Jo Furniss

When a family camping trip takes a dark turn, how far will one mother go to keep her family safe? Struggling with working-mother guilt, Marlene Greene hopes a camping trip in the forest will provide quality time with her three young children—until they see fires in the distance, columns of smoke distorting the sweeping view. Overnight, all communication with the outside world is lost. Knowing something terrible has happened, Marlene suspects that the isolation of the remote campsite is all that’s protecting her family. But the arrival of a lost boy reveals they are not alone in the woods, and as the unfolding disaster ravages the land, more youngsters seek refuge under her wing. The lives of her own children aren’t the only ones at stake. When their sanctuary is threatened, Marlene faces the mother of all dilemmas: Should she save her own kids or try to save them all?

All the Little Children

Phoebe Morgan

Dominic Nolan

James Delargy

Victoria Selman

Alex North

Kate Simants

Elle Croft

S. R. Masters

Adam Southward

N.J. Mackay

Rachael Blok

Heather Critchlow

Clare Empson

Some people are scared of the dark. But it’s the light that exposes the secrets. A young boy with nightmares faces up to his demons. A deathbed confession turns the world on its axis. A five-year-old watches his parents bury a body in the garden. A soldier returns from the war to find the horror isn’t yet over. Afraid Of The Light brings the imagination of fourteen bestselling crime writers together in a collection that will keep you up all night. From a deadly campfire game to a holiday gone wrong, to an AI assistant with a motive and a love affair that can only end in murder, this is a gripping, twisty set of stories to send a shiver down your spine.

An Anthology of Crime Fiction

Afraid of the Light

A family's past pursues them like a shadow in this riveting and emotional novel of psychological suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of All the Little Children. American journalist Rose Kynaston has just relocated to the childhood home of her husband, Dylan, in the English village of his youth. There's a lot for Rose to get used to in Hurtwood. Like the family's crumbling mansion, inhabited by Dylan's reclusive mother, and the treacherous hill it sits upon, a place of both sinister folklore and present dangers. Then there are the unwelcoming villagers, who only whisper the name Kynaston--like some dreadful secret, a curse. Everyone knows what happened at Hurtwood House twenty years ago. Everyone except Rose. And now that Dylan is back, so are rumors about his past. When an archaeological dig unearths human remains on the hill, local police sergeant Ellie Trevelyan vows to solve a cold case that has cast a chill over Hurtwood for decades. As Ellie works to separate rumor from fact, Rose must fight to clear the name of the man she loves. But how can Rose keep her family safe if she is the last to know the truth?

The Last to Know

Perfect for fans of Belinda Bauer and Ruth Ware, DEAD MILE is the most relatable locked-room mystery you'll ever read, set on a gridlocked motorway during rush hour 'I LOVED IT' T. M. LOGAN 'SPELLBINDINGLY ORIGINAL AND UTTERLY COMPELLING' JACK JORDAN 'AN INVENTIVE, GRIPPING TAKE ON A LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY' HARRIET TYCE Friday afternoon, and the traffic is bloody murder. Sergeant Belinda 'Billy' Kidd is driving home from the airport, jet-lagged and ready to resign from a career that has left her traumatised. Menopause has robbed her confidence too - now she's a traffic cop who's afraid to drive. When brake lights haemorrhage up the motorway, the cars grind to a halt. Moments later she finds a dead driver in a black sedan. He has a metal skewer in his neck. But how? The killer can't have left the scene without being spotted by the dozens of witnesses - so he must still be there, among them. If the traffic jam stays put, they're all in danger; if the traffic clears, she'll lose her suspect. The clock is ticking, but she doesn't know how fast. 'A WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE ... TIGHTLY-PLOTTED AND INTRICATE' HEATHER CRITCHLOW 'AN INGENIOUS, HIGH-OCTANE PAGE-TURNER' KATE SLIMANTS 'SMART, WITTY AND BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL' WILLIAM SHAW **Loved DEAD MILE? Don't miss Jo Furniss' next unmissable thriller, GUILT TRIP, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**

A compulsive locked room mystery with a unique twist, set on a gridlocked motorway during rush hour

Dead Mile

Do you really want to know the truth? Amanda Bonham moved halfway around the world to be with the man she loves. Although expat life in Singapore can be difficult, Edward Bonham is a dream husband and a doting father to his teenage daughter, Josie. But when their maid dies in an apparent suicide--and Amanda discovers the woman was pregnant and hiding a stash of drugs prescribed to Edward--she can't help but wonder if her perfect husband has a fatal flaw. And if he can't resist temptation under their own roof, what does he get up to when he travels? Camille Kemble also has questions for Edward. Recently returned to Singapore, Camille is determined to resolve a family mystery. Amid a jumble of faded childhood memories, she keeps seeing Edward's handsome face. And she wants to know why. For one woman, the search for answers threatens everything she has. For another, it's the key to all she lost. Both will follow his trail of secrets into the darkness to find the truth.

The Trailing Spouse

A group of parents expose each other's darkest secrets when a minibus carrying their teenage children disappears without trace in this unputdownable thriller. Perfect for fans of Belinda Bauer, Catherine Ryan Howard, T.M. Logan and Harriet Tyce 'DAZZLIING AND UTTERLY ADDICTIVE' CLARE LESLIE HALL 'A MASTERCLASS IN SUSPENSE' JOANNA WALLACE 'TWISTY AND TANTALISING!' SAM HOLLAND 'SUBLIMELY TWISTY ... UNMISSABLE' HEATHER CRITCHLOW It will be a day to remember... It is 3pm on Monday. Emily Smith is summoned to her daughter's school, an elite hothouse where pupils work under exacting standards of grades and behaviour. She is reassured that Olivia isn't in trouble, but the news is even worse - her child is missing. A minibus carrying the swim team never arrived back from a gala. The police don't know where it has gone and the school's 'no phones' policy means none of the kids has a device. They have vanished. As time ticks by and fear becomes unbearable, the real danger may not be the kidnapper but someone much closer to home... **Don't miss Jo Furniss' unique locked-room thriller set on a gridlocked motorway - DEAD MILE IS AVAILABLE NOW!** PRAISE FOR JO FURNISS: 'I LOVED IT' T.M. LOGAN 'INVENTIVE, GRIPPING' HARRIET TYCE 'SPELLBINDINGLY ORIGINAL AND UTTERLY COMPELLING' JACK JORDAN

An unputdownable thriller for fans of Belinda Bauer and T.M. Logan

Guilt Trip

« Quelqu’un a assassiné cet homme. Et il l’a fait, ici même, sur cette autoroute. » C’est un vendredi après-midi caniculaire. Le sergent Belinda « Billy » Kidd rentre de l’aéroport, déjà fatiguée par le décalage horaire. Accablée par la chaleur, elle se demande d’ailleurs ce qui pourrait bien lui permettre de se reposer. Sûrement pas la ménopause en train de grignoter le peu de confiance en elle qui lui reste. Sûrement pas la dernière affaire qui l’a littéralement traumatisée. Elle rumine toujours ses doutes quand elle se retrouve à l’arrêt sur l’autoroute, coincée dans un embouteillage monstre. Mais quand elle sort de sa voiture pour se dégourdir les jambes, elle découvre le conducteur de la berline voisine mort derrière son volant, une sorte de pic à brochette planté dans la nuque. Mais comment ? Car le tueur n’a pas pu quitter les lieux sans être repéré par les dizaines de témoins. Si l’embouteillage persiste, ils sont tous en danger. Si le trafic se résorbe, Billy perdra son suspect. L’horloge tourne, mais elle ne sait pas à quelle vitesse.

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