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The Killing III

The Killing III
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Copenhagen
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A family in turmoil. A country in crisis. All debts must be settled. As gripping as Søren Sveistrup’s TV series, David Hewson’s crime thriller The Killing 3 is inspired by the Danish hit The Killing.

The Killing Lessons

The Killing Lessons
  • Author(s): Saul Black
  • Location(s): California, Colorado
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper’s isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly that it’s the end of everything. For the two haunted and driven men, on the other hand, it’s just another stop on a long...

The Killing Line

The Killing Line
  • Author(s): John Dean
  • Location(s): North Pennines
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Crime novel The Killing Line is published by The Book Folks and tells how a schoolgirl is found dead after taking drugs, the second death in a few weeks. DCI Jack Harris suspects that there is more to the...

The Killing of Butterfly Joe

The Killing of Butterfly Joe
  • Author(s): Rhidian Brook
  • Location(s): Catskill Mountains, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Gothic, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 1980s

‘I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.’ Llew Jones wanted to see the States and write about the experience. Then he met Joe Bosco, a butterfly salesman as...

The Killing Pool

The Killing Pool
  • Location(s): Liverpool
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Detective Chief Inspector Billy McCartney discovers a headless corpse in the scrubland close to Liverpool docks. The slaying carries all the hallmarks of a gangland hit — a message from the underworld to snitches, cops and rival gangs. One...

The Killing Room

The Killing Room
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

In the third of the critically acclaimed China thrillers, Li Yan and Margaret Campbell travel to Shanghai: where a new ally, and a new enemy, await. THE NEW CASE When a mass grave containing eighteen mutilated female corpses is...

The Killing Stones

The Killing Stones
  • Author(s): Ann Cleeves
  • Location(s): Fair Isle
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves Book 1) When a violent storm descends upon Orkney, the body of Archie Stout is left in its wake. An unusual murder weapon, a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions, is found discarded nearby. Archie...

The Killing Tide

The Killing Tide
  • Author(s): Lin Anderson
  • Location(s): Orkney Islands
  • Genre(s): Crime, Noir
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After a fierce storm hits Scotland, a mysterious cargo ship is discovered in the Orkney Isles. Boarding the vessel uncovers three bodies, recently deceased and in violent circumstances. Forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod’s study of the crime scene suggests...

The Kindest Lie

The Kindest Lie
  • Author(s): Nancy Johnson
  • Location(s): Indiana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

A masterful, eye-opening novel about the profound racial injustices and class inequalities roiling American society, for fans of Tayari Jones and Jacqueline Woodson. A promise could betray you. It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in...

The Kindness

The Kindness
  • Author(s): John Ajvide Lindqvist, Marlaine Delargy (translator)
  • Location(s): Norrtälje
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, In Translation
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A shipping container is mysteriously dumped in the Swedish port town of Norrtalje. Due to their ignorance of its ownership it isn’t until a week has passed that the authorities can have it forced open. There the remains of...

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