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It is 1715 and for Duncan Melville, something fundamental is missing from his life. Despite a flourishing legal practice and several close friends, he is lonely, even more so after the recent death of his father. He needs a wife—a companion through life, someone to hold and be held by. What he wasn’t expecting was to be torn away from everything he knew and find said woman in 2016.

To find the killer, he must lose his mind...When a missing teenager is found on her parents’ doorstep, Jennifer Standing becomes the only survivor in an ongoing serial killer investigation led by Detective Inspector Matthew Myers. The case has nearly broken him. The faces of the victims haunt his every waking moment, and now, at last, he has the suspect in custody. However, when another man’s body is found with Jennifer’s DNA on his skin, and the suspect refuses to talk, Myers is forced to let him walk free - a move that will push him to the very edge of sanity.

A collection of stories about the outsiders - the criminals, the soldiers, the addicts, the mathematicians, the gamblers and the cage fighters, the refugees and the rebels. From the battlefield, to alternate realities, to the mean streets of the dark city, we walk in the shoes of those who struggle to survive in a neon-saturated, tech-noir future. Twelve hard-edged stories from the dark, often violent, sometimes strange heart of cyberpunk, this collection - as with all the best science fiction - is an exploration of who were are now.

Discover the writer who readers are describing as unmissable! A businessman found hanged. A tortured and mutilated loaner. High finance has never been so deadly… DI Nathaniel Caslin is spiralling toward a professional crisis. His biggest case in years has collapsed amid accusations of police...

Harvey Stone knows the murder business like the back of his hand. As the adopted son of an East London gang boss, he's had plenty of opportunities to perfect his bloody craft. Now, he's one hit away from avenging his little sister's brutal murder. All he's missing is the name of his sister's killer - a secret his closest allies are finally ready to reveal. To claim his reward, Harvey must eliminate the rival gang and assassinate their ruthless leader. If he pulls off the mission and exacts his revenge, he'll lay down his bloody weapons for good.

Industrial Lancashire, 1974. The kids in the coal-mining town of Ashburn love the waning of the year. But, this particular autumn will be memorable for entirely different reasons. Because this year someone is killing the children of Ashburn. Or should that be something? While police and parents search for a maniac, Stephen Carter and his schoolmates know better. They may be on the cusp of adulthood, but there’s still enough of the youngster left in each of them to recognize the work of an evil supernatural unique to these deserts of slag heap and coal tip....

Two women are missing. One who has it all. The other, has lost everything… DI Nathaniel Caslin is in conflict with his inner demons. His career is resurgent but the greater battle, that with his addiction, is still raging… and he is losing. An abandoned car and a desperate call to the police...

A murdered family-man. A young woman tortured and set on fire. A face from the past… DI Nathaniel Caslin is stable, for the first time in years. Now, he can look to the future, or so he thought. Granting a small favour to a friend, can often be anything but simple... When the only link between...

A killer stalks his prey. The five precepts are laid down. The sixth will be his own... DI Nathaniel Caslin has earned the freedom to run his case load as he sees fit, bypassing the hierarchical constraints with his specialist unit. Little does he know a deadly adversary is walking the streets...

When Harvey Stone is sent undercover to investigate a turf war between the Albanian mafia and two of London's notorious gangs, nobody expected him to be welcomed like a hero. Has Harvey finally slipped into his old ways, or will he bring the carnage and bloodshed to a stop?

When a terrorist attack interrupts his black ops robbery investigation, Harvey Stone refuses to follow his team's command to stick to the job. Stone sneaks off the case to track down the terrorist bomber, who plans to murder his young hostage as a warm-up for a fiery finale that will reduce all of London to ash. But searching for clues around a high-profile crime scene becomes next to impossible when Stone is framed for a murder he didn't commit.

A murder without motive. A downtown bombing. The sins of the past revisited… DI Nathaniel Caslin is heading up a specialist unit, an opportunity to make a real difference. Little does he know, decisions taken decades previously are about to threaten all that he holds dear… Gangland tensions...

Forced to choose between his mother’s life and his own exile, Dwapek embarks upon a journey wrought with trials no ordinary Renzik could hope to survive. Relics of legend, plagues of old, and monsters of unthinkable dread all collide in this epic fantasy adventure as a weapon capable of destroying an entire people is set to be unleashed.

He's a husband, a killer, and the only man who can save the world.... Sam Noor keeps his double lives separate with expert precision. But when the MI6 agent's wife discovers the lie, he fears that both his worlds may shatter. Distraught and conflicted, Noor concentrates on his latest mission and discovers a weapon that could cause a global catastrophe.... Drawn into the fight against a sinister terrorist group with powerful connections, Noor must uncover the faction's secrets by any means necessary. Even if it puts the woman he loves in the line of fire.

After years of killing for the wrong side of the law, ex-hit man Harvey Stone is finally putting his bloody skills to good use. While he's not hunting down bad guys with his dark ops organized crime squad, he's rounding up the men responsible for his sister's murder. His team's mission to retrieve 12 abducted girls gets personal when Stone realizes the ringleader has a prime spot on his revenge hit list. But as his team digs deeper, he's horrified to discover the sex traffickers offer an even more brutal service to satisfy their clients' darkest desires.

Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures - as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert Browning's poetry, he's less irritated than disturbed. This wasn't a gift to an unwitting woman. It was a threat - insidious, suggestively sick, and terribly intriguing.

When reluctant time traveler Alex ended up at the feet of Matthew Graham in 1658, her life changed dramatically. Now, eight years later, Alex has to handle yet another major change—becoming a settler in the American colony of Maryland. The Graham family has no choice: Matthew cannot remain in Scotland, not with his religious convictions. Their hope is that Maryland will offer them the opportunity to start anew, no matter the heartbreak of leaving their homeland. But some things cannot be left behind.

MI6 Agent Sam Noor isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty to protect his homeland. While overseas interrogating an enemy terrorist, he’s horrified to learn his beloved wife suffered the same brutal tactics from his own men. Determined to expose the betrayal and extract bloody justice, Noor uncovers an unbelievable fact: His wife died and somehow came back to life.... Swept up in an international power struggle, Noor goes rogue to uncover the eye-opening truth. The fallout from Sam’s revenge ripples from the Oval Office through the CIA and MI6.

When the mighty and cruel must be brought low, it's the killers and the schemers who emerge from the shadows. As plans twist and change, and our protagonists are foiled and beaten, one thing remains true: no matter the cost, the king must fall.

Industrial Lancashire, 1974. The kids in the coal-mining town of Ashburn love the waning of the year. Fancy dress and scary stories for Halloween. Fireworks and treacle toffee on Guy Fawkes Night. And a month after that, snow and the approach of Christmas. But, this particular autumn will be memorable for entirely different reasons. Because, this year, someone is killing the children of Ashburn. Or should that be something?