Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
All characters reduced
Dead Reckoning - cover

Dead Reckoning

Lee Ellis

Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

As an unexploded World War 2 bomb is discovered, a strange a figure appears on the evening train from London to Nottingham and the carriage is transformed to the 1940s.
Though easily dismissed as the foolish stories of overworked imaginations, he keeps appearing and the city is gripped by fear. Is he a ghost? A predator?
Local journalist, Arlene Bates demands action from the police and, with an uncomfortable reputation for "peculiar" cases, a reluctant DCI Jenner is assigned to investigate.
Then the direst predictions are confirmed when Karen Renshaw is viciously attacked on the train, remaining in a coma while the strange figure cannot be found. As Jenner probes Karen's background, old mysteries are opened up and the web of suspicion widens. Is this a lone attack or the first of many?
Events in the past and present come together. Time is running out as a fearful deadline approaches.
Available since: 11/21/2024.
Print length: 329 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • Elizabeth - The Dark Nurse - cover

    Elizabeth - The Dark Nurse

    AI Voice Christopher Allen

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  "Elizabeth: The Dark Nurse" 
    Based on a true life event between 2007-2016. 
    "Elizabeth: The Dark Nurse" is a chilling horror narrative that follows Elizabeth Caldwell, a seemingly dedicated hospice nurse at Serenity, who secretly operates as a serial killer. Over seven years, Elizabeth murders over 300 terminally ill patients, justifying her actions as "quiet mercy" to end their suffering. She employs untraceable methods, including minute adjustments to ventilators, introducing air bubbles into IV lines, and suffocation with blankets, maintaining a facade of professional serenity that shields her from suspicion. 
    Her reign of terror ends when a new, state-of-the-art IV pump logs a lethal, non-prescribed dose of potassium chloride administered to David Miller, a patient whose death finally exposes her. The subsequent investigation reveals the true scale of her crimes, leading to a sensational trial where she is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. 
    Decades later, Elizabeth is released on compassionate parole at the age of 78, her body ravaged by advanced pulmonary fibrosis. In a profound twist of fate, she is admitted to "The Golden Hour" hospice as a patient. There, she meets her primary care nurse, Amelia Miller, the granddaughter of David Miller, the victim whose death led to Elizabeth's downfall. 
    Amelia, who has spent her life preparing for this moment, begins a methodical, calculated campaign of retribution. She does not seek a quick death, but a slow, psychological torment, using Elizabeth's own methods against her. Amelia employs calculated neglect, delaying pain medication to the point of agony, and surrounding Elizabeth with mementos of her victims. The final act of vengeance is a masterpiece of cruelty: Amelia slowly reduces the oxygen flow to Elizabeth's non-rebreather mask, forcing the former killer to experience the terror of suffocation while conscious. Amelia ensures that Elizabeth's final moments are filled with the terror.
    Show book
  • Augmosis - cover

    Augmosis

    Steven Tye

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    The world is gone, but the remnant thrive in an augmented utopia built by Augmosis. Technology integrated into the eyes and ears masks and improves the way each person views their world. Everything, from a person’s appearance to the city's architecture, has been re-sculpted to something better--a new truth.  
    But what was once humanity's saviour has now become its master. 
    Two people murdered from simple touch. Others disappear in plain view. Entire lives and identities scrubbed from existence without a trace. An unseen hand threatens society from the shadows.  
    Detective Hal Briggs partners with Carli, an identity sculptor, to unravel the conspiracy and track down a murderer. But can Briggs solve the puzzle when he is cast aside by the police department? Will Carli's belief in the beauty of their augmented collective remain steadfast when the technology that drives it begins to push back? What will be the cost of liberty and freedom of expression? 
    AI, AR and the Metaverse. Augmosis is an original techno-thriller, set in a world where reality is no longer absolute.
    Show book
  • The Last Election - cover

    The Last Election

    Stephen Marche, Andrew Yang

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    The Last Election is a unique political thriller about an outlandish yet frighteningly possible—even probable—scenario in America’s near future, during the crucial 2024 presidential election. Though it is fiction, it is informed by Andrew Yang’s insider’s view from his run deep into the Democratic primaries in 2020. It is also a wake-up call to an America tearing itself apart. 
     
    The story focuses on two characters: Mikey Ricci, a political operative who has lost faith in the system, and Martha Kass, a journalist for the New York Times. In 2023, Ricci becomes the campaign manager of a third-party candidate who runs on a popular, centrist platform and whose frank and honest manner begins to gain ground. As it begins to appear that Ricci’s candidate might win enough electoral votes to upset the delicate balance of America’s two-party system, Kass stumbles upon a plot by the current Joint Chiefs of Staff to seize power in the anticipated chaos of the coming election. 
     
    Events unfold at the frenetic pace of the campaign trail, and as the electoral totals are tallied, it becomes more and more evident that no one will accrue the coveted majority of 270 electoral votes. If this happens, who wins? Will the electoral system collapse? What is Congress’s role in certification, and how will congressional leaders behave with their unprecedented individual power? 
     
    Will the American experiment end?
    Show book
  • In Cold Blood: Pre-order the brand-new instalment of the bingeable detective series for fans of Ann Cleeves and LJ Ross (DI Rachel Harlow Book 2) - cover

    In Cold Blood: Pre-order the...

    Elle Blair

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Not Yet Available
    Show book
  • Blood of Champions - cover

    Blood of Champions

    Lynda Rees

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Mysterious Rose Casson tried to hide from the past but must fight an evil force at the derby while lover, Native American horse trainer, Calvin Coldwater and racing mogul, Levi Madison, prepare Dakota Maiden for the big Kentucky race. With a murderer on the loose, will they Run for the Roses or the chapel?
    Show book
  • Hemlock - cover

    Hemlock

    Mark Dawson

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    When a covert operator with links to Charlie Cooper is killed, the trail leads to a secret outfit few believe is real: Hemlock. 
     
    No witnesses. No records. No proof it ever existed. Just rumors, half-forgotten files, and a growing body count. 
     
    As Cooper digs deeper, the evidence keeps disappearing—and so do the people who get too close. Hemlock doesn't operate in the shadows. It owns them, using blackmail, corruption, and murder to shape events from the inside. 
     
    The closer Cooper gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes: this isn't a conspiracy you expose. 
     
    It's one you survive. 
     
    Because Hemlock has endured for decades by doing one thing better than anyone else—making sure it's forgotten. 
     
    Fast, brutal, and impossible to put down, Hemlock is a razor-sharp Charlie Cooper novella—perfect for fans of relentless action, hard choices, and killers who don't miss twice.
    Show book