Showing results for "Wishes" in Crime Fiction

Imprisonment of a couple in the Dwapar Yug and the creation of magnetism at Sun temple in Konark has a great deal of linkage to a missing boy in the 13th century carrying the mightiest power of the universe that transcends in time across generations leading to an alleged rape and murder accusation to the story's protagonist, an investment banker, Shashank Chaudhary, in 2008 who flies from New York to Odisha to find himself trapped in an 800-year-old enigma.

The newest thriller from Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author When fourteen-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while...

Former police officer and DNA expert Dr Sian Love has settled into running her own detective agency and cohabiting with her partner, Kris. Then her life is thrown into chaos once again when a teenage girl shows up at her office, claiming to be Courtney Johnson - a child who went missing in Nottingham over 15 years ago - but refusing to allow Sian to test her DNA. Wary but intrigued, Sian reluctantly revives the undercover skills she learned in her days in the police force and begins investigating. But revisiting the past has consequences.

Du denkst, ihr seid ein Team. Du denkst, ihr habt ein gemeinsames Ziel. Wie stark bist du, wenn die Wahrheit ans Licht kommt? Nola hat den Unfalltod ihres Freundes Gavin noch nicht verkraftet, als ihre beste Freundin Zoe verschwindet. Kurze Zeit später schickt Zoe ein Video, auf dem sie...

Kerstin is wide awake. While her family sleeps around her, the devastating secret her husband just told her is spinning through her mind. Does she really know the man she married? And are her children still safe in this small town? Fans of Angela Marsons, Cara Hunter and Clare Mackintosh will love this utterly gripping crime novel. Her Dying Wish will keep you up all night!

Wish You Were Dead is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Peter James. Roy Grace and his family have left Sussex behind for a week’s holiday in France. The website promised a grand house, but when they arrive the place is very different from the pictures. And it soon becomes clear...

Matt Connell, a formerly successful literary agent who’s been in prison for four years for a crime of passion—homicide by strangulation after learning his wife slept with a friend—receives an early release from Sing Sing to join an FBI undercover investigation of multiple murders in Manhattan. Killings continue to mount as Matt does his best to calm his “Ferrari brain”—a condition in which his mind accelerates wildly into negative thoughts and worst-case scenarios—even as he falls in love with a suspect, then discovers disturbing truths about his past and hers.

There's a murderer in their midst... When April joins a support group for young widows, she's looking for comfort after her husband's sudden death. What she finds instead is a group in turmoil. The founders are fighting for control, members are keeping dangerous secrets, and forbidden...

Three best friends. One tragic accident. Lucy has been desperate for a new heart for as long as she can remember. So when the call finally comes that a donor has been found, it should be a moment of joy. But for Lucy to live, someone else must die. Julia, Helen, and Phoebe have been inseparable...

It is December in Visby. Pernilla Ekvall cannot feel any holiday spirit - her husband is almost never home and she suspects that he is having an affair. On Lucia morning, December 13, Pernilla takes off in a rush after leaving the daughter Tove at school. What she does not see, is how someone...