Twenty years ago, a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl named Corrine Woodrow was convicted of murdering one of her classmates. But now new forensic evidence indicates that Corrine didn't act alone, and Sean Ward - a private investigator whose promising career in the Met was cut short by a teenage drug dealer with an automatic weapon - travels to the seaside town of Ernemouth, to try to discover what really happened all those years ago. But he quickly realises that what's ultimately at stake is not Corrine's reputation, but those of the people who ran the place then - and still run it now. In order to get to the truth, he has to take on not just retired Detective Inspector Len Rivett - the man who headed up the original case and wants to keep it firmly closed -- but also the mindset of an entire town that has always known how to look after its own.Review"'Unsworth's best yet, as sharp as vinegar on chips' (FT) 'A serious talent... she has brilliantly captured that desperate sense of teenage boredom, isolation, danger and mayhem' (Daily Mirror) 'A creepy, credible page-turner that delights and disturbs' (Metro) 'A great, page-turning read. The sense of place... is spot on. I think the whole package works beautifully: memory traces, bad magic, sounds, smells' (Iain Sinclair)" About the AuthorCathi Unsworth began a career in journalism at ninetten on the music weekly Sounds, and has since worked on for many music, arts, film and alternative lifestyle journals. She is the author of three other novels, The Not Knowing [9781852428921], The Singer [9781846686405] and Bad Penny Blues [9781846686788], and the editor of the award-winning crime compendium London Noir, all published by Serpent's Tail. She lives in London. Views: 43
Heather's new career in banking wasn't supposed to include workplace relationships, and especially not with high flying executives. Trouble is that for her relationships are like buses: she waits for ages then two come along at once . . . Views: 43
Arcturus Crime Classics showcase unjustly neglected works by great writers from the 1930s—the so-called golden age of crime writing—through to the 1970s. From conventional whodunnits to slick thrillers, the series encompasses every facet of this ever-popular genre. Wealthy industrialist Charles Collison is found bludgeoned to death shortly after his son, Geoffrey, and nephew, Arthur Cross, return from World War II. As the principal beneficiaries of Charles’ will, both men are suspects. Inspector James, called in to investigate, thinks he knows which of them is guilty. Views: 43
An overworked sheriff and a string of condo burglaries at a luxurious
ski resort have Lt. Joe Gunther and the newly-minted Vermont Bureau of
Investigation digging deep for clues. But it doesnt take long for Joe to
find the most likely thief missingand his girlfriend dead. As the
complications mount, from drug dealing to environmental terrorism to
attempted murder, Joe and his team go undercover to infiltrate the
closed society of a one-company town, populated by bored millionaires
and supported by a small legion of resort employees, not all of whom are
what they seem. Views: 43
In 2019, the AIs went to war. Millions died before a nuclear holocaust brought an end to their brief reign of terror. Billions more succumbed to radiation poisoning, disease, and the chaotic violence of that apocalypse. Some survived. They rebuilt. Twenty years later, civilisation is a dim shadow of its former self. Crime is on the rise.During the investigation of a routine homicide, Police Officer Ruth Deering prevents a group, claiming to be Luddites, from destroying the telegraph. This act of sabotage is only the beginning. As arrests are made and criminals are caught, evidence emerges that the saboteurs are connected to the AIs, the counterfeiting, and to the assassination. The shadowy figure behind the conspiracy must be unmasked before their fragile democracy is destroyed. Views: 43
Fancy a good mystery? Dive into this Sherlock Holmes tale from the pen of the master, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Drawn from Doyle's last collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans centers on a set of secret blueprints for a state-of-the-art underwater vessel—and the identity of the man who was carrying them when he fell to his death from a moving train. A must-read for fans of classic detective fiction Views: 42
