homicide

In a quiet residential area in London, a couple is discovered bound and imprisoned in their own home. Savagely battered and severely dehydrated, the worst revelation is yet to come: their eight-year-old son has been abducted. But when the body is found and forensic evidence turns the case on its head, revealing disturbing parallels to events in Detective Caffery's own past, Caffery realizes he's dealing with much more sinister forces than he'd anticipated; and finds it increasingly difficult to maintain his professional distance. As the evidence mounts and Caffery struggles to hold his own life together, the case hurtles toward a shocking conclusion.

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back. Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything. It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim? But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.

Some places, you won't find on any maps. Others, are only on maps, Nell Young has lived her life in and around maps. Her father, Dr David Young, was one of the most respected cartographers in the world. He's also just been found dead; in his office at the New York Public Library. Nell hadn't spoken to him in years; ever since he fired her after an argument over a seemingly worthless highway roadside map. A map which was mass-produced, and every copy of which is being found and destroyed. But why? Answering that question will take Nell on a dangerous journey into the heart of a conspiracy beyond belief, a secret about her family, and the true power that lies in maps.

Showcases the previous year's best offerings in short horror fiction. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Andy Davidson, Tananarive Due, Gemma Files, Jefrey Ford, John Langan, Livia Llewelleyn, Angela Slatter, and others.

Stacey and Felix are the glamorous owners of the stylish, modern Glass House, with its pool and floor-to-ceiling windows. Now they?re downsizing, but Stacey can?t sell to just anyone. She needs the right buyer, who will keep her secrets. Millie and Tom have always imagined living in the Glass House. Now it?s for sale. With property prices booming, if they can sell quickly, it could be theirs. But are the house and its charming owners all they seem? Harper and Kyle are moving up in the world. They need a new house, in the right school district, to give their children the start in life they never had. Millie and Tom?s is perfect. It?ll take every penny they have, and more, but it?ll be worth it. Won?t it? When one of the sales falls through, how far will someone go to get everything they?ve always wanted?.

When Kate Priddy's distant cousin, Corbin, invites her to temporaraily swap apartments Kate agrees, hoping a change of scenery will help her overcome the anxiety she has lived with since her ex-boyfriend kidnapped her and nearly ended her life. But soon after her arrival Corbin's next-door neighbor is found murdered and as more information comes to light Kate begins to wonder if her cousin was involved.

Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and Auguste Poe open a private investigating company together and their daring methodology and news-making solved cases would make their last-namesakes proud and attract the attention of an NYPD detective.

Cassandra Tipp is dead; or is she? After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric bestselling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy; everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far). Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body; just her massive fortune, and one final manuscript. Then again, there are enough bodies in her past; her husband Tommy Tipp, whose mysterious disembowelment has never been solved, and a few years later, the shocking murder-suicide of her father and brother. Cassandra Tipp will tell you a story; but it will come with a terrible price. What really happened, out there in the woods; and who has Cassie been protecting all along?.

A dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and lies.

When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core.