A brand new, DI Barton crime thriller full of nail-biting twists from bestselling author Ross Greenwood! Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Ian Rankin The winter holidays finally look set to bring a white Christmas, but the beautiful snow hides horrors beneath. When a man is found cruelly tortured and murdered, the Major Crimes team is already stretched thin through illness and stunned by an internal corruption investigation.DCI John Barton hesitantly leaves his sabbatical to take the case, immediately confronting the same dark secrets that forced him away. The dead man was a loner and the perfect target, but when there is another savage murder, Barton begins to suspect that the killer is delving into the victims' pasts for a very specific, terrifying reason. And time is running out.As the blizzard isolates the city, Barton realises they aren't pursuing a festive fanatic; they are hunting something far worse. With the department gripped by ice and paranoia, Barton knows he is getting closer to the truth, but will he be fast enough?Because if he isn't, not everyone will make it home for Christmas.Barton is Back! Ross Greenwood returns to his bestselling series, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Ian Rankin.Readers love Inspector Barton:?????????? ‘The plots in all Greenwood’s books are strokes of genius and you're left guessing until nearly the end as to the identity of the real baddie.’?????????? ‘What sets Greenwood apart is his crisp, engaging prose that masterfully builds suspense while maintaining a fast-paced narrative. Every chapter leaves you wanting more, and his vivid attention to detail creates an immersive atmosphere - you can almost feel the tension simmering beneath the surface.’?????????? ‘What I really enjoy about this series is that the characters are so believable. I can hear Barton's knees cracking as he stands up, feel his tiredness trying to adjust to a new work regime and sense his distress when his case frustrates him… If you have not read these books yet, then please do. Highly recommended.’?????????? ‘Love Ross Greenwoods work, and this one didn’t disappoint. DI Barton is a levelheaded, slightly overweight, thinking man, who has several linked crimes to solve alongside his excellent team. Excellent characters, brilliant storyline and well worth five stars. Highly recommended.’?????????? ‘Loved this book, have read lots of other books by this author and they are all so good. Great characters and great stories. An insight into a completely different world. So well written. This is a must read thriller.’Praise for Ross Greenwood:'DI John Barton is an unforgettable, brilliantly relatable detective and Ross Greenwood remains the master of unputdownable thrillers.’ Michelle Dunne'A superb crime novel with a brilliant central character, a gripping plot and storytelling that pulls you effortlessly from page to page. Ross is a master of crime writing. If you haven't read him, now's the time to start' John Carson‘Ross Greenwood is at the top of his game.' O J Mullen'Move over Rebus and Morse; a new entry has joined the list of great crime investigators in the form of Detective Inspector John Barton. A rich cast of characters and an explosive plot kept me turning the pages until the final dramatic twist.' Richard Burke‘Master of the psychological thriller genre Ross Greenwood once again proves his talent for creating engrossing and gritty novels that draw you right in and won’t let go until you’ve reached the shocking ending.’ Caroline Vincent at Bitsaboutbooks blog'Ross Greenwood doesn’t write clichés. What he has written here is a fast-paced, action-filled puzzle with believable characters that's spiced with a lot of humour.' Kath Middleton

The Man by the Sea: A thrilling British mystery with a stunning twist..."An absolute feast for noir and paranormal thriller fans alike. Highly recommended." ~~ bestthrillers.comJohn "Slim" Hardy, heavy drinker and disgraced soldier turned bumbling private detective, is hired to investigate Ted Douglas, an investment banker who slips out of work every Friday to visit a desolate cove on the Lancashire coast. There, he walks to the shore, opens an old book, and begins to read aloud.His wife thinks he's having an affair.Slim thinks he's insane.The truth is more incredible than either could imagine.The Man by the Sea is the sensational debut novel by Jack Benton, a classic story of love, betrayal, murder, and intrigue.

From the shadows of her past as a Navy Seal sniper to the eerie silence of a small town, Anna Gabriel faces her toughest mission yet.From #1 Bestselling Author, Georgia Wagner, a gripping new thriller series.Dishonorably discharged and haunted by her actions overseas, Anna's world is turned upside down when she receives the chilling news: her sister’s entire family has vanished without a trace.Once assigned to hunting the most violent terrorists in covert missions, now, back home in picturesque Mammoth Lakes, Anna uses those same skills to track the abductors who took her family.Is there more going on here than meets the eye? And has Anna’s personal connection clouded her judgement?One thing is for sure, unless she can pull off her most dangerous mission yet, against overwhelming odds, the only person that matters to her will be ripped away.

“It’s at once a deeply absorbing story of humans pushed to their limits and a study of the ways in which those humans behave when left to themselves in an environment with no governing authority... A thematically rich tale of survival buttressed by a keen grasp of psychology.” –Kirkus ReviewsWhat would you do if the structures that hold society together vanished? Not weakened. Not fractured. Gone.George, a burned-out public defender trying to reinvent himself as a professor, gets his answer when a decrepit cruise ship carrying a floating college campus sinks in the South Pacific.He washes ashore on an uninhabited island with a handful of survivors and no law but the kind you enforce yourself. Cooperation curdles fast. A poetry professor seizes control by sheer will. Fraternity brothers on the next island turn predatory. And George, the man who once made his living defending murderers, begins to suspect that the most dangerous person on the island might be himself.Raw and unsparing, THE UNGOVERNED drags an ancient question out of the philosophy classroom and into the jungle, then answers it with sex, blood, and a homemade hatchet.