Penelope Darlin, the romantically challenged proprietor of the Lilac Grange nursing home, is regularly murdering her elderly residents in the name of profit. Next on her to do list is ninety one year old Catherine Scrivens, but Catherine is aware of Ms. Darlin's business model and, determined not to go down without a fight, she recruits two accomplices who are hell bent on getting to Penelope before Penelope gets to them.Meanwhile Linda Hawthorne, a Grange staff member, inherits 'Ma...

Extended digital edition.A collection of twelve dark fiction short stories by prize winning author John Vault, based around the themes of madness and obsession.Essential bedtime reading!Introduction by the author.Contains frequent use of strong language, violent horror and sexual references. Reader discretion is advised.

Thaddeus by John VaultDeath is as popular now as it's always been...Hector Crane is a funeral director with no-one to bury. Business is at a standstill, he's on the verge of bankruptcy and his delinquent apprentices are stealing both from him and his dear departed clients.Just when he thinks things can't get any worse he receives a letter from a man whom he thought long dead, who owns half of his business, and who will be knocking on his do...

Gerald Pembroke owns and runs a mushroom farm in the idyllic country setting of Luddensley village. The supermarket buyers are forcing his prices down to subsistence levels, his attention obsessed wife has been engaged in a string of affairs with younger men and to top it all he discovers that one of his employees is using his facilities to grow hallucinogenic Liberty Cap mushrooms as a sideline.After further pressure from his buyers and mounting maintenance bills, Gerald temporaril...

he lives of a teenager and a woman in her forties collide as the 2011 riots hit Manchester. An eloquent and passionate exploration of the week that shook Britain.9th August 2011 and as rioting erupts in Manchester a teenager and a woman in her forties are caught up in the thick of the disorder. Their stories intertwine to give a stunning and haunting expose of the people behind the headlines and the legacy of that night.This ebook short also includes an extended extract fro...

Jessica Thompson's first book This is a Love Story was described by Closer as 'Reminiscent of One Day.' This second novel will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it will keep you turning the page.They are just words but they mean so much.As a dark evening draws in, the lives of three women are changed forever.The worlds they have been living in, the people they thought they knew - in an instant it all changes.But when everything seems to shatter around them, could ...

The perfect family... or the perfect lie?To the outside world, Gemma Bradley has it all – a doting husband, high-flying career and two delightful kids – but inside the four walls of her tastefully renovated home, she is a mother at her wits’ end who has given too many last warnings and counted to ten too many times.When a child’s scream pierces the night, Gemma’s neighbour does what anyone would do: she calls the police. She wants to make sure that Rosie

Autumn is coming. Anything could happen…Julia is contemplating an affair with ex-boyfriend Max after a chance meeting in the cereal aisle of the supermarket…and finding that he’s just as gorgeous as ever.Miranda has got it all: expensive clothes, a huge house and her enormously wealthy husband, Doug. So why does she feel as if something is missing?Faye is fed up of being treated like a child – she’s a teenager, and ...

In the quiet of a New Zealand winter's night, a rescue helicopter is sent to airlift a five-year-old boy with severe internal injuries. He's fallen from the upstairs veranda of an isolated farmhouse, and his condition is critical. At first, Finn's fall looks like a horrible accident; after all, he's prone to sleepwalking. Only his frantic mother, Martha McNamara, knows how it happened. And she isn't telling. Not yet. Maybe not ever.Tragedy isn't what the McNamara family expected wh...

When Jane decides to move to the Australian outback in search of a husband, her sister Anthea thinks she’s mad. But then again, the sisters have never seen eye-to-eye. Anthea is slim, beautiful and has a perfect life and fiancé. Jane has always felt like the ugly duckling in comparison.But when Anthea follows her sister Down Under to try and save Jane from this latest crazy plan, she ends up taking a walk on the wild side herself…A sexy, funny and heartwarming adventure – c...

Available together in ebook for the first time ever, this duo of brilliant short stories featuring a guest appearance by DI Tom Thorne showcases the crime writing talent of number one Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham.Underneath the Mistletoe Last NightWhen young Jack finds 'Father Christmas' dead beneath the tree, DI Tom Thorne, who has volunteered to work on Christmas Day, must get to the truth with the help of his reliable team and some incriminat...

When the body of a young mother is found on the banks of New Zealand's Mataura River, young female police constable Sam Shephard begins an investigation, with horrifying and very personal implications. Book one in an addictive, atmospheric new series.*** SHORTLISTED for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2019******SHORTLISTED for the Ngaio Marsh Award***'The tensions within a tightknit village, along with various aspects of Kiwi...