An inside-job art heist goes awry in this "wildly funny" crime novel by the Edgar Award–winning author (The New York Times Book Review).  It would take a miracle to keep Dortmunder out of jail. Though he cased the electronics store perfectly, the cops surprised him, turning up in the alley just as he was walking out the back door, a television in each hand. Already a two-time loser, without divine intervention he faces a long stretch inside. Then God sends J. Radcliffe Stonewiler, a celebrity lawyer who gets Dortmunder off with hardly any effort at all. Stonewiler was sent by Arnold Chauncey, an art lover with a cash flow problem. He asks the thief to break into his house and make off with a valuable painting in exchange for a quarter of the insurance money. Chauncey has pulled the stunt twice before, so it must look real. He'll give Dortmunder no inside help—a shame since, when this caper spins out of control, he'll need all the help he can get.

When FBI Special Agent Ilona Farris is posted to Seattle, she is determined to prove herself and leave her past behind. Her results and drive get her noticed and she’s drawn into a new taskforce created to investigate the cases no one else can touch—the ones that defy logic, evidence, and every known investigative pattern.Ilona knows something about the unsolvable.At fourteen, she lived through a nightmare that still follows her.Now, every new case threatens to pull those buried memories back to the surface.The FBI’s experimental Unsolvable Crimes Unit—built around a predictive A.I. known as Themis—assigns Ilona to mysteries that shouldn’t exist: cases rooted in folklore, impossible timelines, vanishing victims, and killers who hide in the places she once felt safe. From the dense forests of the Olympic Peninsula to the marinas of Puget Sound and the shadowed streets of Seattle, Ilona finds herself navigating not just evidence, but the ghosts of her own history.In this gripping five-book collection, Ilona confronts the most disturbing cases of her career:A boy who emerges from the Washington wilderness speaking a medieval language no child should know.A murder victim in a Seattle marina who died—officially—twenty years earlier.A series of deaths inside tornadoes across the Midwest that should have left no victims at all.Murals appearing across Seattle predicting tragedies before they occur.And long-missing victims who reappear on city streets, posed with pages from twisted fairy tales.As the investigations tighten, Ilona faces a truth the A.I. cannot calculate: some cases don’t stay unsolved by accident. Someone is watching. Someone is manipulating events. And someone seems determined to drag Ilona into a pattern only she can recognise—one rooted in the trauma she has spent a lifetime trying to bury.Because in Seattle, the past isn’t just resurfacing.It’s hunting her.And only the truth—no matter the cost—can save the next victim.Perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Lisa Gardner, and Jeffery Deaver.You get the complete series of gripping crime thrillers in this great value box set.

No conscience. No complications. No going back.He's broken all three rules in the last forty-eight hours.Chance McCabe is a professional problem-solver for people you should hope you never meet. After his last job went sideways, he's burning through airports on fake IDs, one step ahead of the organization that wants him to explain what went wrong.Barksdale, Mississippi is a town run by men who bury their secrets in the swamp.After a fluke encounter with an old love—a woman he hasn’t seen in twenty years—McCabe learns his father is dying.Within hours of being back in Barksdale, McCabe crosses the local muscle for the town’s most powerful man. Within days, he's got a gunshot wound stitched with fishing line, a dead mobster in his backseat, and a polaroid photo that proves the town's worst-kept secret.Gritty, unflinching crime fiction for readers who love moral complexity, small-town corruption, and protagonists who are precisely as dangerous as the villains. Fans of S.A. Cosby, Daniel Woodrell, and early Lehane will feel right at home.

ONE FAMILY EMPIRE. ONE EXPLOSIVE SECRET. ONE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.'A page-turning sojourn into the world of perfume - thrilling and unexpected.'Heather Darwent, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Things We Do To Our Friends.In a family business, everything is personal, and nothing stays a secret forever:House of Marcham is under threat. The phenomenally successful fine-fragrance empire has a rich history and is well respected in the perfume industry, but the scent of success masks something far darker. Jesse is poised to succeed his mother at the helm of the business when an explosive protest rocks the House of Marcham 25th anniversary party, setting off a chain of events that will change the Marcham family forever.As his dream of leading the firm evaporates, Jesse fights to save something far more important than the family’s legacy – the lives of those he loves.In the world of luxury fragrance, some perfumes are to die for.Blending the top notes of the must-watch HBO series Succession with the glamourous heart of House of Gucci and base notes that evoke bestselling author T.M. Logan,The Family Secret is your next obsession in contemporary thrillers.Praise for NJ Barker's other novels:'Fast-moving, clever and well written … will only leave you wanting more.'Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things.'The writing and plotting were really pacy and engaging, and it reminded me of TM Logan.'Joel Richardson, Publisher for Crime, Michael Joseph.Readers are loving THE FAMILY SECRET:'Plenty of twists and turns, secrets and revelations to keep you guessing. A highly entertaining thriller.'LoveReading Ambassador; Selected as a LoveReading Indie Book We Love'Pacy, complex and intriguing - a thoroughly engaging read. N.J. Barker is a master of well-plotted, fast-moving, very enjoyable thrillers.' Nicole Swengley, author of THE PORTRAIT GIRL'This author keeps getting better and better. I was hooked from the off and couldn't put this down at all…one of the best thrillers I've read in a while. Surprising, daring and riveting.' Bobs and Books (book blogger)'NJ Barker seems to be a hidden gem in the world of contemporary thrillers. THE FAMILY SECRET is compulsively readable; clear a few hours because you're not going to want to put this book down…this was a roller coaster ride right up to the last chapter.' MSMichelleDawn (book blogger)'Clever, fast-paced and hugely enjoyable.' ??????????'One of the best thrillers I've read in a while. Surprising, daring and riveting.' ??????????'With each turn of the page, you'll want to turn faster as the tension and intrigue grow.' ??????????'I read the end on my phone. I could not sleep without knowing what happened.' ??????????'Fast-paced and hugely enjoyable.' ??????????

“Unnatural Intent is like Michael Crichton's State of Fear meets Michael Connelly's The Rapture of the Deep.” –Cam Torrens, award-winning author of Stable and False SummitThe last one they sent didn't come back.Disease ecologist Letty Duquesne is barely settled in to her new job when a colleague goes missing in the field. When Letty lands in Alaska's Katmai National Park to take over the investigation, she finds a violent welcome and the case in shambles. No record of the last scientist's work exists. His footsteps at the incident site disappear into nothing. And the polar bears Letty has been sent to find are hunting for human prey a thousand miles from the pack ice where they belong.If Letty can't figure out why, more people will die. An unimaginable threat lurks under the icy waters of the Arctic, animals stalk the people of a tiny seaside village, and the greatest danger waits where Letty least expects it.