"Dark Ties is twisted in the best ways. I enjoyed the macabre cat-and-mouse plot, and look forward to great things from debut author, Mark Dame."- Jaye Wells, USA Today Bestselling author of the Sabina Kane seriesA fast-paced psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the end.Ken Simmons is haunted by nightmares of a serial killer—the killer in his latest bestseller who methodically stalks and slaughters young women. Bu...

A millennium ago an ancient evil ruled the world. An evil almost forgotten over the centuries. Now that evil has returned intent on once again enslaving the people of Tirmar.For some, immortal tyrants and monstrous creatures are just stories from folklore. But that’s about to change for Flyn and his lifelong friend Kel. Stranded in a land they never knew existed, Kel is captured when they stumble upon a band of orcs. Now Flyn must put aside thoughts of home and ris...

Randell has wanted to join the militia since an orc raiding party took his family from him when he was just a child.Now he finally has his chance to get the retribution he's been looking for.But when his platoon responds to an orc attack on a neighboring town, he quickly discovers that real battles aren't like the old songs and stories.Vastly outnumbered, Randell's thirst for vengeance may cost him more than he knows.The Militiaman of Garthset is a novella i...

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She thought the worst day of her life was behind her.She was wrong.Ari Wilburn can't forget what she did. One terrible decision. One tragic event. One sister dead. Now years later, she's barely holding her life together—until a cryptic clue surfaces that makes her question everything she believed happened.Then she meets Tina, a desperate mother searching for her missing daughter. Tina believes her own father took the child. There's j...

Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself?'Brilliantly readable' SUNDAY MIRROR.'Intriguing and unsettling' JANE LYTHELL.'Wonderful' CLAIRE MCGOWAN.Lizzie lives in the Lake District with her partner, Jonty, and his teenage son, Sam. Though she's only ten years older than her stepson, their set-up works. They are a family.Then Sam becomes sullen and withdrawn, and Lizzie suspects something sinister is going on.But no o...

What if you discovered your husband was a serial killer?Megan Miller is an ordinary woman with a young family — until a shocking discovery shatters her perfect world.When two young boys are brutally murdered in their tight-knit village community, Megan slowly begins to realise the signs all point to the lovable local primary school teacher — her husband.But when she begins to delve deeper into her husband's secret life, she makes di...

LIANE MORIARTY says that No one writes twisted, suspenseful novels quite like Sophie Hannah. Packed with twists and clues, simmering with tension, this electrifying new thriller shows why.She's the most famous murder victim in America. What if she's not dead?Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself i...

Do we ever really know what goes on behind closed doors?'Dark and twisty; devious and taut. An amazing debut that will keep you from sleep and in suspense!!!' DIANE JEFFREYEve and Gregg were the perfect couple, with the perfect marriage... which has become the perfect lie.Gone is the charming, attentive Gregg - instead Eve wakes up each morning beside a manipulative and sinister man who controls his w...

Joshua Widcombe and Kaya Trent were the golden couple of Abbeyford's School of Art and Drama; good-looking, popular and from loving, stable families. So why did they kill themselves on the grassy stage of the college's outdoor theatre?Detective Chief Inspector Anderton thinks there might be something more to the case than a straightforward teenage suicide pact. Detective Sergeant Kate Redman agrees with him, but nothing is certain until another teenager at the college kills themsel...

"Wow! Captivating story. What a twist!!" - Jerry E. (ARC review)"Loved, loved, loved the big twist--I did not see that coming!". - ARC reviewSomebody was watching her every move.They knew her schedule, where her daughter went to daycare…After walking out of an abusive relationship, losing her job, falling into debt, and the sudden death of her parents, Isabell Morgan thought her life was beyond repair until......

A raw, unflinching literary debut for fans of Dennis Lehane and Tom Franklin examining the aftershocks of survival, and the price of salvation.In the blue-collar town of Chittenango, New York, two young boys are abducted from a local festival and taken to a cabin in the woods. One is kept; one is killed. When they are next seen, ten-year-old Dean has escaped by swimming across Oneida Lake holding his brother's dead body.As the years pass, the people of Chit...