Child Crimes

*The Irish Times No. 1 bestseller* *A Sunday Times best crime fiction of the year selection* 'One of the greatest twists I've ever read' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD 'An addictive, immersive, incredibly poignant page-turner ' ANDREA MARA It's every parent's worst nightmare. But there's no waking up...

From the dark imagination of New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Kraus - co-author with Guillermo del Toro of THE SHAPE OF WATER (which as a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture) - comes a Halloween crime story that's like nothing you've ever heard before. WHEN TRICK OR TREAT...

On the first warm day of spring, in a seemingly unprovoked attack, a young mother is stabbed. At the same time, her five-year-old daughter is snatched. As part of the Violent Crimes Taskforce, DI Erica Swift and her team are assigned with finding the person responsible for the stabbing and to locate the missing child. But as Erica digs deeper, she uncovers a disturbing motive behind the attack. When another child is taken and with time running out, she needs to solve the case before many more lives are lost.

A husband, obsessed with his wife's psychological unfaithfulness, craves honesty and disclosure. Their confrontations broil without resolution as external stately events intervene to worsen their long-lasting, irrepressible wrangles. Conspiracy, crime, and corruption that penetrate the highest levels of the Mafia, the military police, Roman Catholicism, and Stregheria, a secret society, intrude to thrust the couple's previous mundane life into a vortex of murderous, self-interested forces seeking control of the Papacy and the Vatican bank.

‘WOLF.’ A single command to set off the most sinister terror plot in human history. The first book in a pulse-pounding series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Ex-US black ops warrior Will Slater wasn’t looking for...

Windy Bottom, Georgia, is usually a peaceful place. Coop helps his mom at her café and bookstore, hangs out with his grandpa, and bikes around with his friends Justice and Liberty. The town is full of all kinds of interesting people, but no one has ever caused a problem...until now. And somehow, Gramps is taking all the blame! It seems like there are a lot of secrets that were buried in their small town after all....

Bent Out of Shape But Not Broken (Yet) Bestselling author Clint Edwards clues readers into the (literal) back-breaking work that is being a parent with this all-too-real collection of stories. Like the time he tried to impress his daughter with a double back flip at a trampoline park or when he...

The town of Pine Ridge has an eerie past, with tales of witchcraft and ritual murders, but when a local man is savagely killed, all hell threatens to break loose. Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate the brutal slaying - a murder that seems to have been carried out by children - children with dead black eyes....

FBI Agent Andrea Jensen is forced to leave her home to go to Calvin Parish, Louisiana, to investigate the murder of the eccentric Jean Beaumont, a charity worker, addict, and wife beater, who left a crumbling plantation home to his wife Elizabeth. The beautiful socialite invites Andrea into her home and provides her with everything she needs during her stay. She even gives Andrea clues as to what happened, but she has her secrets, and they may prove deadly.

There have been monsters among us lurking in the darkest corners of America, preying on children since the first settlers arrived on our shores. They have always been with us, stalking the innocent, from the days of the original colonies, to the Gilded Age, the Depression, and beyond. These monsters are not the stuff of fiction. They are bloodcurdlingly real, and they still walk among us, always looking for their next victim.

In this heart-pounding novel from the world’s #1 bestselling author, while reckoning with a devastating personal loss, Detective Michael Bennett takes on the most sinister challenge of his career: a kidnapping crisis that could destroy the most powerful people in America. The nation has fallen...

In the first Alex Delaware novel, Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have...

This is the story of Christopher Wilder: the surf-loving son of a decorated naval war hero born in the suburbs of Sydney, who became the most wanted man in America - a psychopathic serial killer who slaughtered more than sixteen young women in the USA and is the prime suspect in the infamous...

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the ninth instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Sam Rollins has life figured out. Between Black Force operations, he lives in a...

The winter child lived and breathed amongst us for several years. He was brilliant as he moved around society, exercising his charm and wit as he observed seemingly normal people going about their lives...After all is said and done, what do we understand about the fragile nature of mankind, and the reasons behind a life like the winter's child? This is an inward look at the development and sum total of the life of Edmund Kemper, one of the most notrious serial killers in recent history.

Stories of hope, love and compassion from a bygone era of Singapore's historyLittle Drops: Cherished Children of Singapore’s Past is a compilation of biographies based on historical fact about the pain of separation and the lure of love, and how these themes constantly collide. These...

Blech! Lola’s new pet cat stinks, so she gives him a bath and discovers the shocking truth. Her “cat” is a smelly pet skunk! But Lola is one smart cookie, and she quickly realizes the power of having a skunk for a pet. Together, they set out to fight crime in Lola’s neighborhood, with hilarious results. Join Lola’s adventures with her crime-fighting pet skunk, but be sure to hold your nose tight!

Meet everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird in this collection of four brilliantly funny stories from the bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series, read by Alexander Armstrong – perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime or any time at all! Join in the fun with the clever...

Carlos Fuentes doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Boulder, Colorado. He wants to keep living on the edge, and carve his own path - just like Alex did. Unfortunately, his ties to a Mexican gang aren't easy to break, and he soon finds himself being set up by a drug lord. When Alex arranges for Carlos to live with his former professor and his family to keep him from being sent to jail, Carlos feels completely out of place.

Jason King has proved his worth and saved Black Force – now it’s time to recruit. But has the division set its sights on the right target? The second book in The Jason King Files series from Matt Rogers, million-copy bestseller and ‘the most successful writer you’ve never heard of’...