British Thriller

DS Kat Ballantyne came to the crime-writing festival for an escape. Instead she’s walked straight into a murder scene. Moments before he’s due on stage, a famous novelist is found dead in a locked room. It looks like natural causes, but Kat sees tiny clues that suggest murder. As she investigates, she uncovers literary rivalries, personal vendettas and hidden agendas. Is there anyone who didn’t have a motive to murder Mark Swift?

A COLD CASE. A MISSING PERSON. A MURDER WITH NO MOTIVE. AND ONE DEADLY CONNECTION. When private detective Maggie Bainbridge is hired to track down missing software developer Paul Davie, the case seems straightforward - the man had been having a passionate affair with a colleague, and it looks like he's simply run off with his mistress. But ten years earlier, Davie's brother Jaz had drowned in Loch Fyne in tragic circumstances, and now another body has been found in the same loch, this one wrapped in polythene sheeting. The cases can't possibly be connected, can they? But as Maggie delves ...

RATCATCHER Book One of the acclaimed John Purkiss Spy Action Thriller series. When spies go rogue, they need to be stopped. That's where John Purkiss - the Ratcatcher - comes in. Purkiss's job is straightforward. Track down members of the intelligence services who are taking kickbacks, engaging in criminal activity, or otherwise abusing their positions, and bring them to justice. Straightforward doesn't mean easy... After a renegade British former intelligence agent, Fallon, is sighted in the Baltic city of Tallinn on the eve of a historic summit meeting between the Russian and Estonian ...

It's nearly Christmas in Oxford, and Detective Inspector Bridget Hart is enjoying a rare day off at Oxford's Christmas Market. A ghost tour seems like a fun way to round off the day. Until, that is, a brutal murder brings the evening to a tragic close. Torn between work and family commitments over the festive season, Bridget soon discovers that the ghost of Christmas past is reaching out to the present with fatal consequences.

Fifteen years ago, a serial killer was on a rampage murdering young women in Middlehampton. Then, suddenly, the killings stopped, and the murderer was never found… So when the body of another young woman is found bearing the twisted killer’s unique hallmark—the overpowering stench of lavender and an origami heart—DS Kat Ballantyne knows this can only mean one thing: the killer is back.

A brutal murder. A cop under pressure. A deadly game. When local farmer Nigel Grave is found brutally murdered, DI Joe Hogarth's judgment is questioned. Surrounded by motives and suspects, Hogarth must uncover the truth before a vicious killer strikes again. ★★★★★ “Fast paced - difficult to put down!” At the crime scene, Hogarth and DS Sue Palmer find a web of deceit. A drunken wife, an ambitious son, and the relentless Goodwells all become suspects. Amidst the greed and lies, Hogarth spots a crucial clue: mysterious black grains beneath the blood-spattered hay. ★★★★...

When pets investigate, you can be sure the fur will fly. When two kids go missing on Hallowe’en, the task of finding them provokes a Buster versus Amber challenge. The dog can follow the scent, but the cat will use her brains. Who will find the children first? And where are they anyway? But Felicity’s pets aren’t the only ones trying to solve this case. Her niece, Mindy, is out in the dark too. There’s a mob forming outside a suspiciously derelict and overgrown house, but is the lady inside really a witch? In the ultimate test of feline against canine and pets against humans, who ...

Lady Philippa, the wife of Sir Aymer, a knight of the realm, disappears while travelling from her husband’s manor to Bampton. She and her maid are traveling in an enclosed wagon, while her husband, his grooms, and a squire are mounted. When the party arrives at Bampton Castle neither the lady nor her maid are within the enclosed wagon: They have simply vanished. As the disappearance may have happened while the travelers were on Lord Gilbert’s lands, his surgeon and bailiff, Hugh de Singleton, is assigned to discover what has happened to the lady. Has she been taken or has she fled?

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE Hugo Montague was a man of boundless cruelty that lived on beyond his mortal days. The portrait that he commissioned has hung on many walls, but has always overseen tragedy and murder. The painting was long thought destroyed in a fire, but now there are those desperate to find the portrait if it still exists Travis Parker was an insurance investigator, but now he is a widower trapped within his own pain and broken promises. When he is approached by the mysterious Telfer Vargas...

A beautiful socialite is dead. Roy Grace’s leading suspect, her husband, was sixty miles away when she died, but all other evidence points to him. Has someone stolen his identity or is he simply a very clever liar? Grace’s investigation, and his budding new relationship, are derailed after a reported sighting of his wife, Sandy, who has been missing for nine years. Grace desperately tries to cast light on the truth in both cases as his emotional turmoil – and the body count – grows . . .

Someone, or something wants him out... "You MUST read this book... It's as scary as hell..." "I defy anyone not to be gripped by the opening paragraph..." Neil is counting the days until he can leave his terrifying student digs and go home for the holidays. For weeks he's suffered hearing harrowing noises in the middle of the night, and seeing things moving which shouldn’t. It’s all becoming clear: someone or something wants him out! When a psychic friend of the family confirms his worst fears, Neil and his fellow students can't bear to go back. Nothing is as it seems, and when ...

"A MUST READ FOR FANS OF MYSTERIES AND FOLK HORROR." - NP CUNNIFFE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "THE WEEJEE MAN". "...IT'S A WELL WRITTEN HORROR STORY WITH FANTASTIC CHARACTERS, BLOODY KILLS, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT" - HORROR READS, 5 STAR AMAZON/GOODREADS REVIEW. "IT'S LIKE STEPHEN KINGS VERSION OF GREMLINS" - THE DANSE MACABRE Detectives Ryan and O'Connell turn their investigative eyes toward the local garda of Enniskregg township. Tasked to protect and serve the township and its people, as the first to discover the brutalized bodies of the ill fated research team at the druid henge in the ...

Some cases shouldn't be solved. Some doors shouldn't be opened. Private investigator Alex Morgan has always seen things others can't—ghosts, visions, whispers from nowhere. The pills help. Usually. But when a wealthy client hires him to investigate her sister's suspicious death, the medication stops working. The visions intensify. And the ghosts start talking back. The dead woman's spirit leads Alex to a mysterious bookshop where he discovers an unsettling truth: he's not crazy. He's inherited a rare ability to see beyond the veil between worlds—an ability that makes him the target of ...

"A MUST READ FOR FANS OF MYSTERIES AND FOLK HORROR." - NP CUNNIFFE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "THE WEEJEE MAN". "...IT'S A WELL WRITTEN HORROR STORY WITH FANTASTIC CHARACTERS, BLOODY KILLS, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT" - HORROR READS, 5 STAR AMAZON/GOODREADS REVIEW. "IT'S LIKE STEPHEN KINGS VERSION OF GREMLINS" - THE DANSE MACABRE In the wake of the hellish night of blood, with a township now more single mindedly entrenched then ever in their efforts to hinder their investigation in order to keep the dark secrets of the township's history very much a secret shrouded in darkness, detectives Ryan ...

In the tranquil coastal village of Emsworth, retired spy John Rehurt enjoys a quiet morning at the local pub, unaware that a storm is brewing on the horizon. As the community awakens to the aroma of spring, an unexpected blackout plunges the village into eerie silence, signalling the onset of chaos outside its idyllic confines. With critical infrastructures failing and communication systems down, Rehurt’s instincts kick in. The seemingly peaceful day turns chaotic as residents grapple with the unsettling quiet and loss of normalcy. As he observes the unfolding panic, his sharp mind and ...

When a body is found on a lonely cliff top path, the angelic face of a murdered teenager lies facing the rising sun. Strangled by the hands of an unknown killer, it falls to DI Tom Janssen and his fledgling team to find out how she came to be there. Destined for a career in medicine, one to rival that of her parents, Holly Bettany’s future was as bright as it had been privileged. Seemingly, all that could threaten this promising teenager’s life was Holly herself.

'This book was epic. I enjoyed it from the first page till the end!' - Bookbub reader Man-eating soap star Melody Montague is divorcing her first husband, fellow actor Patrick Hunt, but there's a problem. Melody's copy of the pre-nuptial agreement has been lost, an oversight that stands to cost the actress several million pounds. Charged with sorting out the unholy mess are ex-barrister turned private eye Maggie Bainbridge and her faithful assistant Jimmy Stewart. So far, so perfectly routine. But the players start to die, and each time, the killer leaves his deadly calling card. A severed ...

World changing secrets … Global dominance! Ex-SBS operative, Dan Kelly, and his team of misfit agents are up against it once again. Top secret documents have been liberated from a hidden repository, documents so important that even Heinrich Müller, the most wanted of second world war criminals, is prepared to risk everything to find them. Still at large, this malevolent ex-leader of the Gestapo doesn’t care who he'll need to eliminate in order to preserve what’s contained within. So, just what is in these hallowed documents? Kelly surmises that the relentless search for mercury by ...

Madison may be the best Admiral Cutter has but what are the limits of trust?Madison finds out when Cutter is arrested for treason! Now she must fight for the more than the man’s good name, she must save his life. Or, does she? Buy Your Copy Today!

Three friends go on a foodie road trip to the Scottish Highlands and Islands to celebrate their pending retirement, expecting stunning scenery, great food, fine wines, and a chance to reminisce about the good old days. When they somehow secure a reservation at a remote and extremely exclusive restaurant set on a private island in Loch Broom, they know they’re in for a once-in-a-lifetime dining experience.