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***BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2021 - THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES***
***CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH - THE TIMES***
'Savage, beautiful, mesmeric...a very special book.' CHRIS WHITAKER, AUTHOR OF WE BEGIN AT THE END
'Extraordinary...a career-defining performance.' THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES
'This is crime writing of the highest quality' DAILY MAIL
SOHO, 1935.
SERGEANT LEON GEATS' PATCH.
A snarling, skull-cracking misanthrope, Geats marshals the grimy rabble according to his own elastic moral code.
The narrow alleys are brimming with jazz bars, bookies, blackshirts, ponces and tarts so when a body is found above the Windmill Club, detectives are content to dismiss the case as just another young woman who topped herself early.
But Geats - a good man prepared to be a bad one if it keeps the worst of them at bay - knows the dark seams of the city.
Working with his former partner, mercenary Flying Squad sergeant Mark Cassar, Geats obsessively dedicates himself to finding a warped killer - a decision that will reverberate for a lifetime and transform both men in ways they could never expect.
'A stirringly ambitious novel that pairs the scope of James Ellroy's LA CONFIDENTIAL with the psychological depth of Graham Greene's BRIGHTON ROCK. Extraordinary.' A. J. FINN
'A tour de force. A brilliant marriage of tension and rich detail.' HARRIET TYCE
'An epic, brutal, blockbuster of a crime novel. It's the best film noir you've never seen complete with a love story that might just rip your heart out.' TREVOR WOOD
'An enthralling tale that takes you into the seamy heart of Soho's past. Written in Nolan's visceral, muscular prose, it is a joy to read.' LESLEY KARA
'A rich, ambitious, masterpiece of a crime novel' OLIVIA KIERNAN
'Poetic and tragic...but also vibrant, with a great depth of world and character' JAMES DELARGY
Praise for Dominic Nolan:
'Nolan is set to become Britain's Michael Connelly' DAILY MAIL
'This powerhouse novel is not for the fragile-hearted...one hell of a debut' HEAT
'A smart, distinctive debut' SUNDAY MIRROR -
Terrifying, thrilling and addictive - the celebrated tale of chilling murder, played out on the bleak, eerie wilds of a West Country moor.
The greatest detective of them all is back... 'Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face'. Death by natural causes? Sherlock Holmes knows that Sir Charles Baskerville's demise was due to no such thing. Was he killed by a phantom hound or is this the work of a calculating murderer? -
Meurtres, disparitions, faux-semblants... un suspense explosif par le maître de nos nuits blanches.
Un ami en danger Une bagarre qui dégénère Un accident À vingt ans, Matt Hunter est devenu un assassin.
Treize ans plus tard, il mène enfin une vie paisible avec la femme qu'il aime, Olivia, enceinte de leur premier enfant. Et puis, un jour, sur son portable, une vidéo d'Olivia dans une chambre d'hôtel en compagnie d'un inconnu.
Le cauchemar recommence. -
Deux aventures de Sherlock Holmes ; two adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
- 12-21
- Bilingues
- 29 Avril 2021
- 9782823883084
Deux nouvelles aventures du plus célèbre détective anglais, Sherlock Holmes, en version bilingue.
La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose :
o une
traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de
nombreuses noteso une
méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les oeuvres d'auteurs étrangers
o une
adaptation en version numérique étudiée, qui offre au lecteur trois manières de découvrir le texte : en version bilingue, en version originale et en version française.
Deux aventures de Sherlock Holmes / Two Adventures of Sherlock Holmes de CONAN DOYLE reprend les nouvelles :
La Bande mouchetée -
The Adventure of the Speckled BandUne jeune femme meurt en évoquant, dans un dernier souffle, une bande mouchetée. Sa soeur fait appel à Sherlock Holmes pour élucider le mystère dans lequel elle se trouve plongée à son tour.
Les Trois Étudiants -
The Three StudentsÀ la veille du concours d'une célèbre université, le directeur des études découvre que le texte d'une épreuve a été copié. Appelé à la rescousse pour sauvegarder l'honneur et la réputation de l'institution, Holmes parviendra-t-il à démasquer le fraudeur ? -
Sherlock Holmes enquête ; Sherlock Holmes investigates
Arthur Conan Doyle
- 12-21
- Bilingues
- 29 Avril 2021
- 9782823883060
Trois nouvelles aventures du plus célèbre détective anglais, Sherlock Holmes, en version bilingue.
La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose :o une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes ;o une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les oeuvres d'auteurs étrangers ;o une adaptation en version numérique étudiée, qui offre au lecteur trois manières de découvrir le texte : en version bilingue, en version originale et en version française.Sherlock Holmes enquête / Sherlock Holmes investigates reprend les trois nouvelles suivantes :Le Mystère du val Boscombe / The Boscombe Valley MysteryLes Cinq Pépins d'orange / The Five Orange PipsLa Pensionnaire voilée / The Veiled Lodger -
THE ADDICTIVE No.1 BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON
OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
THE BOOK THAT DEFINES PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
Who are you?
What have we done to each other?
These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?
'Flynn is a brilliantly accomplished psychological crime writer and this latest book is so dark, so twisted and so utterly compelling that it actually messes with your mind' DAILY MAIL
'A near-masterpiece. Flynn is an extraordinary writer who, with every sentence, makes words do things that other writers merely dream of' SOPHIE HANNAH, Sunday Express
'You think you're reading a good, conventional thriller and then it grows into a fascinating portrait of one averagely mismatched relationship...Nothing's as it seems - Flynn is a fabulous plotter, and a very sharp observer of modern life in the aftermath of the credit crunch' THE TIMES
'One of the most popular thrillers of the year is also one of the smartest... Flynn's book cleverly outpaces its neo-noir trappings and consistently surprises the reader.' FINANCIAL TIMES -
'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read' TIMES
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Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days - as he has done before - and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.
But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives - so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him.
And when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before . . .
A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, The Silkworm is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant Robin Ellacott.
*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! ***
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PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:
'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK BILLINGHAM
'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES
'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER
'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS -
THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON
'Eerily macabre... Wonderful' Guardian
'A nerve-fraying thriller' New York Times
'Every bit as horribly fascinating as In Cold Blood' Daily Mail
Libby Day was seven when her family was murdered: she survived by hiding in a closet - and famously testified that her older brother Ben was the killer.
Twenty-five years later the Kill Club - a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes - gets in touch with Libby to try to discover proof that may free Ben. Almost broke, Libby agrees to go back to her hometown to investigate - for a fee.
But when Libby's search uncovers an unimaginable truth, she finds herself right back where she started: on the run from a killer.
THE ORIGINAL #1 BESTSELLER, BY THE AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL
'I would rather read her than just about any other crime writer' Kate Atkinson
'Gillian Flynn is the real deal: a sharp, acerbic and compelling storyteller' Stephen King
'An extraordinarily good writer' Observer -
'Deliriously clever' GUARDIAN
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Now a major BBC drama: The Strike series
When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.
Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.
With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them...
A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives. You will not be able to put this book down.
*** The latest book in the thrilling Strike series, TROUBLED BLOOD, is out now! ***
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PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE SERIES:
'One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years' MARK BILLINGHAM
'The work of a master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Unputdownable. . . Irresistible' SUNDAY TIMES
'Will keep you up all night' OBSERVER
'A thoroughly enjoyable classic' PETER JAMES, SUNDAY EXPRESS -
Il vit à Londres, au 221B Baker Street, à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle. Il a des idées un peu bizarres... Il se passionne pour certaines branches de la science. Il est assez calé en anatomie, est un chimiste de premier ordre qui, malgré des études très décousues et excentriques, a ammassé des tas de connaissances peu ordinaires. Il n'est pas aisé de le faire parler, bien qu'il puisse être assez expansif quand l'envie lui en prend. Il joue du violon. Il a un métier : dénouer les énigmes étranges auxquelles il est le seul à pouvoir apporter une solution. Il a un défaut : il affectionne les drogues. Il a un ami : le docteur Watson, témoin et narrateur de ses aventures. Son créateur, Arthur Conan Doyle, a inventé le roman policier moderne. Il s'appelle Sherlock Holmes.
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The star of JUSTIFIED returns in a stunning new novel from 'the greatest crime writer who ever lived' [Dennis Lehane].
US Marshal Raylan Givens, star of the series JUSTIFIED, and protagonist of RIDING THE RAP, PRONTO and the story 'Fire in the Hole', is back in action, this time with a federal warrant to serve on a dope dealer named Angel Arenas, a man 'born in the U.S. but a hundred percent of him Hispanic'. The state troopers are impressed when the marshal struts into the convict's hotel room without drawing his gun, but Raylan soon finds that Angel's already been the victim of another crime, one that's way bigger than a few pot plants, and clearly the work of a professional ...
RAYLAN shows Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, as we follow one of his favourite protagonists through a series of adventures with unlikely villains. As ever, the work is filled with unexpected twists and the most vibrant, crackling dialogue currently available in the English language. -
Le problème final ; the final problem
Arthur Conan Doyle
- 12-21
- Bilingues
- 29 Avril 2021
- 9782823883053
Trois nouvelles aventures du plus célèbre détective anglais, Sherlock Holmes, en version bilingue. La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose :
o une
traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de
nombreuses noteso une
méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les oeuvres d'auteurs étrangers
o une
adaptation en version numérique étudiée, qui offre au lecteur trois manières de découvrir le texte : en version bilingue, en version originale et en version française.
The Musgrave Ritual /Le rituel des Musgrave
Que cache le mystérieux comportement du maître d'hôtel d'une des plus vieilles familles du Royaume-Uni, dans un manoir du Sussex ? Un document étrange permettra-t-il de résoudre l'énigme ?The Final Problem/ Le problème final
L'affrontement final de Sherlock Holmes avec son mortel ennemi, le Professeur Moriarty, et sa disparition (souhaitée par Conan Doyle...) au fond d'un précipice alpin. Sous la pression de l'opinion publique indignée, il devra consentir à le ressusciter, et Holmes réapparaîtra dans la nouvelle qui suit.The Adventure of the Empty House/ L'aventure de la maison vide.
Le mystère de la mort d'un jeune aristocrate londonien, dont le corps a été découvert dans une pièce fermée à clé de l'intérieur, défraie la chronique mondaine. Le piège monté par Sherlock Holmes se refermera-t-il sur le coupable ? -
A case reeking of scandal before the body is even cold...
Half Moon Street is the twentieth crime novel in the bestselling Thomas Pitt mystery series, by the master storyteller of Victorian society, Anne Perry. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Sarah Perry.
'A splendidly plotted yarn' - Publishers Weekly
For Superintendent Thomas Pitt, the sight of the dead man riding the morning tide of the Thames is unforgettable. He lies in a battered punt drifting through the morning mist, his arms and legs chained to the boat's sides. He is clad in a torn green gown and flowers bestrew his battered body.
Pitt's determined search for answers to the victim's identity leads him deep into London's bohemia - to the theatre where beautiful Cecily Antrim is outraging society with her bold portrayal of a modern woman - and into studios where masters of light and shadow are experimenting with the fascinating new art of photography. But only Pitt's most relentless pursuit enables him to identify the wildfire passions raging through this tragedy of good and evil, to hunt down the guilty and protect the
innocent.
What readers are saying about Half Moon Street:
'I found the plot suspenseful and fascinating'
'Half Moon Street is cleverly plotted and comes to a satisfying and surprising conclusion'
'Five stars -
The New York Times bestselling author of Be Cool and Get Shorty
When someone delivers an alligator to Judge Bob Gibbs' porch, there's no shortage of suspects - hard-sentencing, womanising redneck 'Maximum Bob' is pretty much the most unpopular man in Florida.
Throw into the mix the Crowe clan - about as primitive and aggressive as any alligator - a doped-up doctor on early release with a tag, quick-witted probation officer Kathy Baker, a mermaid and a long-dead slave girl called Wanda, and things get a tad complicated. And inevitably, they don't work out the way you might expect... -
FROM THE CREATOR OF DOWNTON ABBEY and THE GILDED AGE
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'A gloriously funny ride through modern times' Evening Standard
Damian Baxter is very, very rich. But he has but one concern, which is becoming more urgent at the weeks go by: who should inherit his fortune.
A letter from an ex-girlfriend suggests that, as a young man, Damian may have fathered a child, but the letter is anonymous.
Finding the truth will not be easy - and the only man who Damian can turn to for help also happens to be his sworn enemy...
'A must-read' Sunday Express
'An elegant satire, it offers an entertaining commentary on our times and a heartfelt lament for a kinder, more courteous Britain' Tatler
'A witty take on the world as it was and is now' Woman & Home -
'Mr Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim of a murderous assault this morning which has left him in a precarious position'. Dr Watson stops dead in his tracks when he reads of the attempt on his friend's life. The forces of nature turn against man, love breeds hatred and cowardice, mothers appear to attack their own children, and Sherlock Holmes, the one man who can redress the balance, seemingly lies at death's door ... When an assassination attempt is made on the great detective's life it seems that no one can escape the death and dread which blights Britain...
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When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils. . . Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
A big novel about a small town, THE CASUAL VACANCY is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other. -
Treachery and ambition collide with devastating consequences...
With a traitor among his ranks, Pitt has a difficult case on his hands in Dorchester Terrace, the twenty-seventh novel in Anne Perry's Thomas Pitt mystery series. Perfect for fans of C. J. Samson and Ann Granger.
'The always clever Anne Perry infuses Dorchester Terrace with the right amount of intrigue and complex relationships that have made this prolific series one of the finest in modern mystery fiction' - Bookreporter
1896. Newly promoted to Head of Special Branch, Thomas Pitt is forced to face the danger his new position brings when he uncovers the work of a traitor in his department. Not knowing who to trust, he must unmask the conspirator, whist simultaneously protecting a suspected target, Austrian state visitor Duke Alois.
Meanwhile, Victor Narraway is investigating the mysterious death of Serafina Monserrat. Once the holder of many sensitive, political secrets, Serafina had suffered from dementia in her later years and Narraway is unsure whether what he has uncovered is the confused ramblings of an old woman, or a catastrophic plot which could trigger a major international war.
As the two investigations come ever closer it is clear that bluff and double-bluff are at play. When Pitt finally comes face to face with the suspected traitor will he, knowing the fate of the world is at stake, find the strength to stop the man by any means necessary?
What readers are saying about Dorchester Terrace:
'Ms. Perry's attention to period detail is astonishing'
'Good tension and suspense with a very good twist which catches both the reader, and the protagonist, unawares'
'As always, the setting is perfect, the plot is interesting and the story is conducted with a sure hand -
A collection of gripping cases that culminates in the most shocking of all - the notorious, fatal encounter between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.
'He is the Napoleon of Crime...He is the organiser of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city'. A man like Sherlock Holmes has many enemies. Violent murderers, deviant villains, ghosts of old loves, blackmailers and poisonous scribes, to to name but a few. But none are so deadly, so powerful, as Professor Moriarty. Moriarty - the only man who can compete with Holmes' genius. The only man who can, perhaps, ultimately defeat the great detective ... -
'Riveting! Bussi spins psychological suspense at its finest with this consuming tale of one child, two families, and the dark secrets that define us all. Clear your schedule; this book is worth it!' - Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Crash & Burn and Find Her
On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie?
Eighteen years later, having failed to discover the truth, private detective Crédule Grand-Duc plans to take his own life, but not before placing an account of his investigation in the girl's hands. But, as he sits at his desk about to pull the trigger, he uncovers a secret that changes everything - then is killed before he can breathe a word of it to anyone . . . -
Eine Bedrohung hängt über der Untersuchung...
Der Capitaine Paul Capitaine, Mitglied der Elysée-Sondereinsatzgruppe, muss sich disziplinarischen Maßnahmen beugen und wird in seine Geburtsstadt Quimper strafversetzt.
Bei der Rückkehr zu den Wurzeln seiner Kindheit wird seine Geduld jedoch hart auf die Probe gestellt. Von Anfang an geraten sein Vorgesetzter und er aneinander. Eine Ermittlung soll vorschnell abgeschlossen werden, und bei einem ungeklärten Brand in einem illegal besetzten Haus der Altstadt von Quimper sind Obdachlose zu Tode gekommen Doch je heißer die Spur, desto mehr werden Paul Capitaine, der zum starrkpfigsten Schlag der Bretonen gehrt, und alle, die ihm bei den Ermittlungen zur Hand gehen, konspirativ in die Zange genommen
Genießen Sie den ersten Band der Ermittlungen des Capitaine Paul Capitaine !
AUSZUG
- [] Fast hätte ich unsere Nummer 007 mit seinem James-Bond-Girl vergessen. Da wäre noch die Geheimakte der drei Penner, die in ihrem selbst abgefackelten, besetzten Haus verbrannt sind. Tragt mir alle Informationen zusammen. Ich will die Ermittlung abschließen, der Gerichtsmediziner hat den Abschlussbericht bereits unterschrieben. Auf Fabiens Büro liegt der Polizeibericht der Blauen, die als erste an den Brandort gekommen sind. Ihr seht also, keine allzu komplizierte Aufgabe. Der Staatsanwalt erwartet, dass wir ihm in dieser Angelegenheit grünes Licht erteilen - dann wird die Sache ohne besonderes Ermittlungsverfahren abgeschlossen. Jetzt aber los, und ein bisschen dalli, dann knnen wir uns bald um andere Dinge kümmern. Noch Fragen? Keine,sehr gut! Dann an die Arbeit! Ach so, RMC, du bleibst natürlich hier vor deiner Maschine! Auch wenn du Videospiele spielst, ist mir das vollkommen wurscht, Hauptsache, du lässt uns in Ruhe!»
Wenn ich mich nicht im Griff gehabt hätte, hätte ich mit den Fäusten auf ihn losgehen knnen, so sehr ging mir das Gebärdenspiel dieses lächerlichen Zwergmatadors der Mordkommission inzwischen auf die Nerven. Aus diesem Grund war ich jedoch nicht hierher abbestellt worden!
ÜBER DEN AUTOR
Bernard LARHANT wurde 1955 in Quimper geboren und übt einen ganz besonderen Beruf aus: Er ist Worträtselerfinder. Während sein erster Roman in der südwestfranzsischen Aquitaine spielt, schreibt Bernard Larhant seither Bretagne-Krimis: der Capitaine de Police Paul Capitaine und seine Tochter Sarah ermitteln. Quimper - Flammende Bedrohung ist der erste Fall des schwungvollen Ermittler-Teams, das seinen Spürsinn bereits in zahlreichen Werken bewiesen hat. Bernard Larhant zählt zu den meist gelesenen Autoren der bretonischen Kriminalromane. -
A dead body shatters the tranquillity of a Cotswold village...
Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter are put to work after the discovery of a dead body in a cosy Cotswold village. Ann Granger's second Campbell and Carter mystery, Rack, Ruin and Murder, will enthral fans of Rebecca Tope, Agatha Christie and ITV's Midsomer Murders.
'She is on to another winner' - Birmingham Post
When old Monty Bickerstaffe finds a dead body in his drawing room it comes as a nasty surprise - the first of many. Monty lives alone in a crumbling Cotswold manor house and the last thing he wants is the police sniffing around his property. Not that he has anything to hide...
The identity of the corpse and how and why it was left in Monty's home remain a mystery. The locals swear they've seen nothing unusual and Monty's relatives claim they've never set eyes on the stiff before. But Inspector Jess Campbell is convinced that someone's lying and, with the help of Superintendent Ian Carter, she must dig deep into Monty's family history to reveal the shocking truth...
What readers are saying about Rack, Ruin and Murder:
'The book contains humour, intrigue, poignancy and the entire story is one which is easily followed'
'Ann Granger's best ever murder mystery with a brilliant ending of unguessable twists and turns - unputdownable'
'A great follow up to the first book in this series. The descriptions made you feel like you were there -
The tenth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham.
'Billingham's most desperately gripping read yet' Daily Mirror
Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagents on her way to work. It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but she is about to come face to face with a gunman.
The hostage-taker is desperate to know what happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody. By holding Helen at gunpoint, he will force a re-investigation into his son's death. And one man knows the case better than any other - DI Tom Thorne.
As the body count rises, Thorne must race against time to bring a killer to justice and save a young mother's life.
Taking place over three action-packed days, this is the fastest and most surprising Thorne thriller yet from Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham.
'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The Times
'A new Mark Billingham is always a treat' Susie Steiner
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The outstanding new Tom Thorne thriller, THEIR LITTLE SECRET, is out now! -
Crime in the Cotswolds just got deadly...
Ann Granger introduces Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter in Mud, Muck and Dead Things, the first cosy Cotswolds crime novel in the Campbell and Carter mystery series. The perfect read for fans of Faith Martin, Agatha Christie and ITV's Midsomer Murders.
'The reader can expect a treat. Lively, different and fun' - Yorkshire Post
Lucas Burton hates the countryside. To him it's nothing but mud, muck and dead things. And he's right. When he turns up at a deserted farm in the middle of nowhere hoping to conduct a business deal, he stumbles across the body of a girl. And that's just the start of his bad luck: Penny Gower from the local stables has spotted his silver Mercedes leaving the scene of the crime. Suddenly, for Lucas, things are looking very bleak indeed.
Inspector Jess Campbell is on the case, but with few leads and a new superintendent, Ian Carter, breathing down her neck, she's beginning to feel the pressure. Then another dead body is found . . .
What readers are saying about Mud, Muck and Dead Things:
'A good, easy read for when one wants no demands - just to savour and enjoy'
'The characters are, as usual well-rounded, believable and interesting, and the plot is multi-faceted to keep the reader turning pages'
'This is in the classic whodunit style about a small group of suspects and lots of clues along the way without too much gory detail. A well-crafted story