Exit Wounds Connor Fraser, Book 7 By: Neil Broadfoot Series: Connor Fraser, Book 7 Length: 10 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 30-01-25
Summary Dead men sometimes do tell tales
When his former fiancée Karen McGill calls, desperately pleading for his help after the violent death of her lover in Northern Ireland, Connor Fraser jumps at the chance. It's a way to escape the chaos his life in Stirling has become, from his fractured relationship with his girlfriend to his gran's worsening dementia and the three kidnappings around Stirling. Kidnappings that nag at Connor and stir up a ghost he had thought long since put to rest.
Returning to Northern Ireland, Connor is plunged into his past and the unquiet spirits that lay in wait there. From the back streets of Belfast to the Mourne Mountains, Connor faces a race to find a killer whose links to Belfast are as complicated, intimate and deadly as his own. A killer who knows where all the bodies are buried. A killer who wants Connor Fraser to be his next, and final, victim.
The Creeper By: Margaret Hickey Narrated by: Sibylla Budd Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 30-07-24
Summary Victim ... or killer?
For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria's high country has been haunted by the horrific murders of five hikers up on Jagged Ridge.
Also found dead near the scene was Bill 'Creeper' Durant, a bushland loner, expert deer-hunter, and a man with a known reputation for stalking campers . . .
Conclusion: murder-suicide. Case closed.
But as the ten-year anniversary of the massacre draws near, Detective Constable Sally White - the only officer at Edenville's modest police station - finds herself drawn into the dark world of the notorious Durant family.
Lex Durant, in particular, has started to publicly protest his brother's innocence and accuse the police of persecution.
As Sally combs the investigation to prove him wrong, it becomes all too clear that each murdered hiker had skeletons in their closet - and possible enemies in their past . . .
Operation Joktan A Nir Tavor Mossad Thriller By: Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby Series: A Nir Tavor Mossad Thriller, Book 1 Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 16-11-21
Summary It was the perfect day - until the gunfire.
Nir Tavor is an Israeli secret service operative turned talented Mossad agent.
Nicole le Roux is a model with a hidden skill.
A terrorist attack brings them together, and then work forces them apart - until they’re unexpectedly called back into each other’s lives.
But there’s no time for romance. As violent radicals threaten chaos across the Middle East, the two must work together to stop these extremists, pooling Nicole’s knack for technology and Nir’s adeptness with on-the-ground missions. Each heart-racing step of their operation gets them closer to the truth - and closer to danger.
In this thrilling first book in a new series, authors Amir Tsarfati and Steve Yohn draw on true events as well as tactical insights Amir learned from his time in the Israeli Defense Forces. For believers in God’s life-changing promises, Operation Joktan is a suspense-filled pause-resister that illuminates the blessing Israel is to the world.
@Essexphil One of Us Is Dead Roy Grace, Book 20 By: Peter James Narrated by: Daniel Weyman Series: Roy Grace, Book 20 Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 24-09-24
Summary 'One of the best British crime writers' – Lee Child
Roy Grace is about to find out just how dangerous a dead man can be . . .
When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But, as the service progresses, Taylor notices a man six rows in front of him. At first he thinks he must be mistaken, but the more he looks at the man, the more convinced Taylor becomes that this is his old schoolfriend Rufus Rorke.
Except it couldn’t be him, could it? Because two years ago Taylor attended Rufus Rorke’s funeral. He even delivered Rufus’s eulogy.
On the other side of Brighton, at Police HQ, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been alerted to a number of suspicious deaths that he can’t get out of his mind. But how are they linked? And could they possibly be connected to Rufus Rorke?
One Of Us Is Dead is the latest race-against-time instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major ITV show starring John Simm.
*****
23 million books sold.
Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla’s favourite fictional detective.
'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' – Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series
'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers and therefore one of the best in the world' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series
'One of the world’s most popular detective series' – The Guardian
The last 1 (the back story of his 1st wife) was not good.
TV series has been really good. As has Nightsleeper
I wasnt that keen on the tv series. Havent watched any Nightsleeper yet. Just downloaded it all, will probably get on it tonight. Just started on the book above the Peter James one.
The Dead Cold Series: Books 1-4 A Dead Cold Box Set, Book 1 By: Blake Banner Narrated by: Adam Grupper Series: A Dead Cold Mystery, Book 1-4 Length: 21 hrs and 53 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 17-07-23
Summary Books 1-4 in the USA Today best-selling Dead Cold series from two-million copy best-selling author Blake Banner
An Ace and a Pair (Book 1) Two Bare Arms (Book 2) Garden of the Damned (Book 3) Let Us Prey (Book 4) Detective John Stone of the NYPD has the best arrest record in the 43rd precinct. But he’s a dinosaur who belongs to another age. Detective Carmen Dehan has such a bad attitude that nobody at the precinct can stomach her. Captain Jennifer Cuevas wants them both out of the way and thinks they make a perfect pair. So she gives them the Cold Cases file—the cases nobody gives a **** about.
She has no idea just how hot a cold case can get.
Ten years back, Nelson Hernandez and his four cousins were playing poker in a dive at Hunts Point. Somebody came in, blew them away, and beheaded and castrated Nelson, leaving his head and his balls on the table. There was no shortage of suspects: the Jersey Mob, the Triads from Manhattan, or the 43rds own bent cop, Mick Harragan. But nobody was ever charged, and the night of the murder Mick Harragan went missing with Nelson’s wife, Maria.
Now Stone and Dehan plan to find him—whatever the consequences…
The Dead Cold Series: Books 1-4 A Dead Cold Box Set, Book 1 By: Blake Banner Narrated by: Adam Grupper Series: A Dead Cold Mystery, Book 1-4 Length: 21 hrs and 53 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 17-07-23
Summary Books 1-4 in the USA Today best-selling Dead Cold series from two-million copy best-selling author Blake Banner
An Ace and a Pair (Book 1) Two Bare Arms (Book 2) Garden of the Damned (Book 3) Let Us Prey (Book 4) Detective John Stone of the NYPD has the best arrest record in the 43rd precinct. But he’s a dinosaur who belongs to another age. Detective Carmen Dehan has such a bad attitude that nobody at the precinct can stomach her. Captain Jennifer Cuevas wants them both out of the way and thinks they make a perfect pair. So she gives them the Cold Cases file—the cases nobody gives a **** about.
She has no idea just how hot a cold case can get.
Ten years back, Nelson Hernandez and his four cousins were playing poker in a dive at Hunts Point. Somebody came in, blew them away, and beheaded and castrated Nelson, leaving his head and his balls on the table. There was no shortage of suspects: the Jersey Mob, the Triads from Manhattan, or the 43rds own bent cop, Mick Harragan. But nobody was ever charged, and the night of the murder Mick Harragan went missing with Nelson’s wife, Maria.
Now Stone and Dehan plan to find him—whatever the consequences…
The Classic Crime Collection: 15+ Novels and Stories from Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Josephine Tey, AA Milne, & More A Study in Scarlet, The Red House Mystery, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Man in the Queue, The Cask, The Moonstone, & More By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Freeman Wills Crofts, Earl Derr Biggers, AA Milne, Josephine Tey, Somerset Maugham, Wilkie Collins Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Karen Cass, Kris Dyer, Barnaby Edwards, David Rintoul, Ben Allen, Roger May, Malk Williams, Kristin Atherton Length: 134 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 19-12-24
Summary The Classic Crime Collection is a collection of 12 classic detective novels, read by an esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic crime writers in history, including Arthur Conan Doyle; Wilkie Collins; Josephine Tey; AA Milne; and more. The titles included in this collection are:
A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle Ashenden, by William Somerset Maugham Brat Farrar, by Josephine Tey The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle The Cask, by Freeman Crofts Wills The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle The House Without a Key, by Ear Derr Biggers The Man in the Queue , by Josephine Tey The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins The Red House Mystery, by AA Milne Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson The full cast includes: Jonathan Keeble; Karen Cass; Kris Dyer; Barnaby Edwards; David Rintoul; Ben Allen; Roger May; Malk Williams; and Kristin Atherton.
BURIED GOLD, OLD BONES. WHAT SECRETS LURK IN THE DEPTHS?
A masterclass of small-town mystery and jaw-dropping twists from Chris Hammer, the international bestselling author of Scrublands, TheTimes Crime Book of the Year 2023 Dead Man's Creek and Crime Book of the Month (January 2024) Cover the Bones.
A body has been discovered on the riverbanks of The Valley, a remote community in the hills of New South Wales. The gold mine at the heart of The Valley was once the lifeblood of this region, but it has been flooded for decades. Over the years, many have tried and failed to bring it back to life. Now, most believe the mine is barren.
The victim is Wolfgang Burnside, deputy mayor - a champion of change or local schemer, depending on who you ask. He had been working on plans to take the Valley off-grid with hydro-power using the lake surrounding the abandoned mine. Until he was poisoned, his body dumped in the river for all to see.
Detectives Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are dispatched to investigate. The warning is clear - there are secrets lurking in the depths of this Valley, secrets worth more than their weight in gold. What price will this town have to pay to ensure that they never see the light of day?
An epic, atmospheric mystery spanning generations set against a luscious backdrop and the twisting veins of gold that lurk beneath.
Jo Nesbos new one out this month. Ian Rankin, and Michael Connelly, next month.
This was good, he was banged up.
Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin (Orion, £25)
Most “maverick” cops are – existential crises and addiction issues apart – mysteriously immune to the consequences of their actions. Not so John Rebus: the 25th novel to feature bestseller Rankin’s cantankerous protagonist finds him incarcerated in HMP Edinburgh for the attempted murder of his old enemy, Big Ger Cafferty. Despite his vulnerability as a former cop, an acute shortage of accommodation means that he is released from the Separation and Reintegration Unit into the general halls, with the dubious promise of protection from in-house drug baron Darryl Christie. When a fellow inmate is found stabbed to death in his cell, Rebus begins an unofficial inquiry. Meanwhile, his former colleague DI Siobhan Clarke investigates the disappearance of teenager Jasmine Andrews – an apparently unrelated case, until another murder provides a link, and it starts to look as if some of Police Scotland are just as culpable as those they’ve put away. An expertly plotted and very welcome addition to a standout series.
Jo Nesbos new one out this month. Ian Rankin, and Michael Connelly, next month.
The Waiting Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch, Book 6 By: Michael Connelly Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Madison Lintz, Titus Welliver Series: Ballard and Bosch, Book 6 Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 15-10-24
Summary 'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game." MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES
****
IN COLD CASES, IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU. IT'S THE WAITING.
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels.
But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight...
With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city's library of souls.
Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others...
An electrifying and authoritative thriller from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer.
****
CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:
'A superb natural storyteller' LEE CHILD
'A master of the genre' STEPHEN KING
'An incredible writer' RICHARD OSMAN
'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' IAN RANKIN
'Nobody writes a better modern thriller' EVENING STANDARD
'One of the world's greatest crime writers' DAILY MAIL
Jo Nesbos new one out this month. Ian Rankin, and Michael Connelly, next month.
I thought the Rebus book was very good even though the doddery old ba stard was banged up.
The Connelly book was also very good. He has sneaked Maddie Bosch into the cold case squad to work with Renee Ballard. Harry also features. I thought it was particularly good on Audible as Harry narrates his bit, and Maddie hers. Christine Lakin who is a very good narrator does Ballard, and the rest.
I have just started on the Jo Nesbo book. It starts off with a bloke recapping on whats gone before. I immediately thought that I knew that story. I looked it up, and it seems that it is a sequel to The Kingdom. Although this wasnt clear on Audible, or Amazon.
Jo Nesbo Books In Order Publication Order of Harry Hole Books The Bat (1997) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Cockroaches (1998) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Redbreast (2000) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Nemesis (2002) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Devil's Star (2003) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Redeemer (2005) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Snowman (2007) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Leopard (2009) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Phantom (2011) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Police (2013) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Thirst (2017) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Knife (2019) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Killing Moon (2023) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Publication Order of Doktor Proctor Books Doctor Proctor's **** Powder (2007) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Bubble in the Bathtub / Time-Travel Bath Bomb (2008) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Who Cut the Cheese? (2010) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Magical Fruit (2012) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Great Gold Robbery (2013) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Silent (But Deadly) Night (2016) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Can Doctor Proctor Save Christmas? (2017) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Publication Order of Blood on Snow Books Blood on Snow (2014) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Midnight Sun (2015) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Publication Order of Kingdom Books The Kingdom (2020) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Blood Ties (2024) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Publication Order of Standalone Novels Headhunters (2008) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Son (2014) Description / Buy at Amazon UK The Night House (2023) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas London (2021) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Publication Order of Short Story Collections The Jealousy Man and Other Stories (2021) Description / Buy at Amazon UK Publication Order of Hogarth Shakespeare Books Macbeth (2018) Description / Buy at Amazon UK + Show All Books in this Series
I quite like these, he has a couple of series on the go, and definitely worth a try.
Peter Grainger
Although I've always been a reader, I must admit that I first got into crime novels via television series such as Morse and Frost. It seemed odd initially, reading about characters that I had only watched before, and I found that I didn't always agree with what the producers and scriptwriters had done - but then I probably am one of life's disagree-ers. Having independently published three novels on Amazon's Kindle, I decided that my next project could be a crime novel of my own. In some ways it was easier to write than my general fiction, the conventions of the genre making some decisions straightforward, but I still spent a lot of time developing the characters in 'An Accidental Death'; to me, character comes before everything else in fiction. I think that Smith himself is a recognisable individual. He is old-fashioned in some ways and has a sense that he has been left behind as the police force is modernised. He makes mistakes, too. And yet his wealth of experience and the understanding of people that stems from that experience mean that he is still able to pursue the wrongdoers intuitively, when more conventional methods fail. He is far from the first fictional detective to have these qualities, of course - there is nothing new under the sun. In the end, though, I grew to like him enough to perhaps give him another case to solve soon. And then another and another, until now there are ten DC Smith investigations. And, of course, Smith also features in the offshoot series, the Kings Lake Investigations. The other three novels? I published them under a different name. They are not crime fiction at all but as several readers have said that they would like to take a look, I will now list them here: 'Afon', 'The Rink' and 'Asher' by Robert Partridge. Sorry but my author page won't let me post a direct link.
The Late Lord Thorpe A DC Smith Investigation By: Peter Grainger Narrated by: Gildart Jackson Series: DC Smith, Book 11 Length: 14 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 29-10-24 Summary This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title. The inquest verdict was of misadventure, but it isn't long before Smith begins to suspect there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.
I quite like these, he has a couple of series on the go, and definitely worth a try.
Peter Grainger
Although I've always been a reader, I must admit that I first got into crime novels via television series such as Morse and Frost. It seemed odd initially, reading about characters that I had only watched before, and I found that I didn't always agree with what the producers and scriptwriters had done - but then I probably am one of life's disagree-ers. Having independently published three novels on Amazon's Kindle, I decided that my next project could be a crime novel of my own. In some ways it was easier to write than my general fiction, the conventions of the genre making some decisions straightforward, but I still spent a lot of time developing the characters in 'An Accidental Death'; to me, character comes before everything else in fiction. I think that Smith himself is a recognisable individual. He is old-fashioned in some ways and has a sense that he has been left behind as the police force is modernised. He makes mistakes, too. And yet his wealth of experience and the understanding of people that stems from that experience mean that he is still able to pursue the wrongdoers intuitively, when more conventional methods fail. He is far from the first fictional detective to have these qualities, of course - there is nothing new under the sun. In the end, though, I grew to like him enough to perhaps give him another case to solve soon. And then another and another, until now there are ten DC Smith investigations. And, of course, Smith also features in the offshoot series, the Kings Lake Investigations. The other three novels? I published them under a different name. They are not crime fiction at all but as several readers have said that they would like to take a look, I will now list them here: 'Afon', 'The Rink' and 'Asher' by Robert Partridge. Sorry but my author page won't let me post a direct link.
The Late Lord Thorpe A DC Smith Investigation By: Peter Grainger Narrated by: Gildart Jackson Series: DC Smith, Book 11 Length: 14 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 29-10-24 Summary This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title. The inquest verdict was of misadventure, but it isn't long before Smith begins to suspect there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.
Hang On St. Christopher The Sean Duffy Series, Book 8 By: Adrian McKinty Length: 9 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 04-03-25
Summary New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty continues the Edgar Award–winning Sean Duffy series with Hang on St. Christopher.
Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It’s July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to “Shortbread Land”. Duffy’s a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It’s an easy gig, if he can keep his head down.
But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protege is on holiday in Spain. A carjacking gone wrong and the death of a solitary, middle-aged painter. But something’s not right, and as Duffy probes he discovers the painter was an IRA assassin. So, the question becomes: Who hit the hitman and why?
This is Duffy’s most violent and dangerous case yet and the whole future of the burgeoning “peace process” may depend upon it. Based on true events, Duffy must unentangle parallel operations by the CIA, MI5 and Special Branch. Duffy attempts to bring a killer to justice while trying to keep himself and his team alive as everything unravels around them. They might not all make it out of this one.
I thought the Rebus book was very good even though the doddery old ba stard was banged up.
The Connelly book was also very good. He has sneaked Maddie Bosch into the cold case squad to work with Renee Ballard. Harry also features. I thought it was particularly good on Audible as Harry narrates his bit, and Maddie hers. Christine Lakin who is a very good narrator does Ballard, and the rest.
I have just started on the Jo Nesbo book. It starts off with a bloke recapping on whats gone before. I immediately thought that I knew that story. I looked it up, and it seems that it is a sequel to The Kingdom. Although this wasnt clear on Audible, or Amazon.
Alison Bruce Alison Bruce is the author of eight crime novels and two non-fiction titles. Her first novel, Cambridge Blue (2008), was described by Publishers Weekly as an ‘assured debut’ and introduced both detective, DC Gary Goodhew, and her trademark Cambridge setting. She went on to complete the DC Goodhew series with a further six novels before writing the psychological thriller I Did It for Us. Alison Bruce was born in Croydon and grew up in Wiltshire before moving to Cambridgeshire in 1998. Alison worked as an electroplater, taxi driving and band promoter and spent ten years working in the IT industry before leaving to concentrate on completing her first novel. Alison is a proud supporter of local libraries and is the patron of Lakenheath Library in Suffolk. Alison teaches creative writing at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
About this listen 'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' Elly Griffiths
'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail
'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this - the first book in her new Cambridge-set series. Utterly engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing till the end, this is a brilliant start to what promises to be a terrific new series.' Christina Koning
'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists. Because You Looked Away is gripping, clever and utterly authentic' Graham Bartlett
'Because She Looked Away is fast paced, twisty, clever, and satisfying, an engaging start to a new series from an established author' Emily Winslow
After the sudden death of her sister, devastated detective DS Ronnie Blake relocates to Cambridge to help her brother Alex raise their sister's young son, Noah. She reports for her first day but instead finds herself being questioned by a special investigations unit, nicknamed the DEAD Team.
With a small group of six, led by DI Fenton, the once-successful DEAD team has a single outstanding case, Operation Byron, and the failure to resolve it threatens the unit's existence. Their most promising lead is an anonymous note linking three seemingly unconnected people: a convicted fraudster, a dead academic... and Ronnie's sister Jodie.
When Ronnie is denied information about Operation Byron, she follows a lead slipped to her by Malachi, the youngest member of the team, and makes a discovery which links Operation Byron to a disturbing unsolved murder. She is rapidly drawn into an intricate web of deceit, buried secrets and tragedy and the discovery that her connection to Cambridge is far darker than she could ever have guessed.
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Exit Wounds
Connor Fraser, Book 7
By: Neil Broadfoot
Series: Connor Fraser, Book 7
Length: 10 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 30-01-25
Summary
Dead men sometimes do tell tales
When his former fiancée Karen McGill calls, desperately pleading for his help after the violent death of her lover in Northern Ireland, Connor Fraser jumps at the chance. It's a way to escape the chaos his life in Stirling has become, from his fractured relationship with his girlfriend to his gran's worsening dementia and the three kidnappings around Stirling. Kidnappings that nag at Connor and stir up a ghost he had thought long since put to rest.
Returning to Northern Ireland, Connor is plunged into his past and the unquiet spirits that lay in wait there. From the back streets of Belfast to the Mourne Mountains, Connor faces a race to find a killer whose links to Belfast are as complicated, intimate and deadly as his own. A killer who knows where all the bodies are buried. A killer who wants Connor Fraser to be his next, and final, victim.
The Creeper
By: Margaret Hickey
Narrated by: Sibylla Budd
Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 30-07-24
Summary
Victim ... or killer?
For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria's high country has been haunted by the horrific murders of five hikers up on Jagged Ridge.
Also found dead near the scene was Bill 'Creeper' Durant, a bushland loner, expert deer-hunter, and a man with a known reputation for stalking campers . . .
Conclusion: murder-suicide. Case closed.
But as the ten-year anniversary of the massacre draws near, Detective Constable Sally White - the only officer at Edenville's modest police station - finds herself drawn into the dark world of the notorious Durant family.
Lex Durant, in particular, has started to publicly protest his brother's innocence and accuse the police of persecution.
As Sally combs the investigation to prove him wrong, it becomes all too clear that each murdered hiker had skeletons in their closet - and possible enemies in their past . . .
Ian Rankin, and Michael Connelly, next month.
Operation Joktan
A Nir Tavor Mossad Thriller
By: Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn
Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
Series: A Nir Tavor Mossad Thriller, Book 1
Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 16-11-21
Summary
It was the perfect day - until the gunfire.
Nir Tavor is an Israeli secret service operative turned talented Mossad agent.
Nicole le Roux is a model with a hidden skill.
A terrorist attack brings them together, and then work forces them apart - until they’re unexpectedly called back into each other’s lives.
But there’s no time for romance. As violent radicals threaten chaos across the Middle East, the two must work together to stop these extremists, pooling Nicole’s knack for technology and Nir’s adeptness with on-the-ground missions. Each heart-racing step of their operation gets them closer to the truth - and closer to danger.
In this thrilling first book in a new series, authors Amir Tsarfati and Steve Yohn draw on true events as well as tactical insights Amir learned from his time in the Israeli Defense Forces. For believers in God’s life-changing promises, Operation Joktan is a suspense-filled pause-resister that illuminates the blessing Israel is to the world.
One of Us Is Dead
Roy Grace, Book 20
By: Peter James
Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
Series: Roy Grace, Book 20
Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 24-09-24
Summary
'One of the best British crime writers' – Lee Child
Roy Grace is about to find out just how dangerous a dead man can be . . .
When James Taylor arrives late for a funeral, he has to stand at the back of the small church. But, as the service progresses, Taylor notices a man six rows in front of him. At first he thinks he must be mistaken, but the more he looks at the man, the more convinced Taylor becomes that this is his old schoolfriend Rufus Rorke.
Except it couldn’t be him, could it? Because two years ago Taylor attended Rufus Rorke’s funeral. He even delivered Rufus’s eulogy.
On the other side of Brighton, at Police HQ, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been alerted to a number of suspicious deaths that he can’t get out of his mind. But how are they linked? And could they possibly be connected to Rufus Rorke?
One Of Us Is Dead is the latest race-against-time instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major ITV show starring John Simm.
*****
23 million books sold.
Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla’s favourite fictional detective.
'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business' – Karin Slaughter, author of the Will Trent series
'Peter James is one of the best British crime writers and therefore one of the best in the world' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series
'One of the world’s most popular detective series' – The Guardian
The last 1 (the back story of his 1st wife) was not good.
TV series has been really good. As has Nightsleeper
Havent watched any Nightsleeper yet.
Just downloaded it all, will probably get on it tonight.
Just started on the book above the Peter James one.
Do you watch any tv with subtitles?
The Dead Cold Series: Books 1-4
A Dead Cold Box Set, Book 1
By: Blake Banner
Narrated by: Adam Grupper
Series: A Dead Cold Mystery, Book 1-4
Length: 21 hrs and 53 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 17-07-23
Summary
Books 1-4 in the USA Today best-selling Dead Cold series from two-million copy best-selling author Blake Banner
An Ace and a Pair (Book 1)
Two Bare Arms (Book 2)
Garden of the Damned (Book 3)
Let Us Prey (Book 4)
Detective John Stone of the NYPD has the best arrest record in the 43rd precinct. But he’s a dinosaur who belongs to another age. Detective Carmen Dehan has such a bad attitude that nobody at the precinct can stomach her. Captain Jennifer Cuevas wants them both out of the way and thinks they make a perfect pair. So she gives them the Cold Cases file—the cases nobody gives a **** about.
She has no idea just how hot a cold case can get.
Ten years back, Nelson Hernandez and his four cousins were playing poker in a dive at Hunts Point. Somebody came in, blew them away, and beheaded and castrated Nelson, leaving his head and his balls on the table. There was no shortage of suspects: the Jersey Mob, the Triads from Manhattan, or the 43rds own bent cop, Mick Harragan. But nobody was ever charged, and the night of the murder Mick Harragan went missing with Nelson’s wife, Maria.
Now Stone and Dehan plan to find him—whatever the consequences…
I like cold cases.
The Classic Crime Collection: 15+ Novels and Stories from Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Josephine Tey, AA Milne, & More
A Study in Scarlet, The Red House Mystery, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Man in the Queue, The Cask, The Moonstone, & More
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Freeman Wills Crofts, Earl Derr Biggers, AA Milne, Josephine Tey, Somerset Maugham, Wilkie Collins
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Karen Cass, Kris Dyer, Barnaby Edwards, David Rintoul, Ben Allen, Roger May, Malk Williams, Kristin Atherton
Length: 134 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 19-12-24
Summary
The Classic Crime Collection is a collection of 12 classic detective novels, read by an esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic crime writers in history, including Arthur Conan Doyle; Wilkie Collins; Josephine Tey; AA Milne; and more. The titles included in this collection are:
A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Ashenden, by William Somerset Maugham
Brat Farrar, by Josephine Tey
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Cask, by Freeman Crofts Wills
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The House Without a Key, by Ear Derr Biggers
The Man in the Queue , by Josephine Tey
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
The Red House Mystery, by AA Milne
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The full cast includes: Jonathan Keeble; Karen Cass; Kris Dyer; Barnaby Edwards; David Rintoul; Ben Allen; Roger May; Malk Williams; and Kristin Atherton.
BURIED GOLD, OLD BONES.
WHAT SECRETS LURK IN THE DEPTHS?
A masterclass of small-town mystery and jaw-dropping twists from Chris Hammer, the international bestselling author of Scrublands, TheTimes Crime Book of the Year 2023 Dead Man's Creek and Crime Book of the Month (January 2024) Cover the Bones.
A body has been discovered on the riverbanks of The Valley, a remote community in the hills of New South Wales. The gold mine at the heart of The Valley was once the lifeblood of this region, but it has been flooded for decades. Over the years, many have tried and failed to bring it back to life. Now, most believe the mine is barren.
The victim is Wolfgang Burnside, deputy mayor - a champion of change or local schemer, depending on who you ask. He had been working on plans to take the Valley off-grid with hydro-power using the lake surrounding the abandoned mine. Until he was poisoned, his body dumped in the river for all to see.
Detectives Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are dispatched to investigate. The warning is clear - there are secrets lurking in the depths of this Valley, secrets worth more than their weight in gold. What price will this town have to pay to ensure that they never see the light of day?
An epic, atmospheric mystery spanning generations set against a luscious backdrop and the twisting veins of gold that lurk beneath.
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Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch, Book 6
By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Madison Lintz, Titus Welliver
Series: Ballard and Bosch, Book 6
Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 15-10-24
Summary
'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game."
MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES
****
IN COLD CASES,
IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU.
IT'S THE WAITING.
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels.
But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight...
With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city's library of souls.
Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others...
An electrifying and authoritative thriller from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer.
****
CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:
'A superb natural storyteller'
LEE CHILD
'A master of the genre'
STEPHEN KING
'An incredible writer'
RICHARD OSMAN
'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'
IAN RANKIN
'Nobody writes a better modern thriller'
EVENING STANDARD
'One of the world's greatest crime writers'
DAILY MAIL
The Connelly book was also very good.
He has sneaked Maddie Bosch into the cold case squad to work with Renee Ballard.
Harry also features.
I thought it was particularly good on Audible as Harry narrates his bit, and Maddie hers.
Christine Lakin who is a very good narrator does Ballard, and the rest.
I have just started on the Jo Nesbo book.
It starts off with a bloke recapping on whats gone before.
I immediately thought that I knew that story.
I looked it up, and it seems that it is a sequel to The Kingdom.
Although this wasnt clear on Audible, or Amazon.
Jo Nesbo Books In Order
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The Bat (1997) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Cockroaches (1998) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Redbreast (2000) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Nemesis (2002) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Devil's Star (2003) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Redeemer (2005) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Snowman (2007) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Leopard (2009) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Phantom (2011) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Police (2013) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Thirst (2017) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Knife (2019) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Killing Moon (2023) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Publication Order of Doktor Proctor Books
Doctor Proctor's **** Powder (2007) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Bubble in the Bathtub / Time-Travel Bath Bomb (2008) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Who Cut the Cheese? (2010) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Magical Fruit (2012) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Great Gold Robbery (2013) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Silent (But Deadly) Night (2016) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Can Doctor Proctor Save Christmas? (2017) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Publication Order of Blood on Snow Books
Blood on Snow (2014) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Midnight Sun (2015) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Publication Order of Kingdom Books
The Kingdom (2020) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Blood Ties (2024) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Headhunters (2008) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Son (2014) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
The Night House (2023) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
London (2021) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Jealousy Man and Other Stories (2021) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
Publication Order of Hogarth Shakespeare Books
Macbeth (2018) Description / Buy at Amazon UK
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Peter Grainger
Although I've always been a reader, I must admit that I first got into crime novels via television series such as Morse and Frost. It seemed odd initially, reading about characters that I had only watched before, and I found that I didn't always agree with what the producers and scriptwriters had done - but then I probably am one of life's disagree-ers. Having independently published three novels on Amazon's Kindle, I decided that my next project could be a crime novel of my own. In some ways it was easier to write than my general fiction, the conventions of the genre making some decisions straightforward, but I still spent a lot of time developing the characters in 'An Accidental Death'; to me, character comes before everything else in fiction. I think that Smith himself is a recognisable individual. He is old-fashioned in some ways and has a sense that he has been left behind as the police force is modernised. He makes mistakes, too. And yet his wealth of experience and the understanding of people that stems from that experience mean that he is still able to pursue the wrongdoers intuitively, when more conventional methods fail. He is far from the first fictional detective to have these qualities, of course - there is nothing new under the sun. In the end, though, I grew to like him enough to perhaps give him another case to solve soon. And then another and another, until now there are ten DC Smith investigations. And, of course, Smith also features in the offshoot series, the Kings Lake Investigations. The other three novels? I published them under a different name. They are not crime fiction at all but as several readers have said that they would like to take a look, I will now list them here: 'Afon', 'The Rink' and 'Asher' by Robert Partridge. Sorry but my author page won't let me post a direct link.
The Late Lord Thorpe
A DC Smith Investigation
By: Peter Grainger
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Series: DC Smith, Book 11
Length: 14 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 29-10-24
Summary
This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title. The inquest verdict was of misadventure, but it isn't long before Smith begins to suspect there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.
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Hang On St. Christopher
The Sean Duffy Series, Book 8
By: Adrian McKinty
Length: 9 hrs
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-03-25
Summary
New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty continues the Edgar Award–winning Sean Duffy series with Hang on St. Christopher.
Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It’s July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to “Shortbread Land”. Duffy’s a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It’s an easy gig, if he can keep his head down.
But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protege is on holiday in Spain. A carjacking gone wrong and the death of a solitary, middle-aged painter. But something’s not right, and as Duffy probes he discovers the painter was an IRA assassin. So, the question becomes: Who hit the hitman and why?
This is Duffy’s most violent and dangerous case yet and the whole future of the burgeoning “peace process” may depend upon it. Based on true events, Duffy must unentangle parallel operations by the CIA, MI5 and Special Branch. Duffy attempts to bring a killer to justice while trying to keep himself and his team alive as everything unravels around them. They might not all make it out of this one.
I thought the Rebus book was very good even though the doddery old ba stard was banged up.
The Connelly book was also very good.
He has sneaked Maddie Bosch into the cold case squad to work with Renee Ballard.
Harry also features.
I thought it was particularly good on Audible as Harry narrates his bit, and Maddie hers.
Christine Lakin who is a very good narrator does Ballard, and the rest.
I have just started on the Jo Nesbo book.
It starts off with a bloke recapping on whats gone before.
I immediately thought that I knew that story.
I looked it up, and it seems that it is a sequel to The Kingdom.
Although this wasnt clear on Audible, or Amazon.
I thought all three of these were good.
Alison Bruce
Alison Bruce Alison Bruce is the author of eight crime novels and two non-fiction titles. Her first novel, Cambridge Blue (2008), was described by Publishers Weekly as an ‘assured debut’ and introduced both detective, DC Gary Goodhew, and her trademark Cambridge setting. She went on to complete the DC Goodhew series with a further six novels before writing the psychological thriller I Did It for Us. Alison Bruce was born in Croydon and grew up in Wiltshire before moving to Cambridgeshire in 1998. Alison worked as an electroplater, taxi driving and band promoter and spent ten years working in the IT industry before leaving to concentrate on completing her first novel. Alison is a proud supporter of local libraries and is the patron of Lakenheath Library in Suffolk. Alison teaches creative writing at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
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'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' Elly Griffiths
'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail
'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this - the first book in her new Cambridge-set series. Utterly engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing till the end, this is a brilliant start to what promises to be a terrific new series.' Christina Koning
'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists. Because You Looked Away is gripping, clever and utterly authentic' Graham Bartlett
'Because She Looked Away is fast paced, twisty, clever, and satisfying, an engaging start to a new series from an established author' Emily Winslow
After the sudden death of her sister, devastated detective DS Ronnie Blake relocates to Cambridge to help her brother Alex raise their sister's young son, Noah. She reports for her first day but instead finds herself being questioned by a special investigations unit, nicknamed the DEAD Team.
With a small group of six, led by DI Fenton, the once-successful DEAD team has a single outstanding case, Operation Byron, and the failure to resolve it threatens the unit's existence. Their most promising lead is an anonymous note linking three seemingly unconnected people: a convicted fraudster, a dead academic... and Ronnie's sister Jodie.
When Ronnie is denied information about Operation Byron, she follows a lead slipped to her by Malachi, the youngest member of the team, and makes a discovery which links Operation Byron to a disturbing unsolved murder. She is rapidly drawn into an intricate web of deceit, buried secrets and tragedy and the discovery that her connection to Cambridge is far darker than she could ever have guessed.