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From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of LondonSomewhere in the soot-stained ruins of Restoration London, a killer has gone to ground…The Great Fire has ravaged London, wreaking destruction and devastation wherever its flames spread. Now, guided by the incorruptible Fire Court, the city is slowly rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away.James Marwood, son of a traitor, is thrust into this treacherous environment when his ailing father claims to have stumbled upon a murdered woman in the very place where the Fire Court sits. Then his father is run down and killed. Accident? Or another murder…?Determined to uncover the truth, Marwood turns to the one person he can trust – Cat Lovett, the daughter of a despised regicide. Marwood has helped her in the past. Now it’s her turn to help him. But then comes a third death… and Marwood and Cat are forced to confront a vicious and increasingly desperate killer whose actions threaten the future of the city itself.

Following City On Fire And City Of Dreams, City In Ruins Is The Explosive, Impossible To Put Down Conclusion To New York Times Bestselling Author Don Winslow's Epic, Genre-defining Crime Trilogy And The Final Book Of Winslow's Extraordinary Career. Sometimes You Have To Become What You Hate To Protect What You Love. Danny Ryan Is Rich. Beyond His Wildest Dreams Rich. The Former Dock Worker, Irish Mob Soldier And Fugitive From The Law Is Now A Respected Businessman - A Las Vegas Casino Mogul And Billionaire Silent Partner In A Group That Owns Two Lavish Hotels. Finally, Danny Has It All: A Beautiful House, A Child He Adores, A Woman He Might Even Fall In Love With. Life Is Good. But Then Danny Reaches Too Far. When He Tries To Buy An Old Hotel On A Prime Piece Of Real Estate With Plans To Build His Dream Resort, He Triggers A War Against Las Vegas Power Brokers, A Powerful Fbi Agent Bent On Revenge And A Rival Casino Owner With Dark Connections Of His Own. Danny Thought He Had Buried His Past, But Now It Reaches Up To Him From The Grave To Pull Him Down. Old Enemies Surface, And When They Come For Danny They Vow To Take Everything - Not Only His Empire, Not Just His Life, But All That He Holds Dear, Including His Son. To Save His Life And Everything He Loves, Danny Must Become The Ruthless Fighter He Once Was - And Never Wanted To Be Again. Ranging From The Gritty Back Rooms Of Providence, Ri To The Power Corridors Of Washington, Dc And Wall Street To The Golden Casinos Of Las Vegas, City In Ruins Is An Epic Crime Novel Of Love And Hate, Ambition And Desperation, Vengeance And Compassion.

The Chill of Night is James Hayman's second instalment in his McCabe and Savage series. A frozen corpse means a big headache for Detective Michael McCabe Lainie Goff thinks she has it all. A glamorous young Portland attorney with the brains and looks to match her ambitions, she's on the fast-track to a partnership. Until one cold winter night she discovers that her belief in her ability to handle any situation was misplaced. Now she's just a frozen corpse in the boot of a car at the end of Portland Fish Pier. And a problem for homicide detective Michael McCabe. Luckily for McCabe, there's a witness. A mentally disturbed young woman named Abby Quinn saw what happened to Lainie. Unfortunately, Abby mysteriously goes missing the very same night. With a victim who'd known more than her share of bad guys, a list of suspects that seems to get longer and longer and his only witness missing, McCabe has got his work cut out. But it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again . . . Following the success of the first instalment The Cutting, The Chill of Night continues to follow Detective McCabe as he solves Portland's crimes. Fans of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly will be hooked. Praise for James Hayman:'A stunning debut that gripped me from first page to last. A thriller of a thriller!' Tess Gerritsen 'Supremely accomplished storytelling' Daily Mail'Taut, suspenseful . . . every bit as dark and sinister as Lehane and Connelly' Richard Montanari James Hayman spent more than twenty years as a senior creative director at one of New York's largest advertising agencies. He and his wife now live in Portland, Maine. This is his third novel.

Two gripping Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus crime novels from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman. BLINDMAN’S BLUFF: Guy Kaffey thought his wealth could acquire anything – including the best security money can buy. When his family are gunned to death on their vast estate, it’s clear he was wrong. As Lieutenant Peter Decker pieces together what happened, his own family comes under threat. And if a billionaire like Kaffey can’t protect his own, what hope does Decker have? HANGMAN: Lieutenant Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus are swept into a labyrinth of mystery and danger when a party-loving nurse is brutally murdered; an old friend mysteriously disappears; and a familiar sociopath comes back into their lives...

The fourth novel in the DI Sean Corrigan series - authentic and terrifying crime fiction with a psychological edge, by an ex-Met detective. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. Guilty or not guilty? A lone vigilante is abducting wealthy Londoners and putting their fate in the hands of the public. Within hours of disappearing, the victims appear on the internet, bound to a chair in a white room. Revenge or mercy? Their crimes of greed and incompetence are broadcast to the watching thousands who make up the jury. Once the verdict is cast, the man who calls himself 'The Jackdaw' will be judge and executioner. Live or die? DI Sean Corrigan and his Special Investigations Unit are under pressure to solve this case fast. But as The Jackdaw's popularity grows, Corrigan realizes he's hunting a dangerously clever and elusive adversary - one who won't stop until his mission is complete.

As the trial of a well-known TV journalist accused of murdering a world-famous novelist unfolds, the defendant's claim to innocence becomes increasingly undermined.

A smooth talking Chicago lawyer has come to chat with Sam Vincent, a former prosecutor, about a dangerous unknown - a prison for violent black convicts in Thebes, Mississippi, a place of many questions but no answers. Would Sam, a white man and a Southener, be willing to investigate?

The Magdalen Martyrs, the third Galway-set novel by Edgar, Barry, and Macavity finalist and Shamus Award-winner Ken Bruen, is a gripping, dazzling story that takes the Jack Taylor series to explosive new heights of suspense. Jack Taylor is walking the delicate edge of a sobriety he doesn't trust when his phone rings. He's in debt to a Galway tough named Bill Cassell, what the locals call a "hard man." Bill did Jack a big favor a while back; the trouble is, he never lets a favor go unreturned.Jack is amazed when Cassell simply asks him to track down a woman, now either dead or very old, who long ago helped his mother escape from the notorious Magdalen laundry, where young wayward girls were imprisoned and abused. Jack doesn't like the odds of finding the woman, but counts himself lucky that the task is at least on the right side of the law. Until he spends a few days spinning his wheels and is dragged in front of Cassell for a quick reminder of his priorities. Bill's goons do a little spinning of their own, playing a game of Russian roulette a little too close to the back of Jack's head. It's only blind luck and the mercy of a god he no longer trusts that land Jack back on the street rather than face down in a cellar with a bullet in his skull. He's got one chance to stay alive: find this woman.Unfortunately, he can't escape his own curiosity, and an unnerving hunch quickly turns into a solid fact: just who Jack's looking for, and why, aren't nearly what they seem.

In Clive Egleton's latest thriller, Peter Ashton, the hero of his last two highly acclaimed novels Hostile Intent and A Killing in Moscow, travels once more to the volatile territory that was once the communist bloc. The old regime's death throes are nearly over, but danger lingers on. A hot tip takes Ashton to Bulgaria - once the most fanatic of the old communist regimes - where a routine pickup turns into a deadly trap and a terrifying escape. Meanwhile, in Germany, a British deserter from the earliest days of the Cold War suddenly reappears with old scores to settle and new treacheries in mind. The events are connected and Peter Ashton is the man caught in the middle. Risking his career, his life, and the woman he loves, he must extricate himself from this deadly web of deceit.