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Blood Work
Mark Pearson
The first victim is a young woman found on Hampstead Heath. Her throat has been slashed and her body mutilated. This horrifying discovery marks the beginning of Detective Inspector Jack Delaney’s toughest ever case.
When the expertly dissected body of a second young woman is discovered in a north London flat with a brightly coloured scarf tied around her neck, it suddenly becomes clear that a psychopath is on the loose. There is no apparent connection between the two victims and there are no clear motives – but the crime scenes tell a terrifying story.
Delaney, together with forensic pathologist Kate Walker, needs to act quickly and piece together the evidence in order to uncover the deadly pattern behind the murders. However, violent events from Delaney’s past are threatening to catch up with him, and he must stay one step ahead of his enemies if he is to stop the killer from striking again.
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Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
Ruth Rendell
‘Adam and Eve and Pinch Me went down to the river to bathe, Adam and Eve were drowned. Who was saved?’
This old nursery rhyme is a favourite of Jerry Leach, a handsome ne’er-do-well, who sponges off women.
Five women, unknown to each other, are his willing victims. One he even married and abandoned, while promising to marry another. But, with the cruel irony he would be the first to recognise in that nursery rhyme, Jerry becomes the victim of one of his female prey.
‘She is to be treasured.’
Anita Brookner, Spectator
‘Rendell is not only irresistible because of the brilliance of her descriptions of contemporary life and the sad truth of her characters. She is a great storyteller who knows how to make sure that the reader has to turn the pages out of a desperate need to find out what is going to happen next.’
John Mortimer, Sunday Times
‘Unequalled ability to build and sustain suspense’ Peter Guttridge, Observer
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Portobello
Ruth Rendell
‘Found in Chepstow Villas, a sum of money between eighty and a hundred and sixty pounds. Anyone who has lost such a sum of money should apply to the phone number below.’
The chance discovery by Eugene Wren of an envelope filled with banknotes would link the lives of a number of very different people – each with their own obsessions, problems, dreams and despairs. It would also set in motion a chain of events that lead to arson and murder.
‘It is Rendell’s superb sense of place that counts. She makes you smell the excitement and the desperation. Portobello is as brilliant as anything she has ever written’ Evening Standard
‘Rendell has a Dickensian empathy, informed by a prodigious love of London life. Her account, bursting with colour and vitality, is a treat to read’
Independent
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Cold in Hand
John Harvey
Two teenage girls are victims of a bloody Valentine’s Day shooting; one survives, the other is less fortunate …
It’s one of a rising number of violent incidents in the city, and DI Charlie Resnick, nearing retirement, is hauled back to the front line to help deal with the fallout.
But when the dead girl’s father seeks to lay the blame on DI Lynn Kellogg, Resnick’s colleague and lover, the line between personal and professional becomes dangerously blurred.
As Lynn, shaken by this very public accusation, is forced to question her part in the teenager’s death, Resnick struggles against those in the force who disapprove of his maverick ways. But when the unimaginable occurs, an emotional Resnick takes matters into his own hands. No one could have foreseen where this case would lead, and this time Resnick will need all his strength to see justice done …
‘Reveals modern England in all its most depressing messiness while engaging the reader with characters whose warmth and humanity give real pleasure’
Times Literary Supplement
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Gone to Ground