Sometimes You Just Kill The Wrong People and Other Stories


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This classic collection of ghost, crime and horror stories from Giles Ekins will delight any reader with a taste for the macabre. Included in the 19 short stories are the titular tale of vengeance 'Sometimes You Just Kill The Wrong People' and the chilling ghost stories 'Aunt Alice, Incident at Gretna Green' and 'The Chinese Hat Box. Crime stories include 'From Darkness and Horror Comes Light', 'If Only', and 'A Dealer in Fine Art', whilst diabolic tales include 'Death Pale Were They All' and 'It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.' This book contains graphic violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.




Sometimes I Lie


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ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?




Killing The Taxman


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Killing the Taxman is a thrilling sequel to ‘Dead Girl Found’ and ‘I Know It Was You,’ continuing the interlinked stories of DCI Grace Swan and Chloe Macbeth. Grace now faces a new threat: a ruthless serial killer who also has Grace in his sights. Meanwhile, having fled to Spain, Chloe now finds herself enmeshed in the clutches of a vicious drug dealing gang, unable to find an escape before she is dragged further into their murderous schemes. With the body count rising, Grace and Chloe both find themselves in situations of increasing menace and danger, requiring all their mental and physical resources if they are to survive. Giles Ekins's ‘Killing the Taxman’ is a twisty, complex thriller for all fans of the genre.




Verity


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Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.




Gallows Knot


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West Garside, Yorkshire, mid-1950's. After a young girl is abducted from a local hospital, D.I. Yarrow, still recovering from an attack in which he was severely burnt, fears for the safety of the child. With the community in shock, everyone in town now becomes a suspect. In the most difficult and traumatic investigation of his career, Yarrow must bring all his experience and commitment to bear as senior officers, anxious for their own careers, begin to question his competence. Can Yarrow bring this case to closure as his personal life takes a dramatic turn? A police procedural set in mid-20th century England, GALLOWS KNOT is the third book in the Inspector Yarrow series by Giles Ekins.




DCI Grace Swan Thrillers - Books 1-3


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The first three books in Giles Ekins's 'DCI Grace Swan Thrillers', now available in one volume! Dead Girl Found: When 19-year-old Julia Jarrett accuses her father Donald of abuse, their relatives are outraged. The problem is, Julia died months ago from a heroin overdose. Her mother Janet is convinced that the accusing voice, heard during a spiritualist meeting, is her daughter's. When Donald and Janet are both found dead, DCI Grace Swan is called in to investigate. I Know It Was You: When Chloe Macbeth begins to receive threatening letters, she has no doubt who is behind them: David Jarrett, who's in jail for the murder of his adoptive parents. Jarrett is convinced that Chloe - out on parole following a conviction for GBH - is the real killer. When a local businessman is stabbed to death, DCI Grace Swan and DS Terry Horton find themselves pitted against the most dangerous criminal they have ever encountered: the Mannikin Killer. Killing The Taxman: Grace faces a new threat: a ruthless serial killer who has her in his sights. Meanwhile, Chloe finds herself enmeshed in the clutches of a vicious drug dealing gang in Spain, unable to find an escape before she is dragged further into their murderous schemes. With the body count rising, Grace and Chloe both find themselves in situations of increasing menace and danger, requiring all their mental and physical resources if they are to survive. This series contains adult content and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.




Gallows End


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1950’s Yorkshire. When former Battle of Britain pilot, D.I. Yarrow of West Garside CID, finds himself faced with three seemingly unconnected murders, he has his work cut out. The cases include a long-dead body found on the rugged moors, possibly connected to a case that led a man to the gallows, as well as a wife and mother beaten to death and a body found on a local golf course - a death which raises disturbing issues amongst the community. As he struggles with the baffling cases, a meeting with a troubled young woman results in tragic and unexpected consequences for everyone concerned. The second book in the Inspector Yarrow series by Giles Ekins, ‘Gallows End,’ is a thrilling novel set in 1950’s Yorkshire, sure to please anyone who enjoys a great crime story.




It's Kind of a Funny Story


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Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy. At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away.




Gothic Alaskan and Other Stories


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The seething, thrashing jungles of Alaska are the lair of many secret species. To see them is to disappear. There are life forms here so horrible the sight of them would make a Kodiak bear jump off a cliff, or send a one-ton moose up a tree, or drive a pack of wolves into a rabbit hole. Every summer unknowing tourists anchor a boat off the wrong island and become dinner. Or they drive down some unmarked dirt road and are slaughtered. Every year they trustingly stop over at some strangely-empty campground or wander down an unmarked trail and meet a horrible end. [Author bio]Eugene Shelby has lived in Alaska for twenty-two years, including Anchorage, Barrow, Prudhoe Bay, Shemya and Valdez. He has a BA in journalism from USC.




A Little Life


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.