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The air was heavy with the metallic tang of blood, a crimson pool spreading across the cracked asphalt beneath him. Magnus stood over the lifeless body; his broad shoulders cloaked in the shadows of the alley. The dim streetlight overhead flickered, casting jagged patterns across his face. His long, reddish-blond hair clung to his sweat-dampened skin, framing the gleam of his piercing eyes—eyes that seemed to drink in the carnage, unflinching, calculating. The kill had been clean—efficient. The silver blade rested in his gloved hand, its edge still glistening with the essence of its ...

A FRESH START TROPICAL COZY MYSTERY.On her fiftieth Birthday, newly divorced Chloe leaves London for Bermuda, she's dreaming of sipping Rum Swizzles on the beach, a fresh start for her fifties, and maybe some romance? Instead, she finds a famous artist murdered in her new back yard, and Chloe discovers a different side to her Paradise island... A glittering and dangerous world of art, wealth and deadly secrets. Chloe's longed for fresh start comes with a rundown business, eccentric neighbours, pushy developers and a sinister undertone in her new circle of friends. Before she's had a chance ...

Providence, RI, 1986. Twenty-nine-year-old Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, loving husband, loyal friend and occasional 'muscle' for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees much of the city. He yearns for something more and dreams of starting over fresh, someplace far away. But when a modern-day Helen of Troy triggers a war between rival mob factions, Danny is embroiled in a conflict he can’t escape. Now it is up to him to step into the breach to protect his family, the friends who are closer to him than brothers and the only home he’s ever known.

Tom Price reads this exclusive audio adventure set after the conclusion of Miracle Day, featuring Captain Jack Harkness and Sgt Andy Davidson. Ross Chapman is one of life's losers. So when he survives a point-blank shooting, dons a superhero costume, and becomes a crime-busting vigilante, something strange is clearly going on. And Ross's transformation isn't the only odd thing happening in Cardiff. Time is distorting - around the city, some people are aging, dying, and decomposing in a matter of minutes.

Marnie Logan often feels like she's being watched. Nothing she can quite put her finger on - a whisper of breath on the back of her neck, or a shadow in the corner of her eye - and now her life is frozen. Her husband Daniel has been missing for more than a year. Depressed and increasingly desperate, she seeks the help of clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin. Joe is concerned by Marnie's reluctance to talk about the past, but then she discovers a book packed with pictures, interviews with friends, former teachers, old flames and workmates Daniel was preparing for her birthday.

When the mayor’s son is boldly abducted while leaving the gym, the mayor demands results. Special Agent Dakarai Lakes and his team quickly learn that the abduction isn’t an isolated incident as more people are taken.

Unique investigator Colter Shaw is searching for the answer to his father’s final posthumous riddle. It will lead him to evidence that will topple the secretive espionage company BlackBridge. He believes BlackBridge to be responsible for his father’s murder and brother’s disappearance. They can outmanoeuvre anyone, as the long trail of bodies behind them can confirm. But they haven’t yet met Colter Shaw.

When Colonel Henry Talbot summons Bulldog Drummond and Ronald Standish, it is to inform them of the mysterious death of one of their colleagues – Jimmy Latimer. At the time of his death, he was on a big job, and was travelling on a boat to Newhaven when he died. But there was no sign of any wound, no trace of any weapon when they found him in his cabin. What strikes Drummond and Standish is why millionaire, Charles Burton, would have been travelling on the same boat – arguably the most uncomfortable crossing he could choose and very out-of-character.

The Ashen Horse is a book about a sensational killer who is on the loose, wreaking havoc on police and the FBI alike. The local authorities desperately try to catch the killer with little success. The FBI are called in and form a taskforce with the sole intent of putting an end to the murders. The story continues as a cat and mouse game that leads to deeper questions of exactly what is going on. The mystery slowly unfolds as the Ashen Horse stacks up bodies. How will it end? "The Ashen Horse Strikes Again!" The media coverage is sensational after the assassin kills yet another victim. ...

The world is under cyber attack. The secretive terror outfit known as Zodiac is preparing to unleash chaos. The options for the hackers are endless. From massive data breaches, takedowns of critical infrastructure, and commandeering military hardware, nothing networked is safe. Knowing where they will strike is half the battle. The only thing certain is their intent to create a devastating global catastrophe. The US president has the power to enact the Internet Freedom Act—the “Kill Switch”—and turn off the Net, which will stop the attacks. But it’s not that simple.

Cults, Secrets, Deception, Murder — In The Case of Luna, Darkness Hides More Than You Can Imagine.Beneath the moonlit gaze of the goddess Luna, a grim tableau unfolds in the heart of the Forum—a lifeless wife carried by desperate hands. Gripped by memory loss, the perpetrator seeks help from Secundus and Graccus, peeling back the layers of the enigmatic Cult of Luna in this chilling sixth installment of the series. With time slipping through their fingers and his priestly examinations looming, Secundus wrestles with a mounting burden of duties and the continued presence of his ...

Ex-DCI Luke Sackville is asked by Globo Energy to investigate two environmental movements. Both groups promote protests and nonviolent civil disobedience, but when members of his Ethics Team go undercover they discover this is a facade. Beneath the surface sinister forces are at work. Luke becomes embroiled in a race to find and stop a murderer who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Sow the Wind is the sixth book in the series of crime thrillers featuring Luke Sackville and his Ethics Team.

Bulldog Drummond has slain his archenemy, Carl Peterson, but Peterson’s mistress lives on and is intent on revenge. Drummond’s wife vanishes, followed by a series of vicious traps set by a malicious adversary, which lead to a hair-raising chase across England, to a sinister house and a fantastic torture-chamber modelled on Stonehenge, with its legend of human sacrifice.

A shipping container washed ashore leads Seattle television news anchor Stevie McNeal and reporter friend Melissa on the trail of a scam involving the importation of illegal aliens. A career stepping-stone for McNeal, the investigation puts her at cross-purposes with the Seattle Police Department's Lou Boldt and Sergeant John LaMoia.

Greg Endo is an unremarkable citizen who testified against an evil billionaire and now that billionaire wants revenge. With no good options for survival, Greg is forced to leave everyone and everything behind to flee his enemies. What he doesn’t realize is that he’s being chased by an apex predator, a Chinese Communist Party agent who is an expert at anticipating the movements of his prey. The fight for survival takes Greg through multiple states and his lack of experience causes several close calls along the way. But Greg isn’t without skills. And with the help of some loyal friends,...

French Foreign Legion Assassin ... Instrument of Vengeance. A non-stop thriller fueled by Fury, Guilt, and Revenge. Lucas Martell was only seventeen-years-old when his life was turned upside down and his family destroyed. At eighteen, he enlisted in the French Foreign Legion with only one wish ... to become brave and strong. The Legion did more than that. They transformed him into a stone cold killer. After surviving twelve years of every hell hole in Africa, he receives news that his father was killed in an accident in the haven of the ultra-rich, Monte Carlo, and when he returns the dark ...

Like many truckers, Ron Hartman drives long hours far from home, trying to make ends meet. Chasing the dream of owning his own big rig, he has lost the thing he loves most; his wife and son have moved out of his run-down trailer house. Desperate to win his family back, with his own truck and schedule, Ron is an ideal target for recruitment by major drug smuggling rings. When his truck breaks down and someone offers him a load that seems too good to be true, he is too desperate to heed the warning signs.

When Texas Deputy Sheriff John Cronin thwarts the Cartel’s plan to get paid to smuggle Muslims across the border, he becomes the target of the Cartel once again. One try fails, but the cartel isn’t about to give up. With his granddaughter, Jesse, still recovering from her last run-in with the Cartel and now far away with her Marine husband on a military base, Cronin only has to worry about the innocents around him.

The female of the species is supposed to be deadlier than the male... Simon Templar is about to find out if that's true. In this collection of stories, the Saint encounters nine fascinating women. Whether they need help, to be avenged, or to be brought to justice, the Saint handles their cases with panache and in his usual gentlemanly style. Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication.

Meet Tommy Martini, the monk with an anger management problem. His meditations are interrupted by a legacy from his uncle, a crooked priest. Arriving in a New Age Arizona town to claim his inheritance, Brother Tommy meets a charismatic, smoking-hot cult leader who claims that women are being impregnated by alien beings while they sleep. Tommy’s own sleep is disturbed - by cartel hitmen, Mafia bill collectors, and women intrigued by his vow of chastity.