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Shockwaves ripple through a small community when the mutilated corpse of a young girl is pulled from a river.

This addictive, fast-paced read starts with a random encounter and finishes with a jaw-dropping twist. Follow young lacemaker, Joan, as she grapples with the realization that she may have sent a complete stranger to a watery grave. It doesn’t occur to her that she could have been the intended target.

Set during World War Two, Lily’s Grave is a shocking, highly-rated read that explores what can happen when young girls on the cusp of womanhood push the boundaries too far. One small risk can have deadly consequences.

“I was just a random girl she met on the last night of her life. Someone who tried to save her, but who failed. I am never going to recover from that, am I?” $0.99 on Kindle.

Twelve cats have been killed in a North London neighbourhood since the beginning of the year. When Carol Smith discovers the thirteenth, the only question on her mind is when would the sadistic killer claim the next victim? That is, until she realises only few yards away, the dead body of an out of work actor has been discovered by police.

Are these two connected? What makes the feline killer turns attention to a human victim? These are the questions police want to answer as they pursue the sadistic killer, for no one knows whether the next victim would be a human or a cat.

In piecing together the facts, we enter into the world of three neighbours – a modern cat lady, a couple who shoot cat video for a living and a troubled scrap yard worker with a pathological hatred for cats AKA Ailurophobia. $0.99 on Kindle.

Twelve cats have been killed in a North London neighbourhood since the beginning of the year. When Carol Smith discovers the thirteenth, the only question on her mind is when would the sadistic killer claim the next victim? That is, until she realises only few yards away, the dead body of an out of work actor has been discovered by police.

Are these two connected? What makes the feline killer turns attention to a human victim? These are the questions police want to answer as they pursue the sadistic killer, for no one knows whether the next victim would be a human or a cat.

In piecing together the facts, we enter into the world of three neighbours – a modern cat lady, a couple who shoot cat video for a living and a troubled scrap yard worker with a pathological hatred for cats AKA Ailurophobia. $0.99 on Kindle.

A South London chancer stumbles across a hundred year-old mystery when a rich and beautiful woman asks him to find her missing husband. He finds himself in a world he barely understands, of cryptography and cryptic puzzles, of secret funds and great power politics. And most puzzling of all, what was the connection between a murder, a small, exclusive bank and what one royal biographer described as the most perplexing act of King George the Fifth’s reign: The abandonment of a loyal ally and much-loved cousin, Nicholas the Second, the last Tsar of Russia, to degradation and death? Nicholas, the Tsarina Alexandra, their four daughters and their son were executed by the Bolsheviks in July 1918 after George refused to allow them to come to live in England. Free on Kindle.

During the fall of 2015, a mysterious application named “Shireishi” begins to circulate throughout the town of Nishioka, claiming to put its users in contact with a ghost known by the same name. While seemingly harmless, a number of disappearances and reports of violent behavior begin to be linked to people who use the application. Many of the incidents center around Hikarimirai Academy, leading to the involvement of several students in the unfolding chaos.

Shireishi is an anthology of short stories that detail the Shireishi Incident from different perspectives. Each story has its own protagonist and viewpoint character. $2.99 on Kindle.

James and Jenna Bradbourne lived a quiet life in suburban North West London until the youngest of their three children has a terrible accident forcing them to expose their hidden magic and that they are in fact wizards. James reveals he is 438 years old and when the family run for their lives they set out into the magical world he has turned his back on so many years ago, desperately seeking old friends, answers and allies. Along the way they will come across answers to some of the world’s greatest mysteries and venture into ancient Greek mythology where the Gods of Olympus and the creatures that surround them rear their heads. Will this give them the answers they need? $0.99 on Kindle.

Struggling real estate agent Jed meets a zany but attractive young woman called Libby. When she promises to land him a valuable deal he is prepared to overlook certain irregularities to get the sale. When he realises he has been deceived, he may be in too deep to surface.

A gripping psychological suspense thriller that will keep you guessing. Free on Kindle.