Serial killers. Hate mongers. Gangs at war. Dark secrets. That’s why you’re here and today’s new books report starts with murder and winds its way all the way through to one about a ghostwriter with skeletons in their closet, so to speak. So, plenty of fun for crime fiction lovers of all tastes…
The Bonnie Dead by Andrew Raymond
A five-year-old unsolved case comes back to haunt DCI John Lomond in Andrew Raymond’s The Bonnie Dead, a huge success as an ebook and out in print on 5 June. Back then, a notorious Glasgow child-killer nicknamed The Sandman managed to evade arrest – now a child has been abducted from an affluent Glasgow suburb in similar Sandman fashion and Lomond must put his five-year obsession aside to find the culprit. The plot thickens when forensic evidence ties the latest case to a little girl who was abducted and murdered 20 years ago. Could a forgotten cold case hold the key to all this, or is the perpetrator a copycat out to confound the cops?
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FDR Drive by James Comey
Former director of the FBI turned legal thriller writer James Comey is back – and so is his creation, federal prosecutor Nora Carleton in a timely legal thriller. Nora is working in New York, but the Big Apple is in turmoil. Extremism is on the rise, thanks to controversial radio and podcast host Samuel Buchanan who uses his platform to spread disinformation and incite violence. He’s about to be brought to book by Nora but can she convince a jury that some speech should be treated as a crime? If she fails, her country could be torn apart… Find out what happens when FDR Drive arrives on 5 June.
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Unleash the Fury by Joseph Paul D’Aquisto
East meets West in indie author Joseph Paul D’Aquisto’s gritty thriller Unleash the Fury, published on 2 June. Retired Seattle cop John Sandes is looking for a quiet life in Sri Lanka but all chance of that disappears when he witnesses a crime and gets caught in the crossfire between two dangerous rival gangs. He’d hoped to leave his demons behind, but John soon finds himself fighting to save his sanity – and his life.
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Don’t Forget Me Little Bessie by James Lee Burke
Book five in James Lee Burke‘s Holland Family series turns its attention to 14-year-old Bessie. Bessie has been raised in a world of violence in Texas, but finds a mentor in a brilliant but tormented suffragette English teacher who shows her how to fight the forces of evil. Then one fatal mistake sees Bessie exiled to New York, where her brother introduces her to boys destined to become gangsters. Can she stay true to herself, or will Bessie be swept away in a sea of criminality? Don’t Forget Me Little Bessie is out on 3 June.
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The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont likes being out of the spotlight. That’s because she’s the only child of legendary horror writer Vincent Taylor, a man who is most famous for being the prime suspect in the brutal slaying of his siblings. Now, after 50 years of keeping silent, Vincent is ready to spill the beans about what happened back then, and he wants Olivia to ghostwrite his final book. She’s broke and desperate, and reluctantly agrees – but will Vincent finally tell the truth? And is Olivia prepared for what she is about to learn? Intrigued? Find out more when The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark comes out for Kindle on 5 June.
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No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens
A reformed serial killer fights to clear his name when an imposter begins a copycat killing spree in No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens, out 1 June. Harry Kugel is the PDQ Killer, but 15 years on he is a changed man – until someone else tries to steal his thunder… Now Harry is mad, and if he’s to clear his name without exposing himself, he’ll need the skills of disgraced TV journalist Flynn Martin. After a botched hostage situation, she’ll do anything to revive her dying career – including hunting down a monster who executed one of her own. But as the pair get ever closer to their target, Harry’s old urges begin to resurface.
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