Police Family

As a heatwave chokes the small town of Denton, Maxine and Haven Barnes are discovered dead at a local festival, blood-red camellias pressed into their once-clammy skin. Detective Josie Quinn races through the crowds to attend the scene, horrified that something so disturbing could happen at a family event. Maxine was known to the police for issues with her abusive husband, but the trail ends there.

Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter's twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother's endless matchmaking and grading of available Iranian American bachelors. After Darya's last ill-fated attempt to find Mina a husband, mother and daughter...

** FEATURED ON BBC TWO'S BETWEEN THE COVERS ** 'Unlike anything else you'll read this year, Sixteen Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresistible' - Val McDermid, author of Still Life 'Totally gripping from start to finish' - Alex Michaelides, author of The Silent Patient 'Original...

Passion and peril intertwine in these three romantic suspense stories featuring heroes, loyal K-9s, and fierce protectors. Can she trust the determined detective? After a betrayal that almost took his life, Detective Joel Standage is deskbound. A new assignment is his chance to find out if he...

They weren’t looking for love. But these puppies will bring them together Police officer Grant Emerson’s temporary trip home is turning into a disaster. Instead of selling the family farm, his mom and aunts have opened an animal shelter—and already rescued several puppies! When neighboring...

As DCI Matilda Darke unravels a chilling cold case, she discovers some truths are deadly – and someone will stop at nothing to keep the past buried… ‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths RUNNING FROM HER PAST Leaving behind Sheffield, her friends and her job, a grieving...

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the gripping latest installment in the Faith Martin's 1920s cosy crime series! Pre-order now. The perfect Christmas present for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and M.C. Beaton. ‘A brilliant book! The pairing of Ryder and Loveday is a stroke of...

Zwei Unfalltote, bei denen etwas nicht stimmt. Ein mächtiger Bruder, der undurchsichtige Geschäfte betreibt. Eine ehrgeizige Assistentin, die ihn einschüchtert. Und ein ungesühntes Verbrechen, das noch immer nach Rache verlangt. – Willkommen in der Welt von Capitano Rossi! Willkommen am Fuße des Monte Brè! Als seine Assistentin, Ispettrice Gemma Crivelli, ihm den Polizeicode für »Mord« gleich zweimal simst, glaubt Capitano Enzo Rossi zuerst, sie habe sich vertippt. Die Zeiten, in denen es im Tessiner Süden etwas zu ermitteln gab, liegen lange zurück.

ONE BODY. SIX EXPERTS. CAN YOU SOLVE THE CASE BEFORE THEY DO? Mega-bestselling British crime novelist Cara Hunter makes her big American debut with a wholly immersive thriller like none you've seen before: written as the teleplay of a true-crime documentary, it has the reader puzzling away...

The debut novel by a British writer with nearly two decades of African experience – a compelling courtroom drama and a gritty, aromatic evocation of place, inspired by recent events. British lawyer Paula Shackleton is mourning a lost love when a small man in a lemon-coloured suit accosts her...

Get hooked by a brand-new, twisty and brilliantly tense thriller from Diane Jeffrey that will keep you up all night… * * * * * How much can a parent ever truly know their child? When a young man is found murdered in a quiet rural village, it sends shock waves through the close-knit local...

AUFTAKT der Krimireihe HAMBURG MORD Ihr erster Fall – ihre härteste Bewährungsprobe Für Kommissarin Mara Abels sieht es düster aus. Nach ihrem letzten Fehlverhalten wird sie in das Archiv strafversetzt. Bis in einem Luxusapartment an der Elbe eine Tote entdeckt wird – leicht bekleidet und brutal ermordet. Die Spuren führen in die höchsten Kreise Hamburgs. Der Fall erfordert Fingerspitzengefühl, doch die personellen Kapazitäten im Morddezernat sind ausgelastet. Kurzerhand wird Mara rehabilitiert und an den Tatort beordert.

Du hast alles, wovon andere träumen. Ein Leben, für das jemand sogar töten würde. Und zwar jeden, der dir nahe steht. Jeden, den du liebst. Helsinki: Eine Frau stürzt aus dem achten Stock eines Wohnblocks. Für Hauptkommissarin Leena Inola sieht alles nach Selbstmord aus, doch dann wollen Zeugen gesehen haben, dass die Frau nicht alleine war, als sie gesprungen ist.

Whose secrets cut deeper? Your family's. Whose secrets do you fear? Your neighbor's. Whose secrets can kill? Your own. For Alex Mercer, his wife, Millicent, and their precocious eleven-year-old son, Max, are everything—his little tribe that makes him feel all's right with the world. But when...

Would it kill you to smile, darling? Perhaps… A men-only charity dinner. A clutch of young waitresses. The jokes are uncomfortable. The hands linger. The collars loosen. Behind closed doors, the wine flows. The night is dark. The faces blur. The memories warp. Behind closed doors, the money...

The chilling, stay-up-all-night suspense thriller for fans of C.J. Tudor, Riley Sager and Stephen King. A missing child. A broken community. A horrifying secret. When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight with no witnesses, a sleepy suburb is rocked to the core and ten-year-old Flora Lanyon is...

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the thrilling latest installment in the Ryder & Loveday series! Pre-order now. ‘A beautifully crafted crime mystery I could not put down.’ Anita Davison, author of the Flora Maguire series Oxford, 1961. As the Hughes family celebrate Bonfire Night, a...

‘Gripping, original and unpredictable, The Roommates is a must-read’ Sunday Times bestselling author Alex Lake An incredible psychological thriller from the top ten Kindle bestselling author THEY LIVE IN YOUR HOUSE University is supposed to be the best time of your life. But Imo’s first...

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the thrilling latest installment in the Ryder & Loveday series! Pre-order now. ‘The pairing of Ryder and Loveday is a stroke of genius.’ Clare Chase, author of the Eve Mallow and Tara Thorpe mysteries Oxford, 1961. A family outing to Briar’s Hall...

A radiant talent on the brink of making it big in Nashville must confront her small-town past and an old love she’s never forgotten in this engaging novel—a soulful ballad filled with romance, heartbreak, secrets, and scandal from the author of Season of the Dragonflies. Playing to packed...