The Plantagenet Mystery (Wynderbury Mysteries Book 1)


Victoria Prescott - 2014
    As Rob uses his skills as a historian to uncover the secret he finds his courage and determination tested and discovers that the difference between right and wrong is not as clearcut as he had thought.

The Dead List (A John Drake Mystery)


Martin Crosbie - 2015
    His hands are locked together as if in prayer. Rookie police officer John Drake is first on scene. His superiors want to call it an accidental death, but he isn't convinced. In his previous life, Drake saw his share of dead bodies. He knows this was not an accident. When he uncovers a list with five names including the name of the dead man, there's only one question. Are the names on the list suspects or potential victims?

Sleepyhead / Scaredy Cat (Tom Thorne, #1, #2)


Mark Billingham - 2001
    The first two brilliant Tom Thorne novels

Joker (Sons of Havoc MC #1)


Claire Shaw - 2022
    It comes with being part of the club, but when it affects others in my life I can't bear to watch it unfold. At least, it's what happened years ago. I ended up putting my nose in a situation where I probably shouldn't have.In the end, I lost the greatest love of my life . . . or so I thought.Ten years have gone by since I never stopped looking for her. That is, until a surprise turns up out of the blue, followed by Carrie herself.I can't let her go this time.I won't let her go.Not now, and not ever again.

The Perfect Child / When She Returned


Lucinda Berry - 2019
    All that’s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.But Janie is no ordinary child, and her damaged psyche proves to be more than her new parents were expecting. Janie is fiercely devoted to Christopher, but she acts out in increasingly disturbing ways, directing all her rage at Hannah. Unable to bond with Janie, Hannah is drowning under the pressure, and Christopher refuses to see Janie’s true nature.Hannah knows that Janie is manipulating Christopher and isolating him from her, despite Hannah’s attempts to bring them all together. But as Janie’s behavior threatens to tear Christopher and Hannah apart, the truth behind Janie’s past may be enough to push them all over the edge.When She Returned:One woman’s reappearance throws her family into turmoil, exposing dark secrets and the hidden, often devastating truth of family relationships.Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult.Kate’s return flips her family’s world upside down—her husband is remarried, and her daughter barely remembers her. Kate herself doesn’t look or act like she did before.While the family tries to help Kate reintegrate into society, they discover truths they’ve been hiding from each other about their own relationships. But they aren’t the only ones with secrets. As the family unravels what happened to Kate, a series of shocking revelations shows that Kate’s return is more sinister than any of them could have imagined.