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Brought to you by Penguin. The sensational new crime novel from the bestselling author of SNAP IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MURDER . . . Pensioner Felix Pink is about to find out that it’s never too late . . . for life to go horribly wrong. When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker-longlisted author Belinda Bauer, a sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years. It was the greatest mystery never told . . . 1926...

On a stifling summer's day, 11-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack's in charge, she'd said. I won't be long. But she doesn't come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed forever. Three years later, mum-to-be Catherine wakes to find a knife beside her bed, and a note that says: I could have killed you.

Life is strange for Patrick Fort – being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that's before he is faced with solving a possible murder. Because the body Patrick is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. And now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery – while he dissects his own evidence ...

TV crime reporter Eve Singer's career is flagging, but that starts to change when she covers a spate of bizarre murders – each one committed in public and advertised like an art exhibition. When the killer contacts Eve about her coverage of his crimes, she is suddenly on the inside of the biggest murder investigation of the decade. But as the killer becomes increasingly obsessed with her, Eve realises there's a thin line between inside information and becoming an accomplice to murder – possibly her own.

At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor, as children begin to disappear, with each disappearance marked only by a terse, accusatory note. Policeman Jonas Holly faces a precarious journey into the warped mind of the kidnapper if he's to stand any chance of catching them.

'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable, and The Shut Eye is possibly her best yet' SOPHIE HANNAH Five footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here. And now they are all his mother has left. Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints...

Eve Singer har brug for mord. Hendes tv-karriere som kriminalreporter er for nedadgående, indtil hun begynder at dække en række bizarre mord – der alle er begået i det offentlige rum og annonceret som kunstudstillinger. Da morderen tager kontakt til Eve om hendes dækning af mordene, er hun pludselig langt mere indblandet, end hun har lyst til at være. Især da det hurtigt viser sig, at morderen har to besættelser.

Eve Singer har brug for mord. Hendes tv-karriere som kriminalreporter er for nedadgående, indtil hun begynder at dække en række bizarre mord – der alle er begået i det offentlige rum og annonceret som kunstudstillinger. Da morderen tager kontakt til Eve om hendes dækning af mordene, er hun pludselig langt mere indblandet, end hun har lyst til at være. Især da det hurtigt viser sig, at morderen har to besættelser

Den ene er mord begået i det offentlige rum.

Den anden er hende …

Et enkelt øjeblik... kan ændre alt. På en kvælende varm sommerdag sidder 11-årige Jack og hans to søstre i deres bil, som er brudt sammen, og venter på, at deres mor skal komme tilbage og redde dem. ”Jack har ansvaret,” sagde hun. ”Jeg er snart tilbage.” Men hun kom ikke tilbage. Hun kom aldrig tilbage. Og det liv, børnene kender, bliver forandret for altid.

Pensionisten Felix Pink finder snart ud af, at det aldrig er for sent til at livet kan gå frygteligt galt. Da Felix lukker sig selv ind i Black Lane nummer tre, er det for at udføre en velgørenhedssgerning: At sidde ved en døende mands side, mens han drager sit sidste suk... Men bare et kvarter senere er Felix på flugt fra politiet efter have begået sit livs største fejl. Hans verden bliver vendt på hovedet, da han må finde ud af, hvem der i virkeligheden bærer skylden, eller om der er noget meget mere dystert på spil. Alt imens han skal holde sig ét skridt foran politiet.

Før var de en familie ligesom alle andre: Anna og James og deres fireårige søn, Daniel. Men i et flygtigt øjeblik forandrer alt sig. Fem fodspor i cementen er nu det eneste tegn på, at Daniel har eksisteret. Det eneste, hans mor har tilbage. Hver dag vogter hun de små fodspor. Holder dem rene. Pudser dem blanke. Anna er fuldstændig desperat af længsel og fortvivlelse, så da hun hører om en mand med ægte klarsyn, griber hun straks muligheden.

Drengen ville ha´sandheden - morderen ville lege... Dyster Viden er en skarp, isnende og psykologisk blændende debutkrimi, der får dig til at sidde med tilbageholdt åndedræt på det yderste af stolen... Billy Peters forsvandt for 18 år siden. Alle i byen Shipcott, Somerset, tror at Billy blev myrdet – især efter at den pædofile seriemorder Arnold Avery indrømmer at han dræbte seks andre børn og begravede dem på den samme øde hede, som omgiver byen. Billys mor er den eneste der tror, at han er i live.

Der Rentner Felix Pink leistet schon seit Jahren passive Sterbehilfe, um todkranken Menschen das Leid zu ersparen, das seine Frau und sein Sohn erdulden mussten. Doch eines Tages begleitet er versehentlich den falschen Mann in den Tod – mit fatalen Folgen: Kurz darauf sucht die Polizei nach ihm, denn Felix, der keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun kann, steht mit einem Mal unter Mordverdacht. Aber hat wirklich Felix durch seinen Irrtum den Tod von Albert Cann verursacht, oder steckt in Wahrheit ein perfider Plan dahinter? Um seine Unschuld zu beweisen, beginnt Felix heimlich zu ermitteln.

'Call your mother.' 'What do I say?' 'Say goodbye.' This is how it begins. Lone women terrorised and their helpless families forced to watch - in a sick game where only one player knows the rules. And when those rules change, the new game is Murder. Living with her parents in the dank beach...

It is freezing mid-winter on Exmoor, and in a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed, a local woman has been found murdered in her bed. This is local policeman Jonas Holly's first murder investigation. But he is distracted by anonymous letters, accusing him of failing to do his job. Taunted by the killer and sidelined by his abrasive senior detective, Jonas has no choice but to strike out alone on a terrifying hunt ... but who is hunting who?