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A fresh start on the Maine coast turns unsettling when visions refuse to stay imagined.
Murder Most Eastern
Mystery · Cozy Mystery
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A fresh start on the Maine coast turns unsettling when visions refuse to stay imagined. In Murder Most Eastern, artist Emily Harper inherits a seaside Victorian where cryptic notes, a mysterious bracelet, and a perceptive cat point toward a buried crime. As a body surfaces and storms gather, this paranormal cozy mystery blends small-town charm with ghostly suspense and a determined amateur sleuth.
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A seaside Victorian. A skeptical artist. A cat with secrets. And a murder that won’t stay buried…
When struggling artist Emily Harper inherits a charming but creaky Victorian on the rugged coast of Maine, she expects a fresh start—what she doesn’t expect is cryptic notes, eerie visions, and a cat with an uncanny sense for trouble.
But nothing unsettles her more than the bracelet. A striking piece of tourmaline jewelry left behind in the house, it sends shivers up her spine whenever she wears it. At first, she chalks it up to stress—until she visits West Quoddy Head Lighthouse and is struck by a chilling vision of a man begging for his life. The next day, his body is found.
With a storm brewing, long-buried secrets rising to the surface, and a killer who will do anything to keep the past hidden, Emily must embrace the unexplainable—or risk becoming the next victim.
Fans of Ellery Adams and Carolyn Hart will love this twisty, atmospheric paranormal cozy mystery full of seaside charm, ghostly intrigue, and a heroine who refuses to back down—no matter how haunted her past may be.
Read now and sleuth the clues today.
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Good for readers who like funny suburban mysteries, amateur sleuthing, neighborhood drama, and rising body counts.
Murder Two Doors Down
Mystery · Cozy Mystery
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Murder Two Doors Down follows Brad Hanson, an insurance fraud investigator and HOA board secretary, after a neighbor’s murder makes him the chief suspect and sends him hunting for the real killer, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 50 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like funny suburban mysteries, amateur sleuthing, neighborhood drama, and rising body counts.
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Welcome to the Estates at Chestnut Lake, home of perfect lawns, matching houses, and an inconvenient murder or two.
This hilarious and compelling whodunit mystery has the “crime close to home” feel of Only Murders in the Building and is perfect for readers who loved Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect and Finlay Donovan Is Killing It.
Brad Hanson’s life in his suburban Atlanta subdivision is unremarkable. He investigates insurance fraud, which is as dull as it sounds, though if he’s able to get a good bonus this year, his wife, Rhonda, will finally get to have her new kitchen. His highest achievement in life is being secretary and de facto parliamentarian on the homeowners association board, which is the center of all the neighborhood drama.
As frustrating—and heated—as the arguments over tennis court resurfacing and dog droppings may be, much like his subdivision compatriots, Brad would never kill a neighbor, but… he might enjoy thinking about it from time to time. (Who hasn’t?)
When someone murders cranky old Inga Oskarsdotter—a frequent source of complaints to the HOA board—a literal smoking gun turns Brad into the chief suspect. But Brad is not waiting around to be arrested—after all, he is an investigator by trade—and he takes it upon himself to find the real killer. Then the body count starts to rise.
One thing is sure: A murderer on the block is not good for property values.
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A disgraced former naval officer sees one last chance to reclaim his life in a fortune lost beneath hostile waters.
Sad Wind from the Sea
Mystery · Thriller · Action Thriller · Suspense
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A disgraced former naval officer sees one last chance to reclaim his life in a fortune lost beneath hostile waters. In Sad Wind from the Sea, Mark Hagen turns from smuggling to treasure hunting after a mysterious woman promises gold hidden off the coast of Communist China. Rival factions close in, and survival becomes as uncertain as redemption in this hard-edged adventure thriller.
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A gunrunner's hunt for a fortune leads to a life-and-death struggle in Communist China in New York Times–bestselling author Jack Higgins's very first novel.
Mark Hagen is a far cry from the man he once was as a naval officer in World War II. Broken down and drunk, he's been reduced to living outside the law, gunrunning and smuggling with his dilapidated boat.
Then he rescues a woman from attackers in Macao. She's alone, she needs help—and she claims to know the whereabouts of a quarter-million dollars in gold, lying in a scuttled craft at the bottom of a lagoon in the blighted marshlands of southern China. With this one quick score, Hagen could change his luck for good.
Unfortunately, he's not the only one looking for the gold. There's the Chinese. And the Russians. And so many others.
But there's only one Mark Hagen—and he's not about to give up easily . . .
Originally published in 1963 under the name Harry Patterson, Sad Wind from the Sea is a searing debut set in the dangerous criminal underworld of the Pacific Rim, a gripping read that showcases the talents of a young writer whom Tom Clancy would one day hail as "the master."
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Exile, Texas opens with a hometown that never forgot and a woman who never escaped its judgment.
Exile, Texas
Mystery · Action Thriller
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Exile, Texas opens with a hometown that never forgot and a woman who never escaped its judgment. Fifteen years after being acquitted of her mother’s murder, Megan Leary returns as a private investigator to search for a missing girl, only to find suspicion rising again as bodies surface. This small-town suspense novel threads past accusation with present danger, testing trust at every turn.
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New York Times–Bestselling Author: A woman long suspected of murder returns to her hometown as a PI—and soon finds her own life at risk
Most folks in Exile, Texas, think Megan Leary got away with murder. Megan was acquitted of her mother's vicious killing after someone else confessed—but suspicion still shadows her fifteen years later. Now a private investigator, she's come back to help a friend look for her missing teenage daughter—and it's not just gossip that's being stirred up.
Sheriff's Deputy Dan Fox wasn't sure what to think of Megan or her mysterious past when he pulled her over for speeding. But suddenly, people are dying—and Dan may have to decide whether he can put his trust in Megan to ensure both of them survive . . .
Praise for Rachel Caine
"Rapid-fire . . . powerful." —Publishers Weekly on Stillhouse Lake
"Absorbing suspense . . . gripping, original." —Kirkus Reviews on Last Breat
"Exciting, fast-paced adventure." —Library Journal on Paper and Fire
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Model Home opens with a house that never felt safe, even when it promised belonging.
Model Home
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
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Model Home opens with a house that never felt safe, even when it promised belonging. After their parents die under suspicious circumstances, the Maxwell siblings return to the Texas enclave where they were the only Black family and where unexplainable horrors once took root. As past and present collide, this literary haunted-house novel confronts grief, racism, and the lingering question of whether the true evil was ever supernatural.
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LOCUS AWARD FINALIST
Welcome to Rivers Solomon’s dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.
The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. The neighbors acted nice enough, but right away bad things, scary things—the strange and the unexplainable—began to happen in their house. Maybe it was some cosmic trial, a demonic rite of passage into the upper-middle class. Whatever it was, the Maxwells, steered by their formidable mother, stayed put, unwilling to abandon their home, terrors and trauma be damned.
As adults, the siblings could finally get away from the horrors of home, leaving their parents all alone in the house. But when news of their parents' death arrives, Ezri is forced to return to Texas with their sisters, Eve and Emanuelle, to reckon with their family’s past and present, and to find out what happened while they were away. It was not a “natural” death for their parents . . . but was it supernatural?
Rivers Solomon turns the haunted-house story on its head, unearthing the dark legacies of segregation and racism in the suburban American South. Unbridled, raw, and daring, Model Home is the story of secret histories uncovered, and of a queer family battling for their right to live, grieve, and heal amid the terrors of contemporary American life.
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Buried secrets resurface when human remains are uncovered at luxury beach huts on Mudeford Spit, tying the present to crimes long thought forgotten.
The Beach Hut Murders
Mystery · LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Buried secrets resurface when human remains are uncovered at luxury beach huts on Mudeford Spit, tying the present to crimes long thought forgotten. In The Beach Hut Murders, DCI Lesley Clarke and her divided teams confront a thirty-year-old killing linked to an organised crime family and Lesley’s own wife. A layered British police procedural where professional duty and personal loyalty collide.
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DCI Lesley Clarke's two teams are in flux. The Major Crime Investigations Team has a new DI, and the Cold Cases team has a member back from parental leave. And Lesley herself is itching to get stuck into a case, instead of sitting behind a desk.
When a body is found at the luxury beach huts on Mudeford Spit, the Cold Cases team know it's one of theirs, as the remains have been buried for over thirty years. But then evidence is found connecting a member of the Kelvin organised crime family, as well as Lesley's lawyer wife Elsa.
Are Elsa’s ties to her former clients about to be revived? And will the new DI, with her experience of financial forensics, be able to solve the murder of local taxi driver Mark Ashforth and identify just which criminal gang are responsible? Most importantly, will Lesley find an opportunity to get her hands (and those walking boots) dirty?
The Beach Hut Murders introduces a much-loved character from Rachel McLean's 'Deadly' and Cumbria Crime series to the Dorset team, and continues the investigation into the notorious Kelvins and their police associates, both past and present.
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A murdered matriarch leaves behind a frozen fortune and one inconvenient condition.
Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder
Mystery · Romance
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A murdered matriarch leaves behind a frozen fortune and one inconvenient condition. In Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder, a privileged heiress must investigate her grandmother’s suspicious death to unlock her trust fund, forcing her into close quarters with a reluctant ally who has his own reasons to seek justice. This witty mystery blends amateur sleuthing, family secrets, and romantic tension.
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A spoiled heiress must investigate her grandmother’s death in order to gain back her trust fund, all while discovering how to be her own person and maybe even falling in love in this “enormously fun, witty, and warm” (Kristen Perrin, nationally bestselling author) rom-com meets murder mystery that is perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building.
When Pomona Afton, Upper East Side hotel heiress, stumbles out of a gala and upon the scene of her grandmother’s murder, her first thought is that the society queen won’t be missed for her kind, cookie-baking ways. In fact, she was mean, greedy, and paranoid—so paranoid that she secretly slipped a clause into her will mandating that, should she die an unnatural death, all the family assets get frozen. And if the “unnatural death” isn’t explained? Those accounts stay frozen.
Practically overnight, Pomona is locked out of her penthouse with no other option than to move in with a roommate: Gabe, the irritable (yet handsome) son of her former nanny. Not only is his apartment cramped, but it doesn’t even have a doorman. Or a chef! Pom needssomeone to solve this murder, like, yesterday, so she can get her trust fund back.
And Gabe? He needs this murder solved because that’s the only way his mother, who toiled for the Afton family for years, will ever get the retirement money she deserves. As Pom’s family clams up, blocking the police at every turn, Pom quickly realizes that if she wants her glamorous life back, she’s going to have to put on her big-girl Manolos and do it herself…with the help of Gabe, who she’s falling for more and more by the day.
Can Pomona Afton (who previously couldn’t solve a crossword in the bath on a hungover Sunday) actually solve this murder? And if she does return to her former life of luxury, will it be worth the possibility of losing Gabe?
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A forgotten blog post becomes a blueprint for real murder.
Eight Perfect Murders
Mystery · Historical Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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A forgotten blog post becomes a blueprint for real murder. In Eight Perfect Murders, bookseller Malcolm Kershaw finds himself under FBI scrutiny when a killer begins reenacting crimes from a list he once compiled of fiction’s most ingenious murders. As suspicion tightens and buried secrets resurface, this layered psychological thriller explores guilt, literary obsession, and the peril of knowing too much.
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New York Times bestseller
“Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next… A true tour de force.” —Lisa Gardner
“[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge.” —USA Today
From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders.
Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack—which he titled “Eight Perfect Murders”—chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie’s A. B. C. Murders, Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap, A. A. Milne's The Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley Cox's Malice Aforethought, James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, John D. MacDonald's The Drowner, and Donna Tartt's The Secret History.
But no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She’s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal’s old list. And the FBI agent isn’t the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. The killer is out there, watching his every move—a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal’s personal history, especially the secrets he’s never told anyone, even his recently deceased wife.
To protect himself, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn’t count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead—and the noose around Mal’s neck grows so tight he might never escape.
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A single forgotten task unravels a family and ignites a national scandal.
Next of Kin
Thriller · Mystery · Legal Thriller · Political Thriller
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A single forgotten task unravels a family and ignites a national scandal. In Next of Kin, Leila Syed realizes she failed to drop her young nephew at nursery, a mistake that leads to devastating consequences and a high-profile trial. As courtroom testimony exposes fractures in memory and motive, this psychological legal thriller examines guilt, truth, and the unbearable weight of one irreversible moment.
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“Brilliantly tense, this is another clever page turner from Kia Abdullah that I couldn’t put down. Just superb.” Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City
ON AN ORDINARY WORKING DAY…
Leila Syed receives a call that cleaves her life in two. Her brother-in-law’s voice is filled with panic. His son’s nursery has called to ask where little Max is.
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE…
Leila was supposed to drop Max off that morning. But she forgot.
Racing to the carpark, she grasps the horror of what she has done.
IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE…
What follows is an explosive, high-profile trial that will tear the family apart. But as the case progresses it becomes clear there’s more to this incident than meets the eye…
A gripping, brave and tense courtroom drama, Next of Kin will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, heart-stopping page.
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A midnight distress call shatters the calm of an exclusive oceanfront community.
Black Reed Bay
Mystery · Thriller · Political Thriller
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A midnight distress call shatters the calm of an exclusive oceanfront community. When a young woman vanishes without a trace, Detective Casey Wray takes the lead, uncovering inconsistencies, buried secrets, and pressure from within her own department. As the investigation twists and a body surfaces, this police procedural unfolds into a tense portrait of corruption, suspicion, and small-town fracture.
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When a young woman vanishes from an exclusive oceanfront community in the middle of the night, Detective Casey Wray's takes on a case that leads her in chilling, unexpected directions … A twisty, breath-taking police procedural. First in a heart-pounding new series.
'Urgent, thrilling and richly imagined. Without doubt his best yet' Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End
'Reynolds captures the claustrophobic feel of a small town … a tense slice of American noir' Vaseem Khan, author of Midnight at Malabar House
'If you were hooked on Mare of Easttown, this will be right up your street … I read this obsessively' Nina Pottell, Prima
'Rod Reynolds makes the most of this desolate, windswept location … a thrillingly complex narrative develops at speed … his superior cop saga is just the first instalment of a projected series' The Times
Don't trust ANYONE…
When a young woman makes a distressing middle-of-the-night call to 911, apparently running for her life in a quiet, exclusive beachside neighbourhood, miles from her home, everything suggests a domestic incident.
Except no one has seen her since, and something doesn't sit right with the officers at Hampstead County PD. With multiple suspects and witnesses throwing up startling inconsistencies, and interference from the top threatening the integrity of the investigation, lead detective Casey Wray is thrust into an increasingly puzzling case that looks like it's going to have only one ending…
And then the first body appears…
For fans of Susie Steiner, Peter Swanson, M J Arlidge, James Lee Burke and Tana French
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As industry advances and faith fractures, a mind-plague pushes empires toward collapse.
Steel Gods
Fantasy · Mystery · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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As industry advances and faith fractures, a mind-plague pushes empires toward collapse. Ambassador Renata Rainer races to secure uneasy alliances while Lieutenant Peter Kleist searches haunted lands for answers that may forestall annihilation. In Steel Gods, arcane forces and political ambition converge in a flintlock fantasy steeped in dread, revolution, and the unraveling of reality itself.
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Steel Gods is the second novel in the Great Silence trilogy, which began with Grave Empire, from Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan—a dark flintlock fantasy filled with epic adventure, arcane mysteries and creeping dread.
"This is one wild, intricate ride: Grim, grotesque, vivid, thrilling." — Kirkus (starred review)
Industrial Revolution Beckons. Spiritual Catastrophe Looms. And the Empire of the Wolf teeters on the brink.
The true horror of the Great Silence has been revealed. As nation after nation succumbs to the mind-plague and Sova scrambles to enlist help from across the globe, Ambassador Renata Rainer has been given a simple task: save the world. While she travels to the Principality of Casimir to enlist the help of the Empire’s oldest enemy, Lieutenant Peter Kleist returns to the haunted forests of the New East to search for ancient answers—and finally confront the terrible fate that awaits him.
In their wake, a task force of engineers, soldiers, and arcane experts will try and unpick the final secrets of the Great Silence—on both sides of the mortal plane. But time is running out. Count Lamprecht von Oldenburg has returned to the capital, armed with a terrible vision and enough madness to see it through. Those who stand in his way face a simple choice: join the revolution, or die.
As the world tips towards chaos, all paths converge on the Eye of the Sea, where the fabric of reality wears thin—and where the Empire of the Wolf must confront the most terrible enemy it has ever known.
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In the shadow of the Swedish mountains, a missing girl vanishes into a landscape already fractured by loss.
Hidden in Snow
Mystery
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In the shadow of the Swedish mountains, a missing girl vanishes into a landscape already fractured by loss. After her own life unravels, Stockholm officer Hanna Ahlander retreats to Åre, only to join the search when a local teenager disappears. Teaming up with Detective Daniel Lindskog, she navigates buried secrets and worsening storms in this Nordic noir mystery shaped by isolation and quiet menace.
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The splendor of the Swedish mountains becomes the backdrop for a bone-chilling crime.
On the day Stockholm police officer Hanna Ahlander’s personal and professional lives crash, she takes refuge at her sister’s lodge in the Swedish ski resort paradise of Åre. But it’s a brief comfort. The entire village is shaken by the sudden vanishing of a local teenage girl. Hanna can’t help but investigate, and while searching for the missing person, she lands a job with the local police department. There she joins forces with Detective Inspector Daniel Lindskog, who has been tasked with finding the girl. Their only lead: a scarf in the snow.
As subzero temperatures drop even further, a treacherous blizzard sweeps toward Åre. Hanna and Daniel’s investigation is getting more desperate by the hour. Lost or abducted, either way time is running out for the missing girl. Each new clue closes in on something far more sinister than either Hanna or Daniel imagined. In this devious novel by the bestselling author of the Sandhamn Murders series, discover what it will take to solve a case when the truth can be so easily hidden in the coming storm.
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