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Dennis Milne is a man with a past, and a past that involves murder. A former cop, he’s earned his living killing the bad guys – drug-dealers, corrupt business men - people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. For the past two days, he’s been in Manila, waiting for his next target: a young woman who’s made herself some poor life-choices, and some even worse enemies.DI Tina Boyd is a woman on a mission. Tough, spiky and determined, she’s looking for the man she holds responsible for the death of her lover.

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.

A threat has been made. An ultimatum delivered. Innocent people are in mortal danger. The gripping new bestseller from the master of the race-against-time thriller.8am: an explosion blasts through a cafe in central London. Minutes later a call is made to a local radio station: ‘We’ve just detonated a bomb. Another will explode shortly. The British Government has until 8pm tonight to meet all our demands, or a far greater attack will take place somewhere in the country that will bring fire down on all your heads.

THE UNDERCOVER COP. Having worked undercover the last ten years, Sean Egan is used to life on the edge. He’s recently infiltrated one of London’s most dangerous criminal gangs, and they’ve just informed him that they want him for a very special job: the daring abduction from police custody of a serial killer known as The Night Creeper. THE KILLER. Brutally violent yet highly intelligent, The Night Creeper has earned his reputation by torturing five young women to death.

A house deep in the countryside where the remains of seven unidentified women have just been discovered. A cop ready to risk everything in the hunt for their killers. A man who has seen the murders and is now on the run in fear of his life. So begins the race to track down this witness before the killers do. For Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd, the road ahead is a dangerous one, with bodies and betrayal at every turn....

Alastair Sheridan has it all. Wealth, good looks, a beautiful wife and children and, in the chaotic world of British politics, a real chance of becoming prime minister. But Alastair also has a secret. He’s a serial killer with a taste for young women. Only a handful of people know what kind of monster he is, and disgraced detective Ray Mason is one of them....

Det er aften, du kommer sent hjem fra arbejde – og huset ligger i mørke. Du går indenfor, og telefonen ringer. Du tager den – og din verden bliver vendt på hovedet. Din fjortenårige datter er blevet bortført, og hendes kidnappere forlanger en halv million pund i kontanter. De giver dig 48 timer til at skaffe pengene. Hvis du ringer til politiet, dør hun. Mens mareridtet udspiller sig, kan du være sikker på to ting: at du vil gøre hvad som helst for at få din datter levende hjem – og at tiden rinder ud...

Truslen

Kl. 8 om morgenen: En eksplosion

brager gennem en café i det centrale London.

Ultimatummet

Få minutter senere: Et opkald fra en

ukendt terrorgruppe advarer om, at et langt større

angreb vil finde sted om cirka 12 timer.

De er ude efter dig. Efter at se dig død. Tom Meron, en lykkelig gift far til to, som aldrig har været i vanskeligheder, modtager et telefonopkald, der vil ændre hans liv for altid. Hans ven, Jack Calley, en højtflyvende storby-advokat, skriger ind i telefonen om hjælp. Mens Meron lytter med, bliver Calley myrdet. Han siger sine sidste ord til sin drabsmand: de to første linjer af Merons adresse.

Du har set for meget. Nu er der ikke sikkert nogen steder.

Ved et tilfælde ser Jane Kinnear sin elsker, Anil, blive myrdet, og pludselig er hun i morderens søgelys. Politiet skynder sig at få hende bragt til et sikkert hus, og det går snart op for hende, at den mand, hun troede, hun kendte, faktisk var kilde hos MI5 og lå inde med vigtige oplysninger om et overhængende terrorangreb.

He's a detective hunting cold-blooded killers, but does he know more than he admits? She's a lawyer who must defend a murderer - but how far will she go to protect her only child? They have a plan - but can they trust each other with their lives?

You come home to find your wife missing - and the body of a woman you've never seen in her place. A phone in her hand starts to ring. A voice says you have 24 hours to clear your name; 24 hours to save your wife. But there's only one way to do it. You must kill someone for them. Someone you've never heard of. A complete stranger. And the clock is ticking.

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....

Da Operation Kirurgisk Indgreb, en politiaktion, der skal fange colombianske narkohandlere i at sælge et stort parti kokain til undercover-betjente på et hotel i Heathrow, går frygteligt galt, falder mistanken hurtigt på en af de involverede betjente: Stegs Jenner. Men Stegs er ingen almindelig undercover-betjent. Som lidt af en enspænder med en række disciplinære anmærkninger har han altid levet på kanten. Da hans nære ven er død i en skudepisode, beslutter han nu at gå selv.

Alastair Sheridan har det hele. Penge, et godt udseende, en smuk kone og børn og, i Storbritanniens kaotiske, politiske verden, en reel chance for at blive premierminister. Men Alastair har også en hemmelighed. Han er seriemorder med smag for unge kvinder. Kun en lille håndfuld mennesker ved, hvilket monster han er, og den vanærede kriminalassistent Ray Mason er en af dem.

Syv ofre. Tre mordere. Én dødbringende hemmelighed. Et hus langt ude på landet, hvor resterne af syv uidentificerede kvinder netop er blevet fundet. En politimand, der er parat til at risikere alt i jagten på deres mordere. En mand, som har set mordene og nu er på flugt, fordi han frygter for sit liv. Således begynder kapløbet om at finde frem til vidnet, før morderne gør det. For Ray Mason og privatdetektiv Tina Boyd venter en farlig vej, hvor lig og bedrag lurer bag hvert et sving.

Det kan tage et helt liv at få hævn for en forbrydelse. Da resterne af en 21-årig kvinde, der forsvandt sporløst i Thailand i 1990, bliver fundet i jorden på en gammel katolsk skole i Buckinghamshire, tager det langvarige mysterium en helt ny drejning.

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.