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When two people are murdered, their only connection lies buried in the past. As police search for the elusive killer, another body is discovered. Pursuing her first investigation in York, Geraldine Steel struggles to solve the baffling case. How can she expose the killer and rescue her shattered reputation when all the witnesses are being murdered?

Nathan Stiedowe, tueur en série d'une intelligence et d'une force exceptionnelles, reconstitue avec minutie les crimes atroces de prédécesseurs célèbres. Il a pour double objectif de remplir sa mission à la perfection pour prouver qu'il est le plus fort de tous, et surtout de "se venger de la garce qui lui a volé sa vie". L'agent spécial du FBI Dana Whitestone, l'une des meilleures dans sa partie, est la seule capable de neutraliser cet homme qui ne commet pas d'erreur.

Hello? Can you hear me? Probably not. I'm Dr Miriam Price . . . and I'm dead. The local police, who couldn't investigate their own nostrils, think I drank myself into an early grave. The nerve! I was murdered. I was just too plastered to know whodunnit, that's all. Unless I prove to my inquest...

Meet Al Nicely, a man whose last name is the only pleasant thing about him. With a history as a ruthless hoodlum and a deadly .45 that speaks louder than words, Al has climbed the ranks of the North Side crime syndicate seldom needing to throw a punch. From his early days in the Army, where he honed his self-defense skills and navigated the shadows of street life, Al's ambition knows no bounds. But in a world where power comes at a price, how far will he go to rise to the top?

Fifteen years ago, 35-year-old Henry Carr vanished from the yard outside his parents' house, on a run-down street outside Manchester. Today, a cold-case podcast has brought the disappearance to international attention. A young journalist, Ruth, knows that she might be able to get the locals to open up. After all, she used to be one of them. But returning won't be easy. There are many reasons why Ruth fled, six years earlier. There’s no evidence, no lead, no body. Yet Henry’s elderly and dementia suffering mother, whispers that he was killed and buried on the street they call home.

A Quick Reads story from award winning author Kia Abdullah ‘Abdullah’s legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt’ Sunday Times Crime Club ‘Intelligent, clever, poignant, sharp, and thought-provoking, right through to the perfect final line. Another sure hit for Kia...