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'A sure-fire page-turner that keeps readers guessing' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Shelley Burr does not take prisoners. Crime fiction at its effortless best - beautifully drawn characters, rich relationships, fast and fascinating plot, and twists that make you go "ah"' LAINIE ANDERSON 'VANISH delivers a...

Elizabeth Bell runs a quiet household, with no family and no more than the usual number of servants. She passes her time thinking about crime and working on her biography of a relative. When a young cousin comes to stay, life in the house becomes uncharacteristically lively. First, cousin Judy burns a hole in Miss Bell's desk. Next, they spy a burglar on the staircase—a shadowy figure who vanishes without a trace. And finally, Sarah, the nurse, takes the dogs for a walk and never returns. She is found savagely murdered, and she will not be the last to die.

Die junge Adele Payton-Croxton findet nach dem Tode ihrer Tante Phoebe auf deren Dachboden ein Buddelschiff mit einer Botschaft darin. Ist der alte Kapitän Eugene Croxton, von dem sie noch nie gehört hat, tatsächlich ihr Vorfahr? Und hat er wirklich eine Schatzkarte in dem alten Buddelschiff versteckt? In kürzester Zeit hat sich eine illustre Schar von Interessenten eingefunden, die es auf den Schatz abgesehen hat. Und fast ebenso schnell kommt es zu einem Mord, und die Karte verschwindet ...

Greg Abimbola is many things. He's Black, British and fluent in Russian. He's a snappy dresser, a reasonable teacher, and an unenthusiastic sports fan. But most of all, he's exceptional at keeping secrets—like who he really is, and the things he's done. Determined to keep his head down after helping solve a murder in the school basement, Greg fears a trap when Sergeant Rachel Lev of the Pittsburgh police corners him in his apartment—because his refusal to take credit isn't modesty, it's a survival tactic. But Rachel is there for another matter entirely. She needs his help.