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Kill A Stranger: To save a life, could you take another? A gripping thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
by Simon KernickWHAT WOULD YOU DO TO SAVE YOUR LOVED ONE?AND DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE REALLY IS?'Great plots, great characters, great action' LEE CHILD'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal' HARLAN COBENThey took your fiancée.They framed you for murder.You're given one chance to save her. To clear your name.You must kill someone for them.They give you the time and place.The weapon. The target.You have less than 24 hours.You only know that no-one can be trusted...and nothing is what it seems.'A fast, furious and unpredictable read' The Sun Book of the Week'That thud you hear is Kernick whipping the rug from under your feet again.' The Times Best thrillers of the month'An absolute master of the adrenaline-fuelled ride' PETER JAMES'One of Britain's top thriller writers' The Sun
Kill A Stranger: To save a life, could you take another? A gripping thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
by Simon KernickWHAT WOULD YOU DO TO SAVE YOUR LOVED ONE?AND DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE REALLY IS?'Great plots, great characters, great action' LEE CHILD'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal' HARLAN COBENThey took your fiancée.They framed you for murder.You're given one chance to save her. To clear your name.You must kill someone for them.They give you the time and place.The weapon. The target.You have less than 24 hours.You only know that no-one can be trusted...and nothing is what it seems.'A fast, furious and unpredictable read' The Sun Book of the Week'That thud you hear is Kernick whipping the rug from under your feet again.' The Times Best thrillers of the month'An absolute master of the adrenaline-fuelled ride' PETER JAMES'One of Britain's top thriller writers' The Sun
Kill A Stranger: what would you do to save your loved one?
by Simon KernickWHAT WOULD YOU DO TO SAVE YOUR LOVED ONE?AND DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE REALLY IS?They took your fiancée.They framed you for murder.You're given one chance to save her. To clear your name.You must kill someone for them.They give you the time and place.The weapon. The target.You have less than 24 hours.You only know that no-one can be trusted...and nothing is what it seems.(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Kill Again (A Claire Waters Thriller #2)
by Neal Baer Jonathan Greene"So entertaining that you should think twice about using it for a bedtime read." --Suspense MagazineHaunted by a brutal childhood, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Claire Waters finds solace in helping other survivors of abuse. Her favorite patient, Rosa Sanchez, is finally getting her life together. So it's a shock when Rosa is handcuffed and led away by a man Claire assumes is law enforcement. But as Claire soon realizes, Rosa has been abducted.Claire turns to her friend Nick Lawler, a homicide detective in the NYPD. Nick will have to risk his career to find Rosa--and a deranged criminal who reduces his victims to nothing but bones. A brilliant gamesman, the killer has been preparing for this moment all of his life--when every letter is in place, every piece is in play--and the object of his obsession, Dr. Claire Waters, is in the game. Win, lose, or die . . .Praise for Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene's Kill Switch"A prime-time thriller . . . suspense on the order of Silence of the Lambs." --Denver Post"A psychological thriller of the first order." --David Baldacci"Masterful, unforgettable, gripping." --Douglas Preston"Riveting and rich with character." --Gayle Lynds"A fast-paced, gritty crime thriller from two great storytellers." --Christopher Meloni
Kill Alex Cross (Alex Cross #18)
by James PattersonThe President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark.A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes--one that may alter the fate of the entire country. KILL ALEX CROSS is faster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Cross thriller James Patterson has ever written!
Kill All Your Darlings
by David BellA Most Anticipated Summer Read by SheReads * Frolic * and more! "Grabs you by the throat and never lets go...with a twist you&’ll never see coming.&” --Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish "Sounds like Wonder Boys times Patricia Highsmith. Yes please!"--Crime Reads When a student disappears and is presumed dead, her professor passes off her manuscript as his own—only to find out it implicates him in an unsolved murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Request. After years of struggling to write following the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Connor Nye publishes his first novel, a thriller about the murder of a young woman. There&’s just one problem: Connor didn&’t write the book. His missing student did. And then she appears on his doorstep, alive and well, threatening to expose him. Connor&’s problems escalate when the police insist details in the novel implicate him in an unsolved murder from two years ago. Soon Connor discovers the crime is part of a disturbing scandal on campus and faces an impossible dilemma—admit he didn&’t write the book and lose his job or keep up the lie and risk everything. When another murder occurs, Connor must clear his name by unraveling the horrifying secrets buried in his student&’s manuscript. This is a suspenseful, provocative novel about the sexual harassment that still runs rampant in academia—and the lengths those in power will go to cover it up.
Kill All the Lawyers
by Paul LevineIt starts with a 300-pound marlin stuck in his front door. Even by South Florida standards, where murderers outnumber mosquitoes, this registers as weird. And it’s not long before Steve Solomon figures out who’s making the bizarre threats. But how can he explain to his partner why an ex-client wants him dead? Victoria Lord was used to Steve’s cutting legal corners to win, but breaking the law to lose was downright unethical, even for Steve. Now Solomon & Lord is being bashed on local radio and a celebrity shrink with a homicidal me-first philosophy wants to be Steve’s new best friend. With a killer on the loose and legal disaster looming, is Steve’s lover and law partner about to walk out on him? Is this the end of Solomon & Lord?
Kill As Directed
by Ellery QueenA talented but broke doctor finds the only cure for poverty is crime Harry Brown is a good doctor, but he doesn't know the antidote for the poison that has coursed through him for 2 decades--the poison of envy. Ever since his days in prep school, when this scholarship student looked longingly at the fine clothes and expensive cars showered on the other children, Dr. Brown has been desperate for wealth. Becoming an MD was supposed to be his ticket to the good life, but after 2 years' practice, his savings are nearly exhausted and the good doctor is staring poverty in the mouth. It will take a miracle to save him--but the one that arrives could get him killed. Hired as the private physician for millionaire Kurt Gresham, Dr. Brown is horrified to learn that his new employer is a heroin kingpin. But the money is good, Gresham's wife is beautiful, and Brown would rather be dead than poor.
Kill Chain
by Meg GardinerWhen Evan Delaney's father disappears, the cops think he's fled the country to avoid prosecution. But Evan is sure that Phil has been abducted or killed for reasons associated with his work for Naval Intelligence. As Evan hunts for clues, she is attacked by an armed man. The attacker ends up dead - and turns out to be a federal agent. Now Evan is on the run, implicated in his murder. Then she is contacted by a sinister duo - a Madam and gigolo mother-and-son-team who claim that Phil was mixed up in their very dirty business. Can Evan save her father's reputation - and his life? And can Jesse save Evan? Time is running out . . .
Kill Chain
by Meg GardinerWhen Evan Delaney's father disappears, the cops think he's fled the country to avoid prosecution. But Evan is sure that Phil has been abducted or killed for reasons associated with his work for Naval Intelligence. As Evan hunts for clues, she is attacked by an armed man. The attacker ends up dead -- and turns out to be a federal agent. Now Evan is on the run, implicated in his murder. Then she is contacted by a sinister duo -- a Madam and gigolo mother-and-son-team who claim that Phil was mixed up in their very dirty business. Can Evan save her father's reputation -- and his life? And can Jesse save Evan? Time is running out ...
Kill Chain
by Meg GardinerWhen Evan Delaney's father disappears, the cops think he's fled the country to avoid prosecution. But Evan is sure that Phil has been abducted or killed for reasons associated with his work for Naval Intelligence. As Evan hunts for clues, she is attacked by an armed man. The attacker ends up dead -- and turns out to be a federal agent. Now Evan is on the run, implicated in his murder. Then she is contacted by a sinister duo -- a Madam and gigolo mother-and-son-team who claim that Phil was mixed up in their very dirty business. Can Evan save her father's reputation -- and his life? And can Jesse save Evan? Time is running out ...
Kill Claudio
by P. M. HubbardWhile hunting in the English countryside, Ben Selby stumbles upon the murdered body of Peter Gaston, a friend of some twenty years earlier. As they had both been agents in a clandestine organisation, he is convinced that Peter was killed to prevent their meeting and sets out to question his widow. What she tells him is the beginning of a perilous and exasperating search for something buried long ago on a remote island headland.
Kill Claudio (Murder Room #315)
by P. M. HubbardWhile hunting in the English countryside, Ben Selby stumbles upon the murdered body of Peter Gaston, a friend of some twenty years earlier. As they had both been agents in a clandestine organisation, he is convinced that Peter was killed to prevent their meeting and sets out to question his widow. What she tells him is the beginning of a perilous and exasperating search for something buried long ago on a remote island headland.
Kill Creatures
by Rory PowerLast year, Nan&’s three best friends ventured into the canyons near their small town and never returned. Now one of them is back, and Nan can&’t believe it…because she&’s the one who killed them. From the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls comes another dark thriller about friendship, jealousy, desire, and revenge, with a twist ending that needs to be talked about.Last summer, Luce, Edie, Jane, and Nan took a boat out for one final swim in the river. It was a perfect summer night.But the only one who returned that night was Nan. Edie, Jane, and Luce disappeared, and Nan&’s story has always been the same: She has no idea what happened. The girls went ahead, and it was as though they vanished into thin air.Now, one year later, all of Saltcedar has gathered at the river for a memorial. Nan even recreated the outfit she wore that fateful day last summer. And when Luce climbs out of the water, no one is more surprised than Nan.Because Nan killed her. Right before she killed Edie and Jane.
Kill Decision
by Daniel SuarezThe shocking techno-thriller that cements Daniel Suarez’s status as the heir to Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy—a terrifying, breathtaking, and all-too-plausible vision of the world’s near future. Unmanned weaponized drones already exist—they’re widely used by America in our war efforts in the Middle East. In Kill Decision, bestselling author Daniel Suarez takes that fact and the real science behind it one step further, with frightening results. Linda McKinney is a myrmecologist, a scientist who studies the social structure of ants. Her academic career has left her entirely unprepared for the day her sophisticated research is conscripted by unknown forces to help run an unmanned—and thanks to her research, automated—drone army. Odin is the secretive Special Ops soldier with a unique insight into the faceless enemy who has begun to attack the American homeland with drones programmed to seek, identify, and execute targets without human intervention. Together, McKinney and Odin must slow this advance long enough for the world to recognize its destructive power, because for thousands of years the “kill decision” during battle has remained in the hands of humans—and off-loading that responsibility to machines will bring unintended, possibly irreversible, consequences. But as forces even McKinney and Odin don’t understand begin to gather, and death rains down from above, it may already be too late to save humankind from destruction at the hands of our own technology. .
Kill Fee (Dover Mystery Classics)
by Barbara Paul"A sophisticated psychological thriller." -- Booklist."Taut, well-paced, full of surprises and sparky New York dialogue." -- The (London) Times."Perfect for a jaded mystery buff." -- Chicago Sun-Times. The freelance hit man known as Pluto takes a unique approach to his profession: clients don't know they've hired the assassin until after the murder. Pluto looks for a conflict between two people, kills one of them, and invoices the other. No one is ever foolish enough to deny payment -- Pluto always collects his fee. When Lt. James Murtaugh of the New York Police Department takes on the case, Pluto begins stalking the investigating officer, leading to a suspenseful battle of wits between the detective and the relentless killer. Loaded with intriguing characters and ingenious twists, this action-packed mystery promises compulsive page-turning and an electrifying ending.
Kill Fee (Stevens and Windermere #3)
by Owen LaukkanenThe new Stevens and Windermere novel from one of the most dazzlingly acclaimed new writers in crime fiction.<P> The billionaire picked a heck of a way to die. On a beautiful Saturday in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, state investigator Kirk Stevens and FBI special agent Carla Windermere, witness the assassination of one of the state's wealthiest men. The shooter is a young man, utterly unremarkable...except for the dead look in his eyes.<P> And it's only the beginning. The events of that sunny springtime day will lead Stevens and Windermere across the country, down countless blind alleys, and finally to a very flourishing twenty-first century enterprise: a high-tech murder-for-hire social media website. But just who has the dead-eyed shooter targeted next...and who's choosing his victims?
Kill Fee: A Novel
by Gary PaulsenDenver freelance reporter Tally Janrus, covering the murder and mutilation of a young boy, learns from his police detective friend that the boy had been sexually abused by several men and that there are at least six other killings in the area with the same MO.
Kill For It: How far will she go?
by Lizzie FryHow far would you go for the thing you want most?Would you... kill for it?'Blackly funny, highly inventive and all-too-relatable - a massively entertaining page turner' - FIONA LEITCH Cat Crawford is not especially good at her job.Erin Goodman is the woman Cat wants to be when she's older - smart, successful, and the best part? She's earned it - nothing was ever handed to Erin on a plate, or to Cat.But Erin doesn't notice Cat. Not until something awful happens and Cat, finding herself in the right place at the right time, writes the article that goes viral. Now she's got Erin's attention.The difference is, Cat knows Erin is onto her. And Cat is more than happy to toy with her colleague, especially if it gets her an even bigger story to report on.In the game of cat and mouse, there can be only one winner.Praise for Lizzie Fry:'A great read . . . you'll be glad you picked up a copy' Independent 'Vivid and urgent . . . immersive and fast-paced' Woman & Home
Kill For It: How far will she go?
by Lizzie FryHow far would you go for the thing you want most?Would you... kill for it? Cat Crawford is not especially good at her job.Erin Goodman is the woman Cat wants to be when she's older - smart, successful, and the best part? She's earned it - nothing was ever handed to Erin on a plate, or to Cat.But Erin doesn't notice Cat. Not until something awful happens and Cat, finding herself in the right place at the right time, writes the article that goes viral. Now she's got Erin's attention.The difference is, Cat knows Erin is onto her. And Cat is more than happy to toy with her colleague, especially if it gets her an even bigger story to report on.In the game of cat and mouse, there can be only one winner.Praise for Lizzie Fry:'A great read . . . you'll be glad you picked up a copy' Independent 'Vivid and urgent . . . immersive and fast-paced' Woman & Home
Kill For It: How far will she go?
by Lizzie FryHow far would you go for the thing you want most?Would you... kill for it? Cat Crawford is not especially good at her job.Erin Goodman is the woman Cat wants to be when she's older - smart, successful, and the best part? She's earned it - nothing was ever handed to Erin on a plate, or to Cat.But Erin doesn't notice Cat. Not until something awful happens and Cat, finding herself in the right place at the right time, writes the article that goes viral. Now she's got Erin's attention.The difference is, Cat knows Erin is onto her. And Cat is more than happy to toy with her colleague, especially if it gets her an even bigger story to report on.In the game of cat and mouse, there can be only one winner.Praise for Lizzie Fry:'A great read . . . you'll be glad you picked up a copy' Independent 'Vivid and urgent . . . immersive and fast-paced' Woman & Home
Kill For Me (Philadelphia/Atlanta Series #3)
by Karen RoseHeld in a bunker by sadistic kidnappers, who can save these girls? KILL FOR ME is the brilliant thriller by bestselling Karen Rose, part of the Philadelphia/Atlanta series, and the finale to the trilogy she began with DIE FOR ME and SCREAM FOR ME. Susannah Vartanian's life changed overnight when, as a teenager, she was viciously raped by a sadistic gang of youths. Now she won't allow anyone to get close to her. Luke Papadopoulos is approaching burn-out. As a detective working on sex-crimes against children, he will do anything to find those responsible for such evil atrocities. Monica Cassidy's life is under threat. Held in a bunker with ten other teenage girls, she barely escaped with her life when her kidnappers fled, killing five of the girls as they left. Now Monica is the only one free who can identify her abductors, and they know where she is. Can they work together to find the five missing girls? The clock is ticking...
Kill For Me (Philadelphia/Atlanta Series #3)
by Karen RoseHeld in a bunker by sadistic kidnappers, who can save these girls? KILL FOR ME is the brilliant thriller by bestselling Karen Rose, part of the Philadelphia/Atlanta series, and the finale to the trilogy she began with DIE FOR ME and SCREAM FOR ME.Kiss the girls and make them die...For years District Attorney Susannah Vartanian has refused to allow anyone close to her. Her life changed overnight when as a teenager she was brutally raped by a vicious gang of youths.Detective Luke Papadopoulus is fast approaching burn-out. As a detective working on sex-crimes against children, he will do anything to find those responsible for such atrocities. Monica Cassidy is terrified. Kidnapped and held in a bunker with eleven other girls, she barely escaped with her life when her kidnappers panicked and fled, killing five of the girls as they left. Now Monica is the only one who can identify the ring's members. Will Luke and Susannah be able to keep her safe and crack the ring before the remaining girls disappear forever?
Kill For Me (Victor #8)
by Tom Wood'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan XFor years, two sisters have vied for the turf of their dead crime boss father. Across the streets of Guatemala City, bodies have piled up; the US Drug Enforcement Agency, operating far from its own borders, is powerless to stop the fighting. But now one sister has a weapon that could finally win the war - a cold, amoral hitman known, fittingly, as 'Victor'. Freed from previous employers the CIA and MI6, Victor is a killer for-hire whose sense of self-preservation trumps all else. Yet as betrayal and counter-betrayal unspool in the vicious family feud, Victor finds himself at the centre of a storm even he could be powerless to stop.Acclaimed bestseller Tom Wood blows the completion away with his twisting, relentless new thriller, perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X, The Nowhere Man), James Swallow (Nomad, Exile) and Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim, Day of the Locust).'Great, page-turning, with a hard edge' James Swallow, author of Nomad'Great insights into the tradecraft and psychology of the professional hunter'Sunday Times'Very few British writers are as good'Sunday Express
Kill For Me (Victor #8)
by Tom Wood'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan XFor years, two sisters have vied for the turf of their dead crime boss father. Across the streets of Guatemala City, bodies have piled up; the US Drug Enforcement Agency, operating far from its own borders, is powerless to stop the fighting. But now one sister has a weapon that could finally win the war - a cold, amoral hitman known, fittingly, as 'Victor'. Freed from previous employers the CIA and MI6, Victor is a killer for-hire whose sense of self-preservation trumps all else. Yet as betrayal and counter-betrayal unspool in the vicious family feud, Victor finds himself at the centre of a storm even he could be powerless to stop.Acclaimed bestseller Tom Wood blows the completion away with his twisting, relentless new thriller, perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X, Hellbent), James Swallow (Nomad, Ghost) and Terry Hayes (I Am Pilgrim, Day of the Locust).'Great, page-turning, with a hard edge'James Swallow