Graham Hurley is renowned for his compelling crime novels, often drawing inspiration from his upbringing in a seaside town. His work is characterized by a sharp eye for the darker aspects of life, meticulously crafted characters, and gripping plots that keep readers on the edge of their seats. Hurley's talent for evoking atmosphere and delving into the psychological depths of his characters solidifies his status as a significant voice in crime fiction.
Actress Enora Andressen is facing the perfect storm, and she needs good news. It arrives in the shape of a fascinating idea from her favourite French director, based on Flixcombe Manor's role during the Second World War. But the tonic soon turns sour when Enora is drawn into the project, with chilling consequences.
The new thriller from Graham Hurley set against the final stages of the Second World War.
The gripping new novel in Graham Hurley's critically acclaimed Spoils of War collection of thrillers set during the key events of World War II and related conflicts.
A journalist at the Minisitry of Propaganda falls foul of the Nazi elite and begins a terrifying descent into the hell of Stalingrad as the Russians encircle the city.
When Hayden Prentice, father to actress Enora Andresson's son, Malo, becomes infectious with Covid-19, he insists on being treated at a rented apartment in Southsea. Hayden's plan to pay the huge sums needed for his ongoing medical care, and an enemy intent on killing him when he's at his most vulnerable, plunge Enora into danger once again.
Graham Hurley's World War II thriller charts the shadowy and often lethal pas de deux between rival Allied and German intelligence services during World War II.
In Graham Hurley's historical thriller, ex-marine Tam Moncrieff must take desperate steps if war is to be avoided.
On 2nd August 1990, Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait City. The invasion provoked international condemnation and the assembly of the largest task force since D-Day. Yet for two months the huge allied army did nothing. This novel looks at these months and what happened back in New York.
The government is running scared—the Sabbathman is killing the people who have gained the most from their policies. His message is You have ruined this country. None of you are safe. As the public warm to the killer, MI5 are called in to stop him.
The cost of peace is high in Graham Hurley's World War II thriller.
A thriller set against one of the most horrific scenes in the Second World War.
Two crimes, two tangles of emotions and thwarted love...From the author of BEYOND REACH.
The new action thriller from Graham Hurley set against the Dieppe campaign of World War Two.
Newly appointed to the Major Crimes Team, DI Joe Faraday investigates the brutal murder of a local prison officer, Sean Coughlin—and begins to build a disturbing picture of the dead man’s life. With few friends and many enemies, Coughlin appears to have been a murder waiting to happen. Was the killer a recently released prisoner with a homicidal grudge? Or do the clues lead to Coughlin’s past? Deadlight forces Joe Faraday to step outside the investigative process and explore a wider violence—not just the darkness cast by an evil man, but the ever-deepening shadows of a half-forgotten war.
Portsmouth's major drug dealer's time is up. For years Bazza Mackenzie has made millions selling cocaine and heroin into the streets of Portsmouth. He's laundered the money and on the surface at least is one of Hampshire's great and the good. The police have had enough and a year long undercover operation is set up to trap Mackenzie. But when one of the investigation's leading lights is run over and put in hospital Joe Faraday is drafted in to wrap things up. It should be a dream job but Joe fears someone will move in to fill the vacuum when Bazza is gone. Bazza seems to be one step ahead of the investigation at every turn in any case. And then Faraday's son J-J is arrested. He faces a manslaughter charge for supplying drugs to an addict who has subsequently overdosed...
Enora Andressen's wayward son Malo has received a ransom demand for the return of his girlfriend. But how far can a mother trust her son? With the help of Hayden Prentice, Malo's father, Enora hunts for the truth. It takes her deep into the world of drug dealing, where the sums of money at stake are dizzying and a human life counts for nothing...
A brutal hit-and-run killing opens the path to another 25-year-old crime.A young couple are mown down in a hit-and-run incident. The girl is badly injured, the boy dies on the way to hospital. According to the sole witness the boy was in the middle of the road giving the approaching car the finger. Operation Melody is launched with DI Faraday at the helm. It reveals a mother driven to desperation by the attacks on her son—and a link to a terrible crime from the early 1980s that the victim does not want investigated. The investigation will rip apart a happy family, but the high-ups are desperate for their cold cases to be cleared up, whatever the cost. And round it all circles ex-DC Paul Winter, who has his own reasons for keeping the lid on an old crime.
A missing doctor with a long list of aggrieved patients leads to a complicated case for DI Faraday.
Operation Finisterre - a last-ditch Nazi plan to bring the allies to the negotiating table - is centre stage in Graham Hurley's blockbuster World War II thriller.
Why did a young girl fall to her death from a tower block? And is there a connection with a boy captured on the block's CCTV? DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry.
Carrie Tollman awakes in the night to an intruder gazing down at her. He seems crazy. He tells her he's killed before and he'll kill again. Carrie is one of two carers looking after Enora Andressen's favorite scriptwriter. But Pavel is now paralysed, as well as blind, and it falls to Enora to track down this terrifying presence at Carrie's bedside.
Portsmouth is a city on the ropes. It has the highest volume of cases going through the Crown Courts of anywhere in England. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday.
The discovery of a headless corpse on the rocks below the cliffs on the Isle of Wight is only the beginning of a journey for DI Joe Faraday. It's a journey which takes him right to the heart of the grim trade in human cargo from the crippled societies of the Balkans. From cheap labour to prostitution, Portsmouth, like every other city in the UK is home to untold human misery; a black economy built on illegal immigration. Joe Faraday is determined to find the real criminals that lie behind the tabloid hysteria. DC Paul Winter on the other hand is determined only to find a way out of the disciplinary action that threatens his entire career. A burgeoning relationship with a young prostitute isn't exactly helping his cause. And for Winter, it's beginning to look as if time is running out ...
Actress Enora Andressen is catching up with her ex-neighbour, Evelyn Warlock, who is loving her recent retirement to Budleigh Salterton . . . until the September evening when her neighbour disappears. What Enora discovers over the anguished months to come will put sleepy Budleigh Salterton on the front page of every newspaper in the land . . .
Actress Enora Andresson has a brain tumour that could kill her, she's struggling with the wreckage of her marriage and has a strained relationship with her son. When investigative journalist Mitch Culligan on her doorstep, asking for her help, she is thrown into danger... and must confront her past while facing an uncertain future.
When Ellie's husband is killed in an accident her world falls apart. Her husband's company is in debt and, in order to keep it going, she must learn to fly the World War II fighter plane it was built around. She must also find answers to the questions of what really lies behind her husband's death.
Válka v Zálivu skončila. Kuvajt je osvobozen za cenu minimálních spojeneckých ztrát. Zatímco Západ oslavuje svoje vítězství, jeden muž začíná pochybovat. Jak to, že spojenecké ztráty byly tak malé? Novinář Wesley Keogh na tomto tématu pracuje deset roků. Válka v Zálivu byla možná vybojována podle scénáře předem dohodnutého mezi americkým prezidentem Georgem Busem a iráckým diktátorem Saddámem Husajnem. Nejskvělejší hodina Západu může být největším podvodem v dějinách. Keoghje smrtelně nemocný, má AIDS, a líčení, na kterém pracuje a které zasáhne srdce svobodného světa, se má stát jeho odkazem. Zpravodajské agentury na obou stranách Atlantiku bijí na poplach a začínají být nervózní. Mladá agentka britské MI5 Sarah Moretonová je vyslána, aby se s novinářem spřátelila a zjistila, co všechno ví. Vržena do světa plného chladných kalkulací, podivné loajality a fatálních tajemství, Sarah zjišťuje, že za přátelství se platí vysoká a hrozná cena. Pro ni a pro Wesleyho už nikdy nebude nic takové, jako bylo dříve…
