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A chilling psychological read, for fans of serial killer thrillers that asks the question: What if you found out the figure that haunted your nightmares as a child was real? He'll slice your flesh. Your bones he'll keep. The Bone Keeper's coming. And he'll make you weep. Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying to find the supposed home of the Bone Keeper. According to lore, victims are lured into his lair, never to be seen again. Only three returned. Now, a woman is found wandering the streets, horrifically injured, claiming to have fled the evil urban myth. Detective Louise Henderson must convince skeptical colleagues that this urban myth might be flesh an...
'The plot is twisty, edgy and dynamic enough to keep us hanging on until the chilling denouement' DAILY MAIL An edge-of-your-seat thriller that merges the twists of a psychological-mystery with the investigative layers of a procedural . . . THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DID You receive a call, an email, a text – someone knows your secret and they want to ruin you. AND THEY’RE OUT FOR BLOOD If you don’t do what they say, they’ll tell everyone what you’ve been hiding. They will come after you, destroy you, and they aren’t afraid to kill. IT’S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME Readers love Luca Veste's novels . . . 'One of my favourite novels of 2020' READER REVIEW 'Dark and difficult to put down, a mus...
47 short stories, based on classic film titles... Following the Spinetingler award nominated 'Off The Record', the charity anthology featuring stories based on classic song titles, comes the highly anticipated sequel. This time, inspiration arrives in the form of classic film titles. With an introduction penned by Chris Ewan and featuring some of biggest and brightest names writing today including... Will Carver, Steve Mosby, Helen FitzGerald, Adrian McKinty, Matt Hilton, Stav Sherez, Claire McGowan, Sean Cregan, David Jackson, Mel Sherratt, Maxim Jakubowski, and many, many more... 47 writers from around the world. All coming together to raise money for children's literacy charities. In the UK, National Literacy Trust. In the US, Children's Literacy Initiative. From Crime to Fantasy, Taxi Driver to Weekend at Bernie's there's something for everyone in this collection of 47 short stories. And all proceeds from the sales of this anthology go directly to charity!
WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER . . . EVEN MURDER 'A fantastic read' MARK BILLINGHAM 'High-concept serial killer thriller with twists and heart. Stunning' STEVE CAVANAGH 'A fast-paced mystery about friendships, secrets and fears with a twist in the tail that fooled me completely' CHRIS EWAN Six friends have been trapped by one dark secret. It was supposed to be our last weekend away as friends, before marriage and respectability beckoned. But what happened that Saturday changed everything. In the middle of the night, someone died. The six of us promised each other we would not tell anyone about the body we buried. But now the pact has been broken. And the killing has started again … Who knows what we did? And what price will they make us pay? Don't miss the brilliant new novel from the author of the highly acclaimed The Bone Keeper. Praise for Luca Veste’s novels: ‘Properly Stephen King-style creepy’ Ian Rankin ‘Perfectly terrifying' Amanda Jennings ‘A dark and brilliant thriller from a writer who just gets better and better’ Mark Billingham ‘An entertainingly nasty piece of work' Christopher Brookmyre
The day she left was only the beginning . . . Sam was eleven when his mother went out and never came back. He waited for her and then he grieved for her, as his family fell apart around him. Sam tried to get on with his life in the intervening years. But it's only as his father lies dying that Sam begins to realise the cracks and inconsistencies in their family history. Who was his mother and why did she need to disappear? Why cover it up? As Sam searches for answers, and the trial leads him from the UK to the US, danger builds around him . . . Taut, thrilling and full of tension, YOU NEVER SAID GOODBYE is about a man who discovers his entire life is built on lies. But what price is the truth? Praise for Luca Veste: 'Fantastic' MARK BILLINGHAM 'High-concept serial killer thriller with twists and heart. Stunning' STEVE CAVANAGH 'Properly Stephen King-style creepy' IAN RANKIN 'Perfectly terrifying' AMANDA JENNINGS 'Seriously creepy with a killer twist - Luca Veste goes from strength to strength' MARK EDWARDS 'Creepy and compelling. The serial killer thriller of the year' MASON CROSS 'Urban legend meets serial killer thriller - terrifying' STUART NEVILLE
In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera. Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend with motorcycles. Yet amidst the discord, young love blooms at first sight between Fulgencio Ramirez, the son of impoverished immigrants, and Carolina Mendelssohn, the local pharmacist’s daughter. But as they’ll soon find out, their bonds will be undone by a force more powerful than they could have known. Thirty years after their first fateful encounter, Fulgencio Ramirez, RPh, is conducting his daily ritual of reading the local obituaries in his cramped pharmacy office. After nearly ...
Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021 'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days’ ESTHER FREUD 'Deeply engrossing ... an exquisite literary thriller’ PHILIPPA EAST ‘Emotionally wrenching’ WALL STREET JOURNAL ‘Impossible to put down’ TREVOR WOOD
‘A page-turner’ – Sunday Times Crime Club 'Re-energises the shopworn police procedural format' Financial Times Tim Johnson took his baby daughter out for a walk and she never made it home. Johnson claims he was assaulted and the girl was snatched. The police see a different crime, with Johnson their only suspect. A year later, Sam Bryne is on course to be elected as one of the youngest MPs in Westminster. He's tipped for the very top ... until he vanishes. Detectives Murphy and Rossi are tasked with discovering what has happened to the popular politician - and in doing so, they unearth a trail that stretches into the past, and crimes that someone is hell-bent on avenging. 'Luca Veste h...
Murphy and Rossi are waiting, for as long as it takes, for a suspect to come home. And in this quiet moment, the conversation turns to past cases they can never forget …