A French cop and a young psychiatrist must untangle a perplexing murder in this "tense and disturbing" mystery debut—now a series on Netflix (Booklist, starred review).Saint-Martin-de-Comminges is a remote village nestled in the French Pyrenees, where winters are harsh and nothing ever happens. Until one morning when a group of workers discover the headless, flayed body of a horse, hanging suspended from the edge of a frozen cliff.That same day, just a few miles away, psychiatrist Diane Berg starts her first job at an asylum for the criminally insane. She is baffled by the director's unorthodox methods, and alarmed to discover that drugs are disappearing from within its fortified walls.Commandant Martin Servaz, a charismatic city cop from nearby Toulouse, can't believe he's been called to such a backwater town over the death of an animal. But then DNA from one of the asylum's most notorious inmates is found on the horse carcass . . . and a few days later the first human victim is found.

A spate of brutal murders threatens the newfound happiness of "one of the most credible and engaging heroes in contemporary crime fiction" (Ian Rankin).Tom Thorne finally has it all.In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. His love life is newly reformed by a promising relationship and he is happy in the job he has devoted his life to.As he sets off hunting the woman responsible for a series of grisly murders, Thorne has no way of knowing that he will be plunged into a nightmare from which he may never wake. A nightmare that has a name. Thorne's past threatens to catch up with him and a ruinous secret is about to be revealed. If he wants to save himself and his friends, he will have to do the unthinkable.Tom Thorne finally has a lot to lose.Praise for the Tom Thorne series"Morse, Rebus, and now Thorne. The next superstar detective is already with us—don't miss him." —Lee Child"Billingham is a world-class writer and Tom Thorne is a wonderful creation. Rush to read these books." —Karin Slaughter"With each of his books, Mark Billingham gets better and better. These are stories and characters you don't want to leave." —Michael Connelly "Mark Billingham has brought a rare and welcome blend of humanity, dimension, and excitement to the genre." —George Pelecanos"A fantastic thriller, combining a gripping plot and lead characters of remarkable depth . . . Readers who grab this one but aren't familiar with its predecessors will be seeking them out. A series to savor." —Booklist (starred review)

ONE LAST STEP (A Tara Mills Mystery—Book One) is the debut novel in a new FBI mystery series by debut author Sarah Sutton.Two hikers go missing along the Appalachian Trail, leaving only a bloodstained forest behind them, and when another hiker collapses on someone’s porch in New Hampshire, murdered by crossbow, the local police realize they have a serial killer on their hands––and need to call in the FBI.FBI Agent Tara Mills is young, brilliant and new to the force. With a promising career in front of her, she faces the ultimate test when she is assigned the case. It soon proves to be more challenging than she ever could have imagined––an impossible riddle that leaves even her seasoned partner stumped.Meanwhile, something about the case stirs a darkness within her––a tortured past that even her long-term boyfriend doesn’t fully understand. As nightmares consume her, she only hopes that her past will not come back to ruin her once again.As more hikers go missing, and with her job on the line, Tara finds herself on a race against time as she combs through the forest’s trails. Peeling back each layer, she soon realizes that she is up against a true diabolical mastermind. And just when she thinks she has it all figured out, her instincts lead her to the most shocking truth of all.Book #2 in the series––ONE LAST BREATH––is also available!“First read by this new upcoming author and she has a winner with this series. Suspenseful from beginning to end.”--Goodreads Reviewer?????“I was pulled in from the very start…in my mind it played out just like a movie.”--Goodreads Reviewer?????“Absolutely loved this first in the series from start to finish. Fast paced and easy to follow with a storyline that was tense and exciting, I found it hard to put down.”--Goodreads Reviewer?????

Denver Homicide Detective Sarah Spillman has built her career on instinct and discipline—skills that keep her one step ahead of the secret she’s never outrun.But the discovery of a missing boy in a dumpster shatters the calm of a quiet neighborhood and puts every family under suspicion, including the child’s own parents.Before Sarah can make sense of the scene, a neighbor is found dead in what looks like a suicide.Two bodies. One neighborhood. No straight answers.As Sarah hunts for the thread that ties the deaths, she uncovers lies, betrayals, and deadly connections no one wants exposed. Someone in this quiet community is hiding a deadly truth—and Sarah must find it before her past comes back to finish what it started.NOTE TO READERS:While the books in the series may include dark and potentially disturbing crimes, the reads are clean. There is no explicit language or descriptions of the violent acts. And all bedroom scenes fade to black.