The second in the series set in the Derbyshire Peak District, Dancing with the Virgins is a tense psychological follow-up to Stephen Booth’s acclaimed debut Black Dog.‘The body of the woman sprawled obscenely among the stones… She looked like a dead woman, dancing.’The ring of cairns known as the Nine Virgins has stood on the windswept moors of Derbyshire for centuries. Now, as winter closes in, a tenth figure is added – a body – and a modern tragedy is added to the dark legend that surrounds...
Collier McClain narrowly escaped being killed by the bullet that took a fellow firefighter's life. One of the first cops at the scene was Blaze, a woman who ignited the kind of heat that could sear a man's soul.With a fourth firefighter down, Detective Kiley Russell was in dire need of backup. Someone used to being in the line of fire. Someone like Collier McClain, a man she'd been trying to forget since they shared a bone-melting dance that made her burn for more.Now they were...
The nightmare is just beginning…A short story and prequel featuring DCI Matilda Darke, star of Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons and Patricia Gibney.She invited the killer into her home… The body of a young woman is found in an apartment block in a Sheffield suburb. She was attacked at home, in a sudden moment of violence that sends shockwaves through the community. DCI Matilda Darke has no choice but to work with her rival, DI Ben Hales, as the...
From New York Times best-selling author, Kim Harrison, comes the first book in her brilliant series, The Hollows; packed with vampires, werewolves and witches – don’t miss out on the sexiest urban fantasy you’ll read this year.Rachel Morgan lives in a world where a bioengineered virus wiped out most of the world's human population – exposing the existence of supernatural communities that had long lived alongside humanity. It’s her job as a white witch working for Inderland Security to...
If they hadn't lost the girl, Meg wouldn't have found Jack…She hadn't hesitated to take in Sabra, her daughter's pregnant best friend. Yet maybe that was Meg Harper's first mistake. It was hard enough raising one teen, but two? And now the girl has disappeared. Because Meg’s the responsible adult, police suspicion falls on her. Which brings her entirely too close to Detective Jack Moore. The man's clearly attracted to her, but she hasn't been in a relationship...
‘Highly recommended. Crime Writing at its very best’ – Kate Rhodes on The Last Straw, book 1 in the DCI Warren Jones seriesWhen Jillian Gwinnet is found dead – strangled in her office – it’s a shocking and perplexing case for DCI Warren Jones. She was a trusted and respected member of the community. Deputy Head of Sacred Heart Catholic Academy, she had an unblemished record and had been a formidable force in the school for years. Who would kill this woman – a woman who had dedicated her life to...
COP TO THE RESCUECrashing his high-school sweetheart's society wedding might be going above and beyond the call of duty, but Officer Joseph Lowery instinctively detected something unsettling–sinister, even–about Erin Marshall's impending union with a man she couldn't even remember saying yes to.After her harrowing «accident,» Erin's memory had been wiped clean of the day she'd nearly been killed. And now the bewildered heiress was spending what would have been her...
Tessa D'Angelo was tougher than she looked. She survived her beloved D.A.dad being linked to a drug scandal, and his unexplained «suicide.» But what she couldn't survive was the stalker who wanted to silence her questions. Enter Jack Chaney, a brooding special agent, who spirited Tessa away to a self-defense boot camp. What single woman wouldn't want to be stuck in the wilderness with a paramilitary George Clooney look-alike who could get the job done without breaking a sweat? But...
Justice is worth every sacrifice.Part 1 of 8 in the chilling, high-octane FBI thriller TOUGH JUSTICE from NYT bestselling author Carla Cassidy and Tyler Anne Snell, Carol Ericson and Gail Barrett.A new job. A new case. A new criminal…?Special Agent Lara Grant will do anything to get her mark—until her last undercover case, infiltrating the notorious Moretti crime ring, forced her to get close to the top. Way. Too. Close…Now starting a new job in New York City, all Lara wants is to leave the...