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A Running Duck
An ordinary career woman – with a target on her back. Originally published in 1978, A Running Duck is a compulsive, vintage thriller from Paula Gosling, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger. Clare is a copywriter, working at an advertising agency in San Francisco. On a crowded street, as she helps a passing stranger pick up some dropped papers, a sniper's bullet pierces her arm. Scarred by his past, Lieutenant Malchek is a Vietnam veteran, a former sniper himself who now specialises in hunting down hitmen. He is assigned to Clare's case, tasked with protecting her life. Someone wants Clare dead – and Malchek knows how to draw him out . . . Full of suspense and romantic tension, A Running Duck has been adapted for film as Cobra, starring Sylvester Stallone.
The Woman in Red
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Death and Shadows
The fourth murder mystery in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger. A murdered nurse, disappearing drug supplies, diminishing funds and the sudden death of two apparently healthy patients are just some of the problems confronting Blackwater Bay’s leading private clinic. Laura Brandon, recently arrived physiotherapist and self-appointed sleuth, realises that a lot of people have something to hide. Confronted by tight-lipped colleagues, inter-staff feuds, and strange tales about a shadowy evil that lurks in the woods, Laura begins to believe the theory of a psychotic killer on the loose. Then another, eerily similar, murder occurs – and she knows the solution cannot be impersonal. Fast-paced, entertaining and expertly plotted, this is a masterful murder mystery set in the Great Lakes. Death and Shadows is the fourth book in the Blackwater Bay series. The series concludes with Underneath Every Stone.
Underneath Every Stone
The fifth and final whodunit in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger. It's election time in Blackwater Bay, but there's a dead man who won't be casting his vote this year. An apparent murder without motive, circumstantial evidence leads Sheriff Matt Gabriel to arrest one Frog Bartlett. Frog Bartlett is an outcast with a nasty temper. But at least one person believes him innocent – and they have enough money to anonymously finance a strong defence. Tensions rise in the town, and a small riot occurs – and somebody else is killed. Suddenly, the Sheriff is a suspect, Chief Deputy George Putnam is in charge, and certain meddling townsfolk insist on lending a hand. Meanwhile, the killer may still be out there . . . Underneath Every Stone is the fifth and final book in the Blackwater Bay series, following The Body in Blackwater Bay, A Few Dying Words, The Dead of Winter and Death and Shadows.
The Wychford Murders
Meet Detective Inspector Luke Abbott. Set in the West Country, The Wychford Murders is the first in the series, from CWA Golden Dagger winner Paula Gosling. Wychford is a charming and quiet West Country village. Or rather, it was – until Mrs Tompkins was found with her throat slashed. Detective Chief Inspector Luke Abbott is sent to find the killer. He was born and brought up in Wychford – but he hardly recognizes it. The young girl he loved has become the local doctor. The boy who once bullied him is now a respected local Squire. And the people of Wychford are in hiding – fearful of who will next fall victim to the killer’s bloody knife. There are secrets behind these doors – love and hate, perversion, envy, greed and – eventually – a ruthless murderer . . . Continue the series with Death Penalties.
Ricochet
A professor and a student are dead – and nothing is as it seems. Originally published in 2002, Backlash is the third thrilling whodunit in the Jack Stryker series. From Paula Gosling, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger. When Professor Mayhew is found, shot dead in her own home, it looks like a domestic homicide. When her student is murdered at the hospital, it looks like a mugging gone wrong. Detective Lieutenant Jack Stryker has his doubts. Stryker’s instincts seem to be leading him awry – his relationship with Kate Trevorne has hit a rough patch, and his mind is distracted. Unbeknownst to Jack, Kate is receiving anonymous harassment – and investigating it herself. Is her secrecy keeping key information from Jack? Could these two barbarous murders truly be connected? An intense, thrilling puzzle, Ricochet is the third entry in the series, following Monkey Puzzle and Backlash. Jack Stryker returns in The Body in Blackwater Bay.
The Dead of Winter
The third compulsive mystery in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger. Blackwater Bay has frozen over for the season, now a place for the idle reverie of the town's sporting fishermen – and local teacher Jess Gibbons is stuck, gloomy about the sorry state of her life. So when a corpse floats up into an ice hole one morning, the intense shock is enough to shake her out of it. Soon, Sheriff Matt Gabriel’s team confirm the body to be a mob-connected New York ex-con, who could have been in the area to carry out a hit – and Blackwater’s quiet streets threaten to be submerged by a ravenous media circus. Then, as a girl fro...
Backlash
Four cops, from four precincts, all shot dead. Originally published in 1989, Backlash is the second compulsive whodunit in the Jack Stryker series. From Paula Gosling, winner of the CWA Golden Dagger. A wave of chaos is erupting through the American police force. With four officers dead, Detective Lieutenant Jack Stryker is called upon to investigate. Alongside his partner Agent Dana Marchant, he must track the killer. But are these homicides linked? Or is the perp choosing victims at random? When a federal investigator appears on the killer’s hit list, the simple answers seem to be disappearing way too fast. Their target is a marksman with an uncanny criminal mind and a ruthlessly persistent purpose – and time is running out . . . Backlash is the second entry in the Jack Stryker series. It is followed by Ricochet.
Before the Ruins
Named a Best New Book of 2021 (so far) by Real Simple Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Lit Hub and Bustle A gripping, multilayered debut in the tradition of Tana French and Donna Tartt about four friends, an empty manor, and a night that will follow them for the rest of their lives It's the summer of 1996 and school's out forever for Andy, her boyfriend Marcus, her best friend Peter, and Em. When Andy's alcoholic mother predicts the apocalypse, the four teenagers decide to see out the end of the world at a deserted manor house, the site of a historic unsolved mystery. There they meet David—charming and unreliable, he seems to have appeared out of nowhere. David presents an irresist...
A Few Dying Words
The second compelling whodunit in the Blackwater Bay series from Paula Gosling, author of Monkey Puzzle and winner of the CWA Golden Dagger. Every year, the normally peaceful, ordinary citizens of Blackwater Bay celebrate Halloween with a carnival of madness, laughter – and practical jokes. They call it the Howl – and each town in the county competes for the wildest 'Howler' of all. For one person, however, the Howl means one thing: murder. Thirty years ago, a killer struck. Now, under the cover of the carnival, the killer has returned. Or, at least, that's what Sheriff Matt Gabriel thinks. Everyone else thinks he's crazy. Suspicion and resentment surround him, as he searches urgently for the one who killed once, twice – and may kill again . . . 'This is a writer who always entertains' – Sunday Telegraph A Few Dying Words is the second book in the Blackwater Bay series. The series continues with The Dead of Winter.
