Scotland Thriller

Photographer Isla Wilson is thrilled she's landed her dream job, but the clients who hired her are getting stranger by the day. It sounded so perfect—a month's assignment at the lush Scottish Highlands property of architect Alban McGregor, and his wife, Jessica. But in the woods, there's a playhouse with a chilling history. Two years ago, the McGregors' daughter Elodie was abducted and then died in that playhouse. The townspeople insist her abductor had to be a stranger in their town. Alban refuses to knock the playhouse down, even keeping a picture of it on his wall.

OThe first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie series The award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller. The past is behind them, but what’s still to come will tear them apart… Some things just won’t let go. The...

'Lin Anderson is one of Scotland’s national treasures' – Stuart MacBride, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Logan McRae series 'The start of a very special new series' – Deon Meyer, international bestselling author of the Benny Griessel series When everyone knows your name, every case...

Using her body as well as her wits to climb out of backwater poverty, a beautiful real estate developer amasses international wealth and power with equal success. After she falls in love with a renowned concert pianist, she sets about winning him as she would a prime piece of waterfront property. But her ties to a lawyer with Mafia connections and her shady way of doing business threaten her happiness and her reputation.

The page-turning historical saga that began in The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, which now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, masterful A Column of Fire. A World in Turmoil 1558, and Europe is in revolt as religious hatred sweeps the continent. Elizabeth Tudor has ascended...

Drei verschwundene Mädchen und eine Spur, die weit in die Vergangenheit führt... In den Hochmooren Nordenglands wird die Leiche der ein Jahr zuvor verschwundenen 14-jährigen Saskia Morris gefunden. Kurze Zeit später wird ein weiteres junges Mädchen vermisst, die ebenfalls 14-jährige Amelie Goldsby. Die Polizei in Scarborough ist alarmiert. Treibt ein Serientäter sein Unwesen? In den Medien ist schnell vom Hochmoor-Killer die Rede, was den Druck auf Detective Chief Inspector Caleb Hale erhöht. Auch Detective Sergeant Kate Linville von Scotland Yard ist in der Gegend, um ihr ehemaliges Elternhaus zu verkaufen.

The collected BBC Radio 4 crime dramas featuring Inspector Coleman and Sergeant Astor Like his actor namesake, Ronald Coleman is a suave, well-spoken English gentleman. But although he's a movie buff, Coleman is no film star - he's a copper, and a Detective Inspector to boot. Together with his...

'This novel stands successfully on its own, its characters fleshed out and in full possession of their idiosyncrasies — all magnificently conveyed by narrator Steve Worsley...He captures perfectly the novel’s dark wit and the region’s pugnacity, bringing a sense of festivity to the police...

‘Ken Follett can't write a bad book’ – Stephen King International no. 1 bestselling author Ken Follett crafts the ultimate knife-edge drama in Whiteout. A family gathering, a blizzard and a deadly virus let loose . . . A Family Reunited As a blizzard descends from the north on Christmas...

To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose; it is summer in Scotland Street (as it always is) and for the habitués of Edinburgh's favourite street some extraordinary adventures lie in waiting. For the impossibly vain Bruce Anderson - he of the clove-scented hair gel - it may finally be time to settle down, and surely it can only be a question of picking the lucky winner from the hordes of his admirers....

The Times Audiobook of the Week Opening up a world of magic and adventure, The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu is the first audiobook in the Edinburgh Nights series. ‘A fast-moving and entertaining tale, beautifully written’ – Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London ‘I...

'A thrilling page turner . . . The Violent Hour is James Oswald at the height of his powers' IMRAN MAHMOOD 'A fast-paced procedural with plenty of surprises - while this might have been my first Tony McLean outing, it certainly won't be my last' TARIQ ASHKANANI 'Pulse-pounding from start to...

As private investigators go, Callie Munro is tougher than most. She’s had to be. Abandoned as a baby and raised by a succession of strangers, she knows a thing or two about surviving… …but she never expected to find herself hunting a serial killer. After uncovering a string of missing women—women no one seems to care about—Callie refuses to look away. With police ignoring the evidence, her only ally is an organised crime boss with his own agenda.

En maskeret person har i flere uger skræmt Londons kvinder fra vid og sans. Han kaldes "Snigeren", fordi han sniger sig ind på sine ofre. Den øverstbefalende kriminalkommissær ved Scotland Yard har selv taget vagten denne nat, hvor der er udsigt til den berømte london‘ske tåge. Det er netop det vejr, Snigeren plejer at begive sig ud i for at udøve sine forbryderiske gerninger, og derfor ønsker kommissær Gideon at være klar. Snigeren er Gideons store hovedpine.

Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand of justice one criminal at a time. In these three stories, the Saint finds himself embroiled in further plots and facing new enemies. The Inland Revenue sees him up against the most unyielding opponent ever - the taxman.

The second instalment in the thrilling WW2 Joseph Gunner series, from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy books New York, December 1941. Joseph Gunner, former soldier, is off the front lines and on the streets of New York, tasked with helping tip America into the Second World War...

If you play with fire... When fire crews are called to a blaze at the home of a Kilwinnoch GP they make a grisly discovery: the charred remains of the doctor and his entire family. But is this a tragic accident or an horrific, calculated murder? DCI Duncan Bone's worst fears are confirmed when a...

David is finally starting to believe in his abilities and to become an integral part of the Dream Dancer world thanks to Jessica, the feisty redhead witch from Edinburgh. With the help of Aunt Gen and Trevor, a creature from the underworld, they must figure out who is trying to kill the Dream Dancers. This is book 2 of the spellbinding Witches of Scotland series. A thriller story of witchcraft, astral projection, family loyalty, ambition, greed and lust.

Glasgow law student David Hunter is drifting through life and feels something is missing. When on a night out someone tries to kill him and he discovers he is from a long line of witches known as Dream Dancers, his life is turned upside down. Now David has unwittingly exposed himself to a world of powerful witches, clandestine government agencies, and a fight to protect the Akashic records. Is a life filled with magick really his true calling in life?

Lord Artingham ermordet! Nach fachmännischer Diagnose handelt es sich einwandfrei um Mord, der zwischen fünf und sieben Uhr angesetzt werden muss. Kurz darauf wird Lady Van Duys, die von Unbekannten erpresst wurde, in den Räumen von Scotland Yard ermordet aufgefunden. Die Beamten von Scotland Yard bieten alle Kräfte auf, um die Kriminalfälle zu lösen, doch erst zwei Schweizer Freunden gelingt es nach und nach, Licht ins Dunkle zu bringen.