Winterbourne Hall is not safe. Even as Clare and Dorran scramble to secure the ancient building against ravenous hollow ones, they face something far worse: Clare's sister has made contact, but she's trapped, and her oxygen is running out. Hundreds of miles separate Clare from Beth. The land between them is infested with monsters, and the roads are a maze of dead ends. Clare has to choose between making a journey she knows she might not survive, or staying safe in Winterbourne and listening as her sister slowly suffocates. At least, whatever her choice, she’ll have Dorran by her side. And yet there are eyes in the dark. There are whispers in the mist. There is danger lurking in the snow, and one false step could end it all… Views: 44
The stunning new thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride. A village on the edge...As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith's home is falling into the North Sea. But the crumbling headland has revealed what he's got buried in his garden: human remains. A house full of secrets...With the storm still raging, it's too dangerous to retrieve the bodies and waves are devouring the evidence. Which means no one knows how many people Smith's already killed and how many more he'll kill if he can't be found and stopped. An investigator with nothing to lose...The media are baying for blood, the top brass are after a scapegoat, and ex-Detective Inspector Ash Henderson is done playing nice. He's got a killer to catch, and God help anyone who gets in his way. 'Stuart MacBride's deft plotting and whipcrack dialogue, along with a strong sense of place, make The Coffinmaker's Garden a must read. If you like your serial killers with lashings of dark humour, this... Views: 44
'A masterpiece.' Huffington Post.It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North's watchtowers.A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a run-down guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French graphic novelist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape.The two form an uneasy relationship. When she agrees to accompany him on his trips to discover an 'authentic' Korea, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls. But he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows: the gaudy neon lights, the scars of war, the fish market where her mother works. She is pulled into his drawings but troubled by his vision of her – until she strikes upon a way to finally be seen'A punchy first novel.' Guardian'Narrated in... Views: 44
Are you ready to leave 2020 behind and start a new chapter in 2021? If so, there is good news: our God is a God of fresh starts. In Begin Again, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado celebrates God's promise to restore and renew. Max will prepare you for the journey ahead by encouraging you to:Believe in Your Trustworthy GodEnjoy God's Good GiftsGround Yourself in His PromisesInfluence Your WorldNurture an Eternal PerspectiveThis compilation—which also includes original content from Max—assures us of the new possibilities ahead.Take the next step toward hope and renewal. It's never too late to Begin Again. Views: 44
In Margaret Truman's Murder on the Metro, Jon Land's first thrilling addition to the New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series, Robert Brixton uncovers a sinister plot threatening millions of American lives!"A roller coaster of a novel." —David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling authorIsrael: A drone-based terrorist attack kills dozens on a sun-splashed beach in Caesarea.Washington: America awakens to the shattering news that Vice President Stephanie Davenport has died of an apparent heart attack.That same morning, a chance encounter on the Washington Metro results in international private investigator Robert Brixton thwarting an attempted terrorist bombing. Brixton has no reason to suspect that the three incidents have anything in common, until he's contacted by Kendra Rendine, the Secret Service agent who headed up the vice president's security detail. Rendine is convinced the vice president was murdered and needs... Views: 44
The Englishman: a high-octane international thriller from the author of Night Flight to Paris.
Penal Colony No. 74, AKA White Eagle, lies some 600 kilometres north of Yekaterinburg in Russia's Sverdlovskaya Oblast.
Imprisoning the country's most brutal criminals, it is a winter-ravaged hellholeof deathand retribution.
And that's exactly why the Englishman is there.
Six years ago, Raglan was a soldier in the French Foreign Legion engaged in a hard-fought war on the desert border of Mali and Algeria.
Amid black ops teams and competing intelligence agencies, his strike squad was compromised and Raglan himself severely injured.
His war was over, but the deadly aftermath of that day has echoed around the world ever since - the assassination of four Moscow CID officers - kidnap and murder on the suburban streets of West London - the fatal compromise of a long-running MI6 operation.
Raglan can't avoid the shockwaves.
This is personal.
It is up to him to finish it - and it ends in Russia's most notorious penal colony.
But how do you break into a high security prison in the middle of nowhere?
More importantly, how do you get out? Views: 44
