No crime will go unpunished A zero tolerance policy results in the death penalty for all crimes, no matter how minor. When a judge is kidnapped, and a ransom note demands the release of all prisoners awaiting execution, kleptomaniac Detective Inspector Kate Swanson is put on the case. But soon her boss also disappears. Under… Continue reading ‘Zero’ by Matt Brolly

The Hidden Island: an edge of your seat crime thriller Sex. Drugs. Murder. Hidden behind the crystal seas and beautiful beaches of a Greek Island dark and dangerous secrets lurk. Beckett has had his fill of adrenaline fuelled criminal investigation and with a broken body and damaged career goes to the Greek Island of Farou… Continue reading ‘The Hidden Island’ by Angela Corner

The festive, feel-good follow-up to Summer at the Cornish Cafe. Christmas will be slightly less turbulent than summer, won’t it? Demi certainly hopes so. She and Cal are keeping their fledgling relationship under wraps for now. But then Kit Bannen, a hunky, blond – and somewhat mysterious – writer arrives at Kilhallon Resort, and not… Continue reading ‘Christmas At The Cornish Cafe’ by Phillipa Ashley

ONLY THE DEAD: the first part in an explosive new crime series Meet DCI Cyril Bennett, a man with a passion for manners and efficiency, as well as an eye for the ladies. His partner, DS David Owen, is naïve and untidy but keen. Together they make a formidable pair. When the discovery of two… Continue reading ‘Only The Dead’ by Malcolm Hollingdrake

How far would you go to protect your family? Danny and Libby are about to face every parent’s worst nightmare.  When eight-year-old Hope Bird disappears without a trace, from the idyllic village where she lives, life for her family will never be the same again. Her parents know she would never have gone off alone… Continue reading ‘Frailty’ by Betsy Reavley

All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas… The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it in her heart to care for… Continue reading ‘A Nightingale Christmas Carol’ by Donna Douglas

A hitman. A journalist. A family torn apart. Can he uncover the truth before it’s too late? In the dead of winter, investigative reporter Janne Vuori sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company, whose illegal activities have created an environmental disaster in a small town in Northern Finland. When the company’s executives… Continue reading ‘The Mine’ by Antti Tuomainen

A puppy for Christmas. A friend for life. The story of a homeless puppy with a huge heart who healed a family . . . When Teddy runs away from home a week before Christmas, he’s far too excited to worry about what lies ahead. But all too soon Teddy realises just how cold and… Continue reading ‘The Christmas Guest’ by Daisy Bell

Murder. Corruption. Dark secrets. A titanic wave of refugees. Can Anna solve a terrifying case that’s become personal? Anna Fekete returns to the Balkan village of her birth for a relaxing summer holiday. But when her purse is stolen and the thief is found dead on the banks of the river, Anna is pulled into… Continue reading ‘The Exiled’ by Kati Hiekkapelto

The floor felt hard beneath her face. Nancy opened her eyes. Blinked several times. A pain seared through her head. She could feel fluid. No. She was lying in fluid. When a body is discovered in a burnt-out barn in the Warwickshire countryside, DI Will Jackman is called to investigate. Nancy Faraday wakes up on… Continue reading ‘Beneath The Ashes’ by Jane Isaac