Lost Lives


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Sometimes the missing are not meant to be found in this dark and chilling page-turner. Fans of chilling psychological suspense, shocking twists and turns, and damaged but determined heroines will love this first book in the gripping Emily Swanson series.




The Emily Swanson Series


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Dive into this complete British detective series collection featuring private investigator Emily Swanson: Includes five chilling murder mysteries and two exclusive short stories. "Electrifying... Should surely be on TV." — The Bookseller BOOK 1: NEXT TO DISAPPEAR When former teacher Emily Swanson moves into a new London home, she begins to investigate the previous owner’s disappearance—but nothing can prepare her for the truth. And the closer Emily gets to the troubled nurse’s bone-chilling secret, the closer she gets to terrible danger. BOOK 2: MIND FOR MURDER Emotionally scarred by her encounter with a psychopath, Emily visits a remote retreat named Meadow Pines. It's the perfect place to recover—until one of the guests is found dead. Now Emily must dig into the retreat's sinister past and unearth what lies beneath. Because there's a murderer at Meadow Pines, who's about to kill again. BOOK3: TRAIL OF POISON When the body of an environmentalist is pulled from the River Thames, his widow turns to rookie P.I. Emily Swanson for help. But as Emily's investigation leads her to the mysterious Valence Industries, a case of accidental death takes a dangerous turn. Out of her depth and with the body count rising, Emily must expose the truth—before more innocent people die. BOOK 4: WATCH YOU SLEEP Someone called The Witness is terrorizing a young family in their suburban home. P.I. Emily Swanson is hired to investigate. But as she draws closer to the identity of The Witness, she begins to question the vulnerable family's story—and finds her life in grave danger. BOOK 5: KILL FOR LOVE When a shy student is beaten to death, her classmate Bridget is the chief suspect. With no motive or history of violence, Bridget's role in the crime doesn't add up. Until Emily's investigation leads to a horrifying discovery—and she becomes the target of a sick and deadly game. Grab the box set today and enjoy this gripping murder mystery series featuring British private investigator Emily Swanson. Keywords: amateur sleuth, British crime series, British detective series, British mystery series, complete series, crime fiction, crime series, crime thriller series, detective books, female detective, murder, murder mystery series, mystery books, mystery series, mystery thrillers, pi crime, private detective, private detective series, private eye, private investigator series, private investigators, psychological suspense, psychological thriller, strong female protagonist, thriller and suspense




Cold Hearts


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For fans of T.R. Ragan, Rachel Abbott & Robert Bryndza comes the third novel in the mystery thriller series that readers are calling a 'gripping and intense must-read with an unlikely heroine.' Corruption, Conspiracy, Greed, Murder... Three months after the horrific events of Meadow Pines, Emily Swanson is facing a new mystery--what to do with the rest of her life. Enter grieving widow, Diane Edwards, with an unusual proposition. Diane's husband drowned in the River Thames, but she believes there's more to his death than meets the eye--and she wants Emily to find out the truth. As Emily's investigation takes her across London and beyond, what first seems like an open and shut case quickly escalates into something much more terrifying--and deadly. Out of her depth, and with usual partner-in-crime Jerome busy dealing with problems of his own, Emily must turn to an unlikely ally for help. It's a lethal race against time as Emily puts her life on the line to uncover a shocking conspiracy of global proportions. Don't miss the first two novels in the series: LOST LIVES and CRUEL MINDS.




Cruel Minds


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For fans of T.R. Ragan, Rachel Abbott & Robert Bryndza comes the second novel in the mystery thriller series that readers are calling a 'gripping and intense must-read with an unlikely heroine.'Getting away from it all can be murder...Emily Swanson has survived a media witch hunt, abduction, and attempted murder, but she's about to face her greatest challenge yet-getting some much-needed R&R. Heading out of London with best friend Jerome, Emily checks in to Meadow Pines, a remote digital detox retreat hidden deep within the New Forest. With no TV, internet or phones, there's nothing else to do but kick back, relax, and reconnect with nature... But peace and serenity are about to turn into panic and fear. When one of the guests is found dead, Emily suspects that what appears to be a tragic suicide may, in fact, be a brutal murder. And when help mysteriously fails to arrive, it soon becomes clear that something is very, very wrong at Meadow Pines. Could a killer be hiding among the guests, preparing to strike again? Forming an uneasy alliance with an ambitious journalist, it's down to Emily and Jerome to find out who it is-before they become the killer's next victims.




Wish Me Dead


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Emily Swanson used to be a small town girl with a troubled past. Now she's a confident young woman with a bright future. But her carefully constructed life is about to be thrown into chaos. When fellow student teacher Becky vanishes, Emily is alarmed to find that no one cares. Searching for answers, she’s soon questioning just how well she knows her friend. Because it seems everyone has a reason to hate Becky. But has hate driven someone to kill? Caught in a deadly web of lies, Emily must race to uncover the sordid truth. But is she saving Becky's life or solving her first murder investigation? Go back to the beginning in Wish Me Dead , the suspense-filled prequel novella to the Emily Swanson private investigator series. Revised Edition: This eBook was previously published under the title "Bad Blood".




The Hiding House


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***2018 Revised Edition***Every family has its secrets. Every secret has its price.Life had been cruel to Sebastian and Elise. Until the day their abusive mother vanished. Four years later, the young siblings have found happiness at their grandmother's isolated woodland house. But their safe existence is about to be torn apart.On a sweltering summer's day, tragedy strikes and the children are left vulnerable and alone. Elise knows she must act quickly to protect her younger brother, but instead of going for help she insists they stay hidden from the outside world.As Sebastian begins to suspect his sister's motives, Elise must fight to protect her brother's life.Because hiding in the wood is a terrifying secret. One that holds the key to their mother's disappearance. And now that secret wants to come inside...An unsettling blend of psychological suspense and dark family drama, The Hiding House is a unique and emotional page-turner from the author of The Cove.




Shadow of Night


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The #1 New York Times bestselling second installment in the All Souls series, from the author of The Discovery of Witches and The Black Bird Oracle. Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now, and Shudder! Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes reluctant witch Diana Bishop and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew's old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782—the lost and enchanted manuscript whose mystery first pulled Diana and Matthew into one another's orbit—deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew's past tightens around them. Together they find they must embark on a very different—and vastly more dangerous—journey. “A captivating and romantic ripping yarn,”* Shadow of Night confirms Deborah Harkness as a master storyteller, able to cast an “addictive tale of magic, mayhem and two lovers”(Chicago Tribune).




The Cove


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The smallest towns have the darkest secrets... When Carrie's son, Cal, vanished from the Cornish town of Devil's Cove, she thought she'd lost him for good. Seven years later, a teenager has been found washed up on the beach. It's Carrie's son. And he's alive. No longer the sweet boy she remembers, Cal is deeply troubled, wildly unpredictable, and a growing danger to everyone around him. Now, Carrie must unravel the mystery of what happened to her son before it's too late. Because a serial killer is stalking the streets of Devil's Cove. And another young child is missing... Set against the wild backdrop of Cornwall, The Cove is the first part of a nail-biting trilogy about a mother's fight to save her son from the grip of evil.




Down in the Blood


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Wealthy heiress Kerenza Trezise was about to marry the man she loved…until she killed herself in front of the entire wedding party. Private investigator Blake Hollow is hired to find out why. Physically and emotionally damaged by a near-death encounter with a serial killer, Blake knows this case is an opportunity to relaunch her struggling P.I. business. But as she attempts to infiltrate one of Cornwall’s richest families at their impressive Frenchman’s Creek estate, she learns that the Trezises have their own dark secrets to protect, and a shocking legacy of madness, horror, and death. Worse still, they’ll do anything to stop Blake’s private investigation from revealing the truth, including deception, intimidation, and perhaps even murder. They say family is forever. But they have never met the Trezise family… Down in the Blood is a fast-paced and creepy Gothic murder mystery that draws on Cornish folklore and the occult. Fans of British crime fiction will love tenacious private detective Blake Hollow as she delves into another confounding murder case.




All the Beautiful Lies


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'He's the real deal...' JOE HILL 'Another read in one sitting from the best-selling Swanson.' METRO 'A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache.' CLARE MACKINTOSH On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father. But who really is Alice, his father's much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present, things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through his own confused feelings?