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DI Rob Marshall is stuck in Gartcosh, leading the new Behavioural Sciences Unit – a staff of one and a third – where he’s executing a fruitless hunt, profiling every single murder in Scotland just in case they’re serial cases. But when a young Peebles woman’s body is discovered in Neidpath Tunnel, disused since the sixties, Marshall is called in to consult on a case on his old home turf. Paired up with his replacement, a cop who’s disinterested in the work, Marshall must tread a line between helping and not jumping to conclusions.

PETER MAY: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A TRUE PLEASURE TO READ' GUARDIAN 'A TERRIFIC WRITER' MARK BILLINGHAM 'A WRITER I'D FOLLOW TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH' NEW YORK TIMES The Noble Path is Peter May's explosive standalone thriller set in Cambodia and Thailand amid the bloody reign of the Khmer...

Outnumbered. Outgunned. Racing against war. Ian Hale was once the deadliest operator of a top-tier private security firm. But after walking away from that world for good, he has no intention of going back. Or so he thinks. When word reaches Hale of an orphanage caught in the crossfire of a...

Cassie didn't ask to be a medium. But she shouldered the daunting task of easing the suffering of the tormented souls who came to her. For over a decade the FBI, police departments across the country, and dozens of private investigators sought her out for her special abilities. Then one day, the spirit world disconnected.

Tom Walsingham is back in London, being groomed for intelligence work by his spymaster cousin, Sir Francis. An anonymous informer has started sending letters from the French ambassador’s residence, claiming to have bribed the man’s secretary to pass on information. The informer has discovered messages between the French and Mary, Queen of Scots, which could harm the English Queen Elizabeth.

Kara Wright is a former Royal Air Force intelligence analyst. Her best mate, Tien Tran, is a veteran of the British Army's Intelligence Corps. Both served in Afghanistan, and both were lucky to make it home. Now they are private investigators with an intriguing new taskmaster. When a local celebrity DJ goes missing, presumed dead, the enigmatic Franklyn tasks Kara and Tien to investigate. Within days the women are embarked on a pursuit that leads halfway around the globe and into the darkest recesses of the human condition.

An illegal homeless camp, an unscrupulous criminal element, and a furious neighborhood— a recipe for tragedy. Camp Faith squats in the path of the new freeway. The sprawling, makeshift encampment is unsightly and unsanitary, but its occupants have nowhere else to go. These are society’s castoffs, made up of the homeless, the addicted, and the mentally unstable. Outreach groups are eager to help, but the local community wants the interlopers removed. Anger runs high on both sides of the issue, and the political pressure for a resolution is enormous.

The explosive third installment in the popular series about DI Lars Winkler takes the reader into Winkler’s secret past to uncover the truth… When a bomb explodes and the body of left-wing journalist, and Winkler’s old friend, Thorbjørn Lehbæk is found at the scene questions quickly...

The Dark Path introduces John Morrigan in this unmissable new crime thriller. It's the perfect read for fans of authors like Damien Boyd, D.S. Butler and Peter Robinson. There is no turning back...Detective John Morrigan arrives at what appears to be a routine homicide in a botched armed robbery...

Grant Forrester is living his lifelong dream. He’s finally become a respected voice as the Arts and Entertainment writer for The Best of Texas, the state’s premier magazine. Through him, hundreds of thousands of readers discover the hidden treasures of rich history Texas has to offer. He has it all… including a trail of bodies left in his wake…

Bodhi’s honored when he’s invited to present a paper at an international forensic pathology conference. He’s stunned when he learns that his old flame is a fellow panelist. It’s been more than a decade since Bodhi broke Eliza’s heart. He convinces her to join him for dinner in the Quebec countryside so he can make amends. On the way back to the hotel after their meal, they encounter a dazed young woman by the roadside. She has no memory of who she is or what's happened to her. Bodhi and Eliza put aside their past to help the shattered woman reclaim her life.

On the verge of losing her laboratory, her savings, and all respect for herself, Pandora (Penny) Yee lands her first contract as scientific consult to the police department. And with 17 murder cases on the go, the surly inspector is happy to leave her to it. Only she’s going to need to get around, and that means her slightly unhinged adopted brother, Matiu, will be doing the driving.

Llygad am lygad, a dant am ddant? Ydy pobol sydd wedi tramgwyddo yn haeddu cael eu cosbi? Mae yna un llofrudd sy'n credu hynny ac mae yna gyrff yn cael eu canfod mewn amgylchiadau rhyfedd a gwaedlyd. A all Taliesin MacLeavy ei ddal cyn i fwy o bobol farw?

Juillet 1981. Pendant que Daniel Duval et son collègue Louis Harel participent aux Jeux mondiaux des policiers à Mexico, Gilles Hébert part en vacances avec ses petits-fils Sébastien, six ans, et Vincent, treize ans. Le vieil homme étrenne sa roulotte et il a la ferme intention de trouver un site enchanteur, en pleine nature sauvage. Si les Jeux se terminent bien pour les deux policiers, il n'en va pas de même pour le voyage des campeurs...

Historia del náufrago español Gonzalo Guerrero, un adversario conquistador español.

In the fog-choked alleys of Victorian London, fear has a new face. When a string of brutal murders strikes the heart of Whitechapel, Inspector John Maywills—a detective haunted by his own past—descends into the city’s darkest corners to uncover the truth.