Police Family

A brand-new BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel, known to be a favourite among her own works.When Doctor Calgary visits the Argyle family, he believes he brings good news. He is there to clear the name of Jacko, who was convicted of the murder of his own mother, Rachel. But the doctor’s news is not greeted with the enthusiasm he expects, and the family seem intent on resisting both his help and the investigations of Inspector Huish.

Laura Martial and her two daughters, Adrienne and June receive word that her estranged aunt Katie has died under suspicious circumstances, and Laura is her sole heir. Katie’s wrecked truck had been discovered by a young man from the Farmer’s Cooperative, but it takes a small group of searchers to find her body in the woods of her remote western farm. Unknown to Laura, Lloyd, a local hunter and poacher, aids in the search and is attacked by a strange primate species none of the other searchers see. Laura and her children travel from their home in Seattle to the edge of the Rocky ...

La carrera de Leopoldo Bonavista pende de un hilo. La reputación del famoso articulista de la socialité española está por los suelos tras su último escándalo. Un extraño encargo puede devolverlo a su vida de lujo y vanidad. La oferta: una gran suma de dinero a cambio de un reportaje biográfico sobre Silvia Domenech, la matriarca de una de las familias más ricas e influyentes de toda la Costa Blanca: los Fonseca.

Emily Hayes despierta aturdida junto a su hijo de cuatro años en el sofá de un amplio y confortable sótano. Recuerda haberse desvelado en plena noche y luego sentir un pinchazo en el cuello; después, abrir los ojos en aquella extraña vivienda. Las ventanas están tapiadas. La puerta de salida, al final de unas largas escaleras, cerrada a cal y canto. Su hijo no para de llorar. De pronto, un hombre entra a cara descubierta cargando con una bandeja sobre la que humean dos platos de sopa.

Entras en la habitación de tu hijo. El caos habitual. Recoges restos de comida, ropa desperdigada, abres el armario para ponerlo todo en su sitio... y lo ves. Y entonces te das cuenta de una horrible verdad: tu propio hijo puede ser un peligro. Stephanie Maddox dirige el departamento de Asuntos Internos del FBI, donde supervisa que todos sus compañeros cumplan las reglas. Llegar hasta aquí le ha costado casi dos décadas de trabajo duro y sacrificios personales, como la relación con su hijo adolescente, Zachary, que espera con nervios su admisión a la universidad.

Fans of Nora Roberts and Sandra Brown will enjoy the heart wrenching story of a woman embracing a past trauma in the face of danger in award-winning author Quinn Avery’s newest standalone, In Her Father's Shadow. Sienna Rivers’s aspirations for a normal childhood came crashing down the night they discovered her father was a serial killer. Once her mother’s illusion of a perfect family is destroyed, Sienna is sent to live with the only other “family” she knows. After a lifetime of living with her mother’s perfection and rules, Sienna (now going by “Rowan”) struggles to find a...

A VERY John Jordan Christmas! It's the most wonderful time of the year. And the most stressful. But John Jordan is determined to give his friends and family a very merry Christmas. In order to do so, he'll have to be the man his family and friends have come to expect him to be--a kind, wise, compassionate counselor, and an attentive father, son, husband, and friend--all while his own life lies in ruin. Can John bring joy to those he loves? Can he save Christmas and help his best friend to have a romantic and meaningful Christmas wedding? Find out in A John Jordan Christmas.

After 16 years apart, sisters Jessica and Emily are reunited. With the past now behind them, the warmth they once shared quickly returns, and before long Jess has moved into Emily's comfortable island home. Life couldn't be better. But when baby Daisy disappears while in Jess' care, the perfect life Emily has so carefully built starts to fall apart. Was Emily right to trust her sister after everything that happened before?

Perfect! A Story of Love and Suspense is a lush but sometimes violent drama whose players gather to bask on the beautiful white beaches of Florida's Emerald Coast while fate revises their futures. Young Sage Stevens plans to enter the Police Academy but complications arise in the person of an intriguing older man who sends her roses, and a mysterious photograph of a woman wearing a gold necklace that spells "Perfect." She must put romance and career on hold to launch an investigation into whether her grandmother's tragic early death was an accident--or murder. In the process, she may ...

Steamy Days Ashley has one last summer at home, Jared is looking to get away, neither expects what's headed their way. Ashley has just graduated and only has a couple months of freedom left before working life starts. She's determined to enjoy every moment she has, in between helping her parents at the little store they've run most of her life. Jared had to get away from the city. Injured in the line of duty, he's developed an addiction to the pain medication and has spent several months trying to get clean. What he doesn't expect is the sweet sass he finds at the little store. When life, ...

An addictive small-town thriller in the vein of Gillian Flynn, Carolyn Arnold, and Karin Slaughter, Shadow’s Keep is a mind-bending exploration of obsession, desperation, and how far we’ll go to protect those we love. "Dark, intense, and addictively twisted.” ~Bestselling Author Kristen Mae WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE CAN KILL. Deputy Sheriff William Shannahan doesn’t feel like a detective, at least not like the ones he admires on TV. Not that he needs to be; the small town of Graybel, Mississippi, is a peaceful place, with acres of farmland, neighbors who always take care of their own, and ...

Dying is easy. It’s living that’s hard....An eye for an eye. Cabhan Morton wants to leave the Russo crime family for good and live in peace with his daughter, Alice Rose. But the Russos won’t let him walk away without a fight. A tooth for a tooth...Franny Doyle would do anything for Cabhan and Alice, but helping them escape the vindictive Russo brothers won’t be easy. The only place they’ll be safe is back in Essex with Alfie Jennings. A daughter for a daughter...Franny knows she won’t be welcomed by Alfie with open arms....

It’s been more than four months since young PC Kenny Hughes was run down and killed while trying to arrest a suspect, but his parents, Gavin and Chrissie, are still reeling from the shock. To make things worse, the COVID-19 pandemic has closed down the crown courts, and it’s looking as if the trial of Kenny’s killers will be delayed for months.

Ghost is on a mission. One that can’t lead to anything good.Unless you consider peace for his brothers and their women good enough. Forced to leave his brothers behind, Ghost calls on an old partner to cover his back. But when danger comes from an avenue no one saw coming, is there anyone who can protect him? Robyn is surviving. She’s getting by working a dead-end job in the middle of nowhere North Dakota with no end in sight. While not miserable, she knows there’s more out there. But does she have what it takes to walk away from everything she knows and grab chance by the tail? Are ...

Sarah Groben’s an LAPD Homicide Detective and a Pastor’s wife. But she’s got six murders she hopes to solve by Sunday. A fledgling group of transplants from 10-40 window countries are being killed because of their Christianity. A Muslim charity interested in better relations with Americans seems to be connected by the death of a former financial manager. Family members of the victims might also end up in the crosshairs if Sarah is right about a "Persecutor for Hire." Sarah's partner is down with the flu and her husband Don seems like a tailor-made substitute with his knowledge of ...

Having been brought up amongst the hardest gangsters and faces of London, Franny Doyle learnt never to let love be her weakness. But she’ll do anything to protect those close to her, and at whatever cost. Her partner Alfie Jennings is under pressure. The only person he ever sent down has recently been released from prison, and his Soho nightclub is under threat from his rival Charlie Eton - a man who doesn’t respond kindly to people taking away his business.

In his landmark novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote made infamous the murder of the Clutter family that occurred in Kansas in late 1959. Fact: Dick Hickock and Perry Smith were executed for those crimes. Fact: Two months after the Clutter killing, the Walker family were slaughtered in similar circumstances in Florida. Fact: The Walker family murder is still unsolved. In this brilliant, addictive novel, the longtime cold case heats up. Becky Masterman imagines what might have happened then...and who will be the next.

In einem beschaulichen Dorf an der Ostsee wird eine junge Frau auf grausame Weise ermordet. Die Dorfbewohner verdächtigen Flora, die als Jugendliche eine Mitschuld am Tod eines Nachbarjungen gehabt haben soll und die nun wieder in ihr Elternhaus zurückgekehrt ist. Die Mordkommission Lübeck ermittelt. Auch Kommissarin Pia Korittki, die gerade ihre Hochzeit plant, sieht einen Zusammenhang zwischen beiden Ereignissen und rollt den früheren Todesfall wieder auf.

Gone Astray is a tense psychological thriller from debut novelist Michelle Davies. When Lesley Kinnock buys a lottery ticket on a whim, it changes her life more than she could have imagined.... Lesley and her husband, Mack, are the sudden winners of a £15 million EuroMillions jackpot. They move with their 15-year-old daughter, Rosie, to an exclusive gated estate in Buckinghamshire, leaving behind their ordinary lives - and friends - as they are catapulted into wealth beyond their wildest dreams.

It’s been 20 years since Neve’s best friend Chloe went missing. Neve has never recovered and promised herself she’d never go back to that place. But secrets can come back to haunt you. When Neve receives news that her first boyfriend, Jamie, has gone missing, she’s forced to return. Jamie has vanished without a trace in a disappearance that echoes the events of all those years ago. Somebody is watching and will stop at nothing until the truth about what took place that night is revealed....