Publisher: Sandstone Press
Two years on from the start of a devastating pandemic, food shortages are becoming critical, and rationing looms. So it's more than embarrassing when a lorry full of luxury food for Scottish Virus Minister's banquet goes missing. When Bernard and Maitland from the HET team find it, the food is missing – but there is a dead body.
Sherlock Holmes is called to the London Zoo to investigate the treacherous murder of an unusual victim. While Scotland Yard ascribes little significance to the case, Holmes believes he has uncovered a politically motivated assassination.Show book
Description： When Claire Lawson's father dies in a factory accident, she loses more than a parent — she loses the only person who truly saw her. Her mother remarries quickly, and Claire finds herself an outsider in a blended family where her stepsister, Ruby, gets the dresses, the money, and the love — while Claire gets the cold shoulder. For seven years, Claire plays the long game. She hides her brilliance, absorbs the injustice, protects what little she has left of her father, and quietly builds her escape. Then her SAT scores come back — 1540 — and everything she was pretending to be falls away. A deeply emotional story of a girl who survives by staying invisible, and frees herself by finally being seen. "Some silences are a form of strategy."Show book
USA Today bestselling author Kennedy Layne continues the psychological thriller series that will have you redefining evil . . . Brooklyn Sloane has left her job as a consultant for the FBI to take on her first cold case in the private sector. Doing so allows her the freedom to work the one case she's never professionally been allowed to touch—a ruthless serial killer, who just so happens to be her own brother. Privately, she's hunting her only sibling, but alongside her team, she's seeking justice for those without a voice. But there is always the anomaly . . . Seven arrests. Seven trials. Seven closed cases. Brook has discovered one thread that ties them all together. Soon, as the investigation begins to unravel, the evidence all points to one disturbing truth—the real serial killer has never stopped hunting innocent victims, planting evidence, and causing others to pay for his violent crimes. Unfortunately, he isn't Brook's only concern. As she divulges deeper into her brother's reign of torment, she finds herself falling down a dark rabbit hole where she lands on a web of deceit. Who wins is unknown, for their chilling lies can make for very convincing truths.Show book
Many lives collide in this quest to win a billion dollars for picking all the winners in the annual National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament. Some are looking for riches, others for simple survival and personal redemption.Mathematician Sinclair Dane sponsors the contest, seeking money for a safety net for her troubled mother. She does not have a billion dollars to pay a winner. Risking her reputation and possible legal charges for fraud, she pins her hopes on the astronomical odds against anyone picking all the winners.Math professor Lewis Cusac uses the basketball contest to teach remedial math to college students, two of whom are playing in the tournament. He enters the contest and finds himself having selected all the winners with only three games remaining. He also gets a call from the NCAA investigators for suspicion of trying to fix the outcomes of games.Add to the mix a retired casino operator, a group of twenty-something social media wizards, and professional basketball's next megastar.As the contest goes global, the story races to an ending that will surprise the reader.Show book
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermott A BRUTAL MURDER. A SCIENTIST ON THE RUN. A PLOT TO KILL MILLIONS. While secretly researching the bizarre discoveries of Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla many years earlier, physicist Claudine Pommier becomes the victim of a remorseless and cruel murderer who breaks into her Parisian apartment. Is he just a serial killer, or is there more to her death than the Paris cops believe? Maverick American biologist Dr Roberta Ryder receives a mysterious letter from her friend Claudine and travels to Paris to see her, only to learn of her shocking death. Before she knows it, Roberta becomes the target of ruthless men with a deadly agenda that only the letter can unmask. She’s alone and vulnerable. But she knows someone – the only someone – who can help her. Ben Hope, ex-SAS soldier and Roberta’s old flame, now trying to retire to a life of peace with his fiancée Brooke, suddenly finds his life turned upside down by Roberta’s sudden arrival in England. She needs his help; he can’t turn her down. In a frantic race to Paris and halfway around the world, Ben and Roberta battle to uncover the mystery of Claudine’s research, with the killers just half a step behind. In the process they uncover a global conspiracy that will claim the lives of millions of people . . . unless Ben can stop it. The Ben Hope series is a must-read for fans of Dan Brown, Lee Child and Mark Dawson. Join the millions of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to a new Ben Hope thriller begins… Whilst the Ben Hope thrillers can be read in any order, this is the ninth book in the series. In this international bestseller, Mariani expertly combines elements of detective work, military tactics, and scientific theories. The Nemesis Program is a thrilling adventure that takes readers from Paris to the farthest corners of the globe, solidifying Mariani's place in the realm of crime fiction. For fans of Andy Mcdermott (The Knights of Atlantis), Dan Brown (Angels And Demons), David Baldacci (Strangers in Time), Vince Flynn (Capture or Kill), and James Swallow (Dark Horizon).Show book
FBI Agent Ren Bryce finds herself entangled in two seemingly unrelated mysteries. But the past has a way of echoing down the years and finding its way into the present. In the end, the truth will find you… When Special Agent Ren Bryce discovers the body of a young woman in an abandoned car, solving the case becomes personal. But the more she uncovers about the victim’s last movements, the more questions are raised. Why was Laura Flynn driving towards a ranch for troubled teens in the middle of Colorado when her employers thought she was hundreds of miles away? And what did she know about a case from fifty years ago, which her death dramatically reopens? As Ren and cold-case investigator Janine Hooks slowly weave the threads together, a picture emerges of a privileged family determined to hide some very dark secrets – whatever the cost. Barclay's Harm's Reach is a masterclass in suspense and mystery. This bestselling book from the Sunday Times bestselling author is a riveting police procedural that delves into a decades-old case, revealing the dark secrets of a privileged family. For fans of Richard Osman (The Impossible Fortune), Robert Galbraith (The Running Grave), Karen Rose (Knife in the Back), Michael Connelly (The Proving Ground), and Tim Weaver (The Lost Women).Show book
