Six Gripping New Crime Thrillers
New crime capers you need to read
A Gift Before Dying
Malcolm Kempt
After an investigation gone wrong, Sergeant Elderick Cole is exiled to a remote location in the Arctic Circle. But things take a sinister turn when a local girl turns up dead, and together with the girl’s brother, Cole seeks to solve the death and redeem himself.
A Killer in Paradise
Tom Hindle
Five old friends are invited to the launch of a luxury hotel in Costa Rica. When a body is discovered at the event, old rivalries and suspicions surface as the group must reckon with the consequences their last trip together – which ended in disaster.
The Truth About Ruby Cooper
Liz Nugent
An idyllic childhood spent in a close knit church community in Boston is shattered for sisters Ruby and Erin when something unthinkable happens. As the years march on, the consequences reverberate through the sisters’ lives, and they realise that the past can’t stay secret forever.
The Family Friend
Claire Douglas
Imogen has just been told she’s to inherit a country house near Bath, which comes as a shock given the only time she met the owner was more than a decade ago and the meeting ended in disaster. But when rumours begin to swirl that the owner was murdered, Imogen begins to suspect she has been lured to the home for a purpose.
Based on a True Story
Sarah Vaughan
The night before her 70th birthday celebrations, a beloved children’s author receives an email threatening to expose a secret she’s kept for years. Each gathered family member has plenty of motive – her estranged ex-husband, her three daughters with claims to her publishing empire, even her old literary agent. Can she discover the truth before it’s too late.
Whatever Happened to Madeline Stone?
Louise O’Neill
When beaten by her twin sister for the role of a lifetime, Madeline Stone disappears. Heartbroken, her sister Chelsea steps out of the spotlight for decades, but when a storage unit containing truths about Maddie’s disappearance is unlocked, Chelsea must step back into the public eye to discover what happened.
