Publisher: Benjamin
15 Complete Works of J. S. Fletcher Dead Men's Money In the Days of Drake In the Mayor's Parlour Ravensdene Court Scarhaven Keep The Borough Treasurer The Chestermarke Instinct The Herapath Property The Middle of Things The Middle Temple Murder The Orange-Yellow Diamond The Paradise Mystery The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation The Root of All Evil The Talleyrand Maxim
North East England, 2046. Daniel, a fearless scavenger, scours an old landfill for hidden treasures while his cousin Michelle hustles to make ends meet through coding and hacking. But when a nuclear explosion rocks the world, chaos ensues and the SimCavalier, Cameron Silvera, springs into action. Daniel, thanks to Michelle's innovative hacking skills, lands a job at the local nuclear power station and together they work with the Argentum Associates team to uncover a sinister plot. Suspicious software is discovered at multiple nuclear sites and a dead body floating out to sea confirms their worst fears - a familiar cybercrime syndicate is behind it all. Cameron is desperate to protect her family and joins forces with a group of undercover hackers to fight against a rogue militia and a global cybercriminal network. Linking the two is Michelle, working in the half-light of grey hat hacking. When Ross slips up and reveals his old, cast-off hacker identity from his criminal days, she makes the connection. Exposing him could bring the whole delicate operation crashing down. With time running out and the terrorists counting down to their next attack, the pressure is on. While the international coalition picks off the cybercriminals one by one, Cameron discovers that there’s a traitor in the camp, someone she trusted all along. It's a race against time to defuse an explosive finale. The stakes are high, but who will come out on top in this thrilling battle of wits and courage? "Stepping up a gear to reveal a worldwide network of strong characters on both sides" ”A nice blend of sci-fi and thriller genres. Highly recommended reading.” The tangled web spread across the globe is believable because the villains behind it are believable, fallible and very human.”Show book
An award-winning Scandinavian novel of one woman’s struggle to pull herself and her daughter from the grasp of a criminal past. “A literary tour de force” (Mystery Scene). A celebrated bestseller in Sweden, and the winner of the prestigious Per Olov Enquist Literary Prize, The White City is an arresting story of betrayal and empowerment as a criminal’s girlfriend is left behind to pick up the pieces of her imploded existence. Karin knew what she was getting herself into when she fell for John, a high-flying wheeler-dealer. But she never imagined things would turn out like this: John is gone and the coke-filled parties, seemingly endless flow of money, and high social status have been replaced by cut telephone lines, cut heat, and cut cash. All that remains of Karin’s former life is the mansion he bought for her—and his daughter, the child Karin once swore she would never bring into their dangerous world. Now she is on her own with baby Dream. As the authorities zero in on organized crime, John’s shady legacy is catching up with her. Over the course of a few days, Karin is forced to take drastic measures to claim what she considers rightfully hers . . . “The ghostly Scandinavian setting and [protagonist] Karin’s closely narrated sense of impending doom . . . make Swedish star Ramqvist’s English-language debut an atmospheric and suspenseful read.” —BooklistShow book
It's one thing when you go up against crooks, gangsters, and businesses. It's a completely different situation when your enemy can send black-ops teams to end your existence. Jia and Erik need to uncover the truth—but is revealing the truth good for those around them? When their path leads into halls of power beyond their existing resources, will they be forced to end their chase, or will others support them? Two years ago, a small moon in a far-off system was set to be the location of the first intergalactic war between humans and an alien race. It never happened. However, something was found many are willing to kill to keep a secret. Now, they have killed the wrong people. How many will need to die to keep the truth hidden? As many as needed. He will have vengeance no matter the cost; she will dig for the truth no matter the risk.Show book
It doesn’t take cash, just some good old-fashioned creativity, to turn a pillowcase into a ghost costume or a trashcan into a suit of armor. So even if she has to stick to a budget, Stella Reid always makes holidays like Halloween memorable for twelve-year-old Savannah and the rest of her grandchildren.After joining the other townspeople for trick-or-treating and the annual parade down Main Street, Granny Reid and the kids head to Judge Patterson’s antebellum mansion, where a corn maze awaits. Most of the youngsters are too terrified to make it all the way to the middle. And that’s lucky for them—because when Savannah and Granny get there, it proves to be even scarier than they expected: half-buried in the mud at the center of the maze lies a human skull.The grisly discovery uncovers a mystery that stretches back decades—and seems to be related to the long-unsolved murder of Granny Reid’s own part-Cherokee mother. After all this time, the culprit may be long gone...or still hiding among them. It’ll be up to Granny to dig into this Southern town’s history and a mess of old family secrets.Show book
Chicago freelance writer and reluctant sleuth Emerson Ward is shocked when his friend, photographer Brady "Puppy" Barnes, is shot and killed. Puppy had asked Emerson to investigate some missing gems stolen from his studio and now Emerson suspects a dirty insider is responsible for both the theft and the murder. Going undercover, Emerson soon discovers a hornet's nest of suspects and more than a few motives for murder.Show book
An expansive new thriller in Michael C. Grumley’s Revival series, exploring humanity’s thirst for immortality at any costTechnology never works well the first time. Or even the second. Army veteran John Reiff is living proof.This time he is revived in the back of a dilapidated ambulance, on the run from a shadowy organization that is desperate to take him back. He is the first one, their archetype, and they need to know what happened after his escape. What is happening to his body and his mind. And they need to know now.Because Reiff knows things he shouldn’t. About them and about what they are hiding. A secret that has been in cold storage for several hundred years. And the insidious, methodical plan that has been in motion for a half a century.John Reiff is their key—a problem, but also the solution. A lab rat gone rogue, and at the worst possible time. But they will find him. They have to. And they will stop at nothing to get what they want.Show book
