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'It's night, and I'm in a strange house. The lights are on and I'm standing outside a half-open door. Feeling a terrible sense of foreboding, I walk slowly inside. And then I see her. A woman lying sprawled across a huge double bed. She's dead. There's blood everywhere. And the most terrifying thing of all is that I think her killer might be me ...'

A gripping narrative from the master of the race against time thriller. Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl. She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can’t speak English. She is clearly running away from someone. Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends’ lives - and your own - in terrible danger?

Alastair Sheridan has it all. Wealth, good looks, a beautiful wife and children and, in the chaotic world of British politics, a real chance of becoming prime minister. But Alastair also has a secret. He’s a serial killer with a taste for young women. Only a handful of people know what kind of monster he is, and disgraced detective Ray Mason is one of them....

Dennis Milne is a man with a past, and a past that involves murder. A former cop, he’s earned his living killing the bad guys – drug-dealers, corrupt business men - people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. For the past two days, he’s been in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who’s made herself some poor life-choices, and some even worse enemies. DI Tina Boyd is a woman on a mission. Tough, spiky and determined, she’s looking for the man she holds responsible for the death of her lover.

A house deep in the countryside where the remains of seven unidentified women have just been discovered. A cop ready to risk everything in the hunt for their killers. A man who has seen the murders and is now on the run in fear of his life. So begins the race to track down this witness before the killers do. For Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd, the road ahead is a dangerous one, with bodies and betrayal at every turn....

London is under attack. People are dead. Many more lives hang in the balance as a group of highly trained gunmen storm the historic Lanchester Hotel on Park Lane. The gunmen have given the government just five hours to meet their demands before they blow up the building. Shots ring out. Some guests panic. Others text their loved ones. Still more try to escape. All are united by one thing: fear for their lives.

The gripping new race-against-time thriller by the best-selling author of Relentless, The Last 10 Seconds and The Final Minute. When Jane Kinnear sees her lover being murdered, she suddenly finds herself in danger. Taken to an anonymous police safe house, it soon becomes clear that her lover was an MI5 informant with important information about an imminent terrorist attack.

You have it all. Success, a beautiful home, a happy family. Until, in a heartbeat, it's gone. We've kidnapped your daughter, and we know everything about you. Including the dark secrets from your past you thought were forgotten. We tell you not to contact the police - and that we’ll know if you do. Because we can see you.... And now you know this is no ordinary abduction. It’s worse. Within hours you’re on the run, with only one thought in your head: That you will stop at nothing to get your daughter back. Even murder....

Has visto demasiado. Ahora, ningún lugar es seguro. Cuando Jane Kinnear presencia el asesinato de su amante, su vida da un giro de ciento ochenta grados y se convierte en el próximo objetivo. La policía la traslada a una casa segura, donde no tarda en descubrir que su amante era un informante de los servicios secretos con datos cruciales sobre un inminente ataque terrorista. El inspector Ray Mason, del Comando Antiterrorismo, es un hombre con un pasado polémico, pero su eficacia en obtener resultados ha hecho que le asignen la responsabilidad de prevenir el ataque.

From Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben - come two electrifying novellas and three gripping short stories published in book form for the very first time. Fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James will not be disappointed.

THE UNDERCOVER COP. Having worked undercover the last ten years, Sean Egan is used to life on the edge. He’s recently infiltrated one of London’s most dangerous criminal gangs, and they’ve just informed him that they want him for a very special job: the daring abduction from police custody of a serial killer known as The Night Creeper. THE KILLER. Brutally violent yet highly intelligent, The Night Creeper has earned his reputation by torturing five young women to death.

Dennis Milne is a man with a past, and a past that involves murder. A former cop, he’s earned his living killing the bad guys – drug-dealers, corrupt business men - people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. For the past two days, he’s been in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who’s made herself some poor life-choices, and some even worse enemies.DI Tina Boyd is a woman on a mission. Tough, spiky and determined, she’s looking for the man she holds responsible for the death of her lover.

Algunos crímenes pueden tardar años en clamar venganza... En 1990, una joven desaparece sin dejar rastro mientras viaja de mochilera por Tailandia. Veintiséis años después sus huesos son encontrados en un campo en Inglaterra, a diez mil kilómetros de donde desapareció. A las pocas horas, el novio que denunció su desaparición hace décadas es asesinado cuando estaba a punto de revelar algo crucial para el caso.

Syv ofre. Tre mordere. Én dødbringende hemmelighed. Et hus langt ude på landet, hvor resterne af syv uidentificerede kvinder netop er blevet fundet. En politimand, der er parat til at risikere alt i jagten på deres mordere. En mand, som har set mordene og nu er på flugt, fordi han frygter for sit liv. Således begynder kapløbet om at finde frem til vidnet, før morderne gør det. For Ray Mason og privatdetektiv Tina Boyd venter en farlig vej, hvor lig og bedrag lurer bag hvert et sving.

Det kan tage et helt liv at få hævn for en forbrydelse. Da resterne af en 21-årig kvinde, der forsvandt sporløst i Thailand i 1990, bliver fundet i jorden på en gammel katolsk skole i Buckinghamshire, tager det langvarige mysterium en helt ny drejning.

Alastair Sheridan har det hele. Penge, et godt udseende, en smuk kone og børn og, i Storbritanniens kaotiske, politiske verden, en reel chance for at blive premierminister. Men Alastair har også en hemmelighed. Han er seriemorder med smag for unge kvinder. Kun en lille håndfuld mennesker ved, hvilket monster han er, og den vanærede kriminalassistent Ray Mason er en af dem.

Da Operation Kirurgisk Indgreb, en politiaktion, der skal fange colombianske narkohandlere i at sælge et stort parti kokain til undercover-betjente på et hotel i Heathrow, går frygteligt galt, falder mistanken hurtigt på en af de involverede betjente: Stegs Jenner. Men Stegs er ingen almindelig undercover-betjent. Som lidt af en enspænder med en række disciplinære anmærkninger har han altid levet på kanten. Da hans nære ven er død i en skudepisode, beslutter han nu at gå selv.

Regel nummer et: hold dig i live. Sean Egan har arbejdet undercover de sidste ti år og er vant til at leve på kanten. For nylig har han infiltreret en af Londons farligste forbryderbander, og de har lige meddelt ham, at de vil have ham med på et helt særligt job: den dristige bortførsel fra politiets varetægt af en seriemorder kendt under navnet Natteluskeren. Morderen: Yderst voldelig, men meget intelligent. Natteluskeren har oparbejdet sit ry ved at torturere fem unge kvinder til døde.

Ingen at stole på. Ingen steder at løbe hen. Ingen steder at gemme sig. Da forfatteren Rob Fallon går i byen en aften og ender sammen med sin bedste vens kæreste, Jenny, føler han skyld, allerede før der er sket noget. Men skyldfølelsen forvandler sig hurtigt til chok, da to mænd bryder ind i Jennys lejlighed, bortfører hende og forsøger at slå Rob ihjel. Da Rob melder det til politiet, er der ingen, der tror på ham. Og da han taler med Jennys far, siger han, at hun er på ferie i udlandet. Rob ved, at Jennys liv er i fare, og han begynder at stille spørgsmål.

Operation kirurgsnitt är avsedd att lura colombianska narkotikahandlare att sälja en stor mängd kokain till två polisinfiltratörer på ett hotell vid Heathrow, men den slutar i katastrof och misstankarna faller snart på en av de inblandade poliserna, Stegs Jenner. Men Stegs är inte som andra poliser. Han är något av en enstöring med flera disciplinära prickar i registret och har alltid levt på gränsen. När hans kollega och nära vän dör i skottdramat på flygplatsen bestämmer han sig för att köra sitt eget race.