At the height of the Cold War, Marilyn Monroe was the most infamous woman in the world. But what if she was also a secret Soviet spy? In 1947, a young, unknown Norma Jeane Baker meets a mysterious man in Los Angeles who transforms her into Marilyn Monroe, the star....

Editeur : Grand Central Publishing
Parution : 2014-05-13

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A GRIPPING NOVELLA FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR BRIAN FREEMAN'This man can tell a story' MICHAEL CONNELLY'Page-turning psychological suspense' JEFFERY DEAVERIn this edge-of-your-seat ebook novella - a prelude to The Cold Nowhere - the Duluth Detective makes a fly-by visit to...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2014-04-03
Collection : A Jonathan Stride Novella
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I had the dream again last night. I'm at the bottom of a lake looking through the window of a car... and there's a skeleton behind the wheel, dressed as a Bunny Girl. Playboy Bunny Alice Conway's world was shattered when her fiancé, famous comic Lenny Maxted, committed...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-12-05

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It's often said that a picture paints a thousand words... but what if every single one is a lie? In 1987, 36-year-old Sheila Shand was given a suspended sentence for killing her father. At her trial, it emerged that she and her mother and sister had been forced to...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-12-05

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Dodie Blackstock, child of a multimillionaire, was only eight when her mother was kidnapped. The rescue attempt went disastrously wrong, and no body was ever found. NowDodie is twenty-nine, and her mother's body has just been discovered - but she has only been dead for...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-12-05

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Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award and the CWA Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. It is the autumn of 1940, and London is in the terrifying grip of the Blitz. An unidentified female corpse is discovered in an alleyway in Soho - the fourth to the...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-12-05

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Shortlisted for the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original and the CWA Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. London, 1955. Three bodies are found in a house - but when the police search for the murder weapon, vital evidence is destroyed. One of the victims...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-12-05

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A quiet Suffolk village, 1944: Fourteen-year-old Gerald Haxton is a lonely boy who regards his still-born twin brother Jack as his only friend. His mother, a famous children's writer, guards Jack's memory jealously, claiming him as the model for the boy detective in her...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-12-05

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In a series of episodes set during and after the American Civil War Faulkner profiles the people of the South - who might surrender but could never be vanquished. The characters are largely based on Faulkner's own family; in particular, Colonel John Sartoris is a fairly...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2013-08-31

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1958: Notting Hill is sweltering in a heatwave. It's DI Stratton's new manor and a powder keg of racial tension. A rent collector is stabbed and a series of street fights between teddy boys and Caribbean immigrants sparks further unrest. Young runaway Irene, on the...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-08-01
Collection : DI Stratton
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Lee Arnold and Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London's East End. But their latest case could have devastating consequences.A new client, Nasreen, has sought Hakim's help. Recently moved to a new house, and with a baby on the way, this should be an exciting...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-07-04

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Six years ago Wendy Harper was running for her life. Jack Till, an ex-cop turned private eye, helped her disappear. He did a very good job of it and even Jack has no idea where she might be. But now her ex-boyfriend and former business partner is being framed for her...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-06-20

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Sustained by a deep religious faith, Jason Harrow has built a stable family and become a pillar of principle and patriotism in the Midwest. Then the phone rings, and his past is on the other end of the line. A woman with whom he once shared a life of violence and desire...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-06-06

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'WALKER BRINGS TO LIFE A COMPLETE COMMUNITY AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO IS ITS PROTECTOR, TEACHER AND FRIEND' - Literary ReviewIn rural Dordogne, Bruno, Chief of Police, knows that WW2 casts the longest shadow. Rare bank notes are found, linking to the famous Neuvic...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-06-06
Collection : The Dordogne Mysteries
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They are two sworn enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both. Scott Weiss is a private detective. John Foy is a professional killer known as the Shadowman. The woman is Julie Wyant, an ex-prostitute with a hidden past and an uncertain future....

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-06-06

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Political activist and author Rachel Wallace is a tough young woman who writes - and speaks - her mind, which has made her a lot of enemies. But she's got a new book due out, exposing discriminatory practices by several prominent corporations, and it's pretty clear some...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-05-30

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A CHILLING PAGE-TURNING MYSTERY FROM NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR BRIAN FREEMAN'An edge-of-the-seat thriller that begs to be read in one sitting' BookPage'An outstanding mystery thriller' San Francisco Book ReviewJonathan Stride is back, and unravelling a decade of...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-05-09
Collection : Jonathan Stride
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The book that inspired the major new film, starring Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez. Parker is a thief with a unique code of ethics: Don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. When he is double-crossed by his crew and left...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-02-28

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Until the French government declassified documents concerning their ignominious defeat at Dien Bien Phu, Madam Daeng's past had been a well-kept secret. Now Dr Siri's wife is vulnerable and being stalked by a killer. But when Dr Siri whisks her away for a romantic...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2013-01-31

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'A REAL PAGE-TURNER' DAILY EXPRESS'WRITTEN WITH THE EASE AND ASSURANCE OF AN EXPERT' DAILY MAILLovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back.Former corporate lawyer, wine connoisseur and expert on cultivated crime, Sam has returned to Marseilles for both...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2012-10-25

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