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'Captivating and fast-paced, GONE has a riveting storyline and gritty characters in a super-twisty plot.' Mel Sherratt A twisty story of murder, guilt and unintended consequences, perfect for fans of Rachel Abbott and Angela Marsons. 250,000 people go missing in the UK every year. 91% of those reported to police are found within 48 hours. 99% of cases are solved within a year. And 1% stay gone. Troubled teenager Emma Thorley vanished without a trace eleven years ago. But now a body has been found... As news of the discovery travels, the past comes back to haunt all those involved, from the police to Emma's friends and enemies. Because some secrets cannot be buried for ever...and some dangers never go away.
What would you do to protect your family? Tell a lie? Break the law? Or solve the problem... for good? The body in Lauren James's back garden belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Ritchie. DI Gardner thinks it's an open-and-shut case. But he reckoned without the interference of Lauren's father, local businessman and aspiring politician Walter James. And he couldn't know about the secrets that everyone involved wants to hide. When a murder touches so many lives, not even the cops are immune from the consequences. In the end you must decide what you can live with: a loving lie or the deadly truth?
How do you catch a killer who thinks murder is art? Michael Fisher sees himself as an artist rather than a killer and poses his victims to resemble famous paintings. Detective Nick Kelly is called to attend the latest crime scene and finds himself at the centre of a media storm. But while the rest of the police department feels under pressure, Nick relishes the attention. Karen Kelly, Nick's soon to be ex-wife, watches in horror as this brutal game of cat and mouse plays out. But Karen has secrets of her own. And when another body is found, Nick is disturbed to discover he knows the victim and things start to get a little too close to home.
Anyone can be a heroine. She's The One is a collection that celebrates the lives and achievements of just a few of them. From mothers and teachers to actors and activists, bringing together writers from across the country to pay tribute to the women who have shaped their worlds. Some are international icons. Others are personal heroines. Many you will never have heard of; but each one has made a difference, touched a life, and inspired others to do the same. Compiled in recognition of International Women's Day, She's The One showcases the winning entries from the She's The One National Writing Competition.
There's a body in Lauren James's back garden. And everyone is telling lies... A twisty tale of deceit and deadly consequences from prize-winning northern crime writer Rebecca Muddiman. What would you do to protect your family? The body in Lauren James's back garden belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Ritchie. DI Gardner thinks it's an open-and-shut case. But he reckoned without the interference of Lauren's father, local businessman and aspiring politician Walter James. And he couldn't know about the secrets that everyone involved wants to hide. When a murder touches so many lives, not even the cops are immune from the consequences. In the end you must decide what you can live with: a loving lie or the deadly truth? 'The strength of the characters maintain the story's pace...we shall hear much more of Ms Muddiman.' Daily Mail
Katy Jackson is missing, last seen at her neighbour's house.DI Gardner and DS Freeman think Katy's boyfriend, Andrew, is overreacting. She's been gone just a few hours. But next door there's evidence of a struggle and blood throughout the house.When they realise Katy's neighbour is police officer Dawn Lawton, and that Dawn is missing too, it becomes impossible for Gardner to put his personal feelings aside, driving him to put his own career on the line as he tries to find his friend.As Gardner and Freeman unravel both Katy and Dawn's secrets, they discover neither woman's life is what it seems. And when everyone has something to hide, how do you know who to trust?Praise for Rebecca Muddiman:...
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Barry Forshaw is acknowledged as a leading expert on crime fiction from European countries, but his principal area of expertise is in the British crime arena, as demonstrated in such books as British Crime Writing, The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction and British Crime Film. After the success of earlier entries in the series, Nordic Noir and Euro Noir, he returns to the British Isles to produce the ultimate reader's guide to modern British crime fiction (taking in the best from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland). The word 'Noir' is used in its loosest sense as every major living British and Irish writer is considered, often through a concentration on one or two key books, and exciting new ta...
When Abby Henshaw is brutally attacked by two strangers who dump her at the side of a remote country road, her first thought is for the safety of her baby daughter, Beth. But what follows is a mother's worst nightmare: Beth is gone and Abby's world collapses around her. As the world-weary DI Michael Gardner investigates Abby and her family, he discovers lives built on secrets and betrayal. Under pressure from his bosses to find the missing child and unearth the truth, Gardner finds himself struggling to stay emotionally removed from the case, and from Abby herself.
A stunning debut novel with an intriguing literary hook: written in part as a letter from a victim to her abductor. Sensitive, sharp, captivating!Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty--rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar--pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.