Synopsis One dark winter’s morning, bride-to-be Cara Dunne is found hanging in her home, dressed in her wedding dress, with a lock of hair removed. Detective Lottie Parker is first on the scene. Looking at Cara’s bruised and battered body, she wonders who could have hated her enough to kill her at the happiest time… Continue reading ‘Broken Souls’ by Patricia Gibney
Synopsis On Halloween night, thirteen-year-old Ruby disappears in the company of a masked figure. She is never seen again. The only witness is Nell Montague who is just seven years old. Twenty-three years later, Nell is trapped in an abusive relationship and still suffering from vivid nightmares of what she saw. When tragedy strikes she… Continue reading ‘Finding Ruby’ by J. A. Higgins
Synopsis I pinch the screen to zoom until I’m staring at the face of a ghost. A man with very short hair, staring directly at the camera with piercing brown eyes. He is as he was when I last saw him: wrinkles around the corners of the eyes and a knowing smirk. That’s the expression… Continue reading ‘Close To You’ by Kerry Wilkinson
Synopsis One December wedding. One runaway bride. One winter’s day to bring everyone together again. Today is the day Caro and Cammy are due to walk up the aisle. But Caro’s too caught up in the trauma of her past to contemplate their happy ever after. Stacey’s decision to return from L.A. is fuelled by… Continue reading ‘The Last Day Of Winter’ by Shari Low
Synopsis For once, Kate Peters would like a happy, family Christmas; the kind of Christmas seen on the TV. She wants harmony and happiness, smiling, glowing faces, tables groaning with food, carol singing around the tree. She wants love, kindness, and goodwill to all men, especially in her own house. What she doesn’t want is… Continue reading ‘A Typical Family Christmas’ by Liz Davies
Synopsis Every Wednesday, like clockwork, the terror returns. It seems like an ordinary Wednesday, until the phone rings. A mysterious caller with a chilling threat. Journalist Alice Henderson hangs up, ready to dismiss it as a hoax against the newspaper. But the next Wednesday, the stalker makes another move—and it becomes clear that this is… Continue reading ‘I Will Make You Pay’ by Teresa Driscoll
Synopsis His French honeymoon continually interrupted by a series of misdeeds, DCI Jack Austin returns to Portsmouth to find the missing link. When an ambitious new detective infringes on his territory – and his ego – Austin resorts to illogically effective tactics to protect those that matter most. With a corpulent gangster gone missing and… Continue reading ‘Ghost & Ragman Roll’ by Pete Adams
