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Remie Yorke has one shift left at the Mackinnon Hotel in the remote Scottish Highlands before she leaves for good. Then Storm Ezra hits. As temperatures plummet and phone lines go down, an injured man stumbles inside. PC Don Gaines was in a terrible accident on the mountain road. The only other survivor: the prisoner his team was transporting. When a second stranger arrives, Remie reluctantly lets him in from the blizzard. He, too, is hurt. He claims to be a police officer. His name is also Don Gaines.

Five-hundred kilometres from land in the middle of Atlantic Ocean lies Navigaceo. A tiny island that was hastily abandoned fifty years ago and has been uninhabited ever since. Until now. Tess Macfarlane is a documentary filmmaker tasked with capturing the wild beauty of Navigaceo. Accompanied by a small team of researchers, her job is to film everything she sees. But Tess sees too much: a body. It's clearly recent. It shouldn't be there. And the victim is wearing the same expedition uniform as her colleagues.

I don’t know why I care about her; she’s a stranger. But something in her striking green eyes draws me in. She’s caught in a web of secrets and lies. A ruthless killer hunts her. He’ll stop at nothing to have her. And neither will I. Together, on the run, our connection grows stronger. I’m not a man who falls easily, yet Cora has me on my knees. We’re opposites in every way. Evil always finds me. I’m a dangerous man and wrote off love long ago. Still, my darkness craves her sunshine. I’m no white knight, but Cora makes me want to be one.

Griffin's heart ached to hear a young girl had been kidnapped while at a hotel in Thailand waiting for her father to arrive. But nothing is ever as it seems, and this case isn’t even close to simple. Lorelai spent the last seven years enjoying the time with her young charge Amelia Rose. Tutoring the daughter of a wealthy business owner added perks to the job, like holidays around the world. In all these years, Lorelai had never once seen the downside to having big money, until the holiday in Thailand where Amelia Rose is targeted, and they were both kidnapped.

The stories in this collection will dredge up delight in crime fiction fans, as watery graves claim unsuspecting victims on the sands of an estuary and disembodied whispers penetrate the sleeping quarters of a ship's captain. This British Library anthology collects the best mysteries set on choppy seas, along snaking rivers and even in the supposed safety of a swimming pool, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Forester, Phyllis Bentley and R. Austin Freeman.

A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman’s watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street’s Christmas shopping. And lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder.... This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season, from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations.

I was the golden child. The one all the Cerberus guys looked up to. I was on my way to becoming the next career Marine. But after my last deployment to Syria, being a Marine was no longer an option. Unfortunately, my not so honorable discharge from the Corps didn't get rid of the demons created while I was enlisted. Not even my childhood friend can save me. I'll destroy her just like I destroyed everything else I touched.

Das Hotel in den Highlands, in dem Remie Yorke als Managerin arbeitet, wird ausgerechnet am letzten Tag der Saison von einem frühen Schneesturm von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. Kein Telefon mehr, kein Internet. Zum Glück verfügt das Hotel über ein Notstromaggregat. Dann stehen mitten im Sturm nacheinander zwei Fremde vor der Tür. Jeder der beiden behauptet von sich, ein Polizist zu sein, der einen geflohenen Mörder sucht und Remie und die Gäste schützen will.

Eine einsame Insel, fünf Menschen und ein Mörder Mehrere Tagesreisen von der nächsten Küste entfernt liegt mitten im Atlantik die seit Jahrzehnten verlassene Insel Navigaceo. Dorthin ist die Dokumentarfilmerin Tess unterwegs, um zusammen mit vier Wissenschaftlern die einzigartige Natur zu untersuchen. Aber schon kurz nach ihrer Ankunft entdeckt Tess ein Skelett, das Überreste der gleichen Uniform trägt, die auch ihr Team nutzt. Offensichtlich ist der Tote erst vor wenigen Monaten hier gestorben. Doch wer war er? Und wie hängt er mit ihrer Expedition zusammen?

Das Hotel in den Highlands, in dem Remie Yorke als Managerin arbeitet, wird ausgerechnet am letzten Tag der Saison von einem frühen Schneesturm von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. Kein Telefon mehr, kein Internet. Zum Glück verfügt das Hotel über ein Notstromaggregat. Dann stehen mitten im Sturm nacheinander zwei Fremde vor der Tür. Jeder der beiden behauptet von sich, ein Polizist zu sein, der einen geflohenen Mörder sucht und Remie und die Gäste schützen will. Remie weiß genau: Einer der beiden ist wirklich Polizist. Der andere aber ist ein brutaler Mörder.

Liverpool lawyer Harry Devlin never knew that five short lines could change his life - until he receives a notice announcing his sudden death on Midsummer's Eve. Someone wants him dead and he has only seven days to find out who it is.