by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
**The No. 1 Amazon (Canada) bestselling thriller**????? ‘A riveting read.’ SANDRA WORDSWORTHTo face the future, he must confront his pastConnor Harrigan lives a simple expat life in Amsterdam, with a beautiful wife and their twelve-year-old daughter. When a bomb goes off in the centre of the city, killing his wife and putting his daughter in a coma, he is forced to confront the dark past he had desperately wanted to forget.Detective Sophie Reyner is struggling as a single parent with a demanding job. When assigned to the bomb investigation, she forms with Harrigan a friendship that takes them down a path of drug trafficking and murder…The Shattered Conscience is a thriller intertwined with a human tale about dealing with mistakes from the past and making you question how far you would go to protect the ones you love.____________________________________________PRAISE FOR THE SHATTERED CONSCIENCE:????? ‘Great book with a mix of everything.’ JACOB PELED????? ‘A riveting read.’ SANDRA WORDSWORTH????? ‘An intriguing murder mystery.’ CINDI JACOBS????? ‘Darren Sugrue is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.’ MIKE CLIFFE????? ‘Brilliant, fast paced, full of suspense and very well written.’ GILI
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Action & Adventure |
An ex-SAS captain survives a violent attack only to wind up in the crosshairs of a vengeful Glaswegian gangster in this crime thriller series opener. Adam Black, a lawyer and former SAS captain, is randomly attacked while out for his nightly jog in the quiet Scottish village of Eaglesham. But Black does not take the ambush lying down, and while defending himself, kills two of the three attackers. After Black is interviewed by the police, they decide not to press charges . . . against him. Unbeknownst to Black, the men who assaulted him have links to a vicious criminal, Peter Grant, who swears revenge. Black is not a man to mess with. But neither is Peter Grant and when he begins a campaign of terror against Black, his wife, and daughter, Black refuses to be intimidated. But at what cost? Unleashed is a fast-paced crime thriller perfect for fans of authors like Mark Dawson, James Deegan, and Rob Sinclair.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
Her first month on patrol,she’s the newest fixationof a lurking serial killer.At thirty-years-old, Officer Stackhouse is the oldest in her Police academy’s graduating class and hellbent on reaching the FBI before the cutoff age. Her first stop–patrol. She responds to a call in Creepy Hollow, where a teenager has run away, a commonplace incident.But there’s nothing commonplace about what Stackhouse finds when she begins digging.A serial killer is at work and has been for years, undetected until now. Even faced with the evidence, Stackhouse’s supervisors are reluctant to believe. The case soon becomes personal, however, when the killer’s attention shifts to her. If Stackhouse wants to survive her first year, she’ll have to prove there’s nothing soft about a girl with a badge…
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
A brand new darkly humourous serial killer thriller for fans of How to Kill Your Family and The Thursday Murder Club.***‘So compelling, I couldn’t put it down’ Natasha Bache, author of 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas ‘Let me tell you, I LOVED THIS BOOK! The setting, the characters, the plot, and even the ending…I just could not put this one down. Filled with humor and thriller vibes, this is this years MUST Summer read’ ?????What happens when a serial killer forgets that he’s a serial killer? At Sunset House the tea is barely introduced to a teabag, the carpets are permanently flecked with glitter and care assistant Jolene would rather be watching daytime television than caring for the elderly – but someone might just have confessed to murder.Most think Gilbert’s sudden claim – ‘When I killed her’ – is likely to be the dementia talking. Or a spoiler for Midsomer Murders. Probably. Now, between bingo, staff drama and a suspicious game of pass the parcel, someone’s about to dig up more than buried memories…Darkly funny, sharply observant and unquestionably deadly, this is no Thursday Murder Club.See what readers have to say:‘A heart pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat… one of the best books this year! It was fast paced, edge of the seat thriller that was extremely well executed’ ?????’I LOVED the characters — quirky, flawed, fascinating especially Will, who was written with so much depth and heart. The dark setting? Chef’s kiss! Julie Lancaster knows how to set the mood — creepy, suspenseful, but also hilarious in the darkest ways’ ?????‘Really gripping… Full of twists and turns. You’ll never guess what is coming next’ ?????‘Like The Thursday Murder Club but with a twist’ ????’A dark, funny and yet serious thriller of a read! Killings and kidnapping galore’ ?????‘A twist-filled thriller that constantly kept me second-guessing what I thought I knew. Unpredictable, cleverly crafted read… kept me hooked until the end’ ????’Kept me guessing from start to finish’ ????’Mystery, lots of twists and you’re never quite sure who the abductor might be. But it also has an emotional depth to it too’ ?????’This book kept me on my toes. I was entertained, stressed, scared, and happy all at the same time!’ ?????’If you’re into serial killer thrillers with a touch of dark humor, this book is right up your street’ ?????’I enjoyed this so much I could hardly put it down. Set in a care home, it’s full of twists and turns and really I couldn’t have guessed what was coming next.’ ?????’Well written, fast paced and fun to read, it will leave you guessing until the end.’ ????
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
Meet the brash and irresistible Bertha Cool and Donald Lam—the iconic detective duo who stars in this classic crime novel from the creator of Perry Mason.Hired by a mysterious “Mr. Smith” to find a woman who vanished 21 years earlier, Donald Lam finds himself facing a sadistic cop, a desperate showgirl, a duplicitous client, and one very dogged (and beautiful) newspaper reporter. Meanwhile, Bertha Cool’s attempts to cut herself in on this lucrative opportunity land them both hip-deep in murder . . . Erle Stanley Gardner was not just the creator of Perry Mason—at the time of his death, he was the best-selling American author of all time, with hundreds of millions of books in print. Among those books were the 29 cases of the brash, irresistible detective team of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Last year, Hard Case Crime brought out the first new Cool and Lam novel in decades, The Knife Slipped, lost for 77 years after Gardner’s publisher refused it. Now, we’re bringing you the book Gardner wrote to replace it, often considered the best in the series: Turn on the Heat.
