No.13 Liangqian Hutong in Beiping was inhabited by Qian Dahu's family during the Ming Guo era. One gruesome night, all 13 members of the family, old and young, were slaughtered and dismembered, their bodies found without heads. The spine-chilling and myst

A crossed telephone wire causes a call from the President of the United States to his Ambassador in London to be overheard by geologist Tom Bartlett. Tom, preoccupied with thoughts of the conference he is to attend in Israel, puts the incident from his mind, unaware that he might not have been the only person listening in... He has not been in Tel Aviv a day, however, before the first attempt is made on his life. As Arab, Israeli, Russian and American...

In California's Silicon Valley, even a children's playgroup can be a place for power-brokering, innovation, and cut-throat competition. In Oak Valley, a wealthy suburb of Silicon Valley, Alex Drake runs the playgroup in town. Even in a place where it seems like everyone has a multi-million dollar bank account or has a company that is about to go public, Alex appears to have it all: a delightful daughter, a handsome, adoring husband, model-like beauty,...

High-flying lawyer Jay Wells has it all. A successful career, a loving husband Tom, and a family she adores. But one case, and one client, will put all that at risk. Edward Blake. An ordinary life turned upside down or a man who quietly watched television while his wife was murdered upstairs? With more questions than answers and a case too knotted to unravel, Jay suspects he's protecting someone. Then she comes home one day and her husband utters...

In 1948, before the collapse of the Kuomingtang, a secret party by the name of the Plum Blossom was set up with the goal of infiltrating the government and waiting for an opportunity to rise. Long Fei, an agent of the KMT planned a secret rendezvous with

In Sedona's red rock canyons, a former reporter must piece together her shattered memories in time to stop a killer in this cat-and-mouse thriller, perfect for fans of CJ Box and Anne Hillerman. After a disastrous mistake ended her career as a crime reporter, Del Cooper returns to Sedona and takes a gig with a down-on-its-luck tour company while she rebuilds her life. Her peaceful small-town escape ends when, hiking in a remote red rock canyon, she...

CHRIS WHITAKER, bestselling author of * In the picturesque village of Kibblesworth, DI Tom Stonem is dreaming of a quiet Christmas alone. But in the shadow of the Angel of the North, a body lies waiting. The dead man is posed with a child's Christmas list in his pocket, and the first mysterious item – – is crossed off. When a second body is found – a woman, stabbed in the abdomen after her work Christmas do – Stonem is convinced there's a...

A tragic past… Consummate adventurer Jeremy Spade arranges 'life-changing trips' in the deserts, mountains and jungles of Asia. His firm lets the world's richest experience the world's wildest parts, all from the comfort of an air-conditioned tent with a Michelin-class chef on call. After growing up in the US foster care system, Jeremy is fascinated and repelled by the billionaires. So he never suspects his own life will be changed by one of them....

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark, hard-boiled. There are those who call it home - crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some seek revenge, others lust for redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both in a universe of unlikely heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

A thrilling and dark modern-day fairy tale starring newcomer Jessie Buckley in a breakout role that critics are calling "a star-making performance" (Entertainment Weekly).