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The Unkindest Cut
Gerald Hammond
A knife-wielding criminal threatens a rural Scottish idyll in the latest mystery from a well-loved author . . .
Life is good for Jane Highsmith and Roland Fox - Jane is planning on taking over the local veterinary practice, Roland's second novel has been accepted for publication, and they are soon to be married. However, their wedding day is interrupted by a knife-wielding intruder. After confronting Jane in her surgery, she manages to inject the culprit with a microchip used for identifying pets. When a nearby petrol station is robbed by the same perpetrator, DI Fellowes and DS Bright hope that the microchip will lead them to the suspect . . .
Vacuum
Bill James
A Harpur and Iles police procedural from master crime writer Bill James.
After his son and wife were shot, Mansel Shale has turned to God - leaving DCS Colin Harpur with a problem. Shale has abandoned his drugs empire, leaving his business in the hands of an inexperienced assistant. Harpur can see protracted, warring viciousness on the horizon, and something must be done...
A Velvet Scream
Priscilla Masters
The new compelling DI Joanna Piercy mystery.
On a snowy December morning, a young woman is found outside Patches nightclub in Leek. Half dead from the cold, she says she has been raped. As Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, fresh from a disciplinary action, investigates, she learns that Kayleigh Harrison has made unsubstantiated allegations before against her stepfather. But there are possible links to a similar rape case six months previously. Is there a real case to investigate or not? Kayleigh holds the key, but how much of her story can be trusted?
Vengeance Child
Simon Clark
An evil is unleashed on the humanity.
Jay, the orphan boy, doesn't want to hurt anyone. He tries so hard not to. Yet he has a frightening secret and knows of another hidden under an ancient ruin. An object concealed because it is too terrible to see. Nurse Laura Parris is determined to protect the children in her care. After Laura meets Victor Brodman, a widower, she wonders if she can trust him enough to reveal Jay's disturbing past. That he's the only survivor of a terrifying shipwreck, and that the boy is cursed with the power to blight the lives of everyone he encounters. When Jay becomes glassy-eyed and begins to murmur a person's name over and over, that's when evil is unleashed and there is no escape for his victims. Jay is the Vengeance Child. Soon his shadow will fall over all humanity . . .
Verdict of The Court
Cora Harrison
A festive celebration turns into a fight for survival when Mara and her clan come under attack...
Christmas 1519: in the midst of celebrations, the Brehon of Thomond is found dead and it is Mara's difficult task to investigate the murder. Then suddenly the castle is attacked: how will Mara's husband answer the call for surrender?
Very Important Corpses
Simon Green
The Organisation has despatched Ishmael and his partner Penny to the shores of Loch Ness where the secretive Baphamet Group are holding their annual meeting. It's believed an imposter has infiltrated the Group and Ishmael must find out who it is, and also discover who killed his fellow agent and why.
The Vestal Vanishes
Rosemary Rowe
A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain.
The marriage of a former vestal virgin is always an important event, so the anticipated arrival of such a bride in Glevum is the excuse for an even more lavish banquet than usual on the Emperor's birthday feast. However, when Audelia's covered carriage finally arrives, the lady in question is nowhere to be found. Libertus investigates and makes a gruesome discovery, suggesting that Druid rebels may have been involved. But when another lady disappears, Libertus finds himself in a race against time to ensure the safety of the - vanishing vestals . . .
Victim in Victoria Station
Jeanne M. Dams
A female sleuth finds a victim murdered on a train.
When Dorothy Martin's seat companion on a train to London is poisoned, the authorities insist that there was no man, no body, and no crime. Undaunted, Dorothy discovers not only the victim's shocking identity, but also a deadly game of corporate rivalry. She takes a job in a London software company, where a cold and calculating killer is waiting.
Vultures at Twilight
Charles Atkins
Something wicked has come to Grenville Connecticut.
Lillian Campbell and her best friend, Ada Strauss, residents of the retirement community Pilgrim's Progress, are looking forward to a quiet retirement of antique collecting. But when their friend, Evie, dies, and a severed finger - discovered in a drawer at an auction - resurrects long-forgotten resentments and secrets in the sleepy village of Grenville, Ada and Lil realise that they have much more than a fair valuation of Evie's estate on their hands...
Wages of Sin
J.M. Gregson
Chief Inspector Peach makes the powers-that-be shake in their boots.
When a novice prostitute is killed, Peach sets out to solve the crime by interviewing some of the other local prostitutes and their customers, who include a divorced policeman and a Catholic priest at odds with his beliefs. They might be awkward members of society to bring before the law, but there are other suspects who are even trickier to blame.
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