Domestic Noir

Some families evolve. Some erupt. Travelling through Norway after a tough year of loss, DI Harriet Sloane leaves her family behind and falls into the company of strangers. Some of whom help her shake loose for a while. One of whom is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. When their paths cross, Harriet must remember how to keep her cool or risk more people losing their lives. In this gripping thriller, Kelly Creighton gives the Belfast police procedural a Scandi noir accent while exploring the nuances of parenthood and how and when we should relinquish control and accept our losses. A powerful, ...

When a body is found buried near the desolate forest road of Kellers Way, Detective Melanie Carter must identify the victim if she is to have any chance of finding the killer. That's no easy task with fragmentary evidence from a crime committed years earlier and a conspiracy of silence from anyone who might have information. The one person who may be able to help is Julie West.

Saffron vowed to love Miles no matter what life threw at them both. But when her mother-in-law moves into their happy family home, Saffron’s shiny life begins to tarnish. Even as Caprice’s barbed comments turn to something more sinister, Saffron hopes the new nanny’s arrival will shield her from the worst of it. She’s starting to feel paranoid in her own home.

Molly Chatwell has a beautiful house, a handsome husband, two children, and a job she likes. It all seems so perfect, but when her two children leave for university, she realizes her life has become dull and empty. When her husband refuses to go away on a trip with her, Molly decides to go alone. But what should have been a relaxing break turns into a nightmare. Back at home in London, Molly tries to put it all behind her, but when the police arrive at her door and tell her a body has been found with connections to her, she realizes her perfect life is under threat.

There is only one rule for Eva Santella: Kill or be killed. Former assassin and mafia boss Eva Lucia Santella has lost everything she’s ever cared about, but is still attempting to carve out a new life for herself back in Italy as a modern day Robin Hood, devoted to taking down those who prey on the innocent. Eva Santella is training an army of female assassins to help her do it. When one of her top lieutenants comes under attack, Eva vows revenge. But when her niece Gia Santella—unexpectedly shows up in Italy, Eva finds that she has more to lose than she ever dreamed possible. She’d ...

Three women. One man. A world of pain. Syntonia left everyone she knew and loved in Savannah after she married Harrison Kotero. Promised a perfect life, she was given a perfect nightmare. Now it's too late. After her husband does the unspeakable, she knows the only way out of her marriage is through death. And it won't be hers... Olivia was fresh out of college and ready to marry the love of her life when disaster strikes. How could she have known that it was only the beginning of her troubles? Now she and her child have disappeared under mysterious circumstances and are presumed dead. So ...

In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved child-killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on a chilling mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit.

It should be the perfect opportunity: a manor house available rent free in exchange for a bit of housesitting. But when Cass and James dig deeper, they find the place has been abandoned since a robbery left almost all the inhabitants dead almost thirty years ago. But they’ve got to save for a deposit somehow, so they move in, and things quickly take a strange turn. Objects disappear and turn up in odd places, the clock always stops at the same time, and the house is oppressive yet strangely familiar. Could it just be bad memories, or are the house’s secrets a little closer to home?

Do you have any idea what the people you know are capable of? Best-selling author of All My Lies Are True, Dorothy Koomson, asks how well you can really know your neighbours.

Dos hermanas estrechamente unidas. Un horrible accidente que cambiará sus vidas. Un incidente oscuro y perverso. Un secreto, un misterio y dos versiones sobre los hechos. ¿Quién miente? ¿Quién cuenta la verdad? ¿Alguien dice la verdad? ¿Y si nadie miente? Escucha lo que tienen que decirte los muertos porque… porque los muertos sí hablan. ¿Preparado para sumergirte en este thriller con tintes de domestic noir tan original como infartante? No podrás evitar tener una mano en el libro y otra en la boca. Otras obras de la autora: -HERMANAS, nominada al Premio Nadal 2024 --LA CONDESA ...

Everyone knows Lily Atwood—and that may be her biggest problem. The beloved television reporter has it all—fame, fortune, Emmys, an adorable seven-year-old daughter, and the hashtag her loving fans created: #PerfectLily. To keep it, all she has to do is protect one life-changing secret.

Murder is Easy. But the consequences are Deadly. Amy Sholes has a problem. An obsession. She's a murderer. A talented and prolific serial killer. To most, Amy is a monster--evil, a cancer on her soul. But to many, she is an angel, avenging, serving justice and helping those who could not help themselves. Amy's only rule, she only kills those who prey on others. Beautiful and sexy, Amy is a killer you'll want to root for. Book 3 continues Amy’s story following Painful Truths. The passions and excitement of her affair with murder has left her broken and alone. But Amy has a plan: she’s ...

Two gripping novellas from the number one international best-selling author. Women Without Mercy and Truth or Dare.

RUNNING MAY BE THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS THEM ALIVE Celebrating their wedding anniversary out on a quiet lake, Robert and Helen Harris's night quickly turns from intimate to deadly when they are attacked by an intruder, leaving their young daughter, Jess, an orphan. Fifteen years later, Jess is an adult. Graduated from university and settled into a new city and job, she has found herself in an abusive relationship with her boss, Sean, who is a cruel and easily angered man. Seeing an opportunity to flee and make a fresh start, Jess runs. Living life simultaneously to Jess, Arina is ...

Lies, Lust, and always, Consequences Cathy and Phil, high school sweethearts, reunite after years apart, reigniting a love that refuses to die. The catch? They're married. But not to each other. As their passion ignites, Cathy confides in her best friend Jan, only to discover Jan's hidden secrets. Cathy's own marriage to Tom holds another enigma. In this captivating short story, the delicate balance between truth and deception unravels, leaving readers questioning the lies we tell ourselves and the ones we keep hidden. Can love survive when secrets threaten to shatter it all?

The men, mostly virgins, gather in the darkest corners online, drawn together by a common bond: self-hatred. They hate the way they look. They hate their disastrous sex lives. They hate alpha males. There is only one thing they hate more: women. Women are the root of all their problems. Women are inferior and deserve to be punished for rejecting them. Even before they first hear about her, Eva Santella, independent, beautiful, confident, represents everything they despise. So they get together online and feed on each other's rage and disappointment and frustration. And there, in their ...

Twenty years ago, student Daisy Harrington went out for the evening and never came home. Her body was found a week later. The killer was caught. Case closed. Now, on what would have been her fortieth birthday, her five university housemates are invited to a weekend gathering. None of them want to go. But none of them can refuse—the invitation makes it clear that if they don’t attend, the past they’ve spent two decades hiding will finally come to light.

Ray Spalding's had enough of his wife, Paula. He's left his home in Edinburgh's Southside and headed for Belfast. It's safer there. Unknown to Ray, Paula's also had enough of him. She's not going back home. Not now, not ever. Jesse Spalding wakes up one morning to find both his parents gone. And he can't tell anyone or he'll be taken into care. As time passes and bills need paying, all Jesse can rely on are his wits, his friend Archie and his dad's 1950s record collection. Southsiders is a powerful short novel that follows the spiralling fortunes of Ray and Jesse, pushing father and son to ...

When Sloane Ellery starts receiving chilling emails from her sister’s deactivated account—two years after Delilah’s death—she thinks it’s a cruel hoax. But as each message reveals secrets only Delilah could know, Sloane is pulled into a web of digital conspiracies, haunted memories, and an underground network hellbent on resurrecting the past. To uncover the truth, she must confront the darkest corners of her grief—and the possibility that death is just another doorway. Fans of twisty, tech-infused psychological thrillers will devour this heart-racing tale where sisterhood meets...

Has cyber-crime escalated to murder? Forensic accountant Kat Munro puts her traumatic past behind her and begins dating journalist Connor O’Malley, whose investigations into online crime attract the wrong kind of attention. When a colleague’s teenage son goes missing, and his friend’s body is discovered, Kat finds herself working with DS Adam Jackson again. The murder enquiry leads Adam to an exclusive London school where allegations of drugs, gaming fraud and child pornography abound. As he gets deeper into the investigation, Adam is forced to face issues in his private life while ...