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Ashes to Ashes

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:16:39 +0300

The Sunday Times bestseller returns with his next unforgettable crime thriller. Fans of MJ Arlidge and Stuart MacBride won't be able to put this down. John Sagan is a forgettable man. You could pass him in the street and not realise he's there. But then, that's why he's so dangerous. A torturer for hire, Sagan has terrorised – and mutilated – countless victims. And now he's on the move. DS Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg must chase the trail, even when it leads him to his hometown of Bradburn – a place he never thought he'd set foot in again. But Sagan isn't the only problem. Bradburn is being terrorised by a lone killer who burns his victims to death. And with the victims chosen at random, no-one knows who will be next. Least of all Heck...

Stolen

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:11:49 +0200

'A fast-paced, terrifying journey.' RACHEL ABBOTT 'A born storyteller.' PETER JAMES The Sunday Times bestseller returns with his latest nail-shredding thriller – a must for all fans of Happy Valley and M.J. Arlidge. How do you find the missing when there's no trail to follow? DC Lucy Clayburn is having a tough time of it. Not only is her estranged father one of the North West's toughest gangsters, but she is in the midst of one of the biggest police operations of her life. Members of the public have started to disappear, taken from the streets as they're going about their every day lives. But no bodies are appearing – it's almost as if the victims never existed. Lucy must chase a trail of dead ends and false starts as the disappearances mount up. But when her father gets caught in the crossfire, the investigation suddenly becomes a whole lot more bloody... The Sunday Times bestseller returns with his latest nail-shredding thriller – a must for all fans of Happy Valley and M.J. Arlidge.

The Lodge

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:06:59 +0200

Terror Tales of the West Country

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:50:35 +0200

The West Country. England's mystical heart. Hill-forts, ancient circles. Blessed by age-old powers, sanctified in blood. Where woods and pools stir to whispered summonings, forbidden names are carved in rock, and rebels died en masse, hanged and butchered, their gore-dabbled ghosts wandering vengeful in the rural night ...

The drumming demon of Tedworth
The ocean predator at Ilfracombe
The sleeping bones at Wilcot
The creep-about killer on Burgh Island
The hateful entity in Cheddar Gorge
The flesh-rotting curse at Blackdown
The stalking spectres on Dartmoor

Includes terrifying tales by A K Benedict, Andy Briggs, Mike Chinn, Adrian Cole, Dan Coxon, Steve Duffy, Paul Finch, Lizzie Fry, John Linwood Grant, Thana Niveau, John Llewellyn Probert, Sarah Singleton, S L Howe, Lisa Tuttle and Stephen Volk.

PRAISE FOR THE TERROR TALES SERIES

'[Terror Tales Of The Scottish Lowlands is] by turns shocking, thrilling, poignant and maudlin,...

All the Devils Are Here

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:31:56 +0300

The midnight cathedral filled with fire

The leather-clad monstrosity that kills with a spiked mace

The unholy pact between man and demon

Cynical London cop, Dora "Mac" McDougal, of the Metropolitan Police's elite Organised Crime Command, has a strike-rate that is second-to-none, mainly because of her cavalier approach to rules and regulations. However, when Mac discovers the whereabouts of a cop-killer whom she has a personal beef with, she literally throws caution to the wind.

This animal in human form took out the only guy she ever cared about. And only one response is possible to that.

However, when Mac's off-the-books revenge mission takes her north, she finds herself in a woe-begotten town, itself in the grip of supernatural evil. And uncovers a devilish plot to unleash torturous death on an epic scale.

Throughout her twenty-year war against the nation's deadliest criminals, Mac could never have dreamed how many lower levels of darkness...

Never Seen Again

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:16:41 +0300

‘Finch is a born storyteller’ PETER JAMES PRE-ORDER THE GRIPPING AND EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MILLION COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Jodie Martindale and her boyfriend were kidnapped a decade ago. Her boyfriend was found dead the next week. Jodie was never seen again. Journalist David Kelman, once a hotshot but now washed up, illegally comes into possession of Jodie’s brother’s old phone. And on that phone is an unheard voicemail from two weeks ago. The voice is unmistakeably that of Jodie Martindale. The message begins an obsession for Kelman – which takes him down a rabbit hole of lies, to a dark and deadly truth… READERS LOVE PAUL FINCH 5 stars ‘So bloody good… Pace, twists and what a plot!!’ 5 stars ‘More twists & turns than a funfair ride. The author definitely knows his police stuff’ 5 stars ‘[A] gripping, breath-holding up-all-nighter’ 5 stars ‘Fast paced and seems to get faster with every page’ 5 stars ‘Paul Finch is an absolute must have in your collection’

Stalkers (Detective Mark Heckenburg, Book 1)

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:22:33 +0200

Get #HookedonHeck with the first book in the #1 bestselling DS Mark Heckenburg series. "All he had to do was name the woman he wanted. It was that easy. They would do all the hard work.

" Detective Sergeant Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is investigating the disappearance of 38 different women. Each one was happy and successful until they vanished without a trace. Desperate to find her missing sister, Lauren Wraxford seeks out Heck’s help. Together they enter a seedy underworld of gangsters and organised crime. But when they hear rumours about the so-called 'Nice Guys Club' they hit a brick wall. They're the gang that no one will talk about. Because the Nice Guys can arrange anything you want. Provided you pay the price... Dark, terrifying and unforgettable. Stalkers will keep fans of Stuart MacBride and Katia Lief looking over their shoulder.

Beast of the Field: A DS Heckenburg Novella

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:31:54 +0200

Dark North mkoa-3

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:13:23 +0200

Shadows: The gripping new crime thriller from the #1 bestseller

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:16:38 +0300

Dark North (Malory's Knights of Albion)

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:46:40 +0200

a collection of horror short stories

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:30:12 +0200

**A horror short story collection from #1 bestseller, Paul Finch. Full of unputdownable reads for cold winter nights...** As the nights draw in, get hooked on this dark and suspenseful collection of horror tales – the perfect read for fans of Mark Edwards and Peter James. This collection comprises of seven short stories, all also available as individual ebooks:

The Incident at North Shore

Children Don't Play Here Anymore

Tok

God's Fist

What's Behind You?

Those They Left Behind

Hag Fold

Medi-Evil 3

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:30:11 +0200

In Victorian London, two robbers attack an old and mysterious theatre … a snowy Jacobean Christmas is marred by a series of bloodthirsty slayings … big-game hunters join forces to capture the leaping demon known as ‘Spring-Heeled Jack’ … crusading knights are stalked across the desert by an elemental force … intruders in an ancient barrow awaken an awesome, unstoppable entity.
Five more stories of historical horror, fantasy and suspense by the two-times winner of the British Fantasy Award and the International Horror Guild Award.
The Gaff
When Bobber and Ketch, two vicious Victorian criminals, opt to rob the London ‘gaff’ of the weird Professor Feltencaft, they encounter more horror than they could ever have imagined.
To Walk On Thorny Paths
On the eve of the ‘Bloodless Revolution’, political rivals are marooned together in a snowbound mansion. Soon they are dying one by one, as a nameless, non-human assailant begins to stalk them.
A Plague On Both Your Houses
Colonel Thorpe is the deadliest shot in the British Empire. There isn’t an animal alive he hasn’t hunted. But even Thorpe is bemused when a young officer recruits him to track down Victorian London’s infamous leaping madman, ‘Spring-Heeled Jack’.
The Destroyers
After the destruction of Jerusalem in 1099, a band of crusaders crosses the desert in search of the Garden of Eden. Vengeance-seeking Saracens pursue them, along with something else – an indestructible monstrosity formed from the very elements of the Earth.
Colossus
When their cannonball tears into a grassy mound, a Napoleonic gun-crew realise they have opened an ancient barrow. A wealth of treasure and artworks await them inside, but so does a mysterious guardian, who will stop at nothing to protect the secret hoard.

Kiss of Death

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:30:10 +0200

Could this be the end for Heck? The Sunday Times bestseller returns with an unforgettable crime thriller. Fans of MJ Arlidge and Stuart MacBride won't be able to put this down. Don't let them catch you... A Deadly HuntDS 'Heck' Heckenberg has been tasked with retrieving one of the UK's most wanted men. But the trail runs cold when Heck discovers a video tape showing the fugitive in a fight for his life. A fight he has no chance of winning. A Dangerous GameHeck realises that there's another player in this game of cat and mouse, and this time, they've not just caught the prize: they've made sure no one else ever does. A Man Who Plays With FireHow far will Heck and his team go to protect some of the UK's most brutal killers? And what price is he willing to pay?