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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.
The Waiting Game
Jayne Ann Krentz
Two lovers caught in an intriguing and passionate adventure
Feeling burned out, Sara Fraser abandons her trendy lifestyle and sets off to the mountain cabin of Lowell Kincaid, her mysterious uncle and the black sheep of her family. But Uncle Lowell has gone missing...and that means finding Adrian Saville, a recluse Kincaid had told her to contact if anything should ever happen to him. Together, Adrian and Sara work to track Lowell down, but Sara makes a discovery that puts her in grave danger...
A Walk With The Dead
Sally Spencer
A killer who can't be classified - a killer who can't be profiled . . .
When a young girl, Jill Harris, is murdered, the case soon becomes personal for Monika Paniatowski. She saw the victim looking distressed only hours before she was killed, and Jill was the same age as her own daughter, Louisa. Driven by guilt and pity, Monika throws herself into the investigation, but both the chief constable, who is away, and Colin Beresford - her right-hand man - think she is too emotionally involved to handle it. What none of them know is that the killer is planning to strike again . . .
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