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Chris Mooney

    January 1, 1969

    Chris Mooney masterfully blends pulse-pounding thrills with profound compassion and gritty realism. His narratives are hailed as harrowing, gripping, and beautifully written, possessing a rare ability to balance intense action with deep humanity. Mooney's distinctive voice captivates readers, drawing them into stories that are both thought-provoking and relentlessly engaging from beginning to end. He is celebrated as an exceptional talent in contemporary crime fiction, delivering unforgettable reading experiences.

    Chris Mooney
    The Secret Friend
    The Killing House
    The Dead Room
    The Soul Collectors
    Fear the Dark
    The Missing
    • 2020

      Blood World

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.8(233)Add rating

      A drug that makes the blood of carriers a fountain of youth, a psychopath who doesn't care how many bodies he leaves in his wake, and an LAPD detective hopelessly compromised by a dark secret. Together, they're an explosive mix that's going to shatter the city of Los Angeles into a million corpuscles. The most valuable commodity on earth is the blood of "carriers." These young people hold within them a virtual fountain of youth. Those with the right genes produce blood that, when treated with a new wonder drug, cures disease, increases power, and makes the recipient a virtual superman. It also makes the carriers targets. Blood farms filled with kidnapped children spring up around the country, and Los Angeles is at the center of this blood-dealing world. The police are overwhelmed. Ellie Bautista became an LAPD officer specifically to fight this evil as a member of the Blood Squad, but she has been consistently denied a transfer to the prestigious unit--until the day she and her partner are ambushed during a routine stop. The resulting events plunge her into an undercover world more dangerous than she could have ever imagined. A madman has found a way to increase the potency of the blood to levels previously unimagined. As he cuts a bloody swath through the already deadly world of blood cartels, Ellie is the only hope to stop him before the body count rises.

      Blood World
    • 2018

      The Snow Girls

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      A gripping new thriller from the bestselling Chris Mooney - perfect for readers of Karen Rose, MJ Arlidge or Lisa Gardner 'One of the best thriller writers working today' Lee Child It's been eleven years since Claire Flynn disappeared - abducted without trace from a snowy hillside, leaving her parents heartbroken. Investigator Darby McCormick remembers the case. She knows there's only ever been one suspect, Father Richard Byrne, linked inconclusively to two similar disappearances. Finally, terminally ill, Byrne is willing to talk. But he'll only talk to Darby. She's expecting a confession - but what she hears is far more disturbing. And it soon becomes clear that someone is willing to kill to keep this cold case on ice...

      The Snow Girls
    • 2017

      Ghost Box

      • 216 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Appeals to paranormal enthusiasts who enjoy the wide range of tools available for paranormal investigation

      Ghost Box
    • 2017

      Every Pretty Thing

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      In Every Pretty Thing serial killer hunter Darby McCormick finds herself in Montana, looking for a friend. Little does she realise that a murderer is waiting for her . . . from the publisher's description

      Every Pretty Thing
    • 2016

      Every Three Hours

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(73)Add rating

      Nine a.m. on a freezing January morning. Darby McCormick queues for the metal detectors at Boston Police Headquarters. A man at the front pulls out a 9mm handgun, fires into the air and takes a woman hostage. In his bag, is a block of plastic explosive. Throughout the city, homes, offices and cars, have been rigged to explode. Every three hours. Until he gets what he wants. And he wants Darby to be his mouthpiece. She has no choice. But as she pieces together the sinister conspiracy that the bomber wants exposed, she understands that no one will walk away unharmed.

      Every Three Hours
    • 2015

      Fear grips a town in Colorado as a murderer targets entire families in their own homes. As police and the FBI struggle to contain the situation, they bring in forensic investigator and serial killer expert Darby McCormick. What she finds is a brutal and elusive predator who stays one step ahead of their investigation. As Darby navigates the blood-ties and broken promises that divide the locals, she knows all the while the killer is watching, circling his next target: her. She must not only meet evil and survive, but also be prepared to face this small town's dark heart.

      Fear the Dark
    • 2012

      The Killing House

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.0(607)Add rating

      Malcolm Fletcher - a former FBI profiler and now the nation's Most Wanted fugitive - arrives in Colorado to help Theresa and her husband find their son. But his arrival coincides with a dangerous and shocking twist in the case.

      The Killing House
    • 2012

      The Secret Friend

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.0(168)Add rating

      They're Dying to Meet Him... The discovery of a body in Boston harbor has crime scene investigator Darby McCormick looking into related cases: two dead female students wash up, both abducted months earlier, each carrying a Virgin Mary figurine. It's a troubling mystery that suddenly turns desperate when a third girl goes missing.

      The Secret Friend
    • 2010

      The Soul Collectors

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      3.9(13)Add rating

      Charlie Rizzo has his family at gunpoint and when Darby arrives to defuse the scene, she finds him horrifically mutilated, with a mask of human skin sewn in place over his own face. Within minutes, a group of men disguised as SWAT officers bursts in and releases deadly Sarin gas. But where has Rizzo been held all these years?

      The Soul Collectors
    • 2009

      The Dead Room

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      4.0(1077)Add rating

      A dead murderer. A living lie. A mother and her son have been executed in their home. Fingerprint matches reveal their murderer died twenty years ago. Crime Scene Investigator Darby McCormick must solve this disturbing puzzle. But the deeper she digs the more horrors come to light. What is the dark, long-held secret linking these sinister crimes?

      The Dead Room