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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.

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.

Siete víctimas, tres asesinos y el secreto que los une. Tres meses después de encontrar los restos de sietes mujeres en una granja remota en lo que los medios han bautizado como el Campo de Huesos, las víctimas siguen sin ser identificadas. Un testigo que puede ser clave ha desaparecido. El agente Ray Mason y la detective privada Tina Boyd deben encontrarlo antes de que lo hagan los asesinos. En una carrera a contrarreloj repleta de cadáveres y traiciones a cada paso, Ray está dispuesto a arriesgarlo todo para dar caza a los culpables. Pero a veces el precio a pagar es demasiado alto…

Político carismático. Marido leal. Asesino en serie. Alastair Sheridan lo tiene todo. Es joven, atractivo y un millonario hecho a sí mismo, con una hermosa mujer y un hijo. En el caótico mundo de la política británica, donde los héroes escasean, tiene una oportunidad real de convertirse en primer ministro. Pero Alastair guarda un oscuro secreto: es un asesino en serie al que le gustan las mujeres jóvenes. Protegido y ayudado por personas muy influyentes, ha matado durante años sin que lo atrapen. Solo unas pocas personas saben qué tipo de monstruo es en realidad.

Tre kroppar. En misstänkt. Och ett kidnappat barn. Brook Connor har allt. Men en osynlig fiende vill krossa allt hon håller kärt. När hon en kväll finner att hennes dotter är försvunnen och ett kravbrev väntar, förändras hennes liv för alltid. Kidnapparna vet allt om Brook, inklusive mörka hemligheter ur hennes förflutna. Värst av allt: det verkar som att någon som står henne nära drar i trådarna. Brook tvingas fly, fast besluten att hitta sin dotter och bevisa sin oskuld innan polisen får tag på henne. Men klockan tickar, och fienderna ligger ständigt ett steg före.

'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 ...'

Fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James will love this high-octane and utterly compelling thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben. 'As ever, Kernick's research is impeccable. The plotting is brilliant and makes for a tense...

It's evening, you're back late from work - and the house is in darkness. You step inside, and the phone rings. You answer it - and your world turns upside down. Your 14-year-old daughter's been taken, and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash. They give you 48 hours to raise the money, and warn you that if you call the police, she'll die. Trying desperately to remain calm, you realise that your husband - the man you married only two years previously - is also missing.

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.

Ex-snuten Dennis Milne lever under ny identitet på Filippinerna när han plötsligt snubblar över en ledtråd som skulle kunna lösa mordet på en gammal vän. Han bestämmer sig för att återvända till den stad han en gång kallade för sitt hem och ta reda på vem som ligger bakom mordet. Milne anländer till ett kallt och fientligt London strax före jul. Men han är inte längre polis, han behöver inte längre se till att gatorna är lugna och att lagen följs.

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.

Fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James will devour this intensely addictive and adrenalin-fuelled thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben. 'Brutal, bruising and brilliant' -- The Sun 'Has enough breakneck action and suspense...

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 new twist to a decades old mystery. 1990. A young woman goes missing while backpacking in Thailand. She is never seen again. 2016. Her bones are discovered 6000 miles away in an English field and, within hours, the boyfriend who reported her disappearance all those years ago is dead. So begins a hunt to solve her murder that will take DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd into a dark and terrifying world of corruption and deadly secrets, where murder is commonplace, and nothing and nobody is safe....

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.

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....

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.…

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?

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.