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The Holyland Murders
In the Holy Land, a series of gruesome murders targeting ultra-orthodox Hasidim sends shockwaves through the community. While initially assumed to be nationalistically motivated, Chief Inspector Detective David Levy and his elite team suspect otherwise, noting distinct and unusual characteristics in the killings. As the murder rate accelerates, the team races against time to bring the perpetrator to justice, their determination unwavering in the face of mounting pressure.
Intuition and a commitment to uncovering the truth lead the investigators down a winding path, tracing back to the horrors of the Holocaust and the infamous Treblinka concentration camp. Delving into the chaotic period preceding the establishment of the State of Israel, David Levy and his team face the daunting task of proving their case in an era where evidence and witnesses are scarce.
Yosefa Galili, a tenacious young policewoman handpicked for David’s inner circle, follows unconventional leads that ultimately uncover a potential suspect and a key witness, emerging from the mists of time. As the team endeavours to understand the mind of a depraved killer, they embark on a heart-wrenching journey filled with surprising twists and turns, leading to an unexpected and shocking resolution.
Set against the backdrop of Israeli society’s complex tapestry of social, cultural, religious, and political divisions, this suspense-filled narrative illuminates the challenges faced by the investigators in their relentless pursuit of justice. The clash of ideologies and the weight of history add depth to this gripping tale, keeping readers on the edge of their seats until the final, astonishing revelation.
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The Milk Boys
Tommy Loy moved to the West of Scotland new town of East Kilbride as a troubled teenager, and by 1970 he has robbed, fought, and terrorised his way to the top of a very small tree. His attempts to move further up the ladder leave him dead at the side of the road, murdered for his mistakes, but his legend lives on in the town.
By 1979, the legend is fading, but his young family are still living with the consequences. His son, Billy, delivers milk to the houses, while the float drivers he works for deliver misery to the local low life.
Rivalries are rife between the teenage boys making the deliveries and the adult drivers who run the town in the early hours of each day. The Milk Boys gives a snapshot of East Kilbride in the 1970s and the town’s decline as the factories begin to close, leaving the people who were living the dream in despair. The optimistic New Town story is destined to have an unhappy ending.
Friendship, drugs, football, violence, and punk rock are the backdrop to how the Loy family learn about the truth behind Tommy’s legacy. All of it fuelled by the pints of milk delivered to your door.
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Forgotten
After a harrowing accident leaves her severely injured and abandoned in a ditch, a young woman awakens in a hospital bed, her body battered and her mind a blank slate. Plunged into a coma, she emerges into consciousness with her past erased, her identity lost to the shadows of amnesia.
Embarking on a perilous journey of self-discovery, she navigates a labyrinth of unknowns, where each step could reveal startling truths or lead her deeper into a web of lies. Surrounded by faces she cannot trust and memories that refuse to surface, she must summon her inner strength to confront the mysteries that shroud her existence.
As she delves into the enigmatic fragments of her life, she encounters a cast of characters whose intentions are as obscure as her own past. Allies or adversaries, saviors or saboteurs, they are the pieces of a puzzle she is desperate to solve. With no guide but her unwavering resolve, she risks everything to uncover the origins of her identity and the events that led to her fateful night in the ditch.
What she learns will challenge her understanding of trust, identity, and the very fabric of her being. Changed by her discoveries, she faces the ultimate question: Can she ever truly return to the person she once was, or has her journey transformed her forever? Who is she?
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At Night They Whisper
Inspired by masters like Stephen King and William Friedkin, this bone-chilling collection confronts the grimmest edges of human experience across eight captivating stories. From sinister obsessions to brutal rituals, At Night They Whisper ventures into the recesses of skewed morality to uncover aberrant possibilities few dare depict.
While the classic intrigue of ‘She’s Still with Us’ pays homage to old-school detective fiction, these largely original plots seize upon unexplored darkness. In ‘The Forty-Stone Finding,’ freedom and hope itself perish, while ‘Choking Monopoly’ investigates the warped dynamics lurking in family ties.
Through stylistic flair and profound realism, author Alex J. Thomas immerses readers in creeping dread whilst also not forgetting to deliver a healthy dose of pulsating startles. If the deepest darkness seems unreal, At Night They Whisper dares all who encounter it: ‘what if...?’
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Flash of Time
In a world on the brink, tensions between global superpowers escalate, casting an ominous shadow over governments everywhere. Behind the scenes, covert agents scramble: collecting intelligence, decoding enigmas, and engaging in a high-stakes global scavenger hunt. Their mission? To outpace dark forces and avert a looming nuclear war.
In a realm where trust is a rare commodity and allegiances shift with the wind, David Sheffield emerges as a beacon of hope. Dive into a tale of intrigue, suspense, and the relentless quest to secure a future for humanity.
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The Gate of the Burnt One
Based on an intriguing alternative history hypothesis, this novel imagines a world where the Moors never left Southern Spain after their 800-year reign but instead expanded their empire across Europe. This fascinating premise is explored through the chaotic lens of a bumbling film crew in the Sahara desert. The director, lost in a haze of Moroccan kif, has embraced the local culture a little too enthusiastically. With the scriptwriters gone and the leading actor in a perpetual sulk inside his Airstream, the production is at a standstill.
Enter Tinctorio Indigolin, a bitcoin billionaire on the run from a Shakespeare-quoting Irish assassin. In a bid to leverage a tax loss, Indigolin acquires the film rights, injecting a new lease of life into the project. Mysteriously, a captivating screenplay begins to appear on set, page by page, night after night. Penned by an enigmatic writer, the script proposes a world where the Moors didn’t just resist expulsion in 1492 but went on to dominate Spain, France, and Italy, creating an Islamic State of Europe.
As the screenplay unfolds, it transforms the lives of everyone involved in the film.
The narrative weaves through a labyrinth of twists, assassinations, and narrow escapes, employing the most unexpected methods, only to culminate in the most uplifting conclusion you’ll encounter this year.
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Inheritor
Inheritances can become bloodbaths when truth gets concealed or ignored in blended families. But when is the right time to discuss inheritance, particularly with children involved? How does one maintain balance across complex dynamics driven by fear or faulty assumptions?
At the heart lie charged questions. Do spousal age gaps correlate with calculations about money and motives? Did personal beliefs factor in, or notions of fairness? Puzzle through the mystery confronting Magnolia as trusted allies challenge her own counsel.
Could oversight stem from looming paydays or promotions? Perhaps a bid to regain lost stature or give belated thanks? Magnolia thought her grasp accurate… except those relied upon to safeguard her interests.
Navigating the financial fallout from loss while managing expectations across generations emerges a delicate dance. With so much at stake, can integrity and understanding fill gaps where trust falls short? For Magnolia’s clan, a legacy hangs in the balance.
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Far from Home
“With Far from Home Miranda has come up with a gripping page turner of an adventure” – Bear Grylls
“An assured and pacy debut” – Philip Blackwell, Ultimate Library
Far from Home is a story about identity, motherlessness and loss. Three young friends, Joe, Alex and Emma, facing the challenge of their early 20s with changing relationships and unsolved mysteries from the past. A struggle to find the truth whatever it takes. When a boy crashes a bike on a mountain road in Nepal and a girl in London starts investigating what really happened to her mother all those years ago the truth starts to reveal itself in a dangerous adventure that takes us from Devon to London, across Central Asia, India and Nepal. Can their friendship survive? Can THEY survive? Where does the truth actually lie?
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Sweet Dreams... Or Not So Sweet?
Ric Hartland is more or less a paper pusher for the secret service in London. When a promotion comes his way – one he doesn’t really want – Ric agrees to give it a try. It can’t be too difficult, can it? His new assignment seems easy: visit Moscow, gather info and get out quick!
Yet nothing proves as simple as it first appears. Drawn deeper into a web of murder and deceit, Ric soon finds himself out of his depth. This is beyond the realm of deskwork and paperwork. Still, with the Russian secret service watching his every move, Ric has no choice but to soldier on and complete the task at hand.
Over his head it may be, but Ric Hartland will try his best to rise to the assignment… or die trying. What first seemed a mundane promotion becomes a dangerous game of shadows, one step away from disaster. Ric never asked for this, but the secret service waits for no man.
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A Selfish Endeavour
To follow the job of her dreams, Phoebe takes the dramatic step of leaving her marriage to fly to Canberra, full of hope and excitement. She soon learns that the path she has chosen is not for the faint-hearted. Almost immediately, her ideals are shattered, and she realises that, to survive, she must emulate the treachery of those around her to keep her job and to save face with those back home who had little confidence that she could or should have left in the first place.
In the depths of politics, she finds that she has entered a vipers’ den, full of self-serving careerists, where selfish endeavours thrive, and are indeed encouraged. She becomes a target of the powerful and faces an unimaginable ordeal. Through all of this, she finds an unlikely ally in Josh, a career political operator who is himself conflicted and disillusioned. They form an unlikely alliance, providing the support and emotional connection that helps them deal with the many unnerving and at times unimaginable situations in which they come to find themselves.
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Second Reality
Hope is struggling with life. Her parents torment her, her friends don’t value her, and the anxiety within is cutting through to the surface. Traumatized by her existence, she could not know that through this long, lonely time, someone would eventually come to save her.
Yet escaping an abusive home doesn’t magically erase years of pain. And in this case – there are more years than she can even remember. Hope is confronted by a claim that her whole life is a sadistic game, orchestrated by a powerful man from her past.
Someone who had erased her memory.
Someone who had reversed her biological age.
Someone who threw her, as if a newborn, into a house of horrors.
If a second chance at life is where hope comes to die, then a second reality must truly be a whole new world.
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Curse of the Crown
In an England marked by peace and stability, the emergence of two ambitious leaders heralds a shift in the national landscape.
This gripping narrative delves into the heart of loyalty and friendship, now overshadowed by the rising tide of personal ambition.
As tragedy unfolds, the inability of those in power to master their emotions sends ripples across the nation, altering lives irreversibly.
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