Troubled criminal profiler Dr Tony Hill may have problems of his own but when Bradfield CID need him, he's the best they've got. While the police sometimes view him with the same suspicion as some of their suspects, DCI Carol Jordan is one of the few who appreciates his unique talents. For Tony, the feeling is more than mutual. Both have survived horrifying ordeals of their own. In BENEATH THE BLEEDING they must risk them again. As the two return to duty, it's Val McDermid at her terrifying best.
STAYING AT DAISY'S from Sunday Times bestselling author Jill Mansell is essential reading if you love the novels of Cathy Kelly and Milly Johnson. Daisy MacLean runs the country house hotel owned by her flamboyant father, Hector. When she hears who's about to get married there, she isn't worried at all - her friend Tara absolutely promises there won't be any trouble between her and ex-boyfriend Dominic, whom she hasn't seen for years. But Dominic has other ideas... Meanwhile, Hector's getting up to all sorts with...well, that's the village's best kept secret. And then Barney turns up, with a little something belonging to the husband Daisy's been doing her best to forget. That's the thing about hotels, you never know who you're going to meet. Or whether they're going to stay... What readers are saying about Staying at Daisy's: 'Once again Jill Mansell manages to capture the hearts of her audience with loveable, true to life characters' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars 'A light, fun read that will keep you hooked for hours' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'Hilarious, romantic and addictive. I loved all of the characters and all of the storylines. I cannot fault anything about it' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
Past and present intertwine in this brilliant exploration of loyalty and greed from bestselling mistress of suspense Val McDermid. Fife, Scotland, 1984. Mick Prentice abandons his family at the height of a politically charged national miners' strike to join the strikebreakers down south. Despised and disowned by friends and relatives, he is not reported missing until twenty-three years later. Fife, Scotland, 1985. Kidnapped heiress Catriona Maclennan Grant is killed and her baby son vanishes when the ransom payoff goes horribly wrong. In 2008, a tourist in Tuscany stumbles upon dramatic new evidence that reopens the investigation. Already immersed in the Prentice affair, Detective Karen Pirie, newly appointed head of the Cold Case Review Team, wants to make her mark with this second unsolved 1980s mystery. But two decades' worth of secrets are leading Pirie into a dark domain of violence and betrayal—a place darker than any she has previously entered.
It's a time-honoured tradition that the best crime writers seek to stretch their literary muscles beyond the constraints of their genre. Val McDermid embraces this challenge in her ambitious narrative. A corpse adorned with bizarre tattoos is discovered in the Lake District, capturing the attention of Wordsworth expert Jane Gresham. As she investigates, she becomes entangled in a mystery linked to the Pitcairn Massacre and the mutiny on the Bounty. Could Fletcher Christian, the leader of the rebellion against Captain Bligh, have faked his death and returned to England? Jane connects the tattooed body to sailors from the South Seas, raising the possibility that it might be Christian's remains. Complicating matters, a young girl Jane has tried to help becomes a murder suspect, prompting Jane to track her down in the Lakes. Meanwhile, Jane pursues a Wordsworth manuscript that may contain Fletcher Christian's confession, all while being pursued by an ex-lover with similar intentions. McDermid's narrative is rich with incident, character, and color, enhanced by sections from the Fletcher Christian document, marking a significant departure from her earlier works. She skillfully weaves together multiple strands, showcasing her literary prowess.
When Charlie Flint is sent a mysterious package of cuttings about a brutal murder, it instantly grabs her attention. The murder occurred in the grounds of her old Oxford college - a groom battered to death just hours after his wedding. As his bride and wedding guests sipped champagne, his alleged killers were slipping his bloodstained body into the river. Charlie doesn't know who sent the package, or why, yet she can't get the crime out of her head. But as she delves deeper, and steps back into the mysterious world of Oxford colleges, she realises that there is much more to this crime than meets the eye...
Misdaadjournaliste Bailey Weggins is hard aan rust toe. Een vriendin van haar moeder die een beauty-farm in Massachusetts runt, heeft haar al tijden geleden een geheel verzorgd weekend aangeboden, en eindelijk maakt Bailey daar gebruik van. Veel tijd om te rusten krijgt ze niet want in de beauty-farm wordt een masseuse vermoord. Bailey komt meteen in actie. Ze zal snel moeten uitzoeken wie de moordenaar is, voordat er meer doden vallen...
