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Sju offer. Tre mördare. En dödlig hemlighet. På en gård långt ute på landsbygden har kvarlevorna av sju oidentifierade kvinnor just hittats. En polis är beredd att riskera allt i jakten på deras mördare. En man som har sett morden är nu på flykt i fruktan för sitt liv. Så börjar kapplöpningen för att hitta vittnet innan mördarna gör det.

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....

When former soldier Dan Tyler wakes up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood, with no idea how he got there, he thinks he's stepped into someone else's nightmare. But he's wrong. This is reality.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Att hämnas vissa brott kan ta en livstid ... 1990, under en resa i Thailand, försvinner en ung kvinna och ses aldrig till igen. Tjugosex år senare hittas hennes kvarlevor på ett fält i England, sex tusen mil från den plats där hon senast sågs i livet. Inom bara några timmar, dödas pojkvännen som många år tidigare anmälde henne försvunnen. Utredningen leder kriminalkommissarie Ray Mason och privatdetektiv Tina Boyd in i en mörk och skrämmande värld av korruption och dödliga hemligheter, där mord är vardagsmat, ingenting är självklart och ingen går säker...

Du har sett för mycket. Nu är du inte säker någonstans. När Jane Kinnear bevittnar mordet på sin älskare befinner hon sig plötsligt själv i fara och tvingas lämna allt för ett skyddat boende. Snart står det klart att hennes älskare var en MI5-informatör med viktig information om en förestående terroristattack. Kriminalkommissarie Ray Mason från terroristbekämpningsenheten är en man med ett kontroversiellt förflutet, men hans tidigare meriter gör att han får i uppgift att förhindra attacken. Men kan man lita på honom, eller vet han mer om attacken än han låter påskina?

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.

En helt vanlig kväll i november väntar kriminalinspektör Dennis Milne på att tre män ska anlända till parkeringen utanför ett hotell i London. Han är dock inte där i egenskap av polis. Dennis Milne extraknäcker som yrkesmördare för en av Londons farligaste gangstrar, Raymond Keen. Extraknäcket är Milnes sätt att ta lagen i egna händer och skipa den rättvisa han inte kan som polis.

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....

A threat has been made. An ultimatum delivered. Innocent people are in mortal danger. The gripping new bestseller from the master of the race-against-time thriller.8am: an explosion blasts through a cafe in central London. Minutes later a call is made to a local radio station: ‘We’ve just detonated a bomb. Another will explode shortly. The British Government has until 8pm tonight to meet all our demands, or a far greater attack will take place somewhere in the country that will bring fire down on all your heads.

A race-against-time short story from the best-selling author of Relentless, Siege, and Ultimatum, Simon Kernick. MP Tim Horton arrives home to find his seven year old son has been abducted by a ruthless gang of kidnappers. All they have left behind is the brutally murdered body of the Horton’s nanny. The gang’s demands are simple: Tim must sacrifice his own life in order to save his son’s. It’s the ultimate dead man's gift....

'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 ...'

You’re on a trip with your family, miles from anywhere. A shot rings out - and your whole life changes in an instant. A woman is racing towards you, chased by three gunmen. Although you don’t know it, she harbours a deadly secret. She’s in terrible danger. And now you are, too. You’re running, terrified, desperate to find safety. You know that the men hunting you have killed before. And if they catch you, you’ll be next.…

When ex-cop Dennis Milne, now living under an assumed identity in the Philippines, hears that his old friend Asif Malik has been gunned down in a restaurant, he decides to go back to the violent city he once called home and hunt down the murderer.

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 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?