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Summary: "When people say they want to read a really good novel, the kind you just can't put down, this is the kind of book they mean. Exceptional." —STEPHEN KING NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly Washington Post AARP Newsweek Dallas Morning News South Florida Sun-Sentinel Chicago Public Library Real Book Spy CrimeReads Litreactor Library Journal LitHub Booklist Winner of the Hammett Prize, the Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Award for Best Mystery Novel, and the Oklahoma Book Award for Best Fiction Novel! Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s America—a story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Long and Faraway Gone. Frank Guidry's luck has finally run out. A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleans' mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable. But now it's his turn—he knows too much about the crime of the century: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Within hours of JFK's murder, everyone with ties to Marcello is turning up dead, and Guidry suspects he's next: he was in Dallas on an errand for the boss less than two weeks before the president was shot. With few good options, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas, to see an old associate—a dangerous man who hates Marcello enough to help Guidry vanish. Guidry knows that the first rule of running is "don't stop," but when he sees a beautiful housewife on the side of the road with a broken-down car, two little daughters and a dog in the back seat, he sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks from the hit men on his tail. Posing as an insurance man, Guidry offers to help Charlotte reach her destination, California. If she accompanies him to Vegas, he can help her get a new car. For her, it's more than a car— it's an escape. She's on the run too, from a stifling existence in small-town Oklahoma and a kindly husband who's a hopeless drunk. It's an American story: two strangers meet to share the open road west, a dream, a hope—and find each other on the way. Charlotte sees that he's strong and kind; Guidry discovers that she's smart and funny. He learns that's she determined to give herself and her kids a new life; she can't know that he's desperate to leave his old one behind. Another rule—fugitives shouldn't fall in love, especially with each other. A road isn't just a road, it's a trail, and Guidry's ruthless and relentless hunters are closing in on him. But now Guidry doesn't want to just survive, he wants to really live, maybe for the first time. Everyone's expendable, or they should be, but now Guidry just can't throw away the woman he's come to love. And it might get them both killed. This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Lou Berney about November Road

Summary: As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. Long inhabited by a collection of profoundly offbeat locals, there has been a recent influx of the newly rich and well to do arriving in the village of Cotten Abbas ... and not everyone is happy about it. New arrivals are receiving anonymous letters that know a little too much about dark secrets and dirty laundry. Gervase Fen is summoned to the scene, but soon finds more than he bargained for. A suicide on Friday, a murder by Sunday, and some villagers that seem hell bent on keeping this mystery unsolved...

Summary: For his Valentine's night call-in show, host Charlie D plans to offer his listeners two hours on the topic of "satisfaction." His in-studio guest is twenty-five-year-old Misty de Vol Burgh, formerly the highest-paid escort in the city but now happily married to eighty-three-year-old billionaire Henry Burgh. It's all good fun until Charlie receives a chilling message: "It's take-out-the-garbage night. Time to kill all the hookers and wash the streets with blood." When Charlie is directed to a website that allows viewers to watch the murder of a prostitute in real time and promises that another killing will be broadcast live within the hour, the hunt is on. But The World According to Charlie D. has an audience of over a million listeners. The murderer could be anyone, anywhere. Charlie and his team have less than two hours to find and stop the killer

Summary: 'The best books I have read in a long long time!' - 5 star reader review, Amazon Detective Sarah Noble investigates a dark case in the town of Slayton. It began with the whispers. In the woods, in the park, and always at night. Then they came into town, down dark alleys, and in the shadows. Before long there was a knock on the door. When the couple were found dead with their faces frozen in horror, the black-eyed children were nowhere to be seen. Until it happened again. Detective Sarah Noble will need all her intuition - and some help from young Elliott Carter - to crack a case where nothing is as it seems. A gripping new Slayton thriller with a shocking twist, from bestselling author Caroline Mitchell. P erfect for fans of Alex North and Cara Hunter. The Detective Sarah Noble thrillers can be read as standalones, or in any order. Amazon Readers are loving The Night Whispers : "What an amazing twist I didn't see coming" - 5 stars "Pitch perfect crime thriller" - 5 stars "Absolutely brilliant" - 5 stars "A race to the end" - 5 stars "I adore this series" - 5 stars "Kept me totally engrossed" - 5 stars "I was unable to put it down" - 5 stars "Every bit as thrilling as book #1!" - 5 stars PRAISE FOR THE MIDNIGHT MAN 'Caroline Mitchell at her dark and twisty best' - Teresa Driscoll , author of I Am Watching You 'Will keep you on the edge of your seat' - Alice Hunter , author of The Serial Killer's Wife ' A spine tingling, creepy book' - John Marrs , author of The One 'Twisty, tense and creepy as hell... I loved it!' - K.L. Slater , author of The Widow 'A tense and deliciously creepy read' - D.S. Butler , author of On Cold Ground 'Creepy and intense' - Mel Sherratt , author of Ten Days 'A spine-chillingly ending!' - Susi Holliday , author of The Last Resort

Summary: Vancouver city councilor George Hamilton Nash has left his wife of twenty years and moved into a posh West End condo. A wealthy man about town, Nash appears to be enjoying all the pleasures the city has to offer—until he turns up dead. The note left behind indicates suicide, and the police are satisfied with this. But Sebastian Casey, a reporter for the West End Clarion who knew something of Nash's reputation as a lady's man, is not so sure. He doesn't buy suicide and sets out to prove otherwise, amidst trouble in his own relationship, and with no shortage of suspects, including the wife left behind. The break Casey needs comes from a most unlikely source

Summary: Gulliver Dowd is a little person in a world of hurt. After his sister, an NYPD policewoman, is murdered, he becomes a licensed PI. Dowd is shocked to discover that his mysterious new client is Nina, his high-school girlfriend and the one true love of his life. But the real surprise is yet to come. Nina hires Gulliver to find her runaway daughter, convincing him to take the case only when she confesses that the missing girl is Dowd's daughter too, the product of their high-school romance. When he takes the case, Dowd must travel from an exclusive girls' academy to a Mafia don's mansion to seek the answer to his newfound daughter's disappearance. But all is not what it seems. What is the real surprise awaiting Gulliver Dowd?

Summary: Agatha Christie meets Andy Weir in the ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon. Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Anthony Horowitz and Hanna Jameson. FEATURED IN THE EVENING STANDARD 'S BOOKS TO WATCH IN 2023 THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH 'S BOOK OF THE MONTH JUNE 2023 'The moon makes for a spectacular setting in this highly entertaining Agatha Christie-style murder mystery ' TM LOGAN, author of The Mother and The Holiday ' And Then There Were None meets Black Mirror . Lauren Forry's moon-based murder mystery is heaps of fun . I had a blast!' TOM HINDLE, author of A Fatal Crossing THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. YOU'D DIE TO BE THERE. Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind. However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone. When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home and with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay? 'A truly dastardly, devilish and downright terrific murder mystery that's unputdownable ' JONATHAN WHITELAW, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives 'The ultimate locked room mystery - an out-of-this-world And Then There Were None ' FIONA LEITCH, author of The Cornish Wedding Murder 'A truly unique take on a locked room murder' SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT, author of A Murder of Crows 'Get lost in space in this fresh twist on the locked-room mystery . Fast-paced and funny , The Launch Party will take you to the dark side of the moon' JO FURNISS, author of All the Little Children

Summary: Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose ... A British icon delivers a powerful blockbuster in an exhilarating thriller set in London's East End. 'Masterful' Susan Lewis 'Feels different and fresh, Johnny Klein is a great character, love it!' Kimberley Chambers 'Gritty, compelling and heartbreaking ... loved it' Catherine Cooper Martin Kemp, the music, film and TV legend creates fiction gold as he introduces fictional anti-hero Johnny Klein in a breathless, high-octane page-turner. Johnny Klein is a rock casualty, a fallen 1980s popstar who has lost everything — his family, his money and his fame. Thrown a lifeline by an old contact in the music business, Johnny doesn't care what he is getting himself into. Dragged down into East London's dark underbelly, Johnny discovers there is more at stake than his own shattered ego. Johnny hates being yesterday's man but now he's wishing he could disappear altogether. The party might be over, but there's no escape from the past... Readers LOVE The Game: 'I could not put it down' ????? 'A book that stays with you after you've finished it ... Thrilling, heartfelt and thought-provoking' ????? 'A good gritty storyline that also pulled at the heartstrings' ????? 'Such a fun read' ????? 'So gripping, absorbing and interesting' ????? 'Mr Kemp didn't disappoint' ????? 'A great storyline ... I hope there's a follow up book' ?????

Summary: Charlie D is the host of a successful late-night radio call-in show. His listeners have a particularly intimate relationship with him and often reveal much about themselves, confident that he will honor their trust and that he can save them. In their minds, he is perfect: one of life's winners. But Charlie feels he's something of a fake. His easy confidence on-air belies the reality for a man born with a wine-colored birthmark that covers half his face. Love You to Death covers two hours on "The World According to Charlie D" during which he must both discover the long-time listener who is killing the people who trust him and attempt to come to terms with the man behind the birthmark

Summary: A brilliantly twisty, 80-page novella from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Including an extract from his new Logan novel, THE MISSING AND THE DEAD. It's the night of the big Referendum, and all Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to do is find a missing 'No' campaigner. Should be easy enough... But, as usual, DCI Steel has plans of her own. As the votes are counted there's trouble brewing in the pubs and on the streets of Aberdeen. Logan's picked up a promising lead, but all is not quite what it seems, and things are about to go very, very wrong...

Summary: 'I loved every second... so many twists and turns... It is one of those "just one more chapter" type books that end up keeping you up all night,' Reader Reviewer 5 stars When hundreds of birds fall from the sky into Slayton's lake in a terrifying freak event, the waters are dredged - revealing a dark, long-held secret. An old pram is pulled from the depths, with the bones of a baby still strapped inside. It's the moment that new mother, Cora , has been dreading since she moved to Slayton - because someone knows, and is going to make her pay. With the help of forensic anthropologist Sophia Hudson, and the extraordinary young Elliott Carter, Detective Sarah Noble gets to the bottom of a cold case that refuses to stay in the past. Will she survive the secrets of the bone house? Don't miss this gripping new thriller from bestselling author Caroline Mitchell, that will have your heart pounding as you say 'just one more page!'. Perfect for fans of Cara Hunter, Alex North and Stephen King. The Slayton Thrillers, with Detective Sarah Noble, can be read as standalones, or in any order. Readers are gripped by The Bone House : 'I was drawn in right from the first page... Sent chills running down my spine and had me flicking the pages so fast I devoured it in a matter of hours ... that final twist which I didn't see coming' Reader review 5 stars ' Absolutely brilliant . Creepy and gripping' Reader review 5 stars ' Full of twists, so it's impossible to stop reading ... I didn't figure out whodunit and kept suspecting the wrong character the whole time' Reader review 5 stars

Summary: “Another winner . . . Pungent observations, indelibly drawn characters and a twisting, surprise-laden plot.”— Atlanta Journal and Constitution Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters’ motel—and back in time to a U.S. Open twenty-three years ago, when Jack Coldren should have won, but didn't. Suddenly Myron finds him self surrounded by blue bloods, criminals, and liars. And as one family's darkest secrets explode into murder, Myron finds out just how rough this game can get. In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction—Myron Bolitar—a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance. “Sharp plotting and emotional density, as well as nonstop wisecracks.”— Publishers Weekly