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Bad Tidings
Nick Oldham
Three murders - each a year apart. Each victim kidnapped on Christmas Eve, their brutalized bodies found a week later; each killed by two bullets to the brain, their mouths stuffed with chicken feathers.
In his thirty years with the Lancashire constabulary, Henry Christie has never known a case like this. What he couldn't anticipate was that he would be stretched to his limit. Unexpectedly stepping into a blood-soaked turf war raging between two local crime families, Henry soon finds himself slap-bang in the middle of a violent situation where his own life is also on the line.
Basilisk
Graham Masterton
The thrilling new horror from this best-selling author.
When one of his wife Grace's patients dies in unusual circumstances, stem-cell researcher Nathan suspects that someone else has been attempting the same experiments as him, bringing mythical creatures to life, only with much more success. But then Grace is injured, and Nathan's life spirals into a nightmare as he is faced with an impossible dilemma: lose Grace forever, or breed more mythological beasts, at the cost of countless more human lives . . .
Battles Lost and Won
Beryl Matthews
The new novel from a much-loved storyteller.
1919, London's East End. Robert Hunter is eagerly awaiting the return of his father from the war. Next door, Ruth Cooper's family are also preparing to welcome her dad, whose ship was lost at Jutland. After five years of separation and anxiety - and, for Bob, the worry of caring for his frail mother - emotions are running high for both young people. But Alf Hunter, who saw action in the trenches, returns a changed man, and when he takes to drink, Bob must put his own happiness on hold to support his family . . .
Behind the Walls
Merry Jones
A Harper Jennings mystery.
When Harper Jennings' staunchest rival at Cornell's archaeology department turns up on her doorstep, babbling about seeing a Pre-Columbian shape-shifter, Harper doesn't know what to think. But she can spot a great opportunity - Zina won a coveted post cataloguing a priceless collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts, and if Harper humours Zina, she'll be able to see them for herself. But then Zina is killed - and the more contact Harper has with the relics, the more her life starts going wrong. The artifacts can't really be cursed...can they?
Beignets, Brides and Bodies
J.R. Ripley
Café owner Maggie Miller's offer to help out the bridal shop owners next door leads to a case of cold-blooded murder in this light-hearted mystery.
Café owner Maggie Miller's peaceful life is blown way off course when she and Clive Rothschild, co-owner of the bridal shop next door, discover a dead body buried beneath a wedding cake. With the evidence stacking up against Clive and his partner, it's up to Maggie to dig through the layers of deceit and uncover the real killer.
The Bell Tower
Sarah Rayne
A 400-year-old crime continues to menace the present in this spine-chilling tale of supernatural suspense. When Nell West starts extending her Oxford antiques shop, she is not expecting to uncover strange fragments of its past: a past that links to an ancient bell tower on the Dorset coast and a 400-year-old tragedy that has echoed down the centuries.
Beneath the Soil
Fay Sampson
Genealogy-enthusiast Suzie Fewings gets mixed up in a murder that seems like a domestic - but is there more to it than meets the eye?
Suzie Fewings and her family are on a family-history trip when they hear a gunshot, and encounter a local farmer and his wife, who seem strangely agitated. Two days later, the wife is dead. Suzie is convinced there's more to this than meets the eye, but the police don't seem interested, and Suzie soon feels like she's being watched...
Best Place to Die
Charles Atkins
Retiree sleuths Lilian and Ada find that though their town might look postcard pretty, there's something rank festering below the surface...
Lilian Campbell and her best friend and lover, Ada Strauss, are woken early by the sound of sirens: the local nursing home, Nillewaug Village, is ablaze. The police and fire chiefs find evidence to suggest the fire was accidental, but Detective Mattie Perez can't help but wonder why the smoke alarms didn't work. Soon, it's looking less like accident and more like arson...
Best Served Cold
Susan Rogers Cooper
Someone is getting revenge against Milt Kovak with a series of pranks. But things escalate when the brakes on Milt's deputy's car are cut and his wife to crashes. Then two friends of the mother of Milt’s other deputy are taken to hospital with arsenic poisoning. Before long, the team have a murder investigation on their hands.
Big City Jacks
Nick Oldham
A DCI Henry Christie mystery.
When the brutally murdered body of a Manchester drug dealer is found dumped just inside the Lancashire border, it turns out that the dead man had been a CID informant working for a small nucleus of corrupt detectives. Thrust into the investigation of the drug dealer's death is DCI Henry Christie, recently returned to work after a period of suspension. Hoping for a gentle re-entry into the job, Christie is instead plunged headlong into a complex murder investigation which has far-reaching consequences for the police service...
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