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The Girl in the Doorway

Genres: Mystery, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 12-15, 16-18, 18+

What if the person you trust most is the reason everything is falling apart? When London bookseller James meets Emma, a homeless student with a compatible mind and a guarded past, the attraction is instant — and dangerous. After a dreamlike Christmas in the glittering Swiss resort of St. Moritz, reality crashes in. James’s flat is burgled. Priceless antique books and family heirlooms vanish. And the police want to question him about the suspicious death of another homeless person. As James and his sassy sleuthing friend Sally follow a trail of clues from the West End of London to the frozen Swiss Alps, the mystery deepens — and so do James’s doubts. Was he simply unlucky? Blinded by love? Or carefully drawn into a trap he never saw coming? With every secret uncovered, trust becomes more dangerous than suspicion. Will trying to save Emma cost James everything?

Five Fatal Flaws

Genres: Mystery, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 12-15, 16-18, 18+

A baby vanishes. A politician burns to death. Five suspects have everything to hide. When psychotherapist Trudy’s infant son disappears without a trace, her worst nightmare becomes a public investigation. As police dig into the lives of the four members of her post-trauma therapy group, buried resentments, private traumas, and dangerous secrets begin to surface. Then a local politician is found burned to death—and suddenly the two crimes are chillingly connected. Each member of the group had a reason to hate him. And each has learned how to lie convincingly. As suspicion tightens, Trudy must confront a terrifying possibility: the person responsible may be sitting in her therapy circle… or staring back at her in the mirror. Five Fatal Flaws is a gripping psychological whodunnit exploring power, silence, and revenge in the shadow of #MeToo.

The Art of Deception

Genres: Womens Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+

How can she prove her innocence to save her son, when she's already been convicted of murdering his father? Art school dropout Lucie is on a backpacking trip across Europe when she arrives in the idyllic Swiss Alps. A holiday romance with ski instructor Mathieu takes a crucial turn when Lucie discovers she is pregnant. Spiralling into a relationship of coercion and dark domestic abuse, Lucie is powerless to escape her marriage without losing her son. Seven years on, Lucie is serving a sentence in a Swiss prison for a murder she insists she did not commit. Surrounded by an eclectic group of inmates, Lucie must summon all her strength and intuition to uncover long-kept secrets and fight for her freedom to be reunited with her son before he is abducted by her husband’s family. The clock is ticking . . . but who can she trust?

Strangers on a Bridge

Genres: Crime, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

She stops him from jumping and he thinks she's his saviour. Then she becomes his obsession. While Alice Reed is on her morning jog in the peaceful Swiss Alps, she unexpectedly saves a stranger on a notorious suicide bridge. But could her Samaritan deed turn out to be the first of many mistakes? Adamant they have an instant connection, Manfred’s charm gradually darkens and his obsession with Alice grows stronger. In a country far from home, where the police don’t believe her, the locals don’t trust her and even her husband questions the truth about Manfred, Alice has nowhere to turn. And she begins to think she should never have saved him that day on the bridge... How far would you go to protect your family?

The Beaten Track

Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+

A backpacker's dream turns into a nightmare as she discovers the darker side of her round-the-world trip. Sandrine is on the adventure of a lifetime, exploring the beautiful landscapes of California, Hawaii, the South Pacific, and Southeast Asia. But when she reaches Nepal, she discovers she is pregnant after a romantic fling on a tropical island. Unable to trace her lover, she continues her journey until a man, who has become dangerously obsessed with her, takes his own life on a Himalayan trek. Returning home to Switzerland for the birth of her baby, Kai, Sandrine hopes to heal and prepare for motherhood. But when she meets the charming Scott, who offers her love and security, her past traumas resurface, and she realises her nightmare is far from over. As she struggles to protect her new family, Sandrine must confront the horror she thought she left behind. Will she be able...