Local Gone Missing

Author: Fiona Barton

Category: Crime Fiction

Regular price: $13.99

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Deal starts: May 09, 2024

Deal ends: May 09, 2024

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Detective Elise King investigates a man’s disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow.Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective—or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing—the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes.    Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her house cleaner, often knows. She’s an invisible presence in many of the houses in town, but she sees and hears everything.    The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put the town on the map with a weekend music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs. When a man disappears the first night of the festival, Elise starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.

Made to Be Broken

Author: Rebecca Bradley

Category: Crime Fiction

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Deal starts: May 08, 2024

Deal ends: May 08, 2024

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A rising death toll. A city in panic.

When a previously healthy woman is found dead in her home, Detective Inspector Hannah Robbins finds herself set against a father driven by his anger and whose grief knows no bounds.

Six months after their last big case, Hannah is still haunted by the events of that night. As her team struggle, Hannah’s leadership skills are questioned.

With the body count climbing and the city of Nottingham in social meltdown, the team finds themselves in a deadly race against a serial killer determined to prove a point.

And Hannah finds herself targeting an individual with whom she has more in common than she could possibly know.

Brilliantly plotted and fast-paced, download Made to be Broken to go to the heart of a police investigation.

For fans of Angela Marsons and Rob Bryndza.

What early readers are saying about Made To be Broken

'Tense, pacy and emotionally raw. A darkly addictive thriller that will leave you wanting more.' -

Jane Isaac, author of An Unfamiliar Murder and Before It's Too Late.

'Bradley covers grim topics with an honest, authentic and sensitive touch. With astute characterisation and acute attention to detail, this is crime fiction at its raw, gritty best.' -

SJI Holliday author of Black Wood and Willow Walk.

Rebecca Bradley has created a frightening, not to mention, ingenious and original method of getting away with murder. Made To Be Broken is not only a gripping read crackling off the page, but an accurate portrayal of murder investigations. DI Hannah Robbins and her team are put to task in their race to save lives, battling to stop a killer before the city descends into chaos. -

Lisa Cutts, author of Never Forget and Remember Remember

Blood Lies

Author: Andrew Cunningham

Category: Crime Fiction

Regular price: $5.99

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Deal starts: May 07, 2024

Deal ends: May 07, 2024

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Gunned down on a busy Boston street, bestselling mystery author Sabrina Spencer is left clinging to life. Media speculation suggests a deranged fan as the shooter. But was Sabrina really the intended target?For Del Honeycutt, a chilling link emerges between Sabrina’s shooting and that of his father’s murder three years earlier. Discovering that his father was leading a secret life, he digs deeper, and the clues lead Del down a dangerous and deadly path.

Money to Burn

Author: Duane Lindsay

Category: Crime Fiction

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Deal starts: May 07, 2024

Deal ends: May 07, 2024

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WHO YOU GONNA CALL WHENYOUR HEIST GOES WRONG?It should have been the perfect heist. The crooks thought of everything—scoped out a briefcase full of bearer bonds, distracted the driver of its armored car, and used some old-fashioned firepower for gentle persuasion.All neat and tidy except for one thing—there’s nothing in the briefcase but blank paper.Well, they’re not going to take this lying down! They hire private investigator Lou Fleener to get their loot back.Then Lou’s business partners—his feisty wife Cassidy and their brilliant friend Monk—get hired to find the briefcase by its original owners.A once-in-a-lifetime piece of luck! Ethics thrown to the wind, they’re now working both sides of the case, and feeling pretty smug about it. What could be better?Just about anything, it turns out.Pro tip for Fleener first-timers: Prepare for tight turns, steep slopes, and a few inversions—this is a roller coaster read approaching maximum thrill level.Both cozy lovers and hard-boiled aficionados will love it, and be back for more! Especially readers looking for laughs. That’s right—author Lindsay’s also working both sides of the street.Lou and his team’s humorous yet action-packed adventures are sure to please fans of such diverse authors as Donald Westlake, Raymond Chandler, and Lawrence Block in his Burglar mode.

Winter’s Bone

Author: Daniel Woodrell

Category: Crime Fiction

Regular price: $9.99

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Deal starts: May 07, 2024

Deal ends: May 07, 2024

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Daniel Woodrell's modern classic is an unforgettable tale of desperation and courage that inspired the award-winning film starring Jennifer Lawrence.  Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost."The lineage from Faulkner to Woodrell runs as deep and true as an Ozark stream in this book...his most profound and haunting yet." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

Forever and a Day

Author: Anthony Horowitz

Category: Crime Fiction

Regular price: $12.99

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Deal starts: May 07, 2024

Deal ends: May 07, 2024

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A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, Forever and a Day is the story of the birth of a legend in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera that takes the reader to the very beginning of James Bond’s illustrious career and the formation of his identity.M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. “We have no choice. We’re just going to bring forward this other chap you’ve been preparing. But you didn’t tell me his name.”“It’s Bond, sir,” the Chief of Staff replied. “James Bond.”The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time. One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. It’s time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organized crime. It’s time for James Bond to earn his license to kill.