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The Housemaid's secret
It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything....That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe.Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go....
Inspector Lynley Mystery
The Barnes & Noble ReviewElizabeth George's popular detective pair, Lynley and Havers, are together again, working to catch a brutal serial killer in With No One as Witness. New Scotland Yard's aristocratic Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley and working-class Constable Barbara Havers (she's been reduced in rank, basically for sheer bloody-mindedness) of first suspect a serial killer is at work when the corpse of a teenage boy is found on top of a tomb. Their hopes of preventing a second death are shattered when a review of open cases finds three similar crime scenes. The first three victims, however, differed from the fourth in being nonwhite. When Lynley's antagonistic superior realizes that the department will be accused of racism for failing to solve the earlier crimes, his method of damage control infuriates Lynley and impedes work on the case. One of Lynley's best investigators, who is black, is diverted to handling press conferences and replaced by a profiler Lynley doesn't want. And, worst of all, a reporter is embedded with the team and his feature about Lynley almost draws a map to the house Lynley shares with his pregnant wife. Struggling to keep their focus on the crimes, Lynley and Havers find a disturbing connection to an organization named Colossus that serves troubled youths. Despite a cover-up by the director, they learn that all four of the dead boys spent time there. Then there is a fifth similar death, although closer investigation reveals that it deviates from the previous pattern in several disturbing ways. Is the killer changing his habits in an effort to stump the police, or has someone else stepped beyond the bounds of justice and humanity? New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George's story of police work in London is a taut tale of dogged perseverance and brilliant intuition. Sue Stone
Seventy-Seven Clocks by Christopher Fowler
The odd couple of detection — the brilliant but cranky detectives of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit — return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing until the final page. This time Bryant and May are up against a series of bizarre murders that defy human understanding — and a killer no human hand may be able to stop.A mysterious stranger in outlandish Edwardian garb defaces a painting in the National Gallery. Then a guest at the exclusive Savoy Hotel is fatally bitten by what appears to be a marshland snake. An outbreak of increasingly bizarre crimes has hit London — and, fittingly, come to the attention of the Peculiar Crimes Unit.Art vandalism, an exploding suspect, pornography, rat poison, Gilbert and Sullivan musicals, secret societies...and not a single suspect in sight. The killer they're chasing has a dark history, a habit of staying hidden, and time itself on his side. Detectives John May and Arthur Bryant may have finally met their match, and this time they're really working against the clock...
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हर कहानी के दो पहलू होते हैं... मुंबई में हुए 26/11 के आतंकी हमलों के ग्यारह साल बीत चुके थे, लेकिन उसके जख्म अब तक नहीं भरे थे। खास तौर पर पुलिस अधीक्षक विक्रांत सिंह के। आजकल राष्ट्रीय जाँच एजेंसी के साथ जुड़े, विक्रांत भारत के दौरे पर आए, पाकिस्तानी उच्चायुक्त जाकिर अब्दुल रऊफ खान से किसी तरह एक मुलाकात तय कर लेते हैं। जहाँ तक विक्रांत का दावा है, वह केवल खान से यह अपील करना चाहते हैं कि अपराधियों को पकड़ने की प्रक्रिया को तेज किया जाए, लेकिन मुलाकात का अंत उच्चायुक्त के मुँह पर पड़े एक मुक्के से होता है। इस बीच, भोपाल में, इंडियन मुजाहिदीन के पाँच सदस्य, जिन्हें विक्रांत ने मुंबई में आतंकवादी हमले की साजिश रचने के आरोप में गिरफ्तार किया था, सेंट्रल जेल से भाग निकलते हैं। हाल ही में राजनयिक के साथ हुई झड़प के मामले में निलंबित विक्रांत से, भागे हुए आतंकियों का पता लगाने में, अनाधिकारिक रूप से मदद करने को कहा जाता है। देश के एक दूसरे हिस्से में, एक रिटायर्ड प्रोफेसर, टूटे दिल वाला एक पूर्व सैनिक और अपनी ही मुसीबतों से घिरी एक युवती अपने बारे में गहराई से सोचने के लिए मुंबई से लक्षद्वीप जा रहे एक क्रूज लाइनर पर एक यात्रा पर निकल पड़ते हैं। हालाँकि, किस्मत को कुछ और ही मंजूर था, और क्रूज लाइनर को हाईजैक कर लिया जाता है। रहस्य, रोमांच, सस्पेंस, राष्ट्रप्रेम, कर्तव्यनिष्ठा और ऐसे अनेक पहलूओं की अनूठा मिश्रण है यह पुस्तक जो पाठक को बाँधे रहेगी और फिल्म देखने का आनंद देगी। मसालेदार और दिलचस्प, हुसैन जैदी का जवाब नहीं।
The Retribution
Clinical psychologist Tony Hill has had a good run. He and police detective Carol Jordan have put away scores of dangerous criminals and have a clearance rate that colleagues envy or resent. But there is one serial killer who has shaped and defined their careers, a person whose evil surpasses all others: Jacko Vance, an ex-celebrity and sociopath whose brilliance and utter lack of remorse have never left Tony’s mind in the ten years Vance has been locked up. Now Jacko has broken out of prison and, with a mind even more twisted and cunning than before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony and Carol for the years he has spent in prison. They don’t know when Jacko will strike, or where. All they know is that he will cause them to feel fear like they’ve never known.
Mysterious Tales from the hills
'Intuition must be a family trait, because it came to me quite suddenly-the thought that Uncle Bill might be intending to poison me.' The unknown is often something that piques the interest of a reader and a traveller. While legends and myths are universally liked, it is the tales of the locals that are rich in mystery and intrigue. These are the stories that add to the charm of the town and attract people from all walks of life. It could be anything-a local unsolved murder, a disappearance, a case of poisoning or unknown swamp creatures-Mysterious Tales from the Hills has something for everyone. If you have a healthy appetite for horror, a little spookiness and a whole lot of wonder, this book is for you!
Original Sin - PD James
The literary world is shaken when a murder takes place at the Peverell Press, an old-established publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames.The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant new managing director whose ruthless ambition has made him many enemies: a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author and rebellious colleagues. Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary complexity and a killer who is prepared to strike again.Listening Length: 15 hours and 20 minutes
VERITY BY COLLEEN HOOVER
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.
