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Something bad is brewing among a friendly group of book lovers: “A deliciously Agatha Christie-style mystery that sucks you in from the first page.” —Sibel Hodge, bestselling author of Look Behind You Imagine nine women meeting. Tea and cake are on the coffee table. They’ve come together to share their love of books. They are friends. They trust each other. It’s a happy gathering. What could be more harmless? Then scratch the surface and look closer. One is lonely. One is desperate. And one of them is a killer. When the body of a woman is discovered on a Cambridge common, DCI Barrett and DI Palmer are called in to investigate. But the motive behind the crime isn’t clear—and it ...
A dark and gripping domestic noir thriller from bestselling author, Dreda Say Mitchell,
To rescue his father, a young man must infiltrate a cult—and a chamber of horrors… Ben Whittle’s father, a private investigator, has been taken captive by a cult while investigating the case of a missing girl. When Ben receives a desperate call from his father asking for help, he is drawn into a dark underground world. As Ben retraces the last known steps of the missing girl, he discovers the only option left is to join the cult and rescue his father from the inside. The leader, Edward Ebb, is a psychopathic egocentric who uses his position to control his small group of followers in The Sons and Daughters of Salvation. When he initiates Ben into the group, it soon becomes apparent how sick and twisted Ebb is. And while Ben tries to find both his father and the missing girl, he may also discover the gruesome secret concealed in a place called the Revelation Room… The Revelation Room is the first in a new series of psychological mystery thrillers from the author of The Abattoir of Dreams and The Liar’s Promise.
Hired by BRT Health Industries—an underground organ harvesting operation fronting as a fertility company—Dr. Jacqui Stevenson is tasked with involuntarily transplanting the wombs of abducted black women to wealthy recipients. When Jacqui attempts to walk away on her first day, her boss threatens her with one word: Ashley. Knowing her refusal endangers her daughter’s life, Jacqui can’t leave. Dealing firsthand with the underground human trafficking ring is college graduate Cara. A diagnosis renders her infertile and Cara resorts to BRT Health Industries for assistance. After her consultation, Cara wakes up chained to a hospital bed surrounded by hundreds of unconscious women in the same predicament. When his sister disappears, Justice, a police officer, goes on the hunt for the abductor at large. It’s not until Cara’s abandoned vehicle lands in his lap does the investigation give way to a lead...the lead being Dr. Jacqui Stevenson. The nightmare is only just beginning for Jacqui, Cara, and Justice who find themselves all linked by one commonality: the web of secrets hiding beneath Mercy Hospital.
The 2024 edition of firstwriter.com’s annual directory for writers is the perfect book for anyone searching for literary agents, book publishers, or magazines. It contains over 1,500 listings, including revised and updated listings from the 2023 edition, and 400 brand new entries. Finding the information you need is now quicker and easier than ever before, with multiple tables and a detailed index, and unique paragraph numbers to help you get to the listings you’re looking for. The variety of tables helps you navigate the listings in different ways, and includes a Table of Authors, which lists over 5,000 authors and tells you who represents them, or who publishes them, or both. The numbe...
A serial killer thriller, The Entrepreneur is more than a contest for fame and fortune. One million pounds. Five contestants. A killer among them. Five strangers are brought together on a reality TV show, The Entrepreneur, to win a cash prize that could change their lives forever. When the five contestants move into a remote house and filming begins, their business plans are unveiled. But when business woman Stephanie contacts the serial killer Jonny Lang, and wins a task by selling murderabilia, it sets in motion a chain of events that will test the sanity of each contender and put them all in danger. When one of the participants is found dead, it becomes apparent that whoever is behind the killing has every intention of winning....
My name is Becky. I arrived home to find my husband, Chris, stabbed to death and a gang of men ransacking our house. Turns out that Chris had something that belonged to them. And if I want to stay alive, I have to find it and return it. They’ve given me seven days. And a beating. There is nowhere to hide and no time left to look. So I will stand my ground as the deadline approaches. All I have is a head full of lies and a very bad plan. This is my story. If you like fast-paced psychological thrillers with a gripping twist, and characters that grab you by the throat, you’ll love Andrew Barrett’s The End of Lies. What's Becky really up against? And what happens at the end of the seven da...
It's the summer of 2007, and the unsuspecting world is on the verge of sinking into the Great Recession. Coral Leven is visiting her wealthy friend Rose McCrary in super-upscale Palm Beach while attempting to finish her poetic thesis on the destruction of coral reefs. Across the Intracoastal Waterway from the McCrary mansion sits another vast estate, the site of weekend galas and wild parties. When Rose's cousin moves in next door to the party palace, Coral falls for him, and Rose finds out his neighbor is her long lost lover Gary Blass. But there's trouble in paradise. Doyle and Gary are involved with the Great Getzstein, a secretive billionaire with weird and dangerous passions. All That Glitters is literary but with a modern crime kick. A classic American love and loss story, Coral's affair with glittery Palm Beach tackles some of the most pressing issues of our time.
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When a couple learns they’re unable to conceive, their disappointment turns to despair—and may lead to mortal danger… Caro and Jeff Horne seem to have it all, until they learn that Jeff is infertile. Caro married Jeff because her biggest wish was to be a mother, and he had the means to give their children a better life than she did. Jeff, who is besotted with Caro, is terrified he will lose her now that they can’t have a baby. Across town, Sharon is eight months pregnant and unsure if she really wants to be a mother. Soon her world will collide with Jeff’s. He wants to keep Caro happy and decides that getting a baby is the only way. Then Caro is accidentally drawn into an underworld of drugs—while Jeff, increasingly desperate to find a baby, must consider to what lengths he’s prepared to go…