British Thrillers

Eight went into the house on Friday, but only six will leave on Sunday… “There is something about this place…this house, its story…that is making me feel ruthless. Now is the chance to make up for all of it. It can never make things right. But at least, at last, it is payback.” Red Gables, atmospherically Gothic on the outside, shiny and glamorous within, has a dark past. Not that the majority of the gang particularly care. With a wedding on the horizon, a blossoming new romance and some less than savoury agendas of their own, they each have enough on their mind this weekend. Now ...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" -READERS FAVORITE 2019 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Winner for Horror Fiction & The 2019 Kindle Book Review's Winner for Horror/Suspense. The Paradise Resort is the ultimate in exclusive luxury island resorts. A private haven for only those deemed worthy enough to attend. Landon Verger is a titan of industry, a man who casts a long dark shadow and founder of Paradise. The resort's opening weekend should have been a celebration of wealth and excess, but without warning the resort has gone silent...

The Phantom is back... It's 1920 and a series of daring diamond robberies take place in London's fashionable West End by a thief who leaves a calling card. Kit Aston investigates, and this time he's brought his aunt... What seems a straightforward case spirals out of control as London gangland's 'Elephant Boys' become involved. Can Kit, his fiancee Mary, Aunt Agatha and a film-making chauffeur called Alfred succeed where Scotland Yard have failed? 'The Phantom' is a fast-paced whodunnit, sparkling with romance and humour. The Kit Aston mysteries mix real life historical characters and ...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King& Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE If ever an island was misnamed then Skylark would take the top prize. A foreboding and uninhabited military relic left over from World War II where no one has set foot on its fog laden shores for decades. Even the locals on the mainland know to stay away and fishermen dare not venture into her waters as nothing seems to live within the island’s vicinity. The military is selling up the land to developers despite the concerns and objections of the locals who live within sight ...

How far would you go to save your child? This is the impossible question facing Lacey. Would you sacrifice your lover, your mother, your husband? Three families are torn apart, their lives shattered, everything they know turned upside down. when their children are kidnapped, the only communication they receive is a request from the abductor to sacrifice a loved one to be tortured to death. failing to follow the instructions will result in their child suffering that fate instead. Delving into the depths of a damaged mind, this novel contains some graphic scenes of torture and explores some ...

It's been several years since Detective Jimmy Perez left Shetland. He has settled into his new home in Orkney, the group of islands, off the northern coast of Scotland, with his partner Willow Reeve and their growing family. One stormy winter night, his oldest and closest friend, Archie Stout, goes missing. Ever the detective, Perez catches a boat to the island of Westray, where Archie worked as a farmer and lived with his wife and children. But when he arrives he finds a shocking scene.

The Luke Sackville Crime Thriller series continues… Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood Luke Sackville’s Ethics Team has several projects on the go ranging from environmental negligence to social media trolling. As they start to investigate these apparently minor misdemeanours, Luke begins to see a link between them. Further work reveals connections to an organised crime cartel, but before Luke can act a trap is laid and more than one of his team find themselves fighting for their lives.

This set contains books seven to nine in the gripping, fast-paced crime fiction series featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Ritual Demise, Mortal Remains, and Silent Graves.

It’s 1921 and a serial killer is stalking the moors of Devonshire. Somewhere within Moreleigh Hall is the Lost Room where, it is said, a madwoman was walled up alive four centuries ago. When at last she died the room was sealed and its location within Moreleigh forgotten. But when the tortured, disfigured bodies of young women begin turning up in the countryside around Harrowfield the villagers are convinced that the evil still existing within the room was reaching out once again. Inspector Angus Balfour is dispatched by Scotland Yard to investigate. What he finds in his search for 'The ...

How far would you go to protect your own blood? The body of a young woman is discovered within the beauty of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Stripped naked; and posed like the subject from a depraved art exhibition. An innocent life taken in a kill that shakes the communities of South Wales to their very core. Twelve months later, and the remains of another woman are found. But this time the artist responsible has stepped up their game, the latest victim bled like cattle and presented to the world with her face obscured by a decorative mask, but for what purpose? Detective Inspector ...

DI Barney Mains blames himself for the grotesque murder of a top banker in France. He's obsessed with the belief that he allowed a near-mythical assassin to escape certain death to kill again. And when a duplicate murder is reported 1000 miles away in Barney's home town in Scotland, the guilt drives him ever closer to the edge. How many more must pay the ultimate price for his failure? But then death comes closer to home. He is left with no choice but to face his demons, before a shocking confrontation which will change everything...

A Modern day suspense thriller based around the dangers of social media, what we share, and how we never really know who is watching. A single photo taken in college defined Eve Kelly’s entire life. The iconic image of the falling girl in a red dress brought her unintentional fame. Twenty years later, @beli’EVE, a successful model turned influencer, is a reluctant leader. Over a million people follow her every move but sharing images of a #perfectlife can be dangerous, especially when you have secrets. When someone begins to scratch beneath the glossy surface she presents to the world, ...

DCI Alex Rogan is barely holding himself together. Haunted by the loss of his wife, he throws himself into the murder of a young woman—the victim he's dubbed the Jigsaw Girl. But as he digs deeper, the case becomes a maze of secrets, lies, and brutal truths no one wants exposed. Then her sister vanishes. Now the clock is ticking, and Rogan must hold his nerve as he hunts a killer who’s always one step ahead. With his job, reputation, and sanity hanging by a thread, he knows one thing for certain: If he doesn’t solve the puzzle in time, another girl will die. Jigsaw Girl is the ...

Bubble, bubble, toil, and murder... When a woman is found dead near her village in Norfolk, the verdict is suicide. Not everyone agrees. Detective James Simpson is ordered to investigate and he brings Agatha Aston, Betty Simpson and Talleyrand the hound, with him. They stumble across a tale of murder that stretches back two centuries. Part occult story, part murder mystery - this creepy tale is steeped in witchcraft and strange rural festivals where everything is not as it seems. The second Agatha Aston murder mystery is full of laughs, twists and things that go bump in the night. Golden ...

INSTA-LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE! So I just got hired by a shady lawyer with a clip-on tie . . . To coach the new Duke of Dorshire! Sounds great, I say. How old is the young orphaned Duke? Eight? Ten? Twelve? He's thirty-seven, says the sketchy lawyer. Also, he's American. Oh, and don't mention you've been hired to coach him. And no, I can't tell you who hired me to hire you. I stare at the lawyer and wonder what kind of fool he thinks I am . . . You know how they say in poker that if you don't know who the patsy is, then you're the patsy? Well, I never played...

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 June 1941, and the low point of the war. England throws wave after wave of RAF bombers across the Channel, but somehow the Luftwaffe is able to shoot them down at will. The skies, indeed, the war itself seem to belong to Hitler.

Inspector Witherspoon has been assigned another tough case. The latest murder victim has possibly swindled his shareholders out of a huge sum of money. When the businessman is found with a bullet through is chest, all of them are suspects - but no one is telling the truth. It is up to Mrs. Jeffries and the household staff at Upper Edmonton Gardens to crack the case.

She remembers what she saw—or did she imagine it? When the Meekses come to stay, Marianne hopes the visit will lift the tension in her increasingly lifeless marriage to Charlie. But after a strange turn of events, Marianne finds herself doubting what she saw—and what she didn’t. Addy Meeks's behaviour was odd from the start, and now Marianne’s memories don’t seem to match anyone else’s. Has something terrible happened, or is she losing her grip on reality?

A Brutal Murder. Broken Glass. A Hidden Ledger… and Deceit in all directions… ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A fantastic read gripping from start to finish - unable to put it down!" When local artist Seamus Garth is found murdered in his seafront boathouse with paintings strewn around his body, DI Hogarth senses a sinister misdirection. Seamus was a man on the edge, a thorn in the authorities' side, but someone was watching his every move. Why did poor Seamus have to die like this? As Hogarth investigates the crime scene, he soon discovers signs of a dark conspiracy. What secrets did Seamus uncover ...