He enlists the help of Shannon Investigations, a team of fraud detectives with a reputation for getting results - and fast. Wasting no time, Nick heads to the casino to gather intel and spots shady dealings at the blackjack table . . . Nick's onto something. But before he has time to act, he's attacked by a mad axeman waiting for him in the carpark, backed up by an unknown figure in a van. Then a car bomb explodes, killing one of Campion's staff and injuring one of Shannon's own team. Someone is playing a game of Russian roulette . . . And Shannon's going for broke.

For five long years, Detective Barnes has been hunting the killer of the person he cared about the most. Now, the one man who could have revealed the truth is dead. His charred and blackened body is all that remains in his burnt-out flat. A week later, a desperate, emaciated young woman hammers on the door of a late-night convenience store. She speaks no English - but it's clear that she's terrified - and running for her life. It's only Barnes who connects the two events. He and his new boss, Superintendent Samson Kane, team up to uncover the truth. Their investigations stir up dangerous undercurrents within Eastbourne's criminal community. And the two police detectives are vulnerable. Both Barnes and Kane have secrets in their pasts. Secrets which look set to catch up with them . . . with horrifying consequences.

Welcome to The Copse. A sleepy little cul-de-sac where nothing ever happens. Until . . . Sheila Craven, the widow at number 12, is found dead in her armchair. Smothered with one of her Liberty cushions. Detective Markham and the gang are on the case, following a twisty trail that leads straight to the high street - and Sheila's favourite Italian restaurant. But just when they think they've cracked the case, a second victim is found, floating in his own fishpond. Markham and his team realize they have a serial killer on their hands. And it's a race against time to stop them before more locals die.

Oxford women are being targeted. And private detective Doug Mullen is the prime suspect. Doug meets a young woman in the foyer of a cinema in east Oxford and offers to buy her a drink. The next morning the woman's mutilated body is found in a ditch. And Doug is arrested on suspicion of murder. But with no evidence to hold him, Doug is released from Cowley Road police station. Later that week, Doug heads to the pub to meet a new client. But as he's buying her a drink at the bar, she disappears, leaving a book on her vacant seat. First woman he meets ends up dead in a ditch. Second woman he meets disappears. One might be bad luck, but two is a police investigation . . .

In the peaceful village of Maybridge, you wouldn't expect to find a dead body in the rose garden. And certainly not two. Abby Finch is horrified to discover the bones of a baby long-since buried under a rose bush in the garden of her soon-to-be ex-husband Howard's family home. She immediately calls the police but she can't get hold of Howard. He's off on a jolly with the very pregnant soon-to-be new Mrs Finch. Abby will do whatever it takes to keep things cordial for the sake of her three children. But when Howard learns the press have found out, he's livid. He accuses Abby of sabotaging his fledgling political campaign. And then, just two days later, Abby finds Howard himself.Lying dead in the very same rose garden.Throat slashed with her own garden spade. Now Abby is the prime suspect. Somebody in this quiet village is hiding a dark secret. And Abby will have to dig deep to uncover the truth.

There's something decidedly sinister about the winner of Bath's best window display . . . Is it the hangman's noose or the dead body? Honey Driver is reluctant about judging Bath's best window display. But even she can see that the exquisite highwayman scene in the window of gentleman tailor Pauling and Tern, complete with hangman's noose, is the outright winner. Then just hours after accepting his prize, owner Nigel Tern is found hanging dead in his own display. Murdered. A popular ladies' man and savvy business owner, there's no shortage of angry ex-lovers and jealous shopkeepers with a grudge against Nigel - including his own father. Mr Tern Senior seems to have a solid alibi, but his lack of emotion over his son's death is puzzling. But before Honey and her detective fiancé Steve can investigate further, Steve's daughter announces she's engaged to her brand-new boyfriend, Andrew. Honey can't shake the feeling that Andrew's not who he says he is . . . Can Honey figure out the truth behind Andrew, and crack the case of Nigel Tern's murder?

Residents of Oldminster are horrified by the arrival of the city's first lady vicar, Reverend Stacey Williams. No sooner does she step foot in the ancient church that trouble begins . . . First there are violent protests. Next are several threatening letters. Then the font where Williams is meant to hold her first baptism is discovered filled with blood. Finally, a few weeks later, whilst performing Holy Communion, Reverend Williams keels over after taking a sip of the holy wine. The chalice clangs onto the altar steps as she lands, like a rag doll, onto the sanctuary floor. Oldminster's first female vicar is dead, most likely poisoned by her own wine! Suspicion immediately falls onto the many townsfolk who were so outraged by Williams' arrival. But could one of them really be capable of cold-blooded murder? The devil is at play, and it's up to Detectives French and Edwards to uncover the truth.

Former Detective Hillary Greene and her cold case team are handed an impossible case.Thirty years ago, two days before Christmas, the much-loved Reverend Keith Coltrane was hit over the head and left to die inside his own church. The killer was never caught.This shocking crime took place in the pretty Oxfordshire village of Lower Barton. Everyone knows everyone else in this peaceful little community. Who would have wanted to harm the young Reverend, who was handsome and popular - especially with the ladies of the village? No one has a bad word to say about him - apart from his younger sister.Now, Hillary and her team of misfits are ready to find out the truth. They uncover old secrets, jealousies and long-standing feuds in the village. Secrets someone will kill to keep hidden.Hillary is also hiding something - but she's finding it harder and harder to keep her own secret.It's up to Hillary to uncover the shocking truth in this coldest of cold cases - before old crimes turn to new murder.

A twisted killer. A deadly game. A detective who must break the rules to win.Detective Kate is sunning herself on the beach at an exclusive Mexican resort, feeling emboldened enough to shed her bikini top. Then she gets an anonymous text. Hi Kate, Are your detective skills as good as your boobs?Later that night, someone breaks into her hotel room and rifles through her belongings. And a woman plunges to her death from the balcony above.Is it all connected? Kate is relieved to escape the unwelcome attention and return home. But back in Somerset, she reaches into her coat pocket and finds a scrawled message: See You Soon, Kate.Has her stalker followed her home?Someone is watching Kate. They know where she lives, where she works. They seem to know her every move. But what is it they want?Then the local vicar plunges to his death from the top of the bell tower. Just like the woman in Mexico.The next day, someone calls the local paper: "I killed him."And Kate finds that she's an unwilling participant in a deadly game. She must enter the mind of a twisted killer and stay one step ahead of him.Because if he catches her up . . . she's dead.

An absolutely heartbreaking and uplifting First World War story of hardship and hope. 1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott waves goodbye to her family and leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to five children she's never met. Her heart full of hope, she's looking forward to a new adventure. Life in town with the wealthy Winton family is very different to anything this simple country girl has known before. Mr Winton is strict but his wife is kindly, and Kate soon settles in. She enjoys looking after her mischievous young charges, and becomes firm friends with Clara, the eldest daughter. At the same time, she can't help but notice that eighteen-year-old Philip, the eldest son, is so very handsome. Kate knows that society would never accept a match between a wealthy banker's son and a lowly nursemaid. So when local gardener Archie asks her to walk out with him, Kate agrees - even though her heart belongs to Philip. Then war breaks out. Both Philip and Archie enlist in the army and head to France, leaving Kate bereft. When Kate discovers she's pregnant, she has no one to turn to. Facing the horrors of the workhouse, Kate's future looks bleak. What will happen to Kate as a penniless unmarried mother at a time when women are judged harshly and the men are away at war? The Country Girl is Sally Tarpey's debut novel, and is inspired by the true story of her grandfather's first wife.

A CAPTIVATING WW1 SAGA OF UNWAVERING STRENGTH. My cousin has been killed in action. We grew up together. He was like a brother to me. His poor mother, my aunt Eloise, will need me now more than ever. July 1916, Clifton Park. Soft-hearted Dorothea Kaufmann returns to her family home for the memorial service of her beloved cousin, Roderick, following his untimely death in France.She yearns to be reunited with her husband Johann, who she has not seen since the war began. Dorothea must stay strong for Roderick's heavily pregnant widow, Rosa, whose unborn baby will never know its father. She fears her dear Aunt Eloise will never recover from the death of her son. Soon, tensions mount as a dark secret arises. Rosa flees Clifton, leaving Dorothea to care for her two young children. The only thing keeping Dorothea together is the thought of once again being by her darling Johann's side. But then a letter arrives. And Dorothea's life will never be the same. How much more will be taken from her? Dorothea has always worn her heart on her sleeve, but one tragedy too many may just harden that heart beyond repair. ONE FAMILY'S STRUGGLE TO REMAIN UNITED IN THE FACE OF UNIMAGINABLE LOSS AND HEARTBREAK.

Meet Rina Martin, a retired actress with a taste for tea, gardening and crime solving.She played a TV sleuth for years, but now she has to do it for real.There's something strange about the scene . . . Famous artist Jean appears to have passed peacefully in her sleep as she rested against an old tree in the garden of her home, the Willows. Her legs are outstretched, hands tenderly clutching a small blue flower.But upon closer inspection, things don't add up. Where is Jean's trusty walking stick? She can't move anywhere without it. Why did she choose to slumber on the ground when there is a comfortable lounge chair nearby? Where did that blue flower come from . . . not from her garden, that's for sure.The clues soon point to murder. But dear Jean was beloved by the community, who would do such a thing . . . ? Her grandson is determined to uncover the truth and hires Rina to investigate.The trail leads Rina to a series of shocking secrets, stretching back over twenty years. And a murderer who still has unfinished business . . . Can our favourite amateur sleuth catch this killer before it's too late?

Honey and her detective fiancé Steve are visiting a pretty church in an idyllic English village, scouting out possible wedding venues. Trees, songbirds and the scent of flowers envelop them. But as usual when Honey is around, things are not quite as they seem . . . On arrival, Honey and Steve discover the vicar unconscious on the floor. When she finally comes around, the vicar tells a strange tale of a woman seen floating across the village green at twilight, in a pure white bridal dress. Honey and Steve are unsure what to make of it. The following day, Steve is called back to the village. An elderly woman has been found dead - sitting in the front pew of the church, dressed in a lavish wedding gown. Honey and Steve are about to tackle their strangest case yet.

The early hours of a freezing January night. Special Constable Jane Bell is at the end of a busy late shift when she's called out to investigate strange noises in a local park. She finds a wailing new-born baby girl dumped in a plastic storage box. That same night Detective Steph Warwick attends the murder of coach driver Bernie Gore, whose battered body is found in a narrow alleyway. The last thing Jane wants is to lock horns with Steph Warwick once again. Then vital evidence emerges linking Bernie Gore's murder to the abandoned baby. And Jane has no choice but to alert the sharp-tongued detective inspector. To solve Bernie's murder and track down Baby Elsa's mother, the two women must bury the hatchet and learn to work together. Matters become even more complicated when a prime suspect emerges - with close links to Jane's family.

A body swinging in the trees. A mysterious hit and run. Detective Cassie Rowan tackles the most disturbing case of her career.Just before dawn on a clear October morning. Detective Cassie Rowan is driving home, exhausted, after a gruelling night on duty. Her headlights catch a sudden flash of movement by the side of the road, a streak of bright, metallic blue. Cassie pulls over to take a look. For a moment, she thinks she imagined it: a body swaying among the trees - hanging from a branch.Cassie scrambles up the slope, already dialling emergency services. And stops short. The macabre sight that greets her is not what she expected at all . . .A week later, there's a fatal accident on the same stretch of road. Seventeen-year-old Damian Novak mown down in a hit-and-run. No witnesses.Something about Damian's death doesn't add up. Cassie is convinced that the hit-and-run and her mysterious swinging body are connected.Cassie discovers that Damian isn't the first local teenager to have died in strange circumstances . . . and he won't be the last.In each case, a sinister effigy of the victim appears a week before their death.Cassie is in a race against time to track down a brutal killer before they kill again.

In the midst of war-torn Belgium, an unlikely friendship is formed between four women as they struggle to survive the horrors of World War One.Belgium, August 1914.Modest in status but happy in love, Thérèse Aubel waits for her husband of 15 years to return from war.But he never comes home.Alone on her farm one Saturday afternoon, Thérèse hears the sound of distant thunder. But this is no storm, this is an invasion.Dinant is burning in the distance. For a while Thérèse stands motionless, watching the billowing smoke and the shells exploding like brief yellow stars. Then she turns towards home. Thérèse knows what she must do.Thérèse sets fire to everything she has ever known and leaves her home in ashes, with only her wedding photograph for company.To escape the German invaders, Thérèse embarks on a journey to safety where she meets three local women: dressmaker Clothilde, pregnant teenager Yvette, and elderly and confused Grand'mère. Together they seek refuge in an abandoned convent and attempt to build a new life out of the chaos that surrounds them.Different in character but united in their will to survive, the four women's courage and strength is pushed to the limits as they battle to overcome each treacherous obstacle in their path. But will it be enough to survive?

A mother lies brutally murdered in her ransacked, two-bedroomed flat. Beside her are the bloodstained bodies of the two police officers who were first on the scene. In the bedroom are the victim's two children, a six-year-old boy and a baby, slaughtered as they slept.And the killer is still in the flat.Paterson sets off in hot pursuit. But after a desperate rooftop chase, the killer escapes.The following day, another woman is found dead in her own home, her decapitated body carefully posed in her living room, her wrists pierced by crucifixes.Why were these women targeted?Paterson and Clocks have never had to deal with a killer like this. A killer who shows no mercy. A killer who can't be reasoned with. A killer who covers their tracks with super-human efficiency.If they are to get their man, the two detectives must break every rule in the book.At the same time, married life is not turning out as Clocks had hoped, and his newly-discovered son has just given him some very bad news . . .

I've always known Jack was different. Ever since he was eight years old and he killed his father. He was protecting me, just like I've always protected him. But now he's eighteen and this time he's gone too far. Steve is dead. He was a good man, and god, we could have been really great together - but now he's bleeding out on our kitchen table. I must keep my boy safe. No one can ever know what he's done. What he's capable of. But Jack's got a taste for killing. And I won't let him get caught. I'll do whatever it takes to keep him safe, keep him with me. Even if it means becoming a monster myself. What would you do if your only son was a killer? How far would you go?

Detectives Harry Lennox and Jess Wilde have never seen anything like it. The dead woman is dressed up like a Victorian doll. She's wearing a long, white dress, a bloodstained blonde wig, and a mask with red, cupid-bow lips. Beneath the mask, her face is beaten so badly it's unrecognisable. DNA identifies the victim as Lori Lansing, who was kidnapped three weeks ago. Her wealthy husband paid half a million pounds to secure her release - but he never saw his wife again. Then another young woman is reported missing. Could Harry and Jess be hunting a serial killer? Will Harry's past finally catch up with him? And will Jess find happiness with her new man?

It's Jemima's first day back at work after maternity leave. It was always going to be heart-wrenching leaving baby Finlay, but this is about to be one of the longest days of her life. Cardiff, early morning.Two men are abducted - not even ten miles apart. The first, high court judge Rory Lawson, is kidnapped on a quiet country road. From the blood in his car, it's clear he was taken by force. The second man isn't so lucky. His bound and gagged body is found in the middle of the motorway. In a case where nothing is as it seems, the one thing Jemima knows is that she must find the link between the two men. But the clock is ticking. Because time is about to run out for the missing judge . . .

Polly Pressman just got fired from her hectic 9-5 job in London. She's pulling pints in a dingy pub to pay the rent when she gets a phone call that changes everything. Her mum begs her to help an old family friend, John, with his struggling farm down in Kent. Polly's business skills might be just the thing to turn the place around. Polly arrives at Nightingale Farm trying to make a good impression in her best pair of heels, when she hears a furious shout. A very angry but not entirely unattractive man strides forcefully towards her, demanding to know why she left the gate open. John's gruff-but-hunky son Mark thinks Polly clearly has no business being on a farm. She's a city girl - what can she possibly know about mucking out animals? But Polly comes up with some great ideas to get the farm back on its feet. Then, one night after too much of John's homemade cider, Polly and Mark find themselves alone and unable to deny their attraction . . . The next morning Polly is embarrassed to realise she has no idea how Mark really feels. Was it just the cider talking? Then she discovers a shocking secret. If she speaks up, she risks ruining everything with Mark, but keeping quiet would mean John could lose everything. Polly must own up to the truth - and her feelings - if she has any chance of making things right and finding true happiness at Nightingale Farm.