Archive for the ‘Crime & Horror’ Category

Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Devil Bones - Kathy ReichsDr Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist is called to the scene in an underground chamber in a seedy, dilapidated house in Charlotte, North Carolina. She fights her claustrophobia and the awful smell of rotting flesh as she descends the very precariously steep, makeshift wooden steps. A ritulistic display awaits her: slain chickens, a goat and a skull, ghostly pale with the lower jaw missing and the empty orbits staring back at her. Beads and antlers are suspended above two cauldrons.

The skull is confirmed as that of a young black female - but how did she die and when? Then, just as Tempe is working to determine the post-mortem interval, another body is uncovered - a headless torso carved with Satanic symbols. Citizen vigilantes blame Devil-worshippers and begin a witch-hunt, intent on revenge.

Tempe makes another chilling discovery and the more she learns, the more she seems to be putting herself in danger…

The Final Reckoning - Sam Bourne

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

The Final Reckoning - Sam BourneThe new high-concept religious conspiracy serial killer thriller from Sam Bourne, the number one bestselling author of The Righteous Men and The Last Testament.

Tom Byrne was an idealistic young lawyer in New York, but has fallen from grace since then. He has lost his home, his wife and his good character through his gambling addiction. So when the UN call him in to do their dirty work, he accepts the job without hesitation.

A suspected suicide bomber shot by UN security staff has turned out to be a harmless old man. Tom must placate the family and limit their claims for compensation. Tom meets Rebecca, the dead man’s alluring daughter in London. He learns that her father was not quite as innocent as he seemed. Pursued by those ready to kill to uncover the truth, Tom has to unlock a secret that has lain buried for more than 60 years - the last great secret of the Second World War.

The Ghost - Robert Harris

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

The Ghost - Robert Harris
Whilst Britain’s former prime minister struggles to finish his memoirs in a remote, ocean front house in America, his long term assistant drowns. A professional ghost writer is sent out to rescue the project and he soon discovers his new client has secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him. Robert Harris is once again at his gripping best with this controversial new thriller.

Infected - Scott Sigler

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Infected - Scott Sigler

 

Scott Sigler is the new voice in horror - his UK debut is a terrifying, menacing thriller about millions of alien parasites infecting the general population, driving the victims to murder and suicide…and waiting to hatch…

Gangs - Ross Kemp

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Gangs - Ross Kemp

 

Around the world millions of people are members of street gangs. TV hardman Ross Kemp gets close to the world’s most violent street gangs: he’s tough enough to earn their trust and so get them to confide their innermost secrets. It’s a wild ride - and not for the faint-hearted.

The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver

 

Rhyme agrees to check things out when his cousin is arrested for murder. It turns out that his cousin, along with other people, has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes.

Down River - John Hart

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Down River - John Hart

Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to forget his past. When he left North Carolina he left for good but now he has no choice but to return. He is remembered as a murderer and within hours of arriving he is beaten up and has to face the hostility of those closest to him, including Grace, the young woman he cannot forget.

Although he was acquitted of murder, his homecoming does not go well. Nobody trusts him and everybody doubts him, especially as he has a history of violence. As the past threatens to overshadow the present, Adam becomes the prime suspect for the new murders. He alone can clear his name …

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Darkly Dreaming DexterAt heart, Dexter is the perfect gentleman. He has a shy girlfriend and appears to lead a normal life. He works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police even though he can’t stand the sight of blood. Unknown to anyone else, he’s also an accomplished serial killer. So far, he’s killed 36 people and never been caught because he knows exactly how to hide the evidence. However, his life is suddenly disrupted when a second, much more visible serial killer appears in Miami. Intrigued that the other killer favours a style similar to his own, Dexter soon realises that the mysterious new arrival is not simply invading his turf but offering him a direct invitation to ‘come out and play’…

Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Paul Temple and the Madison MysteryPaul Temple is called in to investigate when a gang of counterfeiters is flooding Europe with dodgy dollars. Crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, have solved case after case in one of BBC radio’s most popular serials. They live in a sophisticated, well-dressed world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women are chic and the men still wear cravats. Listen to this thrilling recording as Paul and Steve unravel the Madison mystery.

No Time For Goodbye

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

No Time For GoodbyeA gripping story of a teenager who wakes up with a hangover and finds her parents and brother have disappeared without a trace. 25 years later when she’s married with a daughter of her own, Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions and fears that her new family will be taken from her just as the first one was. She decides to take part in a TV documentary revisiting the case, only to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made.