Modern Thrillers

The Iron City is a prison, a maze, an industrial blight. It is the result of a war that saw the goblins grind the fae beneath their collective boot heels. And tonight, it is also a city that churns with life.

The floodwaters have only just receded. Already, another flood threatens to overwhelm the new Druwish Free Nation. A tidal wave of changeling and mage refugees pour into the Magic City, drawn by the promise of opportunities. Not everyone arrives with good intentions. Inquisitor Ember Wright and her team are enduring skepticism, death threats, and even assassination attempts. Perhaps worst of all, some citizens want her to run for public office.

「こんにちは、章子。私は20年後のあなた、30歳の章子です。あなたはきっと、これはだれかのイタズラではないかと思っているはず。

親友の自殺を目撃したことがあるという転校生の告白を、ある種の自慢のように感じた由紀は、自分なら死体ではなく、人が死ぬ瞬間を見てみたいと思った。

捜査一課・追跡捜査係の沖田大輝とかつて強行犯係で同僚だった、刑事総務課・大友鉄が最大の危機に見舞われた。ベンチャー企業が開発した、次世代エネルギー資源を巡る国際規模の策謀に巻き込まれたのである。

白昼の新宿で起きた連続殺傷事件――無差別に通行人を切りつける犯人を体当たりで刺し、その行動を阻止した男がいた。だが男は、そのまま現場を立ち去り、そして月日が流れた。

"After a bit you realize there's only one invaluable commodity. Not gold or love, but time." How far are we willing to go to stay young? Hanif Kureishi -- acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy -- explores the possibilities in this provocative story of an older man whose...

Marty Golden enjoys time with his nieces, but he wanted to spend the weekend with his new girlfriend - not chaperone a Girl Scout camping trip. Once he stumbles upon the corpse of a friend in the woods, the outdoors adventure becomes an open-air disaster. When the police label it an accidental death, the meticulous Marty vows to investigate the murder. After all, it's poor manners to let your friend's death go unsolved. On the hunt for clues the cops ignored, Marty uncovers a disturbing connection to himself.

Murder dogs Jack and Paige Defalco from their days as California prosecutors to their newfound careers as Montana defense attorneys. Never mind that they've uprooted their kids, caravanned 2,000 miles to the hinterlands of Kootenai County, kissed goodbye to their fat salaries, or vowed to avoid homicide. At Deer Lodge State Prison in 1999, murder sits before Paige in the guise of a skeletal, bloody-lipped, broken-nosed teenager who grins out one side of his mouth as he stares at her through a swollen eye.

'Spiky, clever, funny' – Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters 'Brilliant, propulsive . . . A riot'– Maddie Mortimer, author of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies 'A delicious gallop through 90s tabloid London' – Sam McAlister, author of Scoops It’s peak 90s London. Shoulder pads are out...

Her changeling friends are imprisoned. To free them, she’ll have to break the laws of magic. Ember Wright managed to save her friends’ lives, only to see them locked up and tormented. With each passing day, the changelings weaken and submit to their interrogators. Secrets start to slip. Running out of options and allies, Ember turns to an ancient, forbidden form of advanced magic. Her reluctant teacher’s warning echoes in her head: Almost all mages who attempt the spell become corrupted by it.

Ember Wright hates high heels, steep staircases, and having to cook for herself. She lives mostly on instant noodles and old western novels. She sometimes chats with dead people. Newly-promoted to Associate Investigator, Ember is sent undercover on her first assignment to rural North Dakota. Mages and changelings have been living in harmony, hidden in plain sight among humans for centuries. But now a shadow is upsetting the balance.

Newly promoted senior investigator Ember Wright is just starting to win over the hearts of her adopted North Dakota home. But underneath the community’s quiet façade, unrest is brewing. When a missing person case comes across her desk, Ember’s the obvious sleuth for the job. The only problem: She’s the reason the three changelings went missing! Somehow, this mage must concoct a plan to keep her darkest secrets buried while solving the case.

The odds are never in her favor. Good thing this mage doesn’t play by the rules. She once passed as an obedient servant. Now, Senior Investigator Ember Wright shines a light on corruption wherever she finds it. But the corrupt are hitting back. They’re hitting back hard. Her cover blown, they’ve branded her as public enemy number one. With a target painted on her back and on anyone who dares help her, Ember leads a global uprising. When her changeling friends get caught in the crossfire, she learns the true cost of freedom.

DS Charlie Stone is struggling. Recently separated from his wife and estranged from his daughter Maddie, Charlie is a single dad trying hard to keep his life together. An apparently cut and dried case of murder piques Charlie's interest. As he delves further into the murky coastal underworld, he realises things are darker than they first appeared. Charlie's family become being dragged into a world of darkness, danger and depravity. Can Charlie find the answers, while keeping all he holds dear, safe from harm?

Meet Whit Mosely in this "intricately woven, fast-moving mystery" as he plays a twisted game of death from the New York Times bestselling author, Jeff Abbot (Publishers Weekly). A death rocks the Gulf Coast town of Port Leo, Texas. Beach-bum-turned-judge Whit Mosley is summoned to a yacht where...

Colin McCool has outwitted necromancers, sorcerers, fae assassins, and evil demigods...but can this journeyman druid survive a face-to-face fight with a god? If you enjoy urban fantasy novels that feature snarky male protagonists, then you’ll love this paranormal thrill ride with a twist of mystery and suspense. Because who doesn't love a down on his luck magician who has to fight to save the people he loves?

A weekend escape. A body in the water. And nowhere to run when the storm closes in. Mal Peck’s peaceful bridge weekend at an idyllic Cornish island hotel takes a deadly turn when the young bride of a fellow guest is found drowned. Her plans shattered, Mal is pulled into a spiralling puzzle, one that turns darker still when another body surfaces. As a savage storm cuts the island off from the mainland, Mal teams up with her friend Jacques Pellofey to hunt a killer.

Made to Kill is the thrilling speculative noir from novelist and comic writer Adam Christopher. It was just another Tuesday morning when she walked into the office--young, as I suspected they all might be, another dark brunette with some assistance and enough eye black to match up to Cleopatra...

Maeve O'Reilly Kensington has fully recovered from her heart-pounding escape from a murderer last summer. Now she and her husband, Will, are happily adapting to life as parents of an eight-month-old while also preparing for the birth of their second daughter. Will's catering business, A Thyme for All Seasons, is booming and Maeve's midwifery practice has blossomed under new hospital leadership.