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  When Last Seen - A Hunter and...

  Brenda Chapman

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  The hardest part is not knowing… 
  Ottawa is baking under a July heatwave when the Homicide and Major Crimes Unit is called to help track down missing three-year-old Charlie McGowan. This is the second missing person case in nine months — a university exchange student never made it back to her Carleton University residence from a downtown party in November. 
  At first, the two disappearances appear unrelated, but as true crime podcaster Ella Tate and Detective Liam Hunter dig deeper into both files, unsettling relationships begin to emerge. Evidence, however, remains frustratingly out of reach as the clock keeps ticking and concern for both missing victims takes on a heightened urgency. 
  And then Liam Hunter gets a call that a body’s been found on the Ottawa River Parkway …

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  Cut by the County

  Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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  Darnel Park is situated in a county that thrives on gossip and secrets, and the Darnel family, as it turns out, has many of them. An attempt at Sir Allan Darnel's life, after various misunderstandings and misdirections, reveals an estranged son and a mysterious fiancée, and the Darnel family scrambles to conceal these new developments from not only the county but the Scotland Yard detective called in to investigate.

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  The Hand of the Hunter

  Gordon Bonnet

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  It’s the summer of 1971, and all ten-year-old Janina Starcevich wants to do is spend the seemingly endless warm days riding her bicycle, climbing trees, and catching frogs in the pond in her back yard. But when a young drifter named Justin Lazarus walks into the hardware store owned by her next-door neighbor, Kathy Christian, a series of events are set in motion that will change them all forever. 
  Justin is a melding of opposites—charming but odd, friendly but frightening, seemingly ordinary but at the same time deeply strange. Kathy compares him to an optical illusion before you’ve figured it out. Something’s wrong, but it’s impossible to say exactly what. 
  The events of that sweltering summer turn the little village of Guildford, New York upside down. 
  So why, twenty-five years later, can Janina—now happily married, with three children of her own—barely remember what happened? 
  A chance mention at work starts her on an obsessive quest to reconstruct how the tragedy in 1971 unfolded, and to try to figure out what had been her role in it. The more she uncovers, the more puzzling and disturbing it becomes—an enigma that has lain buried for two and a half decades, centering around one single question: 
  Who was Justin Lazarus?

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  Voices in the Dark - 12 Short...

  Sam Johnson

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  Step into the shadows of the human mind — where nothing is as it seems, and no one is entirely innocent.
   
  Voices in the Dark is a masterfully crafted anthology of 12 standalone psychological thrillers that will grab you by the throat and whisper secrets you were never meant to hear. From the moment the first story begins, you’re plunged into a world of subtle paranoia, dangerous memories, and eerie encounters that blur the line between reality and delusion.
   
  Each short story is a self-contained experience — tight, twisty, and impossible to pause — written by acclaimed thriller author Sam Johnson and brought to life by the immersive voices of Lucy Walker and James Goodwin. Whether it’s the woman trapped in an elevator with someone who remembers what she forgot… the man whose new phone begins syncing surveillance photos of himself… or the late-night confession that reveals the priest’s own darkest sin, every tale is a psychological maze with no guaranteed way out.
   
  This isn’t horror for the faint-hearted or simple scares with jump cuts — these are thrillers that linger, crawling under your skin and forcing you to question what you’d do in the darkest of moments.
   
  Whether you’re commuting, walking alone at dusk, or laying awake at 2 a.m., Voices in the Dark is your next unforgettable listen.
   
  Lock the door.  Press play.  And whatever you do…  don’t listen alone.

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  Daddy's Boy

  Michael David Wilson

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  From the author of The Girl in the Video and House of Bad Memories comes a dark comedy of errors and toilet humour.  
  Wentworth is at his wit’s end. He has no money, his cat’s been kidnapped, and every time he tries to kill himself, he fails. Worst of all, he lives in Kidderminster. 
  But sometimes you’re given a lifeline. For some it’s a lottery win, for others a promotion. For Wentworth, it’s an out-of-shape 50-something named Norman wearing an ‘I was on Naked Attraction’ t-shirt and scuffed Reeboks. 
  Wentworth thinks he’s in luck but makes a series of progressively worse decisions and soon finds himself on the run from a gang of criminal reprobates. 
  The two flee to Norman’s holiday home but there’s a local serial killer on the loose, something messed up is happening next door, and Norman is becoming uncomfortably clingy. 
  Can Wentworth evade the criminal mob, shake off Norman’s advances, and uncover his neighbour’s secrets before he falls victim to the approaching serial killer? 
  Daddy’s Boy is Shameless meets Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen with the incompetence of The Hangover.

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  The Missing Guest - A completely...

  Diana Wilkinson

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  A pulse-raising thriller from Diana Wilkinson, author of the Number One bestseller The Girl in Seat 2A 
  What happens when the safety of your home is no longer safe? 
  Every Friday night during lockdown, six friends meet onscreen to take part in a quiz. 
  But when it's Barton Hinton’s turn to host the event, he introduces a set of personal questions that clearly aren’t random and which set off a fatal chain of events. 
  When the police start to ask questions, the friends agree to hide the truth. 
  Is it possible that one of the six guests killed a fellow member? 
  Everyone has their secrets. 
  Some are worth dying for. 
  Some are worth killing for… 
  A gripping thriller that keeps you guessing until the very last page, perfect for fans of Freida McFadden and T M Logan. 
  Praise for Diana Wilkinson 
  ‘Clues upon clues upon clues kept me glued to the story. What a very clever book … not a read for the faint-hearted!’ Valerie Keogh 
  ‘Wilkinson delivers with this gripping and original thriller’ Keri Beevis 
  ‘With a unique plot and superb writing, Ms Wilkinson has nailed this one! I’d give it 10 stars if I could.’ J A Baker 
  ‘A beautifully written thriller where even the clues are out to get you!’ Gemma Rogers 
  ‘A fast paced, edge of the seat thriller that’s extremely well executed. I was gripped from the very first page!’ L. H. Stacey 
  Previously published as The Six Guests

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