by Philip Eliot | Feb 6, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
A BRAND NEW grippingly creepy page-turner from bestselling author Michelle Dunne. A must-read for fans of John Marrs and Jason Rekulak’s Hidden Pictures and Freida McFadden Angel says that people who mean the most harm come out by day. They’re not lurking under your bed or in your wardrobe. They just walk around like normal people. Normal people that no one would suspect… Growing up as foster kids at Raven’s Rock wasn’t easy, but it’s all Pennie and Eve have ever known. But now that they’re alone in the house, Eve vows that things are going to be different. She will love and protect her little sister as best she possibly can. But Pennie isn’t like other ten-year-olds, and Eve struggles to balance her own fragile self-care with caring for Pennie. Soon it becomes clear that Pennie is playing to a different set of rules – Angel’s rules – and Eve is left wondering… …how much harm can an imaginary friend possibly do? This book will keep you up all night! Get ready to hide under the covers… Praise for Michelle Dunne: ‘Heartstoppingly tense. Just when you think you have it figured out, Dunne sucks every emotion out of you as she delivers another hard twist.’ bestselling author Diane Saxon ‘ Fresh and original with an unforgettable voice and a propulsive plot’ Sunday Times bestselling author Andrea Mara ‘A compelling page turner… what a rollercoaster read.’ Bestselling author Liz Nugent ‘ A chilling, twisty and engrossing page turner that lingers long after reading’ Bestselling author Amy Jordan ‘If you like your thrillers dark and twisted , you’ll love this! Intriguing, gritty and hard-hitting , this is a story and characters you’ll be thinking about long after you put the book down.’ Bestselling author Michelle McDonagh ‘ Dark, creepy and shocking , The Imaginary Friend gets right under your skin with a complex web of secrets and lies that draw the characters together in twist after original and unexpected twist’ International Bestselling author Sam Blake ‘ Wow . From the first page to the last. Wow .’ ?????????? Reader Review ‘This fast-paced, emotional novel had me in its grips from the beginning. I couldn’t put it down! ‘ ?????????? Reader Review ‘ Wowza! This book was like driving a race car you were careening along super fast and banking corners going way too fast. I loved every second of it .’ ?????????? Reader Review ‘I could not put this book down! I was hooked after the first paragraph… It is suspenseful and tragic . My heart broke multiple times for so many reasons.’ ?????????? Reader Review ‘Wow I don’t even know where to begin with this book! It was gripping and I couldn’t put it down. The twists were crazy , I wasn’t expecting the ending. This book had me feeling all sorts of emotions being a mother myself.’ ?????????? Reader Review
by Philip Eliot | Feb 6, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
How much would you give up for another shot at life? Hapless Bertie Haig wakes up with a killer hangover… and a very dead stranger in his bed. Mercurial gangster Al Edwards must turn his back on the only life he’s ever known. DI Kris Hendrie is torn between family loyalty and duty to the job. Three unlikely heroes, living very different lives, until the machinations of a mysterious figure force them to make impossible choices. Perfect for fans of Irvine Welsh, Val McDermid, and Martina Cole, this pulse-pounding, award-nominated Scottish organised crime thriller from the author of the DI Brian Brandon murder mystery series introduces the Strathburgh crime universe.
by Philip Eliot | Feb 6, 2026 | Action & Adventure |
The “grand spy-chase novel . . . highly successful and realistic” that introduced the international operative with a lethal touch ( Publishers Weekly ). Secret agent Joe Gall has a puzzle to put together that stretches from the streets of Laredo, Texas, to the steamy island of Trinidad—and along the way, he must deal with a New Orleans nun with some surprising fighting skills as well as civil unrest in a small southern town . . . As he battles bad guys using all the smarts and survival tactics he learned from the CIA, there are two beautiful women who may hold the answers—but Gall has to start asking the right questions—in the debut thriller of this action-packed series that would go on to earn an Edgar Award nomination. “I admire Philip Atlee’s writing tremendously.” —Raymond Chandler
by Philip Eliot | Feb 6, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
An ex-cop chases after a relic and a rogue priest: “They don’t come much tougher than Ken Bruen’s Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor.” — The New York Times Book Review Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. Now that he’s going to live after all, he’s going to need money, so using his ex-Garda credentials he manages to land a job as a night-shift security guard. But his Ukrainian boss has Jack in mind for a bit of off-the-books work. He wants Jack to find what some claim to be the first true book of heresy, the famously blasphemous “Red Book,” currently in the possession of a rogue priest hiding out in Galway after fleeing a position at the Vatican. Despite Jack’s distaste for priests of any stripe, the money is too good to turn down. Then Em, the many-faced woman who’s had a vise on Jack’s heart and mind for the past two years, reappears and turns out to be entangled with the story of the Red Book, too—leading Jack down ever more mysterious and lethal pathways—in this “dark and often hilarious” series by an author who’s won the Shamus, Macavity, and Barry Awards and been an Edgar Award finalist ( Toronto Star ). “Bruen is in top form, and, although everything Taylor touches seems to turn to ash, he embodies such humanity that readers will be unable to resist rooting for him.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The most mannered prose since the glory days of James Ellroy.” — Kirkus Reviews
by Philip Eliot | Feb 6, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
Next book in the Posadas County Mystery Series “If you haven’t yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you are in for a treat!”—Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author One blizzardy New Mexico night, Posadas County Deputy Pasquale picks up a toddler abandoned along the shoulder of State 56… And as more disturbing cases pile up, the Sheriff’s Department find themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit Deputy Pasquale is horrified, but it seems like a cut and dry case: the father is arrested, and that should be that. But when the man is later found murdered, it’s clear something is afoot. Meanwhile, Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman’s search for a missing US Forest service range tech results in the discovery of a corpse on the county line. With one person still missing and two dead, it’s clear there are dark powers at play. And the irony of so much wickedness at the holidays is not lost on anyone. The Sheriff’s Department is stretched to its limits as its dedicated personnel juggle working cases and wrangling their own relationships and families. In this addition to the Posadas County Mysteries, family dynamics heighten the tension of a dangerous criminal case as Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman and the whole department work to pull the right threads out of a tangle of seemingly small lies. And as harrowing details come to light, it becomes apparent that justice for all will prove elusive. Steven F. Havill’s acclaimed series is: Perfect for fans of C.J. Box and Michael McGarrity For readers who enjoy police procedurals and Southwest desert mysteries
