PRE-ORDER THE NEXT THRILLING MURDER MYSTERY FROM TOM HINDLE DEATH IN THE ARCTIC COMING JANUARY 2025 ____________________________________ One house. Nine guests. Endless motives for murder... Guests assemble at Hamlet Hall for a New Year's Eve party to remember. They are to take part in a murder mystery game with a 1920s twist, and everyone has their own part to play. But the evening has barely begun when one guest is found dead - killed by an injury to the head. Someone is playing by their own rules. And in a close-knit community, old rivalries run deep... ___________________________________________________ Readers are loving The Murder Game . . . 'Absolutely loved it' 'A must-read for Christie fans' 'Full of tension' 'Fast-paced and thrilling' 'So clever and intricate' _____________________________________________________ Praise for Tom Hindle: 'Will delight Agatha Christie fans' Ragnar Jónasson 'Twist after gut-punching twist' M. W. Craven 'Dazzling' Crime Monthly 'My kind of book' Belfast Telegraph 'Suspenseful' Country Life Magazine Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle was a no.8 Sunday Times bestseller 04/02/2024

EVERYONE IS INVITED. EVERYONE MUST PLAY THE GAME. *Pre-order Don't Look Away the latest unmissable Stephanie King thriller now!* 'When I say full of twists and turns I mean it. A compulsive powerful dark read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'My thriller of the year' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'A total delight' Daily Mail 'Takes your breath away' Sun 'A brilliant read, full of suspense' Closer A year ago today, we all gathered for Lucas's wedding at his glorious Cornish home overlooking the sea. But no one was married that day. Now Lucas has invited us back to celebrate the anniversary. But the anniversary of what? The wedding that never happened, or the tragedy that occurred just hours before the ceremony was due to begin? He's told us that tonight he has planned a game. We have our costumes, we have our parts, and everyone must play. The game, he tells us, is about to begin. What does Lucas want from us? What are we not being told? And what's going to happen when this terrible game is over? Praise for Rachel Abbott: 'Really gripping and menacing - compulsive reading' Harriet Tyce 'What a storyteller Rachel Abbott is... I was hooked from the start' Cara Hunter 'I raced through this compelling, twisty novel. Loved it' Laura Marshall 'A twisty-turny plot that had my head reeling, and my mind full of intrigue. Superb plotting from the mistress of suspense' Mel Sherratt 'A grand re-imagining of the best kind of crime caper, filled with underlying tensions, fancy rooms and a detective hungry for answers' Magic Radio: April Book Club Pick 'Fantastic and gripping - I loved the intriguing concept and the brilliantly atmospheric Cornish setting' Karen Hamilton 'This gallops along at a cracking pace, and manages to keep the twists and surprises coming thick and fast' Crime Monthly

A serial killer lures a beautiful FBI agent into high stakes game of life and death in this romantic thriller by the New York Times bestselling author. The game is simple: he is the Hunter; they are the Prey. He gives them a chance to escape. To run. To hide. To outsmart him. But eventually, he catches them. And that's when the game gets really terrifying . . . Private investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers—they took one down together. But this new killer likes playing games with Nic and Griff. Every unsolvable clue, every posed victim, every taunting phone call—it's all part of his plan. But now the Hunter is changing the rules . . . The brutal psychopath needs a worthy adversary. To him, Nicole is the most precious prey of all. And he won’t stop until he gets his chance to hunt her down. Now, with his partner in a killer's sights, Griff is playing for the biggest stakes of his life.

A woman appears on the streets of Shanghai. She has thousands of cuts – and is screaming for Inspector Danilov... Days later, the woman is dead. But another body is left waiting for the Inspector. Someone is playing with Danilov... someone prepared to kill, just to get their message across. At first, the victims seem unconnected. But with each body bringing a new message for Danilov, he knows this is a riddle especially designed for him. As more bodies start appearing, time is running out to solve the deadly puzzle... Haunted by the past and riven with tension, The Murder Game is hair-raising and unputdownable, perfect for fans of Philip Kerr and David Young. Inspector Danilov Crime Thriller Series Death in Shanghai City of Shadows The Murder Game The Killing Time

Be seduced by the world of the GhostWalkers as #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan raises the stakes in the ultimate game of love and death… Games should be fun, but for two expert teams across the country, they’re murder—because the winning team is the one that gets the most kills. The participants in this violent challenge are rumored to be GhostWalkers. And Kaden Montague isn’t happy about it. Kaden is a GhostWalker and he’s determined to clear the GhostWalker name of the rumors. And he’s going to need the help of psychic Tansy Meadows to do it. But as soon as he sees her, he knows his mission will be more complicated than he imagined—and the “murder game” may not be at all what it seems.

One woman becomes the focus of a killer’s warped game of revenge in this tense thriller by the New York Times-bestselling author of Nowhere to Hide. The Rules Are Simple: It’s the ultimate test of strategy and skill. The killer chooses each opponent carefully, learning each one’s weaknesses. Every meticulously planned move is leading to a devastating checkmate. Because in this game, all the pretty pawns must die. First You Play Andi Wren is fighting to keep her late husband’s company safe from vindictive competitors. When she receives an ominous note—Little birds must fly—she turns to P.I. Luke Denton. But though Luke has personal reasons for wanting to take down Wren Development’s opponents, his investigation suggests this is deeper and far more dangerous than a business grudge. Then You Die. . . In a basement on the outskirts of town, police detectives unearth piles of skeletons. As they learn the shocking truth about each victim’s identity, their case collides with Andi’s, revealing a killer’s ruthless plot—and a chilling, lethal endgame.

A merciless killer on the hunt...an innocent child in his sights...a woman driven to the edge to stop him... The killer knows Eve Duncan all too well. He knows the pain she feels for her murdered daughter, Bonnie, whose body has never been found. He knows that as one of the nation's top forensic sculptors she'll insist on identifying the nine skeletons unearthed on a bluff near Georgia's Talladega Falls. He knows she won't be able to resist the temptation of believing that one of those skeletons might be her daughter's. But that is only the beginning of the killer's sadistic game. He wants Eve one on one, and he'll use his ace in the hole to make sure she complies. And he won't stop playing until he claims the prize he wants most: Eve's life.

Edgar Tobias works as a freelance computer programmer in the city of Anver. Desperate to escape his deceased fathers’ fame as a hit singer-songwriter duo, he left the city of Kasyova and the arts behind. He doesn’t know he’s about to be targeted in a vicious murder game where the prize is a million dollars in cryptocurrency to the first person who can capture his murder on video. Reis Asher lost everything in the Anverite civil war ten years ago, including their mother. Their father created the agreement known as Unification, which joined Anver and Kasyova to create the Twin City-States of Anver-Kasyova, ending the civil war and ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity. When they discover the Killing Game, they know that it represents a threat to everything they hold dear and set out to stop it. But powerful forces are at work that refuse to be undermined by one stubborn soul and their sense of justice. Someone wants Edgar dead, and they’ll stop at nothing to see him six feet under… even if that means Reis and other innocent bystanders get caught in the crossfire.

Now a hit TV series, Instinct __________________________ Part one of a gripping five-part murder mystery from bestselling thriller writer James Patterson. A wealthy hedge fund manager is brutally murdered on the doorstep of his Upper East Side town house in Manhattan. Elizabeth Needham, the tenacious cop in charge of the case, turns to an unlikely ally – Dylan Reinhart, a brilliant professor whose book turned up in connection with the murder. Along with the book was one other clue: a single playing card. When another dead body and another playing card are found, Elizabeth and Dylan's worst fears are confirmed. They're hunting for a serial killer.

Some games can be deadly 'So dark and so clever -- a thrilling puzzle for the reader to solve. I loved it' Lucy Foley 'Kiernan's best yet. You'll be gripped from the minute you open The Murder Box . . .' Cara Hunter 'A real page-turner with an ingenious plot' Patricia Gibney At first, Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan believes the murder mystery game sent to her office is a birthday gift from one of her colleagues. But when Frankie studies the game's contents, she notices a striking resemblance between the 'murder victim' and missing twenty-two-year-old Lydia Callin. As Frankie and her team investigate, a series of grisly crimes connected to the game are discovered across Dublin city and Lydia's involvement with a shadowy network of murder mystery players becomes clear. On the hunt for Lydia's murderer, Frankie is drawn more deeply into the game. Every successful move brings her closer to the killer. But the real question is not what happens should she lose -- but what happens if she wins. 'A superior police procedural' Sarah Vaughan 'Pin-sharp prose, brilliant characters and a hook to die for' Phoebe Locke 'Tight, tense, pacy and full of twists. A cracker' Neil Lancaster 'Very clever, chilling and brilliantly written! LOVED it!' Karen Hamilton 'Clever, shocking, and psychologically astute - this deserves to be huge' Caz Frear 'Grabs you by the throat from the first page and doesn't let go until the last' Araminta Hall 'An original concept that kept me utterly gripped from start to finish' Nikki Smith 'Sleekly written, atmospheric, and beautifully macabre' Charlotte Philby 'Authentic, taut, intriguing storytelling' Mari Hannah 'You won't be able to close it until you've solved the puzzle' Trevor Wood 'The Murder Box is compulsive reading - and has the most genius twist' Sam Blake 'A genius premise and beautiful writing. Loved it' Susi Holiday 'A masterful and original thriller' Rachel Edwards 'Line of Duty fans, here's your next obsession!' Amanda Reynolds 'Olivia's Kiernan's The Murder Box cements her position as one of the rising stars of crime fiction' Fiona Cummins