Humour Suspense

Morris Duckworth teaches English to the pampered rich of Verona, and Morris is not pleased. Living a meager existence in a squalid apartment, he regards his privileged students with envy and disdain, first wreaking revenge by petty theft and then, like all good criminals, graduating to grander larceny. When one of those students, a beautiful but vapid heiress named Massimina, falls in love with him, Morris can almost smell upward mobility.

When a young, struggling screenwriter's greatest dream turns into a nightmare after her script is stolen by an uber-powerful male producer, she forms a surprising alliance with a former soap opera star harboring secrets of her own. Together, these two devise a daring, twisted plan to seek justice against the producer through the long-running soap opera Summer Breeze. They will turn the producer’s monstrosity into their art.

Heikki Nevalainen is the proud owner of a once successful sawmill, a mountain of debt and very few options to deal with either of them. An unexpected solution arrives in the form of local gangster Ismo Sippo. Dispose of Sippo’s dead wife, and the sawmill can keep running. Refuse, and Heikki loses everything. Horrified but desperate, Heikki agrees, loads Annaleena into his car and heads for the mill. But Annaleena proves to be not quite as dead as expected.

A thrilling story about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder by Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Mother-in-Law. It’s not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah and Alicia have been told how lucky they...

Kate Kinsella is in her office above Humberstones Funeral Directors, contemplating her first real murder case as a private investigator. Jacky Byfield, a nurse at rundown St. Dymphna's Hospital, was stabbed to death on the grounds while running an errand on her night shift. The police have hit a dead end. Jacky's family are desperate for justice, and it's up to Kate to get results — and catch a killer. Kate decides to go undercover at St. Dymphna's. But three more people die in suspicious circumstances while she's there — including her prime suspect. Will Kate become the fifth victim?

Mrs Loretta Plansky, a widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn’t changed her killer tennis game one bit. One night Mrs...

Archie a mis la main sur Esteban, qui a été kidnappé. Il a l'air en bonne santé physique, mais le pauvre, on l'a privé de chamallows, alors niveau moral ça va pas tip-top. Archie est heureuse de le retrouver, mais elle est aussi blessée par les derniers combats. Une balle lui a effleuré le bras, elle pisse le sang. Elle s'est pris également un choc à la tête et le ravisseur d'Esteban l'a électrocutée pour s'assurer qu'aucun micro ou traqueur qu'elle pourrait avoir sur elle ne fonctionne.

The Golden Girls meets Bonnie and Clyde in this thrilling novel about two elderly women who go on the run to cover up a double murder they committed four decades ago. Four decades ago, Ida and Jean got away with murder. Now settling into her golden years, Ida’s biggest problems are HOA...

Sue, her husband, Luke, and their children, Caroline and Wheatley, present as a picture-perfect family living the American dream of ascendancy and affluence in their Brooklyn neighborhood. They purchase a brownstone at auction on a coveted tree-lined street with the intention of renovating it and moving in.

Catch-22 meets Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in this biting comic novel of one spy’s quest for justice—and a ray of truth—when he’s cast into a pit of bureaucratic vipers bent on never-ending expansion of the nest, even if they have to kill to do so.

Jadyn St. James is excited to start her job as game warden in Mudbug, Louisiana, and hopes it is the beginning of a new and improved life. She expected to run across any number of odd occurrences in the small bayou town, but she never thought her life would be in danger within a matter of days. And that’s not even the worst thing. Helena Henry was hell on wheels - both alive and dead - when she resided in Mudbug, and a year in heaven hasn’t improved her one bit. Now, she’s back and has brought trouble with her.

Sabine LaVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast - her life depends on it. Then Helena Henry shows up offering to help, and Sabine knows she's really in trouble when it's the best idea she's heard in a while. When private investigator Beau Villeneuve takes on Sabine's case, things heat up in more ways than one, and Sabine struggles to balance thoughts of a life with Beau against her chances of living at all. As the investigation proceeds, they begin to uncover the secrets of Sabine's past.

'Brace yourself for this laugh out loud, Christmas themed mystery. If I could give it more than 5 stars I would' ★★★★★ 'An absolutely delightful festive read! So fun!' ★★★★★ 'A Christmas mystery with fun and chuckles along the way… Kept me guessing until the end'...

From Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Logan McRae series. Move Over Miss Marple . . . The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret. This program is read by award-winning narrator Stephanie Németh-Parker. Meet Penny Padgett, a...

Famous is the darkly funny standalone thriller from Blake Crouch, the bestselling author of Dark Matter, for fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz * * * Meet Lance. 38-years-old. Works a meaningless job. Still lives above his parents’ garage. By all accounts, a world-class loser. Except for one...

If the broken neon signs, shuttered storefronts, and sub-standard housing didn’t tip you off, you’ve just wandered into the city of “Undisclosed”. You don’t want to be caught dead here, because odds are you just might find yourself rising from the grave. That hasn’t stopped tourists from visiting to check out the unusual phenomena that hangs around our town like radioactive fallout. Interdimensional parasites feeding on human hosts, paranormal cults worshipping demonic entities, vengeful teenage sorcerers, we’ve got it all.

Lucien Loiseau, journaliste scientifique précaire, voit sa vie personnelle et professionnelle s'effondrer. En quête d'un sujet « marrant » pour sauver sa carrière, il s'intéresse au phénomène des platistes. Ce qui devait être un simple article satirique devient une enquête troublante. Entre influenceurs marginaux, scientifiques médiatiques et théories du complot, Lucien plonge dans un monde où la frontière entre vérité, mensonge et manipulation devient floue.

È stato un anno tranquillo per i nostri amici investigatori: un anno in cui ognuno si è concentrato sugli avvenimenti della sua vita. Joyce è stata molto impegnata nei preparativi del matrimonio della figlia, Elizabeth si è raccolta nel lutto per la morte del marito, Ron è stato preso dai...

It's the story of a murder. It's the story of a marriage. It's the story of a lifetime. 'I barely looked up once while reading this brilliant, brilliant novel. Funny, heartfelt, suspenseful, fantastical, GRAVITY LET ME GO has made me a confirmed Trent Dalton fan. Read it' – JENNIE GODFREY...