Criminal Shorts

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  • A Serial Killers Guide To Marriage

    A Serial Killers Guide To Marriage

    Less ’til death do us part, more let death keep us together Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they’re ex-serial killers. They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to kill. Not many power couples know how to Read more


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  • I Will Ruin You – Linwood Barclay

    This book will ruin your plans… Linwood Barclay doing what he does best, serving up a multi layered, domino effect, thrill ride. WHEN IT’S LIFE OR DEATH, WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows Read more


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  • The Work Retreat – J E Rowney

    Team building X Bear Grylls What could be worse than being stranded on an island?Try being there with six coworkers that you hate. Jonathan Jackson and Mark Thompson are the very definition of workplace toxicity. As their bickering and infighting threatens to destroy the company, the CEO has no alternative but to send them and Read more


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  • Profile K – Helen Fields

    Criminal Profiling for the A. I. Generation He’s going to kill you. He just doesn’t know it yet. Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, in the course of her work, she discovers Profile K’s file – because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more Read more


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  • The Dead Friend Project – Joanna Wallace

    Prepare to open the floodgates of your emotions, this one will tap into them all, and you’ll enjoy every single moment. Everyone needs a hobby… Things haven’t been going well for Beth. Her husband has left her for one of her friends. Her fellow school mums judge her for swearing too much and not shifting Read more


  • The Photo – A J McDine

    An easy to listen to in one binge-sitting as it can in bite-sized chunks. I thought he was dead. Until I saw him staring back at me… Ten years have passed since my beloved sister was murdered, leaving behind her sweet five-year-old daughter, Lily. I’m trying my best to care for Lily and salvage what’s left Read more


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  • The Honeymoon – Rona Halsall

    Flying red flags from the beginning, regularly switching between gripping and irritating, it’s ultimately satisfying, despite a drawn out ending ‘I’m your husband, Chloe. We’re a partnership now and we do what’s best for us as a couple.’ Chloe finally feels like she’s got her life together. After a difficult childhood and losing both parents, Read more


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  • The Chamber – Will Dean

    Feel yourself succumbing to the claustrophobic fear and paranoia with every page you turn. Sit by an open window while reading. HIGH PRESSURE OUTSIDEOn a boat heading out into the North Sea, Ellen Brooke steels herself to spend almost a month locked inside a hyperbaric chamber with five other divers. They are all being paid Read more


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  • The Midnight Feast – Lucy Foley

    The Midnight Feast is layer cake, alternating timelines with multi-level plotting, makes a deeply satisfying thriller experience Midsummer, the Dorset coast In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside retreat. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate Read more


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  • You, Me, Her – Sue Watson

    A twisty thriller that keeps you involved while catching you out. Three people. One marriage. One murder. YOU: My handsome husband Tom. You’ve given me everything – our beautiful son and our perfect new seaside home. I want to trust you, but I know you haven’t been honest about why you really wanted to move here. I Read more


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